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Feb. 26-March 1 is Public School Week in Wisconsin

My mother, Elvie, grew up during the Depression on a family dairy farm in Maple, Wisconsin. She graduated from a small elementary school that educated children from first through eighth grade. Because she was the oldest of three children, she was needed on the farm and was unable to attend a high school in Superior.

Thankfully, that was not the case for me when I graduated from 8^th grade in the Northwestern School District. I was able to graduate from Northwestern High School, which is located in Maple.
How did this come to pass? The Miracle of Maple, written by Taisto Hayrinen, describes the process of funding and building Northwestern High School. I am assuming the article was published in the Superior Evening Telegram about 1950. 
“Higher Ed Didn’t ‘Come’ to Rural No. Wis, The People Built it Up!”
He writes, “The story is a small miracle of a new consolidated school district, its revolutionary school building, and how it was built through COOPERATIVE effort literally and actually.”
The consolidated school district served eight towns. People donated their time and money to achieve this “Miracle.”
The people who worked together to build the high school speaks to the importance and value of our amazing public schools.
I am forever grateful to the dedication of my public-school teachers as well as to the people who believe in a great public education. 
Mrs. Agnes Juntti, my first and second grade teacher, gave me the gift of reading. I knew I wanted to be a teacher after the first few days.
Mr. Eino Kortesma, my seventh and eighth grade teacher, opened our eyes to the world through World and U.S. history. I have loved history ever since!
Mr. George Conley, my high school teacher, instilled in me how important it is to ask questions and to investigate what others are writing and saying.
Miss Tartar, one of my English teachers, opened my eyes to the amazing world of books. 
However, our job is not done. We must continue to advocate for our public schools: the parents of our students, the teachers, administrators and all those who dedicate their lives to students who will one day be the leaders. 
We must continue to advocate for additional funding from the state and federal governments to assure our students receive the best public education that they all deserve.
Lastly, I want to thank the Wisconsin taxpayers for providing the money to fund our public schools for future generations. 
Joyce Luedke
Weston, Wisconsin

Stauber shows lack of character in support of Trump

To the surprise of no one Minnesotas’ resident ass-kisser has endorsed trump for President. You have to wonder what qualities Stauber sees in trump                                                        to merit his endorsement. Could it be the way Trump referred to the men and women buried at Arlington as being suckers? Or maybe it was referring                                                        to John McCain as a loser and putin as a genius. Could it be the 90 indictments trump faces? Maybe it’s the way Trump makes light of people suffering                                                      from afflictions like Michael J Fox suffering with Parkinson’s disease or Joe Biden for occasionally stuttering or John McCain after years of torture as a POW not being able to raise his arms.  

What’s not to admire? Maybe it’s the way Trump conducted himself on Jan. 6.  Sitting on his fat ass gleefully watching as his maga nuts attacked the police and shit on the floors of the Capitol. When informed that his vice-president was in danger, his response was “So what.”                                                  Very Presidential.   

As bad as this is, it pales in comparison with Trump’s history concerning women. He has been accused of rape. He has been ordered to pay $83 million for sexual abuse and defamation. He bragged about how if you are rich you are free to do whatever you want to a woman. He had an affair with a porn star  and paid hush money to keep it quiet.                 

How does Stauber justify endorsing this clown?  In a way I guess one could almost feel sorry for Stauber. It can’t be easy living in abject fear of donald trump.
Stauber claims that if elected Trump will finish what he started. Scary thought.
 Bill Stauty   
Superior, Wisconsin