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A thens Senior Card Group
The Senior Citizens card group met on April 11 for weekly card playing at the Athens Area Fire and Ambulance Hall.
Three games of Sheepshead were played. Norbert Lake won first place and Pat Frank came in second in the first game. Steve Klockziem won first and Tom Ellenbecker came in second in the second game. In the third game, Andy Hoef came in first and Butch Boris finished second.
Low score went to Tom Ellenbecker.
Newcomers are encouraged to come play Sheepshead every Thursday from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the Athens fire hall.
Snowflake Drive
The snowflake drive order will be placed after the village board meeting on Monday, April 22. A sample of the snowflake decoration is on display insde the Athens Credit Union. Residents are asked to consider donating.
Family Story Time
Bring your entire family to Family Story Time at the new Alfred Street location of the Athens Branch Library. Children of all ages and their parents or caregivers are invited to join this 30-minute program. Library staff will read books, sing songs, and offer other literaturebased activities. Story Time events are scheduled for 10:30 to 11 a.m. on every Monday of the month in April.
Athens HS Honor Rolls
Highest Honors (4.0 GPA)
12th Grade: Sophia Coker, Katelynn Osborn, Andrew Schaer.
11th Grade: Bailey Hanke 10th Grade: Katelyn DenOtter, Eli Paul, Makayla Schreiner, Bella Zastrow.
High Honors (3.5 GPA) 12th Grade: Jennifer Espinoza-Quiroz, Jazelle Hartwig, Jakob Annala, Cambrea Sarasin, Drew Haines, Faith Nowak, Ty Johnson, Jenna Handschke, Hunter Hawley, Garrett Knott, Sydney Coker, Alexa Weiler, Kaydin Streit.
11th Grade: Malaina Telschow, Danica Diethelm, Aleah Frahm, Brianna Sheahan, Amanda Paul, Arwyn Stewart, Kaden Auner, Abby Diethelm, Sarai Aguilar-Hernandez, Kyle Schreiner.
10th Grade: Danica Knott, Jordan Frahm, Ava Ford, McKenna Lepak, Natalie Salber, Sy’Rih Hartwig, John Zunker, Shaylon Blake.
Ninth Grade: Delaney Beasley, Ellis Baer, Bianca Boneske, Cole Hartmann, Grace Schreiner, Dale Felix, Dakota Nowacki, Preston Schreiner, Karly Eckert. Honors (3.0 GPA) 12th Grade: Nathaniel Hein, Abby Duerr, Logan Ebben, Ryan Peel, Addison Lavicka, Paige Westaby, Ryan Welbes.
11th Grade: Austin Dean, Hunter Zoromski, Nathan Osborn.
10th Grade: Riley Schultz-Becker, Evin Passehl, Juan Lopez, Bradley Yessa.
Ninth Grade: Brock Beaty, Terah Schreiner, Garrett Frahm, Kyle Belter, Autumn Diethelm, Ava Erickson, Jeffery Draper, Kian Ellenbecker E dgar Community Bingo
St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 424 N. 3rd Ave., will host Bingo, with prizes, refreshments and snacks, at the church on Wednesday, April 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. If you need a ride or have any questions, call Mark at 715-348-5802 or Colleen at 715571-8277.
Womens Club
The Edgar Womens Club met on April 9 at the Edgar Village Hall.
The members enjoyed light lunches made in decorative boxes or bags. Club members enjoyed the auction with the first one to bid having the most correct on a questionnaire.
Nanci Schillinger was elected for second term as treasurer.
The next event will be the spring banquet at LC Marathon on May 9.
The traveling prize was won by Bev Stencil. Door prizes were won by Sharon Braunel, Carol Hagen and Cathy Myszka.
The club will be holding a Bake and Book Sale on Thursday, May 16, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Edgar Village Hall.
The meeting closed with a thank you to the committee for the Box Social. New members welcome..
After School Art
Kids and teens can get creative with various art supplies after school on Wednesday, April 24, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Edgar Branch Library (224 S. Third Ave., Edgar). The event is free, supplies will be provided and no registration required.
M arathon Rib Falls HCE
The Rib Falls Home and Community Education (HCE) metApril 10 at the home of Donna Kaldunski. Refreshments and a dessert were served, with the theme of “April Showers Bring May Flowers.” Members received beautiful favors made by Donna.
The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and Creed I.
Roll call was taken, with “What keeps you up at night?”
The secretary’s report and treasurer’s report were given and approved as read.
This year, the HCE County Day will be celebrating its 105th year on Wednesday, May 8, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wausau. The event will feature a guest speaker, along with cultural arts exhibits and a silent auction. Rib Falls HCE is in charge of name tags and the registration table, along with bringing a pan of bars and muffins.
For the April meeting, members brought “hints” to share. Members also brought cooking items to fill the Shoebox for Nicaragua which will be taken to County Day.
There will not be a May meeting as County Day is the same day. For the group’s June 12 meeting, members will tour the Historical Museum in Wausau with lunch to follow.
The meeting was adjourned with Creed II. Members listened to music and played “Name That Piece of Cake,” a synonym game, with everyone receiving prizes that coincided with the game.
Marathon HS Honor Rolls
High Honors
Seniors: Ella Altfillisch, Kaitlyn Annis, Luke Aschbrenner, Grace Barnet, Paige Blount, Marcos Cruz Bloom, Lily Gage, Giulia Gandolfi, Ashley Gertschen, Andrew Glennon, Jasmin Gonzalez Mujica, Ethan Hackel, Madison Heise, Cooper Hoeksema, Casey Hollenbeck, Carter Holte, Nathaniel Huebsch, Marissa Kaiser, Lauren Karlen, Emily Knoeck, Ava Krueger, Jorey Kunkel, Madisyn Lang, Payton Lawrence, Jacob Lepak, Taylor Lepak, Clayton Marcott, Colton Mroczenski, Miles O’Keefe, Lena Putnam, Jordan Rauen, Reese Richter, Maddison Rusch, Bridget Salber, Dylan Schreiner, Cassidy Seubert, Piper Skrzypchak, Jacob Smith, Jacob Sommers, Aiden Stanek, Tyler Underwood, Derek Vesely, Grant Warren.
Juniors: Gwen Bergman, Kennedy Blake, Shilo Blake, Anna Chesek, Katie Cliver, Marcus Doty, Calyse Fieri, Aidan Hale,
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Myles Handrick, Kyla Heise, Braxton Jourdan, Clara Krasselt, Levi Krautkramer, Katie LeBlanc, Jada Linder, Kiley Mader, Wilson Marks, Alexandria Matthiae, Addisen Molepske, Mason Mroczenski, Riley Ott, Katherine Paul, Chenpieng Phakitthong, Cody Radtke, Logan Rohland, Paige Sauter, Emma Scheiderer, Alyssa Stowell, Isabella Vardon, Logan Witberler.
Sophomores: Samuel Altenhofen, Madalyn Blume, Mya Buchberger, Leah Dodson, Celia Ferreira, Mason Fischer, Thomas Glennon, Martin Gruetzmacher, Mylee Haehlke, Adelyn Harris, Jaden Her, Luke Hoenish, Ethan Huebsch, Karsan Huebsch, John Kahon IV, Alex Kaiser, Brianne King, Anika Kolka, Halle Laabs, Luke Lagen, Emma Love, Christopher Marcell, Gavin Matthiae, Reed McCain, Cassius Ninabuck, Brayden Pinter, Taylor Schulz, Spencer Seubert, Elianna Sladky, Markus Sleiter, Landon Sneider, Blake Sternberg, True Thurs, William Tourtillott, Drew Woelfel, Mya Yach, Mitchell Zemke Freshmen: Brayden Annis, Sawyer Berens, Isabella Bowe, Garrett Bracewell, William Bretzke, Owen Chrouser, Kayla Cihlar, Elizabeth Clawson, Sophia Conn, Carleigh Diedrich, Charlie Ehlert, Abigail Falkowski, Aubrey Fieri, KenleyFischer, Kayla Freund, Landon Hilgart, Kaiya Huggan-Harris, Natilee Hummer, Abram Jacobson, Matthew Kindlarski, Addison Knoeck, Alyssa Kraft, Quillan Kunkel, Annalee Lagan, Brook Lang, Katelyn Love, Sara Marek, Hailey Martin, Madison Matthiae, Velda Mechelke, Jace Ostrowski, Ava Ott, Logan Peters, Allison Podjaski, Mayven Schneider, Kiearra Schoessow, Ean Shuda, Ripley Skrzypchak, Andrew Smetak, Morgan Sorge, Aiden Tasche, Greenly Treankler, Frederick Tylinski, Emma Weiler. Honors Seniors: Alisha Blenker, Elizabeth Dzwonkowski, Brandon Gitzlaff, Ethan Hale, Kyler Hall, Hailey Harris, Hailey Holbach, Meadow Lambert, Alex Pawlowicz, Jacob Plachetka, Jacob Rhyner, Logan Schmidt.
Juniors: Addison Baeseman, Gabriella Baumann, Samuel Deckelman, Evan Gacke, Morgan Gore, Mason Heise, Gavin Koch, Blake Kraft, Danica Paszek, Cayden Sapinski, Alyssa Sessions, River Stanecki.
Sophomores: Chevy Cook, Evan De-Broux, Tyler Dehnel, Nicholas Falkowski, Logan Gore, Treyten Hornung, Emmitt Lepak-Quaintance, Alexander Poppe, Lindsay Putnam, Claire Riesgraf, Grant Salber, Seth Schoessow, Leah Schulz, Danica Staus, Swayne Stencil, Blake Underwood, Riley Werner, Julianna Wright.
Freshmen: Lacey Cihlar, Paige Gonyea, Brooke Hall, Ava Handrick, Brooklyn Hartway, Mason Lawrence, Micah Mueller, Natalia Ortega-Gonzalez, Tanner Patterson, Kendall Pupp, Morgan Rohland, Carter Stieber, Benjamin Stowell.
St. Mary’s Honor Rolls
High Honors With Distinction
Eighth grade: Rehgan Martin and Taelyn Rennie.
Seventh grade: Elsie Kolka. Sixth grade: Anya Jacobson. High Honors
Eighth grade: Haylee Altenhofen, Bristal Baumann, Izzy Berglund, Kyle Sulzer, Chayce Westfall.
Seventh grade: Caleb Kroening, Brayson Schneider, Mallory Sternberg.
Sixth grade: Hunter Altenhofen, Grant Hillman, Ellie Hummer, Dane Kraft, Bennett Sapinski, Nathan Schroder, Brandon Sulzer. Honors Eighth grade: Ian Cihlar, Anthony Hahn, Olivia Mader, Taunna Rindt, Levi Scheiderer.
Seventh grade: Jack Blume, Madalynn Borchardt, Luke Cihlar, Reed Kage, Arison Lawrence, Violet Mechelke.
Sixth grade: Meredith Blume, Noah Kramm, Ignatius Loepfe, Ethan Scheiderer.
Family Story Time
Children of all ages and their parents/ caregivers are invited to join the Marathon City Branch Library for Family Story Time each Thursday in April. Participants will read books, sing songs and more during the 30-45 minutes together. Story Times are scheduled from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on April 18 and 25.
S tratford Family Story Time
Bring your entire family to Story Time at the Stratford Branch Library. Children of all ages and parents/guardians are welcome to this 30-minute program. Enjoy learning with your children through stories, songs and other literature-based activities. The next Story Time is scheduled for 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday April 24.
Play & Learn: Fishing for Fun
Children’s Wisconsin Marshfield Family Resource Center will be leading a program at the Stratford Branch Libary, during which children can enjoy some indoor fishing. This activity promotes motor skills and color identification. Have some fun with your child and connect with other parents and caregivers during this educational and entertaining event. The event will be held on Monday, April 22, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
