10 Years Ago PRESCOTT JOURNAL October 28, 2010

Police plan Neighborhood Watch program Crime prevention meeting enlists neighbors to report suspicious activity The Prescott Police Department will host an informational and organizational meeting for city residents interested in participating in Neighborhood Watch, a crime prevention program. Police Officer Kari Bastien will host the meeting at Prescott City Hall, 800 Borner Street at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Assistance for dairy farmers offered Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) have informed Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl that the department will begin distributing $3.4 million in direct assistance to Wisconsin dairy farmers through phase III of the Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment Program (DELAP) which was included in the FY10 Agricultural Appropriation bill.

Immediately after dairy prices crashed in late 2008 and early 2009, Feingold and Kohl led a bipartisan effort to push the USDA to take a variety of actions to lessen the blow to dairy farmers including making emergency dairy product purchases and supporting US dairy exports.

25 Years Ago PIERCE COUNTY HERALD October 11, 1995

Back to Assembly: Stadium bill survives bizarre Senate battle MADISON — A tax-increasing plan to build a $250 million Milwaukee Brewers stadium survived a bizarre all-night Senate battle, but faces more hurdles before Gov. Tommy G. Thompson and the team can claim victory…Brewers president Bud Selig has said his team, which state auditors estimate has lost $39 million since 1990, needs a money-making ballpark.

Ellsworth chiropractor treats African athletes By Sue Odegard Two African safaris and a flight to Victoria Falls later, Dr. Gayle A. Nissen has returned to her East Ellsworth-based chiropractic office with a new outlook on Third World medical practices.

As part of the emergency medical team which treated athletes, officials and coaches participating at the Sixth All-American Games in Harare, Zimbabwe last month, Nissen discovered the intricacies of international diplomacy while working 12-16 hours on injured patients.

“The African people were so nice,” Nissen said Thursday afternoon “They were friendly, kind and very generous.”

40 Years Ago PRESCOTT JOURNAL October 16, 1980

Prescott water rates to jump by 50 percent Prescott water rates will jump, by over 50 percent in one category, with the new rate approval by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission.

The bad news is: Small residential, 10,000 gallons. Now $8.45, new rate $12.84.

Average residential, 18,000 gallons. Now $13.07, new rate $21.07 Large residential, 25,000 gallons. Now $16.70, new rate $27.54.

These rates affect about 80 percent of the water users in town. Large commercial users will also have rates adjusted upward.

The Prescott water utility has been losing revenue for a number of years. The city council last year authorized a reviewal of the rates by the Public Service Commission, which set new rates, based on city figures. City Clerk Gordon Johnson was instructed to bring all necessary water department revenue and outlay figures to a hearing in Madison recently. The new rates were set from those figures.

The city council members noted that although city figures were used to calculate the new rates. The rate was not set by the city.

“It won’t do much good to scream and holler at a local official about the new water rates,: they agreed at the council meeting.

The rate is calculated on actual cost to operate the water facility, plus a seven percent return on city investment, and which is used for future projects.

For some idea of these future projects at the recent budget meeting. Water Superintendent Don Gutting said that the $6,000 well repair job hasn’t been done yet due to lack of funds, but “we’ve been getting by using standby.” He added that well number two “has a thump in it,, so we’re trying to keep from pumping too much from that well.”

Bush nurse visits Prescott By Patrick J. LaVenture Ever wondered what it is like to live in the bush country of Africa? To hunt in the great Savanna plains of Zaire?

This week, Maureen Hickey, a medical missionary nurse visiting in Prescott, told about her life amidst the rolling hills of grasses and palm trees of the province of Bas-Zaire.

Maureen hails from South Bend, Indiana. She worked in surgery and intensive care at the University of Minnesota hospitals until 1978. Then she signed on for a great adventure in Africa She arrived in the capital of Kinshasa, Zaire, in July of that year…Despite looking like a tourist, the trip was no vacation. The very next day, Maureen was assigned to the hospital laboratory to learn the local techniques in disease identification. Besides parasites and tuberculosis, there are malaria and a severe form of diarrhea that usually leads to death (water-borne cholera can do this).

Upon completion of an orientation she was assigned to a clinic in the rural part of the country at a village called Ngindinga. There would be no doctor, she would have to handle everything she could with what was available…(photo of Maureen Hickey)

55 Years Ago THE PIERCE COUNTY HERALD October 14, 1965

Bethel Covenant Church to Observe 85th Year Sunday The Bethel Mission Covenant Church located 6 ½ miles S. W. of Ellsworth will celebrate its 85th anniversary this Sunday, October 17th. Several of its young people who have gone into Christian service will share in the program.

At the 10:00 a.m. Sunday School Hour there will be no classes but a special program will be given with Mrs. Leonard Urback, Mrs. Dennis Williams and others participating.

At the 11:00 a.m. Worship Service, Rev. Richie Peterson and Rev. Lowell Johnson will be guest speakers. Special music will be give by Mrs. Dennis Williams, Mrs. Leonard Urback, and Mrs. Lowell Johnson> The Rally Service will be at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Neil Peterson speaking and music furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Christiansen and several others.

A Fellowship supper will be enjoyed following the afternoon Rally Service.

Man Sees Zephyr Train Demolish ’65 Car Friday morning Marvin J. Hayes Jr., 29, of Ellsworth saw his car demolished by the speeding Zephyr train at the Bay City Crossing.

He escaped with minor injuries, and told investigating traffic officers that he had driven part way onto the tracks without seeing the train coming or the crossing signals flashing. He couldn’t drive clear in time, and his 1965 Chev. Was cracked by the eastbound train.

70 Years Ago RIVER FALLS JOURNAL October 12, 1950

WISCONSIN’S HEALTH Carl N. Neupert, M. D.

State Health Officer At the noon hour, five days a week in the school year, about 75,000 Wisconsin school children are being served a nutritious lunch at school. With thousands of boys and girls starting a new school year, this is a good time to talk about the school lunch program in Wisconsin.

We used to talk out a “hot lunch program.” Now, the emphasis is no longer on the temperature of the food but its nutritive value. It’s not enough to fill up children on something hot. That “something” must furnish food for growth and repair of the body. Of course, a hot lunch is more appetizing on a cold day, but in any weather, an adequate cold meal does more for a child than a skimpy hot lunch.

NEW CENTERVILLE Locals Mrs. Olga Erickson, Reporter Mr. and Mrs. Ned Nelson spent last Sunday after noon at the Sumner Haugen home.

Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Haugen and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bakke spent Saturday evening at Sumner Haugen’s.

85 Years Ago THE ELLSWORTH RECORD Volume XXXXII, Number 41

October 10, 1935 Series Over; Town Back To Normal.

Now that the World Series is over and the Detroit Tigers have the championship tucked away after a very tight struggle, things in Ellsworth and vicinity are again assuming an attitude of normalcy. The sun is again rising in the East and setting in the West; Dr. C. R. Cannon, Fr. E. C. Thoner, and “Buck” Moon are again partaking of food; all bets have been paid; all pools have been turned over to the winners; and winter can set in now at any time.

The town was a fever heat all during the series with the enthusiasm about equally divided between the Tigers and Cubs.

Joe Shannon of Salem township and Ed and Anker Hove, the lucky stiffs, were in Chicago for the games played there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, while the rest of ours had to be content with listening in on the radio. Some birds get all the breaks. Dr. E. G. Nylander of Minneapolis was also among those who went to Chicago to see the games.

While in Chicago, Mr. Shannon was the guest of his brother, Attorney Leo Shannon.

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