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One Section Judged as VILAS COUNTY Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Newspaper Association 2011, ’13 and ’15 NEWS-REVIEW Large Weekly Division EAGLE RIVER, WI 54521 • (715) 479-4421 • vcnewsreview.com $1.50 VOL. 131, NO. 44 All print subscriptions include free online edition WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11, 2017 Citizen comments to continue Traditional ice castle to be built this week $ at Three Lakes town meetings ___________ ___________ BY DOUG ETTEN who have something they but said enforcement should NEWS-REVIEW ASST. EDITOR BY CARLY RATLIFF “But I don’t want to say on that agenda be left up to the chairman’s ___________ NEWS CORRESPONDENT item.” discretion. ___________ While many North want to see them Westfall said it’s important “Take off No. 6 (on the Woods residents scoffed The Three Lakes Town going for seven, to note that it is a meeting of agenda) and at the end defi- this past week at the be- Board will continue to allow the town board, but she also nitely have citizen com- eight or nine low-zero temperatures, Ea- citizen comments at town knows that citizens may be ments,” said Starke. “And you minutes. I mean gle River Area Fire board meetings, but with a able to provide important in- know, if they want to com- Department and Eagle new format. a minute at the formation. She said this for- ment something here, if River Area Chamber of That was the decision dur- mat could prevent a they’ve got something that most.” Commerce and Visitors ing last Tuesday’s town board free-for-all. could be pertinent or relevant ED STARKE Center officials were elated meeting, when supervisors “We can narrow the scope, to our decision, then they Town board supervisor to see the latest cold snap, unanimously decided to allow before it did get into a discus- should raise their hand and 40 Value – allowing the construction citizen comment on agenda sion and other people would they should be recognized.” items and a separate public move the citizen comment pe- raise their hand and get in- of the Eagle River ice cas- Starke suggested the tle to begin next week. comment period at the end of riod from their agendas. volved, we can strictly have it: board set time limits on com- According to Eagle each meeting. Town Chairwoman Stella if your name is on here, if ments. River Fire Chief Michael Supervisor Steve Garbo - Westfall advocated for keep- you’ve already asked to be “But I don’t want to see Anderson, an ice depth of wicz, an Eagle River attorney, ing citizen comments on the recognized on that agenda them going for seven, eight or at least 1 foot on Silver informed the board at the De- agenda items, but requiring item that’s fine and make a nine minutes. I mean a Lake is needed to get the cember meeting of a new rec- speakers to notify the board comment. Period,” said West- minute at the most,” said ice for constructing the cas- ommendation from the they wish to speak before the fall. “Town board members do Starke. Wisconsin Towns Association agenda is approved at the be- not have to have a discussion tle. The board unanimously (WTA) concerning citizen ginning of the meeting. back with them and that’s it. “We are excited to bring Firefighters and volun- voted in favor of allowing cit- comments at town board “I think if we limit it to cit- It’s limited to the people that this winter tradition back teers will take ice from Sil- izen comments on the agenda meetings. izen comments on agenda have already been on that list this year,” said Anderson. ver Lake this week. The book can be picked up at the News-Review office, items but limiting comments In light of recent litigation items and don’t get into a dis- and recognized for that “It’s always a lot of work, —STAFF PHOTO to those who are recognized in the state and federal courts cussion, that should shorten agenda item.” but always worth it.” beforehand, limiting the time ber, the first ice castle be- concerning free speech viola- things up. And if somebody Supervisor Ed Starke sug- of the comment, allowing a While this will be the gan as an addition to the tions during citizen comment has something very pertinent, gested a time limit for com- public comment period at the first ice castle constructed annual King Winter festi- periods of town board meet- that’s fine,” said Westfall. ments and supervisors Bill end of the meeting and dis- in Eagle River since 2014, val in 1933. ings, Garbowicz said the WTA “What I like is if it’s on the Martineau and Pat Volk couraging board members the history of the structure The project was led by was recommending that all agenda, I can actually write agreed that lengthy discus- runs deep. Free!Free! Wisconsin town boards re- down the names of the people sions need to be discouraged, To COMMENTS, Pg. 2 According to the cham- To CASTLE, Pg. 2 425 W. Mill St., Eagle River, or mailed for an additional Two employees injured in Phelps fee of $5 for postage. due to explosion ___________ BY DOUG ETTEN NEWS-REVIEW ASST. EDITOR ___________ A Friday morning explo- Department, Phelps Area sion at Phelps Cast severely Emergency Medical Service, VILAS COUNTY burned a Berntsen Brass and Eagle River Ambulance and Aluminum Foundry employee Land O’ Lakes Emergency and injured one other person, Services were called to the according to reports from scene shortly after 9 a.m., Fri- OFFER GOOD WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. company officials. day when a call was received Company Vice President at the Vilas County Sheriff’s James Dudley said pieces of Office detailing an explosion information are still coming with injuries. together and members from Shortly after officials ar- the Occupational Safety and rived on scene, Ministry Health Administration are in- Health Care Spirit Helicopter vestigating this week along was dispatched to airlift the with insurance departments. 31-year old victim from the “They’re all in shock,” said scene to the University of Dudley Friday morning, after Wisconsin-Madison Burn the explosion. “Nothing like Center. this has ever happened be- Initial reports were that a EWS EVIEW fore. When it blew, it shook furnace exploded at Phelps N -R the entire building.” Cast and it was unknown at The name of the man who the time how many people was severely burned has not were injured. been released, but he is a 31- SERVING THE NORTH FOR MORE THAN 131 YEARS Dudley confirmed that an year old resident of Eagle 31-year old man was the oper- FRIGID PLUNGE — Despite temperatures just above zero, more Spirit Lake in Three Lakes Saturday for the 17th annual Polar Bear River. than 80 people, including these three daring jumpers, plunged into Plunge to benefit Angel On My Shoulder. —STAFF PHOTO Members of Phelps Fire To BLAST, Pg. 2 Rhinelander man dies Prelude to the Derby P.O. Box 1929, Eagle River, WI 54521 in Highway 45 crash A 60-year-old Rhinelander half hours so that the scene Popular vintage racing set this weekend man was killed in a one-vehi- could be cleared and investi- ___________ cle accident on Highway 45 in gated.