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www.greenbaypressgazette.com Green Bay Press-Gazette Tuesday, September 5, 2006 A-5 My Community IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN children ages 6 to 12 the opportunity to remove the kicking tee from the field after an opening kickoff. Parents can enter their children in the sweepstakes until Dec. 18. Entry forms and contest rules are available at ShopKo stores. The prize also includes four game admission tickets.

Press-Gazette YOU CAN USE Today's tip ShopKo and the Green Bay Packers have announced this year's Green Bay Packers Kickoff Kid sweepstakes. The retail chain will award 10 Monday at the Brown County Fairgrounds. Preliminary entries include 205 hogs, 60 lambs and 47 market steers with 117 exhibitors. SHEBOYGAN SURFER Laura Wintheiser, 9, of Sheboygan surfs Sunday during the Dairyland Surf Classic at North Beach in Sheboygan. The classic marks the traditional kickoff event for the Great Lakes surfing season.

Gary C. KleinGannett Wisconsin Newspapers Get out there Historic Hazelwood is holding a Victorian tea from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 1008 S. Monroe Allouez. Harpist Cheryl Murphy will provide entertainment.

A program featuring historical fashions also will be held each day. After the tea, visitors may tour Historic Hazelwood and see vintage fashions. Tables are limited to four Today in history SEPT. 5, 1965: The Total Resource Development citizens group for Brown County is studying three main areas including natural resources, social and cultural improvement, and agriculture production. Detailed information will be gathered and used in Allouez Bellin Health is offering a free informational program on quitting smoking from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 12 in the Bellin Health Allouez Executive Con- ierence Koom, zuzu s. weDster Green Bay To register, call (888) 758-7373. Ashwaubenon The Park Department is offering open swim and lap swim sessions at Ashwaubenon High School, 2391 S. Ridge Road, on the following days: 11:30 a.m.

to 1 p.m. MondaysWednesdaysFriday Sept. 6 to Dec. 22, lap swim. 5:30 to 7 p.m.

TuesdaysThursdays, Sept. 14 to Dec. 14, adult width swim. Saturdays, Sept. 9 to Dec.

16, parent and child open swim 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., open and lap swim, 1 to 3 p.m. 1-3 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 10 to Dec.

17, open and lap swim. Daily open and lap swim: Children 17 years and younger, adults, 18 years and older, seniors 60 years and older, $1.25. Parentchild open swim (children must be 7 years or younger): $2.50 per one child and parent; $1 for additional parent; 50 cents for additional child. Open and lap swim passes (Good for 10 visits): $7.75 youthsenior; $15.50 adults. Pool is closed on certain days.

For information, call (920) 492-2331. De Pere Youths from 14 counties, including Brown and Ke wau-nee, will take part in the 63rd Northeast Junior Livestock Show Saturday through FREE APPRlipWf On Consumer Real foteif GUant low PurchaseTorRefinance I No Money Down Purchases Excellent to Challenged Credtt High Debt Ratios Are Approved Consolidate Debt and Save Refinancing up to 125 No Income Verification (Qeai For Self Employed; Income Properties 6TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT One offer per customer with closed funded loan with Custom Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Some Conditions Apply. Prequalify In Minutes By Phone Free cfi Fort Approval Call us today! (920) 661-4091 1 IHlllir II Ml. HP screenings from 11 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Monday at the Bellin Health Family Medical Center, 203 Smith Ave. The assessment involves a free examination by a licensed professional. Appointments are required. Call (888) 758-7373.

You do not have to be a Bellin patient to participate. Sevastopol Calling the move an attempt to assist the Sevastopol School Board in reducing the 2006-07 budget, voters at the district annual meeting voted 42-21 on Aug. 29 to reduce the board's annual salary from $200 per month to $75. The motion, made by former School Board member Gerald Worrick, was substantiated, Worrick said, by the board's need to tighten the budget while preparing for the upcoming school year. resources.

Third, I will work to help make health care more affordable through tax incentives for both business and consumers. These three items will help keep the 6th District a great place to work, live and visit. Gary Tauchen Age: 52 Family: Single Home: Bonduel Years in district: 52 years Occupation: Dairy farmer, co-owner of Tauchen Tauchen Harmony Valley Farms Education: Bonduel High School; bachelor of science, animal science, UW-River Falls Political experience: Member, Shawano Co. Republican Party Community involvement: Vice president, Shawano Co. Farm Bureau; member, Wisconsin Emergency Preparedness Biosecurity Task Force; member, Shawano Area Chamber of Commerce.

If elected, what issues would you focus on? (List up to three) Health care: To improve access to good health care and control costs, I would promote consumer-driven health care more patient access to health data, increased competition between health-care providers, and tax-deductible Health Savings Accounts. Economy: Good jobs need to be available, particularly in key industries like papermaking, manufacturing, and food processing. And let's not forget small businesses they create 80 percent of all jobs. I'll fight for lower taxes, sensi 'f 1 "It's Our Business aYres' NO OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES! 7b Green Bay An Arthritis Self-Help Course hosted by the Arthritis Foundation, Wisconsin Chapter, begins Oct. 12.

The six-week course is designed to help people with arthritis understand their disease and learn self-management techniques for pain. The class will be held at A Woman's Place, 1727 Shawano Green Bay. The course fee is $25 per participant. Advance registration is required. To register or for information, call The Arthritis Foundation at (800) 242-9945.

Howard The village will now have a new zoning code for preservation and a commission to help protect historic buildings. On Aug. 28, the board unanimously approved repealing and re-creating the village's historical preservation zoning code, which was outdated. The code is modeled on De Pere's preservation plan, and will give the commission power to designate historical homes, create historical districts and place sites on the national registry The seven-member commission will include an architect, a historian, a real estate agent, members of the historical society and the Village Board. They will have staggered two-year terms.

Oconto Bellin Health is offering free knee and hip pain assessment More online For complete election coverage, go to www.green baypress gazette.comelection. Affordable health care: Disclosure of health-care costs, up front, and make all health-care expenses and premiums deductible. Education: Parochial, private and home-schoolers provide quality education. These families double pay, yet save the public school system huge expenses. I'll propose tax deductibilitytax credits to these families.

Scott McMahon Age: 32 Family: Married, one child Home: Gillett Years in district: 28 Occupation: Advanced business analyst in corporate document management, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Education: bachelor of arts, communication, St. Norbert Col lege Political experience: Gillett School Board member, 2004 to present Community involvement: Firefighter, town of Gillett Volunteer Fire Department; McMahon member and past president, Gillett Civic Club; member Oconto River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited If elected, what issues would you focus on? (List up to three) I will work on the creation of a new funding formula for K-12 education that is both fair to taxpayers and students. I will work on economic development that is both good for our communities and has minimal Impact on our natural loses $230,000 in Nigeria expenses that would release the $65.7 million. The payments covered sup- r-- -1 expense money for a diplomatic team, a charge from a Nigerian drug enforcement agency to cover "clearance" of a money package to the United States, warehouse fees, payment to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and funds to allow Soludo to fly from Nigeria to Milwaukee.

The victim used a home equity loan to cover most of the fees, which were sent electronically by Western Union and Money Gram and picked up by more than a dozen runners from various locations in Nigeria, according to the jL 1 If" ii I per table. Children younger than age of 6 are unable to attend. Hats, gloves or period clothing are welcome at the get-together, but not required. The cost is $15, and prepaid reservations are required. Those interested should call (920) 437-1840 or check the Brown County Historical Society Web site at www.brownco-historical soc.org.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Brown County Historical Society programs. Press-Gazeete project areas of emphasis in the next 1 0 years. Art Kaften is chairman Chat Online of the Discuss this topic Natural a( www.greenbay Re" pressgazette.com sources Committee that oversees the subcommittees. Compiled by Diane Robb Press-Gazette A 9 i Applvionhnesat! www.cmswi.com 1 065 Velp Ave. West Green Bay 825 Morris Ave.

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Joseph St. Allouez 108 S. 5th St. 1 De Pere 406 Cardinal Ln. Howard Vf Pick Your jnl st Pnvment Plan A tfl 0 ilil srVV- UJUtj jj, 1 i Aivi in ill jfhtyk mm For All Your Roofing Needs "This was an easy way to make a cut," Worrick said after the meeting.

"I made the motion to raise it to $200 several years ago, and that was a different time, financially" Door County Advocate WrigntstOWn Bellin Health is offering free knee and hip pain assessment screenings from 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Bellin Health Family Medical Center, 555 Quality Court. The assessment involves a free examination by a licensed professional. Appointments are required.

Call (888) 758-7373. You do not have to be a Bellin patient to participate. Have something to add? Tell us what's going on in your community. Send news releases or other information to metrogreenbay pressgazette.com. Please include a phone number or e-mail address of someone we could contact for more information.

ble regulations, a reliable energy supply, so Wisconsin can better compete in the global marketplace. Death tax: A complete repeal of Wisconsin's Death Tax. To make Wisconsin better for retiring seniors. Web site: www.garytauchen Dale R. Vannes Age: 63 Family: Married, three children Home: Shawano Years in district: 6 Occupation: Self-employed insurance and financial adviser Education: bachelor of arts in police science from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Political experience: 23 years in local government including former town chair, Village Board, Zoning and Planning Commission, 7th District Vine Chair. jV 1 7th District Con Vannes gress oanaiuaiB, and County Chair. Community American Legion, Parish Council, involvement: Sacred Heart United Way If elected, what issues would you focus on? (List up to three) Taxes: Plans to offer tax breaks for small businesses, cut waste, and balance the budget. Affordable health care: Believes that health care must be made affordable and accessible. Believes in control prices and tort reform.

Rights for property owners: Believes in giving property owners a fair price to obtain lost property. 1 ft.) Asphalt Fiberglass Shingles Clay Concrete Tile Cedar Shingles Shakes Copper Roofs Decra 50 Year Stell Shingles Flat Roofing GutterTopper Beautiful. Safe. Strong. Press-Gazette Four candidates are seeking the Republican nod.

The winner of the Sept. 12 primary will advance to the Nov. 7 general election to face Democratic candidate Richard Lieffring of Cecil. Incumbent John Ainsworth, R-Shawano, is not seeking re-election. JP Drengler Age: 53 Family: Married, seven children Home: Shawano Years in district: 41 Occupation: Field representative for the National Association for the Self-Employed, licensed health and life insurance agent, owner of Shawano Lake Resort.

Education: Business management administration, Bryant Stratton Business College, Milwaukee Political experience: Former Shawano County supervisor, Drengler Shawano County Law Enforcement Committee, former national secretary of Chimney Safety Institute of America, national secretary of National Chimney Sweep Guild, national coordinator of National Air Duct Cleaners Association. Community involvement: Former vice president of tourism and current member, Shawano Area Chamber of Commerce; member Shawano Rotary; former president, Shawano Lake Lions Club. If elected, what issues would you focus on? (List up to three) Taxes: JP Drengler promises to stand alongside Gov. (Mark) Green to make Wisconsin great again. Taxes must not exceed our seniors' and families' ability to pay.

Mark calls for a state constitutional amendment to limit government growth and JP Drengler is the only candidate to have signed the pledge. 77-year-old man in swindle based ROOFINQ AOiv.ofTHintBSuionoue.tno- Serving N.C.W. Since1957 7 fffiainiwuma 1 mm ram ar'T -w-r 12 month certificate $5,000 minimum ro onen The Associated Press MILWAUKEE After more tnan years, liie scam uaiieu Nigerian 419 is still in practice, recently swindling a 77-year-old Brookfield man out of $230,000. The man received an e-mail in August 2004, claiming it was from Charles Soludo, a former World Bank figure who currently leads Nigeria's central bank, saying the man was owed $65.7 million by the Nigerian government, according to court records. In the distant past, the Brookfield man had done work for the country.

In the months that followed, the perpetrator persuaded the man to pay a series of fees and '4, Pioneer 5 FT F5 i It's the "Right" thing 1 I ji'U I.