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Gillett girls have rough start

The Gillett Secondary School girls basketball team’s season opener may be its toughest game of the season, losing at Bonduel 67-17 Nov. 18. Bonduel’s defense jumped on the Tigers early and held them to seven first period points.
Peppers enjoying life with the Packers
Well into his 13th NFL season and with his third team, Julius Peppers is enjoying life with the Green Bay Packers. “I haven’t really had very much to complain about,” Peppers said Friday. “I wake up, I’m happy to come to work every day. So that’s a good thing.
Public Record
Shawano Police Department Nov. 20 Police logged 27 incidents, including the following: Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem in the 900 block of South Sawyer Street. Hit and Run — A 14-year-old girl sustained minor injuries after being hit by a vehicle on her bike in the parking lot at Shawano Community High School, 220 County Road B.
Why didn’t group stop animal abuse?
To the editor: I worked for Alan and Lori Andrus for over 28 years. I probably did every aspect of duties on their farms. You couldn’t find more dedicated farmers. Alan is usually up by 5 a.m. and works until 9 p.m. or later. He makes sure that people have their duties for the day: feeding, cleaning, milking, calving, planting or harvesting crops, taking care of calves, the sick cows.
Affordable Care Act truths revealed
To the editor: I wonder why ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN won’t tell you about the comments of MIT professor John Gruber, who just happens to be one of the main drafters of the Affordable Care Act. Check out Fox cable news or the Internet and view what he had to say about you! I’ll bet you don’t consider yourself as a “stupid voter” or “uninformed.” At least four different times on tape he refers to us in this manner.
Nonprofit Profile
The Kitchen Maids HCE have their craft and bake sale at just the right time for not only Christmas gifts, but also for hunters coming for the food made by the Tilleda Timberwolves 4-H Club. “People will come and enjoy the good hearty lunch,” said Carol Sybeldon, Kitchen Maids president. The Nov.
Volunteer Profile
Jim and Jo Anne Graser are in charge of the counter kettles and ring bells for the Salvation Army during the holiday season. Jim is from Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. He graduated from Main Township High School South, where he went to school with Hilary Clinton. “That’s my claim to fame,” Jim said. He was a firefighter in the village of Rosemont and also involved in his family’s printing business.
Recalled alderman congratulates foe, thanks supporters
To the editor: On behalf of myself and the constituents of District 4, I congratulate Lois Bressette on her victory in this recall election. Her dedication to her candidacy is apparent, as she did win over voters through this difficult and frustrating recall process.
Nora E. Schreiber
Nora E. Schreiber, 99, of Shawano, went to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday evening, Nov. 17, 2014, at Maple Lane Health Care Center, with her family present. Nora was born Aug. 9, 1915, in the town of Waukechon, Shawano County, Wisconsin, a daughter of the late Gustave and Rachael (Dornfeldt) Reinke. She attended country schools in the town of Waukechon. On Feb. 25, 1936, she was united in marriage to Norman A.
Pollyanna didn’t have to deal with Wisconsin weather
When I look outside, I think I should be preparing for Christmas, not Thanksgiving. This all started several weeks ago when I sat in a medical clinic and heard Christmas music piping through their sound system. I was puzzled. I could understand if this was a store, but a clinic? Then a week or so later, I drove past a house that had a bunch of Christmas decorations outside.
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