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Contact Joe DiGioVannl area editor (414)656-6285 after 10:30 am or CLASSIFIED INSIDE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20 1998 KENOSHA NEWS D1 fcr ateM Pleasant Prairie halts activity in Des Plaines River areas That area shows a large new area of floodplain between highways Hand 31 a good idea to get the information out Trustee Steve Kumorkiewicz said moratorium will prevent people from building in areas that could Pollocoff said the village staff is working on a report pn the issue to be sent to all affected property owners In the meantime he said citizens may stop at the Pleasant Prairie Village Hall 9915 39th Ave to look at the large maps to find out how their property is tol Salem and into Racme County the biggest impact is in Pleasant Prairie Baxter said the new floodplain maps have not been adopted by SEWRPC yet jwe are confident of quality of the He said the new maps are substantially different than the old maps establish a floodplain hiu there one The biggest change in the floodplain map will be in the far southern section' of the village near the Illinois border west of Highway 31 south of Spring-brook Road erosion control construction plans or other development related permits1 er approvals in areas in the village that are within the new limits of the 100-year floodplain of the river The ordinance will give the village time to formally modify floodplain maps Attorney James Baxter said Wisconsin Re-' A 11 mmw w-a wto mm a i 'me i I to mm w-a? A i ft- to to- ft IMf vm mum 'ft i rmm I fS- I- I toft ft to gional Planning Commission has pledged their co-operation during the 90-day Baxter said anticipate a mini-mum impact on developers and landowners so they are not caught in mid Michael Pollocoff village administrator said the new maps are the result of a study that was started by SEWRPC seven years ago process began in 1991 when we asked the county to update the topographic he said Though the Des Plaines basin ranges into Somers Paris Bris Hf to M0 to ft i1? to" to If wt ww 1 I A mm mm 4i? al) ftb km asm to it-' 4 i tricts we are the lowest paid And really McKee said 1998 salary is at the top of the schedule and it is only about $700 more than it was irt'T993 It cost me $754 this summer to get my certification renewed with classes and license As club members loaded luggage and equipment aboard a waiting bus they commented on the situation been a crazy week at senior Jane Goodyear said teachers have all been upset We knew we going to have school today Word was mh mmm I toto toWAJMi toHMA ton to Another senior Tony Hetland said the sick-out made for a hectic week but put a damper on the ski trip think it (the sick-out) is pretty cool just because we get out of said Tim Dolan a junior His mother Patty said the Racine school board was pretty in reaching a settlement kind of she said with the teachers but at the same time I want it settled KENOSHA NEWS PHOTO BY BILL SIEL With school at Racine Park High School cancelled counselor Bob McKee got an early start Thursday on a ski club field trip For the fourth consecutive day teachers called In sick Thursday at several Racine schools Briefs Attempt to steal change machine lands four in jail PLEASANT PRAIRIE Four Zion 111 men learned a Sawzall get you out of every jam They were arrested by Pleasant Prairie Police officer Jerry Paul for burglary after they reportedly tried to use a cordless saw to carve through the walls of a laundromat to steal the change machine Paul was on routine patrol in his squad when he noticed the four men standing outside Laundromat 2105 91st Ave about 12:30 am Wednesday "At first they said they were in there Sgt Mark Hunter said were acting like they know what was going on" But when Paul investigated he found the suspects were attempting to cut the two-by-four boards behind the change machine so they could free it from the wall and load it into their car The suspects reportedly said they were planning to steal several change machines from businesses in the area but this was their first stop Jerome Lindsey 22 Michael A Pye 19 Marc Livingston 19 and Brandon Cooper 18 all of Zion 111 were arrested Cycle club leader pleads net guilty in drug case MILWAUKEE A not guilty plea was entered Thursday on i behalf of the president of the High Rider Motorcycle Club in Racine accused of dealing co- caine I Frank Cihler 45 of Racine was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver He was arrested Feb 4 when one-half kilogram of cocaine was reportedly seized from his vehicle as he drove near Regehcy Mall in Racine Cihler stood mute in US District Court in Milwaukee Thursday morning A not guilty plea was entered for him Assistant US Attorney Eric Klumb said If convicted Cihler could be sentenced to between five and 40 years in prison and a fine of $2 million Klumb said the investigation is ongoing At this time Cihler is the only member of the motorcycle club arrested Funeral services today for longtime Zion activist ZION 111 Funeral services will be held in Alabama today for Hilda Sweda a longtime environmental activist Sweda an Alabama native died Monday at a Waukegan 111 hospital She was 55 She formed the Citizens Lobbying for the Environment and Neighborhood to preserve open space around a Browning Ferris Industries landfill in Zion She is in the Lake County Conservation Hall of Fame and was presented the Key to the city of Zion last year Interment will be today at Greenwood Cemetery Florala Ala Program on Wood ducks slated Saturday at Bong BRIGHTON Wood is the title of an interpretive program scheduled for 9 to 11 am Saturday at Bong State Recreation Area 26313 Burlington Road Participants will learn about the wood duck and monitor nesting boxes Dress to go outside and meet at the Visitor Center Be prepared to drive to the sites For more information call 878-5600 pr 652-0377 More area stories on D2 Those at Providence Catholic would like all their students transported to the private school on buses provided by the public schools 0 Rock Solomon executive director of the Wisconsin Towns Association said the farmland preservation program remains controversial because of various inequities that it creates Maria Berrfardin mother of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin died Thursday of heart failure BY ARLENE JENSEN KENOSHA NEWS PLEASANT PllAIRIE An ordinance passed Thursday by the Pleasant Prairie Village Board will impose a 90 day moratorium on development in the newly marked floodplain of the Des Plaines River The action will temporarily freeze all zoning land division Hard to take sides: parents strike in Racine draws various reactions BYBILLGUIDA KENOSHA NEWS RACINE Dropping one of his children off at school Larry Mahoney "found it hard taking sides Thursday as Ratine Unified faculty continued for the fourth day leading to the closing of schools see people looking at it in black and Mahoney said not that easy You almost take sides in a way a little bit of both too bad the kids get caught in the Contract talks stalled for a month before the parties entered an all-day mediation session Thursday When talks broke down officials indefinitely shut down the 21114-student district The 1928-student Park High School closed Thursday due to teacher absences For the ski club that meant getting a headstart on a skiing weekend in Michigan Counselor Bob McKee has lawsuit not dismissed BY ARLENE JENSEN KENOSHA NEWS An attempt by Kenosha County to have Mark lawsuit dismissed was denied Thursday by Judge Mary Kay Wagner-Malloy In her ruling Wagner-Malloy also held in abeyance a decision on lawsuit filed nine months ago in an attempt to get proper zoning for his Kenosha Military Museum at 11114 120th Ave Corporation Counsel Frank Volpintesta argued that suit against the county should be dismissed because of events that have transpired since the action was filed last May Sonday filed his lawsuit after a technicality doomed his zoning request in a vote before the County Board When the request for a change from' agricultural to institutional zoning came before the board supervisors voted 17 to 8 in favor But because neighboring property owners had filed petitions in opposition of the rezoning the vote required a four-fifths majority or 19 in favor Sonday maintained that the petitions were not filed in a timely manner and should not have been allowed to affect the vote Six neighbors filed the petitions at 4:55 pm May 5 the day before the county board voted on the resolution Sonday contends the petitions should have been filed two business days before the vote not just seven hours and five minutes before the day of the vote I- 0 tototo ft If- i Saw 4' to ft I i 41 Janet two daughters attend Park She said independent enough now for the sickout not to disrupt her daily schedule but she felt sorry for parents of 1 elementary school children affected by the closings would prefer the teachers settle their dispute outside the she said feel badly they have to involve the students and have them miss out on Said Goodyear: think kids are that concerned about it Which is too bad because students are the most affected by all County Lines bass and walleye into the Twin Lakes Stars and Stripes When Shelley McDevitt became district administrator of Trevor School last summer she was strtick by the absence of American flags at the school The oversight was corrected Thursday when State Rep Cloyd Porter R-Burlington and American Legion Commander Glenn Schultz of Post 544 in Twin Lakes presented nine flags to student council The Stars and Stripes will be placed throughout the school McDevitt said the student Council has offered to purchase a stand and students will craft a pole so that one of the flags can be displayed prominently in the school board meeting room under the sun Don Wienke former Bristol town chairman is alive and well suntanned and retired in Plant City Fla Pictures of Wienke passed Bass Pro Shop to help with Twin Lakes club been at Park 27 years and chaperoned the annual ski trip for 25 He said if he called in sick Thursday the trip probably would have been canceled have been fafr to the he said already paid a $7000 deposit for this They did a lot of fund raising in the fall It would have been He said teachers in the Racine Education Association would like to have the same contract as their Kenosha Unified counterparts who reached settlement relatively quickly in the fall of 25 suburban school dis Mark Sonday with a replica of his military museum Volpintesta told Wagner-Malloy case should be declared moot because Pleasant Prairie has exercised extra-territorial zoning in the area of the military museum That action freezes the existing agricultural zoning and prevents any change he said since I filed the motion to dismiss the surrounding property owners have filed a petition to annex to Pleasant Volpintesta said Because those properties are contiguous to the 15-acre museum property owned by Sonday state law allows that land to be annexed in the same petition If and when Pleasant Prairie accepts the petition Volpintesta said Sonday property will be a part of Pleasant Prairie and not under county zoning at just a Wagner-Malloy said know that they will accept Attorney Greg Guttormsen representing Sonday said Volpintesta was to predict the around at a Bristol Town Board meeting show the former town chairman standing in front of a new house A sign on the home reads A new home for the Wienkes Bristol Wienke was a town supervisor for 15 years and town chairman for two years Bristol Supervisor Wayne Eide who keeps in touch with Don and his wife Beverly said they live near Lloyd and Pearl Nelson also of Bristol Wienke who was well known for his umpiring skills while he lived in Bristol is doing the same in Florida according to Eide he really wants to do is umpire at Disney Eide said Nobody listens Repairing a lift station is a nasty job even worse when the people you are trying to help co-operate Last week letters were sent to 350 Somers residents asking them to cut down on the amount of water they flushed and drained into the system The reason? To keep as much water out of the lift station as possible while the pumps were being repaired The result according to public works employees was not a reduction but rather an in- 1 crease in flows The conclusion? Sending the letters out was a waste The long-running fish-stocking program of the Twin Lakes Club is about to get a big boost thanks to the Bass Pro Shop at the Gurnee Mills outlet center in Gurnee In exchange for blub members volunteering to operate the trout-fishing pond Feb 26-March 1 during the spring sale and promotion the company will donate $1 for every trout that is caught and another $1 for every fish that club members clean for participants A1 Slotta who with TLSC President Chuck Wagner will be running the activity said the store has indicated it will stock the pond with 2000 trout and will bring in more if needed And the chances are excellent that more will be needed since some 200000 sportsmen are expected to visit the store that week made $1200 from our ice-fishing derby to help support our stocking program on Lake Mary and Lake Slotta said people catch 2000 trout at the Pro Bass event and we clean them all that would give us another $4000 for our stocking effort later this year If they bring in more fish that would mean even more money for our In recent years the Twin Lakes Club has released thousands of young northern' pike smallmouth discusses a state law that is Area: The president of a western Kenosha County teachers union causing problems in schools in Racine and elsewhere I 1 I --ft.