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CESA 10 will help oversee school’s energy-saving project
School board approves universal free breakfast program to eligible students
Map of Wisconsin CESA districts from lbstat.dpi.wi.gov
by Danielle Moe
Register staff writer SHELL LAKE - The school district’s owner-representative for the energy performance roofing project was determined during the Shell Lake School Board’s regular monthly meeting Monday, May 20. The board also held an election of board officials and approved the proposal for a universal free breakfast program, among other issues. Present at the meeting were Jim Connell, school superintendent, principals Kim Osterhues and Don Peterson, school board president Jeri Bitney and board members Phil Holman, Steve Naglosky, Linda Neilsen, Stuart Olson and Mary Ann Swan. Tim Mikula was the only board member not present for roll call, but he did make it for the end of the meeting. Also present at the meeting were Luke Schultz and Charlie Schneider, both representatives from CESA 10, Chippewa Falls, to help the board answer any questions about their role as the school’s owner-representative in the energy performance roofing contract proposal. SEE FULL STORY New 4K program planned at Spooner
by Danielle Moe
Register staff writer SPOONER - A new 4K program through Spooner Area School District could provide educational opportunities for 4-year-old area children. Classes for the proposed program will be led by a certified teacher and will be centered around play-based learning. Children will also learn skills for use in kindergarten through different learning programs like Zoo-phonics and Math Expressions. Zoo-phonics, a kindergarten through six-grade program, uses visual, kinesthetic and auditory learning techniques in tandem with games and activities to assist a child’s understanding of letters to achieve literacy. Math Expressions is also a kindergarten through sixth-grade program that uses objects, drawings, conceptual language and real-world situations to help students build mathematical ideas that make sense to them. Currently the plan is for classes to take place at Little Folks Workshop, Creative Kids Daycare and at the Washburn County Head Start Center where a 4K classroom will be separate from the Head Start program. These businesses would be considered partners of the 4K school and funding would be allocated to these facilities. Chris Anderson, Spooner Elementary principle, explains. “Say there are 25 students enrolled, the school system would give them $25,000 to pay for expenses, like hiring teachers.” The schedule for program days could be either four half-days with Fridays off or two full-day sessions per week. Dr. Donald Haack, Spooner School superintendent, said that programs that currently run two full-day programs have had success. A cost analysis of the proposed 4K program was presented to the school board Wednesday, May 8, by Haack. He based the estimated costs on the half-day kindergarten program in 2001, along with calculations using 70 students and a revenue limit of $9,000. “We took the miles ran then and multiplied them by the school’s cost now,” reported Haack. He projected the cost of transportation to be about $110,000. The anticipated annual expenses for the program will be around $285,000 per year, taking into account the cost of hiring certified personnel, cost of equipment, and curriculum materials. In the first year it is estimated that the project may lose about $159,000, and another $63,000 the second year. According to Haack, anticipated gains are expected to start in the third year and will be about $93,000 each year. During the board meeting, member Robert Hoellen voiced his concern over the lack of communication regarding the new 4K program. “This is a big deal for us to decide,” he said. “This is the biggest question and answer session we have had right now,” pointing out that he has attended board meetings since December. Hoellen recently assumed his board position, on April 22, and while the 4K program was discussed during the December, February and March school board meetings, it was not posted in those meeting agendas. When asked about the validity of Hollen’s concerns Haack offered no comment. Chief deputy to be keynote speaker
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Search continues for Sara Bushland
WASHBURN COUNTY — The Washburn County Sheriff's Office conducted an extensive ground and water search on Thursday, May 16, and Friday May 17, for Sara Bushland who has been considered missing and endangered since April 3, 1996.
The search was conducted in cooperation with and the consent of Marie Lambert, Bushland's mother, and Jim Lambert, step-father, on property owned by Marie and Jim Lambert. The Lamberts along with Bushand’s sister, Lesley, provide continued cooperation in efforts to find Bushland. Many agencies and personnel assisted the Washburn County Sheriff's Office investigators in this search including Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation, city of Superior/Douglas County Dive Team, St. Louis County, Minn., Sheriff's Search and Rescue, Cadaver K-9 Units from the Midwest, Wisconsin Emergency Management and Wisconsin National Guard. Why and how this search came about and the results or information learned from this search will not be released, as this is still an ongoing criminal investigation. Bushland has been missing for over 15 years and as far as law enforcement is concerned the case remains open and active until such time she is located. “We will continue to do what has to be done to provide closure to Sara's family and friends and hold any and all responsible for her disappearance. We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts,” commented a law enforcement official. — with information from WCSD Northern WI Wildfire Mostly Contained; Several Dozen Evacuated
Wildfires in Bayfield and Douglas Counties.
Photo Wisconsin DNR
By WPR NEWS
UPDATE AT 9:45am: The Department of Natural Resources says the fire has been largely surrounded and was 90% contained this morning. It has burned about 8700 acres and is considered the largest forest fire in northern Wisconsin in 33 years. Residents were evacuated overnight from Loon Lake, Sand Lake, Murray Lake, Potowatomi Estates, Rock Lake, Beauregard Lake, Catherine Lake, Ellison Lake and the Village of Barnes. Fifty-nine people had registered at the Drummond High School evacuation site as of 7 this morning. A wildfire that began at around 3:30 Tuesday afternoon had burned more than 6700 acres in Douglas and Bayfield Counties as of early this morning, and destroyed at least 50 structures. The Wisconsin DNR is calling this the largest wildfire in the state since 2005. Mike Simonson reports that at least 18 fire departments were trying to control the flames as of early this morning. Multiple power lines were down. Multiple aircraft are also being used to fight the fire. By 2:30 this morning, the DNR estimated it was about 80-to-85-percent contained.About three dozen people were at an evacuation center at Drummond High School late last night. Areas that had ben evacuated included German Lake and Potawotomi Estates near Barnes. A public meeting of evacuees is planned for 8 this morning at Drummond High. Minong Dam cost assessment concerns some land owners
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The Wasburn County Register is a cooperative-owned newspaper serving Shell Lake and the surrounding community since 1889
The Wasburn County Register is a cooperative-owned newspaper serving Shell Lake and the surrounding community since 1889
