http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/ Stanfold, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/content/1c999a937828c4c1efe47ece4b31f0c8.html Deputies found semi north of Barron http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/content/a8da107005948a1d9cc400a3eb020da9.html Lee R Baxandall died in Oshkosh on November 28th Like his uncle Clyde Lee an aviator who attempted one of the earliest nonstop transatlantic flights Lee Baxandall pushed the boundaries and tackled the impossible Lees uncle found his nemesis in the Irish Sea Lee Baxandall found his alas in Parkinsons diseaseBorn January 26 1935 in Oshkosh Lee was the first child of Raymond W Baxandall a prominent local businessman and his wife Neita Evelyn nee Lee Baxandall Lees adventurous spirit first manifested itself in an interest in scouting Having achieved the rank of Eagle Scout a highlight of his young life was his selection in 1951 to join a 12member delegation of scouts from across the United States invited to the White House to meet President Harry S Truman This formative experience piqued a lifelong interest in travel which took Lee and family to almost every corner of the globe over the next five decades After graduating from Oshkosh High School Lee matriculated at the University of WisconsinMadison in 1953 earning his baccalaureate in 1957 and a masters degree just one year later Further graduate study followed Lees interests in literature and political activism were kindled during these years in Madison where he began contributing articles reviews and social commentary to academic periodicals and local publications After moving to New York City where he lived throughout the 1960s he soon established himself within the progressive community as a playwright essayist reviewer and frequent contributor to periodicals such as The Drama Review Partisan Review The Village Voice Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and Science and Society Upon the death of his father in 1970 Lee returned to Oshkosh to take over The Baxandall Company an educational publishing business and also pursue his burgeoning interest in Naturism In the early 1970s Lee founded the Naturist Society in downtown Oshkosh and there began publishing the seminal periodical of the growing Naturist movement Clothed with the Sun later Nude and Natural and N Magazine and the World Guide to Nude BeachesLee was also an ardent and knowledgeable collector of art Perhaps his most important contribution in this realm was his recovery and promotion of the longignored works of Robert Koehler a 19th Century GermanAmerican artist whos most significant painting The Strike depicts a unique moment in the history of the labor movement in Wisconsin This masterpiece now hangs in the Zeughaus Museum in Berlin GermanyIn addition to his prolific writings on naturism and his plays essays poems commentaries and works of aesthetic criticism Lee was a noted translator of the German playwright Bertolt Brecht Lees many books include Radical Perspectives in the Arts Marxism and Aesthetics and with Stefan Morawski Marx Engels on Literature and ArtA memorial service will be held on Saturday December 6 2008 at 2 pm at the Seefeld Funeral and Cremation Services 1025 Oregon Street Oshkosh WI 54902 Visitation will be held from 1 pm until the time of the service and a reception will follow In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Parkinsons Disease Foundation Please visit wwwseefeldfuneralcom to send online condolences to the familySeefeld Funeral andCremation Services920 2367750 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/content/0dc1ee9e7800c4d927fcd13d5c98e152.html We asked for cookies and we struck gold Nearly 200 recipes for cookies of every stripe and shape were entered in the Journal Sentinel's Holiday Cookie Contest Here are the winning recipes and finalists http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/content/0d887c8c297300fb83552167fb5cde8a.html The winters first major snowstorm cut power to 8000 Sheboygan County homes caused dozens of crashes and delayed or cancelled school for most Sheboygan County students officials said Monday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/content/821af3583b91407ac63e1a35e3284e36.html MENOMONIE Mark Noll played basketball at Colfax and Eau Claire Regis coached in the Wisconsin AAU program and spent seven seasons as an assistant for the UWStout women's basketball teamSo when he became a head coach for the first time it was natural to recruit the area he knows bestIn college basketball recruiting is everything the 38yearold Noll said And recruiting is about contacts and people you know This is my area Growing up here and knowing so many different coaches and knowing that this part of the state is so good this is where I want to recruitBut Noll isn't coaching in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Or in Wisconsin periodNoll is entering his second season at the University of Dubuque a private university of 1600 students which plays in the Division III Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and considers Tony Danza its most famous alumnusAnd now because of Noll it has a northwestern Wisconsin influenceThere are five local players on the Dubuque roster junior Krystal Parr Bloomer sophomore Tena Stark Menomonie freshman Aimee Reyzer Altoona freshman Jena Darwin Menomonie and freshman Hannah Haugestuen BarronNoll plans to keep recruiting the area and said it's not that difficult to get kids to come to Dubuque You have to sell yourself No 1 and you have to sell your school No 2 Noll said When I sell myself I try to tell them that I'll be the coach that is there for them I'll be the coach that will push them but also back them upAnd our school sells itselfTrue Dubuque does have a new 26 million wellness center and 90 million of new buildings the past nine years There are two other colleges in the city of 57000But that alone hasn't drawn five players from the area to just beyond the WisconsinIowa border Nor is what it has several more current players interested in making the 280mile trip to see the campusThey are going there because of NollHe's a really good coach said Parr who transferred from UWRiver Falls He works with the players well I've learned a lot of things already From all accounts the players love Noll While giving an interview after the Spartans lost to UWStout in the Super 8 Turkey Shootout on Sunday Noll had to pause to give his former players highfives Several of his AAU players also stopped by to say helloI've known him for a long time said Parr who first knew Noll through Team Wisconsin And when I found out he was coaching I knew I wanted to play for him It's going really well and I'm glad I made the moveDubuque is about a 4 12hour drive from Eau Claire and is 22 miles away from Platteville Noll also said he's planning to schedule nonconference games in the state Next year the Spartans will play at the UWEau Claire Thanksgiving tournament as well as tournaments at UWLa Crosse and St NorbertHe fashions his coaching style from several influences ranging from his father Wisconsin AAU governor and Viking Club founder Keith Noll to current UWStout coaches Eddie Andrist and Mark Thomas to Regis boys coach Bill Uelmen and othersThomas who had former assistants such as Cindy Hovet UWRiver Falls and Keri Carollo UWWhitewater become successful head coaches elsewhere saw the same things in Noll I saw a great passion for the game of basketball Thomas said Mark has a tremendous passion for the game I saw a young man that was very outgoing and was going to go out and learn about the game and do what it takes to make himself betterAnd he had a lot of passion for the kids He wants the kids to do well on the court and off the courtAs much as Noll liked living in northwest Wisconsin Dubuque was the perfect situation for him The Blue Devils were coming off three straight WIAC championship seasons and Noll's children Jackson and Tyler were young enough to make a moveHe was taking over a program that hadn't had much success The Spartans went 1413 in Noll's first season just the sixth time Dubuque had a winning season and won a conference tournament game for the first time in school historyIt's a program that hasn't really been anywhere yet said Noll who envisions himself at Dubuque for some time It's our program It's an opportunity to build it from ground upThe Spartans still are a work in progress Dubuque 23 was overwhelmed by the moreexperienced Blue Devils on Sunday turning over the ball 28 times and shooting 30 percent in a 9763 loss But with 15 newcomers and no seniors it's going to take awhile for everything to gelNoll's old boss is confident he'll get the job doneI'm really proud of Mark Thomas said He's done a great job of already He's got a nice team there They just need a couple more pieces to the puzzleAnd those pieces may just come from northwest Wisconsin http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/content/f01898f3cd308af0852bb803ec6138a7.html Marauders shot well early and Barron County struggle to put up a challenge all game http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/content/f4c538cc08b449ad6c85cffc22747cf7.html CHIPPEWA FALLS A Cornell woman narrowly avoided tragedy on Thanksgiving afternoon when her car apparently was struck by a bullet from a deer hunterJessie Thompson 35 said she has been living in her home in the town of Estella for 10 years She was driving to town for lastminute Thanksgiving items when she saw a buck running across a hayfieldMoments later she heard a gunshot and then the sound of something striking her carIt was like a ding when a rock kicks up and hits your vehicle Thompson saidShe stopped the car and went to check for damage but decided to leave the area immediately to avoid any other possible shotsThompson's husband Scott estimated the shooter was about 440 yards awayThe dent is on the door above the glass Jessie Thompson saidIt's not that big she said It's just kind of unbelievable The incident occurred at 12:41 pm Thursday according to the Chippewa County Sheriff's DepartmentThe shot came from Thompson's neighbor a man with years of hunting experience The man was not cited said Scott Bowe warden with the Department of Natural ResourcesThe hunter who fired the round was quite a ways away but he knew the road was there Bowe said We talked to the man and he felt really bad about itBowe said the man was on a deer drive with one other person and the drive included crossing Highway EEHe was shooting at running deer Bowe said But this vehicle was gray in color and moving along the trees and probably difficult to seeBowe and Chippewa County deputies were called to the sceneOverall the nineday state gun hunt that ended Sunday was safe in westcentral Wisconsin but Bowe said he saw a lot of areas for concernPeople need to be sure what's beyond their target when they fire Bowe said Deer drives were poorly set up in several instances he saidWe saw several times that people would have to shoot across a road at a deer Bowe said I feel pretty lucky we didn't have any accidentsThis is not the first incident of a hunter striking a moving car in the region In November 1988 Rice Lake doctor Lester Thompson accidentally was shot and killed by a rural Rice Lake deer hunter as Thompson was driving on a Barron County roadVetter can be reached at 7230303 or chrisvetterecpccom http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/stanfold/content/689436652a81c53d102b3ec59e799c38.html MERRILL Eliminating a band teacher and crafting multiplegrade classes are just two options leaders of Merrill Area Public Schools are considering to offset a growing budget shortfall