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Third time’s a charm Head coach Matt Hockett (middle) and the Stoughton boys basketball team celebrate after a 55-51 win over DeForest Saturday in the WIAA Division 2 sectional finals.

The win clinched a spot at the state tournament for the first time since 1939, and it was revenge for last season’s defeat to the Norskies, who edged Stoughton on a buzzer-beater.

This was the third straight time the Vikings were in a sectional final.

For the story and more photos, turn to pages 10-11.

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Hub wins Wisconsin Newspaper A The Stoughton Courier layout from several differHub won several awards ent issues, including one from the Wisconsin News- featuring a profile of a forpaper Association’s con- mer wrestler who battled a drug problem and one feavention last week.

The Hub received two turing the annual Coffee third-place awards – one Break festival.

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given away. The Marion and individuals. gain be giving away a total Following is a rundown of what your Marion Advertiser 02/18/2013 n cash prizes which will Marion Lions Club has done with the grand prize of $5,000 and proceeds from the annual Fish Derby e of $1,000. The top two and as well as other fund raisers. be drawn shortly after

s. mirer of women that take udence notes that the HEA, Amanda Reitz, must rising and inspiring young he mission is not inexpenburden cannot be carried undraisers like these and onations from the commukeep HEA in business. e biggest expenditure is nimals at HEA eat more of 40 lb dog food per week. equivalent of about $9,722 addition to birthday donaoffers a number of other s to give to the organizaof the website suggestions nating cash, hosting a sponsoring a pet, donating ending any of the variety rs listed, buying t-shirts pparel shop, and volunteere. tely, 2012 was not a kind organization. A large fire ises destroyed one of the d threatened the life of the In rural Waupaca County, estock and companion aniever present danger with uld have been especially for an organization like e mission is dedicated to e for companion animals. y, the coordinated response upont Volunteer Fire , Marion Area Fire Grant Fire Department, ille Fire Department put a devastation. But the need rebuild and improve the es is ever present. nterested in more informato: http://www.happilyever /. Donations can be direct4 Bork Road, Marion WI chedule adoptions, volunvisit HEA, call or email at: 75 or HEAvolunteer@aol.

Watch next week’s Marion Advertiser for a complete list of prize winners as well as lots of great photo memories from the 2013 “51st Annual Marion Lions Fish Derby”.

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LICORICE FACE– Javen Prickette attended the girls basketball game Tuesday evening with his mom, Tracie Prickette. Javen’s red face was the result of partaking in yummy red licorice.

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Marissa Wier cried tears of joy after being announced the new Miss Fond du Lac 2013 Saturday night at the Goodrich Little Theatre in Fond du Lac. Also crowned Saturday night was Marlaina Perelshtein as Miss Fond du Lac Outstanding Teen and Michelle Neumann as Miss Wisconsin Central.

“This is my third try at Miss Fond du Lac, so third time’s a charm I guess,” Wier said.

Wier said she plans to start working immediately by spreading awareness of her platform, which is depression awareness.

“It’s something that I suffered from and it’s something I just want to get out and get people talking about because that’s the first step of raising awareness,” Wier said.

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fus, Marissa Wier and Sarah Vanden Avond.

Sigafus was named Miss Fond du Lac runner-up and is expected to fulfill the duties of Miss Fond du Lac if Wier cannot.

Sigafus and Vanden Avond both received the Miss Congeniality award.

Competing for Miss Fond du Lac’s sister pageant Miss Wisconsin Central was Ashley Monti, Racine, Chelsea Hammett, Oshkosh, Kasey Gadow, Wisconsin Rapids, Stephanie Obst, St. Francis, and Tara Pizer, Richland Center.

Pizer was named Miss Wisconsin Central runner-up.

Competing for Miss Fond du Lac Outstanding Teen was Alexis Shannon, Ashley Blaine, Breanna Branson, Lauren Meulemans and Makayla Smith.

Branson was named Miss Fond du Lac Outstanding Teen runner-up.

Shannon and Blain tied in receiv-

Marlaina Perelshtein of Grafton is crowned Miss Fond du Lac Outstanding Teen 2013 during the March 12,du 2013 pm / Miss Fond Lac,3:36 Miss Outstanding Teen and Miss Wisconsin Central

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that he made a false statement to investigators about the location of his computer.

He told them it was in his Black and White Café, but it was later found at his residence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly Watzak called the lie “a whopper” intended to obstruct the fire investigation, and “part and parcel of a much bigger crime.” She said that even after the computer was found by detectives, Rahman still said it was lost in the fire, in a claim for insurance.

Watzak said that while the evidence may not have convinced the jury beyond a rea-

sonable doubt, it need only meet a much lower burden of proof for consideration at sentencing.

The defense said probation was the only appropriate sentence, given Rahman’s otherwise law-abiding, generous and hardworking character.

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa said 34 years on the bench have shown him that when truthful men lie, it’s usually to cover up something. He said he couldn’t ignore all the circumstantial evidence that points to Rahman’s involvement in the fire.

The judge allowed Rahman to remain free on bond pending an intended appeal, which is likely to take more than six months. Neither Rahman nor his many family members and friends in the courtroom showed much reaction to the sentence.

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ings of fact, many proven be- and White via an unused, yond a reasonable doubt, oth- locked basement door beers by clear and convincing tween the two restaurants. evidence. They included: Even if he had, a motion deThe fire was arson, set with tector on the main floor gasoline near the men’s would have sounded an imroom of the Black and White mediate alarm if someone Café that vaporized and ex- came from the basement to ploded. the area where gasoline was He noted the deadbolt on found, Randa said. the back door was recessed, Watzak had noted that Kaand could have only gotten rabelas testified emotionally that way with a key, and that about how connected he was no evidence was presented to his business of 24 years, that anyone but Rahman had and that he had lost precious the key. photos and video of his Rahman’s attorney, Craig daughter in the fire, and nevAlbee, said the defense had er got defensive when Rahmade a stronger case that the man’s attorneys essentially owner of the adjacent Gre- tried to make him the suscian Delight restaurant, An- pect. dreas Karabelas, set the fire Albee reminded the judge than prosecutors had made that Rahman was still prethat Rahman did it. Albee sumed innocent and didn’t noted, both at trial and on have to disprove the governMonday, that Karabelas was ment’s suspicions about his deep in debt to friends and activities. family members.

“Mr. Rahman should not Randa rejected the theory have to run the gantlet that Karabelas came to Black twice,” Albee said.

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The week’s snowstorm filled the Calhoun Park slopes with fresh opportunities for Ben Anderson, 6, of Hartland to gain some air off a jump on the park’s slopes on Friday.

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ead it figured out what I meant. My family The case for a 4K program is undeniably strong. There is e local food pantries since their inception(s). clear research that 4K gets kids on the right track. They have Green Home News 02/20/2013 cause andSpring I really feel bad that I made such higher reading and math achievement at elementary, middle, . ion makes errors. Some are more memorable and high school levels; reduced placement in special educare’ve been quite a few I can’t even mention tion programs; higher graduation rates; lower juvenile ar-

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downside of my week. The upside was that I e at the schools this week. Whether for serithe school board meeting, or taking pictures teachers, it was enlightening. In the case of as totally fun. en amazed at how each school has a different k in the doors and feel it. The middle school in the face the second you walk in. Maybe nes - I don’t know but it’s catchy. Walking s I get almost giddy. many years since my kids were middle ’d forgotten what it’s like there. Sue Quale set up an exercise in art and technical edueir classes make chairs out of cardboard. The ulous, the design elements well thought out, rincipal James Radtke and superintendent arious. g pictures, I stood with the kids and got to bit. They were friendly and excited and took ain to me that late starts, snow days and illr toll on the original plans for the fabrication matter, they completed the assignment with ve only middle schools kids could come up y watched as their chairs were tested. ol, too, has it’s own unique atmosphere. The ) more mature, the very air more intense. I use a group of guys were passing a football hen I was walking in and almost nailed me. ogetic and I had a moment’s laughter with

o an elementary school reminded me of how ing little kids. I happened to arrive just belittle boy really struggled with the desire to ng – put on snow pants, hat, mittens, coat, need for the freedom of recess. Recess won running down the hall half dressed as fast uldn’t see if a teacher grabbed him before he I sort of hope he made it.

Carley Patterson, Plain, a business major, the fall 2012 Dean’s list at the University of W Claire.

Kayla Fleming, Spring Green, was named Dean’s List at Carthage College.

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n data that had been collected e past four months. Data was d from local residents, tourists, ine sources. eb. 7 meeting was the second ongoing “tourism assessment” for Grantsburg. urvey concluded that lack of and the appearance of the wn were considered the largest s for Grantsburg. There was

also concern expressed over the fact that 54 percent of Grantsburg homeowners are “secondary homeowners”.

While most surveyed agreed that some changes were needed, a boon for tourism at the expense of Grantsburg’s natural setting was not wanted.

“An overall concern was expressed that whatever is done is done with serious consideration for natural areas,” Nussbaum said.

A list that began with several dozen area attractions was whittled down to eight that scored the best on surveys.

“We’ve identified the top assets in this region, and these are the assets that really drive this process forward,” Nussbaum said.

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Adding police protection

By TODD BECKMANN Sentinel News Editor SIREN—It’s only a month into the new year and the Siren Village Board has already added another 300 hours of part time police protection to the 2013 budget.

The move now brings the police department’s part time hours to 750 for the year.

“The money in the different line items remaining at the end of 2012 can be moved ahead to fund those additional hours,” Peterson, February Ann 21, 2013 2:27 pm / the village’s clerk treasurer pointed out.

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Ice formations crystallize into a wintry scene on the fifth-floor window pane at the historic D.P. Wigley building, 234 Wisconsin Ave., Racine, on Wednesday morning.

The National Weather Service reports that snow is expected to fall in a 6- to 8hour period overnight tonight into early Friday morning, with 2 to 4 inches of accumulation expected by the Friday morning rush hour.

Gusty east winds will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow, especially in open areas.

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LEANING INTO THE SERMON

Maia Witt and Carson Tappa (front pew) and Henry Lynde, kindergarten students at St. Mary Parish School, listen to the Rev. Timothy Bickel’s sermon during Mass on Ash Wednesday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Menomonee Falls.

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Germantown — Two newcomers — business owner Brian Medved and hand therapist Jill North — are vying to take over Germantown School Board member Diana Kline’s seat come spring.

North, an active Girl Scouts leader, four-year high school Parent Teacher Association president, post prom chairman and previous member of Leadership Germantown, is trying to take her participation in the school district a step further.

With her third daughter graduating from Germantown High School this year and firsthand knowledge of school district financing, becoming a school board member, she said, is an extension of the work she has already done.

Medved, who is an assistant

scout master, Little League coach and fundraising chair for the Potowatami Area Council, first became interested in the School Board when the district attempted to pass referendums for a new pool and school building. There is a need for better planning, he said, and felt it was his time to give back to his community. Medved currently has four children in the district.

North said it is a passion for education that led her to run.

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State: Many pension checks to shrink 9.6% The cut is smaller than projected, and this is the final year the fund will feel 2008’s slide.

By JUDY NEWMAN jdnewman@madison.com 608-252-6156

Nearly 100,000 retired public employees will see their pension checks shrink by nearly 10 percent, starting May 1, the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds said Friday. But that’s a smaller reduction than the agency had projected.

Payments from the Core Fund will decline 9.6 percent

in the Wisconsin Retirement System, even though the fund showed returns of 13.7 percent for 2012. That’s because results of the Core Fund — the retirement system’s main fund — are smoothed over five years, and the past four years of positive returns have not made up for the Core Fund assets’ $21 billion slide in 2008.

“Another annuity cut is hard for our retirees,” Employee Trust Funds chairman and secretary Robert Conlin said in a written statement. “We know it’s not easy, but with 2008 finally behind us, better days should lie ahead.”

In December, the agency had

13 percent for pensions from the pension payments from that Core Fund this year. fund. The Variable Fund, whose The actual amount of the results are not smoothed, had decrease varies by individual, a 16.9 percent return for 2012. and payments from the Core About 40,000 retirees particiFund cannot fall below their pate in the voluntary, all-stock level when the employee retired. Variable Fund.

That means about 97,000 More than 570,000 current people — primarily those who and former public employees retired before 2004 — will see are invested in the Wisconsin their pension benefits fall a total Retirement System, and 167,000 of $1.26 billion this year. are retirees and their beneficiaThis is the last year the 2008 ries. They received an average results will factor into pension pension of $24,916 in 2011, the payments, which will have lost ETF said. a combined total of more than The retirement fund port$4 billion over the five-year folios, managed by the State of period, ETF said.

Wisconsin March 4, 2013 5:11 pm / Investment Board, Meanwhile, retirees with totaled $85 billion as of Dec. 31 investments in the Variable Fund and represent the ninth-largest

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They found a woman in a room on the first floor o was handicapped and ld not escape by herself, horities said. The woman n’t want medical treatnt.

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and 14-year-old middle s students were arrested t next day.

A police spokesman sa witnesses told the drive teens pulled a real-looki gun from a backpack an possibly pointed it at oth Investigators found tw BB guns and ammunitio the home of one of the te Police said the boys w taken to the Juvenile Re tion Center.

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olice Chief Edward Flynn cheduled to testify before U.S. Senate Judiciary mmittee on Wednesday ing a hearing on the posed assault weapons n, according to a posting the committee’s website.

The proposed ban faces a test vote as early as ursday, when the commitconsidering gun control islation is scheduled to ide whether to refer the posal to the full Senate.

WAUKESHA COUNTY

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Veterans recovering from t-traumatic stress, trautic brain injuries and er psychological challengrom their military sere may be eligible for a free through Companions for roes, which recently seed the Humane Animal lfare Society of Waukesha unty as one of its animal lter partners.

Companions for Heroes ilitates adoption of shelter mals for wounded warrs and first responders. e pets help provide a sense urpose as well as minize stress, depression, eliness and isolation for erans.

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Alena Toczyl, 4, of Cudahy regains her balance while ice skating Monday with her mother Lucie Toczyl (not pictured) at Red Arrow Park. ionsforheroes.org. Once applications have been approved, veterans and first responders in southeastern Wisconsin will be sent to the Waukesha County animal shelter to continue the adoption process.

RACINE COUNTY Veterans court gets $116,000 state grant Racine County has received a $116,000 grant for a treatment court for veterans.

The 2nd Judicial District’s Veterans Treatment Court opened in November and works with veterans sentenced on criminal charges in Racine, Kenosha and Walworth counties.

The grant from the state Office of Justice Assistance will be used for staff, drug testing and monitoring,

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program evaluation, GED testing and staff training.

Participants get treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues while on probation. They’re paired with a mentor who is also a veteran.

Veterans treatment courts have been started elsewhere in Wisconsin, including Rock and Milwaukee counties.

WISCONSIN Snowmobiler crashes, dies in Bayfield County Charles Mulder, 26, of Munster, Ind., died after he failed to negotiate a corner on his snowmobile, left the road and crashed into a wooded area, Bayfield County authorities said.

The state Department of Natural Resources said the accident happened about 3 p.m. Sunday in the Town of Barnes. Speed and alcohol are believed to be factors.

The DNR also said the crash pushed to 16 the number of snowmobiler fatalities in Wisconsin this snowmobiling season.

Last of WWII Navajo code talkers to speak Chester Nez, the last sur-

awareness month. His speech at the Kendrigan Gym at Northland College is free and open to the public.

Wisconsin Secretary of Veterans Affairs John Scocos will present Nez with a plaque from Gov. Scott Walker recognizing Nez for his military service. Honor guards from Wisconsin Native American tribes will attend the event.

A native of New Mexico, Nez was a member of the all-Navajo 382nd Marine Platoon and served in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945. Nez and his fellow code talkers spoke the complex, thenunwritten, Navajo language that few people outside America’s Southwest understood. They were able to transmit messages that could not be understood by the Japanese military.

Since the Navajo code talkers were a secret unit, their exploits went largely unknown until 1968, when their invaluable contributions to the American war effort were declassified. Nez, who is credited with helping develop the code that was never broken by the enemy, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2001 with other surviving code February 26, 2013 1:34 pm / talkers.

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Madison — It could b come more expensive to public records from gov ment entities under a bi for public hearing on Wednesday.

The Republican-backe proposal would allow th holders of public record charge those requesting documents for time spen deleting confidential information.

Open records advocat oppose the measure, say it will make it more diffi to obtain public informa from the government. B supporters say taxpayer shouldn’t have to foot th for the work involved wi compiling the records.

The proposal by Rep. G rey Bies (R-Sister Bay) c after the state Supreme Court last year prohibit record custodians from charging requesters for redaction expenses.

Wednesday’s hearing before the Assembly Com mittee on Government O ations and State Licensi

Marathon officials s discount misused

Green Bay — Hundre people who’ve signed up run the Cellcom Green B Marathon are being told pay up or sit out.

Race organizers say a 300 people inappropriate used a discount code, giv them up to half off their registration fee. The dis count is meant only for e ployees and families of t race’s major sponsors.

With a little more than weeks to race weekend, people already are regis for marathon events. Or nizers said about 3% of t runners used the sponso discount, despite having apparent affiliation with six sponsors. They said money adds up to severa thousand dollars that’s s posed to benefit charitie

School, and the rest of the University o Timesf 02/28/2013 Monroe WisconsinWhitewater w o m e n ’s basketball team are headed to the NCAA III tournaMeier ment.

U W - Black Hawk Whitewater graduate (21-6) will host Wisconsin Lutheran College (25-2) in the first round Friday, with tip off at 7:30 p.m. in Kachel Gym of Williams Center.

If the Warhawks win, they will face the winner of Carthage College (23-4) and Thomas More College (27-1) at 7 p.m. Saturday in Whitewater.

The tournament appearance is UW-Whitewater’s sixth consecutive and the eleventh in school history. The Warhawks advanced to the final four of the 1982 AIAW III tournament in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as well as at the 2008 NCAA III tourney in Holland, Michigan.

UW-Whitewater won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship this season but lost the league’s tournament title game in overtime to UW-Stevens Point on Sunday.

Tickets for Friday’s game are priced at $8 for adults, $3 for students, and $3 for senior citizens. Tickets will be sold at the University Center ticket office located on the main campus mall during regular business hours, and at the Kachel Gym prior to the game.

Call 262-472-2222 for ticket information.

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MHS bowling team heading to in just second year of pro

By Jeremy Pink jpink@themonroetimes.com

TOP: Monroe High School varsity bowlers Mark Jenson, Ryan Stoneback, Lucas Koch and Larissa Ethridge, along with teammates Reese Golackson (above) and Trevor Hasse (not pictured), will compete at the WIHS state bowling tournament this weekend, at Weston Lanes in Wausau.

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MONROE — This weekend, approximately 50 h bowling teams will descend on Weston Lanes in Wa roughly 250 bowlers occupying 60 lanes while the take seats in bleachers erected all around the compe It’s a big stage for any bowler to compete on, and years the Monroe High School club bowling team h itself worthy.

The Cheesemakers, in just the second year of Roster the program’s existence, will compete Saturday This year’s team co after going 10-1-1 in the of 14 bowlers from regular season en route the high school and to being named District school. The varsity 3B Conference co-chamwill compete at the pions with Janesville tournament Saturd Parker High School.

Their coach is Varsity Brittany Svendsen, coLucas Koch manager of Leisure Mark Jenson Lanes in Monroe, and a Reece Golackson former member of the Trevor Hasse University of Larissa Ethridge Wisconsin-Whitewater Ryan Stoneback women’s bowling team, which has won three Junior Varsity Wisconsin Collegiate Alex Kloepping Bowling Conference Devon Boeck team championships.

Trace Ermey Svendsen came to Nick Fenn Monroe to co-manage Samantha Lynch Leisure Lanes in August Kelsi Mueller 2010 and decided to Kirstin Rood start a program to give Collyn Wilde Monroe students a chance at competitive bowling: something she had when she was their age Svendsen is originally from Menomonie Falls, competed on her high school bowling team before and going on to compete at UW-Whitewater.

“That was a very good experience for me when I w school,” Svendsen said. “I wanted to create somethi the kids.”

Svendsen is now in her second year at the he Monroe High School program, assisted by coach Wilde and Randy Rood, with a total of 14 students tutelage.

The team members vary in age — the high scho club in Wisconsin allows seventh- and eighth-grade pete on the JV team — and even the most senior have only been together for two years, but Svendse camaraderie grew quickly.

Ethridge and her teammates will compete in the team portion of the state tournament on Saturday.

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Accidents abound; local man dies

By MEG JONES mjones@journalsentinel.com

Southeastern Wisconsin caught the northern edge of a fatal storm that blasted much of the Midwest, dumping up to 17 inches of snow, causing hundreds of spinouts and

accidents, and contributing to the death of a Milwaukee man who collapsed while operating his snowblower.

Snow snarled commuter traffic as it fell wet and heavy, weighing down tree branches and knocking out power for a couple thousand customers in the Milwaukee area. Winds gusted up to 35 mph.

The Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office reported the death

of a 71-year-old Milwaukee man who collapsed about 1:10 p.m. Wednesday after using a snowblower. At least three people lost fingers and suffered hand injuries while trying to clear clogged snow from snowblowers, according to Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services.

Milwaukee’s snowfall on Wednesday, 4.6 inches, set a record for the day, besting the old record of 4 inches

set in 1881. The storm total for Milwaukee — combining snow that fell on Tuesday and Wednesday — measured 9.3 inches.

Storm totals by Wednesday afternoon ranged from 17 inches in Sheboygan, 10.2 inches near Racine and 13.2 near Kenosha to 9.1in West Allis, 6.5 in Madison and 2.3 in Green Lake.

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From Ike to Walker, Taylor savored politics

Waukesha County GOP chairman steps down

By BILL GLAUBER bglauber@journalsentinel.com

Waukesha — It was 1952 when a young man named Don Taylor got his first taste of national politics,

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thur striding across the convention floor’s middle aisle to give the keynote speech. And he remembers that his candidate, a rockribbed conservative named Sen. Robert

later, Taylor, 80, is taking a step that a lot of credit surely goes to back from political leadership. Ear- Taylor. In two stints as GOP county lier this month, the longtime chair chair, from 1979 to 1989 and 1993 to of the Waukesha County Republi- 2013, he created a formidable candican Party handed off the gavel to date recruiting and get-out-the-vote vice chairman John Macy. operation.

On Friday night, state Republicounty chair, he says, his February 28, 2013 As 6:55a pm / cans, including Gov. Scott Walker, mission was simple: elect RepubliU.S. Rep. Paul Ryan and U.S. Rep. cans to the county courthouse and

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Hitting the trail at Klondike Days

Trig’s Klondike Days held Saturday and Sunday in Eagle River featured turn-of-the-century events geared for the entire family. These youngsters enjoyed a sled dog ride as part of their admission to the festival held at Northland Pines High School and Rocking W Stable.

—Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Nothing beats a good walk THERE IS NEVER a bad time to take a walk in the North Woods.

Whether for exercise, for you or the dog, for relief from cabin fever, to look for wildlife or simply to breathe in some clean, fresh air, nothing beats a walk in the woods.

Unfortunately during this time of year, walking options are somewhat limited unless you want to strap on snowshoes and wade through knee deep snow, which I don’t.

For the most part my walks during winter, especially if I want to take Molly

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By Will Maines Vitae Road all the way past Burlingame’s to the south shore of Big Muskellunge Lake among others.

On Sunday afternoon Molly and I parked at the end of Plum Vitae Rd., but instead of heading for Muskellunge we went the other way to Musky Moun-

ski run you can look far to the north I’m guessing all the way to at least Mercer and maybe beyond.

If you decide to climb part or all the way up the fire tower — which you’re not supposed to do and which I gave up doing long ago — you can see a bunch of lakes like Big Muskellunge, Little John, Trout, Plum, Star, Razorback and more, but even with my feet firmly planted on the ground I can still see just a bit of Plum through trees which are leafless at this time of March 6, 2013 6:37 pm / year.

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Every time I begin feelin old, I remind myself she slightly older.

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Fast-forward. Most of early boomers had plann to retire around now. La boomers had hoped to re in a few years. But these plans have gone awry. F boomer wages didn’t rise fast as we expected they would. In fact, over the l 30 years the median wa has barely budged, adju for inflation. As a result most of us haven’t saved much as we’d hoped.

Then, employers scal back our pensions. Inste of the predictable month benefits many of our par ents got when they retir we received “defined con bution” plans — basicall do-it-yourself pensions.

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thought, ‘Hey, we could do this.’” Since then, the group organized an event each year, for the last seven years at the Brat Stop.

“It’s grown dramatically over the years,” Doyle said.

“So far, over the years, we’ve raised $750,000.”

The money goes to fund research for children’s cancer.

According to the organization, only 4 percent of all funding in the United States

for cancer research goes toward pediatric cancers. The St. Baldrick’s organization funds research, fellowships and capital investment in research organizations.

‘Honor kids’ Among those at the event were “honor kids,” children who have been diagnosed with cancer. A balcony overlooking the stage was set up for the kids and their families so they could participate in the event.

Erica Bjorn of Zion, Ill., was watching with her

11-year-old daughter Haylee, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2011. Haylee had a bone marrow transplant in 2012, and is now in remission.

“This is our first time here, and we’re having a lot of fun,” Bjorn said.

Team gets involved Doyle said the local event is supported by youth groups like the Timberwolves, by local firefighters and by individuals. Along with the pledges, the event raised money through raffles, a silent auction and

autograph sessions with NFL players.

The Timberwolves got involved three years ago when a team member’s mother, Kim Lila, learned about the event from a friend.

Kids who participated in the past had so much fun, they talked teammates into joining.

“The first year we had two kids. Last year we had 11, and this year we have 29 kids.

Next year we’ll have even more,” Lila said.

More information about the foundation is available at www.stbaldricks.org.

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A popular Klondike Days attraction, the two-horse pull, has been moved to Saturday. Spectators will see teams of horses

pulling thousands of pounds of logs during the event. The onehorse pull will be Sunday.

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Klondike Days arrives!

Historical festival set this weekend in Eagle River ___________

BY GARY RIDDERBUSCH NEWS-REVIEW EDITOR

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Klondike Days will celebrate its 23rd year in Eagle River this Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3, with outdoor competitions and turn-of-the-century exhibits.

The two-day event is billed as the state’s most multifaceted winter festival, according to Klondike Days Executive Director Christine Schilling.

The festival, which has attracted anywhere from 6,000 to 12,000 people each of the first 22 years, will include many of the most popular events returning

“With Klondike Days moved to March, we have been getting temperatures in the low- to mid-30s, which is really nice for both the spectators and the participants,” said Schilling.

Popular venues returning to the festival in 2013 will be River Country Red’s Rendezvous and Living History Encampment, the North Woods Championship Dog Weight Pull, the one- and two-horse Great Northern Log Pull Classic, the Great North-

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2011 change had releecond-hand shops to ew areas of the city. The s that the city was being ed with gold and pawn usinesses asking to lore, said Gary Barczak, man for the area. ordinance was aimed ,” Barczak said. city didn’t want pawn p and down Highway said. ortunately, Playroom as a second-hand dealmped in with those othnesses, he said. It could ere it was even after the code change because it

Staff Photo by C.T. Kruger

The corner of Washington and 57th streets illustrates the difference between the existing street lights (left) used throughout West Allis and new LED street lights (right). The new lights have been installed on 56th Street north of National Avenue and small portion of the Walker, Washington and Madison cross streets.

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The changeover to more energy-efficient bulbs dovetails with the city’s need to rewire its

street lights because the type of cabling needed for the lights is getting harder to obtain, Lewis said.

That’s because the cabling needed is designed for hooking up lights in series like Christmas tree lights used to be. And just like those old Christmas light strings, if one bulb goes out, the entire light string doesn’t light, so entire blocks are affected if one light is dying. The expiring light draws power and a whole block can start to pulsate, he said.

Years ago, Lewis went out to Lincoln Avenue near Highway

100 one night to check out unbelievable complaints he was getting about lights flickering and making weird noises.

“I said I’ve got to see for myself,” Lewis said.

What he found were pulsating streetlights and a sound like Martians landing, he said.

“It was pretty much the first time in my experience,” said Lewis, who noted that most communities already had streetlights hooked up in parallel circuitry, where a bulb can burn out without affecting the others.

hours worked beyond 40 hours in a week.

The company also failed to record all hours worked, paid cash for some hours and kept no record of those hours worked,

the cash payments made, or the tips received, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

The company, which in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article said it was unfamiliar with

some of the requirements, has agreed to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act, to pay the back wages in full and to implement a system to monitor payroll for overtime hours.

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meet its standards for lighting busy main streets.

“But they meet our standards,” said Lewis, who snapped up the 68 lights for a mere $21,000, saving $10,000 in the bargain.

“These things aren’t cheap,” he acknowledged.

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This is absolutely my favorite two weeks of the year in the prep sports calendar. Last Saturday’s wrestling sectionals are some of the most emotional and entertaining contests you’ll find in any WIAA sport, leading into the state tournament that begins Thursday and culminates with the glorious March of Champions on Saturday evening (you can watch almost every match streamed online by the WIAA before the finals). In the meantime, we get the start of the boys basketball tournament, with games Tuesday and everybody in action Friday and Saturday.

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Indians ride all the way to the top

Waukesha South, coach Todd Frohwirth and his players rejradcliffe@jcpgroup.com ceived the news that Waukesha The Mukwonago girls bas- West had fallen to Arrowhead ketball team became confer- elsewhere in the Classic 8 ence champs on a school bus.

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matches. It was just a real good team effort for us, and we’re just happy to get back to the state tournament.”

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“In my mind, after Tuesday night, I kind of refused to allow myself to believe there was a chance” Jim Haasser

Mukwonago boys basketball coach after his team won a share of the Classic 8 title with a win and Arrowhead’s loss Thursday. Mukwonago fell to Arrowhead two days earlier.

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some hard-fought matches and gradually pulled away from the Bulldogs.

“It was real steady,” Mukwonago head coach Jon Wierzbicki said. “We got nine of the 14

Seed for the Mukwonago girls basketball team in the WIAA tournament, joining the boys team in procuring that distinction. Mukwonago was part of co-op hockey teams on the boys and girls side that were also top seeds.

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Tuesday to allow e was a kwonago “We did room afe (Tuese care of and peralive.”

As is customary, Mukwonago players headed back to the court to greet parents and supporters shortly after a brief postgame gathering in the locker room. It was there that final word spread.

“Outright or not, it doesn’t matter,” Haasser said. “These guys have worked extremely hard, and the staff has worked extremely hard. Unfortunately we couldn’t have gotten a huge win at Arrowhead to make it a little easier, but we’re not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

We’ll accept it.”

The Indians incurred both of their losses against Arrowhead this season, including a huge battle Tuesday that gave the Warhawks a one-game lead in the Classic 8 standings with one to play. Last year, the Indians defeated first-place finisher Milwaukee Pius twice but ended the year with three losses and took second.

On Senior Night against South, MHS started its five seniors: Nate Tanguay, Nick Blohm, A.J. Bricco, Dan Timmers and Devin Danecki.

“Those guys went out and just did a job,” Haasser said.

“Fast break or zone, it looked like a well-oiled machine. We couldn’t have asked for a better start, and it was a great opportunity for us to play a lot of guys in

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The event is promoted as Trig’s Klondike Days, due to the sponsorship of Trig’s stores in Eagle River, Rhinelander, Minocqua, Wausau and Stevens Point.

Schilling said it will take several days to calculate final attendance figures based on admission monies taken in at the gates and food sales.

“Everything was up on Saturday, but we don’t know exactly how much yet,” she said.

Schilling said that, as always, the Saturday attendance was much better than Sunday.

“We added Kram a Kar on Sunday to get more people here the second day, and it seems to have helped somewhat, but Saturday is always the better day,” said Schilling.

“Because Saturday was nice, I think people came to Klondike Days to make sure they at least got one

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She said the organizational end of the weekend went extremely well, with several community organizations helping out.

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MADISON — The Vilas County News-Review won 12 Better Newspaper Contest awards last week, including the coveted first-place General Excellence honor.

Contest winners were honored last Friday night at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA), staged at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton.

The WNA Foundation received 3,003 entries from 126 newspapers, awarding the News-Review four firsts, five seconds and three thirds for writing, photography, ad design and page layout.

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Lisa Guo of Green Bay smells the fragrance of an orchid from Natt’s Orchids of Naperville, Ill., on Sunday at the Orchid Jungle, the Northeastern Wisconsin Orchid Society’s annual judged orchid show and sale at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk in Neenah. RON PAGE/POST-CRESCENT MEDIA

2 dead, 5 injured in two-car crash

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack incorrectly listed a reserve judge as one of her endorsers despite being told that he did not support her.

Roggensack adviser Brandon Scholz tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Robert Kinney’s name was listed in error, and it was removed from her web site by Saturday. The newspaper reports it was the second time Roggensack listed an endorsement she did not actually receive.

Kinney emailed Roggensack last week to object, saying he disagreed with her on virtually every 4-3 decision from the court. She wrote back to say he was listed by mistake and his name would be taken down.

Kinney says he’s satisfied.

Roggensack faces Marquette University

MANITOWOC — Authorities say two people have died and five were injured in a two-vehicle crash early Sunday in eastern Wisconsin.

Manitowoc Police Capt. Jerry Zimney told WOMT-AM that one vehicle apparently ran a stop sign and t-boned the other vehicle.

Zimney said two of the three men in one car died, and the third was airlifted. Four people were in the other car and all were taken to local hospitals.

Zimney said alcohol and speed are factors in the crash, which happened around 2:45 a.m.

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2 snowmobilers die in weekend crashes

JANESVILLE — A Beloit man died has after his snowmobile went into open water on Lake Koshkonong, one of at least two snowmobile fatalities in Wisconsin this

man died after his snowmobile went into the water early Saturday. His riding companion also went into the lake, but he was able get out and walked to shore to seek help. He told authorities they became disoriented because of darkness and fog.

The Department of Natural Resources says another fatal crash happened Saturday near Mercer in Iron County of northern Wisconsin. One snowmobiler crested a hill on a public trail and landed on top of an oncoming snowmobiler.

The deaths raise the number of snowmobile fatalities in Wisconsin this season to 18.

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down on the man, who died at the scene. he victim’s name was not immediately released.

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MADISON — The next round of Wisconsin hunting, fishing and trapping licenses will go on sale this week.

The current license year ends on the last day of March. Licenses valid from April 1 through March 31, 2014, will go on sale Wednesday.

State Department of Natural Resources officials are urging people to purchase a conservation patron license, which gives the holder all the basic fishing and hunting Man dies in Hobart privileges as well as state farm accident park and trail access. The HOBART — One man licenses cost $165 for has died in a farm acci- Wisconsin adults and $75 dent in Hobart in north- for children. Junior patron licenses don’t ineastern Wisconsin.

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A rainbow, projected by sunlight passing through the water spray of firefighters, appears over the Echo Lake Foods plant Jan. 31.

Strong winds and frigid temperatures made fighting the fire a challenge for fire crews.

Burlington plant looks to rise from the ashes Local units assisted at factory fire that raged for 39 hours

By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief

Burlington officials are working this week with the management of Echo Lake Foods to help one of the city’s largest employers rise from the ashes after a massive fire destroyed the company’s production facility Jan. 30 and 31.

The firefighting effort – dubbed unprecedented in the area in terms of manpower and coordination by

Burlington’s fire chief – included personnel and equipment from departments throughout Racine, Kenosha and Walworth counties as well as units from as far away as Dane County and even into Illinois.

However, city officials said Monday that even more impressive than the coordinated firefighting effort is the fact that there was no serious injury or loss of life in the fast-moving and long-burning blaze at the

breakfast food manufacturer along Honey Lake Road on Burlington’s northwest side. “(The lack of injury was the result of) a teamwork effort of welltrained people,” City of Burlington Fire Chief Dick Lodl said.

There is no foul play suspected in the cause fire, Police Chief Peter Nimmer said, noting that the local department assisted the state Fire Marshall’s office in investigating

the fire last week. The official cause of the blaze had not been determined as of Monday, but it appears to have started in the company’s production area.

Dealing with the fallout Now the biggest task facing the officials of the company founded in 1941 is rebuilding or relocating the

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One of more than a dozen robins that Turtle Creek Drive resident Pat Stranc spotted in her yard Friday perches in a Washington hawthorn tree. Stranc has tracked the robins’ arrivals for three years and saw them in February for the first time this year. Stranc said they arrived on March 7 in 2011 and on March 8 in 2012. With unseasonably high temperatures, trees are blooming early providing the robins with food like the berries on the hawthorn tree.

District considers adding locations, days to 4K program Parents’ opinions and suggestions sought

By Alexandrea Dahlstrom Staff Writer

The Delavan-Darien School District is considering partnering with Delavan preschools to offer 4-yearold kindergarten at additional locations and five days a week.

Superintendent Robert Crist and PreSchool for Creative Learning Program Director Becky Hayford held an informational meeting Jan. 29 at Wileman Elementary School for parents of 4K students or students who

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will enter 4K in the fall. expand or any number of options,” Crist said costs and transportation are The district offers 4-year-old Crist said. “The most important part among items the district will examkindergarten at its three elementary is we want to hear from the parents. ine. schools – Wileman, Darien and Turtle We want all the input we can get and Creek – from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. what works best for the families in the Pilot program The PreSchool for Creative Learntwo days a week and one Wednesday district.” a month.

Susan Lefel, representing the ing will offer a pilot program for 4K The district is considering offering Delavan Nursery Center at St. An- students beginning in March. The 4-year-old kindergarten five days a drew Parish School, said while the program will be a trial run to see how week from 8:15 to center has not a five-day-a-week 4K program would 11:15 a.m. and ofofficially signed work. Crist said it will give the district fering the program on, the school a chance to work out any kinks and We could at the PreSchool is also open to to learn what would and would not for Creative completely change the the possibility work.

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LET IT SLIDE — A lone motorcyclist walks toward his bike races held each Sunday near Sunset Bar & Grill, on the Southern Wisconsin Ice Racing Association and attract off the north shore of Lake Koshkonong on Saturday, Feb. lake’s north shore. Ice races are held throughout the win- dozens of participants from near and far. — Daily Union pho16. The individual might have been practicing for the ice ter, ice conditions permitting. They are sponsored by the to by Jim Furley.

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* * * NED RESPONSE: The announcer at the University Stevens Point men’s basketaturday, March 2, announced eys to a Dodge vehicle had a hallway outside a restroom Enhancement Center. owners of Dodge vehicles o see if the keys were theirs. , many in the audience pockets for their keys, even f them did not own a Dodge

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Some large birds don’t seem to understand that certain feeders aren’t for them. Here a wild turkey does its best to grab a few sunflower seeds from a feeder along the Wisconsin River in Plover, even though its perch is precarious. (Portage County Gazette photo) MODERN INCONVENIENCES: A Gazette reader called in to share an observation on some of the equipment being used by the Stevens Point Brewery to prepare for a $2 million expansion project.

Upon seeing the ground-thawing hoses laid about the landscape, he said his first thought was they were finally going to install a heated outdoor toilet.

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Silver Blades to shine

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The Eagle River Figure ating Club will present e annual Silver Blades e Show at the Eagle RivSports Arena this Satury and Sunday, March 16 d 17.

Show times for the perrmance, with the theme “British Invasion,” will 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday d 2 p.m. Sunday.

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