The annual levy for the village of Gilman was set at $187,624 during the November village trustee board meeting. That said, there was an empty chair and a missing face
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when the Gilman Village Board met to conduct otherwise regular business at its monthly meeting November 11, down at the Village Hall. Eugene “Bob” Mechelke, a village trustee had passed away five days prior after being absent for the previous month’s meeting to recover from surgery. In addition, Mechelke had also served on the Western Taylor County Library Board, helping to oversee the recent library addition with an official opening on November 23. Born on the Fourth of July 1950 to August and Luella Mechelke of Ladysmith, the 70-year-old later graduated from Flambeau High School and attended Taylor County Teacher’s College, spending 20 years with the Gilman School system. In short, he was devoted to community and serving it, “If you have someone you want to encourage, go ahead,” DeStaercke told those present of filling Trustee Mechelke’s post. Also mentioned at the November meeting were elections statistics, in which Gilman saw major turnout.
Mirroring high turnout seen across the area and the country, Gilman, Wisconsin saw 205 voters and 19 registrations for the fall Presidential election. Similar to other rural towns across the nation, it went predominately for Trump, by an exact margin of two to one, with 134 votes for Trump versus 67 for Biden. Of the remaining three votes cast for a party ticket in Gilman, one went to the Constitution party ticket of Blackenship -Mohr, and two went for the American Solidarity ticket of Carrol – Patel. No one in Gilman voted the Libertarian party ticket headed by Jo Jorgenson. Countywide in Taylor, Trump received 7,657 percent of the vote versus 25.22 percent or 2,693 votes for Biden. American Solidarity received 185 votes, the Libertarian party ticket received 113 votes, and the Constitution party 31 votes. The November election over, the Village of Gilman heard the village clerk’s report at its meeting November 11.
“Intergovernmental revenue, the state shared revenue, we’ll be getting that, so that will bump up our income,” Village Clerk Candice Grunseth said during the November 11 regular village board meeting in Gilman. “It’ll probably put us at a hundred percent,” she said. There didn’t appear to be any more big bills coming through, and the alley was paid for.
“We paid for the alley, and we did get reimbursed by Jimmy and the fire department already,” Grunseth said. “They both paid, so that’s been going fast.” Meanwhile, the alley drainage extension behind Mike Kinas and proceeding to North 2nd Street was done and the bill had arrived. The month before, a resident named Steve and known locally as Bones had appeared before the council to seek permission and partial funding to install alley drainage. “I’m hoping there’s nothing else big coming through,” she said, the federal CARES grant being an exception. All the paperwork had been submitted. From the Clerk’s report it was into Old Business, chief among which was the library expansion.
“Ok, let’s move on to the old business,” Village President Jane DeStaercke said, saying that the library had been covered but there was a ribbon cutting on the project November 23.
“It’s going to be an outside event for the most part,” she said, adding, “they’ve taken lots and lots of precautions to… follow all the rules.” The library had been open for some time, and it was time for an acknowledgement, DeStaercke said. From there it was into voting and approval matters. Among them was a resolution approving a hazard mitigation plan for Gilman (which passed unanimously), a three percent increase to water rates in line with the times.
Trinity Vineyard Church East of Stanley on County Rd. X W11581 County Rd. X Stanley 715-644-5532 Pastors Hannah and Ryan Baker Children’s and Sunday Service 10:00 am Fruit of the Vine Food Pantry at Trinity Vineyard Church 1st & 3rd Tuesday 5-6:30 pm 2nd & 4th Tuesday 10 am to NOON Full Gospel Mission 114 W. Oak St., Stanley www.fullgospelliving.org Pastor Mike Larrabee Sunday Service at 10:30 a.m.
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5 miles south of Stanley on Hwy. H, turn on 25thAve and go 1 mile west. Pastor Steve Mohr View Weekly music and messages on our Facebookpage: just search for “Maple Grtove Bible Church to find us! Weekly Schedule: Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Wed: Kids’ Club 6:30 p.m.
Tues.: Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Communion on the second Sunday of each month.
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715-644-3665 Pastor Kenneth Schmidt Services Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. All Saints Parish: Pastor: Fr. William Felix www.allsaintscathcom.com Phone: 715-644-5435 Radio: 96.5 Spirit FM Our Churches: Holy Family Church 226 E. 3rd Ave. Stanley, WI Sat. 4:00 pm Wed. 8:30 am St. Joseph Church 719 E. Patten St. Boyd, WI Sun. 10:30 am Tues. 8:30 am Fri. 8:30 am St. Rose of Lima 415 N. Maple St. Cadott, WI Sun. 8:30 am Thurs. 8:30 am Holy Assumption Orthodox Church N1249 County Rd F, Lublin, WI 54447 Orthodox Church in America (OCA) Fr. Hermann Klarr https://holyassumption.org (715) 669-3855 Schedule of Services: DivineLiturgy: Holy Assumption on Sundays at 9:30 a.m., except second Sunday when a Reader’s Service is held. Vespers Services held at 5:00 p.m. on
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Saturday before 1st, 3rd, and 4th Sundays of the month, and at Oakbrook Nursing Home at 2:00 p.m. on 2nd Saturday St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church 19195 County Rd G, Gilman WI 54433 Fr. Hermann Klarr Divine Liturgy celebrated at 10:00 a.m.
on Second Sunday of the month Stanley United Methodist Church 243 S. Broadway St. Stanley 715-644-5881 Pastor Jan Beutin 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Communion served the first Sunday of each month. Everyone welcome! Handicapped accessible More info at: www.umc.org AA meetings starting soon! More information at 715-835-5543 St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 212 E. Murray St., Boyd 715-289-4521 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Holy Communion first and third Sunday of each month. Remnant Church of God 250 E. 10th Ave., Stanley 715-644-4881 or 715-644-4858 Pastor Ruth Tetzlaff Worship Service Saturday 10:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:15 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m. Faith Free Church 705 N. Madison St. Pastor Matt Miklasz https://faithfreestanley.org Worship Service Sunday 10:00 a.m. youth ministry on Wednesday evenings from September thru May. Church of the Brethren 203 S. Franklin St., Stanley More info: www.brethren.org Pastor Laurie Natzke 715-644-8178 Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Prayer Meeting Sunday 9 – 9:30 a.m.
“Continuing the work of Jesus peacefully, simply together.” Heritage Baptist Church 202 E. Fourth Ave., Stanley 715-644-2382 Pastor Tyler Ewer hbcstanley.com Sunday worship 9 a.m.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday evening Bible study/prayer time 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Czestochowa Catholic Church W11694 Elm Road, Stanley WI 54768 Fr. Baskaran Sandiyaghu Mass offered on last Saturday of the month at 8:00 p.m.
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