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CHILTON

What Chilton street

looked like in 1911
Take a look at what one of Chilton’s
main business districts looked like
in this old photo from around 1911,
provided by Herb Buhl.
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KIEL

Like mother, like

daughter at LTC
Ray Mueller (fourth from left) got some laughs when he pulled out his own bell to ring as a Celebration maple tree was dedicated at
A mother and daughter will both St. Martin Heritage Park near Hayton on Sunday afternoon. Emcee Roger Woelfel normally hands the dedication bell to a representa-
be graduating from Lakeshore tive of the donating family or group. Mueller was representing Catholic Financial Life Chapter 194 which helped arrange for the pur-
Technical College’s nursing chase of the tree. More photos and information appear inside this week’s Tri-County News. MARK SHERRY PHOTO
program within months of each
other. Page 7

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Parents air concerns at meeting

BY JANET MURPHY
During the delegations portion of the
regular Chilton School District Board
meeting, Nicole Pingel addressed
board members with concerns she has
about the Chilton High School regis-
tration and class scheduling process.
NEW HOLSTEIN
Regarding registration, she stated
that as of August, the private school
Premier Financial incoming freshmen and new students
transferring into the district still had
introduces board not been entered into the system so
Headquartered in New Holstein, they did not receive important school
Premier Financial Credit Union communications, noting they did not
recently re-elected its Board of have the necessary log-in information
Directors. to look at schedules, complete sports
Page 11 concussion testing, or pay fees (Power
School, student e-mail, E-Funds).
Pingel also shared several exam-
ples where the scheduling process
was inefficient, including parents
spending significant amounts of time
leaving messages, e-mails, talking
with staff, trying to get the neces-
sary system access and correct stu-
dents’ schedules prior to the start of
school; limited counselor appoint-
ments available Aug. 15 and Aug. 16 to
correct schedules; students scheduled
for classes they already passed; and a
student sitting in the back of a class
they passed last year and told to use it
as a resource.
Pingel provided several suggestions
for the board to consider in order
to improve the situation in time for
next year’s transfer students, includ-
ing creating a committee of parents,
teachers and students to help improve
the current processes; and set stu-
dents and families up in the system
(communication lists, student e-mail,
Power School, E-Fund, text notifica-
tion, etc.) during the February regis-
tration process.
Angeline Heiberger also addressed
the board in search of answers to
questions she originally posed to
board members back in May and June.
In May, Heiberger stated her concerns
with the possibility of students being
bullied if they viewed “the LGBTQ
agenda as inherently false.” At that
time she stated, “As it is, we have
students in the high school level that
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difference in what rights, if any, they
may have transferred to their child
and if their assets will transfer after
death. Knowing how the accounts
are titled and how they will transfer
on your death is important to avoid
unintended consequences.
Joint ownership: Adding a child
or other individual as a joint owner
can be an easy way to give an indi-
vidual both the ability to access your
account while you’re living and to
transfer the account to that per-
son immediately upon your death
(without probate). It is important to
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attorney. A financial power of attor-
ney document allows you (the “prin-
cipal”) to appoint an agent to take
action on your behalf. Depending on
what the specific document allows,
this may include the ability to write
checks, transfer balances, open
or close bank accounts, and even
change beneficiary designations.
An important difference between
appointing a power of attorney agent
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the power of attorney agent does
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the account and must take actions
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Benefits of turning 65
BY DARLENE KRAMER
Turning the age of 65 is not what it
used to be—it is better!
Many seniors continue to enjoy
working past 65, may pick up a
part-time job, volunteer, begin a
new career or start a small business.
Did you know that Colonel Harland
Sanders started the Kentucky Fried
Chicken (KFC) franchise at the age
of 65? This month I saw musician
Eric Clapton, 77 years of age, come
on stage with the gait of a much
younger man. Clapton gave a stellar
musical performance at the United
Center in Chicago.
There are many benefits of being
65 and older including senior dis-
counts, more free time to travel if
retired and the list goes on to do
what you want to do!
One major benefit of turning 65 is
eligibility for Medicare. It is impor-
tant to sign up at the age of 65 to
avoid having to pay a penalty or have
a gap in coverage. If you are already
getting Social Security administra-
tion benefits or Railroad Retirement
Benefits (RRB) you will automati-
cally get enrolled in Medicare Part A
(Hospital Insurance) and Medicare
Part B (Medical Insurance).
If you are currently on Medicare
you should check your Medicare cov-
erage each year during Medicare’s
annual open enrollment period
which runs Oct. 15 through Dec. 7
in 2022. This is the time of year to
find out if your current plan will cost
you more or less than other Part D
plans in 2023. By Sept. 30 people
in Medicare Advantage Plans and
Prescription Drug Plans should get
their Plan Annual Notice of Change
(ANOC) and Evidence of Coverage
(EOC) information. The notice will
outline 2023 formulary or list of cov-
ered drugs, benefit design, and/or
premium changes. Every year these
plans can change the list of prescrip-
tion medications, the amount you
pay for your medications, copays,
and the medications they may cover.
You will need to review the changes
to decide whether the plan will con-
tinue to meet your needs in 2023. If
it is no longer the best plan for your
medications, this is the time to make
a switch to a different Medicare
Advantage Plan or Part D Plan that
will better suit your needs.
You can compare and review plans
on the official Medicare website at
1-800-MEDICARE or www.Medi-
care.gov. Other resources include:
Medigap Helpline 1-800-242-1060;
Disability Drug Helpline 1-800-926-
4862 (if under age 60); or the Wis-
consin Medigap Prescription Drug
Helpline 1-855-677-2783. Compari-
sons cannot be done prior to Oct. 15.
Medicare beneficiaries may also
receive free, unbiased assistance
with plan comparisons from elder
benefit specialists and disability
benefit specialists (if on Social Secu-
rity Disability and under the age of
65) at all ADRCs in Wisconsin. In
Calumet County, call the ADRC to set
up an appointment at 920-849-1451
or call toll-free at 866-739-2372.
Being 65 years of age and older
has many benefits including being
eligible for the nation’s public health
insurance program, Medicare. Don’t
miss your entitlement and oppor-
tunity as a U.S. citizen to sign up for
Medicare or make changes during
the Medicare Open Enrollment peri-
od Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.
(Darlene Kramer is the regional
coordinator for ADRC.)

CHILTON
ANNUAL MEETING
School budget reviewed at annual meeting
BY JANET MURPHY
Just prior to the Chilton Board of
Education annual meeting, District
Business Manager Samantha Woelfel
provided a brief presentation of the
2022-23 budget for those present and
noted that she is anticipating a bal-
anced budget this year.
Woelfel reviewed the expenses and
revenues for the various funds that
make up the district budget, includ-
ing the General Fund, Debt Service
Fund, Food Service Fund and Com-
munity Service Fund. She also defined
revenue limit and Equalization Aid,
as she explained how the tax levy is
calculated.
Woelfel said the total tax levy is
expected to be $5.29 million, and the
mill rate will be set at $8.14, which
is a 7.7 percent increase over last
year based on .28 percent increase in
property valuation and 4.8 percent
increase in Equalization Aid. She said
while the $8.14 mill rate is higher
than the $7.57 set for the previous
year, it is still less than the $10.63
mill rate for the 2020-21 school year.
Woelfel also pointed out that the
majority of revenues go to Instruc-
tional Funds and Debt Funds. She said
that 63 percent of the $5.3 million
goes to General Fund (Instructional),
35 percent goes to pay off the Energy
Efficiency Debt Service Fund, and 1
percent goes to the Community Ser-
vice Fund.
REVENUE LIMIT EXPLAINED
Woelfel said the revenue limit is the
maximum amount of revenue that
may be raised through property taxes
and general state aid, adding, “We’re
SCENES FROM THE PAST
This week’s old photo is from downtown Chilton in the era of 1911. Starting with the building on the left at 252 E. Main St., at
that time this was the Knauf and Tesch general merchandise store, it was later sold to Johnson Hills who ran it as the same. It
burned down on Christmas Eve 1945. The Chilton Shopping Center was built on this property less than a year later. The next
building, partially hidden by the tree, at that time was Jacob Rank’s Calumet Hotel. Today it is Pla Mor Lanes bowling alleys. The
next taller building at that time was Anshbach Shoe Store. It spent many of its later years as a tavern. People might remember
it as the Y Go By Tavern. It was torn down over 40 years ago. The next building—with the turret—at that time was the Great
Northern House. Today it is the Stage Coach Bar and Grille. SUBMITTED BY HERB BUHL
See next week’s Tri-County News for coverage of Chilton High School Homecoming!
WITH NEWS FROM STOCKBRIDGE
expecting an increase of $2.4 million
this year for a total revenue limit of
$13.4 million.” She said the increase
was due, in part, to the increase in
the number of students, as well as to
the operating referendum that was
approved in April.
Woelfel said the Equalization Aid
also increased by 4.9 percent this
year mainly because of the increase in
the three-year rolling average pupil
count, and reminded everyone that
the tax levy is calculated by subtract-
ing the Equalization Aid from the
revenue limit.
Regarding revenue for the Food
Service Fund, Woelfel pointed out
that the free lunches that had been
provided during COVID ended this
year, so now that revenue will be
dependent upon what the students
pay for their lunches.
Woelfel also noted that the Com-
munity Service Fund—which includes
costs for the pool, Engler Center and
middle school athletics—is only bud-
geted to received $67,500, a decrease
from the $270,000 budgeted for last
year. She stated that now that the
community can use school facilities
again, more will need to be budgeted
for those expenses.
EXPENDITURE INCREASES
Other increases in expenditures
include up to a 15 percent increase
in pupil transportation projected at
$70,000, curriculum adoption for
math and music, software purchases
and inflation for utilities and ser-
vices. Woelfel further stated that sal-
aries and benefits represent about
71 percent of the total Instructional
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Fund budget which is projected to
be over $14.9 million, an increase of
6 percent over last year, noting that
salaries had not changed that much,
but there had been some retirements.
The district is also anticipating a 20
percent increase in health insurance.
Woelfel said the pupil count would
be certified by the Department of
Public Instruction on Oct. 1, and prop-
erty valuations and state aid would be
certified on Oct. 15 so the levy can be
finalized on Oct. 17.
After School Board President Randy
Lisowe was nominated to be the
Chairperson for the annual meeting,
Superintendent Sue Kaphingst made
a brief statement during which she
thanked everyone for their continued
support of all the work done at Chil-
ton Public Schools, and for allowing
“us that opportunity to provide our
students a high quality education. I
want to thank our board as well for
the trust that they put in the admin-
istrative team to carry out the policies
that they put in place and allowing us
to make the decisions that are best for
our kids at all times.”
Kaphingst also thanked the com-
munity for passing the April referen-
dum, adding, “We are still Wiscon-
sin’s best kept secret. That’s chang-
ing, as you see, our enrollment is
going up. But we can provide our
students with an education that
addresses academics, agriculture, the
arts and athletics, and I think that’s
something really unique to Chilton.”
RESOLUTIONS APPROVED
A number of resolutions were
approved at the Chilton Board of Edu-
cation School District annual meet-
ing, including Resolution A which,
pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes, pro-
vides for a tax of $3.3 million to be
levied for the 2022-23 school year
to cover the operational costs of the
schools of the district.
In addition, Resolution B, which
provides for a tax of $1.8 million to
be levied for the 2022-23 school year
for the purpose of paying all cur-
rent bonded indebtedness for capital
expenditures, was passed.
Resolution C was also approved by
the electors of the School District of
Chilton, which stated that a tax of
$63,000 will be levied for the 2022-
23 school year to finance the commu-
nity use of school facilities, provide
residents with a newsletter, and fund
the middle school athletic and police
school liaison programs.
A number of additional resolu-
tions were also approved by the elec-
tors, including Resolution D, which
authorized the establishment of
School Board member annual sala-
ries at $1,000; Resolution E, which
authorized providing reimbursement
of expenses for School Board mem-
bers; Resolution F, which authorized
retention of legal counsel; and Reso-
lution G, which authorized the School
Board to purchase, operate and main-
tain vehicles, and to purchase liability
insurance for such vehicles.
Resolutions were also approved
which authorized the School Board to
provide a school nutrition program,
to furnish textbooks, and to make
temporary loans for current opera-
tion according to statutory require-
ments.
TRANSPORTATION
Culvert work
on CTH E to
cause detour
The Calumet County Highway
Department will be replacing cul-
verts on CTH E between STH 32/57
and CTH BB starting Monday, Oct. 3.
The project is anticipated to take
approximately two weeks to com-
plete, weather dependent. Motorists
should take caution to avoid this
area and use the designated detour
route listed below during this proj-
ect. All access to residential and
business properties will be main-
tained as much as feasible.
Detour route for CTH E from STH
32/57 to CTH BB:
Westbound traffic will be detoured
south on STH 32/57 to Breed Street,
Breed Street west to CTH F, CTH F
west to CTH BB, CTH BB north to
CTH E.
Eastbound traffic will be detoured
south on CTH BB to CTH F, CTH F
east to Breed Street, Breed Street
to STH 32/57, STH 32/57 north to
CTH E.
Any questions or concerns about
this project should be directed to the
Calumet County Highway Depart-
ment at 920-849-1434.
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PREFERRED BUSINESS SPONSOR
Just for You building business culture, team
BY RACHAEL SIEHS
When it comes to a business, build-
ing a team and culture are items that
Just for You Flowers and Gifts owner,
Kristy Pagel takes seriously.
The Just for You team is current-
ly 10-plus strong, and is looking to
grow. From designers, customer ser-
vice, delivery drivers and behind the
scenes members, Pagel said she is
always looking to add the right per-
son and looks at the core values she
has in place.
“Every business needs to focus on
building their team,” Pagel said. “It
starts with establishing your core
values, creating a vision and set-
ting direction. This is the founda-
tion of our business; any business.
When it comes to recruiting, sched-
ules, and daily operations, as owners
PUBLIC NOTICE
Chilton Common Council
August 16, 2022
The regular meeting of the Chil-
ton Common Council held at the
Chilton City Hall was called to order
on August 16, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. by
Mayor Tom Reinl.
ROLL CALL:
Council members Ron Gruett,
Peggy Loose, Kathy Schmitzer, Rob-
bie Seipel, Rick Jaeckels, Jon Kragh,
and Joe Schoenborn were present
at roll call. Other city officials present
were Mayor Tom Reinl, City Admin-
istrator David DeTroye, Police Chief
Craig Plehn, DPW Chris Marx, and
Attorney Gary Jahn.
Also in attendance were Betty Schil-
ling, Dan DeTroye, Rachael Siehs,
Chris & Randy Bratz, Leon Church,
Brittany Church, Lori & Jim Koller and
Ken & Nancy Mueller.
Those in attendance recited the
Pledge of Allegiance.
AGENDA: Moved by Schoenborn
seconded by Gruett and carried to
approve the Common Council Agen-
da for August 16, 2022, as presented.
REPORT OF OFFICERS:
Mayor – Tom Reinl –
• Mayor Reinl updated the council
on old business that included a future
clay pipe ordinance recodification.
Current language in the code mimics
state code, so the city will not need to
make any revisions.
• All meetings on September 6,
2022 will be cancelled.
• Initial budgets have been submit-
ted and are close to being balanced.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR - David
DeTroye –
• Attended the League of Wisconsin
Municipalities Management Academy
in Ashwaubenon on August 2.
• Mayor Reinl and I are meeting
with Habitat for Humanity tomorrow
to discuss outreach initiatives. The
date is set for Rock the Block 2023 in
Chilton. May 11-13, 2023.
• Reminder – Kick off Meeting/Pub-
lic Input Session tomorrow at 4pm
in the community room for the lake
management planning.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
– Chris Marx –
• Phragmites control efforts under-
way. Calumet and Manitowoc County
are part of the intensive management
by the State of Wisconsin. Most of
the City owned property has been
treated for Phragmites.
• Street closures continue on Irish
Road and parts of South Diane.
Underground utility construction in
that area continues, with more exten-
sive excavations scheduled in the
near future.
• Touch a Truck at the Chilton Public
Library was well attended on 8/12/22.
Library Director Glenny Whitcomb
reported over 100 attendees at this
year’s event.
• State Water System Approval has
been received for the Well #11 Reha-
bilitation work.
Chief of Police – Craig Plehn
• We issued our first ATV/UTV ticket
and employers, we have to challenge
ourselves to do things differently in
today’s market. It’s not unique to the
floral business.
When Pagel and Schwenck first
took over Just for You from the Cof-
feen’s, they were charged with the
task of blending current and new
team members, Pagel said she was
very fortunate to have employees
prior to the takeover that were open
to change. “Blending two teams is
hard to do, especially when not all
employees work at the same time. I
don’t take that for granted.”
As the owner of multiple business-
es, Pagel utilizes and blends the basis
of her entire coaching and consulting
business into her role at Just for You.
As the leader and business owner,
this past week. The operator was
given a warning for not having head-
lights on and non-registration of the
vehicle but was given a ticket for a 4
yr. old without a helmet.
• We continually deal with the Thun-
derbird Motel. A couple weeks ago
we dealt with a drug overdose where
two parties traveled here from Green
Bay because they could get a cheap
room. Luckily, we were able to get
the individual breathing and then he
was flighted to Appleton and then
later checked himself out of the hos-
pital.
• The most recent incident occurred
at the Thunderbird this past weekend.
An individual called in to report a dis-
turbance. Officer arrived and located
an individual smoking marijuana, they
dealt with that situation, then locat-
ed an individual who was leaving
the area. That individual was resis-
tive and was uncooperative. That
individual was arrested for resisting/
obstructing an officer and bail jump-
ing. The officers finally located the
disturbance in a different room and
made an arrest for domestic violence.
The issues at the Thunderbird con-
tinue. The owners have been cited
3 times in the last 2 months for nui-
sance property.
Minutes: Moved by Gruett, sec-
onded by Schmitzer and carried to
approve the minutes of the council
meeting held on August 2, 2022.
Operator Licenses – Moved by Gru-
ett seconded by Schmitzer and car-
ried to approve the operator’s licens-
es for Efrain Flores Camarena and
Jordyn Wiesner.
Audience Participation: None
New Business:
1. Final Plat Approval – Chillington
Meadows – Mayor Reinl reviewed
portions of the planning commission
meeting minutes and the technical
memorandum prepared by Ron Wolf
of McMahon Engineering. Most of
the design technicalities have already
been worked through by both engi-
neering firms, the city, and developer.
The Planning Commission made the
recommendation to include additional
language in the developer’s agree-
ment for future storm water swales
and yard drains at the cost of the
developer if deemed necessary. They
also approved the development with-
out Friederich Lane as part of the plat
as it was confusing for addressing
and potentially Fire and EMS. DPW
Marx addressed the final elevations
of the plat with some of the homeown-
ers in attendance. Since conception,
water and the potential of flooding
has been a concern. The final plat
revealed the storm water design was
adequate for the development. Moved
by Gruett, seconded by Schoenborn,
and carried to approve the final plat of
Chillington Meadows for Sweetwood
Builders LLC.
2. PUD Site Plan – 810 Memo-
rial Drive – Administrator DeTroye
reviewed the Planning Commission
meeting minutes and the process
Pagel states she has core items when
it comes to setting a direction and
vision for the culture and team which
she needs to communicate with her
team.
With every team member work-
ing part-time or flex schedule, it is
vital for there to be trust and respect
for one another, which are both core
items for the culture Pagel strives to
create at Just for You. “We need to
be able to give critical feedback and
still respect each other.” Not only
is trust and respect vital, but Pagel
also focuses on strengths, needing to
know her employee’s skills, talents,
and passions. Pagel also stated that
it is important to know that the right
person is in the right position and has
the head (skills), heart (passion) and
that was utilized to review the PUD
site plan submission for the proposed
rental apartments in the former health
center located at 810 Memorial Drive.
The proposed development is being
submitted by Lokre Company of
Wausau and would be managed by
Bantr rental agency. Mayor Reinl
made mention of their other develop-
ments in Wausau and Neenah and
felt the development would fit in the
City of Chilton. Moved by Schmitzer,
seconded by Jaeckels and carried to
approve the PUD site plan for Lokre
Company for the property located at
810 Memorial Drive.
3. Developer Agreement – Leon
Church – Sweetwood Builders –
Separate Handout – Administrator
DeTroye read the entire agreement
for the council and audience. In the
agreement items had been identified
for discussion. The council worked
through each of the flagged items with
the developer Leon Church who was
present. Council member Jaeckels
asked for assurance on the five-
year payback by Church. Church has
made the personal guarantee and
is hoping the borrowed funds are
returned to the city faster. Attorney
Jahn informed the council that the
approval would need to be made
contingent upon language changes in
items 4 & 12 prior to signing. Moved
by Gruett, seconded by Schoenborn
and carried to approve the devel-
oper’s agreement with Leon Church –
Sweetwood Builders contingent upon
language changes to items #4 & #12
prior to signing.
4. Class B Alcohol License – Her-
radura Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
LLC – Moved by Loose, seconded
by Gruett and carried to approve the
Class B Alcohol License for Herra-
dura Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
LLC. The license is effective Septem-
ber 1, 2022 – June 30. 2023.
5. Temporary Class B License –
Calumet County Agriculture Associa-
tion – Sept 2 – 5 for the Calumet
County Fair – Moved by Schmitzer,
seconded by Schoenborn and carried
to approve the Temporary Class B
License for the Calumet County Agri-
culture Association for the Calumet
County Fair September 2 -5 2022.
6. City Elevator Hydraulic Oil
Change & Maintenance – Otis Eleva-
tor Company – This elevator mainte-
nance should be performed every ten
years. City records show the last time
the hydraulic fluid was changed was
2008. Moved by Jaeckels, seconded
by Schmitzer and carried to approve
the service and repair order from Otis
Elevator in the amount of $8,750.00
utilizing NLF Account # 51601-790.
7. Special Event Application –
Delightfully Calumet – Contingent
upon certificate of liability report –
Hobart Park – Administrator DeTroye
informed the council that the Delight-
fully Calumet organization wants to
start their marketing efforts, so they
are looking for permission to retain
Hobart Park prior to their insurance
capacity (time) so that when in the
right role, there will be job satisfac-
tion. It’s a win:win for us both. If they
are happy, I’m happy.”
In Pagel’s toolbox to help build the
desired culture are Traction by Gino
Wickman, which is Pagel’s foun-
dation for planning, and Strengths
Finder by Tom Rath, which is Pagel’s
tool of choice to understand people’s
skills and talents.
Partnered with strength-based
work is a need to thrive, ability to
grow, and continuing education per-
sonally and professionally. Pagel said
that she and two other designers had
recently taken a bridal class, and the
entire team had attended the state
Turn to JUST FOR YOU/page 14
certificate being issued in November.
Council member Loose asked about
clarification on signage. Moved by
Jaeckels, seconded by Schoenborn
and carried to approve the special
event permit for Delightfully Calumet
for use of Hobart Park for the annual
light show.
8. Annual Snow & Ice Policy Revi-
sions – DPW Marx suggested a 20%
price increase for snow removal fees
to help offset rising costs. Members of
the council suggested that DPW Marx
add more to negate having to do price
increases more frequently. Moved by
Loose, seconded by Schoenborn and
carried to increase the snow removal
fees from .50 cents per foot to .75
cents per foot and leave administra-
tive and surcharge fees the same.
Prior to a voice vote, council member
Gruett asked if unpaid charges could
be applied to the taxes of the prop-
erty, which they can.
9. Well # 11 Expenditures – DPW
Marx updated the Council on the
continuing efforts to refurbish well
#11. Additional spinner and water
quality tests have changed the rec-
ommended scope of services for the
well. Partial abandonment of the well
is not recommended, instead a recir-
culation line is to be added to help
mix the water from all portions of
the well. DPW Marx gave a break
down of the existing approved costs
and new costs ($25,055.00) brought
forward with this invoice. DPW Marx
also informed the council that this
investment on the well is the first in
its’ eight-year service to date. The
total expenditure of $46,930.00 is
minimal as compared to the millions
of dollars invested in a new well.
Moved by Loose, seconded by Gruett
and carried to approve the additional
$25,055.00 in expenditures to Water
Quality Investigations for service and
repair work on Well # 11. It is to be
noted that the total of expenditures on
this project totaled $46,930.00.
Report of Committees – Police &
Fire Commission:
1. Amended Police & Fire Bylaws
– Added language to ensure that
the police and fire commission are
not burdened by fictitious claims and
charges of employees of the police
and fire departments. The language
holds any person accountable if they
were to file fictitious claims. Moved
by Jaeckels, seconded by Schmitzer
and carried to approve the amended
language to the police and fire com-
mission bylaws.
Communication:
1. Housing Authority Agenda & Min-
utes were distributed.
2. Library Board Agenda & Minutes
were distributed.
Adjournment: Moved by Jaeckels,
seconded by Schmitzer and carried to
adjourn at 7:28 pm.
Meeting Minutes Prepared by:
David DeTroye
City Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer
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SCHOOL NEWS

BY GAUGE KAUTZER

Freshmen in American Studies wait for the bell to sound, sending them to nutrition
break. PHOTO BY LILLI BRAUN

New bell system, sound

heard at Chilton High
BY LILLI BRAUN AND KARIN JUHL are very different. The older sys-
The bells at Chilton High School tem has more triggers and hardware
have been updated, but have they while the new system is software-
been upgraded? The new bell sound based.
and system have become a conversa- “I prefer the new sound because
tion piece as of late. it is less obnoxious,” said senior
The original bell system was in Devon Schneider. “I think it was only
dire need of repair. Over time, the changed due to technical difficul-
clocks in each classroom began to ties, but I believe it should have been
lose synchronization. And the bells changed.”
rely on the clocks in order to go off In addition, the bell software had
on time. In addition, this old system to be correctly wired to the paging
made it hard to add new clocks into system, so they would play over the
the system. correct speakers.
This year, the outdated wired sys- “I think the bell is all right. It
tem was replaced with a newer wire- gets the job done, which is all that
less one to allow for more flexibility. really matters,” freshman Savannah Atlas Fantasy Newspapers
Along with a system update, the Peterson said. “If there would be one Biography Fiction Nonfiction
sound signifying a period’s end has thing I would want to change about Chapter Flip Notebook
also changed. While an audio file of the bells, I would say making them Coloring Graphic Novel Novels
the old bell sound could have been louder.” Comic Glossary Picture
used, it would have taken some time The old bells had been controlled Dot to Dot History Pop up
and thought to connect it to the new by a program called Raspberry Pi, a Dictionary Literature Religion
software. So a new sound was select- computer programming board with Ebook Magazines Step by Step
ed instead. many different uses. Mr. Enneper Encyclopedia Movie Scripts
“Really we can program the bells wrote a script to play the sound file
to play whatever sound we want. The at the beginning and end of every

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current sound is just one I found that period.
sounded the closest to a simple bell “Something as simple as ringing
sound,” said Mr. Kip Enneper, the some bells is actually a much more
district’s network administrator.
While the old tone generator is still
operational, the new and old systems
complex process than one would
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KIEL
EDUCATION

Like mother, like daughter

Muckerheide family to have 2 nursing graduates
When Alivia Muckerheide walks
across the stage to receive her nurs-
ing degree in December, her mother
will be cheering her on while antici-
pating her own graduation next year
in May from the same program.
Because of a pandemic-related
twist of events, the mother-daughter
nursing student duo has been attend-
ing Lakeshore Technical College
together since January 2021.
Alivia started attending Lakeshore
in 2018 while attending Sheboygan
Falls High School and participating in
the Youth Apprenticeship program.
Like many seniors who graduated in
spring 2020, she graduated without
experiencing a traditional ceremony,
a senior prom, or senior trip. Alivia
said she went “in the blink of an eye”
from attending high school class-
es virtually to in-person learning at
Lakeshore.
Early on during the pandemic,
Alivia’s mother, Jennie Muckerheide,
found out her job was eliminated by
the company she had worked at for 21
years. Jennie’s husband asked her if
she considered going back to school
for nursing, the program she started
in after graduating from high school,
but eventually left.
While Jennie considered her
options, Alivia was preparing to begin
her first semester in Lakeshore’s
Associate Degree Nursing Program.
Jennie had been talking with Alivia
about the ample opportunities she
would have in nursing and started
thinking, “I could have those same
opportunities.”
Jennie decided to leave the business
world behind and pursue a future
in nursing. She applied to Lakeshore
and started taking courses. Jennie
soon found herself only one semes-
ter behind Alivia because of receiving
credit for her prior learning, which
included her earlier nursing course-
work and courses taken while earning
the Bachelor’s Degree she completed
in Business/Marketing.
Both Alivia and Jennie said they
like Lakeshore’s small class sizes, in-
person learning and instructors. “The
instructors bring to the table their
RN experiences which help us relate
to topics. They don’t just regurgi-
tate information—they incorporate
real stories into their case studies,”
Jennie said. “They are flexible with
their time for meeting about exams
or questions regarding the material,”
Alivia added.
In addition to studying together,
the Muckerheides support each other.
Alivia said she does her best to moti-
vate her mom and Jennie likes get-
ting Alivia’s textbooks. “Although
she usually bought the textbook, my
trade-off is that I bought groceries,”
Jennie said with a smile.
The nursing field has been hit hard
by the pandemic. The 2022 Wisconsin
Health Care Workforce Report shows
the combination of a spike in depar-
tures by nurses and other health care
workers during the “Great Resig-
nation” along with an aging work-
force created unprecedented levels of
vacancy rates in health care profes-
sions in 2021.
Alivia and Jennie both said being Jennie Muckerheide and her daughter, Alivia Muckerheide, are pursuring their nurs-
able to help people provides a great ing degrees together at Lakeshore Technical College.
deal of satisfaction. While consider-
ing whether to return to the busi-
ness world or pursue nursing, Jennie
said she chose nursing in large part is required to identify and work as of the core classes) you can say ‘I did
because of the “endless opportuni- a registered nurse (RN). Both also it’ and begin to reap the rewards of a
ties—long-term care, acute care, plan to transfer their credits after stable, long career in healthcare.”
home health care, hospice, admin- graduating and complete Bachelor’s Alivia’s advice touches on the need
istration, research and the list goes degrees. for patience. “Good things take time.
on.” Both Alivia and Jennie encourage Take that job at the nursing home;
Alivia is working as a nurse extern anyone considering nursing to pur- work the third shift CNA position
at HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in She- sue their dreams. at the hospital; apply for the LPN
boygan. Jennie is working as a certi- Jennie said her life experiences (licensed practical nurse) position on
fied nursing assistant (CNA) at Aurora have helped her become a better stu- the medsurg floor. It will be worth it
Sheboygan Medical Center. Both want dent and will help her become an even and provide a small taste of nursing.”
to continue working where they are better RN. Her advice for someone in For information on Lakeshore’s
after completing their degrees and a similar situation as hers is, “Do it. nursing programs, visit gotoltc.edu/
passing the National Council Licen- In the long run, when you are done in programs-and-courses/degree-pro-
sure Examination (NCLEX), which hopefully two years (four semesters grams.

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Land O’Lakes donates sign to School District

BY TRACY FOLZ
Kiel Area School District Board
members approved to accept the
donation of an electronic sign from
Land O’Lakes during the School
Board meeting on Sept. 21.
Members from Land O’Lakes gave
a presentation on why they wanted to
make the donation and what the sign
would look like.
Justin Hensley (Land O’Lakes Kiel
Human Resources manager), Brian
Fox (Kiel plant manager) and Amy
Podlesak (community relations man-
ager) gave an overview of the Land
O’Lakes brands and products and
then explained that they have been
working to reintroduce Land O’Lakes
to the Kiel community. They have
volunteered and sponsored Kiel Ger-
man Day, the Kiel Picnic and Parade,
the ice carving contest and mem-
bers have carved pumpkins for the
Kiel pumpkin walk. They have also
donated $2,500 to Kiel first respond-
ers and 200 Matter boxes to local
churches. Their partnership with the
school included inviting 50 teachers
and staff to tour the plant and have
a cheese testing. The HACCP/Food
Safety class also toured the plant.
They explained that there is a benefi-
cial relationship with the school dis-
trict with recruitment opportunities,
scholarships to employees’ children,
tuition reimbursement and offering
skilled trade operations including
automation, maintenance and con-
trols/PLC.
The electronic sign that Land
O’Lakes is donating is from Marshall
Signs. The sign likely will be installed
in front of the Performing Arts Center
on the front grass between the park-
ing lot and the street. It will be dou-
ble-sided and will be 111 inches long
and 113 inches high. The electronic
part of the sign will be 29 inches
with LED electrical. When asked what
would be different from the new Kiel
sign that was recently installed on
the north side of town when com-
ing from New Holstein, the response
was that this sign would have better
graphics and they could do “cooler
things with the graphics.” The loca-
tion was chosen because there would
be hundreds and perhaps thousands
of eyes seeing it weekly. There was
a lot of discussion on where the best
location would be for the sign and
near the PAC was the location that
was agreed upon. The brightness of
the graphics would change automati-
cally based on the natural lighting
of daylight. The School District will
choose who will control the graphics.
The electrical costs would be covered
by the Booster Club, Wrestling Club
and Activities Director.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAK
During community feedback, sev-
eral community members spoke.
Mary Edelman spoke about the open
records law. “I am shocked at how
much this costs us. We should be
using this money for support of our
new staff hires. We lost some very
competent teachers this year and am
very disappointed in that. I would
like to know how many people are
requesting information and what
the issues are that they are talking
about. Maybe you could share names
and specific topics so that the public
can see who is requesting the open
records.” Randy Olm and Jim Bajc-
zyk suggested referring Edelman’s
request to the Curriculum Commit-
tee.
Dan Karls, a former KASD Board
member, spoke next. “The deroga-
tory comments about Dr. Ebert are
troubling to me. I have served on
the board intermittently for 8 to 10
years and served with several super-
intendents. Some were better than
others, but none were better than Dr.
Ebert. He works tirelessly and has
taken the heat for fiscal things. He
brought the budget back in line. The
building projects wouldn’t have hap-
pened if it weren’t for him and his
energy. He met with the community
and companies to build up support
for projects. Once the building proj-
ect was approved by the community,
that is when the work really began.
He was right in the middle of it. He
worked to interview various consul-
tants. He was at all of the Buildings
and Ground Committee meetings
every other Tuesday for about a year
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BOARD
from page 7
and some of those meetings lasted up
to four hours. He is all in for the kids
and the district. He encourages the
administration to talk to the kids. All
of the staff and the kids know him. In
my opinion, you are not going to get
a better administrator.”
Richard Markham spoke about his
experience in the military and use of
bleed kits. He suggested that KASD
should have bleed kits and making
sure staff knows how to use them
instead of spending money on the
open records requests.
Shane Konen spoke about the elec-
tion letter that Randy Olm sent to
several community members prior to
the School Board elections this year.
“The board members take an oath to
the best for the kids and the district.
Mr. Olm’s letter shows no support
for the board or the School District.
He attacks fellow board members.
We need board members who put the
kids over politics.”
BOARD RETREAT HELD
Sally Skrepenski commented,
“Recently the board held their much-
anticipated board retreat. A recording
of the four-hour session was record-
ed, and it was enlightening to us.
Overwhelmingly, the board members
stated that they want to do what is
best for the kids in our district and
develop trust in the board members.
According to the facilitator, districts
and their students perform better
academically when there is trust in
the district....
“Another key point the facilitator
made was to address the role of the
board and its members. The role of
the board is to support the super-
intendent and to help the person do
their job along with helping to man-
age and run the district. The job of the
board is to look at all available infor-
mation and make decisions that are
best for the district and its students.
It is not to merely represent the peo-
ple who voted for you. According to
the facilitator, you were not elected to
do what others tell you to do. You are
not here to push one view or agenda,
but to look at what is best for all kids
in the district.
“It is time that the board speak up
and speak directly to the people of
this district and let them know that
the lies continue to be spread by a
few regarding our teachers and staff
are not true. Our teachers are not
teaching CRT. Our staff is not indoc-
trinating our kids. Rather than cave to
demands of a few loud voices that call
for the removal of our superinten-
dent, our board should applaud our
superintendent for all he does for this
district and to constantly work for the
educating and protecting of all kids at
the forefront of everything he does.
My hope is that the recent retreat
helps the board clearly understand
their role and truly does the job it is
tasked with.”
The board commented on an elec-
tion letter that Olm sent to approxi-
mately 35 members of the commu-
nity. He wrote a letter asking for
consideration of electing three non-
incumbent candidates running for
the Kiel Board—Diana Schaefer, Mike
Joas and Jamie Henschel. He stated
that he had concerns on the “contin-
ued deterioration of our high school’s
state report card.” He wondered if
part of the deterioration was due to
the recently implemented competen-
cy grading system. He also mentioned
an increase in the amount of racial
and ethnic intimidation and general
bullying in the district and brought
up the recent complaint to the DPI.
He mentioned that the three candi-
dates running for the School Board
positions as well as himself were
frustrated with the lack of transpar-
ency and lack of oversight with what
is going on in the district. At the end
of the letter, he encouraged the read-
ers to vote for the three candidates.
BOARD MEMBERS COMMENT
Each board member was given four
minutes to make comments regard-
ing the letter. Jim Bajczyk said,
“When I first read the letter, I admit
I was disappointed. I like to think of
whatever team I am on as a team. I
consider this a team that we are cur-
rently on and when someone on the
team kind of gets what I consider
back-stabbed, I feel back-stabbed,
as well. So that was my feeling from
that letter.”
Henschel had no comment.
Dan Meyer said, “One thing that
got me was that the letter seemed
like it was written by someone that
wasn’t even on the board. One of the
comments was that one of the pos-
sibilities for the big drop in the dis-
trict was the impact of the recently
implemented competency grading
system. Personalized learning stuff
precedes me by three, four, five, six
years, I think. To imply that is why
our students are struggling is naïve
considering our Middle School I
think has implemented some of that
stuff the best and has extraordinary
grades. Comments that this district
has experienced an increase in the
amount of racial and ethnic intimi-
dation/bullying in our schools—that
comment isn’t true. I don’t know if
it’s true or not, but there is a lot
more reporting of it. That comment is
baseless and just completely differ-
ent from the conversations we have
had as a board as well. There is more
reporting going on.
“The whole conversation about the
DPI review—it seemed like you were
completely not aware of what the
rest of the board knew and there were
some meetings that you didn’t par-
ticipate in that I think would have
been very, very valuable in building
an understanding of what was shared
with the board from the leadership
of this district and quite frankly that
whole situation caused this School
District and this board an awful lot of
trouble. Quite frankly it is the expec-
tation of each of us as board members
to fully participate in board meetings.
If we don’t do that, I know one other
board member wasn’t able to attend
every meeting, I know for a fact that
if he was uncomfortable with some-
thing, he would reach out to the dis-
trict administrator. As a school board
member it is our obligation if we are
not able to make a meeting that we
fully inform ourselves of the facts and
details that we would have missed
because it would be the perfect rea-
sons or personal choices for attend-
ing meetings. I am disappointed. We
try to work together and then get
stabbed in the back”
LONG COMMENTS
Stuart Long said, “The number-
one thing that disappoints me the
most here is that you reference the
high school scores and even at the
time that this was written, there was
already a lot of work that was being
communicated to us about what was
being done to improve those high
school scores. It wasn’t a secret.
There were plans in place and there
was discussion about them. At no
time did you raise objections to the
current standard-based grading sys-
tem....
“You also mentioned that you think
the School Board has lost control of
the district and that means Dr. Ebert
as well as our other administrators. I
don’t feel that it is very accurate, as
well, particularly given the fact that
you failed to participate in scheduled
meetings.”
Diana Schaefer passed for this
round.
Mike Joas said, “I guess I am really
disgusted by how this is going right
now. I thought we were going to be
moving forward instead of looking
back and throwing mud and stones
again. It is very unprofessional, in
my opinion. I don’t know how this
is helping our district or our stu-
dents by spending this time on the
non-educational mudslinging and
rock-throwing. As a board member
we have opportunities to have mul-
tiple ideas in our head, which could be
wrong. We could be a board member,
a parent, a community member. We
have the right to speak for ourselves.
I think we should be moving forward
and show our concern for the district
and the education of our students,
but if we keep throwing this mud and
stones and it seems to be constantly
happening, it’s taking away from our
district”
OLM RESPONDS
Olm said, “The problem with the
DPI settlement is that yes, I wasn’t at
a closed session and there is a reason
for that. I understand that the pro-
cess was discussed about what was
happening. That meeting was held
long before based on the documenta-
tion that is in the file and any of the
discussions for the settlement were
started. This board never saw the
final product before it was signed and
that is where I feel it is not appropri-
ate. We ultimately were required, as
is stated, to make some changes to
our policies and our curriculum. That
ultimately we had a signed agree-
ment inspired us to do that when in
fact our policy says that’s up to the
board to do. So ultimately, we had to
approve those at gunpoint, is effec-
tively what happened. I don’t think
that is appropriate. The comment
about the competency-based grad-
ing system, that came from parents
and teachers after our scores were
reported and I am trying to under-
stand how we could hit that low of a
number. That’s the feedback that I
got. You guys are throwing that stuff
out all the time because you are more
involved with the parent group that
is out there. Now I get some feedback
and use it to try to interpret it and
now it’s not good enough. This letter
was sent to 35 people and individu-
ally addressed and in my opinion, it
wasn’t a public document. At the end
of it I did sign off that I authored it
and was taking sole responsibility for
it. That was my way of telling people
that it wasn’t a board communication
for what it was worth. I will leave it go
at that.”
Olm asked Bajczyk if he cared to
respond. Bajczyk said, “I just want to
ask, you used the word appropriate.
Do you feel this was appropriate? Do
you feel it would be appropriate right
now for somebody to receive such a
letter? And, do you feel that a lot of
the facts were in fact wrong now that
some of those have been explained?
The three board members who got
voted off didn’t have anything to do
with the scores. One person was on
the board for a month or two. Do you
know what actually goes into a report
card? It takes years of grades and
scores.”
Olm responded, “I guess I decided
that I am not going to get into a
debate tonight.”
Bajczyk said, “I am just asking
questions for you to think about so
that when community members do
ask questions for instance about low
scores, you maybe can give them the
right answer.”
Meyer said, “When you put a letter
out there with so many inaccuracies
and false conclusions, it is painful.
Given the facts we know as board
members, or we should know as
board members, these meetings we
have sat through the last five years
together, again, it’s as if you didn’t
write this letter. It was written by
the same group of people that wrote
all the other crap that we saw in
the past year and a half. You said
we were forced to approve policies
at gunpoint. Those policy changes
were based upon changes in law and
updates in requirements. That wasn’t
because of that DPI agreement. Those
policy changes were based upon the
law.”
Long said, “Seek first to under-
stand. That is one of our norms that
is read at every one of our meetings.
You state that you have heard feed-
back from parents and teachers that
it would be why the standards based
grading was why we got a lower score
but seeking to understand. I was
doing some investigating and I didn’t
know that you approached admin-
istration, our director of curriculum
or anyone else to validate those con-
cerns. I don’t have a problem with
you writing the letter, you can write
what you want. My issue is that you
didn’t take the time to engage with
and determine what you were doing
if it was accurate or fair....”

EDUCATION
Why do chiropractors use palpation?
We all have heard the phrase,
“Laughter is the best medicine.”
Want to know what else works
really well? The touch of another
human being. Yes, even now, having
had experienced the lack of physi-
cal touch and social distancing of
the past couple of years. Sometimes
a hug or a steadying hand on the
back of your hand can work won-
ders as well. Skin to skin touch was
the very first sensation we felt as an
infant, and more and more research
is showing just how important hugs
and handshakes—and the contact
of human skin—is to our health and
well-being.
The June 2022 edition of National
Geographic had an incredible cover
story titled “The Power of Touch”
that I highly recommend!
“We know that anxiety decreases
immune function and makes you
get sick more often,” said Jim Coan,
Ph.D., a neuroscientist at the Uni-
versity of Virginia. “If touch can help
you be less anxious, you’re more
likely to stay well.”
This is one part of chiropractic
that I really enjoy, but also occasion-
ally find to be challenging. There
are many people who do not like to
be touched, or are uncomfortable
with the idea. Yet, I have also seen
people get healthier after they were
touched. Sometimes all it takes is a
good adjustment with a chiroprac-
tor’s hands to solve chronic neck or
low back tension.
Palpation is the most frequently
used diagnostic technique in chiro-
practic care and is a clinical corner-
stone of most physicians’ practices.
It is a manual, non-invasive method
of determining where a patient has
structural or functional problems
in the body. If you have a pain that
worsens with movement, it’s very
likely that it is a muscle and joint
based problem. Therefore, those
muscles and joints can and should
be touched in the healing process! It
simply doesn’t make as much sense
to treat a sore muscle or tender joint
by taking a pill that must be ingest-
ed, then digested, and then absorbed
and circulated through your blood
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By Nic Giebler,
chiropractor
in the hopes that the chemical from
the pill makes it to whatever specific
muscle and joint is ailing you.
In palpation, chiropractors use
their hands and their detailed
knowledge of anatomy to effectively
see what is happening in the spine
and its supporting structures, such
as the muscles, tendons and liga-
ments. As your chiropractor pal-
pates your spine, he or she will look
for subluxations in your vertebrae,
which are misalignments that may
be causing pressure on spinal nerves,
or other abnormalities that may be
causing problems in your musculo-
skeletal system.
There are essentially two forms
of palpation—static and motion. As
the name suggests, in static palpa-
tion the patient remains still while
the chiropractor palpates the spine
and tissues to identify any mis-
aligned vertebrae, protruding disks
and areas of pain or inflammation.
In motion palpation, however, the
patients joints are mobilized, bend-
ing and flexing under the expert eye
and hand of the chiropractor. He or
she will move various joints through
different planes, observing the
patient’s range of motion and where
a joint may “lock up.” They will also
measure the patient’s amount of
flexibility, muscle strength, stiff-
ness, reflexes and general neurologi-
cal function.
Palpation may be used at every
visit so that a chiropractor can
quickly determine whether your
condition has improved or not since
your last visit and they can see which
areas need the most care and atten-
tion. Based on what your chiroprac-
tor finds during palpation, he or she
may then order additional diagnostic
tests—an x-ray, MRI or CT scan,
for example—to get a more detailed
view of your condition.
Based on all these diagnostic tools,
Thursday, September 29, 2022 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | PAGE 9
chiropractors can better determine
the type and frequency of treatment
necessary to resolve your condition
in a way that is holistic, drug-free
and non-invasive. Palpation is sim-
ply another tool in my personal arse-
nal of techniques to keep you moving
well and pain-free.
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
PUBLIC NOTICE OF AVAILABIL-
ITY OF A NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
PLAN AND INTENT TO REISSUE
A WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DIS-
CHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(WPDES) PERMIT No.WI-0064726-
03-0
Permittee: J C Maurer & Sons Inc.,
W7560 Grogen Rd, Elkhart Lake, WI,
53020
Facility Where Discharge Occurs: J
C Maurer & Sons Inc., W7560 Grogen
Rd Elkhart Lake
Receiving Water And Location: to
Groundwater and Surface Waters
of the Sheboygan River and Mullet
River Watersheds, tributaries to the
Sheboygan River Drainage Basin;
and South Branch Manitowoc River
Watershed, tributary to the Manitowoc
River Drainage Basin
Brief Facility Description : J C Mau-
rer & Sons Inc. is an existing Con-
centrated Animal Feeding Operation
(CAFO) that is owned and managed
by the Jon Maurer Family located in
the Town of Russell in Sheboygan
County. The current dairy herd size
of 3600 total non-mixed animal units
/ 3,272 total mixed animal units (531
calves at 150 lbs, 531 calves at 250
lbs, 1,800 heifers at 750 lbs, and
1,800 heifers at 1,000 lbs). Currently
there are no planned expansions in
the next permit term. Approximately
10,097,685 gallons of liquid manure
and process wastewater and 4,980
tons of solid manure is produced
annually at the current herd size. The
facility owns or rents 2,313.8 acres of
cropland; of which 2,040.9 acres are
spreadable.
The Department has tentatively
decided that the above specified
WPDES permit should be reissued.
Permit Drafter’s Name, Address,
Phone and Email: Danielle Block,
DNR, 1155 Pilgrim Rd, Plymouth,
WI, 53073, (920) 400-7014, Danielle.
Block@wisconsin.gov
Persons wishing to comment on or
object to the proposed permit action,
the terms of the nutrient manage-
ment plan, or the application, or to
request a public informational hearing
may write to the Department of Natu-
ral Resources at the permit drafter’s
address. All comments or sugges-
tions received no later than 30 days
after the publication date of this public
notice will be considered along with
other information on file in making
a final decision regarding the per-
mit. Anyone providing comments in
And that’s the only way we should
aim to go through every day. Keep
moving, and keep working for a
pain-free life without the use of
drugs or injections.
And heck—give someone a hug if
you feel so inclined. They could use
it, and so could you.
response to this public notice will
receive a notification of the Depart-
ment’s final decision when the permit
is re-issued. Where designated as a
reviewable surface water discharge
permit, the U.S. Environmental Pro-
tection Agency is allowed up to 90
days to submit comments or objec-
tions regarding this permit determina-
tion. If no comments are received on
the proposed permit from anyone,
including U.S. EPA, the permit will be
re-issued as proposed.
The Department may schedule a
public informational hearing if within
30 days of the public date of this
notice, a request for a hearing is filed
by any person. The Department shall
schedule a public informational hear-
ing if a petition requesting a hearing
is received from USEPA or from 5
or more persons or if the Depart-
ment determines there is significant
public interest. Requests for a public
informational hearing shall state the
following: the name and address of
the person(s) requesting the hearing;
the interest in the proposed permit of
the person(s) requesting the hearing;
the reasons for the request; and the
issues proposed to be considered at
the hearing.
Information on file for this permit
action, including the draft permit and
fact sheet (if required), the opera-
tion’s nutrient management plan and
application may be inspected and
copied at the permit drafter’s office,
Monday through Friday (except holi-
days), between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30
p.m. Please call the permit drafter
for directions to their office location, if
necessary. Information on this permit
action may also be obtained by call-
ing the permit drafter at (920) 400-
7014 or by writing to the Department.
Reasonable costs (15 cents per page
for copies and 7 cents per page for
scanning) will be charged for informa-
tion in the file other than the public
notice and fact sheet. Permit informa-
tion is also available on the internet
at: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wastewater/
PublicNotices.html. Pursuant to the
Americans with Disabilities Act, rea-
sonable accommodation, including
the provision of informational material
in an alternative format, will be made
to qualified individuals upon request.
NAME OF PUBLISHING NEWSPA-
PER: Tri County News- Kiel
ADDRESS OF PUBLISHING
NEWSPAPER: 606 Fremont St. PO
Box 237, Kiel, WI 53042
Date Notice Issued: September 27,
2022
WNAXLP
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KIEL PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS SCHOLARSHIP

Hickory nut workshop set American Legion offers

The Wisconsin Hickory Associa-
tion (WHA) strives to preserve, pro-
mote and protect the hickory tree in
2022! Thursday, Oct. 6 at 1 p.m.

HICKORY NUT WORKSHOP

Wisconsin.
WHA member Sarah Naparalla will
present a workshop on hickory nuts
on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. The
program will take place at the Kiel
Community Center. Naparalla will
share information on how to forage,
store, crack and pick out hickory
nuts easily to get complete halves.
WHA will supply nuts, hard shell nut
crackers and picks for everyone to
get hands-on experience trying the
tips and techniques presented in the
workshop. More information about
the WHA can be found at wihickory.
org. Don’t miss this fun educational
workshop!
NEW DVDS
Try some of these new DVDs for
autumn viewing!
n “Elvis”
n “Grantchester #7”
n “Guilt #2”
n “Harry Wild #1”
n “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
n “Outlander #6”
n “Signora Volpe #1”
n “Wisting #1”
n “Where the Crawdads Sing”
CANDY BAR BINGO
Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 2:15 p.m.
LEGO FUN
Wednesday, Oct. 5; drop in from 2
to 6 p.m.
THE MANY RHYTHMS OF KATHRYN GAHL
Celebrate her three new books in
Hands-on hickory nut cracking,
Community Center; Tuesday, Oct. 11
at 1 p.m.
WISCONSIN WATERS
Author Scott Spoolman, Tuesday,
Oct. 25 at 1 p.m.
A SHIP CALLED ENDURANCE
Author Rochelle Pennington,
Community Center; Tuesday, Nov.
15 at 1 p.m.
STORY TIME
Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
TODDLER TIME
Fridays at 10 a.m.
TECH HELP
Drop in Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to
noon. Come with a question. Get a
quick mini lesson!
LIBRARY HOURS
Mondays through Thursdays, 9
a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 9 a.m. to 6
p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
CONTACT THE LIBRARY
Phone: 894-7122
Email: kielpl@mcls.lib.wi.us
Website: www.kiellibrary.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
KielLibrary/
“When all else fails, give up and go
to the library.”
—Stephen King
oratorical scholarship
High school students of Manito-
woc County are invited by all Mani-
towoc County American Legion posts
to compete in the annual Ameri-
can Legion High School Oratorical
Scholarship Program.
The subject in the prepared oration
portion of the contest must be about
some phase of the Constitution of
the United States, emphasizing the
duties and obligations of a citizen to
the U.S. government. The prepared
oration must be the original effort of
each contestant and must be 8 to 10
minutes in length.
American Legion posts of Manito-
woc County are currently preparing
for the first two levels of competi-
tion. The initial level will be held
around Dec. 15. Scholarships may be
earned at each level of competition.
Post and County winners may
receive prizes at those levels. Each
District winner will receive an Orato-
ry Medal. Each Regional participant
will receive a $600 scholarship and
the winner of each Regional contest
will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The
Department (State) finalists receive
$2,000 for first, $1,500 for second
and $1,000 for third.
In addition to the awards by winners
of the various elimination rounds of
competition, college scholarships of
$25,000, $22,500 and $20,000 will
be awarded to the first through third
places in the national finals. Each
state winner who competes in the
first round of the national contest
will receive a $2,000 scholarship.
Participants in the second round
who do not advance to the national
final round will receive an additional
$2,000 scholarship.
High school students in Manito-
woc County who are interested in
entering the competition will find
more information at legion.org/ora-
torical. For an application go to wile-
gion.org.Look for the “Attach Form”
at the bottom of the information.

COMMUNITY EVENT

German Day this Friday

Kiel City Park will once again be the place to be on
Friday, Sept. 30 for German Day.
From 11 a.m. until 10 p.m., those interested in
food, drinks and free live entertainment are wel-
come to come and enjoy the event hosted by the
Kiel Area Association of Commerce.
Food and drinks are available for purchase by
KAAC, as well as a pie stand by KEEF and Quality
Concessions “Real Wisconsin Cheese.”
There will be a drive-thru service available in the
alley from 4th Street.
Entertainment is slated for most of the day,
beginning with German Bakery, sponsored by Das
Brot from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and again from 5 p.m.
until 7 p.m.
Between German Bakery’s performances will be
Tom Schneider and the 2/5’s Party Band playing
from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Following German Bakery’s final performance
will be the Charlie Bucket Band, playing from 5:30
until 9:30.

ORGANIZATIONS

Senior Club sets

meeting on Oct. 3
When the Kiel Senior Club meets Monday, Oct.
3 at the Kiel Community Center starting at 1 p.m.,
Jared Roeck will be the speaker.
Roeck is a member of the Kiel Fire Department
and his topic will be “Safety for Seniors.”
The program is open to the public and will be fol-
lowed by the Senior Club meeting. Cards are played
after the meeting.
The Seniors are always accepting new members
who are invited to come and join at any meeting
or just come to listen to the speaker. Everyone is
welcome.
Upcoming meetings include a dementia special-
ist from the Aging and Disability Resource Center
and the Dec. 7 Christmas party at the Altona Supper
Club. People are asked to sign up for the party in
advance so that there is an accurate count.
 Thursday, September 29, 2022 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | PAGE 11

NEW HOLSTEIN
BUSINESS NEWS PUBLIC HEALTH

Salchert’s
issues recall
on 3 products
Salchert’s Meats in St. Cloud is
issuing a voluntary Class I recall for
a variety of meat products, the Wis-
consin Department of Agriculture,
Trade and Consumer Protection
announced Thursday afternoon,
Sept. 22.
This includes product purchased
on or before Sept. 14 from its retail
location. The affected products
include:
n smoked chicken (frozen), vac-
uum sealed;
n dried beef;
n beef jerky.
This is a Class I recall, initiated
based on evidence collected dur-
ing a routine inspection by state
inspectors. Evidence shows that
Members of the Board of Directors of Premier Financial Credit Union are (front, from left) Kathy Billmann, Mary Jo Muellenbach the product was produced without
(chairperson) and Sandy Burg (secretary); and (back) Tom Mueller (vice chairperson), Tre Waldren, Philip Vergowe (treasurer), an approved formula, and it was
Allen Schmitz and Brad Grant (president and CEO). The credit union’s directors (unpaid volunteers) are elected from among the not produced under an appropri-
credit union’s membership by other account holders, each of whom has one vote regardless of account balances or loans. ate Hazard Analysis Critical Con-
Credit unions have no shareholders; local citizens are elected to credit union boards to look out for the best interests of the trol Point (HACCP) food safety
account holders. They put people before profits and fulfill a mission of improving the financial position of the citizens who use plan. More information on the U.S.
credit unions to borrow and save. Premier Financial Credit Union has offices in New Holstein, Kiel and Chilton. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
recall classifications is available
on USDA’s website at https://www.
fsis.usda.gov. The USDA defines a
DEDICATION Class I recall as follows: “This is a
health hazard situation where there
is a reasonable probability that the
use of the product will cause seri-
ous, adverse health consequences
or death.”
No illnesses have been reported as
a result of consuming these prod-
ucts. Anyone with signs or symp-
toms of a foodborne illness should
contact their doctor. Consumers
who have these products can dis-
card them. Consumers with ques-
tions about this recall can contact
Jeff Fuhrmann, Salchert’s Meats, at
(920) 999-2651.

SCHOOL EVENTS

Homecoming
events this
week at NHHS
St. Martin Heritage Park near Hayton held its annual dedication cer- Homecoming events are under
emony on Sunday afternoon for new items at the park during the way at New Holstein High School.
year. Above, Roger Woelfel emceed the event and stands next to the On Friday, Sept. 30 the Home-
new shed which was constructed next to the former church. At left is coming Parade starts at 1:45 p.m.
the Celebration maple tree which was donated by Catholic Financial followed by the pep rally on the
Life Chapter 194. Below, Sandy Mahlich—great-great-granddaughter football/soccer field. The parade
of Franz and Theresia Mahlich, one of the six founding families of the will go north on Plymouth and turn
parish—dedicated a pine tree on behalf of the family. right on Pleasant. It will go east on
MARK SHERRY PHOTOS Pleasant to Washington; turn left
on Washington to Illinois; turn left
on Illinois going west to Plymouth;
then jog left to the Middle School
alley back to the field for the pep
rally.
The public is encouraged to join
the parade route and then come to
the pep rally at the football field.
This year the Booster Club is going
to hold a tailgating party right after
the pep assembly. It will run from
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The concession
stand will be open with brats and
burgers and a caramel apple bar.
Corn hole, spike ball and a couple of
other games will be played. All are
welcome to join us the events.
The Huskies will take on Manito-
woc Roncalli starting at 7 p.m.
The Homecoming Dance will be
Saturday from 7:45 to 11:30 p.m.
with crowning at 9:30 p.m.
PAGE 12 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | Thursday, September 29, 2022
BLOOD DRIVES
Red Cross offering
blood drive bonuses
On the first day of fall, the Ameri-
can Red Cross asked the public to
start the season off with a lifesaving
blood or platelet donation.
While the leaves turn, the need
for blood never changes. Those who
give this fall play an important role
in keeping the blood supply high
enough to help patients counting on
blood products for care—especially
ahead of the busy holiday season.
Book a time to give blood or plate-
lets by using the Red Cross Blood
Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.
org or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS
(1-800-733-2767).
As a thank you, the Red Cross is
offering these opportunities for
donors:
n All who come to give through
Sept. 30 will be automatically
entered for a chance to win a VIP
NASCAR racing experience, includ-
ing two tickets to a 2023 Sport Clips
Haircuts-sponsored race of the win-
ner’s choice, round-trip airfare for
two, up to a three-night hotel stay,
and entry to a Sport Clips racetrack
hospitality tent, if available, plus a
$750 gift card, thanks to Sport Clips.
n Those who come to give in Sep-
tember will also receive a coupon for
a free haircut by e-mail, also thanks
to Sport Clips. Details are available at
rcblood.org/racetogive.
n All who come to give Oct. 1-31
will receive a $5 e-Gift Card by email
to a merchant of choice.
Upcoming blood donation oppor-
tunities in this area include:
n Wednesday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 2
p.m., New Holstein High School, 1715
Plymouth St.;
n Tuesday, Oct. 18, 11:45 a.m. to 6
p.m., Maximillian’s, 155 Fond du Lac
St., Mount Calvary.
COMMUNITY EVENT
Booster dinner Oct. 12
The annual New Holstein Athletic
Benefit Dinner—sponsored by the
New Holstein Sports Booster Club—
is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 12 at
the Altona Supper Club.
The ribs and chicken dinner will
be served from 4 to 8 p.m. with car-
ryouts starting at 3:30 p.m. Advance
tickets are $12 with at-the-door tick-
ets costing $13. Children ages 4 and
under are free.
BOOKMARKS/NEW HOLSTEIN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Prince was a librarian
In 2018 there was an American and it was jam-packed with indus-
Library Association website posting trial shelving units packed top to
for an archivist position at the Pais- bottom with tapes—thousands of
ley Park Museum, cataloging items unreleased recordings. It is rumored
belonging to the late artist Prince. that there’s enough music to release
Among other interesting things a Prince album a year for the next
To give blood, simply download
in the role description, strict adher- century. In this room—and this is
the American Red Cross Blood Donor
ence to a pescatarian diet was a job so cool—there was a very old com-
App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call
requirement. The listing eventually puter. Hanging by that very old
1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-
made the rounds in national media, computer was instructions for the
2767) or enable the Blood Donor Skill
particularly places that report on computer, which was a database of
on any Alexa Echo device to make an
music like Rolling Stone. Man did the recordings. “Introducing Mr.
appointment or for more informa-
that job sound fun—cataloging Vault Guy. That’s right. No more
tion. All blood types are needed to
Prince artifacts, lending them to messy papercuts. To use Mr. Vault
ensure a reliable supply for patients.
other museums and private par- Guy, follow these simple instruc-
A blood donor card or driver’s license
ties and going through the vault of tions.” “One, choose The Vault.
or two other forms of identification
music and videos left behind by a Enter. Two, choose Search, slash
are required at check-in. Individu-
prolific musician whose production Update, Enter twice.” Etc. At the end
als who are 17 years of age in most
was vaster than anyone could have it read, “dig it? Dig it. Any ques-
states (16 with parental consent
imagined. tions? Ask Chuck.”
where allowed by state law), weigh
Speaking of the vault, that’s a As a librarian, I always struggled
at least 110 pounds and are in gener-
Prince story that didn’t seem to get with Prince’s protection of his
ally good health may be eligible to
as much traction, but was far more own music. If his song was play-
donate blood. High school students
compelling. It was told in an epi- ing faintly in the background of
and other donors 18 years of age and
sode of This American Life. Dave someone’s family video, it would be
younger also have to meet certain
McOmie is a safecracker for a living, removed from the internet. It bor-
height and weight requirements.
and sits down to recount the day he dered on censorship. This is a whole
Blood and platelet donors can save
had to break into Prince’s vault. The other topic, how librarians battle to
time at their next donation by using
whole affair is really interesting. In expand access, not restrict it. But
RapidPass® to complete their pre-
this case Prince, and the code, was there was something so redeeming
donation reading and health history
gone. Had Dave failed to open the in knowing he created all this stuff
questionnaire online, on the day of
vault successfully, a vault which for the world to eventually view, and
their donation, before arriving at the
was designed “to repel sophisti- clearly learned how to catalog it like
blood drive. To get started, follow
cated attempts at entry” (no vault a librarian would. How to create an
the instructions at RedCrossBlood.
of this brand has ever been defeated entire database so that people could
org/RapidPass or use the Blood
by a burglar, ever), the items inside search that music that he was aware
Donor App.
would have remained there forever. wouldn’t be released in his lifetime.
The American Red Cross shelters,
Further, Dave describes it as very That he did as sort of a personal
feeds and provides comfort to vic-
unlike the movies. Where people project what we do for work, man-
tims of disasters; supplies about
expect it to be cracked in a few aged a whole filing system for his
40 percent of the nation’s blood;
minutes or even less, it generally creations. I even love his stab at
teaches skills that save lives; dis-
takes many hours of painstaking, the old card catalogs—no more
tributes international humanitarian
and anxiety-inducing work. Even papercuts! And I can begrudgingly
aid; and supports veterans, military
days. But the best part is Dave’s appreciate that he was an artist try-
members and their families. The Red
revelation about when the vault ing to control his own output. Prince
Cross is a nonprofit organization
was finally entered. First, it was a had an undiscovered calling to the
that depends on volunteers and the
huge room, around 20 x 40 feet, library profession, and I dig it.
generosity of the American public to
deliver its mission. For more infor-
mation, please visit redcross.org
or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or visit
them on Twitter at @RedCross.
There will be bucket raffles and a
50/50. People do not have to be pres-
ent to win.
Proceeds from the dinner are used
for coaches’ wish lists and to sup-
port the school’s sports programs.
Tickets are available at all New Hol-
stein schools as well as Lilybee’s
Floral, Mae Rylie’s Screen Printing
& Embroidery and Mueller’s Barber
Shop.

BOY SCOUTS
Holyland Boy Scouts Troop 778, sponsored by Abler/Engel Legion Post 454-Mount
Calvary and Blonigen Post 478-St.Cloud, reported on their summer camp activities
at Camp Deborah located near La Crosse at a recent meeting of Post 454. Troop 778
had a very successful week and received the Honor Troop Spirit award. Pictured rep-
resenting Troop 778 are (from left) Leader Linda Brenner, members Joseph Brenner,
Brayden Schmitz, Owen Birschbach, Isaac Petrie, Leader Jim Weber and Leader Jessi
Petrie.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Flu vaccine being
offered in Calumet
The best way to protect oneself and
loved ones against influenza (flu) is
to get the vaccine every flu season.
Flu is a contagious respiratory
disease that can lead to serious ill-
ness, hospitalization, or even death.
Everyone 6 months and older should
get a flu vaccine every season, offi-
cials say. The flu vaccine, which is
safe and inexpensive, can reduce
flu-related illnesses, doctors’ visits
and hospitalizations, and has been
shown to be life-saving.
While flu can make anyone sick,
certain people are at greater risk for
serious complications from the flu,
including older people; young chil-
dren; people with chronic lung dis-
ease (such as asthma and COPD),
diabetes (type 1 and 2), heart disease,
neurologic conditions and certain
other long-term health conditions;
and pregnant women.
Flu seasons are unpredictable and
can be severe. In Wisconsin, this
season often begins in October and
can last as late as May. Getting vac-
cinated before the flu virus begins
spreading in the community is rec-
ommended. If possible, everyone
should get vaccinated by the end of
October.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Concert
set Oct. 4
In the Know (House)
Concerts is bring-
ing back Vibhas Ken-
dzia on Tuesday, Oct.
4 starting at 7 p.m. at
Spartan Hall, the gym-
nasium at the former
Holy Rosary School in
New Holstein.
Vibhas (Peter Alex-
ander Kendzia) grew
up in West Germany
and studied piano and
flute from the age of
5. While receiving a
degree in Music Edu-
cation from Johann
Wolfgang Goethe Uni-
versity in Frankfurt,
he had the privilege to
study flute with Rolf
Bissinger, flutist for
the Frankfurt Opera
Orchestra, and piano
with Matitjahu Kel-
lig, well known for his
Mozart interpreta-
tions.
Studies in Latin
percussion and tra-
ditional instruments
from many countries
were all influential in
his creation of origi-
nal world music, melt-
ing genres from East to
West.
His work and per-
sonal curiosity brought
him to India where
he was introduced to
meditation and to the
classical sounds of
the Bansuri or native
bamboo flute. He met
Calumet County Public Health will and studied with world
offer flu vaccinations by appoint- famous flutist Pundit
ment on Oct. 5 and 12 at the Calu- Hari Prasad Chaurasia.
met County Courthouse, 206 Court In 1997 Vibhas visited
St., Chilton. Flu vaccinations will be Sedona, Arizona. It was
given in Room 017, located on the here that he first heard
lower level of the courthouse build- the haunting sounds of
ing. To schedule an appointment, the Navajo flute. Play-
please call Calumet County Public ing these traditional
Health at (920) 849-1432 or toll- native flutes around
free at (833) 620-2730, extension the Southwest over the
4504. years has brought him
For children 6 months through 18 much praise from the
years of age, flu vaccinations will be local Native American
provided free of charge by Calumet population, who are
County Public Health if: fascinated by his inti-
n the child is uninsured, or mate feeling for this
n the child is insured through ancient instrument
Medicaid (BadgerCare Plus and other and the longing he
Medicaid programs), or expresses through it.
n the child is Native American or Vibhas’s strength is
Alaska Native. versatility. He plays
For adults with Medicare Part B his original piano solos
or a Medicare Advantage Plan, the with a classical touch.
flu vaccination fees will be billed Seating is provid-
to those insurance plans. Please ed at the concert, but
remember to bring insurance cards if people prefer their
to appointments. own comfortable camp
For all other children and adults, chair, feel free to bring Advertise in the Wisconsin Media Group classifieds!
flu shots will be available from Calu- it along, as well as a Ads automatically go in the Tempo and Tri-County
met County Public Health for a $40 friend and a favorite News. Call 894-2828 before 3 p.m. Fridays.
fee. beverage.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
September 29
Bridging the Divide Tech Lessons are
planned at the Chilton Public Library
starting at 1 p.m. Registration is requested
due to limited seating. To be placed on
a waitlist, please call the library. Today’s
topic is “Information Everywhere”
(online news, online health, evaluating
information).
Recycling pick-up on the north side
of Wisconsin Avenue in the city of New
Holstein
The Kiel Seniors play cards from 1 to 4
p.m. at the Kiel Community Center.
September 30
Chilton’s Farmer’s Market is continuing
every Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in
Klinkner Park.
Dungeons and Dragons 101 is
scheduled at the Chilton Public Library
starting at 3:30 p.m. This all-ages program
is to learn about Dungeons and Dragons
and how to play. Age-based play groups
will start in October. Today’s topic is “How
to be a DM.”
New Holstein High School will continue
Homecoming Week celebrations today
with a parade to which the public is
invited starting at 1:45 p.m. using Pleasant
and Illinois avenues. The public also can
attend the pep rally which follows on the
High School athletic field, followed by a
tailgating party from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The
concession stand will be open with brats
and burgers and a caramel apple bar.
Corn hole, spike ball and a couple of other
games will be played. All are welcome to
join the events.
Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 6
p.m., Right Way Club, 4627 S. 12th St.,
Sheboygan
The Kiel Seniors play cards from 9 a.m.
to noon at the Kiel Community Center.
Toddler Time, 10 a.m., Kiel Public
Library
October 2
Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 1
p.m., New Holstein Public Library, 2115
Washington St.
October 3
Good Shepherd Parish in Chilton will
be hosting a mission Monday through
Wednesday, Oct. 3 to 5 called “The
Amazing Gift of the Eucharist” presented
by Father James Kubicki. Each evening will
begin at 6:30 p.m. in the church. There
is no charge for the mission. A free-will
offering will be taken each evening. All
are welcome.
Storytime, 10 a.m., New Holstein Public
Library
When the Kiel Senior Club meets at the
Kiel Community Center starting at 1 p.m.,
Jared Roeck will be the speaker. Roeck is a
member of the Kiel Fire Department and
his topic will be “Safety for Seniors.” The
program is open to the public and will
be followed by the Senior Club meeting.
Cards are played after the meeting.
The Seniors are always accepting new
members who are invited to come and
join at any meeting or just come to listen
to the speaker. Everyone is welcome.
October 4
Drop in at the Kiel
Public Library from 9 a.m.
to noon with technology
questions—first come, first
served.
Fox Valley Technical
College in Appleton is
planning an in-person
open house from 3 to 7
p.m. No registration is
necessary.
Good Shepherd Parish
in Chilton will be hosting a
mission Monday through
Wednesday, Oct. 3 to 5
called “The Amazing Gift
of the Eucharist” presented
by Father James Kubicki.
Each evening will begin
at 6:30 p.m. in the church.
There is no charge for the mission. A free-
will offering will be taken each evening.
All are welcome.
In the Know (House) Concerts is
bringing back Vibhas Kendzia starting at
7 p.m. at Spartan Hall, the gymnasium
at the former Holy Rosary School in New
Holstein. He plays his original piano solos
with a classical touch. With the keyboard
accompaniment, Vibhas is free to play
melodies on the Indian flutes or smooth
jazz arrangements with the soprano sax.
Seating is provided at the concert, but
if people prefer their own comfortable
camp chair, feel free to bring it along as
well as a favorite beverage.
The Kiel Seniors play cards from 9 a.m.
to noon at the Kiel Community Center.
October 5
A drop-in Lego open building session is
planned at the Kiel Public Library from 2
to 6 p.m. Many of the library’s Lego books
will be on display for building ideas.
Participants can enter the monthly Lego
door prize drawing.
A meeting for families/parents with
students in Kiel schools to discuss updates
to the Kiel Area School District’s strategic
plan is scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at
the Community Center
Calumet County Public Health will offer
flu vaccinations by appointment at the
Calumet County Courthouse, 206 Court
St., Chilton. Flu vaccinations will be given
in Room 017, located on the lower level of
the courthouse building. To schedule an
appointment, please call Calumet County
Public Health at (920) 849-1432 or toll-free
at (833) 620-2730, extension 4504.
Good Shepherd Parish in Chilton will
be hosting a mission Monday through
Wednesday, Oct. 3 to 5 called “The
Amazing Gift of the Eucharist” presented
by Father James Kubicki. Each evening will
begin at 6:30 p.m. in the church. There
is no charge for the mission. A free-will
offering will be taken each evening. All
are welcome.
Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 6
p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1808
Eastern Ave., Plymouth
Story Time, 10 a.m., Kiel Public Library
Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Chilton Public
Library
The Kiel Farmer’s Market is held at Kiel
City Park in the large pavilion/shelter
starting at 11 a.m., with some vendors on
Paine Street starting at 2 p.m.
October 6
“Friends & Food” is a free meal planned
from 6 to 7 p.m. at Spartan Hall (former
Holy Rosary School) in New Holstein.
There will be dairy-free as well as grain-
free offerings. All are invited. People may
bring a friend and/or make a friend at the
event. No RSVP is necessary but if people
wish they may e-mail gr8greetings4u@
yahoo.com.
Join local author Kathryn Gahl as she
shares her poems from two new poetry
volumes at the Kiel Public Library starting
at 1 p.m. Books will be available for
purchase and signing.
The Chilton American Legion and
Legion Auxiliary meet the first Thursday
of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Chilton City
Hall.
The Manitowoc County TEA Movement
(McTEAM) is planning a public meeting
at the Baymont Inn, 101 Maritime
Dr., Manitowoc starting at 6:30 p.m.
McTEAM is a nonpartisan group focused
on education of current topics. At the
meeting, members will discuss election
fraud and what to do to secure the
November election. A secondary topic
will be an introduction to “how America
got incorporated.” The main speaker
Kristy Pagel and her employees attended a state convention at which they received
training to sharpen their skills in helping to serve customers of Just for You Flowers
and Gifts in Chilton.
JUST FOR YOU
from page 4
convention to help continue sharp-
ening skills.
Another part of continuing educa-
tion is the up-and-coming Christmas
workshop that will be taking place
Nov. 10 at Neighborhood Pub and Grill
which will be Just for You’s first pub-
lic workshop since Pagel took owner-
ship of the business. There is limited
space for the workshop, and more
details will be available very soon.
Although Pagel will be speaking
during the workshop, there will also
be multiple teachers. “I get way more
pride seeing others thrive,” Pagel
said. “For me, it’s about empowering
others.”
With six floral designers on the Just
for You team, creativity and unique-
ness is seen in the work that is pre-
sented, thanks to each designer’s
style. Much like snowflakes, no two
bouquets are the same. Each one is
beautiful, with the appearance and
presentation being professional. cre-
ative and made with care.
Another core value Pagel men-
tioned was to have fun. She wants her
team to enjoy their work and to have
fun. “Smiles and laughter are a must.
Life is short. The day I stop having
fun, I’m done,” Pagel said.
will be Dr. David King who will do an
introduction to his newly released book
“Why It Is Important To Stay In The
Middle.” Dr. King also will do a book
signing for those who purchase a copy
at the cost of $15. A free-will offering
of $5 per person would be appreciated
to help cover meeting costs. For more
information call 920-629-9238 or e-mail
pattyk2049@gmail.com with “TEA” in the
subject line.
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
CALUMET COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF
James T. Petrie
Notice to Creditors
(Informal Administration)
Case No.2022PR00053
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for informal admin-
istration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
March 7, 1936 and date of death
August 18, 2022 was domiciled in
Calumet County, State of WI , with a
mailing address of 2236 Illinois Ave,
New Holstein, WI 53061.
3. All interested persons waived
notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedent’s estate is
December 23, 2022
5. A claim may be filed at the Calu-
met County Courthouse, Chilton,
Wisconsin, Room 112.
Electronically signed by Rhonda
Neumann, Probate Registrar
Atty: Timothy R. Halbach
102 N. Madison St.
PO Box 188
Chilton, WI 53014
(920) 849-4999
State Bar: 11052299
WNAXLP
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Gardening challenge
Start now to get poinsettias, cactus to rebloom
BY MELINDA MYERS
Gardeners like a challenge and the
sense of accomplishment when try-
ing something new.
Forcing poinsettias and Christmas
cactus to rebloom provides such an
opportunity.
These plants need 14 hours of unin-
terrupted darkness each night to set
flowers for the winter holidays. Start-
ing between late September and Oct.
1, cover or move your plants into a
dark location each night. Shield them
from any outdoor, street or read-
ing lights that can delay or prevent
flowering.
Uncover or move your plants back
to a brightly lit location each morn-
ing. Growing the plants in a cool-
er location, especially at night, and
keeping the soil slightly drier will
help stimulate bloom. Some experts
believe this is all that is needed to
rebloom Christmas cactus. A combi-
nation of the two treatments seems
to give the best results.
The colorful parts of the poinset-
tia are the bracts, often called the
flowers. These are leaves that turn
color after the dark treatment. The
true poinsettia flower is the knobby
yellow growth that appears in the
center of the colorful bracts at the tip
of stem.
Continue the dark treatment until
the poinsettia bracts are fully col-
ored or your Christmas cactus is cov-
ered with well-developed buds. Move
the flowering plants to a cool, bright
location free of hot and cold drafts.
Continue to water thoroughly and
often enough to keep the soil slightly
moist while the plants are flowering.
This is especially important to pre-
vent bud and flower drop on Christ-
mas cactus.
Consistently providing the required
dark period is key to having flow-
ers for the holidays. Each missed or
interrupted 14-hour night delays
blooming by one day. There is no need
to give up after a couple of interrupt-
ed nights. Just enjoy the event when
your poinsettia does bloom. Their
colorful bracts are sure to brighten
any winter day.
\If your poinsettia fails to flower,
you can still enjoy your plant this
winter. Just add some faux poinsettia
blooms, berry sprays or other floral
décor. No one needs to know this was
not the plan all along.
Do not be surprised if flowers appear
on your Christmas cactus at Thanks-
giving. Although sold as a Christmas
cactus, it may truly be a Thanksgiving
cactus or a hybrid of the two. The true
Christmas cactus has small segments
with smooth edges and blooms later
than the Thanksgiving cactus with
toothed or jagged segments.
Fortunately, the Christmas and
Thanksgiving cactus’ growing
requirements and care are basically
the same. The plants will do fine; they
just bloom during different holidays.
Both are native to the tropical rain
forests, not the desert, as their com-
mon name implies. They both pre-
fer bright light, high humidity and a
thorough watering when the top few
inches of soil begin to dry when they
Turn to CACTUS/page 18

Taking the proper steps now can get poinsettias to rebloom for the holidays.
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10 things master backyarders do
Over the last couple of years, we’ve
had a lot of practice backyarding.
This is the act of doing indoor
things—think dining, working,
entertaining, exercising and even
vacationing—outdoors, like in our
own backyards. According to the
TurfMutt Foundation, which advo-
cates for the care and use of all green
space, many Americans have taken
their backyarding practices up a
notch.
“We really appreciate their time
outdoors—not only in the great
expanses of nature, but also in their
own backyards,” said Kris Kiser,
president and CEO of the TurfMutt
Foundation and the Outdoor Power
Equipment Institute (OPEI). “If
you’re doing things like planting for
pollinators, getting outside no mat-
ter the weather, and putting the right
plant in the right place, pat yourself
on the back. You’re a master back-
yarder.”
He adds that the more time we
spend in our yards, the better it is for
our health and well-being, as well as
the health of the planet.
Here are 10 things master back-
yarders do that all of us should emu-
late:
1. Combat climate change on a
micro-level. Having a living land-
scape—over artificial grass, pave-
ment and rocks—supports the envi-
ronment. Green, growing plants,
shrubs, trees and grass capture and
filter rainwater, produces oxygen and
absorbs carbon, just to name a few
benefits. Master backyarders take
small steps in their yard that make
a big impact on environmental con-
cerns.
2. Don’t let lack of space deter
backyarding. Master backyarders
maximize every inch of their outdoor
space, whether that means planting a
container garden on a balcony, out-
fitting a small urban yard with shrubs
and flower pots, or creating a back-
yard oasis in a large neighborhood
lawn.
3. Creatively utilize outdoor space.
Master backyarders set up their yards
for purpose with patio furniture, a
fire pit, yard games, plenty of out-
door seating, string lights and maybe
even an outdoor kitchen or office
space. And they use their backyards
for everything—from working and
exercising to vacationing and enter-
taining.
4. Put the right plants in the right
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place. Master backyarders know their
climate zone and consider location,
maintenance, sunlight and watering
requirements before they plant. They
have the Plant Hardiness Zone Maps
bookmarked so they are always pre-
pared for proper planting.
5. Plant for pollinators and wild-
life. Master backyarders cultivate a
living landscape that supports a rich
biodiversity with butterfly bushes,
flowering plants, water sources and
trees and shrubs with nooks for nest-
ing and food.
6. Get outside year-round. No
fair-weather backyarding here. Mas-
ter backyarders are outside during
all four seasons. They understand
advance planning and work in and
use their green space year round.
They plant in the fall for a glorious
spring, remove snow to create use-
able areas, prune trees before bad
weather hits and more.
7. Utilize community parks and
public green space. Master back-
yarders recognize the importance of
managed landscapes throughout the “Master backyarders” know there is fun to be had in their backyards during all sea-
community to create eco-corridors sons of the year.
that are part of the worldwide eco-
system. They also appreciate and use
these community gathering spots.
8. Teach kids the importance of
green space. Master backyarders Advertise in
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9. Keep the family dog in mind.
Master backyarders understand that
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their backyard with pets in mind.
Sturdy turfgrass that stands up to pet at 3 p.m.
play, soft foliage to create a natural
barricade between off limits areas
and the rest of the lawn, and trees and
shrubs strategically planted for shade
are all part of their master plan.
10. Embrace the hidden benefits
of the backyard. Master backyard-
ers know they are getting a health
boost when they spend time working
in their yards since soil is the new
Prozac and more physicians are pre-
scribing time outdoors. Other hidden
benefits of the yard master backyard-
ers appreciate? Increased energy,
lower stress and improved mood, just
to name a few.
To learn more about the many ben-
efits of backyarding, go to TurfMutt.
com.
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5 fall maintenance
tips to save costs later
While home maintenance may
seem pricey, being proactive about
home upkeep can save more money
by preventing expensive repair or
replacement costs in the future—
not to mention safeguarding against
damage to your home.
The hard part is knowing how often
and what type of maintenance to do,
and where to start.
According to State Farm, fall is the
perfect time to take care of many
jobs, whether by yourself or by hir-
ing professionals. Here are some top
maintenance tasks to help protect the
largest investment you have—your
home.
1. Check your smoke detectors
According to the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology
(NIST), 96 percent of homes are now
installed with smoke detectors; how-
ever, nearly 20 percent of them have
non-working smoke alarms. The
NIST estimates that if every home
had working smoke alarms, deaths
from U.S. residential fires could drop
36 percent. Why aren’t these smoke
detectors working? Primarily miss-
ing or dead batteries. Smoke detector
batteries need to be replaced at least
annually, not just when they chirp.
The average claim from a home fire
according to State Farm is $57,000.
So buy some batteries, and replace
those old ones.
2. Trim your trees
Little known fact, you’re respon-
sible for the damage if a tree on your
property falls on a neighbor’s house.
Or if a dead branch damages your
home, it can result in a homeowner’s
insurance claim, meaning you have
to pay the deductible. For peace of
mind, trim the trees on your property
every fall. Find tips on tree trimming
at StateFarm.com/simple-insights/
residence. If you prefer hiring a pro-
fessional, contact your local State
Farm agent and they can help you find
an arborist with community roots.
3. Check washing machine hoses
Did you know a washing machine
hose holds 70 pounds of pressure?
CACTUS
from page 15
are actively growing.
Enjoy the experience as well as
the results. As with any gardening
endeavor, the fun is in trying some-
thing new.
Melinda Myers has written more
than 20 gardening books, including
If it fails, it can spray 650 gallons
of water per hour into your home.
So if you’re away for the weekend
and a hose bursts, you may open the
door to the equivalent of a 20-foot
by 40-foot in-ground pool’s worth
of water, which can damage floors,
drywall and personal items. Between
June 2021 and June 2022, State Farm
paid nearly $36.7 million to help cus-
tomers recover from damage due to
washing machine hose bursts, with
an average claim of over $12,000.
Hose maintenance is easy: Inspect
the hot and cold washing machine Fall is a great time to check and/or change the batteries in smoke detectors.
supply lines monthly, looking for
blisters, worn tubing, cracks or loose
connections. It is best to replace sup-
ply hoses every three to five years.
4. Conduct a generator safety check
A portable generator is handy
equipment for when the power goes
out, and regular maintenance will
ensure that it works when you need
it. First, always unplug and turn off
all power to the generator. Examine
the AC wiring and alternator to clear
dirt and debris. Inspect the air intake
system and replace the air filter. Oil in
your generator needs to be changed
every 25 hours of running, or one
year unused. When you are ready to
use the generator, take it outside to
a well-ventilated area before start-
ing up. Generators produce carbon
monoxide from the exhaust and can
cause serious injury or death if used
indoors, in a garage (including with
open doors) or even on a porch.
5. Maintain your HVAC
One of the most critical items to
maintain is your heating, ventila-
tion and air conditioning (HVAC)
system. Regular maintenance helps
keep the system in working order,
extending the life of the system and
saving on energy costs. According
to HomeAdvisor, replacing an HVAC
system costs from $5,000 to $10,000.
To save money and extend the life
of your system, change air filters
regularly. Set a reminder every few
months to replace filters. Dirty fil-
ters can impede airflow and make the
HVAC system work harder. —BPT
the recently released “Midwest Gar-
dener’s Handbook, 2nd Edition” and
“Small Space Gardening.” She hosts The
Great Courses “How to Grow Anything”
instant video and DVD series and the
nationally syndicated Melinda’s Garden
Moment TV and radio program. Myers
is a columnist and contributing editor
for Birds & Blooms magazine and her
website is www.MelindaMyers.com.

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improving gem
St. Martin Heritage Park continues to be an
ever-improving gem for the area and the many
people who have made it so deserve commenda-
tion.
The annual dedication ceremony for new items
at the park was held Sunday afternoon and it
served as yet another reminder about what a
special place this is and how much volunteer and
community effort has gone into making it a great
place.
It would not come as a surprise if some people
reading this right now asked, “Where is that?”
While longtime local residents know the former
St. Martin Catholic Church lies on CTH T near
Hayton between Chilton and New Holstein, it is
not along a major highway and not a place people
pass by every day.
For people who have not visited Heritage Park
before, make it a point to do so. One of the lovely
upcoming early fall days would be a great time to
do so—especially as the leaves start to turn colors.
This is a public park which is open to everyone.
Perched on top of one of the area’s highest hills,
people will find great views of the countryside,
playground toys for children, a covered gazebo
and other amenities.
The biggest addition to the park in the past year
is not for the public but it will benefit the park and
is another shining example of how park volun-
teers pull together to get things done. Volunteers
constructed a new shed in which to store lawn-
mowers and other items. The 2x4s in the structure
were cut by a local sawmill from trees which had
to be taken down on the property. Numerous other
contributions of money, materials and manpower
made the shed happen.
One of the best aspects of St. Martin Heritage
Park is that its Board of Directors and others who
love the place are continually asking, “OK, what
can we do next to make it even better?” These are
generally older folks doing all this planning and
work, but their passion for the park keeps them
energized.
Whether making a spur-of-the-moment trip
to the park or scoping it out for a future wedding
or family reunion, pop in every now and then and
appreciate all the work which has gone into St.
Martin Heritage Park. —Mark Sherry
Get into spirit of
Homecoming
Get in the spirit of Homecoming this week at
Chilton and New Holstein high schools and the
following week at Kiel High School.
Homecoming parades are not just for stu-
dents—show community support by attending
the parades. In New Holstein this Friday, there
also will be a pep rally and tailgate party following
the parade which are open to the public. Attend the
Homecoming football games and other sporting
events. A person does not have to be an alumnus of
a school to show support for it. —Mark Sherry
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COLUMN
How quickly things can change
Someday, people (including myself sometimes)
might learn to not overreact so quickly when
it comes to the ups and downs of their favorite
sports teams.
Among the latest examples of this lesson
involve two of Wisconsin’s favorite teams.
Example one involves the Green Bay Packers,
the Las Vegas Raiders and the wide receiver posi-
tion.
Remember way, way back to two weeks ago
when the Packers lost their season opener at
Minnesota and got fairly low production from the
wide receiver position? Nevermind that number-
one receiver Allen Lazard did not play in that
game. Following the defeat, the internet trolls
came to life, saying, “See, we told you, we were
right, the Packers made a huge mistake letting
Davante Adams go!”
What the trolls left off of their goading of the
Packers that week was the rather important fact
that Adams’ new team—the Las Vegas Raid-
ers—suffered the same outcome as did the Pack-
ers, a loss. All the trolls and national broadcasters
wanted to point out was that Adams had a huge
day—10 catches for 141 yards—and out-per-
formed the collective Packer receiving corps.
Flash forward all of 14 days and here’s the new
situation:
Last week, Adams caught two passes for 12
yards. This past Sunday, he had five catches for
36 yards. I watched highlights from the Raid-
ers’ game this week and in every critical situation
where the Raiders needed a big play, Adams did
not appear to be the intended target on the play.
That’s a pretty expensive decoy.
Meanwhile, Packers’ rookie Romeo Doubs
caught eight passes for 73 yards and a touch-
down this past Sunday. While that isn’t a monster
game, it did give Packer fans a glimpse of what
might be to come for this year’s training camp/
preseason star.
And, once again, the most important update is
that now the Raiders are sitting at 0-3 while the
Packers are 2-1. Since 1979, only six teams which
COLUMN
Big birds start moving south
As of last week, it is officially autumn, in case
you have missed the Halloween, Thanksgiving
and (sadly) Christmas décor currently crowding
store shelves.
Cool days and nights underscore the seasonal
change.
Some of our friends are getting ready to go to
warmer destinations for the winter months, and
we are sad (not to mention envious) to see them
go. In addition to our human friends, the big
birds (not the one of Sesame Street fame) are also
preparing to leave their summer homes here in
Wisconsin.
We have been seeing great egrets, blue herons
and sandhill cranes all summer. We regularly
travel east of New Holstein on county roads,
where several creeks and ponds on both sides of
the road are good places to see these beautiful
creatures. I wondered if they were great egrets or
snowy egrets. Doing a little research, I am con-
vinced the egrets around here in summer months
are great egrets, because their beaks are orange.
Snowy egrets have black beaks. I’m amazed I was
able to see an egret close enough to determine the
beak color, but that happened one Sunday morn-
ing when the rising sun perfectly illuminated an
orange beak on an egret standing in a ditch close
to the road.
We also frequently drive west of Kiel on a vari-
ety (thanks to multiple detours) of county roads
toward Lake Winnebago, and there are many
chances to see the egrets and herons waiting to
grab the next unlucky frog. The sandhills can
often be seen casually walking in farm fields or
flying in pairs or threes overhead.
The egrets were especially plentiful this year,
and they are easy to spot, since their white feath-
ers stand out clearly against green and brown
swampy backdrops. Unless they are flying,
which is especially cool to see, they can be found
standing still near the edges of ponds or water-
filled ditches. I am reminded of a runway model
patiently waiting near the curtain for her turn to
BEHIND THE
FRONT PAGE
By Mark Sherry
have started the year 0-3 have made the playoffs.
It’s still early and too early to claim a winner
in the whole Adams debate, but at least the trolls
have been silenced for now.
Example two involves our Milwaukee Brewers.
Already in late August fans were pulling the plug
on the season. When it comes to winning the divi-
sion, they were right—St. Louis caught fire and
nobody was going to catch them. The Cardinals’
tandem of Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado
is not only better than anyone Milwaukee has, it
is one of the top tandems in all of baseball. Com-
bined with a pitching staff on par with the Brew-
ers, the Cardinals are a great team having a great
season.
But there is this little thing called the wild card,
and as of Monday morning the Brewers were a
game and a half out of the playoffs. With a week
and a half to go in the season, that is hardly “all is
lost” time. As a matter of fact, if the Brewers are
a game and a half out with two to play, fans still
should be saying, “There’s a chance!” Never get
bored with making the playoffs, Brewers fans—
there were decades where it didn’t happen.
Heading into Tuesday night, all nine of Mil-
waukee’s remaining games are at home where the
Brewers have played very well this season. The
first two are against the Cardinals, but the Crew
finishes the season with Miami and Arizona. Just
get to the dance and then you have a chance.
Don’t think it can happen? Just stick around—
things change in a hurry in the sports world, and
in life in general.
RUTH’S
REFLECTIONS
BY RUTH WASMER
walk out on stage. There is no need for a handler
to be frantically running a lint roller over this
model’s outfit—every feather is perfectly in place.
Thank goodness these lovely birds are no longer
killed for their feathers, which were once very
popular as decorations on women’s hats.
I have always thought that any day when we
see an egret is a good day. Turns out others feel
that way as well. Some Native American tribes
have long considered seeing an egret as a good
omen for a hunt. In other tribal legends, egrets
were cast in the role of wise elders or mediators,
due to their great patience. Some early Ameri-
can traditions associate egrets with good fortune
and prosperity. And I thought it was all my idea!
Egrets spend the winter months in Mexico or
Central America, so they have a long way to go.
We didn’t see as many blue herons this sum-
mer, although there is a nesting spot in a lake
near CTH X east of New Holstein. Herons have
been nesting there in the high branches of sub-
merged trees for many years. The nests are most-
ly gone now, likely knocked down by high winds
or rainstorms, but there are two or three left. The
rest of the herons must have found other places
to nest. We did see a couple of white herons this
year, which we think were immature blue herons.
I’m told the herons don’t tend to go as far south
as the other big birds. They can do perfectly well
in the southern U.S.
The sandhills cranes have light brownish feath-
ers all summer long, which gives them perfect
camouflage in farm fields and wild grasses. As
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Pushing divisive agenda
To the editor:
Last week Tri-County Citizens
member Robert Jones wrote a letter
to the editor that was a copy of an
e-mail sent by Tri-County Citizens
member Katie Wimmler to the Kiel
Area School District Board of Educa-
tion.
The letter is in regard to all of the
costs, damages and threats the City
of Kiel incurred after a parent of one
of the accused boys, Rose Rabidoux,
along with the law firm Wisconsin
Institute for Law and Liberty, went
public with what otherwise would
have been a private Title IX inves-
tigation the School District was
legally obligated to carry out.
The letter calls for “a third-party
investigation that determines what
mistakes were made and what cor-
rective actions should be taken to
prevent a recurrence. This investi-
gation should focus on how a dis-
cipline problem in a middle school
could be allowed to turn into a
nationwide story that will adversely
impact the Kiel area for years. We
also ask the board to notify Super-
intendent Ebert that his annual con-
tract may not be renewed pending
the implementation of any recom-
mendations that are a result of the
investigation.”
This sounds remarkably similar
to Board Member Henschel’s wish
to review that Title IX investiga-
tion, which is on the board’s future
agenda. Now, when Mr. Henschel
initially brought this up, it seemed
in good faith and for the greater
good of the process, and I support
that in concept.
This letter, however, is quite dif-
ferent in nature—it’s really noth-
ing less than a baseless accusation
directed at the district and a threat
to Dr. Ebert’s employment. Are we
meant to believe that Mr. Henschel’s
future agenda item and this letter
are coincidentally appearing at the
same time? I find it hard to believe
that it is a coincidence.
I’d also like to point out that all
of the damages cited in this letter—
i.e., the school closures, the bomb
and death threats, the canceled
school and city activities, and the
numerous fees—were not the result
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Backing up opinions with facts
To the editor:
How very fortunate we are, in this
small community, to have a “true
political scholar” among us to share
his wealth of knowledge from time
to time on our Editorial page.
I find it particularly refreshing
to see the tolerance and respect of
other folks’ political viewpoints that
is routinely demonstrated in his let-
ters. I also find it very educational to
read the actual “facts and data” that
RUTH
from page 2
fall approaches, their summer
look fades, and the birds take on a
much grayer look. The gray shade
must make them harder to see when
flying or foraging on rainy or cloudy
days. I will miss them calling to each
other, a sound like no other.
We know where many of the
sandhills go in the winter months.
There is a National Wildlife Refuge
near San Antonio, New Mexico,
where as many as 14,000 sand-
hills congregate each winter. There
is a Festival of the Cranes in late
November or early December with a
wide variety of activities and oppor-
of laws or policies, or the district
personnel and administration that
are required to enforce them, but
rather the result of individuals
whose politics don’t agree with the
laws and policies.
In fact, to suggest that the dis-
trict was at fault for the chaos that
ensued after Rose Rabidoux and
WILL intentionally sought out
media attention—in order to force
their desired outcome—is an obvi-
ous attempt by this group of far-
right political activists to gaslight
the entire community of Kiel.
Again, it wasn’t school staff or the
school administration that alerted
the media in May. And it certainly
was not school staff or the school
administration who took this to the
far-right Twitter account LibsOf-
TikTok which has a track record of
inciting the violent right-wing mob.
It was set in motion by the actions
the law firm WILL took on behalf of
one of the accused boy’s parents,
Rose Rabidoux.
I just find it perplexing and comi-
cal that she signed on to this letter
sent to the School Board by Wim-
mler, which states “no explanation
has been given by the Kiel District
about how this got so out of con-
trol.”
The answer is quite clear on how
all of this happened—a media fren-
zy was initiated by certain politically
active Tri-County Citizen members
and this law firm. And now, for
these very same individuals who
were very vocal supporters of the
new board members to come out
and accuse the district and threaten
Dr. Ebert’s employment over the
unwarranted attention that was a
result of their very own actions?
Monumental hypocrisy.
Please consider just how abso-
lutely toxic this group is. The Kiel
Area School District and the sur-
rounding community deserve better
than those who use threats to push
their divisive political agenda—an
agenda that has nothing to do with
what is best for all kids.
Oliver Kornetzke
Kiel
he uses to back up his assertions.
It really is important for us all to
show respect for the opinions of
others and to have actual facts to
back up what we state as true.
In the words of Eric Clapton,
“Before you accuse me, take a look
at yourself.”
Linda Hau
Kiel
tunities to get up close and personal
with the cranes. We camped there
one year over Thanksgiving week-
end in nighttime temperatures in
the low 20s. Brrrrrrr! It was worth it
to see the cranes and thousands of
other birds that winter there or stop
to rest on their way to destinations
further south.
We did see a few egrets and sand-
hills last Sunday but haven’t seen
any herons for a while. A large group
of 15 or more egrets were gathered
last Friday on a lake in Manitowoc
County. They’ll likely be gone for
the winter soon. I’ll miss them all.
COPYRIGHT © 2022 RUTH WASMER
CONTACT RUTH AT RUTH.WASMER@YAHOO.COM
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Take your Bible to Work Day
To the editor:
Most of us are blessed to not have
the word “famine” in our immedi-
ate vocabulary.
We read about those who go to
bed hungry, and perhaps open our
pocketbooks when guilt begins to
consume us. For the most part,
“famine” is merely a TV image of
starving people in a foreign land.
But there is a famine that all of us
should be greatly concerned about.
Our nation is experiencing a “spiri-
tual famine” of major proportions.
We can point back to the Old Testa-
ment book of the prophet Amos,
who predicted that in the last days
there will be a “famine not of food
or drink, but a famine of the hearing
of the Word of God.” (8: 12).
Certainly this prophecy from
3,000 years ago seems to be com-
ing true right before our very eyes.
In the past 50-plus years alone, the
U.S. has banned school prayer, has
allowed killing unborn babies, and
has rewritten the definition of God’s
institution of marriage between one
man and one woman. It is no small
wonder that the American soci-
ety we once knew is reeling from
the effects of not adhering to the
unchanging Word of God. The devil
has been given a foothold, and many
are not strong enough to withstand
his powerful influence in our land.
And yet the Bible would seem to
be more accessible than ever. You
can now turn on any computer or
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Commends administrators
To the editor:
Several people have written and/
or signed onto letters in reference to
this spring’s Title IX sexual harass-
ment investigation, calling on the
KASD to initiate a third party inves-
tigation that should focus on how
a discipline problem in a middle
school could be allowed to turn
into a nationwide story that will
“adversely impact the Kiel area for
years.”
Robert Jones, the writer of the let-
ter in the Sept. 22, 2022 Tri-County
News, states that “no explanation
has been given by the district about
how this got so out of control...no
one has been held accountable.”
It was not the KASD administra-
tion that notified the media of the
investigation. Someone else leaked
the story. News of the investiga-
tion aired on several network new
stations. Laura Ingram’s interview
with an apparently involved par-
ent and student were aired on Green
Bays Fox News station. Other net-
works and the press quickly picked
up the story. Television and talk
radio hosts passionately opined
about Kiel’s situation. Joe Giganti
on The Regular Joe Show (She-
boygan WHBL) spent at least a day
speculating and criticizing the KASD
administration. But no one had all
the facts or details. In the court of
public opinion there are still few
verifiable facts. Our school admin-
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Should SS be decided annually?
To the editor:
Ron Johnson has proposed that
Social Security should be changed to
discretionary spending which means
that he wants Congress to vote every
year whether or not seniors should
receive their benefits.
I paid into Social Security for over
cell phone and be able to read Scrip-
ture. Worldwide, there have been
3.5 billion copies of the Bible sold in
the past 50 years, but unfortunately
most of them are stored on dusty
shelves and maybe brought out for
special occasions. Even hotel chains
have started pulling Gideon Bibles
out of their rooms because they
don’t want to be viewed as offensive
to their non-religious clientele.
The Bible contains all the guide-
lines needed for life, yet surveys will
tell you that the number of people
who read the Bible on a daily basis is
dwindling. Studies show that many
of our young people will read more
text messages in one day than they
will probably read their Bibles in
their lifetimes.
There seems to no longer be a
hunger for the Word of God, yet
Jesus quoted the Old Testament
saying that “man cannot live by
bread alone, but by every word that
comes from the mouth of God.”
There is indeed a spiritual famine in
our land. I urge you to join in cel-
ebrating “Take Your Bible to Work/
School Day” this year on Oct. 6. The
Book of First Peter tells us to “be
ready to give everyone a reason for
the hope that is within you”—what
a beautiful way to share our Christi-
anity with those who need Jesus in a
fallen world.
Ed Rollmann
Chilton
istration continues to correctly pro-
tect the privacy of the students, par-
ents and family. We, the public are
not entitled to more details. School
Superintendent Dr. Ebert did cor-
respond by letters to the community
with what he could share. The con-
cluding correspondence to the com-
munity stated “that consistent with
our Board policies and procedures,
we have issued clear directives and
expectations to all students involved
in this matter for the purpose of
preventing bullying and harassment
and ensuring a safe and supportive
learning environment for all of our
students. Based on these actions,
and pursuant to District policies and
procedures, the School District con-
siders this matter closed.”
I note that the complaining letter
writer states that the investigation
was eventually dropped. I read that
the investigation was completed.
Students involved know what is
expected of them.
I commend the KASD adminis-
tration, teachers and staff as they
continue to do their jobs striving to
provide a quality education in a safe
accepting environment for all stu-
dents. They show up for work every
day despite apparently politically
motivated criticism, threats and
attacks by some in our community.
Chuck Ritger
Kiel
40 years and now Johnson wants the
power to decide if I should get back.
Since it was Johnson’s proposal one
doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist
to figure out how he is going to vote.
Denying Social Security for only one
Turn to LETTER/page 25

CONCERNS
from page 1
are afraid to go against gender ide-
ology for fear of social retaliation.
This is the definition of bullying. And
you want to bring this to our Middle
School?”
Heiberger conveyed her frustration
with not having answers to ques-
tions she asked previously, and was
interested to know what safeguards
“were going to be put in place to
protect our families and our kids that
we don’t want exposed to the ideol-
ogy.” She also expressed her con-
cern about the lack of transparency,
adding, “I feel like the communi-
ty-school partnership is not really
there. And they’re not hard questions.
Who’s in charge, who runs it, who is
supervising?” Heiberger said she was
also concerned for the district, and
possible “liabilities if you don’t have
safeguards in place for kids that are
attending controversial groups with-
out parental knowledge or consent.”
New district staff members were
introduced, including Elementary
School Principal Courtney Schultz,
Cross Categorical Special Educa-
tion teacher Kristina DeLanty, and
Speech/language Pathologist Cassie
Gorham. New third grade teacher
Anika Schmitz was not available for
the meeting.
Middle School Principal Matt Kiel
introduced seventh grade Social
Studies teacher Emery Beattie, and
High School Principal Shawn Rude
introduced Spanish teacher Megan
Leisgang and Intellectual Disabilities
teacher Tori Zipperer.
As the new student representa-
tive to the board, high school senior
Edward Prescott updated those pres-
ent on the extracurricular activities
taking place at school. He said the
Student Council had been working on
getting ready for Homecoming week,
and plans for Halloween activities
were also taking shape. He said the
National Honor Society had recently
inducted 19 new members, and the
Engler Center Performing Arts Lead-
ership Team has already met a couple
times and hopes to be able to stage
another student-led show next Feb-
ruary.
Board President Randy Lisowe said
the Building and Grounds Committee
Thursday, September 29, 2022 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | PAGE 21
met with Hoffmann on Aug. 18 and Fund through Thrivent to be used fel as JV volleyball coach, and Felicia
worked on getting out the bleacher for general support; and bedding and Tinker as housekeeping staff. CESA
bid for the new athletic field. He said supplies from Kaytee Products for the 7 employee Michaela Riske resigned
they met again Aug. 31 and were given small animals classes. from her position as a special educa-
a virtual walk-through of the remod- The board also approved hiring tion paraprofessional, and Amy Vet-
eled elementary school and provided Jean Schaefer and Alice Schmitting ter was hired as a special education
with a timeline for the construction as food service workers, Callie Woel- paraprofessional.
of the athletic facility as well as the
renovation of the Elementary School.
The board approved the 2022-23
budget as it was presented during
the budget hearing held immediately
prior to the annual meeting.
Superintendent Sue Kaphingst said
they were off to a great start of the
new school year. She said that a num-
ber of new students joined Chilton
Public Schools over the summer, and
class sizes have grown enough that
they may need to add another first
grade class, which would bring the
total to five classes.
Director of Pupil Services Lori
Muench said this school year she will
be working with the English Language
Learners and the ELL staff members.
She said there were 130 ELL students
this year, with 53 at the Elementary
School, 43 at the Middle School and
33 at the High School, noting the
number was up a bit from previous
years. She said she and the three ELL
teachers and two paraprofessionals
hope to help the students become
proficient and succeed academically.
Rude updated board members
about the High School implementing
IXL, which he described as a comput-
er system that helps students under-
stand their level of learning, and it
helps them build mastery of differ-
ent skills in math, language arts and
other subjects.
Rude also said there would be a
Homecoming parade, but the route
was still being worked out with the
city in light of the incident that took
place in Waukesha last year and new
safety measures being put in place
that restrict walking across state
highways.
The board approved acceptance
of the following gifts: $4,940 from
Compeer Financial through a grant
written by High School Vocational
Arts teacher Steve Bartel for a welder
for shop class; a $1,500 grant from
Walmart to be used for supplies for
Create and Read events at the Middle
School; $146 from the Weber Oil gas
pump number eight fundraiser for
July; $1,326 from the Barbara N. Gault
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Gerald Vogel
Gerald J. “Jerry” Vogel, 71, of Kiel
slipped peacefully away Saturday
evening, Sept. 24, 2022.
He was the first son of Romilda
“Millie” (Watry) Vogel and the late
Raymond Vogel. Jerry graduated
from Chilton High School with the
Class of 1969.
He proudly
served his
country in the
United States
Air Force from
1969 until
1973.
On June 9, 1973 he was united in
marriage to the former Mary Jane
Woelfel at Ss. Peter and Paul Catho-
lic Church in Kiel. Jerry worked for
Stoelting in Kiel for almost 40 years,
also driving school bus for several
years. He operated Gerald’s Lawn
Service for 40 years. Jerry was hap-
piest while cutting grass and play-
ing in the dirt. In his free time he
enjoyed watching NASCAR, play-
ing sheepshead, watching the Green
Bay Packers and going to tractor
shows. Above all, he treasured fam-
ily time the most.
Survivors include his wife Mary;
children Neil (Deb) Vogel, Carissa
(Jeffrey) Witkowski and Laura (Jer-
emie) Gilbert; grandchildren Trevor,
Carly and Ericka Vogel and Hannah
and Elizabeth Gilbert; brothers and
sisters Marlene (James) Schwantes,
Mark (Karlyn) Vogel, Ruth (Rich)
Kopf, Marvin (Anne) Vogel, Richard
(Kristi) Vogel, Paul Vogel and Nancy
Vogel.
He is further survived by niec-
es, nephews, other relatives and
friends.
Jerry was preceded in death by his
father, Raymond Vogel.
Funeral Mass for Jerry will be held
Frederick Schneider
Frederick “Fritz” “Fred” Schnei-
der, 83, of Athelstane died Monday,
Sept. 26, 2022 at Aurora Medical
Center-Bay Area.
He was born in Stockbridge June
4, 1939, son of the late Jacob and
Veronica (Schmidt) Schneider.
F r i t z
joined the
U n i t e d
States Air
Force and
obtained
the rank
master ser-
geant. He was united in marriage to
his wife Christine on June 25, 1981.
Fritz served as vice commander for
American Legion Post 150, past town
chairman (two terms) for the Town
of Athelstane, past president and
founder of Near North Trail Rid-
ers, assisted for many years at the
food pantry in Townsend, involved
for numerous years at St. Mary of
the Lake Catholic Church and was
a caretaker for Marinette County
Parks for 18 years. He also enjoyed
hunting, fishing and gardening.
Fritz is survived by his wife
Christine; three children: Thom-
as Schneider, Carra (Shawn) Hyde
and Jennifer (Upton) Howard; five
grandchildren: Ariel, Ethan, Jada,
Calvina and Evan; two great-grand-
children: Matthew and Larry; and
his brother Clarence (Eileen) (Sha-
ron) Schneider.
He was preceded in death by his
brothers and sisters: Jerol, Leo,
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on Friday, Sept. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church,
423 Fremont St., Kiel with Fr. Carl
Diederichs officiating and assisted
by Deacon Dennis Bennin.
Visitation for family and friends
will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29
from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Meisel-
witz-Vollstedt-DeTroye Funeral
Home, 815 6th St., Kiel. Visitation
will continue at the church on Friday
from 9:30 a.m. until the time of Mass
at 10:30 a.m. Burial with full military
honors will follow in the Ss. Peter
and Paul Catholic Cemetery.
A memorial has been established
in his name for New Hope Center,
Chilton.
The family would like to thank the
entire staff of Sharon S. Richardson
Community Hospice for all the care
and compassion shown to them and
Jerry and for keeping him comfort-
able in his last days.
Online condolences can be left at
www.meiselwitzfh.com.
Eugene, Elsie, Lorraine, Alvin, Arlene,
William, Harold, Gordon, Gerald and
Kathleen; and his daughter-in-law
Sue.
Mass of Christian Burial will be
at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30 at St.
Mary of the Lake Catholic Church in
Lakewood with Fr. Praveen Pamisetti
officiating.
Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until
the time of Mass at church on Friday.
Burial will follow in Forest Home
Cemetery with full military honors
provided by American Legion Post
66.
Roubal Funeral Home of Wausau-
kee is assisting his family with
arrangements.
Thursday, September 29, 2022 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | PAGE 23
Wanda Hanke Schuh
Wanda was granted her eter-
nal reward on Wednesday, Sept.
21, 2022 in her home of more than
70 years with her five daughters
around her.
She was born June 20, 1929 in
New Holstein to William and Rose
(Koehler) Hanke. She was the oldest
of 12 children. She graduated from
New Holstein High School with the
class of 1947 where she won a pin
for Gregg shorthand for 120 words
per minute. She was an integral part
of planning the class reunions for
many years.
In her teenage years, she did a
lot of baking and helping with the
younger kids. Her siblings included
two sets of twins. She often took the
train to Kiel and Milwaukee to visit
with family and friends. She devel-
oped a deep love and joy of reading
which carried throughout her entire
life. She also prided herself on the
correct usage of the English lan-
guage, that being another lifelong
love.
She met the love of her life, Eugene
J. Schuh, at a dance in 1946. They
were married in 1948 and together
had six children: five daughters and
one son. They had many ups and
downs in their lives but they always
persevered through love, humor
and sometimes sheer determina-
tion. They lost their baby boy at 2
1/2 months old due to an enlarged
heart.
Wanda worked at Lake to Lake
Dairy (Land O’ Lakes) from 1964
to 1989. She worked in packaging,
records and finished her career as
a lab technician. She started out as
temporary help over the Christmas
season prior to becoming a regular
employee in 1964. With her beauti-
ful penmanship she did most of the
signage for the plant. She was also
one of the few and most revered tour
guides at the plant giving numerous
tours to grade school kids, clubs and
dignitaries, as she had learned and
shared the operations of the plant.
Wanda was one of the last two liv-
ing charter members of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars auxiliary which she
was very proud of. She’s held many
positions throughout her years with
the post including the Chaplain. She
was instrumental in coordinating
the cemetery veteran flag place-
ment for Memorial Day. She was
also very happy that her daughters
are members of the auxiliary.
She was a member of Ss. Peter and
Paul Catholic Church and a member
of their Christian Mother’s Group. A
Catholic education was very impor-
tant to Wanda and Eugene. They
worked hard their entire lives to
give their girls a Catholic education.
Wanda was a Holy Rosary graduate
and Gene was a Ss. Peter and Paul
graduate.
Together, Wanda and Eugene
traveled to Colorado many times
over their married life. She was
able to travel to the Bahamas with
friends after Eugene passed away.
She did many other fun short trips
with family and friends over the
years. She especially enjoyed the
family’s yearly trip to the cottage on
Pearl Lake and yearly birthday trip.
Every fall her five girls would take
her on a mini-birthday get-away
for a few days. She loved this time
when her daughters could give her
their undivided attention and just
enjoy being together.
“We traveled as far as Branson,
Missouri; Churchill Downs in Lou-
isville, Kentucky; Wisconsin Dells
and as close as Two Rivers. It didn’t
matter where we went as long as we
had time together.”
She will be very deeply missed
by so many. She touched everyone’s
lives with humor, determination,
understanding and most of all non-
judgmental love. She was always a
shoulder to lean on and had an ear
to lend to all. Her grandchildren will
especially miss her as their confidant
and their biggest cheerleader in life.
Survivors include her five daugh-
ters Judy (Ed) Lund of Fond du Lac,
Marilyn (Bob) Kienbaum of Kiel, Patt
(Steve Noworatzky) Healy Langlay of
New Holstein, Carol (Gary) Schwefel
of Fond du Lac and Sandy (Mark)
Neils of Kiel.
Grandchildren: Melinda (Car-
los) Castillo, Christine (Jim) Wulff,
Tammy (Tom) Limberg, Eugene
(Joelle) Lund, Kay (Tom) Henschel, Al
(Heidi) Kienbaum, Kristopher (Kim)
Healy, Tom (Holly) Schwefel, Tyler
(Courtney) Schwefel, twins Jamie
(Cody) Schoepke, Julie (Mike) Philip-
pi, Joe (Nicole) Neils, Jon (Andrea)
Neils, Eric (Becky) Neils, Erin (Ryan)
Gaedke, 48 great-grandchildren with
another due in Oct.; and seven great-
great-grandchildren with another
due in April.
She is further survived by siblings:
Sylvia Petrie, twins Eugene Hanke
and Eunice Scheberl, twins Rosemary
Washick and Roseanna Palkovich,
Angie (Howie) Scheberl, Lloyd Hanke
and David Hanke; and sisters-in-
law: Mary Ann Majkrzak and Lucille
Schuh.
She is preceded in death by her
husband Eugene in 1986; infant son
Eugene William; and infant grand-
daughter Rebecca Lund; her parents
William and Rose Koehler Hanke; in-
laws Henry and Clara (Braun) Schuh;
sons-in-law Patrick Healy and Neil
Langlay; sisters Darlene (Dennis)
Bauer and Violet Hanke; brother Mer-
lin “Buddy” Hanke; brothers-in-law
and sisters-in-law Delmar Petrie,
Bernice Hanke, Richard Scheberl, Jon
Botsford, Art Washick, Ray Palkov-
ich, Clyde Stokes, Donna Hanke,
Hank (Angie) Schuh, Edward (Bar-
bara, Helen) Schuh, Gerald Schuh,
Geraldine (Floyd) Thelen and Edwin
Majkrzak.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held
at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.
She will be laid to rest next to her
husband at the church cemetery. The
family greeted relatives and friends
on Tuesday evening, Sept. 27 from 4
p.m. until 8 p.m. at Meiselwitz-Voll-
stedt-DeTroye Funeral Home with
a prayer service from the Kiel VFW
Auxiliary Post 6707 starting at 4 p.m.
The visitation continued at the
church on Wednesday from 9 a.m.
until 10:45 a.m. when family rites will
be held.
“On a day, when you think that
there is nothing there that’s going
right, I’ll make it right.”
“Ich liebe dich.”
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Janice Maurer-Hetzner Karen Butkovich

A true heart of gold finally ceased
peacefully in the night on Sept. 21,
2022. Janice M. Maurer-Hetzner of
Kiel passed at home with loved ones
at her side.
She was born Feb. 10, 1950 in
Aurora, Illinois, daughter of Delo-
res and Bernard Boehm. She was a
graduate of Marinette Catholic Cen-
tral High School class of 1968 and
continued her education at North-
east Wisconsin Technical College
She met Richard W. Maurer of Kiel
and later married on Sept. 15, 1973
at St. Anthony Catholic Church in
Marinette. Her husband preceded
her in death on Oct. 29, 2007.
Jan worked at Calumet Medical
Center as a medical transcription-
ist for years prior to finishing her
career at the Children’s Center in
Chilton. They say if you love what
you do, you never work a day in your
life and she loved the staff and kids
at the center. She would “adopt” all
the kids as her own and spoil them
endlessly.
Some of Jan’s favorite things
included shopping (way too much),
floating in her pool, the Packers,
the sun on her face and sand in
her toes, spending time with family
and friends and, most of all, act-
ing goofy with her granddaughters
Olivia, 18, and Annika, 12.
Jan was extremely fortunate to
find love again with Michael H.
Hetzner and married only 10 short
months ago on the beach in Fort
Myers, Florida. They loved enjoying
time together talking by the fire-
place and back patio.
She is survived by her recent hus-
band, Michael Hetzner of Kiel; her
two adult children Todd (Jocelyn)
of Windsor and Mandy of Kiel; her
parents Delores and Bernard of
Marinette; sisters Judy Eckert of
Asheville, North Carolina; Joyce and
Craig Butler of Menominee, Michi-
gan; Nan and John Kehoe of Mari-
nette; Joseph Boehm of Wallace,
Michigan; and Jane and Steve Bow-
ers of Westerville, Ohio; sister-in-
law Jeanne and Michael Kienbaum
of Kiel; grandchildren Olivia Miller
and Annika Maurer of Windsor; and
many relatives and special friends
who supported and loved her end-
lessly.
She was preceded in death by
her first husband, Richard Maurer;
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father and mother-in law Raymond
and Vivian Maurer; and brother and
sister-in-law Michael and Patricia
Maurer.
Funeral services were held on Sat-
urday, Sept. 24 at St. Peter’s UCC.
Officiating at the service was the Rev.
James McKenzie with a private fam-
ily burial at a later date.
The family greeted relatives and
friends at the church from noon until
2:30 p.m. when brief family rites
were held.
Jan was one in a million, confirmed
by anyone who knew her. She was
often told by her doctors she was a
walking miracle since she was sur-
viving pancreatic cancer for 11 years.
The road wasn’t always easy but
certainly worth the fight to enjoy
numerous more years on this earth.
The family would like to thank
Timothy Goggins, MD and staff of
Fox Valley Hematology and Oncol-
ogy; Bradley Heraly, MD and staff
at The Cancer Center, Ascension
Calumet Hospital; Mary Reszczyn-
ski, NP of Ascension Medical Group;
Calumet County Hospice; and lastly,
her best friend Debi Brunette for the
endless support and help during her
final days
“We will see you again, ‘We prom-
ise!’”
Karen M. Butkovich, 59, of Chil-
ton passed away Sept. 22, 2022 sur-
rounded by family after a coura-
geous battle with ALS.
She was born Nov. 10, 1962 to
the late Jerome A. and Gertrude M.
(Casper) Stenz in Chilton (Jericho)
where she grew up on a small farm
North of Jericho with a large, loving
family surrounding her. On the farm
she learned how to love uncon-
ditionally, work hard and always
smile.
On July 8, 1989 she married Tony
Butkovich Jr. at St. Patrick’s Par-
ish in Maple Grove. Together they
raised three wonderful sons: Daryal
Butkovich, Jake (Jackie) Butkovich
and John Butkovich and his part-
ner Ric Watson and two awesome
grandchildren: Hunter and Isaac
Butkovich.
Karen began school at Holy Trin-
ity in Jericho and graduated from
Chilton High School in 1981. She
then began her working years with
Kasson Cheese, then onto Fromag-
eries Bel and the last twenty-five
years were spent with Foremost
Farms in Chilton.
Karen was a kind and caring lady
who would help anyone in need.
She loved her family dearly; they
were the light of her life. She was
active in her sons’ sports, rarely
missing a football game, basketball
game, track meet or swim meet. She
also volunteered to help at home
games for the youth football league
and also participated in scouts as an
assistant den leader while her boys
were scouting. Karen loved watch-
ing, teaching and laughing with her
two grandsons; nothing pleased her
more.
Karen loved hopping on the back
of her husband’s Harley or snow-
mobile and going for a ride where
she was known to be so relaxed she
could fall asleep. She loved spending
time around any campfire whether
it was the Stenz cabin on Long Lake,
up in Papa’s north woods camp-
ing or in anyone’s backyard. Karen
and her sisters would take yearly
weekend get-away trips and she
always came home with her face
and tummy hurting from laughing
and smiling so much.
Karen will be missed by her hus-
band Tony; sons; grandsons; nine
siblings: Dan (Carol) Stenz, Jean
(Tom) Danor, Linda Dvorak, Steve
(Christine) Stenz, Sharon (Pete)
Rosenow, Nancy (Ron) Woelfel, Gerry
(Karen) Stenz, Ann (Tim) Knoespel
and Mark (Diane) Stenz; in-laws
Tony Sr. (Virginia) Butkovich; sib-
lings-in-law Eric (Anita) Butkov-
ich, Sheila (Dave) VanderHeiden and
Henry Butkovich (Theresa Knaus);
many nieces and nephews and other
relatives and friends.
She is preceded in death by her par-
ents; three brothers: Wayne, John and
Rick; brother-in-law Tom Dvorak;
and daughter-in-law Jolene Fhlug-
Butkovich.
“My family would like to extend a
special thank you to all the doctors,
nurses and staff from UW-Madison,
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Calumet Medi-
cal Center, Ascension Home Health
and Hospice and Calumet County
Home Health and Hospice and Gar-
row Villa for all the treatment, love
and care you have given me and my
family. You have made this battle
more bearable than I can ever say.
Special hugs and smiles to Holly,
Melissa, Amanda, Brenda, Rebecca
and Barb. Your care, compassion and
friendship have made a very difficult
time manageable. Thank you to all
my family and friends for your help
and encouraging words and a special
thank you to my husband Tony who
has been at my side thru it all.”
In lieu of flowers, memorials may
be directed to: ALS Association (als.
org), St. Jude (stjude.org) or Shriners
at lovetotherescue.org.
Funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 1 at Wieting Fam-
ily Funeral Home, 411 W. Main St.,
Chilton. Friends may call at Wieting
Family Funeral Home from 9 a.m.
until 11:15 a.m. on Saturday.

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Angeline Schmitz
Angeline Margareth Schmitz, 93,
formerly of Kiel, died peacefully early
Saturday morning, Sept. 24, 2022 at
Caring Hands Assisted Living in New
Holstein.
She was born on the first day of
summer: June 21, 1929, the daughter
of Steve and Catherine Guelig.
Angie attended Catholic grade
school in Mount Calvary and was an
honors graduate of St. Mary Springs
Academy in Fond du Lac. After grad-
uation she went to technical college
to study business. While pursuing
her education, she worked at her par-
ent’s store in Calvary Station. During
this time, she also played the center
position on the Community Women’s
basketball team.
Angie met Jerry, her future hus-
band, at an Easter dance in St. Cloud.
On Oct. 24, 1953 she married Jerome
“Jerry” Schmitz at Holy Cross Catho-
lic Church in Mount Calvary. Togeth-
er they enjoyed 61 years of marriage
until Jerry passed away March 16,
2015.
Angie was a stay-at-home mother
until age 55 when her three children
were grown. At that time, she started
her employment at Kiel Tri-County
Cooperative, later known as Country
Visions. She loved her coworkers and
customers so much that she worked
until the age of 85 when she decided
to retire.
Angie was a member of Ss. Peter
and Paul Catholic Church in Kiel. She
was a member of the Christian Moth-
er’s Society and served on the Catho-
lic School Board. Angie and Jerry
volunteered together for church and
school activities. Every day of their
married life, they prayed the rosary
together.
Angie loved living on Ninth Street
in Kiel where she and Jerry lived
their entire married life. She enjoyed
socializing with her neighbors who
became lifelong friends.
Angie took great pride in her home-
making skills and never sat down
until all visitors were fed. Besides her
cooking, her hobbies included word
searches, trivia, puzzles, sewing,
shopping, holiday decorating and
watching all the activities and sport-
ing events her children and grand-
children participated in at school.
Her smile and sense of humor will be
greatly missed.
Survivors include her three chil-
dren: Mary (Donald) Courchaine of
Kiel, Mark (Julie) Schmitz of Sheboy-
gan and John Schmitz of Sheboygan;
five grandchildren: Angie (Cesar),
Dustin (Jessica), Tanner (fiancée Kai-
ley), Kira and Alex.
She is further survived by her only
brother, Jerome “Jerry” (Sandra)
Guelig; her youngest sister, Myrtle
“Butch” (Melvin) Olig; and sisters-
in-law Virginia “Ginny” Schmitz,
Dolores Schmitz and Janet Schmitz.
She is also survived by nieces;
nephews; cousins; other relatives
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LETTER have to help out financially or worse
yet if they have to move in. Yikes on
from page 2 both sides. It’s no skin off of Ron
Johnson’s backside or his friends in
year would put millions of seniors Washington as they have their own
around the country so far below the plan. I’m almost 79 years old and
poverty line that they would never widowed. Social Security makes up
recover. It would be very stressful over half of my income. Thinking
not knowing if we were going to get about Ron Johnson’s proposal is very
our benefits or how we were going to scary. Being independent is a good
pay our bills if we didn’t. thing.
People with parents who receive
Social Security and Medicare might Tom Limbach
want to consider how Johnson’s West Bend
proposal might affect them if they
and friends, including two dear grade
school lifelong friends, Lyla Bertram
and Mae Schmitz; another special
friend, Alyce Winkel; Olivia and Alana
(mother Tami) who were like grand-
children to her.
She was preceded in death by her
husband Jerome; her parents, Steve
and Catherine Guelig; her sisters,
Dolores (Leo) Wirth and Elsie (Rich-
ard) O’Connell; her father-in-law
and mother-in-law, Henry (Anna)
Schmitz; and her brothers-in-law,
Stanley Schmitz, Eugene Schmitz and
Cyril Schmitz.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated at Ss. Peter and Paul Cath-
olic Church, 423 Fremont St., Kiel on
Saturday, Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. with Rev.
Alvin Amadi and Rev. Carl Diederichs
as celebrants.
Family and friends may call at the
church on Saturday from 9 a.m. until
10:45 a.m., when brief family rites
will be held. Entombment will take
place at a later date in Holy Cross
Cemetery Mausoleum, Sheboygan.
Angie’s family would like to express
a heartfelt thank you to Tom and his
staff of caregivers, activity director
and cooks at Caring Hands Assisted
Living. Their compassionate care,
love and support will never be forgot-
ten. The family also wants to thank
Aunt Butch and Uncle Melvin Olig
for guiding Angie’s children through
the later years of her life. “We were
blessed to have your help and advice.”
Angie’s family would also like to
extend a thank you to the Kiel Police
and Ambulance for their exceptional
service over the years, Coulis Cardiol-
ogy, Froedtert Hospital, Pine Haven
and Rocky Knoll therapy units, Pro-
Medica Heartland, Kiel Senior Citi-
zen Van Service, Paula Mahloch and
Dorothy Muhs for their religious sup-
port, Alan and Andy Winkel and all
the other relatives and friends who
remembered Angie in their own spe-
cial way.
Angie lived simply, loved gener-
ously, cared deeply, spoke kindly and
left the rest to God.
“I love you. Take care.”
weeks, the Chilton Public Library
will be putting out information and
resources to help the community
strengthen their news and media
literacy skills. If at any time you
need assistance with finding infor-
mation or confirming it, please feel
free to contact the library for assis-
tance (920-849-4414). The library
believes that an informed commu-
nity is a strong community.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
(IN) = in person; (V) = prerecorded
virtual; (LS) = livestream virtual;
(D) = dual, in person and livestream
virtual
n Tiny Tots Storytime (D),
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. This inter-
active story time includes early liter-
acy fun with books, live music, finger
plays, and body movement.
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COLUMN

See a Great Lake on S.S. Badger

Passengers, autos, R.V.’s, tour buses, motor-
cycles and commercial trucks cross our Great Lake
between Manitowoc and Ludington, Michigan
every day from May through mid-October.
Because we have never seen or been on this
massive ship, Stan and I decided to drive to Mani-
towoc one Saturday with the hope of seeing the
ship docked. We were in luck, the ship was sched-
uled to leave at 2 in the afternoon, and we arrived
dockside just in time to watch passengers and
vehicles being loaded. Having never seen it before,
we were in awe of the sight of this huge car ferry.
We decided then and there that we would make
the trip on this ferry next July. We will take our
vehicle so that we can make a one-way trip and
drive from Ludington north and around the state
of Michigan through Wisconsin and home, avoid-
ing traveling through Chicago.
The tribe and reservation that Stan is a mem-
ber of is The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians,
located in Manistee, Michigan, 25 miles north of
where the ferry lands in Ludington.
There are many things to do in Ludington if you
don’t bring your vehicle and just want to spend
the day until the ferry takes you back to Manito-
woc. The Lake Michigan shoreline in Michigan is
much wider and more useable on the Michigan
side than the Wisconsin shoreline. We have been
to Manistee several times and enjoyed the beach,
including taking a dune buggy ride.
Crossing time is four hours. Twice daily this
ferry crosses Lake Michigan and has done so for
nearly 70 years.
Watching the ferry leave the dock is a very pre-
cise process. The many shipmates perform their
tasks every day. It is very interesting just to stand
and watch the process of this ferry docking and
departing.
Listen to the horn and whistle as it departs and
experience this authentic steamship experience, if
only from land.
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As football season begins, some words of wis-
dom to ponder from Vince Lombardi: “The mea-
sure of who we are is what we do with what we
have.”
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As we have officially entered the season of fall,
my mind is turning towards comfort food and
spending more time cooking and baking.
I have always loved pot pies but not the huge
amount of sodium in the frozen variety. I found
this recipe and made a couple changes of my own.
It says that it serves six, but Stan and I ate half of
it at one meal.
MEALS WITH
MARGE
By Marge Petts
(I cut up a medium potato into small pieces and
about 8 mini carrots, cut up, simmering them in
water before adding them to the frozen vegetables
to make the required amount)
1 cup cut-up chicken (I used leftover rotisserie
chicken)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup Bisquick Baking Mix
½ cup milk
1 egg
Heat oven to 400 F. Mix vegetables, chicken and
soup in bowl before putting them in ungreased 9-
inch pie plate.
Stir remaining ingredients with whisk until
blended. Pour into pie plate on top of vegetable
mixture. Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown.
If you’ve never had an apple-less apple pie,
you’re in for a surprise. Tastes great, easy to
make and you will think you’re eating a real apple
pie. This is a very old recipe that I remember my
mother making, but I haven’t made it for several
years.
Mock Apple Pie
Makes 1 pie
2 unbaked pie shells
36 Ritz crackers
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cream of tarter
2 tablespoons butter
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Bring water, sugar, cream of tarter and cinna-
mon to a rolling boil. Stir in butter. Slide in 36 Ritz
crackers. Simmer 3 minutes.
Pour in unbaked pie shell. Cover with second pie
shell—crimp edges, cut 2 to 3 slits in top crust.
Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 40 min-
utes. Cool before serving with ice cream, if desired.
My husband likes to have homemade cookies, so
I make a different batch of cookies every couple of
weeks. The following is the last batch I made.
Courtesy of this sponsor:
Anytime Oatmeal Cookies
Makes about 4 dozen cookies
1 -1/4 cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
salt
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup light-brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
½ cup golden raisins (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 F. Sift flour, baking powder,
baking soda, cinnamon and ½ teaspoon salt into
a bowl.
Beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Mix
in egg and vanilla, then flour mixture. Mix in oats,
then raisins.
Using a tablespoon, drop dough onto parch-
ment-lined baking sheets, spacing each scoop
about 2 inches apart. Bake until edges are golden,
about 12 minutes, or less. Let cookies cool on wire
rack.
Enjoy the simple pleasures of life and, of course,
eat well.
Call or email me with questions or comments.
I can be reached at 920-980-3885 or email owl.
mcp@gmail.com.
Send your favorite recipes to be included in this
column to me at Tri-County News, P.O. Box 237,
Kiel, WI 53042. Please include your name and
phone number in the event I have questions.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Serves 6
1-2/3 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed

CHURCH EVENT

Mission set at
Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd Parish in Chilton will be hosting
a mission Monday through Wednesday, Oct. 3 to 5
called “The Amazing Gift of the Eucharist” pre-
sented by Father James Kubicki.
Each evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the church.
Father Kubicki is often on Relevant Radio. He is a
popular conference and parish mission speaker,
retreat director and the author of two books, “A
Heart on Fire” and “A Year of Daily Offerings.”
There is no charge for the mission. A free-will
offering will be taken each evening. All are wel-
come.

ORGANIZATIONS

McTEAM to meet
The Manitowoc County TEA Movement (McTE-
AM) will hold a public meeting at the Baymont Inn,
101 Maritime Dr., Manitowoc on Thursday, Oct. 6 in
the ballroom.
The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.
McTEAM is a nonpartisan group focused on edu-
cation of current topics.
 Thursday, September 29, 2022 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | PAGE 27

SPORTS: CHILTON /STOCKBRIDGE

GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING

Swimmers put EWC

on notice with win
BY CRAIG HOFFMAN
The Brillion/Valders/Chilton/
Kaukauna girls swim team estab-
lished itself as the main threat to
defending Eastern Wisconsin Con-
ference champion Kohler/Sheboy-
gan Lutheran/Sheboygan Falls as
they easily won a conference trian-
gular last Thursday evening at the
Chilton Middle School pool.
BVCK totaled 121 points, well ahead
of second place Plymouth’s 78 and
Two Rivers/Manitowoc Roncalli’s 18.
A 1-2 finish in the 100 yard butterfly
keyed the win as Lucy Harn won in
1:07.7 and Olivia Schwarz was sec-
ond at 1:12.02. Emma Streblow set
a new pool record winning the 500
yard freestyle in 5:43.91. Kacie Sol-
berg won the 100 yard backstroke in
1:12.10 and BVCK also had two relay
teams come away with victories as
the 200 yard medley relay team of
Solberg, Streblow, Libbi Delanty and
Harn won in 2:05.65 and the 400
yard freestyle relay team of Afton
Frank, Delanty, Harn and Streblow,
having a winning time of 4:03.79.
The BVCK junior varsity team also
won with the medley relay team of
Madelyn Fuka, Hillary Sonnabend,
Lucy Paulow and Ariana Ortlieb win-
ning at 2:18.41. The 200 freestyle
relay team of Nora Boucher,Cassie
Phillips, Val Rodriguez and Madelyn
Sears had a time of 2:17.31.
Individual event wins went to
Sophia Pingel (200 freestyle), Pau-
low (200 IM and 100 butterfly), Ort-
lieb (50 freestyle), Marissa Ray (100
freestyle), Fuka (backstroke) and
Natalie Riederer (100 breaststroke).
OTHER MEETS
At the recent Port Washington
Pirate Invitational, BVCK finished
fifth out of 13 schools as Kenne-
dy High School from Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, took team honors with 423
points. Streblow led BVCK with a
third place finish in the 100-yard
breaststroke at 1:17.83. The 400 yard
freestyle relay team of Streblow, Del-
anty, Frank and Harn, placed fourth
at 4:02.75. Streblow also placed fifth
in the 500 yard freestyle and Harn Logan Platner leads a pack of cross country runners for Chilton at the recent Valders
was fifth in the 50 freestyle. Invitational. CRAIG HOFFMAN PHOTO

Harriers run in Mishicot

Chilton cross country competed in
the Large School Division of the Jim
Bremser Invitational last week host-
ed by Mishicot where the Tiger boys
placed 11th and the girls were 10th.
The five scoring runners for the
Chilton boys all placed between 41st
and 57th led by Lincoln Kuehn, fin-
ishing in 18:40. The next Tiger run-
ner was Kaleb Plate at 18:48, fol-
lowed by Jack Lisowe (18:51), Jackson
Meyers 18:51.4) and Eliot Wieting
(19:12). Logan Platner at 19:40 and
Noah Schumacher in 19:59, were the
other varsity runners. West De Pere
was the meet champion.
On the girls side, Kiel was team
champ. Stephanie Kuhne led Chilton
with a 36th place time of 22:02. The
second Tiger was Emily Heller, 50th
at 22:25, Bryleigh Tasch in 54th at
22:34, Adahlyn Hoerl, 73rd at 23:36,
and Alydia Wieting in 74th at 23:39
with Peyton Hoerth (25:24) and Zoey
Pousha (25:58) also competing.
In JV action, Kile Sullivan was 14th
for the Tiger boys at 20:07. Abby
Moehn was the lone CHS girl coming
in at 29:07.

STOCKBRIDGE VOLLEYBALL

SHS v-ball has 3 victories

The Stockbridge volleyball team is
3-11 on the season under head coach
Shari Bunnell.
Seniors on the roster are Mikaela
Daun, Emily Hansen, Katelin Kramp
and Maggie Krautkramer. The
juniors are Anna Bayer and Mikayla
Lowery while the sophomore class
is represented by Madison Funk,
Isabella Binnell, Jensen Stout and
Veronica Patzner.
The Indians have victories over
Marinette St. Thomas Aquinas,
Tigerton and Bowler.

FOOTBALL

BVCK’s Emma Streblow swims the breaststroke portion of the medley relay in last
week’s home triangular. CRAIG HOFFMAN PHOTO

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Spikers go to 5 with Vikes

Playing some of its best volleyball
of the season, Leah Cisler’s Chil-
ton Tigers pushed defending Eastern
Wisconsin Conference co-champion
Valders to five sets before falling at
home last Thursday evening.
Alayna Geiser had a great night
leading the Tigers in a couple sta-
tistical categories, but Chilton lost
15-25, 25-19, 25-13, 22-25 and
15-10 to the Vikings. Geiser had
team-bests of 11 kills and six service
aces. She was also second in digs at
11. Victoria Propson led the ball han-
dling coming up with 14 assists and
Emily Roehrig had 11. Megan Meyers
produced 14 digs and eight kills.
Chilton went 0-3 at Saturday’s
Appleton East Invitational losing
to Bay Port, Marshfield and Little Anchoring the Chilton Tiger offensive line is center Lukas Geiser (65).
Chute. CRAIG HOFFMAN PHOTO
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SPORTS: KIEL
FOOTBALL
Big 1st half leads Chilton past Kiel 42-21
BY CRAIG HOFFMAN
There was plenty of offense at
Fifrick Field Friday night. Chilton
had more of it. The Tigers scored on
their opening possession and took
a 28-0 halftime lead cruising to a
42-21 Eastern Wisconsin Conference
football victory over Kiel, a victory
that keeps Chilton tied atop the EWC
standings with Two Rivers. TR had an
easy time Friday defeating Kohler/
Sheboygan Lutheran/Sheboygan
Christian, 56-8, at Two Rivers. Both
Chilton and Two Rivers are now 4-0
in the conference and clinched play-
off berths with their Friday night
wins. Should both win their next two
games, Two Rivers would come to
Chilton on the final night of the regu-
lar season (October 14) with the EWC
championship at stake.
Not looking ahead
Tiger head coach Mike Arendt
warned that there is still work to be
done.
“We have Homecoming next week
which comes with some distractions
and you have to come ready to play
Brillion. Then we go on the road to
Roncalli. We know what we have to
do.”
It was a big night for Chilton quar-
terback Max Mueller and wide out
Zac Halbach. The two connected on a
41-yard scoring strike on that open-
ing position with Halbach also scor-
ing from 27 yards out in the first half
and he returned a kickoff 85 yards
for another Tiger touchdown. He
also had one interception and near-
ly picked off a second Raider pass.
Mueller scored three times and Aaron
Meyer had the final touchdown.
An injury-depleted Kiel squad
refused to raise the surrender flag
and came out in the second half with
fire in their eyes. Quarterback Con-
nor Faust threw a pair of TD passes to
Grant Manz of 31 and 3 yards. Faust
scored Kiel’s first TD on a 27-yard
option in the third quarter.
“There is no quit in this team,” says
coach David Esswein.
“We continued to play hard, but
we’re still a bit undisciplined. We
have some injuries, so we will need to
have some others have to step for us.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Spikers sweep New Holstein Raider girls win 4th invite
BY CRAIG HOFFMAN
Megan Kautzer’s Raider volleyball
team moved one step closer to its
first conference championship in 29
years sweeping archrival New Hol-
stein last Thursday night before a
large and enthusiastic audience at
Kiel High School. Scores were 25-13,
25-19 and 25-16.
“This was a true team victory,”
stated Kautzer.
“Everyone contributes. That’s why
I don’t believe in having captains.
Everyone on this team is a leader and
our team chemistry has been key.
It’s very exciting right now and we
need to keep it going.”
Sage August’s 19 digs led the Kiel
defense while Halle Meyer had four
total blocks. At the net, Grace McDole
had 12 kills and Olivia Funkhouser 11
for the Raiders, now 4-0 in the East-
ern Wisconsin Conference. Alyssa
Vorpahl’s 13 assists and 12 from Ava
Rothe led the Raiders in that depart-
ment.
First year NH coach Haley Jeff-
coat remained upbeat and was asked
The Raider offensive line of Braeden Senkbeil (66), Jonah Funkhouser (76), Ben Kienbaum (54), Ryan Schad (55) and Nick Muten
(58) get ready for another play. CRAIG HOFFMAN PHOTO
But we’re still feeling pretty positive
these last three regular season games
and get to the playoffs.”
The Raiders do have a favorable
schedule and need to win two of their
last three games to qualify for play-
offs starting this Friday at Kohler/
Sheboygan Lutheran/Sheb. Christian,
also 2-2 in the EWC. Then comes
Homecoming versus Valders and the
regular season finale at New Holstein.
Both those teams are 1-3.
EASTERN WISCONSIN CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL
CONF. OVERALL
Chilton........................ 4-0 4-2
Two Rivers.................. 4-0 6-0
Kiel............................. 2-2 2-4
Kohler/Luth./Christian.2-2 2-4
Brillion......................... 2-2 2-4
New Holstein.............. 1-3 2-4
Valders........................ 1-3 2-4
Manitowoc Roncalli.... 0-4 1-5
FRIDAY”S SCORES
Brillion 6 New Holstein 0
Chilton 42 Kiel 21
Two Rivers 56 Kohler/Lutheran/Christian 8
if her team had told her about the
Huskies-Raiders rivalry.
The Racine native replied, “I’ve
actually been in the area a couple of
years, so I had a little idea, but now
experiencing it as a coach, I have
a much better feel for it. We have
improved from week one. We’re in
a tough part of our schedule. We’ll
keep at it.”
Hayli Kohlman’s 15 digs and 10
from Alyssa Woelfel led the Huskies
statistically. Carli Thome put down
six kills and Woelfel had nine assists.
The Raiders reached the champi-
onship match Saturday at the West
De Pere Invitational knocking off
Manitowoc Roncalli (2-1), West De
Pere (2-0), Almond-Bancroft (2-0)
and Sheboygan Falls (2-0) before
falling to Oconto Falls in the finals,
two sets to none. On the day, Vorpahl
had 35 assists and Rothe 33. McDole
totaled 35 kills, Meyer 20 blocks and
August 60 digs. The Raiders sport
a 17-3 overall record, but haven’t
cracked the WVCA state rankings as
of yet.
Valders 47 Manitowoc Roncalli 19
NEXT FRIDAY’S GAMES (7 PM)
Brillion at Chilton
Kiel at Kohler/Lutheran/Christian
Manitowoc Roncalli at New Holstein
Two Rivers at Valders
KIEL
Total Yards......................... 240
Rushing (Att.-Yds.)....... 25-131
Passing.............................. 109
First Downs......................... 11
Penalties........................... 3-15
Turnovers.............................. 4
Fumbles (Total-Lost)........... 2-1
Interceptions.......................... 3
Time of Possession........ 19:45
Score by Quarters
Chilton.................. 7 21 7 7 = 42
Kiel........................ 0 0 14 7 = 21
1st Quarter
C- Zac Halbach, 41 yard pass from Max Muel-
ler (Ahmed Ahmed kick) 7:31
2nd Quarter
C- Mueller, 4 yard run (Ahmed kick) 11:55
C- Mueller, 7 yard run (Ahmed kick) 0:43
C- Mueller, 18 yard run (Ahmed kick) 0:18
3rd Quarter
K- Connor Faust, 27 yard run (Tate Hartlaub
kick) 5:58
CROSS COUNTRY
of cross country season
Four in a row for the Kiel girls
cross country team. The Raiders won
their fourth cross country invite of
the season taking top honors in the
Large School Division last week at
the Mishicot Jim Bresmer Invita-
tional scoring 73 points to finish 12
better than runner-ups Fox Valley
Lutheran and De Pere. Kiel’s five
scoring runners all finished in the
top 18 led by Lily Watson’s 10th place
time of 20:21. Zoe Watson came in
12th at 20:26, Hailey Helms, 16th at
20:43, Lillian Larson, 17th at 20:43
and Addison Vogel 18th at 20:51.
Reagan Isselmann (22:18) and Jayda
Arenz (23:04) were the other Kiel
runners.
Tony Grybush’s Raider boys cross
country team also showed very well
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C- Halbach, 85 yard kickoff return (Ahmed
kick) 5:46
K- Grant Manz, 3 yard pass from Faust (Hart-
laub kick) 2:46
4th Quarter
C- Aaron Meyer, 12 yard run (Ahmed kick)
11:34
K- Manz, 31 yard pass from Faust (Hartlaub
CHILTON kick) 3:42
346
48-310 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
36 CHILTON
19 Rushing (Att.Yds.): Mueller 18-141, Halbach
4-35 5-51, Jared Gehl 14-51, Warren Wilcox 6-34,
1 Meyer 2-23, Jackson Ludwig 2-6, Hunter Rol-
2-1 biecki 1-4.
0 Passing (C-A-Yds-Int): Mueller 2-4-36-1, Hal-
28:15 bach 0-1-0-0.
Receiving (Rec.-Yds.): Halbach 1-40, Gehl
1-(-4).
Fumbles Recovered: Logan See
Interceptions: Halbach, Dahlton Tasch, Wilcox.
KIEL
Rushing: Faust 12-75, Bryce Gullixon 9-36,
Connor Binversie 3-21, Harrison Zorn 1-1.
Passing: Faust 8-15-109-3.
Receiving: Zorn 4-50, Manz 2-34, Braden Aprill
1-28, Trey Barts 1-(-3).
Fumbles Recovered: Faust
Interceptions: none.
at Mishicot. Kiel placed second to
champion West De Pere, but finished
ahead of nine other schools that are
in their sectional. Ethan Vander-
Meer again was Kiel’s top runner
as he placed 9th overall with a time
of 17:12. Pierce Arenz came in 14th
at 17:20, Owen Korb, 20th at 17:38,
Aaron Stephany, 27th at 18:00 and
Kaden Reiss in 33rd at 18:18 with
August Curry (19:14) and Sam Keul-
er (19:14.3) rounding out the Raider
team. The Raider JV boys took fifth
as Landon Brunner was 9th overall
at 19:45 and Hayden Cafferty tenth
at 19:49.
Sara Riebe (23:05) and Kendra
Muehlbauer (27:54) ran for Kiel girls
JV.

SPORTS: NEW HOLSTEIN
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
With 2nd in own tourney,
NH v-ball making strides
New Holstein volleyball has turned
the corner after taking second place
in its own Husky Invitational last
week defeating Omro, Division 1
Oshkosh North, and Goodman-
Pembine, and falling to eventual
champion Wrightstown.
The Huskies snapped a nine-match
losing streak defeating Menasha in
the recent Fox Valley Lutheran Invi-
tational in Appleton where NH went
1-3 on the day. They lost to the host
Foxes 25-3, 25-12 in the opening
CROSS COUNTRY
New Holstein teams run
in Hilltopper Invitational
New Holstein cross country took
part at the Hilltopper Invitational
hosted by St Lawrence Seminary in
Mount Calvary where the Huskies
took 10th place in the girls divi-
sion beating out Manitowoc Luther-
an with Fox Valley Lutheran win-
ning the team title by one point over
Appleton Xavier.
For the Huskies, Eden Pethan came
in 44th at 25:20. Next in for NH was
Eva Salchert in 48th at 25:28; Molly
Lewis, 52nd at 25:50; Eliana Schro-
eder, 65th at 28:51; and Ashley Pare-
des ,74th at 30:59. Other NH runners
were Anna Heise at 32:21 and Zoe
Meyer at 34:15. Only two boys from
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Former New Holstein High School soccer standout Mya Conrad plays for the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s club team last weekend against Northern
Michigan University.
round before beating the Blue Jays.
The day ended with 2-0 losses to New
London and Winnebago Lutheran of
Fond du Lac.
Last week Monday in Fond du Lac,
St. Mary’s Springs rolled to an easy
25-10, 25-10, 25-8 non-conference
dual win over the Huskies. The Led-
gers had a hitting percentage of .446
and had just eight attack errors in
the three sets while delivering 18
service aces.
New Holstein were able to compete
at St. Lawrence. Those were Kaleb
Lisowe at 23:38 and Keanan Tasch
at 25:57.
Last week Tuesday, New Holstein
took part in the Plymouth Invita-
tional where the Husky girls placed
third with their top three athletes
finishing among the top 12 in the
field led by Pethan in sixth place
at 26:15, Salchert seventh at 26:22
and Schroeder in 12th at 28:01. Molly
Lewis came in 14th at 28:35 and Heise
was 16th in 30:35. Also competing for
the Huskies where Zoe Meyer (33:05)
and Danika Turba (38:22).
Thursday, September 29, 2022 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | PAGE 29
CROSS COUNTRY
Thomas Kim (14) and Micah Wood (9) of St. Lawrence sandwich a Kiel player on this
header attempt in last week’s soccer match in Mount Calvary. CRAIG HOFFMAN PHOTO
Kiel blanks St. Lawrence 5-0
BY CRAIG HOFFMAN
Kiel turned on the afterburn-
ers after halftime and cruised to a
5-0 non-conference boys soccer
win over St. Lawrence Seminary last
week Thursday on Alumni Field in
Mount Calvary.
Isaac Puchalla nailed a shot from
25 yards out at 10:38 to put Kiel up
1-0. The Raiders continued to pund
the SLS goal with shots, but could
not get another past Hilltopper goal-
ie Jacob Regalado-Seeling until the
second half. Everett Saeger netted a
pair of goals with Koen Sitzman and
Aidan Murphy also finding the back
of the net for the Raiders, now 9-2-1
overall. Puchalla had two assists
with Carter Burg, Murphy and Saw-
yer Moore having one each.
FOOTBALL
Huskies muster little ‘O’
in 6-0 defeat at Brillion
BY MARK SHERRY
There were fireworks after Fri-
day night’s New Holstein vs. Bril-
lion football game—but there sure
weren’t many during the game.
The two teams took a 0-0 tie into
the final quarter before Brillion
scored on a 1-yard run, and that
was the way the game ended—6-0
in favor of host Brillion as the Lions
celebrated their Homecoming.
“We just didn’t execute very well
on either side of the ball,” New Hol-
stein coach Matt Rupp said. While
the Husky defense only gave up the
one score, Rupp said, “No consola-
tion prizes—disappointing.”
New Holstein managed eight first
downs in the game but never got
closer to Brillion’s goal line than the
32. That occurred early in the second
quarter following a short Brillion
punt from deep within their own ter-
ritory. The next three plays summed
up the game for the Huskies—losses
Trevor Muehlbauer turned back
four St. Lawrence shots to secord the
shutout. SLS fell to 3-7-0.
The SLS cross country team host-
ed their annual Hilltopper Invita-
tional recently where the Hilltoppers
placed ninth with Appleton Xavier
beating out Kohler for first. Nicholas
Dean was the first SLS runner in the
chute coming in 14th at 19:24. The
other four scoring runners included
Cristian Cruz at 20:36, Cesar Gon-
zalez at 20:41, Alex Biju at 20:52 and
Diego Bahena at 22:14. Also compet-
ing at the varsity level where Samson
Mathew, 23:15, and Aaron Burgos
at 23:35. The St. Lawrence JV placed
fifth with Jonah Lim leading the way
with a sixth place time of 21:55.
of five, seven and three yards on
consecutive runs, followed by a punt.
Brillion put together the best drive
of the game at the end of the third
quarter and start of the fourth quar-
ter, marching 74 yards on 13 con-
secutive running plays to score the
game’s lone touchdown.
New Holstein had three fourth
quarter possessions end without
getting a single first down, yet it
still had a chance to tie or win on the
game’s final play after Brillion had
unsuccessfully tried to run out the
final nine seconds. A game-ending
deep pass attempt by the Huskies
was intercepted by Brillion.
There were some defensive high-
lights for the Huskies. Owen Abler
took part in 14 tackles while fellow
linebacker Marcus Franzen contrib-
uted on 10 tackles and recovered a
fumble. Hayden Lisch intercepted
another pass for New Holstein, his
team-leading third of the season.
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SPORTS: WOODS & WATERS

COLUMN

Bid for record arrow ends...in foot

“I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I know not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.”
You might remember the first
stanza of Longfellow’s poem from
your grade school days. It came to
mind when I read Patrick Cooke’s
article in the Smithsonian that fea-
tured Alan Case.
Case, an engineer and designer
from Beaverton, Oregon, has spent
the past 15 years chasing a distance
record that was set in 1971 by Harry
Drake.
The record holder used a muscle-
powered device called a footbow
(similar to a crossbow). It shot an
arrow 2,028 yards (or 268 yards
beyond the one-mile mark) out into
the thin desert air of a white salt flat
30 miles south of Nevada’s Route 50.
The 55-year-old Case had no fan
following to witness his intended
milestone. Footbow archery, or
“flight shooting” or “flight archery”
has no following.
Once popular, shooting arrows for
distances waned when it was thought
that an arrow had been shot as far as
it could go.
There are a handful of archers
around the world who still feel there
might be records to set.
A big problem is where to practice
and actually compete. A fellow in the
United Kingdom tried his skill on an
airfield.
Another hurdle is where to find the
necessary equipment. You can’t find Case’s footbow requires him to stable.
a footbow at any old sporting goods place his feet in stirrups and push This morning Case is practicing,
store. Building one and fine-tuning outward with his legs while straining pulling the bowstring a little each
it takes dedication. to pull back on the bow string with time, limbering up for his “big shot”
According to James Martin, a his hands, creating a draw weight of that will be coming toward evening.
physicist and fellow flight shooter, as much as 325 pounds. He is confident because he is cer-
that is what Case has! That force can launch an arrow tain that he has already beaten the
Roughly 15 friends and family (weighing less than a couple of pen- record, just not to the satisfaction
have arrived to cils) up to 800 of the official U.S.A. Archery Rules
aid Case in his ft. per second. Book.
quest. They
have put in BEAR’S That is roughly
the same speed
Deciding to take another practice
shot, Case pulls outward on the bow
place an elec-
tronic distance DEN as a .45 caliber
bullet.
with his feet, struggling to take aim,
strains to pull back on the bowstring
measuring By Bob Wilberscheid If a bow limb and then releases.
device similar should break— There follows equal parts pain,
to one used by and Case has surprise and anger. In a split sec-
highway sur- broken more ond, his arrow has bored itself into
veyors. It can compute the poten- than 40—the apparatus dissipates or the top of his right foot, shatter-
tially winning shot to within one “blows up.” ing a bone. Case reaches down and
centimeter from the firing line over a Case revealed that he has had some pulls out the eight-inch carbon rod,
mile away. mishaps with the bow. He says, “It releasing a torrent of blood. His
Obviously, to shoot an arrow the plays in the mind a bit.” quest for an official title is ended for
length of more than 20 football fields Footbow arrows are probably now.
defies traditional ideas of archery. the most fickle variable in distance Cooke checks in on Case the fol-
Long bows, recurves and compound shooting, and the most dangerous. lowing morning. Case calculates
bows are not in the mix. Case has a box of 20-some arrows the entire incident lasted no more
Archers and bowhunters know that of varying lengths. They measure than 0.005 of a second. He laments,
bows are classified by how hard they from 8 to 13 inches and resemble “It doesn’t take much to deflect an
are to draw back. Thus, if it takes 35 knitting needles. arrow, but it takes a lot to stop one
pounds of force to pull back a bow, To build one, Case started with an head on.”
that’s a 35 draw-weight bow. ultralight carbon fiber rod and mold- Case’s retinue found one of his
Thirty-five pound bows are gener- ed it into a streamlined shape. practice arrows well over a mile from
ally legal to hunt white tails, while He then applied a stainless steel tip its release. There will be next year!
a 70-pound bow would be used for and nock. A serial number is etched “Long, long afterward in an oak
folks hunting a grizzly. on each shaft and, instead of tradi- I found the arrow, still unbroke…”
The so-called unlimited class bow tional feather fletching, Case used Enjoy the outdoors!
is what Case is working with. They fragments from a safety razor blade. © 2021 R. C. WILBERSCHEID
are hard to shoot, unpredictable and Longer arrows are more forgiving
dangerous. than shorter, but neither is really

SPORTS: FINE PRINT

Bean bags
KIEL BEAN BAG LEAGUE
Header In I........... 11 Final Lap................. 5
Marytown Tap II.10.5 Kings’ Korner........... 5
Badgers Den I......10 Strss.Mngmnt.II....... 5
Busty Lush I.........10 Stop on a Dime....... 4
Marytown Tap I.......8 Jovans’.................... 3
Stress Mngmnt.I.....8 Busty Lush II........ 1.5
Badgers Den II.......7 Mike’s Kiel Lounge.. 1
Header In II............7
Team High Series: Marytown Tap II, 2860;
Stress Management I 2855; Busty Lush II
2810.
Team High Game: Stress Management I, 1020
& 990; Busty Lush I, 1015; Busty Lush II, Mary-
town Tap I & Marytown Tap II, 990.
Individual High Series: Luke Streiber, 580;
Adam Niquette, 555; Jay Heus, 525
Individual High Game: Luke Streiber, 210; Jay
Heus, 205; Adam Niquette 200
Bowling
PLA-MOR LANES, CHILTON
TUESDAY NIGHT COMMERCIAL
Wasted Warriors......5 Country Financial..... 3
Altona......................5 Pla-Mor Lanes.......... 3
Mueller Plumbing.....4 Almost an Eagle....... 2
Roeck’s Bakery.......4 Premier Financial..... 2
Individual high games: Rod Hildebrandt 267,
Todd Reseburg 234, Rusty Goeser 233-225,
Lee Reseburg 226, Tony Woelfel 225-225-
224, Scott Thimmig 221, Gary Mathes 220;
Individual high series: Rod Hildebrandt 676,
Tony Woelfel 674, Todd Reseburg 609, Brian
Hildebrandt 605, Scott Thimmig 602; Team
high game: Wasted Warriors 938; Team high
series: Pla-Mor Lanes 2616.
WEDNESDAY SENIOR CITIZEN LEAGUE
Rovers.....................4 Kids.......................... 3
Ranchers.................4 Sparklers.................. 1
Bumpers..................3 Alley Cats................. 1
Individual high games: (men) Ron Mittelstaedt
213-192-182, Vince Bradley 166, Bob Williams
153 (women) Jan Seichter 193-184, Cathy
Woelfel 172, Nancy Zimmerman 170; Individual
high series: (men) Ron Mittelstaedt 587, Bob
Williams 448, Vince Bradley 424 (women) Jan
Seichter 532, Nancy Zimmerman 454, Cathy
Woelfel 453.
Cheers...................23 Weber Oil............ 19.5
Vita Plus................22 Pla-Mor Lanes........ 14
Individual high games: Jared Stroobants 257-
219, Cody Heimermann 254, Gary Mathes
248-230, Tony Gates 231-229, Dan Huth 227,
Chad Meyer 224, Bruce Ploeckelman 218;
Individual high series: Jared Stroobants 682,
Gary Mathes 657, Cody Heimermann 632,
Chad Meyer 621, Tony Gates 613, Chris Van-
Akkeren 606.
FRIDAY NIGHT MEN’S LEAGUE
Holweg Weber.......37 Curve Inn............. 27.5
Ethel’s.................33.5 Pla-Mor Lanes........ 27
Fntain.Hill Trns......31 Giebler Chrprctc..... 25
Cheers...................30 Wasted Warriors..... 17
Individual high games: Doug Woelfel 286,
Chris VanAkkeren 257-235-218, Gary Mathes
254, Steph Westbrook 238-226, Jerod Satzer
226, Caleb Westbrook 217, Ralph Joas 217;
Individual high series: Chris VanAkkeren 710,
Steph Westbrook 678, Jerod Satzer 648, Gary
Mathes 622, Doug Woelfel 620, Caleb West-
brook 616.
TRI-COUNTY TRAVELING LEAGUE
Globe Lanes.............20 Anchor Lanes......... 8
Pla-Mor Lanes..........14 Odyssey Lanes....... 6
Pool
NEW HOLSTEIN WOMEN’S POOL
Marytown Tap..... 15-3 Twisted Tap........4-14
Rockville............. 14-4 Pla-Mor Lanes.....4-5
Final Lap............. 13-5 Kings Korner......2-16
Gravel Pit............ 12-6 Ethel’s Pub...........2-7
Busty Lush.......... 6-12
Results: Rockville defeated Kings Korner 7-2;
Marytown Tap def. Busty Lush 6-3; Gravel Pit
def. Twisted Tap 6-3; Final Lap def. Pla-Mor
Lanes 5-4; Ethel’s Pub-bye.
Top Shooters: Tammy DeZwarte 5-1, Terese
Brunner 5-1, Marilyn Lisowe 5-1, Jessica Rad-
loff 5-1, Carrie Feldman 5-1
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TUESDAY MORNING LADIES LEAGUE
Up & At ‘Em.............7 Misfits....................... 2
Three Misses...........6 Let it Be.................... 1
Rolling Stones.........4
(key to puzzle
WEDNESDAY MEN’S MAJOR LEAGUE Individual high games: Jason Godersky 267-
Sohrweide Insur.......6 VandeHey Brntmr..... 5 259, Chris VanAkkeren 247, Heston Thuecks
Reinl Accounting......6 LDS.......................... 4 247-234, Jay Larson 246, Phil Cummings 243,

Individual high games: Ilene Conrad 158, Linda
Schad 157, Patti Sabo 151-144; Individual high
series: Patti Sabo 405, Ilene Conrad 400, Linda
Schad 394
BOWLING
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Jigger’s Auto Rpr.....6 Neighborhd. Pub...... 2 Steve Schmit 234, Adam Boeldt 224, Aaron
Pla-Mor Lanes Also.5 Pla-Mor Lanes.......... 2 Lund 217; Individual high series: Jason God-
Individual high games: Jeff Meyer 300-226, ersky 728, Heston Thuecks 658, Steve Schmit
Dave Mallmann 258, Dave Winkel 256-237, 645, Adam Boeldt 641, Jay Larson 615, Josh
Casey Schwobe 256, Dave Rees 246, Ryan Bauer 602
Miller 237, Ken Tyson 237, Eric Bolz 226;
Individual high series: Jeff Meyer 714, Casey
Schwobe 690, Dave Winkel 686, Ken Tyson Golf
669, Dave Rees 655, Ryan Miller 640, Brayden
Mueller 629, Dave Mallmann 627, Ken Mathes HICKORY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB,
620, Joe Birschbach 609. CHILTON

Meyer rolls 300

The first 300 game of the 2022-23
bowling season belongs to Jeff Meyer.
Meyer hit the magic number bowl-
ing in the Wednesday Mens Major
League at Pla-Mor Lanes. It was part
of a 714 series.
THURSDAY DOWNTOWN LADIES
Pla-Mor Lanes.........6 Ethel’s 1217............. 5
Altona......................5 Reinl Accounting...... 2
Individual high games: Kayla Wollersheim 195,
Michelle Moehn 182, Sherie Anhalt 180-176;
Individual high series: Sherie Anhalt 522, Kayla
Wollersheim 512, Michelle Moehn 490.
3-MAN CALUMET LEAGUE
Rowlands Amber.36.5 Rowlands Dark....... 22
Scott’s Towing.....33.5 Chilton Furniture.. 21.5
TUESDAY AFTERNOON LADIES
# 3 - Closest to water - Melissa Lefeber
# 5 - Closest 2nd shot - Darlene Daun
# 7 - Longest putt - Kathy Ott
Low Net - Shelly Gudex & Judy Karls
Chip In - Shelly Gudex & Melissa Lefeber
Blind Bogey - Shelly Gudex; Sue Sabel; Mary
Edens; Pat Halbach; Pat Bruckner
Score of 55 or under - Mary Edens 51; Judy
Karls 52; Pat Halbach 53; Shelly Gudex 54;
Darlene Daun 55

THIS WEEK IN THE OUTDOORS
Sorting the deer sheds
BY ANNIE MUELLER
This week was bittersweet as we
sorted through all the deer shed
antlers that were found by Paul and
the rest of us over the past several
decades.
I have a couple of totes filled with
all shapes and sizes, many had the
date found and location written with
permanent marker and some had
specific names of who actually found
them. We shared lots of memories as
we always made it a fun family con-
test looking for them each spring.
Now they are forever keepsakes.
On Tuesday we traveled to
Kewaunee for the first time since
January, back to renew Paul’s roots,
which now are ours to cherish.
Angie, Jenny and Lucy came along,
not for a birding trip but a memory
trip to all the locations Paul loved
to visit. One in particular was the
little creek just down from where
they lived on STH 29, which his late
brother Jim and he used to play and
fish in as young exploring boys.
Patrick also met us and we visited
“Mom” at the Holy Rosary Cemetery
where a dragonfly greeted us on her
gravestone and we sat on the memo-
rial “Mueller” bench.
We drove the back roads past his
favorite places and could hear him
telling us the stories of his younger
days. We had lunch at Rose’s in Lux-
Early one morning this week a deer was in the yard at the house and then walked the
trail to the Nest.
I don’t find these True Forget-me-Not flowers around here. These were along the
creek near Kewaunee.
Memorial bench at Holy Rosary Cemetery in Kewaunee.
Thursday, September 29, 2022 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | PAGE 31
emburg and had to stop at Don’s
Bakery for Belgium pies and kolaches
(a Mueller tradition). Many times on
previous trips we’d also stop at Par-
allel 44 winery and Konop’s Meats
in Stangelville, so these stops were
incorporated into our day. It was a
necessary journey for us but also
very tough. We did laugh as we drove
through Kewaunee when a white
squirrel was trying to cross the road;
we knew who sent that sign! Many of the 14 turkeys that visit the Nest were sunning themselves this week on the
Earlier in the week Abby came over lawn.
after school and as we were in the
yard she saw three red-tailed hawks
circling over the house. We watched
and admired them, not even thinking
to grab the camera. Oh, well!
Garet came over Friday after
school, as it was the only free eve-
ning he had due to either a football
game or practice. He helped me with
a few projects in the yard and at the
Nest, had pizza together and played
a few games, of which he beat me at.
Abby came to spend the night and
we went to Hobby Lobby on Satur-
day. We both had fun!
Fall is certainly in the air, feeling
more like winter to me. I would not
mind one bit if we jumped to March 1
and could be getting ready for spring
instead but I guess we must deal
with fall and winter first. I’m not
particularly fond of the cold.
This vineyard is full of grape clusters just down the road. I can about taste them just
by looking at them!
A small creek near Kewaunee looks like it could still be a good fishing spot.
A squirrel at the Nest was planting acorns everywhere, and eating a few in between.
PAGE 32 | TRI-COUNTY NEWS | Thursday, September 29, 2022
GIRLS SWIMMING
Kiel swims in triangular
Defending Eastern Wisconsin Con-
ference girls swim champion Kohler/
Sheboygan Lutheran/Sheboygan Falls
won a triangular meet last Thursday
night at Kiel. KLF totaled 171 points
with Berlin/Green Lake second at 105
and Kiel third with 29.
In the 50 yard freestyle, Kohler’s
Amber Hess set a new Kiel Pool Record
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
CIVIL DIVISION
BCG Equities, LLC
225 S. Executive Dr.
Brookfield WI 53005
Plaintiff,
vs.
Natasha Lee Cherney
105 N Military Rd
Stockbridge WI 53088
Defendant.
Case No.: 2022CV000745
Classification Code: 30301
The amount claimed is over
$10,000.
PUBLICATION SUMMONS
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To
the person named above as a defen-
dant:
You are hereby notified that the
plaintiff named above has filed a law-
suit or other legal action against you.
The complaint, which is attached,
states the nature and basis of the
legal action.
Within 40 (forty) days of receiving
this summons, you must respond
with a written answer, as that term is
used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin
Statutes, to the complaint. The court
may reject or disregard an answer
that does not follow the requirements
with a time of 24.91 seconds. The pre-
vious record was held by Kiel’s Dana
Doute with a time of 25.07 in 2003.
For Kiel, Ema Studenkova had a
fourth place finish in the 100 yard
butterfly at 1:32.55 while Ellie Herr
was fourth in the 100 freestyle at
1:22.41. Also taking fourth was Nata-
lie Muhs in the backstroke at 1:18.20.
of the statutes. The answer must be
sent or delivered to the court, whose
address is 320 S. Walnut Street
Appleton, WI 54911 and to Dobber-
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attorneys, whose address is 225 S.
Executive Drive, Brookfield, Wiscon-
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help or represent you.
If you do not provide a proper
answer within 40 (forty) days, the
court may grant judgment against you
for the award of money or other legal
action requested in the complaint,
and you may lose your right to object
to anything that is or may be incorrect
in the complaint. A judgment may be
enforced as provided by law. A judg-
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now or in the future, and may also be
enforced by garnishment or seizure
of property.
Dated this 15th day of September,
2022.
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Attorneys for the plaintiff
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