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mmn itiiAifeiflatf-i ton. lilt 4M W.AjiUfiJrt.,i! Section Green Bay Press-Gazette Wednesday, October 26, 1988 Entertainment B-8 Death notices B-4 Television tumorier acme ma Wtness ssau -1 son was being assaulted, Lukensmeyer said, "I was standing there. I was looking over at them and wondering why this was happening. I just never thought it would get crazy like this. I didn't tell them to stop because I was afraid and thought if I said something they'd go nuts on me." The testimony was the first that placed Stumpner in the bar at the time Anderson was assaulted.

Defense attorney Jack Kintzele attempted to undermine Lukens-meyer's testimony, pointing out discrepancies between his statements Tuesday and earlier statements to police. He noted that Lukensmeyer provided the bar for the assault, drove Anderson and the three men to the Lime Kiln Road site where Ander By Tony Walter Press-Gazette Denice Stumpner sexually assaulted Margaret Anderson and then held her down while Randolph Whiting beat her with a pool cue, a key prosecution witness testified in Stumpner's trial Tuesday. Mark Lukensmeyer, the man who owned the Back Forty tavern where Anderson was assaulted shortly before she was murdered, testified Tuesday that he witnessed the sexual assault and beating after the bar closed in the early morning hours of Dec. 27, 1983. Stumpner is on trial in Brown County Court on charges of aiding and abetting aggravated assault and being party to the crimes of kidnapping and first-degree sexual assault.

Lukensmeyer is serving a 50-year prison term for his 1985 conviction on crimes connected to the Anderson murder. He agreed to testify in exchange for his transfer to a medium security prison and an agreement from the district attorney's office that will inform the state Parole Board that Lukensmeyer cooperated in the case. Lukensmeyer said he went back into his bar with Stumpner, Randolph Whiting, Mark Hinton and Anderson after closing time, and witnessed the sexual assault of Anderson by Stumpner and Whiting. "It seemed that Stumpner wanted his turn at her first so I stepped out of the way," said Lukensmeyer. "I thought there would be some sex and that the beating would stop." Asked what he did while Ander son supposedly was killed, helped destroy some of the evidence and then lied to police.

Lukensmeyer said he locked his bar shortly after closing time but reopened it when he saw Stumpner, Whiting and Hinton kicking Anderson in the alley next to the tavern. "I guess everybody was kicking her," he said. "There was just a flurry of feet. I thought it was best to get the situation out of the alley," Lukensmeyer testified. He said Stumpner and Whiting undressed Anderson in the bar, then Stumpner had sexual intercourse with her on the floor.

Whiting then sexually assaulted her. He said "things started getting really crazy" when Anderson did something to anger Whiting. He knocked her to the floor, Lukens meyer said, and, with Stumpner, holding her there, beat her with a. pool cue. Later, Lukensmeyer said, the men led Anderson to the car.

Lu- kensmeyer said he drove, while Hinton sat in the front seat and Stumpner, Whiting and Anderson sat in the back. They drove to a site near the Packerland Packing where Whiting left the car with Anderson and returned alone about 10 min- utes later, Lukensmeyer testified. Anderson's body was found by the side of the road about a half hour later by a passing motorist. Terry Apfel, the man who brought Anderson to the Back For- Please see StumpnerB-2 Denice Stumpner Accused in attack on Anderson Clean sweep in De Pere El ection '88 Jury must try to find the real Lukensmeyer By Tony Walter Press-Gazette Mark Lukensmeyer has lied on the witness stand. He admits that." He has testified truthfully, he says.

He even calls himself a snitch. He has taken the stand and refused to answer questions. Court records show that. He has given statements to police and testified in court in exchange for promises of immunity or more favorable treatment in prison. There are documents to support that.

The jury in the Denice Stumpner trial at the Brown County Courthouse this week is being asked which Mark Lukensmeyer it sees on the witness stand. Its answer could play a significant role in the outcome of the trial. Stumpner is charged with being party to the kidnapping, beating and sexual assault of Margaret Anderson in 1983. He says he's innocent. But Lukensmeyer, who says Stumpner is guilty, became the principal figure in the trial Tuesday afternoon uVion Via caiH Via AtsfiAaA Van Dreel's performance contested By Gary Dodge Press-Gazette Democratic incumbent Mary Lou Van Dreel thinks her 12 years in government gives her the edge in the 90th Assembly District race, but her Republican challenger, Randy Johnson, said she hasn't represented the district well.

"I stand on my record and what I accomplished," Van Dreel said. The 53-year-old state representative is seeking her second, two-year term. Some of those accomplishments, she said, included gaining nearly $500,000 for a Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District project and another $100,000 for improvements to the East River watershed. Johnson, 27, said the main issue in the campaign is representation of the 90th District and he doesn't think Van Dreel has done that effectively. "It's a case of setting aside party politics.

I think it was reflected in the park aids vote that sent $1.6 million to Milwaukee for a parking lot," Johnson said. "That's just one example. We have to look at what will be good for the district. We're calling for new equalization of the school district formula. We're not receiving our fair share," Johnson said.

Van Dreel said the park issue was a promise made by Gov. Tommy Thompson and that he placed the money in the state's 1987 and 1988 budget. Van Dreel said she voted for the budget. Press-Gazette photo by Ken Behrend Fall cleanup: Bundled up in the rain and cold, Paul Hermsen, left, Ken Scray, center, and Hank Mooren of the De Pere Street Department pick up leaves along Suburban Drive. Rain is likely to return tonight or Thursday.

University Avenue widening scheduled for summer, 1990 University Avenue reconstruction plan If I wanted to reject this portion I would ve had to reject the total budget. There's always something in the budget you wish wasn't there. I worked hard with local park officials to change that," she said. Please see AssemblyB-2 I Clay St. 1 I I access a ft road (W pi University Avenue 2 I Forest SO 90th Assembly District implicate Stumpner "to get Lukensmeyer it off my chest." storv changes Defense attorney Jack Kintzele thinks Lukensmeyer is testifying, and lying, to help shorten his 50-year prison sentence.

Lukensmeyer acknowledged that the agreement he made with Brown County District Attorney John Zakowski was an incentive to testify. "I eventually want to be free some day. The sooner the better," he said. But he said there were other reasons. "I don't think it's so much hirn (Stumpner) being free when he took as much part as I did, but more of getting it off my chest, to tell the truth and put it behind me." Lukensmeyer gets three things for his testimony: Zakowski had Lukensmeyer transferred from the maximum-security Green Bay Correctional Institution to the medium-security prison at Oshkosh.

Zakowski promised that a letter would be sent to the state Parole Board when Lukensmeyer comes up for parole in 1998, noting Lukensmeyer's cooperation in the Stumpner case. Zakowski promised that his office would remain silent when, and if, Lukensmeyer returns to a Brown County courtroom to try to have his sentence reduced. So why should the jury believe him now when he admittedly lied earlier, Lukensmeyer was asked. "I really can't give a real good answer to that," Lukensmeyer said. "I would hope they'd believe me.

I had a lot to lose (when he lied earlier) and I was trying to protect my name by not snitching on these people. I was deeply ashamed and embarrassed for being involved in this." Lukensmeyer was a principal, and controversial figure in the Margaret Anderson case long before his 1985 trial and conviction for being party to her kidnapping, beating and sexual assault. It began a few days after Anderson's body was found along Lime Kiln Road on Dec. 27, 1983. Lukensmeyer went to the police, saying he was told by fellow Drifters motorcycle gang member John Hager that members of the D.C.

Eagles were planning to pin the Anderson murder on him. Lukensmeyer engineered an agreement whereby he would testify against Randolph Whiting in exchange for immunity. All he had to do was tell the truth. When an arrest warrant was issued for Whiting on Jan. 3, 1984, Lukensmeyer was placed in the protective custody of the Green Bay Police Department.

Under the custody agreement, police officers were to Please see TestimonyB-2 By Gary Dodge Press-Gazette The final phase of University Avenue reconstruction is planned for the summer of 1990, a state Department of Transportation official said Tuesday. DOT District Manager Thomas Clark said University Avenue from North Clay to Forest streets will be widened to four lanes. "For all practical purposes, funding will be there when it's needed," Clark said. "Our six-year program is approved and that contains the project." Clark said the project falls in the 1989-1995 approved construction program. To clear the way for the project, about 15 houses in the 1300 and 1400 blocks of University Avenue were purchased by the city.

They will be moved further back into their lots or to new lots, said Robert Strong, community development coordinator for the city Planning Department. The homes, owned by the Green Bay Housing Authority, are vacant and will be rehabilitated for public housing, Strong said. In addition, Northside Service, 701 N. Irwin and the Cooperative Services station at North Clay Street and University Avenue will be demolished, Strong said. Both service stations must "For all practical purposes, funding will be there when it's needed.

Our six-year program is approved and that contains the project." Thomas Clark, DOT district manager Press-Gazette map by Bob Yancey nue because cul-de-sacs will be built on both sides of University Avenue, Krueger said. University Avenue, which is also State Highway 57, will be divided with a mountable median strip from North Baird Street to North Webster Avenue, the plans show. The work will cost $600,000 to $700,000, Clark said. Krueger said the city will pay about 25 percent of the project cost. The reconstruction is the final phase of a 2.9-mile project from North Monroe Avenue to Humboldt Road.

It includes construction of a bridge across the East River and the demolition of 75 residences, 12 businesses and two non-profit organizations. The project was proposed in 1972 because of projections for increased traffic on University Avenue. Van Dreel Johnson close by Dec. 31, Strong said. Along with widening the street to four lanes, a one-way frontage road to carry westbound traffic will be built from Irwin Avenue to North Clay Street, according to Gerry Krueger, a city Department of Public Works engineer.

Motorists using St. George Street won't be able to cross the frontage road or University Ave- Mary Lou Van Dreel Age: 53. Bom: March 23, 1935. Family: Married, three children. Career: Full-time legislator; former insurance agent; teacher and owner manager of resort.

Education: Nicolet High School; Rural Certification in Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1955; Bachelor's degree, UW-Oshkosh, 1968. Randy Johnson: Age: 27. Born: Dec. 7, 1960. Family: Single.

Career: Purchasing manager, shop foreman, Wholesale Pallet Distributor, 1985-present. Current Green Bay alderman-supervisor for 19th district. Chairman, Brown County Republican Party, February 1987 to present. Education: Green Bay Southwest High School graduate, 1979; University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, bachelor's degree in public administration- political science, 1984. Proposed Bellin parking ramp put on hold Inside: Deputy secretary of the Navy defends the -recommissioning of USSWisconsinB-3 Gannett Foundation awards grants to 16 Northeastern Wisconsin organizationsB-4 Negotiation session over proposed Oconto County landfill produces little resultsB-10 Legislative Council study committee asks for audit of the Fox River dam and locks system B-10 (90) Part of million and are awaiting results of feasibility studies, Arndt said.

Bellin is working with Lamers-Ger-shon, an East Coast firm that specializes in psychiatric hospital design. Earlier this year, Arndt said the proposed facility will serve adolescents and adults. There will also be some secure areas for patients who need more intensive care and observation. Bellin already has 74 beds dedicated to psychiatric services and those beds will be transferred to the new center, Arndt said. The proposed parking ramp is needed because of the hospital's plans for the new psychiatric hospital and because a parking shortage exists in the hospital corridor, Arndt said in September.

The ramp was planned for the east side of South Van Buren Street, between Cass and East Mason streets. It was designed for 1,400 parking spaces. As a temporary solution, Bellin has razed 13 houses in the 600 block of South Van Buren Street to make way for the surface parking lot. Bellin owned 12 of the homes for several years and purchased the other one recently, Arndt said. In September, the Green Bay Plan Commission gave approval to two, one-half block parking lots on the east and west sides of South Van Buren Street between Cass and East Mason streets.

The two lots will accommodate 339 vehicles. The parking ramp has been opposed by neighborhood residents who are concerned about environmental problems such as noise and air pollution. Residents were also concerned over the ramp's 90-foot height design. Under a planned commercial development agreement, there is a 35-foot maximum height limit for new structures. By Gary Dodge Press-Gazette Bellin Memorial Hospital has temporarily set aside plans to build a seven-story parking ramp on South Van Buren Street so it can concentrate its efforts on its proposed 80-bed psychiatric hospital.

In the meantime, the hospital is moving forward with construction of a $190,000 surface parking lot in the 600 block of South Van Buren Street, Bellin Administrator Thomas Arndt said. "The parking ramp will be put on the back burner for the time being," Arndt said, because Bellin is hoping to break ground for the psychiatric facility in the 700 block of South Webster Avenue across from the hospital in February. Bellin officials are reviewing an architectural rendering of its psychiatric hospital expected to cost $5 million to $6 Green Bay if -j Ashwaubenon i AW De Pere Ward 9.