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Barnes Notes and News
A local newspaper about Barnes
Bringing back what the people want
The BARNES NOTES & NEWS is your source of our area’s community events and happenings and items of interest. We continue to welcome you to place your ads, submit events, articles, and stories. Please contact owner/editor: Julie (Friermood) Sarkauskas at [email protected] or call 715-795-2775. View current and past editions in the resource files on the right side of this page.
Let me introduce myself. I am your editor and publisher, Julie (Friermood) Sarkauskas. Many of you already know me. I’m the daughter of Bill and Joyce Friermood who co-owned Friermood’s Service Station and Arctic Cat Dealership on Hwy N in Barnes with my Uncle Jerry and Aunt Viola from 1956 to 1980. Some question my sanity about coming back here to live, but I’ve never regretted being born and raised here. Of course, those were the days when you climbed trees and rode your bikes for fun and having four brothers and two sisters, we pretty much were never bored. (And you didn’t dare tell Mom you were bored, she’d have a mop or a broom in your hand so fast it made your head spin.)
I wasn’t sure if it was a crazy idea or not, but I decided to try my hand at getting some of the stories and news that you enjoyed back to you.
The original paper (The Barnes Blog) was created by Lu Peet in 2009 with just a few pages of important information for the community; it soon tripled in size. People thrived on being informed of area happenings and situations. It was a much needed publication and Lu succeeded very well.
One of the features in the new paper is a “Reminiscing” section where we share the memories and tales of the town’s businesses and people that helped build this community and the ones that keep it strong and growing today.
The first edition of the Barnes Notes and News was published in May, 2017.
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