19 October 2022

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Axe Remains in Campbellsport After Rivalry Win,   Cougars Take Third in Flyway

Axe Remains in Campbellsport After Rivalry Win, Cougars Take Third in Flyway


Axe Remains in Campbellsport After Rivalry Win, Cougars Take Third in Flyway Cougars received five-seed in Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association postseason tournament and will host #4 Sheboygan Falls this Friday CLARICE CASE JOURNALIST The Campbellsport Cougars will hang onto the Fireman’s Axe Trophy another year after they defeated the Lomira Lions, 48-27, in the fourth annual
12 October 2022

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Tracing Family Roots

Tracing Family Roots


Tracing Family Roots One man’s journey to fill out his family tree ANNE TRAUTNER JOURNALIST In 1993, when John Henry Coulter-Vorpahl Jr. was at a Vorpahl family reunion, he heard a rumor that his family was Polish. The family’s surname supposedly had been something like Vorpinski or Vorpalski. John Henry wanted to know if that was true. “I started researching. Well, we are German.

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Remembering the Champs

Remembering the Champs


Remembering the Champs The 1972 Campbellsport High School (CHS) State Cross Country Champions (medium schools). The team and their coach, Jim Vollmer, were honored during a CHS-hosted cross country meet at Columbus Parc last week Thursday. The ‘72 state meet was held Saturday, Oct. 28, at Naga-Waukee Park in Hartland. Al Floeter ran the best time for the Cougars (13:25) on the 2.5-mile course.

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Integrity

Integrity


| PUBLISHER LETTER | Integrity Dear Reader, Vince Lombardi, arguably the Packers’ greatest coach of all time, once said that “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” But I am sure that had he been asked, he would have added one important word: Fairly. “Winning fairly .” At times we see attempts to cheat in football. For example, a receiver tries to cover up the fact

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RURAL WRITES

RURAL WRITES


| RURAL WRITES | G.A. SCHEINOHA CONTRIBUTOR Where has summer gone? Wasn’t so long ago this parcel overflowed with a happy, laughing, boisterous crowd who celebrated Independence Day. Today I sit at a table beneath a shelter on the brow of the slope at Campbellsport Firemen’s Park. Now the only sound is the scratch of pen across paper, while the wind ruffles the page. Words inch along

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