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Article: A GIFT FROM GOD'S COUNTRY UW SOPHOMORE JOLENE ANDERSON RAISEDIN TINY, CHILLY PORT WING, IS A HOT SHOT WHO HAS EXCELLED ON THE BIG STAGE.(SPORTS)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- November 24, 2005
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Byline: JON MASSON jmasson@madison.com 608-252-6174
As University of Wisconsin sophomore guard Jolene Anderson basks in the Hawaiian sunshine this week, she can think back to all those wintry days in Port Wing, where the basketball career of Wisconsin's all-time leading prep scorer began.
Cold didn't come close to describing the winter nights in that tiny northern Wisconsin town near the shores of Lake Superior.
"You get used to it," said Julie Anderson, Jolene's mother and a lifelong Port Wing resident. "It is pretty cold. We're only a couple of miles from the lake. People call it 'God's Country,' and on some days it might be. Some other days, ...