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thens Athens Distinguished
Alumni Award
The Athens School District has developed an annual award to be given to between one and six Athens distinguished alumni. The purpose is to provide inspirational role models for students through the recognition of Athens graduates while promoting a legacy of community pride. Graduates may be alive or presented posthumously.
Nominations for the award are due to the Athens High School office by March 24. They may be mailed to Athens HS Distinguished Alumni Award, PO Box F, Athens, WI 54411. Forms may be picked up at the high school office or found on the district’s website.
Anyone may nominate an Athens alumni by submitting a written or online nomination form. If nominators have a photo of the alumni, they are asked to submit it along with the form. Nominations will remain active for five years.
Senior Card Group
The Senior Citizens card group met on March 2 for weekly card playing at the Athens Area Fire and Ambulance Hall. Two games of Sheepshead were played. Steve Klockziem won the first game and Pat Frank took second place. Andy Hoef won the second game and Butch Boris took second. Wil Stack received low score.
Newcomers are encouraged to come play Sheepshead every Thursday from 1-3:30 p.m. at the Athens fire hall.
MCPL Story Time
Bring your entire family to story time. Children of all ages and parents/guardians are welcome to these 30-minute programs that include stories, songs and other literature- based activities.
Mondays (March 13, 20, 27) from 10:30-11 a.m. at the Athens MCPL branch, 221 Caroline St.
MCPL Book Club
Join library staff and peers to discuss “The Wives” by Tarryn Fisher on March 14, 2 p.m., at the Athens library branch. Call 715-257-7292 for more info.
Progress Athens
Were you waiting for the perfect timing? Make every dollar of your Progress Athens donations more valuable and work even harder now. Due to a recent positive development for the Progress Athens initiative, we are excited to announce that we are closer to our fundraising goal and bringing our visions to fruition. There is an anonymous donor willing to match any donations up to $40,000 and the Village of Athens has graciously offered to match any donations up to $50,000 made between now and March 31, 2023. Say you donate $1,000, the village would match $1,000 and the anonymous donor would also donate $1,000. We need your help now.
The initiative was started in 2021 to raise $400,000 for the purpose to both purchase the old bank building, of which that initial step is the leading step to then complete the second piece of the project, such as the renovations of the Athens Community Hall. Funds raised to date are $352,222.82 of the $400,000 goal.
Donations can be earmarked for the old bank building or the community hall project if you wish and can be sent to Progress Athens, PO Box 147, Athens, WI 54411. Follow Progress Athens on Facebook and via the Village of Athens website.
E dgar MCPL Book Club
Join library staff and peers to discuss “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate on March 14, 12 p.m., at the Edgar library branch. Call 715352-3155 for more info.
Preschool screening/ 4K registration
All children who plan to attend 4K at Edgar Elementary School in the fall need to attend the preschool screening/4K registration days, held on March 15 and 16, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. This screening is to register your child for 4K in the fall as well as help identify any children who may be in need of some type of assistance prior to entering school. It will include the areas of health and developmental history, readiness concepts, motor skills and speech/language development. Call the elementary office at (715) 352-2727 to sign up.
MCPL Story Time
Bring your entire family to story time. Children of all ages and parents/guardians are welcome to these 30-minute programs that include stories, songs and other literature- based activities.
Tuesday, March 21, from 1111:30 a.m. at the Edgar MCPL branch, 224 S. Third Ave.
M arathon Girls Basketball Clinic and Jamboree
The Marathon High School girls basketball coaches will be leading free basketball skills instruction on the following nights at the high school gym: March 13 - Dribbling moves and drills.
March 16 - Shooting technique and drills/games.
March 20 - Finishing/pivoting.
March 23 - 3x3 offensive actions.
Times are 6-7 p.m. for grades 3-5 and 7-8 p.m. for grades 6-8.
On March 26, the MHS coaches and players will conduct a 3x3 jamboree exclusively for Marathon Area Elementary, St. Mary’s and Marathon Venture Academy girls. Grades 3-5 will play 4-5:15 p.m. and grades 6-8 will play 5:15-6:30 p.m. at the high school.
All clinics are free, but registration in the main office at MAES/MVA or St. Mary’s School is required.
UW-Platteville Grad
Allison Stencil graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in December of 2022 with a double major in construction management and construction safety as well as a double minor in business administration and architecture.
Stencil was named a UWPlatteville Chancellor Scholar and received the Alumni Association Lifetime Pioneer Award. She is now working as a project engineer. She is the daughter of Doug and Brenda Stencil. Local grandparents are Ron and Elaine Hanke and LaVern and Joan Stencil, all of Marathon.
MCPL Book Club
Join library staff and peers to discuss “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” by Lori Gottlieb on March 13, 5:45 p.m., at the Marathon library branch. Call 715-4432775 for more info.
MCPL Story Time
Bring your entire family to story time. Children of all ages and parents/guardians are welcome to these 45-minute programs that include stories, songs and other literature- based activities.
Thursdays (March 9, 16, 23, 30) from 10:30-11:15 a.m., at the Marathon MCPL branch, 515 Washington St.
S tratford UM-Twin Cities Fall Dean’s List
Nicole Leggon, Junior, College of Food, Agriculture & Natural Resources Science, has been named to the 2022 fall semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. To qualify, students must complete at least 12 credits and attain a 3.66 GPA or higher..
Stratford High School Quarter 2 Honor Roll
Honors Seniors: Kash Dahl, Quentin Fileto-Kuehnhold, Hailey Homann, Sadie Kauffman, Trista Larocque, Emma Mielke, Alexander Mueller, Hunter Mullen, Brianna Pentico, Katrina Purvis, Conner Serwe, Caylee Van Horn, Mikayla Whitney, Bethany Zimmermann.
Juniors: Carlie Berens, Braden Bloom, Ryan Brubaker, Madelyn Danielson, Lucas Gudgeon, Koehler Kilty, Makenzie Kuehnhold, Brianna Landwehr, Juliana Molina, Nathan Remus, Margaret Schmidt, Roman Schmidt, Gavin Zoellick.
Sophomores: Kayla Casperson, Cree DeFoe, Taylor Gawlikoski, Lydia Junemann, Cayden Leonhardt, Carter Lueck, Reid Miller, Scott Robus, Emily Rundle, Alex Trowbridge, Haley Woodford, Daisy Yoder. Freshmen: Hardol Arcos Perez, Jonathan Avin-Melgarejo, Noah Bell, Carley Ehrike, Parker Glenn, Matthew Mueller, Austin O’Neil, Jaegar Ormond, Gracie Rehm, Derek Williams, Zander Zawislan.
High Honors Seniors: Ryan Becker, Tessa Berg, Brooke Bohman, Samantha Budtke, Annalee Casperson, Lexie Christopherson, Evan Danielson, Kayla Drexler, Brooke Faber, Sara Fischer, Jasmine Grell, Izaiah Hadlock, Ella Heidmann, Billie Hoffman, Rachel Jennings, Victor Junemann, Sydney Kafka, Mercedes Kramer, Lauren Kraus, Lance Krieg, Allison Lindner, Ashley Lindner, Bailey Linzmaier, Sophia Meyer, Ian Mikelson, Tessa Miller, Jackson Ormond, Kenidi Palmer, Sonia Peterson, Conner Radke, Chloe Schafer, Logan Schmidt, Braeden Schueller, John Seitz, Olivia Seitz, Emma Jo Sutton, Brayden Weber, Conner Weigel, Remi Weis, Ava Weix, Ashton Wrensch, Lily Yoder, Benjamin Zuelke.
Juniors: Michael Bell, Abbigail Dennee, Brandon Drexler, Peyton Drexler, Rachel Fischer, Matthew Folz, Brandon Gebelein, Payton Glenn, Addison Grabow, Ashley Hollatz, Sailor Kauffman, Riley Kroening, Jarrett Landwehr, Megan Lundeen, Aliya Manecke, Ashton Martin, Saliza Pilsner, Sara Sandberg, Brady Schmidt, Gunnar Seehafer, Ashlyn Solinsky, Cole Tichy, Sadie Weigel, Carissa Weis, Kressa Wenzel, Henry Zaleski, Landon Zawislan.
Sophomores: Jesse Bauer, Addison Bauman, Drew Bruesewitz, Gavin Cepress, Alec Chapel, Trenton Cournoyer, Andrew Dickinson, Kassedey Downey, Kaden Foster, Aidan Hadlock, Ethan Heeg, Lillyan Kildahl, Matthew Kolb, Mila Krimm, Dylan Lange, Claire LaPointe, Abbigail Lewerenz, Keirstyn Mannigel, Samantha Mielke, Mckenzie Novotny, Mason Oertel, Laney Pankratz, Emma Roeper, Emerson Roy, Jett Schoenherr, Kalyn Schueller, Maggie Schwabe, Breleigh Skaya, Maci Stueber, Jack Tubbs, Walker Weis, Derek Wiese, Caleb Wrensch, Garrett Zuelke.
Freshmen: Trygve Aschenbrenner, Alaina Bangart, Thomas Bangart, Alyssa Bargender, Brady Berg, Coltan Breit, Amanda Budtke, Ryan Christopherson, Colin Cournoyer, Lily Dabbert, Hailey Fecker, Hayden Fecker, Maddie Fischer, Eire Fisher, Lucas Forrest, Mason Hollatz, Mathias Kaiser, Alexa Krieg, Gracie Krummel, Dawnyel Martin, Aleydi Martinez-Torres, Kaylie McHugh, Sylvia McMeeken, Gavin Meyer, Seth Ostricki, Cody Randow, Calvin Rasmussen, Jack Remus, Isabelle Schill, Gracie Schmidt, Robin Serwe, Riley Spindler, Madelyn Stein, MyKayla Stueber, Brody Thomer, Tria Tubbs, Brooks Vanderhoof, Hailey Wiesman, Lucy Zaleski, Emily Zuelke.
Stratford Middle School Quarter 2 Honor Roll
Honors Sixth grade: Austin Bohman, Zachary Brooks, Kyle Brubaker, Shana Grewe, Ian Gudgeon, Carter Kawlewski, Conner Kildahl, Jaxon Kilty, Evangeline Landwehr, Devyn Leonhardt, Amelia Lueck, Jasmyn McHugh, Kloey Paschel, Peyton Polzin, Abby Scholl, Brye Shaw, Caden Stueber, Jenna Sweeney, Anika Weber.
Seventh grade: Aiden Bean, Noah Bornbach, Timothy Cavadini, Jayden DeFoe, Addison Drexler, Johnna Gawlikoski, Eliza Hauke, Callie Heiden, Nathan Lucio, Hilari Machorro-Patricio, Emma Mews, Joshua Robus, Blake Roeper, Isaiah Sanchez, Matthew Schoenfuss, Jake Thomer, Briseida Trejo, Riais Varela, Brooke Varsho, Jason Weiland, Julia Zawislan.
Eighth grade: Ali Bohman, Ella Dennee, Carter Foster, Gunner Hernandez, Madelynn Kroening, Owen Lueck, Rhyan Millard, Austin Niehaus, Lucas Sauter, Breleigh Shanks, Caylin Van Der Leest, Jaden Weis, Jacob Woodford, Lila Yoder.
High Honors Sixth grade: Hudson Ballerstein, Cooper Berg, Drew Bluhm, Ameilya Cable, Nathan Cavadini, Kathryn Cordes, Ella Gage, Addie Gawlikoski, Tyler Goldbach, Adrian Heiden, Hank Hernandez, Owen Hernandez, Kinslee Jochimsen, Audrey Kaiser, Olive Kauer, Courtney Knetter, Sierra Kreft, Robert Northup, Eva Ostricki, Charlotte Peirce, Noah Post, Aaliyah Sanchez, Emelia Sauter, Noah Serwe, Lauren Sherden, Ryder Stuttgen, Meg Tichy, Cooper Wiesman.
Seventh grade: Emma Berens, Joseph Cable, Sophia Delo, Andrew Dennee, Declan Fisher, Austin Foster, Haley Frischman, Dante Grammatikopoulos, Henry Heeg, Theodore Hiebl, Kennedy Hoernke, Ashton Hollatz, Lillian Kaiser, Liv Knoeck, Tyler Lange, Bryce LaPointe, Morgan Linzmaier, Megan Marten, Miguel Martinez Gonzalez, Madaline Ostricki, Alexis Pribnow, Sawyer Rasmussen, Kaeden Schill, Abigail Schmidt, Morgan Schmidt, Wynn Schoenherr, Brayden Schwantes, Jayelynn Shanks, Reese Spindler, Michael Stein, Chloe Stueber, Isaac Tan.
Eighth grade: Olivia Ballerstein, Madelyn Berdan, Joshua Bosmans, Tyler Budtke, Nathan Cordes, Ava Dehlinger, Amber Drexler, Connor Finke, Camryn Gresham, Kolton Haupt, Jaela Jochimsen, Dakota Knetter, Connor Kreft, Dylan Lewerenz, John Mews, Carly Pankratz, Hayden Polzin, Chloe Post, Emmercyn Schiller, Brianna Sherden, Avery Skaya, Dylan Strasser, Christopher Stuttgen, Addisyn Thompson, Carter Trowbridge, Jovanni Verdone, Mario Verdone, Jenna Weigel, Alexis Wiesman.
MCPL Book Club
Join library staff and peers to discuss “Dear Edward” by Ann Napolitano on March 15, 1 p.m., at the Stratford library branch. Call 715-6874420 for more info.
MCPL Story Time
Bring your entire family to story time. Children of all ages and parents/guardians are welcome to these 30-minute programs that include stories, songs and other literature- based activities.
Wednesdays (March 8, 15, 22, 29) from 10:30-11 a.m. at the Stratford MCPL branch, 213201 Scholar St.
Marathon C
ounty Marshfield Area Educators Meeting Minutes
The February 20 meeting of Marshfield Area Educators’ was called to order by President Doreen Schultz. Following the Pledge to the Flag, the Secretary’s minutes of the January meeting were approved and the Treasurer’s report was placed on file. Members were reminded to donate school supplies to area schools. Other school assistance ideas were shared, including hot lunch financial assistance, fill a backpack program and weekend food assistance donations.
Committee Reports Community Action: Ruby Thomas will deliver Feb. donations, including $40 check to St. Vincent’s.
Health Issues: Kathleen Hasenohrl shared a handout with information of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Legislative Issues: Bruce Stevens reminded members to vote Tuesday.
Membership: Trina Tiffany reported the membership directory will be available at the March meeting. An American Education Week flyer will also be available.
Pension: Carol Subera reported a small increase in core fund and decrease in variable.
Public Relations: Carol Ballerstein reported Valentine cards were sent and signup will take place at the March meeting to send Easter cards to home bound members.
Scholarship: Ruby Pinter reported both recipients of 2022 scholarship have received their scholarship money.
Volunteer Hours: Members were reminded to continue to keep track of their volunteer hours.
WREA Foundation: Dorothy Dietsche circulated the donation box.
Old/New Business WREA District 3 meeting will be held May 4 in Stevens Point at Holiday Inn. Volunteers are needed along with donations for a raffle basket.
March meeting greeter is Ruby Thomas and treats will be supplied by Carol Ballerstein. February birthdays were noted.
July gathering of members will take place at Stony Acres.
Meeting concluded with members sharing their response to the question: What is the kindest thing someone has done for you?
Meeting Program Peter Barbello, Athens, spoke of his 17 years teaching on the U.S. military base Republic of Marshall Islands. There are only two islands where one can earn a paycheck to make a living: Kwajalein and Ebeye. Population is 50,000-60,000. Marshall Islands are located in the Central Pacific, 2,500 miles from Hawaii. Following nuclear testing by the US, horrific effects resulted. Natives in the Marshall Islands possess high skills in navigation, fishing, weaving, wood carving. Written language is in flux and poverty is a huge challenge with many living in shipping compartments. Training in sanitation and health care is lacking. Despite these challenges, residents are resilient and joyful. Normal amount of rainfall is 100 inches from Sept. to Dec. Questions and answers concluded Barbello’s presentation.
