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$1 Cumberland DVOCATE APUBLISHED IN WISCONSIN’S ISLAND CITY www.cumberland-advocate.com CUMBERLAND, WISCONSIN 54829 137th YEAR • NO. 20 [email protected] WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018 Major Changes to 2018 Hog Jam Hog Jam is Coming! by Theresa and Monte Krueger, Hog Jam Co-Founders To all of our spectators: and buy their poker sheet ers are up for grabs. The stops We have changed how the and shirt if they want one, are on the back of the poker run is going to work this year. hang out for a while or just sheet, just go and get a stamp. This decision was not an easy leave. We are also hoping If this doesn’t work for one to make. We will not be that you continue to come to you that’s okay. Please join leaving at noon sharp. We town to talk with our guests, us at the County Line Tavern, will not have an escort out look at their bikes and con- located on County Highwy of town by the Fire Depart- tinue to support us like you G. Kim will be serving her ment. No one had any idea always have. wonderful Hog Jam Buffet, this event was going to get as Please join us if you would she also donates $2.00 back big as it has. We are grateful like to, everyone is welcome to the Fire Department on ev- for everyone that has chosen and invited, you don’t have to ery meal served. We under- to attend and spend the day ride a bike. stand everyone’s disappoint- with us. We are now in a situ- There will be busy min- ment with these changes, but ation because of how many ions walking up and down for this event to continue we people we have, that we have ‘main street’ selling $10.00 have to make these adjust- decided we can not provide poker sheets if you are inter- ments because of safety. the type of safety that every- ested. Buying a sheet is how We would like to thank one deserves. you have a chance to win the everyone that has supported We are hoping we will door prizes: gas cards, Cham- us through the years and are still have a lot of bikes, but ber bucks, gift certifcates, hoping for more years to now they will come to town gift cards, gift bags, plus oth- come. Northwoods Notebook: All that food for 20 bucks? by Larry Werner Ann and I were assigned Cumberland is one of events at the Cumberland to packing bread when we many communities in Arts Center (which was giv- showed up as volunteers at Wisconsin and Minnesota en to the arts council by the last week’s Ruby’s Pantry where food is delivered by Ruppel family, by the way). event. Ruby’s Pantry to be sorted At the frst event I worked, “Don’t put all buns in and handed out each month I noticed people coming to those bags,” someone told to people who want good the show who could not do us. So we tried to put sliced food at very low cost from steps to the lower-level re- bread, English muffns and grocery stores that didn’t strooms. I volunteered to pita bread, along with ham- sell it and are willing to head up a campaign to raise burger and hot dog buns, in give it to the non-proft $10,000 for a main-level the plastic bags that would organization. After three handicap-accessible re- be piled at the end of the hours working with a cou- stroom at the former church. table holding all the food ple dozen other volunteers, We called it “Potties for items people get to choose we were tired, but happy. the People” and kicked it Fire Chief Barry Kuenkel holds the sign which shows the total amount of money from for their $20 “shares.” It feels good to do good. off with a birthday party to raised to support Cumberland Fire and Rescue through Hog Jam events since the We were amazed at how There’s a lot of that going celebrate ETC’s 25th anni- start in 2005. much food people get for on in this little town. Com- versary. 20 bucks – chicken breasts, ing up next month is the an- We raised about $50,000 Cumberland School District receives a School brats, bacon, whole eggs nual fundraiser for Kinship and not only built that main- Safety Grant in the latest round of funding and liquid scrambled eggs, of Cumberland and Turtle level restroom but expand- half gallons of organic Lake. Shortly after moving ed and renovated the lower- On July 9th, Attorney Combined, the 52 schools junction with dozens of edu- whole milk, chips, ham to Cumberland, we were level restrooms. General Brad Schimel an- and school districts will re- cational and mental health spread, potatoes (mashed invited to attend that event. Since I have a home in Ea- nounced a list of 52 schools ceive $3,501,346 which will response professionals, es- and diced) and a whole lot This is a small town, and gan, Minn., where my kids and school districts that be spent on building safety tablished a meaningful way more. we expected a small event. and grandkids live, I was have been awarded the next improvements, as well as to improve school safety by Many of the folks who What we found were a cou- invited to be on the board of round of grants through the training for faculty and staff. strengthening response to loaded up their carts passed ple hundred folks at a din- an arts organization there. Wisconsin Department of “Momentum to improve mental health crises and im- up several items of surplus ner and auction of several It’s a beautiful art park with Justice School Safety Grant school safety, training, and proving the physical safety food delivered by Ruby’s dozen items, and a live auc- sculptures, walking trails program, administered by law enforcement collabora- of school buildings.” Pantry trucks to the El- tion of cakes. One of those and an amphitheater for per- DOJ’s Offce of School tion continues with today’s A list of all 735 schools and ementary School for the cakes went for almost a formances. The art park has Safety. Cumberland School school safety grant awards,” school districts that have re- monthly distribution. thousand dollars. a defcit and we conducted District receive their re- said Attorney General quested grant funds is availa- “I can’t eat that many We learned later that a campaign to raise $25,000 quested grant of $78,920 in Schimel. “The public safety ble on the DOJ website. More potatoes,” we heard at the the event raised more than in the park’s 25th year. this round. professionals at DOJ, in con- grants will be awarded soon. potato station. But most $80,000. We raised less than folks seemed to be taking A couple weeks ago, we $10,000 and are conducting some of each item offered went to The Taste in Cum- another fundraiser Aug. 17. One vehicle rollover leaves driver in and struggled to load all the berland. For $30 we got to Eagan’s population is food onto the carts provid- sample food and drink from 66,428. Cumberland has a critical condition ed and into the boxes they local restaurants. As we population of 2,170. On Wednesday, July 11, Deputies from the Barron partment, Barron County brought to load. were being driven in a golf It’s called The Island 2018, at 7:58 a.m., the Bar- CountySaturday Sheriff’s • DepartJuly 14th- First • 10Responders, am - 2 Cumberpm - We were invited to vol- cart from where we parked City. It could be called The ron County Sheriff’s Depart- ment along with the Turtle land Ambulance and the unteer at the event by our about a mile from the Cum- Giving City. ment received a 911 call of a Lake Police Department, North Memorial Helicopter friend Lori Bock, who has berland Golf Club, our vol- Larry Werner’s email is one vehicle roll over on Hwy TurtleGourmet Lake Fire Cupcakes Depart- all • In responded Store Specials to the scene. a way of getting me to do unteer cart driver told us [email protected]. 63 just north of Turtle Lake. ment, Cumberland Fire De- Cont’d on page 2 things. If it weren’t for her 600 were expected for the powers of persuasion, I event. Multiply that out, Cumberland Apparel • New Inventory wouldn’t be on the board of and you’ve raised $18,000 Old Fashioned Lemonade Stand! Enrichment Through Cul- just from admissions for the ture, the arts council Lori Boys & Girls Club. In addi- presides over as president, tion, there are auction items, and I wouldn’t be handling a golf-ball drop and other ETC’s publicity or playing ways to raise money for this goofy characters in plays at very good cause. the Cumberland Arts Cent- People give in this town, er. and they get involved. That And I wouldn’t have been doesn’t always happen in at the Elementary School at big cities. 7:30 a.m. on July 7th packing As I mentioned, I was and handing out food to the drafted onto the board of Ruby’s Pantry customers. ETC and helped put on Barron County Fair July 18th -22nd Noah and Caleb Hile took advantage of the hot summer weather to sell lemonade and other treats in front of Re/ Visit: www.barroncountyfair.com Max Northstar on Monday afternoon.