Mystery meat is gone from the school lunch menus, but sometimes it takes a little prodding to get students to try new things. For Josh Good, a regional chef with Taher Inc., it takes more than toiling over an elaborate dish to get students to try some of his cuisine.

Like the old enigma about a tree falling silently in an empty forest, the question has a bit of a Zen quality to it. Who cheers for the cheerleaders? Where is the sound of one hand clapping when the girls and guys on the sidelines do something extraordinary? It’s neither a brain-teaser nor a riddle at Shawano Community High School, where the cheerleading team achieved something worthy of more than a smattering of polite golf applause.

2014 was a quiet year at the Shawano Skate Park.

The last of three family members charged in connection with a marijuana operation in Wescott was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail as a condition of two years’ probation. William R. Himebauch, 63, previously pleaded no contest to felony counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place and manufacture and delivery of marijuana. His wife, Lynn Himebauch, 67, and their daughter, Nicole H.

Donald J. “Don” Gajewski, 87, of Shawano, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Feb. 15, 2015. Don was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 28, 1927. As a young man he enjoyed living by Brady Street, where he first met his wife, Katie, at age 16. At age 17, Don enlisted into the United States Navy. Upon his return to Milwaukee, he was united in marriage to Kathryn Firkins on Sept. 11, 1948.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Bonduel 71 Pacelli 33 Jen Dowden scored 30 points and pulled down a dozen rebounds as Bonduel claimed sole possession of the Central Wisconsin Conference-8 title Thursday. Hayley Sorenson added 13 points for Bonduel (21-1, 13-1 CWC-8).

Oconto Falls scored five points in the final 32 seconds to edge Shawano 27-22 Thursday in a Bay Conference girls basketball matchup in Oconto Falls. With the score tied at 22 each, Oconto Falls senior Kayla Virtues made a key layup to put the Panthers ahead by two points.

What began as a feel-good Senior Night of high energy, neat execution and pinpoint shooting at Shawano Community High School came disturbingly close to an episode of Monster Chiller Horror Theater. The Hawks had visiting Oconto Falls on the ropes Thursday night, opening up a 21-point second-half lead and threatening to run the Panthers out of the gym, but couldn’t close the deal. Oconto Falls fought back and came to within three points with less

The Menominee Nation’s latest attempt at persuading Gov. Scott Walker to change his mind and approve the tribe’s plans for a Kenosha casino fell flat Wednesday after a police officer refused to let the tribal chairman into the governor’s Capitol office. The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has given Walker until Thursday to finalize his decision, but the governor has shown no signs of budging.