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The darkest part of the year is a time to look forward to the light and rebirth of spring I sit at the table my parents bought when they were a young family, that they finally brought here to this cabin in the woods when their years of raising a family were done. They built this little log cabin in the Chequamegon after the war and returned to it year after year as their family grew. That winter one more season remained to them in the coming spring, one more season "at the lake," before old age and an expired lease closed the door. And from my point of view, there was one last opportunity to spend a winter in that place. A log shifts in the fireplace, sending shadows spinning over the splintery old wood floor, over the chair fixed with duct tape Dad favored, the ancient couch, shelves of books, a rocking chair in the corner (propped against the wall to counter its tendency to tip too far backwards) — Mom preferred that spot, sitting with her book within the dim glow of the gas lamp on the wall. I sit at the kitchen table, reading beneath a somewhat less dim gas lamp, near the wood stove ticking quietly, an old camp kettle gently steaming on its surface. A cat stretches, yawns, then cuddles into the other one on the small couch I've pulled up to the stove for them. I read until my eyes tire from straining to focus in the low light, then rest the book face down on the alarmingly colorful oil cloth Mom found in the hardware store. I can hear the voice of the old white pines the cabin was built beside some sixty years ago as the wind travels through them. The real world is very near in this place, somehow closer than in houses with fewer gaps for the cold and the sounds of the world around to seep in. A person is more aware of the heavy snow on the roof, the intense cold of the air, the pine and birch boughs swaying overhead, the forest all around, the deep darkness of the longest night of the year and the endless sky of bright stars reaching into infinity all around. Without the distractions of a pluggedin world the deep dark of winter brings thoughts of all aspects of darkness and light. The darkness of our origins and our future, the question of our purpose and meaning in this place seeps into our thinking. It can be a simple unknowing that rests there to question the notion of our own wisdom — or drive more restless minds to fear. It isn't all that surprising, then, that a long time ago the winter solstice became a focus for our hope for rebirth, for redemption, in our struggles of light and dark, of life and death . The source of all life seems to die away, but then is renewed each year

Snowrise

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A combination of weather conditions, including the first significant snowfall of the season, produced this snowy sunrise Monday morning east of Stetsonville. Motorized winter trails remain closed until more snow and freezing conditions allow for safe groomi ng.

and gives us again the light and warmth we long for. In our noisy, lit-up, distracted world, the miracle is barely noticed, but it is still given -- like a gift that comes unasked for and undeserved, with no regard for our political or religious loyalties. It resides in our hope for the future, in our desire to be of the light in the midst of darkness, in our faith in new life arising from the earth in the months to come, though the earth is now hard as iron. I'm not a religious person -- I tried it for a while and it just didn't work very well for me. But that doesn't mean I don't respect the people who find in their religion a way to strengthen their faith in life and nurture their determination to be of the light. And I think that we're all interested in finding common ground with people who are different from us. I think we're all tired of feeling like we're trapped in a room with a bunch of people who are doing nothing but scream at each other. We need to remember how desperately it matters when we choose to be kind to one another, to be patient and forgiving with each other, to refuse to live a life

driven by fear, anger, and distrust. We all have moments when we want to give up in disgust, to surround ourselves with people who will tell us we are absolutely right to just sit on the sidelines and shake our heads over the sad state of affairs. But what use is that -- is that the sort of person anyone wants to be? How much better our lives become when, in spite of it all, we choose to do something that makes another person smile in gladness. There's a lot of doomful predictions rolling around out there -- all the way up to the one that the world will end on this year's solstice. It just comes down to the fact that we're all kind of scared of the dark, of things we don't know, can't predict, or don't have much control over. Endings, beginnings, changes and transformations come at us constantly and without our consent. The ground shifts beneath our feet and what used to be is no more - and may have never been. The question is not whether the world will end - it ends every day - the question is how we shall live in each new day. I stand on the foundation where my

parents' cabin stood, on the slab where the fireplace was built, and look out on the frozen lake as a few eddies of snow blow across its surface. After Mom and Dad's last season in the cabin I moved into the home of the man who became my husband. That winter was considerably warmer and brighter, and in the spring of the year we worked with my brothers to take the cabin down. I shiver a bit in the weakness of late December sunshine and pull out the cell phone that seems to go with me everywhere these days. I select a number from the contact list and press talk. A voice from a long ways away answers, and I answer back, "Hi, Mom, how are you?" Over the next thirty minutes or so, we'll exchange what news there is -- usually not a whole lot. But mostly I'm calling to let them know that their cabin is gone but the only reason they built it is still here, alive and meeting once again the growing light of the new year. — Sally Rasmussen, South Twin Lake, town of Molitor

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Offensive coordinator Matt Canada will leave the Badgers after the Rose Bowl for the same position with North Carolina State.

LOS ANGELES — After 12 games as offensive coordinator for the University of Wisconsin football team, Matt Canada finally had enough. Prior to the Big Ten Conference title game against Nebraska, Canada went in to

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talk to former UW coach Bret Bielema and at long last put his foot down. Sink or swim, it was time for Canada to do things his way. Numerous UW sources said Canada's decision to stand up to Bielema was a significant factor in the offensive outburst that followed. The Badgers amassed 640 yards, including 539 on the ground, in the 70-31

victory over Nebraska on Dec. 1, sending UW to the Rose Bowl where it will face Stanford on Tuesday. The brilliant game plan stands as a crowning achievement in Canada's 21 seasons in college coaching, but it wouldn't have happened if he had not fought for the things he See CANADA, Page D6

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Foxes get back in groove with victory By Ricardo Arguello Post-Crescent staff writer

APPLETON — The Fox Valley Lutheran girls' basketball team struggled to take care of the ball on Friday night. The Foxes also were a bit off on their conditioning. But for FVL coach David Wenzel, the 46-37 nonconference victory over visiting Appleton West was a necessary learning experience, especially over the holiday break. "(The VIDEO Christmas break) is a Abby Radue talks great time of about FVL's the year to victory over the step back Terrors on Friday from basket- at postcrescentball," Wenzel .com said. "It's also a time to get back into the gym and work on some new things and we did that a little bit. "Was this perfect? No. But was there growth? Yes." That improvement was what Wenzel wanted to see from the seventh-ranked Foxes (8-1), whose only loss this season was to defending Division 2 state champion New London on Dec. 11. FVL's pressure defense did its part, netting 13 turnovers in the first half as Appleton West trailed 23-15 heading into the

Fox Valley Lutheran's Abby Radue (14) and Morgan Dorchester (hidden) defend against Appleton West's Abbey Washkovick during Friday's game at FVL. DAN POWERS/THE POST-CRESCENT

third quarter. Abby Radue's three-pointer Appleton West (1-8) clawed in the closing seconds of the back into the game to pull to third quarter upped FVL's lead within 32-27 by creating turn- back to eight and a three-pointovers of their own, with Mag- er from Abby Huntington to gie Coughlin and Rachel Akgu- start the fourth quarter enerlian leading the way. gized the Foxes and gave them

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MADISON — It was one thing when the critic said inconsistency was holding back Frank Kaminsky, but the evaluation got really pointed when the word "soft" was used to Frank describe the Kaminsky sophomore center for the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team. No athlete likes to be called soft, a point the critic acknowledged. Still, he said, there would be no backtracking. Kaminsky doesn't always like what he sees when he looks in the mirror, and he's not afraid to admit it. "I know that sometimes I play soft," Kaminsky said, "and after I make a soft play, I kind of mumble to myself about being stupid and how I need to play harder." This isn't the assessment the 6-foot-11 Kaminsky thought he'd be making 12 games into the season. The Badgers were about 10 days into their preseason practices in October when UW coach Bo Ryan gushed about Kaminsky to ESPN. "He's one of the most improved guys I've ever coached," Ryan said at the time. "He's really doing some nice things. It's going to be hard to keep him off the floor." Kaminsky followed that up with a game-high 20 points in the Red-White scrimmage and a 12-point effort in an exhibition victory over UW-Oshkosh. He started the first two games of the season but returned to the bench when senior Mike Bruesewitz began getting his legs back under him following a leg injury. Since then, Kaminsky generally has found himself on the bench for about threefourths of the game. Kaminsky blames no one but himself. "I've had some highs, I've had some lows," Kaminsky said. "I feel like sometimes I've been pretty effective and sometimes I've basically not even shown up."

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here haven't been many dynasties in the long history of University of Wisconsin athletics. Some good — even great — teams, to be sure. But dynasties? Allow me to suggest one. From 1937 until late last month, there existed within UW athletics a kind of maintenance dynasty. Three different members of the same family passed the baton across the decades in helping care for Camp Randall Stadium, the Field House and finally the Kohl Center. When Roger Schuster worked his last home basketball game Dec. 29 — the UW men vs. Samford — it marked the end of a great run. Insiders knew it. A day earlier, there was a party at the Kohl Center. For the game itself, Bo Ryan arranged tickets behind the bench for Roger's family. "It was emotional," Schus ter, 56, said. Over the years, he met legends — bantering with Elroy Hirsch, helping North Carolina's Dean Smith prepare a basketball coaching clinic. His last job title was maintenance mechanic. Schuster worked every basketball game, with just one or two exceptions, dating back to 1983. With football, he went back even further. Schuster started as a teenager and worked every Camp Randall game since 1973. Yet the string really unwinds all the way to 1937, the year Joe Betlach, Roger Schuster's great uncle — he was Roger's grandmother's brother — started as superintendent of athletic buildings and grounds at UW-Madison. During his tenure, Betlach was close to the athletes. It was said Alan Ameche — the 1954 Heisman Trophy winner — cooked spaghetti in a makeshift kitchen next to Betlach's Field House office. Other times, Joe and his wife, Ruth, had the players to their home for Sunday dinner. One time, the entire basketball team came over to help the Betlachs' young daughter celebrate a birthday. Joe took care of the Camp Randall field before it had artificial turf. When he retired, the celebrated State Journal sports columnist Roundy Coughlin noted: "Joe Betlach, who was groundkeeper at Camp Randall for years, was the best I ever seen. What a worker Joe was — he knew more about sod than anybody in Ireland did." By the time of Betlach's retirement in 1965, his nephew, Bernie Schuster — Roger's uncle — had himself been working in maintenance for UW athletics for a quarter-century. Bernie started in 1939. By 1974, when the State Journal featured him in a long story titled, "Big Man at the Field House," Schuster was head of maintenance at the beloved (by some) old barn. Bernie had stories to tell. Of how Milt Bruhn invited him to accompany the football team to the 1963 Rose Bowl. Of getting from the Alumni Association's Arlie Mucks a slab of the Camp Randall bleachers when they were replaced in 1973. Of readying the Field House for big Homecoming shows, featuring stars like Bob Hope and Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. Of how the biggest crowds were for boxing, before it was discontinued following a tragedy in 1960. When Bernie Schuster retired in 1983, his nephew, Roger, already had a decade in with UW athletics. He started doing odd jobs at Badgers football games when he was Please see MOE, Page A4

Watchdog group's funding cut Democracy Campaign loses more than half of its budget when the Joyce Foundation halts grant. By SCOTT BAUER

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A high-profile government watchdog group that maintains a popular database of all political donations made in Wisconsin announced Tuesday that it has lost half of its funding and faces an uncertain future.

The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign alerted its supporters in an email that the Joyce Foundation decided to no longer give the group money. Of the Democracy Campaign's $430,000 annual budget, $232,500 of it came from the Joyce Foundation, said the group's director Mike McCabe. "It was kind of a lightning bolt;' McCabe said. "We didn't have any advance warning. We had been invited to submit a proposal for continued funding but were just informed the board was

going in a different direction." A spokesman for the Chicagobased philanthropic group did not immediately return a message seeking comment. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign began in 1995 and received money from the Joyce Foundation for the past 16 years. Joyce Foundation money was used to create the donor database in 1996, which has more than 1 million records back to 1993 and allows users to search by donor, candidate, city or employer, McCabe said.

It costs $130,000 to pay the salaries and benefits of two employees who maintain the database, McCabe said. Without money to replace what is being lost from Joyce, it might not be possible to keep the database current, he said. In addition to maintaining the donor database, the Democracy Campaign has also advocated and lobbied for campaign finance reform and other government measures, while issuing regular reports tracking political donations and campaign spending.

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Mayor Paul Soglin says the information could be used for phone apps. By DEAN MOSIMAN

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niversity of Wisconsin track and cross country athlete Michael Van Voorhis makes his way past pools of water during a run Tuesday along Vilas Park Drive. Signs of the milder winter weather were visible across Madison as temperatures hit 37 degrees Tuesday and are forecast to hit 39 degrees today.

Initial storm response costly The city burns through nearly $800,000 in the 48 hours after blizzard. By DEAN MOSIMAN

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The initial 48-hour response to the fierce storm that blanketed Madison with wet, heavy snow in mid-December cost the city nearly $80 0,00 0, officials said. But the city, which still is digging out, should be able to cover the cost without tapping reserves and could get some expenses reimbursed from the federal government, finance director David Schmiedicke said. The National Weather Service officially ranked the storm second for the city's most snowfall on a single day with 13.3 inches on Dec. 20 and for the most snow overall at 15.2 inches. The state is determining if Dane County jurisdictions will be eligible for federal aid. The county and various jurisdictions spent $2.3 million on the initial 48-hour response, county Department of Emergency Management Director Charles Tubbs Sr. said. Based on a federal formula, affected counties would have to amass $7.8 million to be considered for funds. The city's initial cleanup cost $789,170, including $600,000 for the Streets Division, $75,600

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Vehicles follow a Dane County snowplow on Highway 51 near Milwaukee Street during a blizzard on Dec. 20 that dumped more than 15 inches of snow on Madison and the surrounding area. The city's response to the storm cost $800,000 in the first 48 hours.

for the Parks Division, $70,200 for the Parking Utility and $24,300 for the Engineering Department. The cost for clearing a typical snowstorm is about $300,000. Madison's initial costs were the highest in Dane County. The county itself had the second-highest 48-hour cost at $455,000, and Verona's costs were third at $63,600, Tubbs said. The Madison Streets Division usually can clean main streets after a typical snowfall in eight to 10 hours and clear everything else in two or three days, Streets Superintendent Chris Kelley said.

But crews are still addressing visual hazards, widening streets and clearing bus stops and cross walks from the late December storm, Kelley said, adding that the job should be done late this week or early next week. "It's Wisconsin;' he said. "We're trying to do what we can with what we've got!" The city, which did not experience major storms in early 2012, should be able to cover costs of the recent storm with funds from agency budgets from last year, Schmiedicke said. The city also has nearly $1.1 million left in its contingent reserve from the 2012 budget, he said.

Toddler shot with pellets; man charged He told police he fired away from the girl, but officers were skeptical. By ED TRELEVEN

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A Madison man was charged Tuesday with reckless child abuse for allegedly firing a pellet gun near his toddler niece, who was hit with several pellets and injured. Scott S. Suby, 19, told police he picked up his niece on Dec. 31 to take her for a ride and stopped at Hiestand Park on Madison's East Side when he noticed a pellet gun on the floor of his car that he bought some months earlier from some kids, according to a criminal corn-

plaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court. After getting the 20-monthold girl out of the back seat, Suby saw the gun, the complaint states. "I just picked it up;' he told police, before firing it at least 10 times until ammunition stopped coming out of it. Suby told police the girl stood behind him as he fired the gun toward the front of the car, but when he stopped firing he turned around and she was "acting like she want to cry," the complaint states. That's when he noticed she was bleeding from her head. Suby said he drove the girl home and dropped her off, then left. The girl's mother drove her to Meriter Hospital, where ini-

tial tests found metal fragments in the right side of her chest and at least one in her neck. She was also hit in the forehead. Six pellets were found in her body. They were not removed because they are too deep in her tissue, the complaint states. When police expressed skepticism about the number of times the girl was hit despite Suby's explanation that he was firing away from her, he offered no explanation for the injuries other than an accidental ricochet, the complaint states. Suby was jailed on $3,000 bail after appearing in court. He was also charged with two counts of bail jumping because he is in a deferred prosecution program for two misdemeanor cases that remain active.

It's time for Madisonians to dig in — to data. Mayor Paul Soglin and others on Tuesday offered a glimpse at the potential of the city's new open data policy, which is making most data held by city agencies on crime statistics, buses, property transactions and other subjects available for free through a single Web page. The data are seen as a potential gold mine to the tech community for building applications for smartphones and Web pages with information and connections on anything from tracking a bus to finding out whether a beach is open. Developers see creating applications and Web pages as volunteering for the community in the same way some give time as a reading tutor or working at a food bank. It provides an opportunity for creative and talented people to make living in Madison better, Soglin told local media, city officials and tech enthusiasts at a press conference Tuesday. The press conference was at Sector67, a popular prototype and innovation center on the Near East Side where members pay a fee and have access to equipment and interaction with others. "This is one of many steps we'll be taking in the future;' he said. In June, the City Council made Madison the first city in the state and second in the nation to adopt an open data ordinance. The city already made more than a dozen data sets available. "It's a new image of Madison as a modernized city, a forward-thinking city," said Ald. Scott Resnick, 8th District, who worked with city IT Director Paul Kronberger and the city attorney's office to craft the ordinance. Supporters say the data portal will improve government trans parency, provide public services through computers and smart phones, and ignite economic growth in tech industries. Much of the data are available through open records requests, often for a fee, or on various city websites. But the data are now becoming available for free on an anonymous, self-serve basis. Madison has a group called HackingMadison committed to writing city data-based applications. One popular app called BusRadar lets Android users track their bus in real time. The free app has been downloaded 10,000 times. Greg Tracy of HackingMadison demonstrated another simple app called Adopt- a-Hydrant that locates and lets residents "adopt" fire hydrants with a promise they'll clear their hydrant of snow after storms to make neighborhoods safer. Resnick showed a Web application on madison.com that displays the location of crimes that occur over a particular time period. Soglin said the data could be used to produce an app to make it much easier to register a pet, which would dramatically increase compliance and boost revenue.

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Play a critical element of modern horse keeping Carole Curtis

Correspondent EAST LANSING, MI Horse play may look like fun and games, but it actually has multiple functions and is indispensable in modern equine husbandry systems, says Dr. Jenifer Nadeau. Play is an integral part of horses' maturation and their social communication, the equine Extension specialist for University of Connecticut told listeners tuned into "Horse Play!", the December webinar presented by My Horse University and eXtension HorseQuest. Horses are social group-living animals just like humans for whom, like humans, play is a vital component of development, Nadeau said. It accounts for 75 percent of a foal's kinetic behavior and begins as early as the first day of life. Horses may be domesticated, she pointed out, but they still retain plenty of feral behavior. There's agonistic behavior that maintains the dominant hierarchy or pecking order through practices that include kicking, rearing, charging and "champing", as when foals show their teeth and smack their lips together.

BEHAVIOR PATTERNS Allelomimetics are mimicking and contagious herd behaviors. They are used by man when herding horses or driving them into canyons or, in olden days, over cliffs. Epimeletic behavior is giving attention or care, as in mutual grooming when horses nibble on each other's withers. It is also calling when separated or when new horses arrive. "I always wonder what they're saying - Hey, are you from Jersey? What are you doing here?" she joked. Ingestive behavior is the result of a horse's psychology and physiology, including a small digestive tract that requires frequent eating. Because of stress or insufficient forage, horses

may eat other horses' manure or chew on wood and other's manes or tails. They might begin cribbing, which releases endorphins and gives the horse a natural high, or bolt their feed. For the latter, slow feeders for hay are a great invention, Nadeau noted. Harking back to the wild when horses dug through snow or ground to find food or water, they might paw. If fed in response, she observed, the behavior is rewarded and the habit enforced. Eliminative behavior can be seen in the way horses drop their manure in one particular area, called the "rough", and eat elsewhere on the "lawn"; while territorial marking is referenced when horses sniff a manure pile, reflecting wild stallions' habit of marking their territory with urine and feces. Stallions show sexual behavior by biting, striking with their forelegs, rearing, charging and crowding, Nadeau said, while males gelded late might do the same because they're still producing testosterone. Mares will kick or threaten, as well as squat and wink their breeding apparatus. Play is a critical element of modern horse keeping because it enhances fitness, hones skills and helps a horse learn about its surroundings. (Photo by Carole Curtis)

HORSE PLAY Horse play, however, is behavior and activities that appear to have no immediate function to the horse and usually involve a sense of pleasure and elements of surprise. It is a critical element of modern horse keeping, Nadeau said, because it enhances fitness, practices and hones specific skills, and helps a horse gain familiarity with its surroundings. Just as children are more apt to play, studies show young horses play more than older horses do. Fillies play less than colts and mares don't bother to play at all. Horses prefer to play with others of similar age and sex, and they are faithful to their playing partners. Foals are at their best in the

morning, with peak playing time documented between 8 a.m. and noon. Babies usually start by running circles around their mother. The circles get bigger until, around two weeks old, the youngster begins to scamper off in a single direction. A foal will also begin to "frolic" with all his feet coming off the ground, exuberant random bucking, headshaking and body twists. He will stamp, prance, jump, leap and rear. Some horses enjoy playing with an object, whether a ball in their pasture or chasing the farm dog. Nadeau's audience included owners of horses that liked to ring bells, splash in the water

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hindquarter threats. Also known as combat or contact play, play-fighting is aggressive fun with the horses alternating between offensive and defensive roles. Male foals are more likely than female fillies to join in. "It's much like football," Nadeau joked. RESEARCH RESULTS Research shows horses turned out two hours a week are more likely to trot, canter and buck (considered play) than horses turned out 12 hours a week, so a 2012 French university study investigated why domesticated herd animals play more than mature wild horses do. It found the horses who exhibited the greatest amount of play behavior in the paddock had the highest TCSS (total chronic stress score) when evaluated in their stall, Nadeau said, noting TCSS is based on aggressiveness with people, withdrawn and antisocial behavior, and observable back pain.

The study concluded that horses that play are showing signs of stress, while happy adult horses graze, rest and move slowly. However, Nadeau said, more studies are needed before such generalizations can be made. Considering the number of horses that indulge in vices like kicking, biting, rearing, striking, bolting, weaving, stall walking, pawing, cribbing, wind-sucking and head-nodding, Nadeau explored whether play or lack of play might be a contributing factor. "I found no evidence showing a development of vices for play or lack of play," she said, adding vices appear to be linked to boredom, nutritional deficiencies and/or lack of socialization. For additional information, she suggested "A Practical Field Guide to Horse Behavior: The Equid Ethogram" and "Understanding Horse Behavior", both by Dr. Sue McDonnell.

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versity of Wisconsin have put in place in recent years to help Wisconsin farmers know when conditions are right to spread manure on their land. The risk advisory also contains recommendations if farmers cannot avoid spreading manure on days when the risk of runoff is high. The risk advisory joins the nutrient application restriction maps featured on the Wisconsin Manure Management Advisory System for several years and found on the web at www. m anure advis o rysystem . wi .gov and easily reached by searching online for "manure management advisory system." "In addition to helping farmers develop nutrient management plans that guide the longterm decisions regarding where, when and how much manure can be spread, the 590 Nutrient Management Restriction Maps can also help producers identify their lower-risk fields when they need to spread during high-risk time periods like

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BY STEVE SHARP steves@wdtimes.com LAKE MILLS — The city of Lake Mills has been granted $46,750 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) to allow for an environmental investigation that could lead to remediation of contaminated property on a six-acre, former Crepaco site at 621 and 629 E. Lake St., in the downtown area. According to Lake Mills City Manager Steve Wilke, the work has been ongoing in that area and this is a third installment in the effort to clean the site up. "This is a site-assessment grant and we will try to make a determination what the contamination is and this grant also provides funding to create a remediation plan," Wilke said. "We are really hoping to get some money to start cleaning it up." According to the WEDC, the Lake Mills Redevelopment Authority has said it wants the property tested for damage and it would even-

BY BEN LIPPERT for the Daily Times JOHNSON CREEK — The proposal for a new dome school facility will make it to referendum in Johnson Creek on April 2 asking for up to $21,950,000 from constituents. The vote to take the building proposed by ATP passed a roll call vote 5-1. Board Treasurer June McCaffery was the one dissenting vote. "We did not have any insight of the community on this idea right now," McCaffery said. "We are rushing it. Especially when one-third of our tax base is tied up in TIDs . They can't afford it." "We need to do something," Tina Roehl, school board president, said. "This cost (of a new facility) is cheaper than even minimally remodeling," board member Duane Draeger said. "We have to do something different than what we are currently doing." The board also rejected a proposal that would create a separate question on the referendum for funding new athletic fields and facilities. "It's almost silly to do two questions," board member Andrew Swanson said. The board discussed a 21 year and a 25 year repayment plan for the dome school referendum. Residents with a property value of approximately $100,000 would see costs rise (Continued on page 5, co1.1)

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Court date set in school break-ins BY STEVE SHARP steves@wdtimes.com JEFFERSON — Arraignment was set Wednesday for Feb. 5 at 11:30 a.m. in Jefferson County Circuit Court for two men facing charges of burglary and criminal damage to property following break-ins at two Watertown schools. Nicholas A. Euclide, 24, and Zachary A. Krivitz, 23, appeared before Jefferson County Circuit Court Branch I Judge Jennifer Weston Wednesday for their preliminary hearings. Both face two counts each of burglary and (Continued on back, col. 4)

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Watertown-to-Waterloo bike trail meeting draws a crowd BY STEVE SHARP steves@wdtimes.com Although some residents from concerned townships were vocal in their opposition to aspects of it, plans for a Watertown-to-Waterloo bike trail were presented to a crowd of about 70 people Wednesday, with trail planners saying final results of their study should be ready for public inspection in 30 days. The goal of planners from consultant Smith Group JJR of Madison, hired by Jefferson County for the study, is to pave the way for the use of town roads and off-road trails as a bike/recreation path between Watertown and Waterloo. The county already has a designated "low traffic volume" path between the two communities, but its officials want to see the route made safer. They also want it to better connect to STEVE SHARP/Daily Times existing and planned bike routes in Jefferson and Longtime supporter of recreational trails in Dodge counties. Jefferson County, county Supervisor Augie On Wednesday evening, the public was invitTietz of Watertown, met with those attending a ed to view and comment on the presentation of Watertown-to-Waterloo bicycle trail meeting the proposed bike trail. The event was held at the Watertown Senior and Community Center. Wednesday evening.

The public's comments from the open house will be taken into consideration as planning moves forward. Upcoming proceedings related to the trail include further discussion of the final route, cost estimates, and creation of grant applications and construction timelines. At a late October 2012 meeting held in Waterloo, the trail received thorough discussion. That session was deemed by its organizers to have been very productive, as was Wednesday's meeting. For some time, Jefferson County has been investigating the preferred route for the bike trail between Watertown and Waterloo. Jefferson County Parks Committee member Augie Tietz said a preferred route, until now at least, has been the all-roadway trail the county would like to take "all off-road" as much as it can — and as soon as possible. Wednesday's meeting offered a debut of the preferred route for the trail and it generated much discussion. Tietz told the Daily Times today that the input from the public, both posi(Continued on back, col. 1)

Meal delivery program gets a makeover BY JEN ZETTEL jenz@wdtimes.com Watertown residents who get Meals on Wheels through Watertown Regional Medical Center no longer receive meals cooked at the hospital. The kitchen at the hospital is currently undergoing renovations, which WRMC Vice President Tina Crave said was part of the reason for the switch. The kitchen is closed through the end of May, and officials needed to come up with a way to keep Meals on Wheels functioning in the mean time. "We took the opportunity to really assess the program and how to best meet community needs," Crave said. "We've been subsidizing the program at a very significant cost for more than 10 years, so we decided to reach out to other community organizations to see who would be interested in partnering with us." The program cost the hospital about $70,000 annually, even with participants paying for their meals. Hospital officials reached out to the county health departments and local caterers for three months, and the only place willing to take on the task was Feil's Supper Club in Randolph. Feil's caters and cooks for Meals on Wheels programs throughout Dodge and Jefferson counties, Crave said. The meals are cooked at Feil's, and brought to the hospital for distribution by local volunteers. (Continued on page 5, col. 1)

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RACINE — Post Prom is coming back to Downtown. After a one-year absence when Post Prom was held at the Sturtevant Sportsplex, the annual dancing and activities celebration for area high schoolers will return to Festival Hall on May 18, event organizers announced Friday. This move comes down to cost, said Laura Sumner Coon, Post Prom Committee spokeswoman for the Downtown Racine Rotary Club, which has organized the event since 1953. "We raise money to do this and it isn't a cheap venture. We want the kids to have a good time and so, in times like these, you have to be mindful of the expense and the economics of holding such a large party for so many kids," Sumner Coon

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RACINE — District Attorney Rich Chiapete has found nothing to support an alderman's claim that city officials used a rigged system when they sought and rated proposals from companies interested in running CAR25. Alderman Keith Fair Fair submitted a stack of documents regarding the bidding process to the Racine County District Attorney's Office on Jan. 4, along with a letter stating that the city used "a fraudulent and deceptive process to determine who is the contracted provider" for the cable access channel. He later said the documents, which mostly include publicaccessible information like Cable Television Commission meeting minutes and online articles, show there was a "conspiracy" involved in Chiapete choosing a contractor. In a letter sent to Fair on Friday, Chiapete wrote that the info provided to his office didn't "support any claim of criminal wrongdoing." "Our office is bound by both a legal and an ethical obligation to prosecute only cases that have merit," Chiapete wrote. "We are unable to pursue cases based purely on conclusions, speculation and/or anecdotal examples."

said, explaining the Sport splex, 10116 Stellar Ave., was prepared to charge Rotary more than Festival Hall, 5 Fifth St. Part of the cost difference comes because a new nightclub-style facility used on weekends at the Sportsplex would have to be closed during Post Prom, Sumner Coon said. "They would have to forego business that night to host us," she said. "And they would pass that cost on to us." Sportsplex and Festival Hall management did not immediately return phone calls Friday. Post Prom had been at Festival Hall for years before moving last year to the Sportsplex because of concerns that Festival Hall did not have enough indoor space for certain activities like laser tag.

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RACINE — A lawyer for former city employee William Bielefeldt believes the settlement agreement he and Mayor John Dickert agreed to is not a public record and therefore a judge should not order that it be released to the media. The city, on the other hand, believes that the agreement is an open record and state law requires its disclosure. Now it's time for Racine County Circuit Court Judge Dickert Gerald Ptacek to decide which argument makes most sense, and whether the settlement agreement that convinced Bielefeldt to drop his suit against Dickert should be made public. Bielefeldt filed a slander suit against Dickert last year claiming the mayor defamed him in radio comments he made while campaigning for re - election. The parties reached a settlement in late April, just days before a scheduled jury trial. The lawsuit, which went on for more than a year, cost city taxpayers $10 0,0 00 in legal fees.

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Grant to bolster Port's war on ash borer By KRISTYN HALBIG ZIEHM Ozaukee Press staff

Port Washington's battle against the emerald ash borer got a boost with a $25,000 grant from the Department of Natural Resources, Public Works Director Rob Vanden Noven said Tuesday. The grant will help the city purchase a specialized software program to help it manage its trees and treatments against the borer, Vanden Noven told the Board of Public Works. The grant will also help purchase chemicals needed to treat ash trees against the borer and replace trees that are killed by the beetle, he said. The grant will provide matching funds, he said, so the city will have to spend an equal amount of money. That shouldn't be difficult. The city has 1,100 ash trees along its streets — 14% of the trees that line its roads — and many more

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treatments, protect trees, replace those killed by beetle in its parks that are at risk of being killed by the borer, which was first detected in the community in June. Since then, the city has committed itself to waging a battle against the emerald ash borer, an invasive green beetle that has killed tens of millions of trees from the East Coast to the Midwest since it was first found in the U.S. in 2002. While the borer was first found in Port Washington last year, it has likely been in the community for years, officials said, noting it takes several years for trees to show the effect of the pest. Vanden Noven said he does not know how many trees in the city are infested with the borer. The borer was initially found in a dead ash

tree on a wooded hillside in the 400 block of North Powers Street, and officials said several other trees in the area were likely killed by the borer. It has also been detected in trees downtown and on Webster Street, where Vanden Noven said virtually every ash tree is infested. Officials agreed last year that they will chemically treat select ash trees against the borer in an attempt to stem the damage done by the bug. The city may have another weapon to use against the insect, Vanden Noven told the board. The Department of Natural Resources has asked if the city would be willing to allow the release of parasitic wasps that feed on the borer's eggs and larvae, Vanden Noven said.

The wasps, which are the natural enemy of the borer, have been released at Riveredge Nature Center in the Town of Saukville, which is near the area where the first emerald ash borer in the state was detected in 2008. "They will spread here in a couple years, but releasing them here will make that happen sooner," Vanden Noven said. State officials have said it will take as long as five years to determine whether the wasps are having an impact on the borer, he noted. "Do they sting?" board member Mike Ehrlich asked. The wasps are less than a quarter-inch in size and pose no danger to humans or other animals, Vanden Noven said. The DNR is not sure how many wasps it will have this year, he added, so there is no guarantee they will be released in Port Washington.

Port commission approves controversial apartment plan ■ Planning panel endorses

60-unit complex after aesthetic concerns allayed By KRISTYN HALBIG ZIEHM Ozaukee Press staff

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Port Council OKs 1.25% raises for city employees Port Washington city employees will receive a 1.25% salary increase for 2013. The Common Council on Tuesday approved the across-the-board raises for workers, adding that merit increases will be considered following employee performance evaluations later this year. The money is included in the 2013 budget, City Administrator Mark Grams said. Grams said the city looked at what other Ozaukee County communities are giving employees — a number that generally ranges from nothing to 2% — in deciding how much of a raise to give.

A controversial proposal to build a 60unit apartment project on Port Washington's south side was approved last week by the city's Plan Commission. The project calls for five 12-unit buildings to be built on a 10-1/4-acre site at the corner of Sauk Road and Harris Drive, directly west of the former Harris Bank building. Attorney Joe Goldberger, who represents Premier Real Estate Development, said the firm made a number of changes to the plan after several commission members reviewing the proposal in November said they wanted to see aesthetic improvements to the project. The changes incorporate suggestions made by the commission and the Design Review Board, Goldberger said. They include the addition of shake siding at the gable ends of the building, an eyebrow roof and brickwork at the garages, larger window shutters and a gable roof over the decks. In addition, the amount of asphalt on the lot has been pared and additional landscaping added, including trees to help screen the buildings from Sauk Road. "We think this development, especially with the enhancements, fits well with the city," Goldberger said. Commission members seemed to agree. Mayor Tom Mlada, chairman of the commission, said that the changes "make a big difference." "I think the enhancements are tremendous," he said. "The landscaping is something often overlooked and under appreciated. It's important to tie the project together." "I think it looks much improved," Public Works Director Rob Vanden Noven, a member of the commission, said. But Vanden Noven, who is chairman of

the Design Review Board, noted that the group had questioned the homogeneity of the project. "Are all five buildings going to be the exact same design, the exact same color?" he asked. "In my opinion, I prefer there to be some difference in building color, etcetera, so they don't all look the same." Goldberger said the company had considered the idea but rejected it. "I can see some benefits, but we think it detracts from the overall appearance and looks a little hodgepodge," he said. "In the end, I don't think anyone would be happy if we had variation for the sake of variation." Commission member Bud Soya, who was particularly critical of the proposal in November, when the commission tabled action on it, agreed. "The fact they're all one color, I don't think, detracts from it at all," he said. "I think the important things is the landscaping. That's what holds it together." He asked the developer to consider adding some trees along the north side of the project to shield it from Highway LL, something Goldberger said would be looked at. Commission member Earl Kelley said that although the buildings are large, the topography will help diminish the impact. "I don't think the buildings are going to look as big as they actually are," he said. While the project is large, officials noted that it is smaller than a previous plan approved by the commission that called for 150 senior housing units to be constructed. Goldberger said the five buildings will be built at one time, with construction expected to start this year. At the November meeting, he told officials that the apartments, which are expected to rent for between $795 and $975 a month, include amenities such as individual entries, laundry facilities in each unit, attached garages and cathedral ceilings. Similar developments built by the firm have done well, he added, noting many are full before the buildings are completed.

Search continues for missing Cedarburg man By SARAH McCRAW Ozaukee Press staff

A major search led by the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department is underway for a 24-year-old man who disappeared near downtown Cedarburg in the early-morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 27. Fire and rescue crews from Cedarburg, Grafton and Theinsville, along with the Cedarburg Police Department and the Great Lakes Search and Rescue K-9 unit, are assisting the sheriff's department in the search. Undersheriff Jim Johnson said Robert Steinbrecker, a graduate of Cedarburg High School, left Maxwell's Bar with friends and was last seen running north on the ice on Cedar Creek around 2 a.m. - - Crews -are -walking through the woods

and along the banks of the river and using underwater cameras to check the deeper portions of Cedar Creek, Johnson said. The Sheriff's Department also used the My State USA program to send reverse 911 calls to approximately 95 area residents, alerting them of the missing person search. Residents near Cedar Creek have been asked to check their properties for any signs of Steinbrecker. Steinbrecker was last seen wearing a green and gold knit Green Bay Packers hat, a heavy, dark green parka jacket, a blue T-shirt, brown pants and black tennis shoes with white trim on the soles. Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Department at 284-7172 and - reference-i neident -number 12-35179.

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MENOMINEE — Open water on the bay, a rapidly declining snow cover and a couple days of unseasonably mild temperatures is not exactly a typical midwinter weather scenario for northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. WLUK Fox 11 Meteorologist Patrick Powell said our area can expect temperatures in the 40s into the weekend followed by a drop in the mercury. "Not necessarily horribly cold but back to around or just below average for a couple of days," he said. "There is a chance for a much sharper cold snap after that, like a week to eight days away." News of freezing temperatures and little or snow on the ground turns thoughts to underground pipes. Mike Thorson is the project manager for Infrastructure Alternatives in Menominee, the company that handles the city's water and wastewater treatment plants. "If you don't have snow cover then it draws the frost down and then there may be an impact, depending on how long before we get some good cover again," he said. Typically, a water main break will occur at the beginning of the season when the freeze first hits and then again late in the season during the thawand-freeze cycle. Sewer pipes are not as much of a concern because they're typically buried much deeper below the surface, water lines however are not — but that, too, is changing. "On the new highway project, the new standard is to put them down at 7 feet,"

said Menominee City Engineer Valerie Mellon. "At a minimum, they like to have 4 feet of cover over them, usually it's more like 5 feet." In addition to pipes, plants also react to the cold said Scott Reuss, UW Extension Agriculture / Horticulture Agent. "It's definitely a valid concern. It's never good to have a bare winter," he said. "It's defmitely good for the plants if we have some good "It's insulation all winter never long until good to we get have a into bare winMarch or ter." so." Reuss Scott Reuss admitted there's UW Extension not much Agriculture/ anyone Horticulture can do Agent once the frost hits. He suggested one way to possibly help tender plants at this stage is to mulch leaves and straw around the base of the plants if you failed to do it before winter. The good news is it would take more than a quick frost to do any long-term damage. "If we get bare and get viciously cold, then we get frost that much deeper into the soil," Reuss explained. "Normally when we have snowfall, the soil only freezes a few inches deep. If we have bare soil and hash temperatures, then the soil can freeze feet deep and that's where we get our problems." Reuss said most plants can handle soil temperatures in the mid-teens, about five inches below the surface. But without the protective blanket of snow, soil temperatures at that depth can go down to 20 below. If that happens, comes spring people will notice increased plant mortality and decreased vigor.

Gun show at school? cumstances, but there are provisions in federal law that allow guns with the permission of school administrators, said Steve Gibbs, the district attorney in Cornell's Chippewa County. The National Rifle Association is pushing for armed security guards to be installed in schools. Paul Schley, Cornell School District superintendent, said he received emails from five Wisconsin residents living outside Cornell who expressed disappointment that the show was taking place on school grounds. He responded that the school gym is the largest venue in town and is often used for community events, including an earlier gun show that ran without a hitch. "We don't look at what your

By DINESH RAMDE for the show at Cornell High School LANSING, Mich. — Associated Press this weekend have barely ruffled Michigan's budget outlook feathers in the city of about 1,400 is stable despite softer MILWAUKEE — Gun advocates residents in northwestern than-expected economic and opponents nationwide may be Wisconsin. growth, putting the gover- arguing over school security and The state has a long tradition of nor in position to spend whether teachers should be armed hunting deer, black bear, wild more in key areas while on campus. But in Wisconsin — turkeys and most recently wolves. socking away money and where children as young as 10 More than 633,000 hunting licensaddressing long-term costs years old are encouraged to grab a es were sold for a nine-day deer of retirement for public gun and shoot a deer — one com- hunt in late November. workers, the state's budget munity is embracing its hunting "During school hours we have a director said Thursday. heritage by gearing up to host a gun zero-tolerance policy for guns and John Nixon told The show in a high school gym. weapons of any kind, but this will Associated Press that while All things gun related have be on the weekend," Mayor Judy tax revenues are lower than drawn increased scrutiny since the Talbot said. "I've not been projected eight months ago, shooting rampage at Sandy Hook approached by anyone saying anymuch of the dip was expectElementary School in Newtown, thing negative about the gun show." ed because of tax cuts and Conn., that left 21 children and six Federal and state law bars guns educators dead. Nonetheless plans in school settings under most cir- See GUN SHOW, A3 See REVENUE, A3

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for rental, he added. For snowboarders, Olympia offers a terrain park with features that include jumps, bumps and metal rails. "The kids really like it," Bingham said. The terrain park is very popular, he noted. "One night there was no one on the rest of the hill; 90 percent of the people were in the terrain park," he pointed out. While most of the snowboarders are in high school and middle school, Bingham said, he urged others to try it. "It's something for all ages," he said. The duo in charge is hoping the business is on the upswing. According to its website, both Bingham, 25, and Milkey, 26, attended Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Michigan and completed the school's ski area management program.

They have worked at resorts locally in the Midwest, and also in the western United States in Colorado and Montana, gaining experience in all areas of outdoor operations and management of ski areas before taking the Oconomowoc ski hill under new management. Highlands of Olympia is at 965 Cannon Gate Road in Oconomowoc. The ski area is serviced by two double chairlifts and one rope tow and has snow-making capabilities on 100 percent of its terrain. Bingham and Milkey took over management of the ski hill after the former owner relinquished the property to ISB Bank after filing for receivership and owing $2 million to the bank. The duo has a lease until April of this year. "It takes a lot of work to do thing right," Bingham said. For more information on lift tickets and tubing, visit www. skihighlandsof olympia.com .

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Something to scream about Abby Feye goes airborne on this screamer of a wild ride while sledding down the hills just outside of Eastman recently. (Photo by Roger Slama)

Cold and flu break out becomes epidemic By Caitlin Bittner With the number of people catching influenza or a cold at an epidemic level, doctors' offices and clinics are getting full. How can you make sure that you won't end up there? Wash Your Hands Often Yes, it's true, we've all heard this one before, but with the number of things that we touch everyday, it is a vital step to prevent the spread of germs. The American Red Cross suggests that parents teach their children how to properly wash their hands. The Red Cross advises that people wash hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds. This wash should cover the entire hand, including fingernails and under jewelry.

Easy songs like "Happy Birthday" or "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" can also be very helpful in keeping the wash going for at least 20 seconds. After washing, rinse and dry thoroughly with a disposable towel, then use the towel to turn off the faucet and throw it away. Other items that need to be washed frequently include clothes, towels and bedding. Safe Sneezing and Coughing Making sure to cover your mouth and nose when sneezing is very important in stopping the spread of the flu. The Red Cross urges people to use tissues and wash their hands afterward to remove any straggling germs. However, if you don't have a tissue, sneeze or cough into your elbow.

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Of course we've always been taught that sharing is the nice thing to do, but not when someone is sick. Things to avoid sharing the most are food and drinks. Another way to prevent the spread germs is to avoid touching your face, especially your eyes, nose and mouth. Be Healthy Have a good diet, plenty of sleep and regular exercise to beat illness. "Even 20 minutes of moderate physical activity at least five days a week can help boost your energy and help you recover faster if you do get sick," says Rochelle Neisius, RN, NP, nurse practitioner at the Gundersen Lutheran Clinic in Prairie du Chien. COLD AND FLU, page 2

Citizens of Crawford County can now be notified of emergencies and critical community alerts through their land line phones, cell phones and email accounts, thanks to a new mass notification system called CodeRED. CodeRED can be used to alert thousands of people within minutes about emergencies such as a train derailment with hazardous chemicals, a missing child, a boil water notice, major flooding, terrorism and other extremely urgent situations. Beginning as soon as the next emergency occurs, notifications will be sent to land line phones automatically and there is nothing the public needs to do to receive those. All of the notifications are provided at no cost to the individuals. A county-wide test call will be made within the next few weeks. Citizens can receive messages by text to their cell phones or through email, but they must opt in and provide that information by visiting the Crawford County website at www.crawfordcountywi. org, clicking on the CodeRED sign-up page, and completing a simple form. Unlimited cell phone numbers and e-mails for each household can be enrolled. Anyone who may need assistance during the online sign-up process may call 3260267. According to Crawford County Emergency Management Director Roger Martin, all of the information provided by individuals wishing to

receive alerts will be kept private by CodeRED and will not be disclosed. CodeRED can also be used for general community notifications, such as street closures, and for severe weather warnings through CodeRED Weather Warning. To receive either general alerts or weather alerts, also at no cost, citizens must opt in by filling out the same form. "We have the capability to reach specific groups. So for example, we can alert just one municipality if there is a boil water notice. Or, if there's a certain road closed, we can reach only those people on that road," said Julie Cipra, Crawford County 911 coordinator. "It's really exciting to have this capability and we want to be sure people use it," added Mart in. "And it isn't a service that's going to be overused. We'll try to keep the service as informational as we can. We're going to gear it mostly for emergency notifications, not for social notifications." Martin also pointed out that the advantage to a mass notification system, such as CodeRED, is that it can be efficient and specific to the people who need the information. "The only way we could notify people before was with community sirens, which are only heard outside of buildings, or by knocking on doors," he stated. "This way, we will be able to make thousands of phone calls within minutes." Although it isn't set up yet, the CodeRED service could CODE RED, page 3

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63rd Prairie du Chien Ice Fisheree to be held Feb. 2 and 3 Ice fishing enthusiasts of all ages are sure to be getting ready for the 63rd Prairie du Chien Ice Fisheree. The Fisheree will be held Feb. 2 and 3 with headquarters at Lakeview Marina Bar, three miles north of Prairie du Chien on County K. The Fisheree will be held on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration information is

available online at www.prairieduchien.org. or ice anglers can call the Prairie du Chien Chamber of Commerce at (608) 326-8555 or (800) 732-1673 or by email at pdccoc@mhtc.net . Registration will make anglers eligible for the Grand Prize drawing - a $250 Cabela's Gift Card and other prizes. In addition, people may purchase tickets for the Ice Fisheree Raffle with prizes of a 46-inch

Toshiba LED TV from Dyer Communications Radio Shack in Prairie du Chien, $200 cash, a Cabela's 5.5 Underwater Camera System, a $50 Wal-Mart shopping spree, fishing merchandise, weekend getaways and more. Iowa residents may use their current year Iowa fishing license. Residents of other states will need a non-resident FISHEREE, page 3

The early board at the 2011 Ice Fisheree already displays a variety of fish on Saturday morning. (Courier Press file photo)

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Joe Zak of rural Stetsonville is lucky to be alive after a house fire January 3. Zak, his cousin Chris Zak and a friend Tyler Yeager lived in the home at W5708 Elm Ave. in the town of Little Black. Joe Zak escaped from the fire with burns and was taken by ambulance for treatment. No other injuries were reported. The home had been owned by Zak's father Tony who died last fall. According to Stetsonville Fire Chief Mike Danen, the fire started in the kitchen area where there was a wood cooking stove. Firefighting efforts were hampered by the age of the building and its construction. A metal roof had been installed over the shingles which provided fuel for the fire. At one point temperatures in the blaze were measured at 1,500 degrees. Firefighters were on the scene for about four hours. Firefighters from the Medford Area Fire Department provided mutual aid for the fire.

School to ask voters for new pool by Reporter Mark Berglund

The Medford Area School Board will present one question to district voters in April in an attempt to build a new pool facility at the middle school to replace the aging high school pool. The question will ask for $5,380,000 to construct the pool at the middle school and do renovations to the high school which include turning the current pool area into another use, including the possible construction of a practice basketball court. The board approved the one question strategy on a voice vote. Board member Brenda Sommer was absent from the meeting. The exact wording of the question will be set at the January 17 school board meeting. The board met on January 3 because the December meeting was postponed by a snowstorm. The board debated adding a second question seeking additional yearly money to pay the maintenance costs of the pool facility but decided to leave it off the ballot. Board member Dave Fleegel was worried an on-going revenue cap exemption for maintenance on the pool might turn voters against the project. "Nobody likes ongoing. You can't expect them to give it to you forever," he said. "This project is about the necessity of replacing this part of the facility" District voters have turned down two plans in the past ten years for athletic facilities at the high school, including new pools and a fieldhouse. Board member

Mark Reuter said the renovations at the high school are not a backdoor attempt at reviving the fieldhouse, but a way to update if a new pool is built. "We are not asking to build a fieldhouse. We are asking to take care of the space," he said. The school board began discussion for the possible project in the summer. The first conclusion it reached is the best building to house the pool is the middle school rather than the high school. Swimming instruction and other factors make it the best choice. The board looked at options for placing the pool next to the middle school and it opted for a spot on the west end of the building near the current gymnasium. The board has also looked at options for renovations at the high school. The district does not need to acquire more land or deal with hard surface water retention issues with the middle school plan as presented. The district is looking at neighborhood solutions for more land to improve the parking situation at the school, which is located on a neighborhood campus. During concerts, sporting events of all types and programs at the middle school, parking in the neighborhood can be an issue. In other business: * The board reviewed the efforts of the calendar committee. The final 2013-14 school calendar will be presented at a future meeting. The committee presented a calendar with March 3, 2014 as a spring parent/teacher conference day and a final student day of Thursday, See SCHOOL on page 4

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If you receive a paycheck, it's almost guaranteed you'll pay more in federal taxes this year. Three actions at the federal level this year are combining to raise taxes on the vast majority of the working population: ■ The expiration, as scheduled, of the 2 percent cuts in the Social Security payroll tax. For 2011 and 2012, the 6.2 rate was cut to 4.2 percent. ■ Certain provisions in the recently completed fiscal cliff deal, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. For example, the income tax rate was increased from 35 percent to 39.6 percent for couples with taxable incomes above $450,000 and single filers above $400,000. —

■ The scheduled onset of tax increases contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The return of the Social Security payroll tax to its normal level will hit the broadest swath of employees, because some of the above-mentioned factors pertain only to higher incomes. "More than $200,000, you mix a lot more in there," remarked Roberton Williams, a tax economist and senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.0 . Although some people may consider the payroll change a tax hike, Williams said it's a matter of perspective; 2010 and 2011 were anomalous years. "You can say, was it a tax increase? ... Or are you no longer

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getting the goody?" he said. Several people who were browsing at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2710 S. Green Bay Road, Monday said they will feel the impact of lighter paychecks this year. Ryan Ostrowski, 26, of Kenosha, who works in accounting, looked at a chart provided by the Tax Policy Center and said he'll pay $55 to $60 more per month in taxes. "I think with less disposable income, there'll be less going out to eat, things like that," he said. However, Ostrowski said the nation should shed debt and said, "As long as the money goes to the right place, I'm OK with that." More on TAXES, Page 5A

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Stolen road grates pose danger to drivers, pedestrians ALISON BAUTER alison.bauter@journaltimes.com RACINE Police are asking the public's help to catch the person or persons responsible for a series of sewer grate thefts that are endangering driver, biker and walker safety. Since Nov. 29, police said thieves likely used the cover of darkness to make off with more than 60 of the heavy metal grates that cover drains along curbs and gutters throughout the city. The goal is to sell the heavy cast iron grates as scrap metal, said Racine Police Sgt. Martin Pavilonis, although he said the grates' scrap price is likely far less than the $80 to $130 the city must pay to replace the grates. "These thefts are also extremely dangerous," Pavilonis said. "Pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists could be seriously injured or possibly killed unexpectedly encountering a large, open hole in the curb lane of the roadway." —

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Missing forms narrow two council races No primary for 15th District, only one candidate for 12th CARA SPOTO cara.spoto@journaltimes.com RACINE The race for nine of the city's 15 aldermanic districts began just last week, but already the field of candidates has narrowed. According to an updated list of candidates provided by the Racine City's Clerk's office, three candidates have lost spots on the ballot because they failed to file Statement of Economic Interests forms. The forms, which are required by state law, were due to the clerk's office by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, City Clerk/Treasurer Janice JohnsonMartin said Tuesday. Two candidates for the 15th District — Gerald Bester and Dennis Shaw — failed to —

turn in the forms by that deadline, as did Colin McKenna, who had been one of two candidates for the 12th District. The missing forms mean that the race for the 15th District, which on Jan. 2 appeared to be headed for a primary, now has just two candidates — incumbent Bob Mozol and remaining challenger Edward Diehl. It also means that there is now only one official candidate for former Alderman Aron Wisneski's 12th District seat: Henry Perez.

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just north of Bridge Road. He ran off from two friends. They had left a local tavern a short time before. The young man, who was back in Cedarburg for the holidays, now lives in the Portland, Ore., area, said Lt. Rod Galbraith, an Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department detective. He added that there

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Cedarburg — Sheriff's deputies Wednesday asked for help from residents who live along Cedar Creek as they con-

tinue searching for a man who was last seen on the ice in downtown Cedarburg at about 2 a.m. Thursday. Robert E. Steinbrecker, 24, was last seen when he left running north on Cedar Creek

Mequon — Police are looking for a man who robbed a bank on Mequon's far southeast side on New Year's Eve afternoon. Police responded to an armed robbery at Associated Bank, 10509 N. Port Washington Road, at 12:51 p.m. Monday. It was the third bank robbery in Mequon during 2012. Mequon Police Chief Steve Graff said a man walked into the bank wearing a black mask with the eyes cut out. He displayed a handgun and demanded money from a teller. He ran south from the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. No accomplice was observed. "The suspect left several items of evidence at the scene and along his route as he fled to the city of Milwaukee," Mequon police said in a news release. Glendale police spotted the

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is no indication that there was any type of argument or fight before Steinbrecker ran off. The young man's parents, who live in the vicinity of Cedar Creek Parkway in the town of Cedarburg, reported him missing at 11:51 a.m. Friday. "There is a lot of private

Mequon — Ted Egelhoff was involved in community service in one way or another over the decades after he returned to his hometown after serving as a Marine during World War II. He was a Mequon alder-

man shortly after the growing town became a city. He also served 33 years on what ultimately became the Mequon-Thiensville School Board and he served 27 years as a member of the Ozaukee County Board. He also was the owner and operator of Egelhoff Tree Service with his brother, David, from 1945 until

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December all-milk price falls; Cheddar barrels on upswing Ray Mueller Correspondent CHICAGO, IL At the turn of the calendar year, two paths crossed in the dairy market - the all-milk price for December fell while the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's spot market price for Cheddar cheese barrels posted two gains during the trading week ending on Wednesday of this week. The all-milk prices, which were announced for December, showed that the average for Wisconsin for the month dropped to $21.40 per hundred - down by $1.80 from November but 50 cents higher than for December of 2011. For the United States, the average all-milk price for December deliveries is estimated at $21.10 per hundred. Sixteen of the top 23 milk production states had averages higher than that for Wisconsin but the national average, which is volumeweighted, was pulled down by the relatively low allmilk prices of $18.80 per

hundred in California and $19.50 in Idaho for the month. Another downside in the dairy statistics for December is the milk to feed price ratio of 1.65, down from the 1.73 in November. Most of this decline was due to the drop in milk price because the corn price was down by 1 cent to $7.02 per bushel, the soybean price rose by 40 cents to $14.70 per bushel, and the dry alfalfa hay price was down by $2 to $215 per ton. On Thursday, Dec. 27, the spot market price for Cheddar barrel cheese jumped by 5.5 cents per pound as seven carload sales were made. On Wednesday of this week, one carload sale raised the price by another 2 cents per pound. This put the day's closing price at $1.73 per pound. In the meantime, the Cheddar block spot market has been quiet with the price standing at $1.76 per pound. The spot market price for AA butter continues to slip.

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Workshops to draw thousands to 24th Annual Conference

Ray Mueller Correspondent LA CROSSE More than 70 workshops are packed into the agenda for the 24th annual Organic Farming Conference being sponsored by the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service on Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 2123. Workshop titles include soils, field crops, livestock, farm marketing, and business opera-

tions. The conference opens on Feb. 21 with a special set of Organic University courses. Film screenings, an organic supper, and the Farmer of the Year presentation will highlight the conference kickoff that evening. Highlights of the conference will include a showing of the new film "GMO OMG" on Friday morning, Feb. 22.

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`From Paddocks to iPads' theme for grazing conference Ray Mueller Correspondent WAUSAU More than two dozen workshops and presentations are on tap for the 21st annual GrassWorks Grazing Conference to be held from Thursday to Saturday, Jan. 17-19, at The Patriot Center here. "From Paddocks to iPads" is the theme for the 2013 conference. Featured presenters will E. Ann Clark, who retired from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada two years ago as a professor of plant agriculture; Shannon Hayes, a member of a grazier family on a Fulton, NY farm and an accomplished au-

thou and Allen Williams, who is an agriculture and food industry consultant and president of LMC, LLC. Clark will give a keynote presentation titled "A futureoriented vision of farming" in the opening session at noon on Thursday, Jan. 17. At a breakout session later that day, she will share ideas on how to re-integrate crop and livestock production. Hayes will speak at three sessions on Friday, Jan. 18 and have a book signing hour that evening. Following a general session presentation titled "Real Cows in a Parallel Universe," the top-

ics of her breakout presentations later in the day will be the criteria on profitability for a grass-based enterprise and making the most of animal fats. Williams is scheduled for two presentations on Saturday, Jan. 19. His topics will be the health and building of soil for growing grasses and the lifetime raising of beef cattle on grass rations. Other speakers at the conference will include grazing practitioners, Extension Service agents and specialists, and representatives of the private sector. The diversity of topics includes such items as mob grazing, robotic milking, local direct marketing, the grazing of sheep,

new technology, Google Earth resources, and retirement planning. Activities at the conference will also include a trade show, a live auction, and a "SlowFood Marathon County" demonstration. The conference will close at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19. To register for the conference, go online at www.grassworks. org, send an e-mail to grazingrocks @ gmail. co m or info@grassworks.org, or call 715-965-8324. Full conference and daily registration fee rates are available along with a $25 per person discount on multiple registrations from the same entity.

Battling bratwursts, old cheese make news in '12 MADISON (AP) It was the best of years, it was the "wurst" of years. When it comes to odd news in Wisconsin in 2012, there has been no shortage: a life-saving chicken, a criminal with the name Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop and a uniquely Wisconsin feud pitting town vs. town over which the biggest bratwurst. There were also stories that could only come from Wisconsin, like the discovery of a 40-year-old block of cheddar that eventually sold for $10 an ounce. But first, the wurst. The battle over bratwurst bragging rights came to a head in October after a grocery store in Prescott grilled a 52-foot, 2inch long bratwurst and placed it on an equally long bun. On that same day, 65 miles away in Dallas, Oktoberfest organizers grilled a 135-foot-long brat, which would appear to clearly hold the record as the

biggest brat. But controversy ensued. Because the brat-grillers in Prescott followed the official rules set forth by the World Record Academy in Florida, and paid the $1,900 application fee, they got the record. Another record of sorts was broken this year when cheesemaker Ed Zahn discovered several wooden boxes hidden from sight, tucked away in the back of his walk-in cooler, inside his store Z's Cheese Shoppe in Oconto. What he found turned out to be blocks of cheddar cheese that had been sitting unseen — and uneaten — for 40 years. The find was advertised as the oldest commercially available cheese in the world and sold to anxious customers, many of whom were younger than the cheese they were eating. Just like brats and cheese, no news of the odd in Wisconsin would be complete without dabbling into politics.

Gov. Scott Walker broke a record of sorts when he survived a recall election, becoming the first governor in U.S. history to do so. That election stirred strong emotions and demonstrations not just in the Capitol on a nearly daily basis but across the state. A demonstrator at an antiWalker event in Oshkosh found himself at odds with the law in January when, after being to be quiet, just kept on playing his cowbell and shaking it in an officer's face. The ticket was for disorderly conduct, but it could have just as easily been for too much cowbell. That wasn't the only goofy thing to happen this election season. Republican Mark Neumann, during his campaign for the U.S. Senate, enlisted the help of a four-legged companion — Mr. Favors. A cute little pig, Mr. Favors was used by Neumann as a symbol of wasteful government

spending also known as pork. Sadly for Neumann, the Mr. Favors stunt didn't give him enough of a boost to win the Republican primary. Neumann lost to Tommy Thompson, who did not employ any farm ani-

mals on the campaign trail. Portage resident Carolyn Hamre didn't need any favors, or Mr. Favors, to win election to the city council this spring. She also didn't need to raise money, debate other candidates

or even spend a single minute campaigning. All she had to do was write in her name, and have her husband do it as well. With no one

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New Wisconsin income tax credit kicks in for agriculture, manufacturing Ray Mueller Correspondent MADISON With the start of 2013, Wisconsin's income tax law is giving a new credit to agricultural and manufacturing production. It is known as the Wisconsin Qualified Production Activities Credit. Current Wisconsin law taxes agricultural and manufacturing net incomes at 7.9 percent. The new law will reduce that by 1.875 percentage point in 2013, 3.75 percent in 2014, 5.526 percent in 2015, and 7.5 percent in

2016, leaving the rate at .4 percent. This incremental income tax credit was approved in the state's 2011 budget bill that was approved by the legislature and signed by Gov. Scott Walker on June 26, 2011. It applies to the owners of productive agricultural and manufacturing entities, regardless of the type of ownership of the eligible business. In agriculture, the tax credit belongs to the operators of agricultural land. This means that land renters, not the landlords,

A family of ducks enjoyed a late December swim in the Manitowoc River at the eastern edge of Chilton. (Photo by Ray Mueller)

are eligible for the tax credit. This credit is not available to construction firms, on the sale, rental, or leasing of land, food and beverages prepared at a retail establisment, or to utilities, engineering and architectural companies, or film producers. It also does not apply to income that agricultural and manufacturing producers derive from investments, royalties, or other sources. These are examples of the amount of income tax payments at the rate that applied through 2012 and what it will be in 2016 and thereafter: $9,875 and $500 on a taxable income of $125,000; $39,500 and $2,000 on a taxable income of $500,000; and $118,000 and $6,000 on a taxable income of $1.5 million. According to the Wisconsin legislature's non-partisan fiscal bureau, income tax collections in Wisconsin would be reduced by $10.1 million in 2013 and escalating to $128.7 million annually in 2016 and beyond. The legislation also allows the eligible entities to carry unused credits forward for up to 15 years.

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State's DNA collection could grow By PATRICK MARLEY pmarley@journalsentinel.com

Madison — Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen want to dramatically increase the number of DNA samples that law enforcement officials take, collecting them when people are arrested for felonies and convicted of misdemeanors. The two in April came out in favor of taking DNA samples from people when they are arrested on

Walker supports taking samples for felony arrests suspicion of committing felonies, rather than convicted of those crimes. But now the two are also backing taking DNA samples from those convicted of any misdemeanor, including minor ones such as disorderly conduct and vagrancy. "We are going to be able to solve more crimes and prevent more crimes with it," Van Hollen said.

The proposal would mean police and prosecutors would collect about 68,000 additional DNA samples a year, nearly six times as many as the 12,000 now collected annually, according to estimates from Van Hollen's Department of Justice. Collecting more DNA samples has gained some bipartisan support

in recent legislative sessions, but has never gotten enough traction to become law. The idea also has attracted opposition from lawmakers from both parties who believe taking DNA from people who haven't been convicted of a crime violates their civil rights. "I'm sure the day is coming when the government will collect a DNA

sample from everybody in our society. I hope that day is as far away as possible," said Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend), who sits on the Joint Finance Committee that will review the budget that Walker proposes in February. Walker has hailed the plan and is expected to include it in the state budget proposal. Walker and Van Hollen are both Republicans, and Please see DNA, 2B

Commentary on Education Alan J. Borsuk

Hundreds gather for slain officer

Worthy of a 2012 Borsuk `award' nd the winner for best education movie I saw in 2012 is: "Brooklyn Castle," a documentary shown at the Milwaukee Film Festival that focused on the achievements of the kids and adults in the chess program at Intermediate School 318 in Brooklyn. Actually, it's the only education movie I saw in 2012. But it's really good, as much about how to constructively help kids grow through dealing with challenges as it is about chess. But I'm not here to give movie awards. It's the last column of the year, time to present a few local and state education awards, such as: Change Agent of the Year:

Milwaukee School Superintendent Gregory Thornton. You

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Sebena laid to rest as two families strut e with loss By KATHLEEN GALLAGHER kgallagher@journalsentinel.com

Brookfield — Faced with the unthinkable, relatives of slain Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer Sebena and the husband accused of killing her are sharing comfort and forgiveness. Two "desperately shattered" families are supporting each other, without anger or accusations, said D. Stuart Briscoe, minister-at-large of Elmbrook Church, where more than 2,000 people gathered Saturday to bid farewell to the 30-year-old officer who was cut down in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. "In the darkness, there are shafts of

light," Briscoe told the crowd. Violet Gerhat lost a beautiful daughter; Brad and Lin Sebena lost a loving daughter-in-law, and their hearts are broken for their son, Benjamin, Briscoe said. Gov. Scott Walker, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and other dignitaries joined hundreds of men and women in dress blues, badges glinting, to send Sebena to a place Briscoe and others simply called home. A white glove wiped away a tear. A woman brought a crumpled tissue to her cheek. The back of a hand brushed across an officer's eye. Two by two, Sebena's Wauwatosa

comrades approached the coffin, draped with an American flag, to give slow, final salutes. "This is not the way it's supposed to be," said Steve Sonderman, associate pastor at Elmbrook. "Parents are not supposed to bury their daughter." When Violet Gerhat brought son Jake home from the hospital, Jennifer insisted on sleeping beneath her new brother's crib to protect him, Sonderman said. Sebena loved tofu and was planning to buy her very own juicer, said Cathy Boerner, her sister-in-law, in a letter read to mourners. Sebena had a talent for making the most ridiculous faces, and her mother-in-law was con-

vinced that no one else could cross their eyes quite like her. Boerner imagined Sebena meeting God and discussing her life with him, as one of Sebena's favorite authors, Dennis Miller, portrayed it in "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life:" We'll sit and remember my story together, and then he'll stand and put his arms around me and say, "Well done." Sebena had earned the trust of the church youth group she led every Wednesday. She made a silly hat with a giant crane on top. Her laugh would Please see OFFICER, 2B

shouldn't underestimate how much change is going on within Milwaukee Public Schools — in the work of teachers and teaching, in the closing and moving of schools, in the opening of charter schools, in improving finances and more. Thornton, who seems to have hit his stride in his third year on the job, and the School Board have tackled a lot of what needs to be done to give MPS a chance to keep standing upright. Is it enough? That's a subject for another column. Organization of the Year: Schools That Can Milwaukee.

Unfortunately, anything that even smells of voucher and charter issues is controversial. Can't we set that aside and stick to the quality of the work these folks are doing? If a school is working with Schools That Can, Please see BORSUK, 3B

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Orphaned orangutan Mahal dies at zoo Pneumonia suspected as cause of ape's death, zoo official says By DAVE UMHOEFER dumhoefer@journalsentinel.com

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Mahal, the 5-year-old orphaned orangutan who came to the Milwaukee County Zoo in 2008, died Saturday.

Mahal, the young orangutan who became one of the Milwaukee County Zoo's most popular attractions, died unexpectedly Saturday morning in his indoor exhibit, the zoo announced. The zoo's veterinary personnel suspect the cause of death was pneumonia. Mahal was just 5 years old. Mahal, who carne to Milwaukee in 2008, was showing signs of slight illness Thursday, zoo officials said, and veterinarians and keepers attempted to administer medication and food. A necropsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death. The discovery hit zoo staff hard, Director Chuck Wikenhauser said. The Primate Complex is closed Saturday as staff regroup. "He was doing very well after a really rough start to life," he said. "His own mother rejected him. The surrogate grandmother

raising him died. His legs needed correction." Orangutans typically live into their 30s, at least, Wikenhauser noted. The Journal Sentinel published an awardwinning three-part series in 2008 by reporter Jan Uebelherr about Mahal, who at the time was the Milwaukee County Zoo's newest attraction. The red-haired great ape was born in Colorado Springs in 2007. He was flown to Milwaukee by private jet in February 2008 to live with a surrogate mom. The series also explored some of the questionable moves taken by well-intentioned people in charge of Mahal's fate before he was ever put on a plane to come here. It was a story about survival and about protecting a dying species. It also touched on big issues such as the destruction of the rain forest and the purpose of zoos. While working on the series, both Uebelherr and photographer Jack Orton needed to have clean tuberculosis tests before they could come in close contact with orangutans because the animals are so susceptible to many of the same illnesses as hu-

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mans. Wikenhauser said Mahal's keepers noticed he seemed lethargic Thursday. They administered oral antibiotics at first, but Mahal later declined the medicine. There were plans to try to inject antibiotics on Saturday, but Mahal's body was found about 8:30 a.m. The zoo will keep a close eye on his surrogate mother after his death. "Great apes show emotion," he said. "I'm sure she's going to have some depression. She adopted Mahal as her own." Asked about Mahal's personality, Wikenhauser said with affection: "He was a showoff. He knew he was popular." He even had his own Facebook page, Orangutan Mahal. The zoo will announce a plan for people to publicly remember Mahal, Wikenhauser said.

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s a born-and-bred urban- and suburbanite, I've long felt a certain low-grade awe for country folk and their ability to live with risk. Among the benefits of being ensconced in a city's incorporated boundaries are a safe and reliable water supply, speedy access to medical care, a well-plowed street and the likelihood that if you collapse while mowing the lawn, someone with a cellphone's going to walk by and call 911. It's different in the country, where you have to drill your own well, take your chances with snow-drifted roads and if on the unlikely chance a farflung neighbor does happen by as you're grasping your chest in the front yard, the hospital is probably so far away you'll die before you get there. So I've always been a little flummoxed that the fear mongering over wind turbines has been able to gain a foothold among such a hearty breed — as evidenced by the opposition to a 41-turbine wind farm planned for the sparsely populated towns of Forest and Cylon in St. Croix County. As part of the state's review of the project, researchers looked for health risks from a wind farm in Brown County, this newspaper reported Friday. Like many similar studies before it, it found, well, not much. Yes, the researchers concluded, "enough evidence and hypotheses have been given herein to classify (low-frequency noise) as a serious issue:' even if they couldn't say whether the nausea, diz ziness, headaches and other ailments reported by the wind farm's neighbors were caused by the turbines. Indeed, of the three homes where researchers detected such barely audible or inaudible noise, in only one case was the noise from outside the home itself. "Regarding health impacts from inaudible sound, it's important to note that these sounds are not new or unique to wind turbines," said Tyson Cook, a staff scientist with the group Clean Wisconsin, which supports wind power. "Infrasound and low-frequency noise are always present at some level, from both natural and manmade sources!" Plus, isn't "inaudible sound" an oxymoron? Cook shared with me studies on the effects of wind farm noise, the upshot of which is that there is little evidence the noise is anything more than annoying to some minority of people. Significantly, most of the turbine-noise research shared with me by the anti-wind farm group The Forest Voice was also less than definitive. "A lot of it I think is in the mind of people," UW-Madison senior outreach specialist and renewable energy expert Scott Sanford said of the alleged ill effects of wind farms. There are no wind farms in my decidedly urban, East Side Madison neighborhood, although the noise pollution is far from low-frequency: jets regularly coming in for landing at the Dane County airport, train whistles from the tracks down the street, the screams of kids — including my own — playing up and down the sidewalks. Despite all this, healthwise, I feel pretty good. Perhaps we urbanites are heartier than I thought — or simply blessed with far less sensitive hearing. Contact Chris Rickert at 608-2526198 or crickert@madison.com , as well as on Facebook and Twitter (©ChrisRickertWS.1). His column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

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Ex-pastor sentenced for assault He had sex with a teenage boy he met in an Internet chat room. By ED TRELEVEN

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A former church pastor from Clark County was sentenced Monday to 1 1/2 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy he met in an Internet chat room for gay teens. Ervin S. Witmer, 51, of Owen, who was pastor of Church of the Brethren in Stanley until 2011 and

was Wisconsin district manager for Choice Books, a Christian book distributor until February, told Dane County Circuit Judge Rebecca St. John that he had "deep remorse" for his "inappropriate behavior with this young man" in a Madison motel room. But St. John said Witmer cornmitted a serious crime that traumatized the boy and caused him psychological confusion. "This has been described as a moment of weakness," St. John said, "but it wasn't just a moment!' Instead, she said, Witmer

talked with the boy over the Inter net and became aware that he had been sexually abused as a youngster by an uncle before arranging to meet him at the Super 8 Motel on Madison's Far East Side when he was in town on business. St. John said Witmer revictimized the boy by claiming that he had been trying to counsel him, and instead gave in to temptation, in essence blaming the boy for his own "moment of weakness!' She said Witmer also downplayed his actions when describing them to a consulting psychologist involved in his case.

"What ultimately determines your dangerousness is your minimization," St. John said. "You've got a long way to go before you accept responsibility for what you did!' In addition to time in prison, Witmer will serve 8 1/2 years of extended supervision. He must also register as a sex offender. Witmer pleaded guilty in October to one count of seconddegree sexual assault of a child. Two other counts were dismissed but St. John was allowed to consider them for sentencing purposes.

Mystery surrounds deadly car fire

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McFarland police say the couple who died apparently did not try to get out of the vehicle. By SANDY CULLEN

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hristy Holz pushes her son, Tristan, on Monday along the frozen waters of Tenney Park with the help of her daughter, Trina. Eight of Madison Parks Division's 12 outdoor rinks were open Monday. Heritage Heights, Nakoma and Rennebohm parks were closed, and only the hockey rink at Westmorland Park was open.

OBITUARY I RUSSEL WEISENSEL, 81

Lawmaker became champion for people with disabilities Advocate paved the way for a law requiring curb ramps at intersections. By JEFF GLAZE

I was always proud of his whole attitude. It was never just 'poor me: It was always 'What can we do?"

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The first time Russel Weisensel entered the state Capitol as an elected official, he had to be carried up the steps because there was no wheelchair ramp. The experience led to the construction of a temporary wooden ramp that led to the halls where, for two terms in the Assembly, the man paralyzed in a farm accident would become a champion for people with disabilities. "It just kind of tickled us because for a while they called it the Weisensel ramp," Mary Weisensel said of her husband. "I was always proud of his whole attitude. It was never just 'poor me! It was always 'What can we do?' He was just a very active man despite the fact that he was confined to a wheelchair!' Weisensel, 81, a Sun Prairie resident, died Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital of heart failure. Though he was defeated in 1970 after two terms, Weisensel had a profound effect on Wisconsin, championing disability issues two decades before the federal Americans with Disabil-

— MARY WEISENSEL ities Act passed. For Weisensel, Y; the inspiration 4-401;ellk/ came from his own family. The oldest of his five LI children was Weisensel born with a cognitive disability that led him to the realization that people with disabilities were underserved. At the time, the Weisensels banded together with parents in similar situations to find alternative ways to educate their children. "He could see that it was a widespread problem," Mary Weisensel said. "It wasn't just our problem!' During his time in the Assembly, he authored a law requiring buildings to be handicap - acces sible. He also wrote the bill and laid the groundwork for passage of the 1971 law requiring curb ramps at intersections. Former Disability Rights Wisconsin Director Lynn Breedlove said Weisensel's tenure in

the Capitol predated his time with the organization but called Weisensel's legacy heroic. "Russel was a pioneer for disability rights in Wisconsin well before the first President Bush and Congress started talking about those issues nationally," Breedlove said. After being defeated in his re-election bid, Weisensel was approached about founding the Wisconsin Agribusiness Council, which he would lead for nearly 30 years until his retirement in 2000. He also served as president of the Wisconsin Easter Seal Society, a group that provides services to help people with disabilities live more independent lives. Weisensel's funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in East Bristol. His family has asked that memorials be made to Madison Area Rehabilitation Centers in lieu of flowers. — State Journal reporter Samara Kalk Derby contributed to this report.

The two victims of a fatal car fire in McFarland early Jan. 1 did not appear to try to exit the burning vehicle, indicating they may have been asleep or unconscious, Police Chief Craig Sherven said Monday. The bodies of Brandon Slattery, 24, and Amy N. Damon, 21, both of Edgerton, were found after firefighters extinguished the blaze that engulfed the car, which was parked near the intersection of Holscher Road and Prairie Wood Drive. The deaths of Slattery and Damon, who were engaged to be married, have been ruled accidental by the Dane County Medical Examiner's Office, and Sherven said an investigation found no indication of foul play. Sherven said police are awaiting a report on the cause of the blaze from the state fire marshal. He said burn patterns indicate the fire started at the front end of the vehicle where the engine is located. Police also are awaiting a report from the medical examiner, including the results of toxicology tests, Sherven said, adding that at this time "we have no reason to believe there was overconsumption" of alcohol. Sherven said the couple had gone to "a low-key gathering" of friends on Tuscobia Trail, about two blocks from where the car was found burning, with the vehicle's owner, who also is from Edgerton. The owner of the vehicle had decided to remain at the gathering and gave the couple permission to take the older model Pontiac Grand Am home, he said. It is not known why the couple pulled over shortly after leaving the gathering at 5 a.m., about an hour before the fire was reported, Sherven said, adding, "That may be something we may never know!' Sherven said Slattery and Damon both appeared to have been sitting in their seats in the front of the vehicle. "It didn't appear as though there was an attempt to exit the vehicle at any time;' he said. Funeral services for the couple were Monday.

Region's snowmobile trails closed for now Warm weather clears off farm fields, exposing drought-stressed crops. By ROB SCHULTZ

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Most of the public snowmobile trails in southern Wisconsin were closed as of Monday because warmer weather created poor conditions and put drought- stressed farm fields at further risk. Counties throughout the southern part of the state, including Dane, closed their

trails until further notice, according to travelwisconsin. com. The only area counties that had at least some trails open on Monday were Dodge, Vernon and Waukesha. That was good news for the frost -free farm fields where much of the snow from last month's blizzard has melted and exposed dormant crops like winter wheat and alfalfa. "Running over that without frost in the ground and snow cover, you can damage crowns and damage plants that are already stressed by the drought," said Mark Mayer, an agricul-

ture agent for the Green County UW- Extension. Complicating matters were snowmobilers who ventured off the trails, spurring landowners to complain to authorities. Over the weekend, Dane County Sheriff's deputies partnered with DNR wardens to issue more than 20 warnings and about 10 citations to snowmobilers. "Violations included such things as failing to stop at stop signs, registration problems, speeding after dark, no trail pass and no safety certification;' said Dane County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Elise Schaffer in a

news release. None of the violations was for trespassing. "We still want to remind snowmobilers to stay on the des ignated trails, both for their own safety and for the landowner's protection;' Schaffer said. Schaffer said the beefedup patrols will continue after it snows again and the trails re-open. While most of the snowmobile trails remain open in the northern part of the state, less than half of the trails are open in the central portion, according to travelwis consin . com. -

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TOWN OF SUMMIT - Participants jump in the south shore channel of Upper Nemahbin Lake on Tuesday afternoon during the Sports Channel Bar's annual Polar Plunge.The event drew more spectators than participants and with temperatures in the low 20s, most participants didn't linger in the water. << Plunge newcomer Troy Han ke of Waukesha shows off his grass skirt, plastic leis, goggles and snorkel while posing for a picture after jumping in the south shore channel of Upper Nemahbin Lake on Tuesday afternoon.This year, contributions collected from the Sports Channel Bar's annual event will benefit Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

<< Spectators standing on ice-covered Upper Nemahbin Lake watch James Stewart of Dousman pop out of the water after diving in head first Tuesday afternoon during the Sports Channel Bar's annual polar plunge. This is Stewart's third plunge.

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Connor Daniel Becerra was born at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. His parents,Andrea and Daniel Becerra of New Berlin, said Connor has already mastered sleeping and is working on his feeding skills. Connor weighed in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 20 inches long. His parents declared the new bundle of joy the best New Year's gift they have ever had.

Books to look out for in 2013 By Amber Gramza Freeman Staff

OCONOMOWOC - With the new year in full swing, many people create resolutions including healthfulness, a particular goal for the year or personal growth. For those looking to expand their literary horizons, local book store owners and a librarian have complied a list of adult and children authors that are sure to have to reading for hours. Oconomowoc Children/Teen Librarian Betsy Bromley said there are some visually stunning and entertaining youth books coming out this year.

Despite grumbling from liberals that Obama had given way too much in the bargaining, only three Democrats opposed the measure. Among Johnson the Republican supporters were Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, an ardent opponent of tax increases, as well as Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, elected to his seat two years ago with tea party support. — Associated Press

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congressional leaders to the White House for a postelection stab at compromise. Majority Republicans did their best to minimize the bill's tax increases, just as they abandoned their demand from earlier in the day to add spending cuts to the package. "By making Republican tax cuts permanent, we are one step closer to comprehensive tax reform that will help strengthen our economy and create more and higher paychecks for American workers," said Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. See CLIFF, BACK PAGE

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WASHINGTON - Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that strained America's divided government to the limit. The bill's passage on a 257167 vote in the House sealed a hard-won political triumph for the president less than two months after he secured re-election while calling for higher taxes on the wealthy. In addition to neutralizing middle-class tax increases and spending cuts taking effect with the new year, the legislation will raise tax rates on incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples. That was higher than the thresholds of $200,000 and $250,000 that Obama campaigned for. But remarkably, in a party that swore off tax increases two decades ago, dozens of Republicans supported the bill at both ends of the Capitol. The Senate approved the measure on a vote of 89-8 less than 24 hours earlier, and in the interim, rebellious House conservatives demanded a vote to add significant spending cuts to the measure. But in the end they retreated. Supporters of the bill in both parties expressed regret that it was narrowly drawn, and fell far short of a sweeping plan that combined tax changes and spending cuts to reduce federal deficits. That proved to be a step too far in the two months since Obama called

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"My Brother's Book" is the last book Maurice Sendak penned before he died last year. The book is a poem in honor of Sendak's late brother. Bromley said it transcends most books as it deals with love and grief. ir Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld team up for a clever and funny book called "Exclamation Mark" that encourages "readers to have conversations about the underlying meanings of their books." "It is great for adults and children to talk 'I,• about it, like in their previous book there STEVE was a picture of what could have been a S INKIN duck or a rabbit and it was up to the children to decide, very thought provoking," Bromley said. Photo courtesy of stevesheinkin.com Photo courtesy of www.curtisbrown.co.uk Photo courtesy of www.booksco.com For chapter books for children, Bromley "The Last Runaway" by Tracy "Lincoln's Grave Robbers" by "The Edge of the Earth" by said "Lincoln's Grave Robbers" by Steve Chevalier is a fictional take on Steve Sheinkin, set to be released Christina Schwarz is scheduled Sheinkin.

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Police: Fatal Maple Street fire caused by smoking materials By Kyle Rogers RIVER NEWS REPORTER

According to a Rhinelander Police Department report, a fatal fire that occurred at a Maple Street home last month has been deemed accidental, likely caused by a lit cigarette. Emergency officials were dispatched to 234 Maple Street the morning of Dec. 5 after a structure fire was reported. One of the home's occupants, Esther Fischer, 81, was able to escape and was outside the residence when Rhinelander firefighters arrived on scene at about 10:42 a.m. The other occupant, Robert Fischer, 83, was still trapped inside the house, and firefighters were unable to get to him in time to save him. He was in the front of the home, which was fully engulfed when emergency crews arrived. Esther Fischer was transported to Ministry St. Mary's Hospital and later transferred to University Hospital in Madison. The Rhinelander Fire Department reported two days after the fire that she had been released and was doing well. According to the police department report, Esther told an officer who responded to the scene that she had purchased a carton of cigarettes for Robert earlier that morning, and at about 8:50 a.m. left the residence to go to a doctor's appointment. She returned home at about 10:30 a.m. and found Robert on the couch in the living room with fire surrounding him. She told the officer that she attempted to help him off the couch as well as put out the fire with a fire extinguisher but was unable to do so. According to the

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A fire caused extensive damage to a Maple Street home in December as firefighters initially attempted to save a man trapped inside. They were unable to get to him in time to save him.

report, Robert suffered from several health ailments including physical disabilities that required another person's help to get on and off the couch. The investigation determined that the fire originated in the living room near the couch. While investigators found no

physical evidence to determine the exact cause of the fire, they said they don't suspect foul play and that the fire was likely accidental "caused by the use of smoking materials." Kyle Rogers may be reached at hyle@rivernewsonline.corn.

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OFF TO MINNESOTA! SkyWest Airlines began its operations at the Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport Friday morning. The first official flight departed Rhinelander a little before 7:30 a.m. The second flight of the day was scheduled to leave about 3:30 p.m. Going forward, SkyWest will be providing two Delta Air Lines flights between Rhinelander and Minneapolis daily.

NCSS continues community service at new location By Marcus Nesemann RIVER NEWS REPORTER

The Northwoods Community Secondary School (NCSS) may be in a new location, but that's not stopping students and staff from continuing the community service projects the school has become known for. NCSS is now located in Rhinelander High School, having moved from the South Park building near the Trig's Riverwalk Centre this past summer. The move has worked out well so far, according to staff members and students, and it has even opened up some new avenues for community service projects. The projects, such as raking and shoveling for older citizens in the area, have been a staple of the charter

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Students hoping to expand activities school since its inception. "The very first year we started up, we wrote and applied for a grant that allowed us to buy the shovels and rakes in the first place," staff member Neil Rumney said. "Our intent, right from the get-go, was to create a relationship with the community that we live in, so that the students would be able to connect with the community that surrounded the school. We believed that those kinds of connections with the people in our neighborhood were good and we felt that it was a very positive relationship to have." NCSS students can be seen helping out all over the city. Besides the raking and

shoveling, NCSS students have participated in many community service activities around Rhinelander. The Hodag statue stationed across from Mel's Trading Post has woodchips surrounding it thanks to the students. Other student activities include participating in the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign, volunteering at Central Intermediate School, helping with the YMCA "Not So Scary" Halloween Trail, and volunteering at the local food pantry. "A lot of our students did bell-ringing this year for the Salvation Army. Some of our older students have been going over to Central and

working in the library there. Some have also been reading to students over there," Rumney said. "When the YMCA (of the Northwoods) and the Lions Club did their Halloween Trail, we did community service by setting up one of the stations there. Also, our students go to the food pantry once a week as well. When shipments come in and they get those big bins and big buckets of groceries, our students essentially sort them into the different areas and move them around and help them, basically, with inventory. â&#x20AC;? Although the students already have a pretty extensive list of projects, Rumney said he's hoping to expand the charter's community service even more.

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As the School District of Rhinelander (SDR) waits to learn the fate of its proposed $12 million referendum, suggestions from citizens on how the district can save money continue to flood in. The district's Board of Education approved a ref- Swisher erendum question Dec. 4 requesting that voters authorize them to exceed revenue limits by $4 million per year for the next three years. The referendum is needed to cover projected budgetary shortfalls of around $3 million for the 2013-'14 school year, around $4 million for the 2014-'15 school year, and around $5 million for the 2015'16 school year. In February 2010, taxpayers approved a referendum that has them paying $63 per $100,000 of equalized value to fund construction projects and other needs of the district. That referendum is due to expire this year. If approved, this new referendum would add approximately $105 per $100,000 of equalized value to that amount. The vote will be held on Feb. 19. One of the more oft-repeated suggestions from the public is for the district to save money by altering the insurance benefits and retirement packages of district employees. But, according to district spokesperson Kim Swisher, the district has already made cuts. "In their ongoing efforts to be fiscally conservative, the School Board has made changes to the benefits packages for new hires beginning as far back as 2008. Additional changes to salaries and retirement benefits were also made last year. All of these changes are outlined in the Professional Employee Handbook," Swisher said. Among those changes was a 2008 decision by the board to eliminate a $12,000 stipend for new hires eligible for retirement benefits and a 2012 decision to approve a districtsponsored Tax Sheltered Annuity and a Health Reimbursement Account program for new employees. "In order to be eligible for this investment, the employee must work for the school district for the equivalent of 15 consecutive years of full-time employment and must be eligible for the Wisconsin Retirement System. This is an estimated savings of $150,000 to $180,000 at the time of retirement, depending upon family health insurance costs," Swisher said.

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In general, a highway doesn't make scene that was rather inspiring. The picture of this sunset Highway 26. — Daily Jefferson County Union photo by all that interesting a subject for photographers, but Daily was taken north of Jefferson from the State Highway 26 Pam Chickering Wilson. Union reporter Pam Chickering Wilson recently spied a bypass, looking southeast near the juncture with Business

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JEFFERSON — For the third year in a row, Jefferson High School art students will have the opportunity to exhibit and sell their art at a real gallery during a two-week exhibit at the Rock River Gallery and Coffeehouse in downtown Jefferson. The Jefferson High School art show kicks off with an artist reception open to the community from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, including refreshments and a special People's Choice award. The show then will run for two weeks, through Jan. 25. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,, and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lynn Weyer, art instructor at Jefferson High School and adviser to the school's National Art Honor Society, which is co-sponsoring the exhibit with the Rock River Gallery, said that the show has continued to grow bigger every year. This year, 100 students are expected to participate. This year's show will include a "Best of Show/People's Choice" award, with the guests at the artist reception serving as the judges. Weyer credited gallery owner Ellen Waldmer with getting the first high school art show rolling. She said the experience has given students a new perspective on what it's like to exhibit their art at a real gallery, from the preparation to the reception to selling their work. "It's just a terrific opportunity for the students," Weyer said. The show will represent a semester's worth of work by the participating student artists. Waldmer said that previous shows were extremely well received by the local community, with many visitors attending the artist receptions and stopping in throughout the full run of the show. Waldmer said the events have brought in lots of friends and family members of the students whose art was on display, as well as current and retired teachers and other school officials. However, they have proven to have a (Continued on page 8)

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By Randall Dullum college, also known as Madison Area Technical College. In 2010, Barhorst led the effort to pass a MADISON — Bettsey Bar- $133.7 million referendum, the horst, president of Madison Col- largest in Wisconsin history. lege, announced her retirement The referendum, part of the Tuesday morning at the college's campus' "Smart Future" building spring convocation. plan, funded renovations and Barhorst, who joined Madison new facilities at Madison ColCollege in 2004, said she hopes to lege's four regional campuses in leave sometime before the start Fort Atkinson, Portage, Reedsof fall semester 2013. The search burg and Watertown, as well as for her replacement will begin the school's main campus in immediately. Madison. The 45-year veteran of higher "President Barhorst's lifelong education presided over a period passion for education, her viof transformational change at the sionary leadership and her unUnion news editor

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flagging commitment to making decisions that place the interests of students first are attributes for which she long will be remembered," said Madison College District Board of Trustees Chairperson Frances Huntley-Cooper. "Thanks to Dr. Barhorst's steady focus and can-do spirit, the campus is well positioned to provide our students with the skills and knowledge they need to meet the demands of the 21st century workforce." Prior to joining Madison College, Barhorst was president at (Continued on page 6)

WHITEWATER — Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson administered the oath of office to state Rep. Andy Jorgensen during a special ceremony Tuesday in the Assemblyman's new 43rd District. More than 50 friends, supporters, family members and local officials attended the event at the Whitewater Municipal Building council chambers. Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, officially was sworn in to office on Monday with all the other state representatives and senators. However, he said it was important to have Tuesday's ceremony inside the newly redrawn 43rd Assembly district. "This is something that usually just happens in Madison and not everyone can be there," Jorgensen said. "This is an important moment in time. "I am here to represent almost 60,000 people and I want to bring what happens in Madison to the district," he added. "I have always done that; it is important to me and I know it is important to the people I serve." The oath ceremony marked the start of Jorgensen's fourth term in office. Previously, he represented the 37th Assembly District, but due to redistricting and accompanying boundary changes to the north, he sought re-election in the 43rd District, to which he has moved. He unseated incumbent Rep. Evan Wynn, R-Whitewater, in the November election to represent the "new" 43rd District, which includes Albion, Center, Cold Spring, Dunkirk, Edgerton, Footville, Fulton, the Town of Janesville, a part of the Town of Kosh(Continued on page 7)

Amateur radio, Morse code useful yet today By Chris Welch Union staff writer

WHITEWATER — At first blush, it might seem quaintly antiquated to hear that ham radio and Morse code still have enthusiasts in the 21st Century, what with all the smartphones and Internet-enabled tablets available. However, you can bet your nearest copper wire that not only do ham radio and Morse code adherents still have a place in modern society, but they actually are making it a safer place for all of us, especially in emergency situations and during severe weather outbreaks That was the primary message being sent during the third annual Kid's Day of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), which took place Sunday in Whitewater's Cravath Lakefront

Building. Although popularly called "ham radio," it officially is "amateur radio," which separates it from commercial broadcasting stations. Several local amateur radio clubs were on hand to assist with Kid's Day Sunday, including the Tri-County Amateur Radio Club, Lake Area Amateur Radio Club, Walworth County Emergency Management, Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association (MASA) and the Jefferson County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (JefCARES). Both Tri-County and Walworth County had their portable communication stations — basically, trailers — set-up for guests to tour. "What we have here today is a real hands-on experience for the children and an opportunity to (Continued on page 8)

Following Monday's formal inauguration in Madison, state Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, held a swearing-in ceremony in his new 43rd Assembly District Tuesday in Whitewater. Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson presided over the event. Pictured above, Abrahamson administers the oath to Jorgensen, who is surrounded by his family, including wife Toni, sons Jens and Myles and daughter Camryn. Related photos appear on page 7.— Daily Union photo by Chris Welch.

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Treyton Kilar, 6, the son of Mike and Mary Kilar of Whitewater, was killed on Sept. 2, 2010, when the vehicle in which he was riding was struck by a drunken driver. He was a firstgrader at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Jefferson, where his mother is principal. Since that time, his family has worked to honor their son's memory in the best way they know how: by building a youth field in honor of Trey's love of baseball and a memorial fund in which scholarships for youth and edu-

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said. "They took the idea to Matt Amundson and the Whitewater Park and Recreation Department." The go-ahead was given by the city to begin the fundraising, and within two years, $350,000 had been raised toward the goal of building the Treyton Kilar Field of Dreams. "The funds raised to date have been because of the generosity of our community, friends, family, community and university organizations, and strangers near and far," the Kilar family stated.

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Duane and Carlene Schultz pet Brett the Goat at their home in Eleva, Wis. The couple adopted Brett after Winona animal control seized the animal. "He's a nice friendly goat," said Carlene.

One of the biggest Vikings-Packers stories to come out of the Coulee Region in recent years had little to do with a football game. Remember Brett the Goat? On Aug. 21, 2009, two people on their way to the Twin Cities pulled into the Winona, Minn., Tires Plus after their car broke down. They announced to shop workers that they had a goat tied up in the trunk. Sure enough, workers found a goat in the Chevy Malibu, lying on its side, tied at its feet. The goat was painted Minnesota Vikings purple and gold with the No. 4

shaved on its side, for star quarterback Brett Favre, who joined the Vikings that year after several years with the Packers. Favre just happened to be preparing to make his debut that night in a preseason game. The St. Paul woman and La Crosse man admitted planning to butcher the goat and were charged with misdemeanor animalcruelty crimes. The goat was adopted by Duane and Carlene Schultz of Eleva, Wis., after the incident and officially dubbed "Brett." Not unlike his namesake, he was traded at a farm swap — sporting far less resemblance to Favre — after outgrowing the couple's pygmy goats. Brett's current whereabouts are unknown, and it's unlikely his new owners are aware of his celebrity status. It's also unclear who he'll be rooting for today. But one can only assume he's glad to be rid of the spotlight.

Animal activists contend that a golden eagle rescued in Monroe County had lead poisoning from munching on deer carcasses, but a La Crosse gun shop owner is skeptical. The bird appeared ill when a man spotted it Saturday near Leon, said Suzanne Broten of the Coulee Wildlife Rehabilitation Center near Chaseburg. The man, whom Broten declined to identify, contacted her and told her the eagle had

been eating deer carcasses in a wooded area. "The bird was able to fly a

little," she said. "I told him to watch it in case it came close enough for a rescue." On Sunday, rescue came in the form of Dr. Kristy Brown of the Leon Valley Veterinary Service in Sparta, who heard about the eagle and decided to investigate with friends. "It was very, very weak, but it was alert and aware we were See LEAD, A6

Fans for life: Football rivalries get close to home By MATT HOFFMAN mhoffman@lacrossetribune.com Watching a Packers-Vikings football game with a group of mixed fans can get more than a little tense. When those mixed fans are husband and wife, some regulations might be required to

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throughout the game. Almost four minutes of the first period had ticked off the clock before any points were put up on the board. Kaia Dorn of Waterloo scored the game's first points from the free throw line which would start a 5-0 run by Waterloo before the Demons would answer back. "We played well and had decent success breaking their pressure but overall we didn't shoot well and had some unforced errors that led to our demise," said Waterloo head coach Gabe Haberkorn. The Pirates shot 23% from the field on the night and committed 26 turnovers. Deerfield rallied after a slow start to mount a sizable 42-14 lead going into halftime. The Demons kept the pressure on and while the Lady Pirates battled, the gap was just too much to overcome. "We have two weeks off now before we play again," Haberkorn said. "We will work on some things to keep improving like we have been. The girls have the fight and the drive, we just need to put it all together." Senior Brennan Kurkowski led the Pirates in scoring for the night with 10 points and also pulled down 6 rebounds. Freshman Ashley Kniesel contributed 6 points. DJ Dorn led the team in assists with 4 and Ally Renforth also pulled down 6 rebounds for the evening as well. The Lady Pirates will return to the hardwood on January 4th where they will have their first Capital South Conference game against the host Cambridge Blue Jays starting at 7:30 p.m. Last Thursday's game against New Glarus was snowed out. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Waterloo starting at 7:30 p.m.

Postponed games Last Thursday's Marshall girls basketball game against Cambridge was postponed due to the snowstorm. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 8 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Marshall. The Marshall boys basketball game against Lake Mills on Friday also was postponed with no make-up date scheduled. The Cards host Jefferson on Friday, Dec. 28 at 7:30 p.m.

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Cards 4-1 in tourney duals By Karl Raymond Sports Editor The snowstorm that struck the area last week starting Wednesday night cut short what was an impressive showing for the Marshall wrestling team at the Milwaukee Hamilton Duals. Poor road conditions prevented the Cardinals from traveling to the twoday tournament that began last Thursday. But Marshall was able to make the trip to Milwaukee last Friday and returned home with a winning record, "We had a very good day today (Friday)," said Marshall wrestling head coach Doug Springer. "Our record was 4-1, but we couldn't place as a team because we didn't wrestle yesterday (Thursday)." Marshall began the day losing to Milwaukee Tech./Carmen,50-27, before defeating Milwaukee King, 42-23; Milwaukee Hamilton, Milwaukee Vincent/Brown Deer; and Milwaukee Riverside Univ./Shorewood, 36-31. Results for Marshall wrestlers were: 106 Blade Krueger 5-0 champion; 113 - Jensen Langer 4-1 2nd; 120 - Josh Murray 5-0 champion; 126 - Brady Neuberger 50 champion; 138 - Bryce Meier 1-4 No Place; 145 Ben Wheeler 1-4 No Place; 152 - Devin Weber 4-1 champion; 160 - Cole Hansen 5-0 champion; 170 - Hugo Calderon 3-2 3rd. "I was very pleased at our increased intensity throughout the day," said Springer. "We had a few come-from-behind victories and battled great in later minutes of some of our losses. "Come-from-behind victories are huge because they show the kids that

they are dangerous and if they keep working on the mat anything can happen. "We matched up with some returning place winners and highly ranked wrestlers, and I like how we went after those guys and gave them our best match. That is how wrestlers get better and win big matches during the tournament series. "I look forward to OTW

(On The Water) as a great experience for both our older and younger wrestlers. Our older wrestlers can get a lot of quality matches. Our younger wrestlers can see that they made huge gains and have the skills and technique to make the next step." The OTW is hosted by Oshkosh Lourdes and is this Friday and Saturday.

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Would-be thief at Pick 'n Save arrested Law enforcement officials say they nabbed a woman this week who allegedly attempted to steal a customer's purse at the Waterford Pick 'n Save grocery store on Dec.10. According to the report from the Racine County Sheriff's Office, the victim was shopping at the Pick 'n Save, 515 N. Milwaukee St., when the suspect attempted to snatch her purse. The victim reportedly wrestled her purse from the would-be thief's grasp, and the suspect fled the store. Following further investigation, the Sheriff's Office reports arresting Jeanette Slominski, 36 of Waterford, on Tuesday for the crime. Slominski is being held at the county jail on a $25,000 bond for attempted robbery, attempted theft and disorderly conduct, according to the Sheriff's Office.

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MADISON A fierce snowstorm lived up to the daunting predictions Thursday as it roared across southern Wisconsin to dump more than a foot of heavy, wet snow that downed trees and power lines, clogged streets and highways, closed schools and brought life in Madison and a large swath of Wisconsin to a cold, icy halt. Even as snowfalls diminished, thousands of area households were without power by Thursday night. Alliant Energy reported nearly 10,000 customers in a sevencounty area, including Dane County, did not have electric service as of 5:30 p.m. and said its repair crews were being hampered by blowing and drifting snow. MGE reported more than 3,500 homes without power at 7:45 p.m. Dane County officials warned that it could take time for power to be restored, and it was possible that some people could be without power through the night. Officials late Thursday were anticipating worsening conditions overnight as the storm concluded and warned that driving conditions could still be hazardous Friday morning, especially in rural areas. Most Dane County school —

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An evening snowfall on Thursday frosts a white Toyota Prius parked in the Racine Centre shopping center parking lot.

districts, including Madison's, declared a second straight snow day on what was to be the final day of classes before winter break. UW-Madison, largely closed Thursday, announced the campus will resume normal operations today as finals week draws to a close. Conditions continued to worsen throughout the day Thursday, with blasts of wind up to 50 mph that wreaked havoc with over-burdened branches and electrical lines. As was the case Wednesday evening, heavy snow, sometimes falling at 2 to 3 inches an hour, was sometimes accompanied by blasts of thunder.

The last heavy band of snow had passed over Madison by 8 p.m., but not before the city set a new record for snow on Dec. 20, said Sarah Marquardt, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Sullivan. Between midnight and 6 p.m. Thursday, 12.3 inches of snow fell at the Dane County Regional Airport, surpassing the previous record for that date of 4.6 inches, set in 2000. By 6 p.m. Thursday, Madison had received a storm total of 14.2 inches of snow, bested by Sun Prairie with 15 inches, Cross Plains with 18 inches and Middleton with 19.5 inches, Marquardt said. Many workplaces were closed

These days, laser treatments are the most widely used technique to remove tattoos. They're not always successful, and sometimes they leave permanent scars. There are possible dangers to having any procedure done to our bodies. Your son needs to understand all the risks. These include: ■ Pain during the procedure. ■ Painful skin infections (and sometimes blood infections), which can occur if the tattoo is not done under sterile conditions, or if the site is not properly cared for afterward. Recently the Journal of the American Medical Association reported cases of tattoorelated severe infections from mycobacteria, related to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. Either the needles or the ink can be contaminated with bacteria. Even more dangerous is the possibility of a virus (such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV) being spread from a dirty needle. That's why it is essential to choose a tattoo parlor that uses proper sterile technique and sterile needles. ■ Allergic reaction.

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Wisconsin unemployment rate drops to 6.7 percent Wisconsin's unemployment rate has dropped to 6.7 percent for November while the state added 10,300 private sector jobs. The state Department of Workforce Development reported the latest figures on Thursday. The unemployment rate dropped from 6.9 percent in October to 6.7 percent in November. That is a full percentage point better than the national average of 7.7 percent. The figures are based on a monthly survey of about 3.5 percent of Wisconsin businesses and are subject to significant revision.

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Chemical fumes prompt plant evacuation Nine workers were sent to a hospital after chemical fumes prompted an evacuation of a western Wisconsin plant. Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald says his office was notified at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday of the evacuation at the Sanmina plant in Turtle Lake. Fitzgerald says three chemicals were mixed together, producing fumes. He says 60 employees were evacuated, and nine were taken to a hospital with minor respiratory problems. Residents of a nearby residential building for the elderly and a business also were evacuated. Journal Times staff and wire reports

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Choose reputable parlor to minimize risk from tattoo Dear Dr. K: My teenage son wants to get a tattoo. What are the risks? Dear Reader: These days it seems like every other young person has a tattoo, so it should come as no surprise that your teen wants one, too. Tattoos can allow a teen to be like his peers or simply to make an artistic statement. Talk with your teen about why he wants one. Make sure he has thought everything through carefully. Yes, I know he's a teenager and thinking things through may not come easily. But make sure he understands that there are dangers to getting a tattoo. Teenagers, of course, do lots of things that are dangerous. Unless they result in permanent injury, however, they're temporary. A person can look back at driving at high speeds and appreciate the risk he was taking back then. But it was a temporary lapse in judgment. In contrast, tattoos can be permanent. If later in life your son is not happy with his decision and wants a tattoo removed, it can be difficult (sometimes impossible) and painful.

Thursday, and law enforcement officials said it appeared most drivers were heeding advice to stay off the streets and roads during the blizzard. Madison city offices were to reopen at 10 a.m. today to allow employees extra time to get to work. County offices will remain closed. The worsening conditions had a big impact on the Dane County Regional Airport, which canceled most departing and arriving flights. In Madison, streets crews were making progress on clearing the snow, having dispatched 175 plows and salt trucks Wednesday evening. City officials were confident enough to predict that most streets will be in good winter driving condition by this morning, making it possible for residents to get to work if they allow a little extra time. Outside of Madison, wind proved even more of a stubborn problem, and road crews were having less success at keeping county and town roads open. The Dane County Sheriff's Office was using only its four-wheel drive vehicles on county roads Thursday, leaving squad cars parked, said Lt. Kerry Porter. "Many of the outlying roads are impassable at this point," Porter said Thursday night.

Elite Auto Detail will be accepting donations of nonperishable food items from 3-6 p.m. today at the Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization, 2000 DeKoven Ave. Members of the company also will be serving a meal at the shelter.

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Anyone may develop allergic reactions to tattoo dye. Your son can decrease these risks by choosing a reputable tattoo studio. Contact your state Department of Public Health to find out if it licenses or certifies tattoo parlors. He (if you trust his judgment) or you should check out several studios before selecting one. And he should spend time watching the artist place a tattoo on someone else. It is also important that your son follows "after care" instructions to best prevent infection. In general, the site should be kept clean and dry. He should watch the site carefully for any signs of infection, including redness, pus, tenderness or fever. If any of these signs develop, contact a physician right away. Dr. Anthony Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK. coin, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

Threats that something might happen today at Racine Unified schools are so far unsubstantiated and classes will take place as planned, district spokeswoman Stacy Tapp said Thursday. Threats, mostly on social media and relating to the prophecy that the world will end today, prompted the district to send a letter home to parents and staff Wednesday, followed by robo calls Wednesday night, Tapp said. But "we haven't found any credible threats," she said. "We are investigating them very carefully as we do any threat." Neither the district nor the Racine Police Department is releasing information on the types of threats or which schools were targeted. The letter sent home says staff members "appreciate the students who have come forth with this information," but —

it also cautions: "Providing false information will result in serious consequences at school and with the police. The times are too serious for anyone to take advantage of our concern." Police officers will be doing more "surveillance" of schools than usual today, Tapp said, explaining officers will be driving by and in some cases going into buildings to "check with principals that everything is going smoothly." Tapp said most of the threats are not in relation to the one -week anniversary of the deadly Newtown, Conn., school shooting. But that shooting does mean "everyone is just more nervous and sensitive to any security threat related to schools." Unified is not the only area school district receiving threats. They have been reported at several Milwaukeearea schools as well as at schools across the state.

SHOTS / Fired at man From Page 9A Neither the man nor woman were injured, the complaint said. Police recovered three spent shell casings from the sidewalk, according to the complaint. The charge is a Class F felony, punishable by up to 71/2 years in prison, five years on extended supervision and a maximum fine of

$25,000, if convicted. Court records show that Hayes was convicted of attempted murder in November 1976 in Racine County Circuit Court. His preliminary hearing in this new case is set for Dec. 27. After Hayes' arrest Wednesday, he remained in the Racine County Jail on Thursday night, according to jail records.

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out back. His story is that he's out checking chimneys and will be at their house the next night. He doesn't know who's stopping to see him, but Lewis has grown accustomed to the reaction when he tells folks where he lives. "They tell me year after year how they brought their kids," he said. His son, Jesse Lewis, was just an infant the first year Tim went on the roof. Now 25, Jesse says he always looked forward to Dec. 23 more than Christmas. "Santa is coming to our house," he'd think. His sister, Taylor Lewis, is 22. She remembers the thrill of going out and seeing Santa on the roof. Both say it took them quite a few years to realize it was their dad. "He did a really good job of keeping it a secret!" Jesse said. "I always won-

Two injured in one-car Trempealeau County crash Tribune staff Two people were injured Saturday morning in a one-car crash in Trempealeau County. Tanya Ryan, 44, of Trempealeau was driving south on Hwy. K at about 8 a.m. when she lost control of her van on the icy road, according to a press release from the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department.

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Luke McHenry of Madison digs out his vehicle Thursday along Fish Hatchery Road with help from his son, Sebastian Wells, as people in the city and the area contended with a severe storm that dropped more than a foot of snow across much of the state. State Journal staff

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fierce snowstorm lived up to the daunting predictions Thursday as it roared across southern Wisconsin to dump more than a foot of heavy, wet snow that downed trees and power lines, clogged streets and highways, closed schools and brought life in Madison and a large swath of Wisconsin to a cold, icy halt. Even as snowfall diminished, thousands of area households were without power Thursday night. Alliant Energy reported nearly 10,000 customers in a seven-county area, including Dane County, did not have electric service as of 5:30 p.m. and said its repair crews were being hampered by blowing and drifting snow. MGE reported more than 3,500 homes without power at 7:45 p.m. Dane County officials warned that it could take time for power to be restored, and it was possible that some people could be without power through the night. Officials late Thursday were anticipating worsening conditions overnight as the storm concluded and warned driving conditions still could be hazardous today, especially in rural areas. Most Dane County school districts, including Mad-

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Shorewood Hills resident links the "double life" to her depression.

Citing depression that "goes way back to childhood!' former Olympic runner and Madison-area resident Suzy Favor Hamilton confirmed Thursday that, until recently, she lived a "double life" as a high -priced prostitute in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Chicago. The news of Favor Hamilton's secret life was broken Thursday by the website The Smoking Gun. In an email to the State Journal, the 44-year-old former University of Wisconsin middle -distance runner confirmed the story was largely true, though she disputed the suggestion in

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the original story that she saw clients during trips for various marathons. "This is all very much related to my depression, and my psychologist is helping me understand and get a hold of it," she wrote. The news rocked the running community, where Favor Hamilton occupies a prominent role. One longtime acquaintance called the admission "bizarre!' In a series of tweets Thurs day, Favor Hamilton apologized to her fans. "I was drawn to escorting in large part because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going through a very Please see PROSTITUTE, Page A10

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WASHINGTON — In their fiscal cliff standoff, President Barack Obama wants to raise taxes by about $20 billion a year more than House Speaker John Boehner. The president wants the government to spend about that much more yearly than Boehner does, too. That's real money by most measures. Yet such numbers are barely noticeable compared with the $2.6 trillion the government is projected to collect next year, and to the $3.6 trillion it's expected to spend. As the cliff approaches — economy- shaking tax increases and spending cuts that start hitting in early January unless lawmakers act first — each side says the other isn't serious enough about trimming federal deficits. But their inability so far to strike a compromise underscores that their problem is more than arithmetic — it's also about the difficult politics that Democrat Obama and Republican Boehner face when it comes to

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Electoral votes split on simmer While not a priority, bill could get traction among Republicans By PATRICK MARLEY pmarley@journalsentinel.com

Madison — Incoming Assembly Speaker Robin Vos signaled last week that changing how the state allocates its Electoral College votes was not a priority, but he has backed the idea in the past. Gov. Scott Walker said recently he would consider changing how the state delivers its 10 electoral votes for president, switching from a winner-take-all system to one where votes are parceled out by congressional district. The GOP governor — who has been mentioned as a possible 2016 candidate for president — neiPlease see VOTES, 5B

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Prescription drug program extended Federal action continues waiver until Dec. 31, 2015 By PATRICK MARLEY pmarley@journalsentinel.com

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Madison — The prescription drug program SeniorCare will continue through at least 2015 after Wisconsin received an extension from federal authorities. SeniorCare has been in place since

2002 under a Medicaid waiver for Wisconsin approved by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The waiver was to expire on Monday, the last day of the year, but Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday that the federal agency had extended the waiver until Dec. 31, 2015. The state can later apply for a further extension. "I am pleased to announce SeniorCare's renewal to Wisconsin's parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors,

who depend on it," the GOP governor said in a statement. "It's important for Wisconsin's seniors to be able to get the prescription drugs they need at an affordable price." SeniorCare is a rare bipartisan rallying point in Wisconsin, with Republicans and Democrats both routinely praising it. "I applaud the Obama AdministraPlease see SENIORCARE, 3B

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Flier mile transfers stalled Customers struggle to move credit from Frontier to Delta By GITTE LAASBY glaasby@journalsentinel.com

When Frontier Airlines dramatically cut back on its flights out of Milwaukee this summer, the airline announced a one-time courtesy offer that let frequent fliers convert their accumulated miles and status to Delta Air Lines. Nearly 61,000 customers did so successfully, according to Frontier. But two Journal Sentinel readers from separate parts of the state weren't left with a good feeling. They both made several failed attempts to get their Frontier Early Returns miles transferred to Delta SkyMiles before the deadline on Aug. 31. They were told to wait a few more weeks for the miles to show up in their accounts, but nothing happened. When they checked with the airline again later, they were told it was past the deadline and that the transfers wouldn't happen. That's when they contacted the Journal Please see AIRLINES, 5B RICK WOOD / RWOOMOURNALSENTINELCOM

A cold weather fan takes in the beauty of snow-covered trees near the lagoon at Washington Park. There could be 2 to 4 inches more by Friday night, forecasters predict.

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Stefaniak dedicated his life to helping poor in Peru, elsewhere By JAN UEBELHERR juebelherr@journalsentinel.com

It's a story that lingers with the family of Father James S. Stefaniak. How poor were the people of Peru that he worked among? When he visited their homes, they often had just one bowl and one spoon. A family would give the bowl and spoon to him, so that he could eat first. It was just one tale of life in Peru

that Stefaniak told to family and friends back home in Milwaukee. "We really felt like we were walking amongst a saint on this earth," said his Stefaniak niece, Tracy Stefaniak Borgardt of New Berlin, who grew up hearing tales of his life and work in Peru.

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Stefaniak, a Maryknoll priest who spent a half-century working in the mountains of Peru, died Dec. 13 of cancer at a hospital near the Maryknoll Center in Ossining, N.Y. He was 89. Stefaniak grew up on the south side of Milwaukee. His father, Peter, worked in the factory at A.O. Smith. His mother, Mary, had her hands full raising nine children. The family was close-knit, "a

very solid, loving family," said his brother, Gene Stefaniak. James Stanislaus Stefaniak attended St. Ignatius Catholic School and West Allis High School. Throughout high school, he kept active in the school parish, serving Mass and helping the nuns at St. Ignatius. Immediately after high school, he decided he wanted to become a priest, said his brother.

"That's the person he is," he said. "He was very people-oriented, and he wanted to work with the poor." Stefaniak entered St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee in 1940, and four years later entered a Maryknoll seminary in New York. In 1950, he was ordained a Maryknoll priest and embarked on a 62-

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he only thing more astonishing about the annual Polar Bear Dip than the enthusiasm with which people hurl themselves into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan is the almost supernatural way they vanish when it's over.

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The 43rd annual dip Tuesday brought 301 dippers and more than 1,000 onlookers to Deland Park. Despite treacherous ice, which organizers spent hours moving to clear paths into and out of the lake, Polar Bear Club member and perennial dipper Larry Pratt was pleased with the event. "We didn't have the crowd for dippers again that we would like but it's a thumbs up," said Larry Pratt, 57, after the jump was over. The build-up for the dip begins hours before the 1 p.m. start time, with dippers gathering at Dave's Who's Inn and at Highland House restaurant to eat, drink and gather their courage before the big moment. The celebratory vibe comes from the combination of experienced dippers and their novice friends, but when the dip is over, people scatter. Changing out of their wet clothes in huddles on the beach or in their cars, dippers do not hang around long. The official air temperature for Tuesday's dip was 15 degrees, with a wind chill of 0. The water temperSee POLAR, Page A2

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WASHINGTON — Weary lawmakers pushed at last toward a final vote on emergency legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of major tax increases and spending cuts in a New Year's Night culmination of a struggle that tested divided government to the limit. Passage would send the measure to President Barack Obama for his signature and hand him a political triumph less than two months after he secured reelection while campaigning for higher taxes on the wealthy. The extraordinary late-night House vote, scheduled to take place after press time, was coming nearly 24 hours after Senate action spilled over from New Year's Eve into the predawn hours of 2013. In addition to neutralizing middle class tax increases and spending cuts that technically took effect Monday at midnight, the legislation raises tax rates on incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples. Remarkably, in a party that swore off tax increases two decades ago, dozens of Republicans supported the bill at both ends of the Capitol. Republicans did their best to minimize the tax increases in the measure. Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif., in the final days of a 32-year-career in Congress, said the legislation was "not the grand bargain we'd hoped for" to reduce federal deficits. "But it is an essential bridge to what I hope will be a comprehensive and long-term solution. It will bring us back from the edge of the fiscal cliff and implement tax cuts for 99 percent of taxpayers." Declared Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio: "This is a great victory for the middle class, whose taxes will not go up tomorrow." The bill would also prevent an expiration of extended unemployment benefits for an estimated two million jobless, block a 27 percent cut in fees for doctors who treat Medicare patients, stop a $900 pay increase for lawmakers from taking effect in March and head off a threatened spike in milk prices. It would stop $24 billion in spending cuts set to take effect over the next two months, although only about half of that total would be offset with spending reductions elsewhere in the budget. Even with enactment of the legislation, taxes are on the rise for millions. A 2 percentage point temporary cut in the Social Security payroll tax, originally enacted two years ago to stimulate the economy, expired with the end of 2012. Neither Obama nor Republicans made a significant effort to extend it. The fiscal cliff measure had cleared the Senate on a lopsided pre-dawn New Year's vote of 89-8, and House Republicans spent much of the day struggling to escape a political corner they found themselves in. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told reporters at one point, "I do not support the bill. We are looking, though, for the best path forward." Within hours, Republicans abandoned demands for changes and agreed to a simple yes-or-no vote on the Senatepassed bill.

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Jason Thoune, Menominee, along with Tracy Menor and Jeff Rose, both of Marinette, members of the Coggins & Wolfe plunge team, dive during Da Yooper Plunge at Great Lakes Memorial Beach in Menominee on New Year's Day. (Color reprints:www.ehextra.com)

Taking da plunge who gathered. The bell was rung by Chuck LaCourt of Marinette, one of the construction workers who helped build the foundation, footings and al proclamation and wished all a sidewalk housing the bell. Among By MIKE DESOTELL those in attendance was courtHappy New Year. EagleHerald staff writer house neighbor Dennis Draska. mdesotell@eagleherald. corn Several blocks to the west, a He walked over but couldn't connew group formed around the vince his wife to brave the 5MENOMINEE — The city of historic courthouse bell, now on degree temperature. Menominee is fast becoming the display near the intersection of "I gave her a little kiss at 11 place to be for ringing in and 10th Avenue and 10th Street. o'clock, midnight New York time," plunging into the new year. As The inaugural ceremony was he laughed. midnight approached New Year's less formal with no speaker or Menominee County Eve, about two dozen revelers countdown to midnight. gathered around the old bank However, the loud chiming of the Commissioner Bernie Lang, a clock at 1st Street and 10th bell was enough to generate supporter of the bell restoration, Avenue. There, "Ye Old Town excitement on a bone-chilling was moved by the simple ceremoCrier" Bob Gannon read his annu- winter night for the 45 people ny.

New Year's revelers meet at midnight, others hit the water

"I got a little tingly, I think it's jumping into the frigid waters of Green Bay, hundreds of others did nice," he said. Lang is not what you would not. DeeDee Thull, one of the consider a night owl. Usually event organizers, said this year's sound asleep at midnight, this plunge was very successful, was a rare experience for him and attracting more than 200 plungers. his wife. "We're hoping we clear over "We set the alarm," he said. "It's been a lot of years since I've $20,000," she said. "Partnering seen New Year's come in. But with the DAR Boys & Girls Club this was nice. I'm glad I came has been a real benefit that we're able to help kids take swimming down." lessons in the summer and keep it Lang said that the "good Lord affordable." willing," he'd consider coming Thull added that members of back to welcome in 2014. As for the DAR summer program will taking part in Da Yooper Polar receive swim lessons free of Plunge at noon New Year's Day, he had just two words. "No way!" While Lang took a pass on See NEW YEAR, A3

Man stabbed Area seeing early flu cases New Year's morning By ALISA FOX

S h e added that afox@eagleherald. corn this was in line with a MARINETTE — It is hard recent not to notice the people Wisconsin missing from work or chil- Department dren missing from the of Health classrooms because they Services Beattie have come down with a case report that the Northeast region has of influenza. According to Jill Beattie, the highest influenza activian infection preventionist ty level in the state. In addition to the usual registered nurse at Bay prevention measures, Area Medical Center, even Beattie said BAMC has staMarinette cannot hide from tions throughout the facility the wave of early influenza stocked with respiratory cases. masks, tissues, alcohol "Bay Area Medical hand rub and reminder Center has seen a recent signs that say "Cover your increase in the number of cough." Visitors and patients presented to our employees alike are encourEmergency Department aged to use these stations with influenza," Beattie while inside the hospital. said. EagleHerald staff writer

MARINETTE — A 36- Square Apartments, at 4:42 year-old Marinette man is in a.m. for a disturbance. St. Vincent Hospital, Green They found the 36-yearBay, after he was stabbed old man there, who was multiple times early transported to Bay Area Tuesday morning in Medical Center and later to St. Vincent Hospital via Marinette. The man who allegedly Eagle III helicopter. He was bring treated for stabbed him, an unidentified 22-year-old Marinette life-threatening injuries man, is in custody awaiting Tuesday. The suspected assailant charges. According to the was arrested by officers at Marinette Police the scene and is lodged in Department, officers were the Marinette County Jail dispatched to 1713 Dunlap awaiting charges from the Ave., the warehouse build- Marinette County District ing portion of the Dunlap Attorney's office.

"Our facility is fully committed to providing a safe environment for our patients," Beattie said. "We have asked that if a patient or visitor presents with respiratory symptoms, that they wear a mask to protect others." BAMC also has a policy requiring all of their employees to receive an annual influenza vaccination. Those who decline are required to wear a respiratory mask in all patient care areas for the duration of the influenza season. "The purpose of this is to ensure safety of our patients and the communities we serve," Beattie said. Despite all efforts at BAMC to educate the public on proper influenza preven-

tion practices, Marinette is still one of the counties in Wisconsin to be hit heavily with influenza cases. There have been seven influenza-related hospitalizations in Marinette County since Dec. 17, according to Mary Rosner, the public health officer for Marinette County's Public Health department. "We have found that the vaccine is a very good match for the strains we have seen so far," she said. Aside from a vaccination, the most effective forms of prevention are to go back to the basics. "Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands," Rosner said. See INFLUENZA, A7

Help available for those Cliffhanger no more? ■ with multiple sclerosis House pushing toward final late-night vote

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MARINETTE — Multiple sclerosis is the leading cause of disability in young adults. In Marinette County alone, there are 78 individuals who have been diagnosed with MS. That according to Meghan Schnabl, the mission delivery manager of the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Fortunately, for those in the local area coping with MS, there is help available. The Aurora Clinic of Marinette, working in conjunction with the state's multiple sclerosis chapter, offers monthly meetings for those afflicted with the debilitating condition. Good morning, Jeannette Krause! Thank you for subscribing to the EagleHerald

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With local meetings set cover a variety of multiple to resume in February, sclerosis-related topics. Schnabl is seeking volun- Guest speakers in the past teer leaders to help out with have included occupational the facilitation and plan- therapists, physical theraning. pists and other medical proAccording to Schnabl, fessionals who have disthe need for MS support in cussed the various devices this area is high. The condi- that are available to make tion is very prevalent here, living with MS more bearshe said, explaining that in able for those affected and Marinette, Menominee, their families. Oconto, Florence and Forest Schnabl noted that the counties combined, there majority the meeting attenare nearly 200 people diag- dees come from the Twin nosed with multiple sclero- Cities and added that the sis. area is blessed to have the "The meetings offer a services of MS specialist at huge amount of support its disposal — Dr. Merle and education — they're Teetzen, a neurologist with just a great way to connect Aurora Clinic, who has with others in the commu- devoted much of his career nity who have MS," Schnabl to long-term care of multiple said. "It's kind of an avenue sclerosis. of support, but also pro"MS can affect the young vides education as well." The monthly sessions See SUPPORT, A7

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WASHINGTON — Weary lawmakers in the House pushed at last toward a final congressional vote on legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff' of middle class tax increases and spending cuts, a New Year's Night culmination of a struggle that tested divided government to the limit. Passage would send the measure to President Barack Obama for his signature and seal a political triumph less than two months after he won re-election while calling for higher taxes on the wealthy. The late-night House vote took place less than 24 hours after Senate action spilled over from New Year's Eve into the pre-dawn hours of 2013. In addition to neutralizing middle class tax increases and spending cuts taking effect with the new year, the legislation raises tax rates on incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples. That was higher than the thresholds of $200,000 and $250,000 that Obama campaigned for. But remarkably, in a party that

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., (left) and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrive to a second Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Tuesday.

swore off tax increases two decades ago, dozens of Republicans supported the bill at both ends of the Capitol. Supporters of the bill in both parties expressed regret that the bill was narrowly drawn, and fell far short of a sweeping plan that combined tax changes and spending cuts to reduce federal deficits. That proved See CLIFF, A3

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Let's Dance Brian Roebke photos Hannah Baeten (left) was the featured dancer in the Kaukauna High School dance team's Division 1 jazz routine which finished in third place.

Little Chute High School held its annual holiday invite dance competition in December, and the Mustangs dance team was still undefeated in pom and kick after it was over. Coach Beth DeBruin said they didn't give themselves a trophy at their own competition, which is common courtesy at invites, but they still were scored and would have won Division 3 pom and Division 2 kick and taken second in jazz in Division 2. Kaukauna's team was third in Division 1 porn and Division 1 jazz. Kimberly competed in Division 1 kick and Division 1 jazz but did not place.

Akira Hietpas (front) and Cady Peterson perform the kick routine with the Little Chute dance team at the Little Chute Holiday Invite.

Kaleigh Gietman (right) was the featured dancer in the Kimberly High School dance team's Division 1 jazz routine at the Little Chute Holiday Invite.

Kimberly's Emily Jahnke dances with her team during the Division 1 jazz routine at the Little Chute Holiday Invite.

Becca Gerrits lifts Emily Slater during Little Chute's kick routine at the Kaukauna High School dancers were in perfect sync during the team's Division 1 jazz routine at the Little Little Chute Holiday Invite, held in December. Chute Holiday Invite.

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River Ridge works on studies Studying is one of the important things a student can do in school. For the River Ridge School District, studying is important as well, as the district is researching two projects to see the best way to operate. Today (Thursday) representatives from ADG will be inspecting both the elementary/high school building in Patch Grove and the middle school building in Bloomington, checking the utility infrastructure of both facilities as the district continues looking at what is the best option for housing students. At the beginning of the school year, the district began to look at the benefits and drawbacks of whether the district retained its current two-facility setup, or if it would consolidate all operations to one building, likely the Patch Grove building since it is greater in size. Initial estimates had that the district would save money having all staff and students under one roof, which would eliminate some staff having to drive between the two schools, and even eliminate two bus routes needed now. Consolidation would likely mean an addition needed. District Administrator Lee Pritzl said he hoped the study of the facilities would be completed sometime in March. In addition to the building study, the district has also created a task force looking into staff insurance options for the future. This past year the district, which has a self-funded plan, increased the deductible of the district's policy, but reduced the employee-paid portion of the premium to lower the overall cost to the district. During that discussion leading up to that change, the school board had discussed adding a health reimbursement account program, which would increase the deductible, but have a portion of that deductible paid for by the district. That idea was ultimately tabled for the higher deductible/lower premium idea because there was not enough time to set up the HRA plan before the new coverage term. For Pritzl, the new task force, which has board members, administrators, and teaching and support staff, the goal will be to save the district money while providing coverage. "I think we owe it to see if we can do something cheaper," Pritzl stated. "We're basically going to look at all of our insurance coverage." He added that the district will also look at whether to remain a self-funded plan, or do something else, such as join the state-run insurance program. The task force meets on Jan. 14 to discuss the current insurance plan, and Pritzl said that he hopes that their work will be done before June. During their last meeting of the year, the school board also heard a presentation of the proposed staff evaluation model, falling in line with the state model. Pritzl noted that the new evaluations will be much more interactive than the previous setup. While the staff review and evaluation continues, Pritzl said that the new model is more reflective, having staff review what worked and what didn't. "It's more of a staff development tool....it's really a growth tool," Pritzl said of the program. He said with the review of scores and teaching programs, it will mean changes can be made, and ultimately lead to students learning more in the classroom. At the end of that December meeting, the board also preliminarily

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It was the last Sunday in 2012, and Mother Nature decided to drop a heavy frost on Grant County, with some crystals getting as large as an inch, and mixed with the cold air, allowed many to see the white wonderland through much of the morning.

The holidays can be unpleasant for many For a few residents the new year also meant a visit with law enforcement. At 12:35 a.m. New Year's Day, a Grant County deputy stopped a car driven by Shanda Stack, 17, Fennimore. During the traffic stop , the deputy observed a 30-pack and 18-pack of beer in the vehicle, along with open alcohol containers. Strack was arrested for absolute sobriety and a minor transporting intoxicants. Passengers in the car - Jaalen Riebe (18), Dylan Kazynski (20), and Brendan Jones (18), all from Prairie du Chien, were cited with underage drinking and open intoxicants. Meanwhile on New Year's Eve, Crysta Mook, 18, Dickeyille, had her car become stuck in a ditch along Walnut Dell Road in rural Platteville, then returned to retrieve her car the next day. When she came back to the car with a friend to tow it from the ditch, she found her windows broken out of the car, and two of her purses missing. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers or the Grant County Sheriff's Department at 723-2157. For one Grant County citizen, Christmas did not bring cheer, it brought a trip to the county jail. In the first hours of Dec. 25, the Grant County Sheriffs Department responded to a call to Joni's Bar and Grill in Beetown for a report of an out of control subject. Deputies arrived on scene and discovered all property from the apartment above the bar had been thrown out the windows and down the stairs of the residence. When they arrived, they found most, if not all the property was in the roadway in front of the bar. Several windows were also broken out of the apartment. Myles Gudgalis, 29, Beetown, had barricaded himself in the apartment. Deputies made entry into the apartment and Gudgalis was arrested. He was charged with disorderly conduct and transported to the Grant County Jail. The Lancaster Police Department assisted the Sheriff's Department. And some celebrating a little early led to a call to authorities. On Dec. 30, at approximately 1:33 a.m., deputies responded to a report of a fight at the Sandy Hook Tavern in Jamestown. The Jo Davies Sheriff Department, East Dubuque Police Department, Jamestown First Responders and Dickeyville EMS were all dispatched to assist the Sheriff's Department with injuries and investigations. It was discovered Tony Wild, 47, Cuba City started the altercation and was cited with a Grant County disorderly conduct ordinance. Wild sustained some facial injuries during the altercation and was transported to Mercy Hospital in Dubuque by Dickeyville EMS.

Lancaster board handles light docket In their last meeting of the year 2012, the Lancaster Community School Board handled a light docket, deciding on a fuel contract, and moving a parttime bus driver into a full-time spot. The board reviewed the diesel fuel bids for the second half of the school year. The district had received two bids - one from current provider New Horizons, and from Allegiant Oil. "They are really close," Board President Bill Haskins said of the two bids. Typically the district goes with a fixed price plan, and on the premium and winter blend prices, New Horizons bid $3.92268 for the total cost of winter blend (including highway taxes) whereas Allegiant had a bid of

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$3.929. On the premium road diesel side, Allegiant bid $3.919 and New Horizons bid $3.7723. For the remaining portion of the year, the board was informed that they would be using the winter blend one third of the time, with premium road the remaining two-thirds of the time. The board decided to retain New Horizons for the second half of the year. In other bus related news, the board approved Al Klaas for a full-time route post, one that was held by Buzz Hartnett until he retired. The board then decided to advertise for a part-time spot Klaas was previously in. The board also reviewed changes to policies about the district's

insurance plans, which fall in line with its membership to the Wisconsin Retirement System and Insurance program. Two teachers will fill the coaching position for the freshman/sophomore girls basketball program. Emily Brunton and Mary Binder will split the salary and duties for the post. The board also approved high school English teacher Jason Smith for a Forensics coach post. The board was also informed that the 880-pound statue for Winskill Elementary that was donated by Cal Lambert had arrived. The statue is in honor of Cal's wife, Wanda, who died a year ago. Wanda worked for the district

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for many years. Cal and Wanda's son, Grant County Highway Commissioner Dave Lambert, will be building a base for the statue, which is likely to be dedicated sometime in the spring. With all that had happened in the past couple of months, specifically the loss of a student in a car accident, board member Denise LaBudda commended the school administrative staff for the leadership during the whole time. She also noted the efforts of the students during the services recognizing MaKayla Hore, which was held at the school. "I was proud of the music. Music can soothe people when words fail." The meeting lasted 31 minutes.

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Stephenson woman dies in crash on M-35 MENOMINEE — A Marquette County, Mich., with the assistance of acciStephenson woman has were transported to Bay dent investigators with the died as the result of a head- Area Medical Center, and Michigan State Policeon crash Friday on M-35, later, to St. Vincent Gladstone Post. Also responding to the near County Road 551 in Hospital, Green Bay. As of Saturday, Jeffrey accident were: Mid-County Cedarville Township. According to the Anderson and Winter were Rescue Squad, Mid-County Menominee County Sheriffs listed in fair condition. Rescue Extrication Unit, Department, Jill Renee M-35 was closed to traffic BAMC paramedics, Anderson, 50, was a pas- for almost four hours during Cedarville Fire Department, senger in a pickup truck the extrication and crash Michigan State Police, Delta that collided with a mini- investigation. Vehicles were County Sheriff s van at 5:13 p.m. She was detoured on County Roads Department and the Menominee County Victim pronounced dead at the 551 and 552 to U.S. 41. scene. Approximately 60 semi- Services Unit. The Menominee County Her husband, Jeffrey D. trucks were unable to turn Anderson, 52, was driving around and remained on M- Road Commission assisted and provide a salt truck to the pickup. He and the dri- 35 until it was opened. ver of the mini-van, The sheriffs department maintain scene safety as Margaret M. Winter, 73, is investigating the crash light snow fell.

Clinton hospitalized with blood clot WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital Sunday after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton's doctors discovered the clot Sunday while performing a follow-up exam, her spokesman, Philippe Reines, said. He would not elaborate on the location of the clot but said Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants and would remain at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital for at least the next 48 hours so doctors can monitor the medication. "Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, Good morning,

from a stomach virus that left her severely dehydrated. The concussion was diagnosed Dec. 13 and Clinton was forced to cancel a trip to North Africa and the Middle East that had been planned for the next week. The seriousness of a blood clot "depends on where it is," said Dr. Gholam Motamedi, a neurologist at Georgetown University Medical Center who was not involved in Clinton Clinton's care. including other issues assoClots in the legs are a ciated with her concussion," common risk after someone Reines said in a statement. has been bedridden, as "They will determine if any Clinton may have been for a further action is required." time after her concussion. Clinton, 65, fell and suf- Those are "no big deal" and fered a concussion while at home alone in midDecember as she recovered See CLINTON, A3

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MENOMINEE — When the new Menominee County Board of Commissioners meets for the first time Wednesday evening, nine commissioners will fill the somewhat limited space in Courtroom B. Returning to the board are James Furlong, Bernie Lang and Charlie Meintz, but six new commissioners will join them for the reorganizational meeting at 5. County Administrator Brian Bousley said that two of the three tables will have three commissioners seated at them, and one will have two. The board chairman sits in the judge's chair at the front of the courtroom. New microphones and outlets will be installed to accommodate more commissioners and iPads. The new commissioners are: Chris Plutchak, Doug Krienke, Gerald Piche, Jan Hafeman, John Nelson and Larry Schei.

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would merely extend dairy policy that expires Jan. 1. Associated Press Expiration of those dairy programs could mean highWASHINGTON — The er prices at the grocery store top leaders in both parties within a few weeks. on the House and Senate Agriculture Secretary Tom Agriculture committees Vilsack said Americans face have agreed to a one-year the prospect of paying $7 for extension of the 2008 farm a gallon of milk if the curbill that expired in October, rent dairy program lapsed a move that could head off a and the government possible doubling of milk returned to a 1948 formula prices next month. for calculating milk price Senate Agriculture supports. Committee Chairman A spokesman for House Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Speaker John Boehner said indicated the House could Sunday that Republican vote on the bill soon, though leaders had not decided House leaders have not yet how they would proceed on agreed to put the bill on the the farm extension, though floor. In addition to the one- a vote could come as soon year extension that has the as Monday. Boehner has backing of the committees, pushed back on passage of the House GOP is also con- a new five-year farm bill for sidering two other extension months, saying there were bills: a one-month extension and an even smaller bill that See FARM BILL, A3

Weird Wisconsin ■ Old cheese, battling brats are news in 2012

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It was the best of years, it was the wurst of years. When it comes to odd news in Wisconsin in 2012, there has been no shortage: a life-saving chicken, a criminal with the name Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop and a uniquely Wisconsin feud pitting town vs. town over which the biggest bratwurst. There were also stories that could only come from Wisconsin, like the discovery of a 40-year-old block of cheddar that eventually sold for $10 an ounce. But first, the wurst. The battle over bratwurst bragging rights came to a head in October after a grocery store in Prescott grilled a 52-foot, 2-inch long bratwurst and placed it on an equally long bun. On that same day, 65 miles away in Dallas, Wis., Oktoberfest organizers grilled a 135-foot-long brat, which would appear to clearly hold the record as the biggest brat. But controversy ensued! Because the brat-grillers in Prescott followed the official rules set forth by the World Record Academy in Florida, and paid the $1,900 application fee, they got the record. Another record of sorts was broken this year when

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In this photo provided by Barb Murray, Brad Krueger of Alma Center, Wis., holds his neighbors' chicken, Cluck Cluck, on Friday. The chicken, which the neighbors kept as a pet, is being credited for saving that family from an early-morning fire Thursday by waking the couple with its vocal clucking.

cheesemaker Ed Zahn discovered several wooden boxes hidden from sight, tucked away in the back of his walk-in cooler, inside his store Z's Cheese Shoppe in Oconto. What he found turned out to be blocks of cheddar cheese that had been sitting unseen — and uneaten — for 40 years. The find was advertised as the oldest commercially available cheese in the world and sold

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to anxious customers, many of whom were younger than the cheese they were eating. Just like brats and cheese, no news of the odd in Wisconsin would be complete without dabbling into politics. Gov. Scott Walker broke a record of sorts when he survived a recall election, becoming the first governor

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Get a good night's rest at some of the best Check into these hotels with great amenities, values around the world Work usually takes me no farther than Bayfield or Beloit, but there are exceptions, and in 2012 they included Israel and South Africa. Whether close to home or an ocean away, I found lodging that left a positive impression in a wide range of prices. For example: Hilton Garden Inn, 611 Roads Traveled N. Broadway St., Mary Bergin Milwaukee: Here is fresh proof that nationally known brands don't always look the same. The 1886 Loyalty Building, ex-headquarters for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, in November began new life as comfortable lodging with competitive rates downtown. The building, on the National Register of Historic Places, remains a fine example of Romanesque construction. Notice the winding marble staircase, five-story atrium and old-time safes that are treated as vintage art. In guest rooms, 14-foottall, arched windows stretch from floor to ceiling and provide big city views. Modern amenities include free WiFi and in-room coffeemakers, microwaves and refrigerators. A free shuttle transports MARY BERGIN PHOTOS guests within five miles of Milwaukee's newest hotel is a former insurance company, built in 1886. It has a fivethe hotel. Introductory rates story atrium. start around $95. hiltongardeninnmilwaukeHotel Metro, 45 W. 35th edowntown.com, 414-271-6611 St., New York, N.Y.: Rates at Big Apple hotels tend to The Normandy Inn and plummet with winter temps, Suites, 405 S. Eighth St., and that's how I came across Minneapolis: Near architecthis sleek property last turally beautiful churches January. and the vitality of Nicollet If you've been to New Mall's restaurants and shops York City, you know the is a modest, older hotel that expectation is lodging for stands welcoming and perfour times the price and onesonable. fourth the space as in the In the middle of the hotel's Midwest. That's not so here, two connected buildings of but be flexible with travel to rooms is a courtyard with get the best rates. pools and a ceiling skylight. The midtown Manhattan Internet access is free, and so property is near the Empire are shuttle rides to major city State Building and Madisports and entertainment son Square Garden. It also venues until 10 p.m. Access is an easy and cheap train to the city's 11-mile indoor ride from the Newark, N.J., Israel's Hotel Spa Mizpe Hayamim contains a farm shop skyway system is a block airport to New York's Penn at which fresh vegetables to goat-milk soap and jars of away. Station, which is a half-mile organic tahini sauce are sold. Warm cookies and milk walk to the hotel. appear at 10 o'clock each eveRates are as low as $144 in Near hotbeds of war — Leba- are made by hand. What you ning. The hotel restaurant, winter, and that includes a non to the north, Syria to see on the table — olives to Normandy Kitchen, began modest continental breakthe east, Israel's West Bank eggplant — likely is harbusiness in 1941 and is rare fast. If business is slow, to the south — is evidence of vested on the same day it is because it serves lutefisk don't be surprised if you get absolute serenity. served. (throughout December). an automatic room upgrade; This organic farm and In the farm herds are Smoked trout scrambled eggs my brief stay was in a health spa strives to be selffree-range chickens, grassare a breakfast specialty; so roomy, two-bedroom suite. sufficient, and on its 37 acres fed cows, goats, lambs and are cinnamon popovers with hotelmetronyc.com, 212are fruit-bearing trees that more. Their milk turns into maple-flavored butter. 947-2500 date back to biblical times. two dozen types of dairy Winter rates start around Tomatoes to figs are dried products, cottage cheese to $95. bestwesternnormandy. Hotel Spa Mizpe Hayathe old-fashioned way, on yogurt. In the farm shop corn, 612-370-1400 mim, Rosh Pinna, Israel: rooftops. Cheese and bread are artisan breads and fruit

preserves. Workshops teach how to make candles to soap. Guests also watch artists at work on jewelry to paintings. One of two restaurants is vegetarian; both present meals as delicate culinary art. Entrees include fish from the Sea of Galilee, distantly visible from the resort. Also within view are the mountainous Golan Heights, an area we associate with war. Others rave about its beauty. Near the reception area, spa guests lounge in robes with a cup of tea, or linger at a large indoor pool; the room's roof and windows open in favorable weather. Add hot and dry saunas, indoor and outdoor hot tubs. Massage options, privately or as a couple, include treatments with olive branches. Rates start around $450 per night, including breakfast and dinner. mizpe-hayamim.com, 9724-699-4555

Waterfront views are plentiful when dining at Cape Groce.

Cape Grace, Cape Town, South Africa: Lovely indoor murals are but one sign of this waterfront hotel's splendid attention to detail. So are the artistic embellishments on fabrics, including upholstery, accent pillows and bedspreads. Each room and suite is unique in decor. Customer service is refined yet friendly. Meals showcase native cuisine — such as ostrich, springbok (gazelle), bobotie (a minced meat and egg dish) and snoek (a local fish) — in unusual but appetizing ways. Travelers head to the harbor in Cape Town for shopping, dining and the allure of marine traffic, freighters to yachts. Cape Grace rates as the finest of waterfront accommodations; Travel and Leisure magazine calls it the best hotel in Africa. Dining at the hotel's Signal Restaurant means having a front-row view of land and water promenades. Downstairs is Bascule, a cocktail bar with at least 400 types of whisky. Rates start around $675 at this time of year and include breakfast. capegrace.com, 2721-4107100 Write to Midwest Features, PO Box 259623, Mad-

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Thankfully, Las Vegas tourism up —but city's prices remain low Some observers claim that Las Vegas is about to receive a record-breaking 40 million tourists in 2013. But it also is clear that those cautious, once-burned visitors are spending far less in Vegas than they used to — far less on gambling, far less on rooms, meals and entertainment. And the reaction of Las Vegas' merchants. according to Anthony Curtis of LasVegasAdvisor.com , is to reduce the price of a stay in Las Vegas to levels never before seen, in a situation of cutthroat competition. Hotel rates in Las Vegas, according to Curtis, are less than half as high as in any other popular major city. This December (and up to a couple of nights prior to New Year's Eve), the super-deluxe Vdara Hotel in the City Center on the Strip is charging midweek rates as low as $86 a night for a glamorous suite — and that's per suite, not per person. Cheaper hotels go down to as little as $26 a room per night. All-you-can-eat buffets at the various "Sta-

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tion" hotels, like the Palace Station, are priced as low as $7.99 for breakfast, $9.99 for dinner. And if you sign up for membership in the slot club at Harrah's Hotel, where the comedian/magician Mac King performs to great acclaim (he's outstanding), you can get tickets for his show for the amazing price of $10. Other theaters in Las Vegas have increased their published rates for the specific purpose of enabling tickets to be sold at dramatic percentage discounts. The smart tourist will stay on the alert to obtain those discounts (from various vendors and booths around town) for their

own evening entertainment. The most effective way to save money in Las Vegas, according to Curtis? Scan the various Las Vegas websites for their news about incoming conventions. If any convention is predicted to enjoy the attendance of 40,000 people or more, then stay away from Las Vegas during the week it's in town. When meetings are forecast to enjoy fewer than that number, you can safely come ahead to a city that now has many more than 100,000 hotel rooms to fill each night — and that does so by offering major discounts.

Apartment vacations I have been reminded by a number of readers that I failed to include U.S. Servas (www.usservas.org) among the organizations that enable travelers to stay for free in the homes or apartments of other generous people in America and around the world (those include Couchsurfing.org and GlobalFree-

Loaders.com). Servas was founded in 1948 by two Danish peace activists who felt that these visits would encourage world peace. Because it is the oldest of the free-overnight organizations, it tends to have an older clientele (middle-age, in particular), whereas Couchsurfing and GlobalFreeLoaders tend to attract much younger types. You might very well want to consider using one of them for your next trip.

Freighter vacation I also have been remiss in failing to list the names of those travel agencies that specialize in arranging voyages on passenger-carrying freighters, costing about $110 to $135 a day per person. These are booked mainly by middle-age and elderly retired persons (because they are long, leisurely trips for people without definite work schedules), who discover the freighter opportunities through at least 15 organizations.

The oldest of these in the United States is the wellregarded TravLTips.com (which also sells traditional cruises on ocean liners), while StrandTravel.co.uk is a major British organization selling freighter trips, and Freightervoyages.eu does the same for people on the continent (though it will deal with anyone residing anywhere). Note to the reader: Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip. The information in this column was accurate when it was released, but prices are competitive, sometimes limited and can always change without notice. Arthur Frommer is the pioneering founder of the Frommer's Travel Guide book series. He co-hosts the radio program, The Travel Show, with his travel correspondent daughter Pauline Frommer.

TRAVEL BRIEFS World's longest fast train line opens in China BEIJING (AP) — China has opened the world's longest high-speed rail line, which more than halves the time required to travel from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China. China has massive resources and considerable prestige invested in its showcase high-speed railways program But it has in recent months faced high-profile problems: part of a line collapsed in central China after heavy rains in March, while a bullet train crash in the summer of 2011 killed 40 people. The former railway minister, who spearheaded the bullet train's construction, and the ministry's chief engineer, were detained in an unrelated corruption investigation months before the crash. Trains on the latest high-speed line will initially run at 186 mph with a total travel time of about eight hours. Before, the fastest time between the two cities by train was more than 20 hours. The line also makes stops in major cities along the way, including provincial capitals Shijiazhuang, Wuhan and Changsha. More than 150 pairs of high-speed trains will run on the new, 1,428 mileline every day, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the Ministry of Railways.

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SeaWorld files to go public with $100 million IPO ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Looks like Shamu may soon be making a splash in the stock market. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. this week filed for an initial public offering of stock that could raise $100 million. That number is likely to change as the company's bankers gauge interest from investors. Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, which owns SeaWorld, will likely sell some of its stake in the deal, but will still own a majority of the voting power of the company's shares after the IPO, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Blackstone bought SeaWorld from beer brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2009 in a deal worth at least $2.3 billion. The Orlando, Fla., company plans to use money from the IPO to pay debt and make a payment to Blackstone. It did not list a date for the offering. The company also did not say how many shares would be sold, or for how much. The three SeaWorld theme parks are known for water shows featuring orca whales, dolphins and other animals. The company has eight other properties, including two Busch Gardens parks and Sesame Place, which is based on the children's TV show Sesame Street. SeaWorld said about 24 million people went to its parks in the 12 months through Sept. 30.

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Last-ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff GOP leader 'hopeful and optimistic' for deal quickly WASHINGTON (AP) — The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effect at the turn of the new year and possibly block sweeping spending cuts as well. "I'm optimistic we may still be able to reach an agreement that can pass both houses in time," President

Barack Obama said at the White House after meeting for more than an hour with top lawmakers from both houses. Surprisingly, after weeks of postelection gridlock, Senate leaders sounded even more bullish. The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said he was "hopeful and optimistic" of a deal that could be presented to rank-

and-file lawmakers as early as Sunday, a little more than 24 hours before the year-end deadline. Said Majority Leader Harry Reid: "I'm going to do everything I can" to prevent the tax increases and spending cuts that threaten to send the economy into recession. He cautioned, "Whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect." House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican who has struggled recently with anti-tax rebels inside his own party, said through an aide he would await the results of the talks between the Senate and White House. Under a timetable sketched

by congressional aides, any agreement would first go to the Senate for a vote. The House would then be asked to assent, possibly as late as Jan. 2, the final full day before a new Congress takes office. Officials said there was a general understanding that any agreement would block scheduled income tax increases for middle class earners while letting rates rise at upper income levels. Democrats said Obama was sticking to his campaign call for increases above $250,000 in annual income, even though in recent negotiations he said he could accept $400,000.

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KEA files complaint over talks impasse

Let it snow, let them slide

Union wants district to resume stalled contract negotiations BY DENEEN SMITH

Tubing runs open for first time this season at Wilmot Mountain BY JILL TATGE-ROZELL jrozell@kenoshanews.com

WILMOT — According to Jack Sullivan, the tubing runs that opened at Wilmot KENOSHA NEWS PHOTOS BY KEVIN POIRIER Mountain Friday are so fast Nothing beats the thrill of zipping down the Wilmot Mountain tubing run for Andrew Castreyou WILL get snow in your jon, 11, front, Rex Relucio, 13, center, and Matt Yadanza, 10, all friends from Lake Villa, Ill. face, which is "pretty cool The tubing facility opened for the first time this season on Friday. and intense." At least that is what this 9-year-old liked best about the 1,000-foot tubing lanes. But ask parIf you go ents what they like best and the answer will be, "The conveyor belt." Without it, Entrance: Off of Fox River Road, at the hauling yourself, the kids and tubes back "T" intersection of Highway CK. to the top would be grueling. Hours: The holiday schedule through Michelle Schmidt, of McHenry, Ill., Jan. 1 is 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. knows this for a fact. She and her husband, Ken, brought their sons Ben, 9, and Rates: $25 for unlimited tubing Monday Joey, 13, and their two friends, Michael through Thursday. On weekends and Salmer, 13, and Sullivan, out early — beholidays a two-hour pass is $25, a Brian Selders, of Wauconda, Ill., fore the bugs in the conveyor belt had all three-hour pass is $30 and a four-hour hangs on to his 2-year-old daughter been worked out. Madeline's tube on Friday. pass is $35. "We were the first ones here," Schmidt said. "The conveyor belt wasn't working and we walked back up the first time. I said I wouldn't go down again until they Kenosha, with him. Still, that did not deter people from corngot it working." Ryan Church, marketing director for ing out to check out the new runs. Word spread quickly that the tubing Wilmot Mountain, said six runs The opportunity to warm up indoors run would be open Friday for the first were opened Friday and more will was appreciated Friday by those with time this season. Jerry Gilbertson, of be added. When fully operational, younger children. After four trips down Salem, said he had been waiting for the the tubing complex will have 16 the hill, Brian Selders, of Wauconda, Ill., annoucement. runs. brought his 2-year-old daughter, Mad"We've been checking in every day to The lodge at the tubing facility, with eline, in to take a break. find out when they would have enough indoor bathrooms and limited seating, is Selders was joined by his brother snow," said Gilberston, who brought his open, but is not yet complete. Last season, daughter Amber, 24, of Appleton, son tickets were sold from a temporary strucSee TUBING, Page A9 Chandler, 15, and Bradley Johnson, 13, of ture and there were no indoor bathrooms.

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dsmith@kenoshanews.com The union representing teachers in Kenosha Unified School District has filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission seeking to push the district into contract negotiations. Since September, the Kenosha Education Association has been calling on the district to open negotiations following a Dane County judge's decision striking down portions of Act 10 as unconstitutional. Act 10, enacted in 2011, takes away significant bargaining power from public employee unions. The school district has maintained that Judge Juan Colas's decision applies only to Dane County, and that collective bargaining is now illegal under state law. The union disagrees, saying they believe Colas's decision applies to districts across the state. The union is asking the state board to order the district to the bargaining table. In filing a complaint with the commission, the union is taking the first step in a legal challenge. Joe Kiriaki, Kenosha Education Association's executive director, said the commission should schedule a hearing on the issue within 30 days of the Dec. 19 filing date. Should the state agency fail to act, or issue a decision that does not go the union's way, "we could take it to court," Kiriaki said. The KEA has an existing contract Joe that expires June 30. Kiriaki Unified spokeswoman Tanya Ruder said district officials have no plans to change their stance. "We are still following the advice of our attorney, and that is not to enter into negotiations at this time," Ruder said. Ruder said the district's attorney, as well as the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators and the Wisconsin Association of School Tanya Boards, have advised that the Colas Ruder decision applies only to Dane County. "There are penalties that can be applied if you enter into negotiations when we are still under Act 10. As far as we understand, and we have been told by our attorneys, that Judge Colas's decision applies to Dane County and to Dane County only," Ruder said. "The decision does not apply to us."

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DEATHS Alan D. Dibble, 72, of Kenosha, died Friday at Hospice House. Richard E. Bruch, 64, of Kenosha, died Thursday at Wheaton Franciscan All Saints, Racine.

Sofia Calderwood is 19 today. She enjoys playing the piano, reading, traveling, and learning history.

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Five Vilas County employees apply for voluntary buyout County offered limited time buyouts as part of effort to reduce size of county's workforce

they could eliminate in 2013 to save tax dollars, but wanted to have volunteers who would be enticed by the buyout offer volunteer to leave their county jobs before they would lay off any county employees.

By Joe VanDeLaarschot of The Lakeland Times

Five Vilas County employees have applied to take part in the county's voluntary reduction in workforce program. In November the Vilas County Board of Supervisors, after rejecting the idea in October, took a second vote and approved the limited time program which offers county workers a one-time buyout if they agree to leave the county's employment. The county had identified several employee positions (approximately 11)

County human resources director department, veterans service officer Janna Kahl told the county's personnel Scott Jensen, one commission on aging committee Tuesday five people volun- benefit specialist, the deputy treasurer teered to quit working for the county. and a jail sergeant. Those volunteering include one IT A deputy employee in the county zonspecialist in the information technology ing department has been approved by the county treasurer to transfer to that office to fill the deputy treasurer position. The proposal calls for employees who volunteer to leave county employment to receive a lump sum of 10 percent of their annual salary for each year of completed county service. The maximum any employee could receive was capped at $17,500. By Joe VanDeLaarschot information and technology departDue to budget constraints the county's of The Lakeland Times ment. zoning department was ordered by the An unexpected consequence due to That department's director, Chris county board and the finance committee Vilas County's voluntary Reduction in Camps, told the county's public propto reduce all its employees' hours to 30 Workforce (RIF) program is causing an erty committee Friday that information employee shortage in the county's See SHORTAGE. . . page 22 See BUYOUT. . . page 22

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Adult store owner wanted larger sign; changed application after initial approval from the town board variance for height. The town's ordinance allows a height of 10 feet. The town board's variance The Hazelhurst town board has granted Nov. 7 would have allowed denied a request from Mark Syring, the Syring's sign to be 15 feet high. owner of Darling's Gifts in Hazelhurst, At its Dec. 4 meeting, the Hazelhurst to allow a larger sign Plan Commission along U.S. Highway took up another "I'm not going to tell 51 in front of his application from business. Syring, who wanted you how I'd v ote right now The town board to have a sign that but I'm not to o pleased." had on Nov. 7 had a larger, 4-foot approved a sign perby 8-foot message Ted Cushing mit application from board. Hazelhurst town chairman Syring that featured The committee, a 2-foot by 8-foot after some discusmessage board. That approval included a See BOARD. . . page 22 By Brian Jopek of The Lakeland Times

NYDHC banquet to be held Sunday, Dec. 30, at LUHS Ninth annual event is for area youth hunters By Craig Turk of The Lakeland Times

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Raeanna Toma 3 (front, left) lights her candle from "Mother Christmas," Ramona Kubica (front, right) as carolers Jan (back, left) and Joe Crownhart (back, right) provide the music during the Christmas Advent Walk Friday, Dec. 14, at the Presque Isle Community Center.

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The Northwoods Youth Deer Hunting Challenge will hold its ninth annual banquet Sunday, Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m., at Lakeland Union High School. Invitations have been sent out to participating hunters and the program's sponsors. The deadline to register for

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PLUNGE • "It will go to every DAR Boys & Girls Club member that's there during the summer months for a free week of swim lessons along with transportation," said Thull. "We believe really strongly at River Cities that every child learns how to swim." River Cities has worked with the DAR in the past but were only able to accommodate about a dozen club members. This time around they'll provide a bus capable of taking three to four times as many kids back and forth. The 2012 event raised

SHOPPING: and jeans for herself at American Eagle and a shirt at Urban Outfitters. She said she would have bought the clothes if they hadn't been 50 percent off. "I wasn't looking for deals before Christmas," said Pitluck, who also bought boxers for her boyfriend. The shopping rush after Christmas illustrates just how important holiday sales are. Consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, and many retailers can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue during the twomonth holiday shopping period at the end of the year. So far, holiday sales of electronics, clothing, jewelry and home goods in the two months before Christmas increased 0.7 percent compared with last year, according to the MasterCard

BUSH ed to the illness. Earlier Wednesday, McGrath said a fever that kept Bush in the hospital over Christmas had gotten worse and that doctors had put him on a liquids-only diet. "It's an elevated fever, so it's actually gone up in the last day or two," McGrath told The Associated Press. "It's a stubborn fever that won't go away." But he said the cough that initially brought Bush to the hospital has improved. Bush was visited on Christmas by his wife, Barbara, his son, Neil, and Neil's wife, Maria, and a grandson, McGrath said.

actually still has some of those signs in his garage. "She did a good He said he didn't realize Nerat was as sick as she job on the road commission and a was and he thought she might run again in the good job as state future. representative." Nerat's persevering Bill Anderson nature and tenacity in on Judy Nerat addressing issues she felt passionate about seems to tative." have left that type of endurAnderson explained that he used to put up campaign ing impression on many signs for Nerat, and that he who knew her.

$11,000 and the one coming up is on course to top it. "Without having Da Yooper Plunge, we would not be able to keep this pool in operation for the community," said Thull. The plunge itself takes a lot longer to organize than it does to run. The whole thing is over in about 15 minutes but it's guaranteed to be the coldest 15 minutes of the year. While the participants are the focal point, it's also great fun for the spectators. The swimming pier is lined with people to cheer on their favorite team or watch a loved one do something

goofy. The mayors of Menominee and Marinette, Jean Stegeman and Denise Ruleau, respectively, along with Jackie Boudreau, the director of the Marinette Menominee Chamber of Commerce, will serve as judges, a disc jockey will be playing tunes and warming tents and buses will be on hand for the plungers. It's really just a big old beach party ... in the middle of winter in Upper Michigan. Thull said she's pleased with the growing number of corporate sponsors. Teams range from five to 22 members and list is still being

compiled. Prizes will be awarded for best costume, most memorable plunge and the person or team raising the most money. This year a traveling trophy will also be awarded. As an added incentive to participants, the Menominee Downtown Business Association is giving away up to 200 prizes for those brave enough to go into the water and pick up a container containing a gift certificate. Anyone wanting to participate in Da Yooper Plunge can register at the M&M Yacht Club starting at 10:30 a.m. the day of the event.

Advisors SpendingPulse report that was released on Tuesday. SpendingPulse, which tracks spending, said that's the weakest holiday performance since 2008 when sales dropped sharply, although the company did not know by how much. The SpendingPulse data, which captures sales from Oct. 28 through Dec. 24 across all payment methods, is the first major snapshot of holiday retail sales. A clearer picture will emerge next week as retailers like Macy's and Target report monthly sales. In the run-up to Christmas, analysts blamed bad weather for putting a damper on shopping. In late October, Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states, which account for 24 percent of U.S. retail sales. That coupled with the presidential

election, hurt sales during the first half of November. Shopping picked up in the second half of November, but then the threat of the country falling off a "fiscal cliff' gained strength, throwing consumers off track once again. Lawmakers have yet to reach a deal that would prevent tax increases and government spending cuts set to take effect at the beginning of 2013. If the cuts and tax hikes kick in and stay in place for months, the Congressional Budget Office says the nation could fall back into recession. Still, The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, said Wednesday that it's sticking to its forecast for total sales for November and December to be up 4.1 percent to $586.1 billion this year. That's more than a percentage point lower than

the growth in each of the past two years, and the smallest increase since 2009 when sales were up just 0.3 percent. Kathy Grannis, a spokeswoman for the group, noted that the trade group's definition of holiday sales not only includes clothes and electronics, but also food and building supplies. "Stores have a big week ahead, and it's still too early to know how the holiday season fared, at this point," she said.

avoid reaching the governWASHINGTON — When ment's borrowing limit of it comes to the nation's bud- $16.4 trillion by year's end. get challenges, congression- The changes will provide al leaders are fond of saying about two months of addidismissively they don't want tional leeway. to kick the can down the Separately, spending authority for much of the road. But now, a deadline hard government will expire on ahead, even derided half- March 27, 2013. measures are uncertain as After weeks of negotiaPresident Barack Obama tions, the president urged and lawmakers struggle to lawmakers late last week to avert across-the-board tax scale back their ambitions increases and spending for avoiding the fiscal cliff cuts that comprise an econ- and send him legislation omy-threatening fiscal cliff. preventing tax cuts on all Congressional officials but the highest-earning said Wednesday they knew Americans and extending of no significant strides unemployment benefits for toward a compromise over a the long-term jobless. long Christmas weekend, Longer, term, he said he still and no negotiations have supports deficit cuts that were key to the earlier talks. been set. After conferring on a con- "Everybody's got to give a ference call, House little bit in a sensible way," Republican leaders said he said at the White House. they remain ready for talks, The House has no plans urged the Senate to consid- to convene, following last er a House-passed bill that week's rebellion in which extends all existing tax cuts, conservatives torpedoed but gave no hint they intend Speaker John Boehner's to call lawmakers back into legislation to prevent schedsession unless the Senate uled tax increases on most, first passes legislation. while letting them take "The lines of communica- effect on million-dollar wage tion remain open, and we earners. will continue to work with "How we get there, God our colleagues to avert the only knows," the Ohio largest tax hike in American Republican said of efforts to history, and to address the protect the economy — and underlying problem, which taxpayers — from the tax is spending," the leadership increases and spending said in a statement. cuts. A short while later "Now is the time to show Senate Majority Leader leadership, not kick the can Harry Reid, D-Nev. coup- down the road," Senate tered that the House leader- Majority Leader Harry Reid, ship should allow action on D-Nev., said a little over a a Senate-passed bill that week ago after Boehner lets income tax rates rise announced he would shift only on incomes above his own focus from biparti$200,000 for individuals san talks to the approach and $250,000 for couples. that eventually was torpeThe measure could "pass doed by his own rank and tomorrow" if put to a vote, file. he said. It's a phrase that political The Senate is due in ses- leaders use when they want to sion today, although the suggest others want to avoid immediate agenda includes tackling major problems, and legislation setting the rules one that Boehner, House for government surveillance Majority Leader Eric Cantor of of suspected spies and ter- Virginia and even Obama as rorists abroad, including well as Reid have used. Americans, as well as a "We have a spending measure providing $60 bil- problem. We have to lion for victims of address it, And we're not Superstorm Sandy. going to address it by kickObama decided to cut ing the can down the road," short his Hawaii vacation the speaker said at a news for an overnight flight conference late last week expected to get him back to when he was asked about the White House today. setting a vote on a plan that Apart from the cliff, other Democrats arid acceptable. financial challenges loom Cantor recently used the for divided government, same approach in challengwhere political brinkman- ing Obama to agree to savship has become the norm. ings from Medicare and The Treasury disclosed dur- other benefit programs. Find LRCC on Facebook!

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ecember is a month for reflection, even during an ordinary year, but I think 2012 nudges us more than most. The massacre of innocents in Connecticut hits the heart hundreds of miles away, regardless of our ethnicity, politics, education or income bracket. Add the stress of family dynamics during the holidays, and the uncertainty that accompanies the beginning of a new year. Although 2013 is an opportunity to start fresh, not everybody sees it that way.

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■ Inside Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, near Lakewood in Oconto County, is an 1,874-acre grove of oldgrowth hemlock and pine trees known as Cathedral Pines State Natural Area. The virgin timbers tower up to 100 feet, and many decades of dropped needles cushion the Earth's floor. dnr.wi.gov

Winter is not the time to venture into either natural treasure, but these five man-made beauties welcome the pilgrim, the seeker, the thoughtful and the weary-hearted all year. Your own walk of St. Josaphat's, Milwaukee, is the only Catholic basilica in Wisconsin. faith, or lack of it, need not match the denominations that make these tranquil spaces possible. Goodwill and mutual respect are what matter most.

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■ Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 5250 Justin Road, La Crosse: Open since 2008 on 70 acres is a Catholic shrine with a paved walking trail that heads uphill to a chapel and church that overlook coulee country hills and valleys. Inside the limestone Votive Candle Chapel, at least 550 cobalt blue candleholders are arranged as an indoor pyramid, surrounded by stained glass windows. At the hilltop is the much-larger Shrine Church, open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Mass is conducted at least once daily. Tours begin at 2:30 p.m. Sundays and 1:30 p.m. on other days. Also on the grounds is Culina Mariana (Mary's Kitchen), a cafe open daily for breakfast and lunch. The menu includes from-scratch soups, flatbread pizzas and bakery/breads made on the premises. guadalupeshrine.org , 877-799-4059

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■ St. Anthony Spirituality Center, 300 E. Fourth St., Marathon: Along the Rib River, west of Wausau, is a 45-acre wooded area that in 1919 became home to Capuchin Franciscan friars and men studying to become priests. Now the property is an ecumenical retreat center with quiet paths to roam and simple accommodations in a big and beautiful, red brick building that provides overnight retreats, private or guided (and emphasizing Christian principles). Silent retreat weekends are Jan. 18-20 and Jan. 25-27. The annual New Year's Eve retreat begins at 7 p.m. Dec. 31 and ends at 2 p.m. the next day. Prayer shawl knitting or crocheting accompany the "From Contemplation to Consolation" retreat on Feb. 15-16.

■ Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, 4047 Chapel Drive, New Franken: This rural Brown County church officially became a point of global pilgrimage two years ago, after the Vatican agreed it was the site of Virgin Mary apparitions. It is the first U.S. location to gain this level of distinction. A Belgian immigrant reported the sightings three times in 1859. Twelve years later, a fire destroyed the surrounding area, but not the chapel, its school or convent. The shrine's location is rural and unremarkable, between two farms in the town of Champion, but a collection of canes and crutches that are kept behind glass in the shrine's crypt suggest miracle healings. Walk the grounds, light a prayer candle or linger in the chapel from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The site is open every day and Mass happens at least once daily.

In rural Brown County, the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help is a place of global pilgrimage.

Sacred sites The 2001 book "Sacred Sites of Wisconsin" ($11.95, Trails Books) by John-Brian Paprock and Teresa Peneguy Paprock does a terrific job of describing about 350 Christian and other sites — chapels to effigy mounds — that touch the spirit.

basilica is a magnificent Polish cathedral built in 1901 in a Renaissance style whose opulence includes stained glass windows from Austria and several murals, including one above and behind the altar. The church dome, big-

ger than the Taj Mahal, is among of the world's largest that is made of copper. Some of the other building materials — including six granite columns, wooden doors and bronze railings — were salvaged from the dismantled Chicago

Custom House and a U.S. Post Office. The basilica is open to visitors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, and guided tours happen after the 10 a.m. Mass on Sundays. thebasilica.org , 414645-5623

■ Sinsinawa Mound, 585 Highway Z, Sinsinawa: Southeast of Platteville, off Highway 11, are 450 acres of orchards to vineyards that are operated by Dominican women who encourage self-evaluation through spiritual reflection and study. Walk the indoor and outdoor labyrinths, then browse the gift shop, where the "Mound Bread" and cinnamon rolls — baked on the premises — are about as heavenly as you can get. Visitors can pay to spend the day, which includes food and a room for solitude, or arrange for a longer stay, with or without spiritual counseling. Guided retreat topics include "Kitchen Table Spirituality," Feb. 8-10. sinsinawa.org , 608-7484411

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As pilots ratify their new contract, American Airlines is flying normally again.

Developments for travelers It's been a busy time in travel, with several developments that definitely will affect your travel life.

Pilots back on the job First, the pilots of American Airlines have ratified their new contract with the famous carrier, and have therefore ceased the work stoppages and sick-call-ins that delayed or forced the cancellation of so many AA flights. This means you can now book American with confidence, and without fearing that your flight will be delayed or canceled. American, it appears, is now operating with the same reliability (such as it is) as all the other big passenger airlines.

DIY luggage tags The next big thing in passenger air transportation? It's the possibility that you will be asked to affix luggage tags to your suitcases instead of bringing them to an attendant to do the task. Apparently, Alaska Airlines out of Seattle; Delta in Atlanta and Las Vegas; American in Austin, Texas, and Orlando, Fla.; and several other cities have installed kiosks at which passengers obtain their own l tags and can then affix them Budget Traveler to their baggage. Arthur Frommer (You still have to bring that luggage to a drop-off station, where your ID will be checked by a live attendant.) All this follows the widespread adoption of kiosks where passengers obtain their own boarding passes, and thus the day is hastened when the entire check-in procedure will be virtually free of airline staff. And who knows? Eventually we may be asked to bring that baggage to the airplane itself and place it in a freight compartment, just as people do (depositing them on a nearby cart) when they fly on smaller planes.

Lodging for Josephs and Marys Is your name Joseph? Is your name Mary? If that's the case, and you also are married, you can obtain a free Christmas-season room for one night at Trayelodge hotels in Britain. The low-cost hotel chain has thought up this publicity device for the current holiday period, and will extend the offer to Josephs and Marys who are married to each other and are above the age of 18. The reason for the offer? It's to assuage the guilt of the hotel industry, says the hotel chain, for failing to find a room at the inn for the famous couple. Only citizens of the U.K. may take advantage of the gimmick, and they must also agree to participate in publicity interviews after enjoying their free hotel room.

Crooks crack door locks Crooks apparently have discovered a way of opening the doors of hotel rooms that normally respond to a plastic card in place of a metal key. After a computer expert had publicly revealed the ease with which such locked doors could be opened, a young man actually went on a burglary spree, but then was caught when he sought to pawn a laptop that he had lifted from one such room. Within the hotel industry, worried executives are now talking about the costly necessity of replacing the locks (the ones opened by inserting a plastic card) for hundreds of thousands of hotel rooms across the country. To the rest of us, it's a reminder that we should be extra careful not to leave valuables in our hotel rooms when we are not in residence.

Egypt not yet safe A side note: The current violence on the streets of Cairo seems to confirm the view expressed in this column several weeks ago that Egypt is not yet safe to visit. I came to that conclusion only reluctantly and despite the comments from several readers that this land of the pyramids and Sphinx is acceptably secure. It clearly isn't yet. Arthur Frommer is the pioneering

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WAUPACA — Farmington's planning commission and town board approved a proposal for a new subdivision at a joint meeting Monday, Dec. 17. Eric Jacobson is the new owner of land adjacent to the site where Farmington will build its new town hall on State Highway 54 and County Road Q He is working with Martenson and Eisele Inc., an engineering and planning firm, to develop Majestic Pines, Plans call for the new subdivision to have 11 homes on a 40-acre parcel with a man-made pond. Gary Zehringer, with Martenson and Eisele, said

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the project is at its conceptual stage and plans may change as developers seek permits from the county zoning administration and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Zehringer estimated construction could begin in late spring.

Cable fees In other business, the board delayed a vote on increasing its video service provider fee. Currently, Charter Communications pays the town of Farmington a 3 percent video service provider fee. Under state law, the town is authorized to collect a 5 Farmington CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

Raina Wilson performs "The Christmas Tree Tango" with her third-grade classmates Dec. 11 during the Waupaca Learning Center's annual Christmas concert. Christmas music lovers had plenty of choices this holiday season when it came to concerts and programs at local schools. Greg Seubert Photo

Creating gifts at Grandparent's Workshop BY ANGIE LANDSVERK STAFF WRITER

WEYAUWEGA — At Christ Lutheran School, a highlight of the Christmas season is Grandparent's Workshop Day. On that day, grandparents spend the school day with their grandchildren, making Christmas crafts, which may be given as gifts. "For more than 20 years, we've been doing this," said Grace Dobberstein, a teacher at the school in West Bloomfield. Earlier this month, the tradition continued. "I remember being so excited about the day corning, because I got to spend the day with my grandparents," said Aimee Lund, who attended Christ Lutheran School and now has two children attending the school. This year, she watched as her parents, Stan and Pattie Boelter, and her mother-inlaw, Diane Lund, worked with her two children, 7year-old Davianna and 4year-old Darrian. "It brings back so many memories," Lund said. Her father and grandfather also went to Christ Lutheran School, and Lund's father remembers when his own father spent the day at Grandparent's Workshop Day. "This is our third year

Pat Enright manages Waupaca County's Aging and Disability Resource Center. He will retire at the end of the year. Robert Cloud Photo

Public service career ends on positive note BY ROBERT CLOUD nursing home. EDITOR

Enright said most seniors WAUPACA — As man- prefer to stay at home rather ager of Waupaca County's than be relocated into an inAging and Disability Re- stitutional setting. source Center, Pat Enright The challenge, however, has worked for more than a is that elderly people need decade to eliminate a wait- more attention and care ing list. than is normally available The list, which had outside of a nursing facility. reached 140 names in July Waupaca County's Family 2010, was for seniors wait- Care offers an array of sering to become part of Wau- vices that range from health paca County's Community care management to weekly Options Program. visitors who help with meals, Waupaca County laundry and transportation. Family Care provides launched the program in medical equipment, home 1986. It is now called Family health services, adaptive Care, and about 500 Wau- equipment for homes and paca County residents ben- vehicles, physical therapy and counseling. efit from the program. "It was a pilot program Family Care allows elderly residents to remain in their funded by the state dollars own homes and communiFamily Care ties rather than going into a CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

Above, Karen and Melvin Tesch watch their grandaughter, Alyson Baehnman, tie a ribbon around a soup jar during Grandparent's Workshop Day, at Christ Lutheran School. On right, Ron and Bonnie Wendt work with their granddaughter, Lilly Wendt, to make a soup jar. Angie Landsverk Photos

doing it," said Stan Boelter, who took the day off from work to be with his grandchildren. His wife was once the school's secretary, and she enjoyed watching all the families. "It's just a really nice day to gather with families," she said. "It's a tradition." Chantel Mundschau was among the parents who organized the day.

"I did it when I was a little kid. My oldest is in high school. I've been involved since he was younger," she said. Mundschau searched for craft projects which would be easy for the students to mimic. At this year's Grandparent's Workshop Day, the projects included cookies, a Workshop CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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believe you practice how you perform, and the girls showed how hard they have been practicing. "I think the girls wanted to make a statement and set the bar for the year, and they definitely did just that. I think big things will be seen from the Cardinals this year." • On deck: Middleton is off until Dec. 18, when it travels to Madison West at 6 p.m.

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Candidates eye seats on council Nomination papers were taken out this week by Bob Mudler, 520 Oak Park Ave., for the 1st District seat on the Watertown Common Council. Current 1st District Alderwoman Diana Johnson is serving her third consecutive term and is not eligible for re-election. In other election news, Charles Damaske, 300 S. Washington St., turned in his nomination papers to run for the 7th District council seat. Current 7th District (Continued on back, col. 1)

School board hopefuls file Three candidates have filed paperwork to run for election to the Watertown Unified School District Board of Education. Incumbents Kate Lapin and Ron Buchanan and newcomer Harriet Schwoch, 203 Oak Hill Court, have filed declarations of candidacy at the district's central office, the Educational Service Center, 111 Dodge St. Lapin is currently serving her third term on the board, and Buchanan is serving his sixth. Candidates have until 5 p.m. Jan. 2, 2013, to file a declaration of candidacy at the ESC.

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Paying it forward Students in the Watertown High School business marketing management class volunteered their time Wednesday afternoon at the Gifts for Watertown Kids distribution center as part of a "pay it forward" ethics unit. Seniors Kaylee Uttech (left) and Megan Schroeder (right) organize and take inventory of toys with their teacher Rhonda Nachtigall. Approximately 250 families have been pre-qualified and assigned a time Friday to choose donated gifts on tables categorized from birth to fifth grade.

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Man injured today in crash on Switzke Road A man was taken via Flight For Life to Fort Memorial Hospital following a northbound, one-vehicle crash on Switzke Road near Marsh Road at approximately 7:30 a.m. today. First responders said the male was found on the west side of the road outside of the car, which had left the roadway and fallen into a steep ditch on the east side of Switzke Road. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, Johnson Creek Fire Department and the

Wisconsin State Patrol responded to the accident. Responders were unsure if the man was ejected from the vehicle during the crash or had left under his own power. Responders were also searching the area to see if any other people were in the vehicle at the time of the crash. The man's condition and identity were not available as of press time. According to the sheriff's department, the man's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Department sergeant and supervisor of the Jefferson County Drug Task Force has been charged with one felony count of theft and one felony count of misconduct in public office. According to the criminal complaint issued by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B . Van Hollen, Timothy Madson served as the supervisor of the Jefferson County Drug Task Force from 2003 until late 2011 and during that time filled out multiple expense reports claiming hundreds of case-related expenses during the course of his employment. As a result of these expense claims, Madson received more than $20,000 in reimbursement from task force funds. Madson's expense claims were in excess of any claims made by the case officers on the task force. On his expense forms, Madson attributed those expenses to case-related work, but based upon statements from other officers on the task force, Madson was the supervisor and wouldn't have performed work

on cases that required reimbursement. "Madson was in charge of disbursing funds from the task force accounts to the investigators and also was responsible for approving expense claims, and was in a position to fraudulently claim expenses himself and receive those funds in excess of his lawful authority," a statement from Van Hollen's office read. The theft count is a class G felony, punishable by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both. The misconduct in public office charge is a Class I felony, punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than three years and six months, or both. Assistant Attorney General David W. Maas is representing the state. The investigation was conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice — Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) at the request of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. An initial appearance has been scheduled for Jan. 7, 2013, at 1:15 p.m. in Jefferson County Circuit Court.

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MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that the cost of eliminating same-day voter registration convinced him to

oppose repealing the law, even though he previously said he would sign a Walker bill to do that. After Walker spoke about his dislike of sameday registration during a speech last month in California, and again during a

The Calumet County Aging and Disability Resource Center is looking for volunteer drivers for the county's home-delivered meal program. The meals are picked up at Appleton Medical Center and distributed to home-bound residents. Volunteers receive mileage reimbursement at the federal rate. Anyone interested in volunteering is asked to call volunteer coordinator Kathy Groeschel at 920989-2700, ext. 219. Packers Heritage Trail structure OK'd GREEN BAY — A gateway-style structure in downtown Green Bay that will be part of the Packers Heritage Trail was approved by the Redevelopment Authority. The structure will be on the southwest corner of the Cherry Street parking lot. It will be 56 feet wide, flanked by lighted glass and brick walls, with two 27-foot goal postlike stanchions in the middle. The glass in the walls will be etched with photographs from the Lombardi era on one side and the Lambeau era on the other. Scott King of the Packers Heritage Trail Foundation said the group would like to begin work in April and have the structure completed by Green Bay Packers training camp in late July. The trail consists of 22 plaques that tell the history of the Packers. New Sheboygan taxi ordinance will stand SHEBOYGAN — City officials won't revisit an ordinance taking effect Jan. 1 that requires Sheboygan taxis to be equipped with meters, despite objections from cab operators. Chris Balassi, owner of Greco Cab, said he now regrets having lobbied for the ordinance because he says the city never told cab operators of the $150 or so in annual state fees that drivers would be charged to have their meters licensed and inspected by the state. Drivers must pay another $300 or so to purchase a meter. The Common Council passed the ordinance in November to help ensure passengers are charged fair and consistent rates. The ordinance requires that cab companies give 10 days' notice before changing their rates, install rooftop lights on their cabs and have lettering on their cabs that distinguish them from other cab companies. Oshkosh takes over July 4 fireworks OSHKOSH — The Oshkosh Common Council voted Tuesday to take over responsibility for the Independence Day fireworks. The city agreed to take on $12,500 in costs related to co-sponsoring the fireworks display with Festival Foods, though aldermen said they intend to seek other sponsors to help cover the cost. Aldermen authorized three hours of police overtime during the fireworks show and also approved a special event permit for Sawdust Days to operate from July 3-7. In exchange, Sawdust Days agreed to pay for extraordinary services.

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subsequent interview in Madison, a pair of Republican lawmakers said last week they were working on a bill to do away with the 36-year-old law. But on Wednesday, Walker said he wouldn't sign the bill in light of an estimate by state elections officials who found that it would cost $5.2 million initially, and about $1 million a year after that.

"There is no way I'm signing a bill that costs that much money," Walker said. Republican Rep. Joel Kleefisch, who emailed lawmakers last week saying he wanted to introduce a bill that would eliminate the law, said Wednesday he was still interested in eliminating same-day registration. "We're going to con-

tinue to look at the potential to eliminate same-day voter registration while balancing its fiscal impact on the state," he said. "There's no soup. I'm just gathering ingredients. The bill's not written, the bill's not proposed." Kleefisch, whose wife is Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, insisted he was foSee VOTING, Page A5

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Charlie Knuth and his mother, Trisha, greet Vern Newhouse/Santa Claus at their door as the Harrison and Buchanan Fire Departments help Santa deliver gifts to Charlie in Harrison on Wednesday. Newhouse said money was raised to provide gifts for the boy, who suffers from a rare skin disease. See a video of the visit at postcrescent.com . RON PAGE/THE POST-CRESCENT

Kitchen funding request for governor's mansion withdrawn Outdated area will need to get private support By Dee J. Hall Wisconsin State Journal

Members of the Green Bay Fire Department work the scene at a fire call at Lambeau Field on Wednesday. The fire started from sparks as construction workers cut a beam. EVAN SIEGLE/GANNETT WISCONSIN MEDIA

Fire at Lambeau Field causes minor damage corner, said Lt. Nick struction. Craig, a Green Bay Metro Water eventually was Fire Department spokes- pumped up to the fourth man. floor using a ladder truck The fire was some dis- that firefighters parked tance from the Green next to the building. The By Maria Amante Bay Packers team of- fire was under control as and Doug Schneider fices, Curly's Pub and of 2:45 p.m. Some fireGannett Wisconsin Media other areas of the stadi- fighters remained on the um where people congre- scene as of 4:15 p.m. GREEN BAY — A small gate on weekdays. Workers on the fourth section of the Lambeau Firefighters were floor had been cutting a Field structure burned quickly on the scene, but piece of metal from the for about 45 minutes officials made the deci- new part of the stadium Wednesday afternoon af- sion to wait until water to the existing building ter sparks from a work- was available to open the when sparks spread to er's torch set some insu- area that was on fire. some nearby insulation, lation on fire. Craig described that as Craig said. One firefighter sus- "a command decision" The fire did not affect tained a minor injury. made to minimize the Packers business operaDamage was estimated risk that immediately tions inside the stadium, opening the area might nor did it influence activat $5,000. Several construction allow the flames to ities at the Packers Pro workers were in the area spread. The building's in- Shop or Curly's Pub, when the fire broke out at terior has a sprinkler sys- spokesman Aaron Pop1:49 p.m. in a fourth-floor tem, but there were no key said. He said damage construction area near available sprinklers near the stadium's southeast the fire scene during con- See FIRE, Page A5

Fourth-floor area was under construction

MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Administration has decided to seek private funding first before asking taxpayers to kick in for a proposed $478,700 remodeling of kitchens at the governor's mansion. The State Building Commission was set to consider the original proposal Wednesday, which called for at least partial taxpayer funding for the project, but DOA spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said that item was removed from the agenda. The project includes renovating both the firstfloor kitchen and the second-floor private quarters kitchenette at the mansion in Maple Bluff. Marquis said the Wisconsin Executive Residence Foundation (WERF) will first raise as much money as it can toward the project. The DOA said the improvements are needed because the main-floor kitchen has not been renovated since 1986 and is used to prepare food for more than 15,000 people a year. Marquis noted that the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board approved the concept last December. The director of the Wisconsin Historical Society wrote a letter backing the renovation. Ellsworth Brown said the

kitchen "has several major problems that need to be addressed, including numerous equipment malfunctions, leaks and visible aging and wearing of fixtures and finishes." Among the changes being proposed are upgrading the surface of the walls from wallpaper to more sanitary Mylar or stainless steel; fixing leaks near the stove's exhaust hood; upgrading the electrical system; installing an air intake and exchange; and replacing the dishwasher, sink, disposal and freezer. "We will bring this issue before the commission again in the future if state funds are needed but will provide WERF the opportunity to raise funds before turning to taxpayer dollars," DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said. Marquis noted that Gov. Scott Walker and his family maintain their primary home in Wauwatosa and use the Executive Residence mainly for receptions, public tours, meetings, and dinners and to entertain dignitaries. The home was built in 1928 and purchased by the state in 1949. Walker said his wife, Tonette, had always preferred raising private funds for the kitchen, but there was some confusion when it went to the Executive Residence board. "You've got a kitchen where any significant work was last done when I was in high school," Walker said Wednesday. "This is a busted up old commercial kitchen that needs to be fixed."

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t's got to be hard to criticize a nun. Wagging your finger at a person who's vowed to be chaste and indigent and live a life of service to God and the disenfranchised seems beyond presumptuous. It seems, well, sacrilegious. And I doubt it gets much easier just because you happen to be a boss of sorts to the nun — and especially not if your reprimand goes public. Anyone who — as a headline in this newspaper on Tuesday put it — "cracks down on two nuns" isn't going to garner a lot of charitable Christian sentiment. Even if maybe the nuns had it coming. I don't have any particular pro-Catholic ax to grind in defending Madison Bishop Robert Morlino's decision to bar two nuns from providing spiritual services in the diocese's churches after the nuns allegedly strayed too far from Catholic teaching. In fact, my own faith is about as un-Catholic as a Christian denomination can get. It also appears whatever insult the nuns might have caused, they haven't done any practical damage to anyone. And then there's Morlino's well- documented conservatism, the occasional interdiocese spats, and what that says about the direction of the broader church and Morlino's fitness to serve a diocese as liberal as Madison's. But we're not talking about differences in denominations or church politics. We're talking about keeping the faith. In upbraiding the nuns for their work at an interfaith spirituality center, allegedly dabbling in "New Ageism" and "indifferentism," and maybe being a little too enamored of other religions, the bishop clearly has a pretty specific approach to how the Catholic faith is best kept. Call it the you've-got to- stand- for- somethingor-you'll-fall -for -anything approach. Or maybe the believing-in everything-is the- same - as-believing-innothing method. Moreover, it's not enough to say that a different bishop might have taken a more liberal view of what it means to keep the faith and left the nuns alone. Yes, applying religious doctrine is notoriously subjective, but what's not subjective is the Catholic church's strict hierarchy. Even if Morlino isn't well liked or very effective, he's still the boss. And nuns vow to be obedient, too. Research by University of New Hampshire sociology professor Michele Dillon, who's studied the relation of Catholics to the church, suggests time is not on the side of the church's conservatives. "It is also unlikely as more Catholics today seek a more expansive spirituality, that despite interventions like Bishop Morlino's, the bishops will be able to control the varied, on-the-ground spiritual quests and practices of Catholics." For now, though, official Catholicism is a regressive and controlling throwback in a modern world. That some Catholics forget this, or choose to ignore it, or decide to remain in the church despite it says less about Morlino and the church than it does about some Catholics. As harsh as chastising the nuns might seem, it's an understandable outcome for such an uncompromising faith. Contact Chris Rickert at 608-2526198 or crickert@madison.com , as well as on Facebook and Twitter (©ChrisRickertWS.1). His column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

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Medicaid expansion in limbo But the health services secretary says it will be too costly for the state. By DAVID WAHLBERG

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State officials won't say whether they will expand Medicaid through federal health insurance reform until Gov. Scott Walker releases his budget, likely in February, health services secretary Dennis Smith said Wednesday. But Smith, who testifies today before Congress about the Medicaid expansion and other parts of the federal law, said an expansion would be costly. The federal government would initially pay the entire bill for about 22,000 people expected to

sign up for BadgerCare Plus, he said. But the state would have to pay about 40 percent of the cost for 113,000 or so new enrollees, he said. "The math just is not going to work out;' Smith said. Smith said he didn't have a cost estimate for the Medicaid expansion, made optional by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that upheld other parts of the health law. Jon Peacock, research director for the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, said the Medicaid expansion is still "a great deal" for the state. "The feds are going to pay the lion's share of the cost of a major improvement to the state's health care system," Peacock said. "We'll get federal reimbursement for costs that are now simply shifted

to other health care consumers through hospitals' uncompensated care." Smith said the Department of Health Services requested an 8.9 percent budget increase for next year, largely because of increasing Medicaid expenses. Adding more people — most of them childless adults — would make it harder to balance the budget, he said. In his testimony before a U.S. House health committee today, Smith is expected to share what happened with Wisconsin's BadgerCare program after the state implemented some premiums in July. The premiums, from 3 percent to 9.5 percent of income, apply to people who make more than 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or $25,390 for a family of three. Under the reform law,

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Achievement gap under scrutiny City, county and school district leaders discuss ways to help students. By JEFF GLAZE

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Closing the achievement gap in the Madison School District will require a strong core curriculum in school and more support from outside of school, leaders of the district, city and county said Wednesday. Madison School District Superintendent Jane Belmore, Mayor Paul Soglin and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi met Wednesday before the city's Education Committee to discuss collaborative ways to help struggling students. The three were in agreement about needs to improve student attendance, foster parent involvement and increase access to after-school programs. Other issues, such as increasing the amount of summer programming, received less attention.

Soglin reiterated many points he detailed earlier Wednesday on his "Waxing America" blog. Those included expanding access to nutritious food outside of school, supporting transportation for students and parents, and increasing the amount of time children spend in learning environments. He said the city, county and district should not limit their search for solutions. "I would suggest that we not worry about funding. In other words: Design the best programs possible. Then we'll worry about funding them;' Soglin said. Soglin said he's looking at suc cessful programs in cities such as Boston and Chicago. Belmore echoed Soglin's efforts. "We're investigating what other cities have done in this area. We're looking at access for everyone;' she said. Belmore added her focus has been to push literacy to keep students at their grade level. "This year it's really been my focus to make sure that everyone has access to a viable and guar-

anteed curriculum in the area of literacy;' she said. "I firmly believe that that's where we need to have all of our students able to read, listen, speak and comprehend at grade level!' Parisi said he felt the county's role was to provide support for families with children in the district, similar to early childhood programs being offered at Leopold Elementary School. Urban League President Kaleem Caire attended and offered comments to the committee. He said he agreed with many of the points, but thought the reforms offered by the group fell short for struggling students. "Those things alone will not move the needle educationally for the children we serve;' Caire said. "We have got to fundamentally look at how we educate our children and also be willing to change it." Caire urged the committee to include minorities groups in the process and some of the district's top teachers in their discussions.

Alleged Montee Ball attackers reach deals All three men charged with taking part in an attack on University of Wisconsin running back Montee Ball have come to agreements with prosecutors that will be presented in court Monday. On Wednesday, co-defendants Robert Wilks, 22, and Deonte Wilson, 21, were scheduled for plea hearings Monday before Dane County Circuit Judge Rebecca St. John. Last week, the lawyer for Wendell Venerable, 21, said his client reached a deal with prosecutors

that also would be presented in court Monday. The three UW-Madison students are charged with substantial battery for the alleged Aug. 1 attack on Ball in the 500 block of University Avenue as he walked home after bar time with two friends. Ball sustained a concussion and missed the first week of practice for the 2012 football season. Details of the agreements were not available. Assistant District Attorney Michael Finley was out of

the office Wednesday and his boss, District Attorney Ismael Ozanne, said he wasn't aware of the details. Wilks' lawyer, Michael Steinle , and Wilson's lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Daryl Jensen, did not immediately return calls late Wednesday afternoon. After Venerable was scheduled for a plea hearing, Wilks and Wilson remained scheduled for jury selection on Monday. That trial has been removed from the court calendar. — Ed Treleven

many of them are expected to face similar premiums in insurance exchanges, private insurance marketplaces in each state. About 77 percent of BadgerCare enrollees required to pay premiums are paying them, Smith said. But for those making between 200 percent and 300 percent of the poverty level, who face an average monthly premium of $207, more than half dropped out of the program. For people who make even more, who face an average premium of $500, two-thirds stopped coverage, he said. Many such people will qualify for federal subsidies in buying insurance through exchanges, but Wisconsin's experience suggests some might instead forgo coverage and pay the smaller penalties for doing that, Smith said.

State backs off public funding for kitchens The DOA will seek private funds for the $478,700 remodel at the governor's mansion. By DEE J. HALL

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The Wisconsin Department of Administration decided to seek private funding first before asking taxpayers to kick in for a proposed $478,700 remodel of kitchens at the governor's mansion. The State Building Commission was set to consider the proposal Wednesday, which called for at least partial taxpayer funding for the project, but DOA spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said that item was removed from the agenda. The project includes renovating both the first-floor kitchen and the second-floor private quarters kitchenette at the mansion in Maple Bluff. Marquis said the Wisconsin Executive Residence Foundation (WERF) will first raise as much money as it can toward the proj ect. The DOA said the improvements are needed because the main-floor kitchen has not been renovated since 1986 and is used to prepare food for more than 15,000 people a year. Marquis noted the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board approved the concept last December. The director of the Wisconsin Historical Society wrote a letter backing the renovation. Ellsworth Brown said the kitchen "has several major problems that need to be addressed, including numerous equipment malfunctions, leaks and visible aging and wearing of fixtures and finishes." Among the changes proposed are upgrading the surface of the walls from wallpaper to more sanitary Mylar or stainless steel; fixing leaks near the stove's exhaust hood; upgrading the electrical system; installing an air intake and exchange; and replacing the dishwasher, sink, disposal and freezer. "We will bring this issue before the commission again in the future if state funds are needed but will provide WERF the opportunity to raise funds before turning to taxpayer dollars;' DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said. Marquis noted Gov. Scott Walker and his family maintain their primary home in Wauwatosa and use the Executive Residence mainly for receptions, public tours, meetings, dinners and entertaining dignitaries. The home was built in 1928 and purchased by the state in 1949. Walker said his wife, Tonette, always preferred raising private funds for the kitchen, but there was some confusion when it went to the Executive Residence Board. "You've got a kitchen where any significant work was last done when I was in high school;' Walker said Wednesday. "This is a busted up old commercial kitchen that needs to be fixed!"

— State Journal reporter Mary Spicuzza contributed to this report.

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County proposes Family Care growth Program for older, disabled residents would expand into 5 more counties By STEVE SCHULTZE sschultze@journalsentinel.com

Milwaukee County is poised to expand its role operating state Family Care services for older residents and those with disabilities into five additional counties. The expansion plan, which has won initial state approval, would put Milwaukee County's program into competition with a private firm already serving clients in Waukesha, Washington, Walworth, Ozaukee and Sheboygan counties. The proposed 2013 growth follows the Milwaukee County Family Care program's entry into Kenosha and Racine counties this year. Growing to a regional provider of care services will help ensure the Milwaukee County program survives and thrives in a more competitive environment, said Maria Ledger, director of the Milwaukee County program. "We want to make sure we are sustainable and have a large enough footprint," Ledger said. A larger service area means continued growth and would allow Milwaukee County to spread its administrative costs over more clients, said

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Shooting revives debate over gun control issues Lawmakers likely to discuss weapons rights, school safety By DON WALKER dwalker@journalsentinel.com

The collective grief the nation feels in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders in Connecticut is raising the question whether the tragedy will jump-start a debate on the issues of guns. During the presidential campaign, the issue of the Second Amendment and pro-

posed gun-control measures barely registered a ripple. That also was the case in the statewide U.S. Senate race between former Gov. Tommy Thompson and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). The reason may be that the country itself is divided about guns. A CNN/ORC poll taken after the shootings at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek and in Aurora, Colo., indicated that 50 % of those surveyed favored no restrictions or only minor restrictions on owning guns and 48% supported major restrictions or a complete

ban on gun ownership by individuals except police and other authorized personnel. While much is unknown about Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who committed the murders in Newtown, Conn., and his mental state, that has not stopped proponents and opponents of gun-control laws Please see SHOOTING,14A

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Fungus outlives the bats, study says Disease in insect-eaters is bad news for agriculture By MARK JOHNSON markjohnson@journalsentinel.com

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Father Christmas, played by Lee Lovas of East Troy, poses with 2-month-old Riley Gabrysiak of Waukesha on Sunday at the Breakfast with Father Christmas at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle. Lovas wore a true-to-period 1875 costume.

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The deadly fungus decimating bat populations across a growing swath of North America appears to be a more hardy foe than previously thought, able to live in the soil of caves long after all of the bats have died, according to a new study by Wisconsin researchers. The disease caused by the fungus, white-nose syndrome, has killed an estimated 5.5 million bats in the eastern United States since it was identified in the winter of 2006-'07. While the disease does not appear able to spread to humans, it has strong implications for agriculture. Bats are prolific consumers of insects that damage crops. A single little brown bat can consume 1,000 insects in a single night. A 2011 study found that the bat die-offs due to white-nose syndrome could cost American agriculture anywhere from $3.7 billion to $53 billion a year. The U.S. Geological Survey has estimated that bats provide an annual benefit to Wisconsin agriculture of between $658 million and $1.5 billion. White-nose syndrome causes hibernating bats to wake up much more frequently than they should, causing them to burn through fat reserves and eventually starve to death. The new research, published last week in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, deals a blow to the theory that after the disease has killed off its hosts, bats might be able to recolonize the same caves and rebuild their populations. "This is going to be a lot harder a Please see BATS,14A

Pius XI Madrigal Ensemble members sing for Kristin Chmiel (right) and Jovan Long of Milwaukee and their new baby boy, Jovari Long, during a performance Sunday for families at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Joseph.

For tiny lives, an edifying song Pius ensemble serenades infants, families in NICU By ANNYSA JOHNSON anjohnson@journalsentinel.com

Three-day-old Jovari Long lay swaddled in his mother's arms. His father sat on the foot of her bed, staring intently at his son. From behind him, a blend of voices filled the room in hushed and reverent harmonies. "It was beautiful," said Jovan Long, whose family was treated to a brief concert Sunday by the Pius XI Madrigal Ensemble in the neonatal intensive care unit at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Joseph in Milwaukee.

"I was looking at him the whole time," he said, "but it felt like angels were singing." The Madrigal singers made the rounds Sunday, an annual tradition that grew out of choral director Bonnie Scholz's experience with her own son's difficult birth 13 years ago. The costumed high school ensemble has sung in the St. Joe's NICU each Christmas since, in an effort to lift the spirits of frightened and hopeful families during the holidays. "It's a great experience for the parents, but also for the students," said pediatrician Steve Ragatz, a Please see PIUS, ]2A

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pressed a measure of optimism given Means' statement. "There is an education process going on here," he said Friday. "The state did not understand the depth of the problem. That the impact of this problem in Milwaukee is huge. And we will continue to educate. It's my hope they will understand the seriousness of this problem. That (the state) will utilize the funds that were intended to deal with the foreclosure problem and use them to help us and other communities." When attorneys general from several states, as well as banking regulators and federal agencies, reached a settlement with five large banks and mortgage servicers accused of mortgage abuses, Wisconsin received a $140 million share. That gave Milwaukee and other large cities in the state some hope the money would be used to ease the foreclosure crisis. But with an expected budget shortfall, Republican lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker decided against dedicating all the money to assisting troubled homeowners. In February, Van Hollen and Walker announced that $25.6 million of the money would instead be dropped into the state's general fund. That angered city officials, who said the decision will force them to spend millions of dollars over the years to demolish blighted homes. Ald. Michael Murphy called the decision not to steer the money to homeowners and cities dealing with the foreclosure crisis "morally unfair." Means said he believed most banks involved in the national mortgage settlement had programs to help local government and nonprofits with issues such as blighted homes. "We have been in contact with the banks about opportunities that may exist for Milwaukee," Means said.

Milwaukee seeks more cash from state By DON WALKER

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Carla Fitzgerald, a driver for Milwaukee Coach and Carriage, and her horse Nick wait for service in the drive-through lane at the McDonald's restaurant on S. 1st St. during a break from work providing carriage rides downtown.

Dementia care addressed Task force report offers steps to improve services By KAREN HERZOG

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A local task force released a road map to better outcomes for people with dementia on Thursday — a call to action inspired by the heartbreaking story of a Milwaukee man with Alzheimer's disease who developed difficult behaviors in a long-term care facility, contracted pneumonia while locked up in emergency detention and bounced between three hospitals in a legal maze before dying in March 2010. "We All Hold the Keys" — a 90-page report by the Alzheimer's Challenging Behaviors Task Force — represents the work of hundreds of people who care for and about people whose lives are affected by challenging behaviors associated with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, said Tom Hlavacek, executive director of the Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern Wisconsin. The task force was launched after the death of Alzheimer's patient Richard "Stretch" Petersen after he bounced between hospitals and ended up tied to a wheelchair in a psychiatric ward before contracting pneumonia. "Nobody wants our dad," one of his daughters said at the time. The new report cites best practices for training law enforcement and first responders, direct care staff, residential care administrators, health care practitioners and others to treat those with dementia-related behaviors, such as physical aggression and wandering, and to guide their protective

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The death of Richard Petersen (left), who was bounced between area hospitals, led to the formation of a task force to look at what can be done to improve care for patients with dementia.

placement. Approximately 110,000 people in Wisconsin are living with Alzheimer's, including about 16,800 in Milwaukee County and about 8,700 in Waukesha County. Aging baby boomers will dramatically increase those numbers and the need for communities to manage those with dementia-related behaviors, Hlavacek said. Two-thirds of those with challenging behaviors related to dementia can be successfully managed with appropriate staff training, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Half of all Alzheimer's patients are undiagnosed. The majority of people with dementia live in the community; 15% live alone. The report addresses: ■ How to get tools and skills to those on the front lines, so they can intervene and de-escalate behaviors and avoid legal interventions. ■ What, if any, role psychotropic medications should play in treating challenging behaviors. ■ Legal interventions

that can be designed specifically for people with dementia-related behaviors to get them treatment in competent facilities while respecting their rights and dignity. ■ How to assure that police and other first responders know the best ways to respond when called to deal with a person who has dementia and difficult behaviors. Funding of emergency protective placements is not addressed. But the task force recommends seeking legislative approval for an Alzheimer's Medicaid waiver program to develop new models of service delivery for higher-cost people with dementia. Among the recommendations is that every county should establish mobile crisis teams trained in responding to people with dementia. Statewide attention currently is focused on legal interventions for people with dementia through a state Legislative Council special committee. That committee is to meet Monday to finish guidelines for counties to

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designate protective placement facilities for those with challenging behaviors associated with dementia. Milwaukee County is among the counties without a designated protective placement facility for people with dementia-related behavioral issues, which current law already requires, Hlavacek said. Dementia is a medical condition, not a psychiatric condition. But nursing home patients historically have been locked up in county psychiatric facilities if they're felt to be a danger to themselves, staff or other patients. A change in state law this summer eliminated that option and required patients to be taken to protective placement facilities designed for those with dementia, which generally do not yet exist. One challenge with the law change is that police officers may have trouble determining whether someone is exhibiting behaviors solely due to dementia. That makes it difficult to know whether the law allowing lockup in psychiatric facilities applies, the task force report says. The task force began its work 1 72 years ago with grants from the Helen Bader Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Faye McBeath Foundation and Extendicare Foundation.

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The state Department of Justice will review a request from the City of Milwaukee and its Police Department for more money to deal with the glut of blighted homes that need to be demolished. An estimated 500 homes are on the city's "must-raze" list, at an estimated cost of $15,000 per single-family home. The city's Department of Neighborhood Services expects to spend about $3.36 million this year and will spend about $3.9 million next year on demolitions. City officials said they are likely to add at least 300 buildings a year annually to the "must-raze" list. This week, Art Dahlberg, commissioner of the Department of Neighborhood Services, approached Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen about the city's need for more funds. Van Hollen was in Milwaukee this week to witness the demolition of the first of 39 homes under a $500,000 award from the state Department of Financial Institutions and the Department ofJustice. The funds were made available from proceeds of a national mortgage settlement received by the two state agencies. Steven P. Means, the state Department of Justice's executive assistant, said Van Hollen had spoken with city officials and members of the Milwaukee Police Department about more funding for demolitions. "Like all other requests for funding, we are reviewing it. Our primary goal is to promote public safety and advance what is in the best interests of the state as a whole," Means said. Mayor Tom Barrett ex-

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Assemblies of God POPLAR CREEK CHURCH

17770 W. Cleveland Ave., New Berlin 262-782-1777 www.poplarcreek.org John G. Davis, Pastor Sunday Services: 7:45, 9:00 & 10:45 am, Bible Study 9:15 am; KidZone 10:45 am; Service Wed. 7pm. Nursery all services.

OAK CREEK

7311 S. 13th St., Oak Creek , 414-762-2010 Sunday Services at 8:00 am, 10:30 am & 7:00 pm Nursery offered all services. Jerry Brooks, Pastor www.oakcreekag.org

Victory International Fellowship

3285 N. Calhoun Rd, Brookfield, 262-783-2900 Worship: 10:00 am Wednesday Family Activities: 7:00 pm www.vifonline.org

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Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles 2nd and 4th Sundays 9:30 a.m. 7720 Harwood Ave., Wauwatosa Rev. Alice laquinta, M.Div., RCWP Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div., Ph.D. maryofmagdala.mke@gmail.com

The 1962 Missal is used to celebrate the Latin Mass according to the directive of the motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum" of Pope Benedict XVI Sunday 8 am. Low Mass and 10 am. High Mass St. Stanislaus Church, 524 W. Mitchell Street Milwaukee, WI 53204 414-226-5490

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United Methodist Emmanuel Community

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UU Church West

13001 W. North Brookfield (262) 782-3535 Sunday Worship 9:15am & 11:00am "When Ordinary People do Extraordinary Things" Pulpit Guest Eric Hansen Wednesday, December 19th, 7:00pm "EarthSpirit: Celebrating the Winter Solstice" www.uucw.org

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Judge waits to rule on deer hunt Chippewa draw comparison to wolves By TODD RICHMOND

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Madison â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Attorneys for Wisconsin's Chippewa bands tried to persuade a federal judge Thursday to let tribal hunters go after deer at night, arguing their people would have to meet tougher safety standards than night wolf hunters. The attorneys told U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb during a hearing that shining spotlights on deer is safer than shining on wolves, that older wolf hunters don't have to meet any training requirements and that tribal night deer hunters would have to pass a strenuous marksmanship test. State attorneys fought back by insisting night deer hunting is far riskier than going after wolves in the dark. Crabb has blocked the Chippewa from taking to the woods at

night while she considers the two sides' arguments. She stopped short of making a decision Thursday, giving attorneys until Monday to file a final round of briefs. The Chippewa have the right to hunt and fish within what's known as the ceded territory, a 22,400-acre swath of northern Wisconsin the tribes handed over to the federal government in the 18005. The tribes have been running their own deer hunt in the ceded territory alongside the state's seasons for years. State lawmakers angered the tribes earlier this year when they passed a bill creating the state's first organized wolf hunt. The legislation establishes a season that runs from Oct. 15 through the end of February and allows hunters to go after wolves at night. The Chippewa view the wolf as a brother in their culture and fought fiercely against the measure. The state's relationship with the Chippewa has deteriorated in the aftermath.

Last month, a commission that oversees the Chippewa's offreservation rights authorized tribal hunters to go after deer at night, a move that runs counter to the state Department of Natural Resources' long-standing prohibition on night deer hunting. The commission pointed out the DNR has allowed sharpshooters to kill deer at night in chronic wasting disease zones and changed the rules dramatically by allowing hunters to kill wolves at night. The Chippewa have asked Crabb for a preliminary injunction preventing state authorities from enforcing the night deer hunting ban against tribal hunters until the bands' deer season ends Jan. 6. The judge, though, has ruled night deer hunting is dangerous and declared the ban extends to tribal hunters while she weighs the legal questions. The tribes have held off on issuing permits until the matter is resolved. Under questioning from Lac

du Flambeau tribal attorney Colette Routel, DNR hunting safety expert Tim Lawhern testified Thursday that shining deer at night typically freezes them in place, making them easy, safe targets. Shining wolves, on the other hand, usually doesn't slow them down, he said. Lawhern also said he believes night hunting rules should ban the practice in foggy, snowless conditions and hunters should get at least three days oftraining. The state's wolfhunt regulations include none of those provisions. Red Cliff tribal attorney Milt Rosenberg pointed out state hunters born before Jan. 1, 1973, technically don't need any training to obtain a permit, implying older wolf hunters could be a danger in the woods at night. Tribal night hunters would have to visit the hunting area in daylight, identify a safe zone of fire and pass a tribal marksmanship course to qualify for a permit, Routel noted.

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Maya Davies, 14, of Milwaukee, enjoys the spin at Red Arrow Park's Slice of Ice Rink that opened for the season Thursday. Rental skates are available and skaters with their own skates can skate for free. A new photo booth is available in the warming house. To see a photo gallery, go to jsonline.com/photos.

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Residency rule up in air School Board Member Terry Falk pointed out that despite what the board decides, the Republican-controlled state Leg-

islature may pursue a state law that lifts residency rules in place for Milwaukee teachers and city employees. Mayor Tom Barrett anticipated that same challenge this week. While opponents of residency believe workers should be able to live wherever they want, Barrett and others fear that if residency rules are lifted, property values could fall if workers flee to the suburbs. Board Member Larry Miller

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4 claims get January hearing ing abusive priests from post to post without warning parents that they were a danger to children. The archdiocese issued a statement Thursday denying the fraud and saying "the only way to reach a resolution in the Chapter 11 is to have a definitive answer on the number of eligible claims." The archdiocese's efforts to dismiss large numbers of claims are a first for Catholic church bankruptcies. And the strategy, if successful, could limit the size of any settlement reached with victims, who represent the largest number of creditors in the Milwaukee bankruptcy. The archdiocese argues it should not have to compensate claims beyond the six-year statute of limitations for fraud; cases involving religious order priests, schoolteachers and others it does not consider its direct employees; and those who negotiated previous settlements with the archdiocese. The statute of limitations for fraud starts ticking not when the abuse occurred, but when the victim had reason to suspect he or she was defrauded. The archdiocese argues that the deluge of local and national news stories on the sex abuse crisis since 2002 should have been enough to alert victims to potential fraud. Attorneys for victims argue that reports on some abusers were not made public until years later and that the archdiocese withheld information about abusers from victims. "You can't file a fraud lawsuit without evi-

said the change in policy to allow a three-year residency window may serve only to attract teachers for a few years, before they leave for a teaching job in the suburbs. "It could be a quick relief and a long-term quagmire," he said. Citizen Gerald Glazer spoke in favor of eliminating the residency requirement so the district would not have to spend upward of $40,000 each year investigating residency rule vio-

dence," victims' attorney Michael Finnegan said Thursday. In dismissing two claims Thursday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan V. Kelley ruled that one failed to show fraud â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there was no evidence the priest had abused anyone else â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that the other had reason to suspect fraud years earlier but did not act on it. But she said they could be reconsidered if the state's statute of limitations on child sex abuse changes. Details of the cases were not available, as five of the six claims argued Thursday were filed under court seal. Two of the claims involved notorious serial abusers Franklyn Becker, Richard Nichols and George Nuedling. Kelley called for additional briefs on two of the four remaining claims, including information on whether the archdiocese mislead victims about their abusers' histories when they reported their cases to the church. She is scheduled to take up the four claims at a Jan. 24 hearing. Kelley has ruled in two previous cases that the church's objections raise issues of fact that must be resolved at trial. One of the victims voiced disappointment in the church's efforts to throw out survivors' claims. "What strikes me is the disconnect between the spirituality the church espouses and the technicalities of the legal process," said Leonard Sobczak, former chair of the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, who was sexually abused by Nichols at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in the 19605. "There's this strict adherence to the law without any thought to what Jesus would do," Sobczak said. The archdiocese filed for Chapter 11 protection as a way to resolve its outstanding sex abuse claims. From the beginning, the two sides have pursued divergent strategies, with the archdiocese moving to throw out victims' claims and the creditors pursuing church assets that could be used to pay them.

lations. "Repeal the residency requirement altogether," he said. Kim Schroeder, vice president of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association union, said the district faces a crisis in attracting and keeping talented employees because of the residency requirement. He suggested the board consider flexible retirement options for teachers that would not penalize them if they wished to keep teaching.

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No parole in fetal abduction her crime made her an "extreme danger" to the public. He sentenced her to life without any chance for parole. Morales-Rodriguez, as she has throughout dozens of court hearings, sat basically motionless, secured to a wheelchair with her head down. Through an interpreter, she did offer a brief apology, saying she regrets the crime and finds jail difficult. The victim's family later said it was insincere. Morales-Rodriguez came to Milwaukee from Puerto Rico with her three children about four years ago and found a new boyfriend who wanted their own child together. She feigned pregnancy twice but claimed each time to suffer a miscarriage. The third time, in October 2011, she had become so desperate she began looking for another woman's fetus. She found a very pregnant Maritza RamirezCruz walking toward a south side health clinic and offered her a ride. She took Ramirez-Cruz, 23, to the appointment and two stores before stopping at Morales-Rodriguez's south side house. As Ramirez-Cruz exited the bathroom, MoralesRodriguez beat her with a baseball bat, strangled her, bound her with tape and covered her head with a plastic bag before cutting her child from her womb. Assistant District Attorney Mark Williams called it "the most selfish act anyone could conceive of." Ramirez-Cruz left behind three children younger than age 7, all now living with their father and his family. But because Ramirez-Cruz had been deprived of oxygen so long, the baby was born dead. MoralesRodriguez hid Ramirez-Cruz's body in the basement, cleaned up around her living room and called 911 to say her own child had just been born and wasn't breathing. She even wiped her victim's blood on her own thighs to sell the lie. At first, emergency workers and police believed it was a tragic stillbirth. But an autopsy revealed portions of a uterus were still attached to the child, and police arrived at Morales-Rodriguez's house to say she must return to the hospital because she could be in danger. About the same time, Ramirez-Cruz's family was calling the same hospital because she had never come home and they knew she was due to deliver her child. Detectives responded to the hospital, and Morales-Rodriguez eventually confessed to the crime, then later made a more detailed, recorded confession at police headquarters. It was one of only 14 so-called fetal abductions in the U.S. since 1987, and Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn called a rare Saturday news conference to announce the arrest before formal charges were filed. Morales-Rodriguez's initial team of lawyers pursued an insanity plea and challenged the admissibility of her initial statements because she was in police custody and was not read her rights against self-incrimination and to have an attorney present when the Spanish-speaking detective first talked to her in the emergency room. A therapist working with the defense concluded that Morales-Rodriguez suffered from multiple personality disorder, that it was actually another entity, "Lara," who had committed the crimes, and that Morales-Rodriguez had total amnesia about it. Shortly after, the defense team withdrew from the case, and Morales-Rodriguez's new lawyers decided not to pursue an insanity defense, though they did aggressively challenge the way detectives handled her interrogation. The judge agreed that the circumstances weren't constitutionally perfect, but allowed the statements under an exception for emergencies when another person's life might be in danger, because detectives said they did not know at the time that Ramirez-Cruz was dead. At trial, Morales-Rodriguez's attorneys argued that she never had intent to kill either the mother or her fetus, and was at most guilty of reckless homicide. But the jury took little time to return convictions on two counts of first-degree intentional homicide.

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SDC

Project $1 million under budget "It sounds like a mask to me," said Commissioner Kris McHenry, a resident representative. "It's irresponsible. So many times the commission acts on superficial information. We need to go deeper. If the program is underspending by $1 million and employees are going out the door . . . it sounds like the agency can't compete against others." "Is this even legal?" said Commissioner C.J. Kim, the chair of the committee, who represents the United Way. Koch said that in previous years there were incentives offered in the program. Workers who do the energy audits to prepare the projects to go to contractors would work at night and on weekends to try to reach more qualified homeowners for weatherization, said Human Resources Director Donna Kaczmarek. If the number of completed units exceeded their goals, workers would be paid incentives, she said. In recent months, the agency has lost five or six energy auditors who have gone to other agencies that do weatherization and pay more, she said. Workers in the programs are paid from $11 to $30 an hour, she said. There are now about 14 workers in the program, she said. This year there are also tighter restrictions on who qualifies for the program, she said. About 50% of those who apply for the program don't qualify, she said. Koch said there's also competition among contractors for the work, so those agencies that get their projects qualified first have a compet-

itive advantage in getting the units completed. For the first five months of the program, it is an estimated $1 million under budget, he said. If that trend continues and the agency has to return money, the $125,000 in administrative costs would be lost and that would hurt the agency, he said. It could mean that about two positions could be lost if the money is returned, he said. Commissioner Annie Wacker, who represents the AFL-CIO, said a long-term look at the program was needed. "Just throwing money at it is what bothers me," she said. Commissioner Jim Sullivan, a county representative, also agreed that a closer look was needed. "If this program is not working, and given the need for weatherization in the city, and if there's an employee problem, then maybe it's not a good fit," Sullivan said. "I'm more interested in wanting to figure that out. I don't know if an incentive program is the answer." Koch and Kaczmarek said they would provide the committee with more information on the program. The committee also agreed to recommend to the full board that the SDC employee tuition reimbursement policy be revised to limit it to six credits or $5,000 per person for one year, whichever is less. The agency's policy has permitted an employee to take up to 12 credits a year with tuition capped at $1,200 a credit. "This is very lucrative," said McHenry, adding that most businesses and other employers don't provide reimbursements that high. Koch said this year tuition reimbursement is budgeted at $125,000 for the year, although he expects this year it will be under $100,000. "Frankly, that's very high," Kim said. Sullivan questioned whether an anti-poverty agency should provide any tuition credits, saying agency dollars should be spent to help the poor. His motion to eliminate tuition reimbursement failed.