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Bad roads: Snow and wind blamed in crash that injured college teamB-4 Green Bay Press-Gazette Comments? Call Executive Metro Editor Barbara Uebelacker, 431-8341 Tuesday. November 29. 194 Data fi fetoDRnd bar In July, a Cuban inmate who hoped he would be deported if he did something spectacular behind bars tried to cut Dahmer's throat with a razor blade during a chapel service. His makeshift knife fell apart, and Dahmer wasn't hurt. The Rev.

Roy Ratcliff, who baptized Dahmer in May in a prison infirmary whirlpool bath, said Dahmer told him he generally got along well with other inmates. "As far as Jeff was concerned, He talked of suicide and found religion but couldn't escape the notoriety By Richard Eggleston Associated Press PORTAGE He was Inmate No. 177252 at the Columbia Correctional Institution, a man who, like many prisoners, found religion behind bars. But Jeffrey Dahmer never es Driver still hospitalized after crash One of three people injured Sunday in a three-vehicle crash on East Mason Street and Greenridge Drive remains hospitalized today. Calvin L.

Cornelius, 43, of De Pere, is in serious condition at St. Vincent Hospital, a nursing supervisor said. Also injured was Rose Marie Diederich, 28, who was discharged Monday from St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Randall J.

Diederich, 29. Another driver, Tou M. Yang, 17. was treated at St. Mary's Hospital and released.

Green Bay Police said Cornelius' vehicle crossed the center and struck Yang's car head-on at about 5:15 p.m. Diederich's pickup truck then slid into the other two, sandwiching Yang's Toyota in between, Capt. Bob Boncher said. Warrant issued in robbery case A Keshena man has been charged with robbing a man in Green Bay Sept. 17.

A warrant was issued Monday for Robert J. Peters, 27, who is charged with robbery as a repeat felon. Peters allegedly beat and robbed a man walking in the 200 block of North Clay Street at about 2:45 a.m. The man suffered serious injuries including a broken nose and eye socket, a complaint said. The man's wallet, along with $80 Columbia Correctional Institution officials believe serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was beaten to death by Christopher J.

Scarver, also a convicted murderer. Jesse Anderson, an inmate convicted of murdering his wife, also was beaten. He remains hospitalized today He did have a death wish, attorney says Prison records detailed by The Milwaukee Journal in March revealed a life behind bars punctuated by boredom and childish pranks. "I have over 900 years to do," he once complained to a prison guard. "I bite," Dahmer had been known to tell guards at the 600-inmate maximum-security prison where he died.

"He used to sit up until 4 a.m. watching TV," said prison system spokesman Joseph Scislowicz. Where Dahmer was found He had extensive head injuries and a bloody broom handle was found nearby. Prison officials said his head could have been smashed against a wall. He died in a hospital an hour after being found by guards.

Where Anderson was found He was hospitalized with severe head injuries. GNS graphic "It's nothing to rejoice about." Shirley Hughes, mother of murder victim Anthony Hughes -'wKMlch. UrMM 'it I I TW I 1 II I there was no sense of dread or fear for his life," said Ratcliff, who had visited Dahmer about once a week since baptizing him. Ratcliff said Dahmer spent most of his time in his cell, but didn't talk much about life behind bars or what made him do what he did. "He was as curious about that Please see PrisonB-2 Milwaukee neighbors say he deserved to dieB-2 "And that wasn't his wish," Patrickus said.

She said security at Columbia was the tightest she had ever seen. Patrickus couldn't imagine that Patrickus 'He was in harm's way' Dahmer pro voked the attack. "He was always a very docile sort of fellow," she said. Another high-profile convict-' ed murderer, Jesse Anderson, was attacked with Dahmer. He was hospitalized with serious head injuries.

The attacks on both men leads Patrickus to believe that someone targeted them because of their criminal histories, not randomly or as the result of a personal dispute. Patrickus last saw Dahmer a month or two after he entered the Portage prison. She was in court Monday when a bailiff told her something had happened at a prison to Dahmer and Anderson. "I thought this was a setup for some kind of a joke," she said. But she could hardly believe what the bailiff said next that Dahmer was beaten and had died.

Patrickus is a graduate of the former St. Joseph Academy, Green Bay, and St. Norbert College, De Pere. Joannes Park Aquatic Center Cm 1 Pi i itxJJuctUto C-r I 1 I I in critical conainon. Where me The prison nn Hm, du tjt Kin, 600-bed maximum security prison was built in 1986.

Inmates in the general population: Live in groups of 50 Eat, work, relax together Get 20 minutes for meals Have 90 minutes a day recreation: sports, games, TV or crafts, or reading in the library. Sources: Wisconsin Department of Corrections; USA TODAY research by Paul Hoversten "I just thought it would happen sooner. I didn't think he would last this long in there." Mildred Doxtator, Green Bay, of victim Jamie Doxtator Ringing in the ff tt i I I caped the notoriety his macabre crimes gave him. He sometimes called his existence "living death" and spoke of suicide. Dahmer, 34, slain Monday while cleaning a prison rest room, was serving 15 consecutive life prison terms here and faced another life term for an Ohio slaying.

He admitted to strangling and dismembering 17 boys and men and cannibalizing some of them. beatings occurred: "I don't believe in taking a life for a life." Catherine Lacy, mother of murder victim Oliver Lacy aunt holiday season teen won't noski, 17, 1775 Western faces two counts of physical abuse of a child after agreeing not to contest his waiver into adult court. Brown County Judge William Atkinson decided today that Cud-noski should face adult charges after he agreed to that as part of a plea agreement. A juvenile delinquency-petition had accused him of attempted murder, but the charge was reduced as part of the deal. "3 XX Hobby room flAuslc rooms v4 MT I i Joannes water park plans taking longer than expected But he wasn't seen by his defense lawyer to fear for his life By Kathleen McGillis Press-Gazette A former Allouez woman who helped defend Jeffrey Dahmer said he didn't fear for his safety.

"He didn't feel like he had a lot to live for. I think deep down inside he had somewhat of a death wish," said Wendy Patrickus, now a Milwaukee lawyer. "I just don't think that he had a very strong will to live." Dahmer, 34, died Monday of head injuries suffered when another inmate attacked him. Patrickus and Milwaukee lawyer Gerald Boyle defended Dahmer, who admitted to 17 molestation murders. Patrickus did numerous interviews with Dahmer and sat with him at the trial, while Boyle handled much of the court defense.

Dahmer didn't fear for his safety in prison, but Boyle and Patrickus discussed the belief that "he was in harm's way. People are enraged. Something like this was going to be a possibility." But she noted security precautions didn't stop the World Trade Center bombing or presidential assassination attempts. "If someone has designs on it, it's going to happen," she said. The only way to guarantee Dahmer's safety would have been to lock him up in solitary confinement all the time.

Conceptual drawing of Drop-off for patrons Bathhouse Sunbathing turf projected, said Jim Robertson, who's overseeing the project for the park department. The larger capacity could mean the difference between a pool that pays for itself through user fees pearance is Friday. According to the criminal complaint: Cudnoski told police he never intended to kill a 15-year-old Southwest student when he put the clay-cutter a wire strung between two wood dowels around the victim's neck Nov. 3. He said he only wanted to scare a group of boys who had been calling him names and harassing him so they would leave him alone.

A yr Sunbathing m)f Sandplay Vafes Sand volleyball s.f to $100, was taken in the robbery, the complaint said. Peters was convicted in Brown County Court in a 1992 case of being a party to robbery. Charges dropped for 4 in stabbing Four Green Bay men charged with a felony after a gang-related stabbing no longer face the charge. Brown County prosecutors were not ready to proceed at preliminary hearings Monday on second-degree recklessly endangering safety counts, so the charges were dropped. The men pleaded innocent to two remaining misdemeanors, being a party to criminal trespass and battery.

Geraldo Aviles, 18, 713 Howard and Ronnie L. Picotte, 18, 1440 University will appear again in court Friday. Jerod R. Harris, 18, 3576 Van Lanen Road, and Christopher M. Schmidt, 19, 1127 are to appear Wednesday.

Dec. 9. A fight occurred after the 17-year-old victim's gang allegedly beat up a rival gang member, police said. Assistant District Attorney Larry Lasee could not be reached on why the felony charges were I dropped or whether they would be refiled! Police dog corners apparent burglar A police do? cornered an apparent burglar at Fort Howard School early this morning. A west side man, 36, is expected to be charged with breaking into the building, Green Bay police Deputy Chief James Tay lor said.

Officers responded to an alarm that went off at 3:21 a.m. at the school, 520 Dousman St. They saw that a door on the southeast side of the building in an area of new construction had been forced open. A dog from the department's K-9 unit was sent into the building and cornered a man on the second floor of the school, Taylor said. Officers found an electric saw and electric drill that had been removed from a locked tool box opened with a bolt cutter.

Staff and wire service reports Were you excited about our first snowfall or were you dreading as the first sign of a long winter? "Actually, it's a little of both. I do get excited about the first snowfall. It's so Blohowiak pretty. Unfortunately, I know I'm looking forward to another four months of cold weather. Being re tired, I can sit in the house, though, and lust look at the snow.

In Febru ary, we usually go for a couple of weeks to Arizona or Florida and that helps." Don Blohowiak, 64, Green Bay, re tired ir: A 7 I 4 Joannes Park I The project is behind schedule and questions remain By Susan Campbell Press-Gazette A year after the Green Bay City Council appropriated funds to build a family aquatic center at Joannes Park, the project is at a pivotal juncture. City park officials say a number of questions must be answered before the project, now months behind schedule, can move forward. "There are so many issues with a pool like this," said Bill Landvat-ter, director of the Department of Park, Recreation and Forestry. The size and capacity of the water park which will feature water slides, volleyball, concessions and grassy areas for sunbathing will dictate the cost, he said. Consultants raised the capacity and cost concerns when they determined that the $1.65 million allocated would finance a water park accommodating up to 700 people daily, instead of 1,000 originally turf sSjVJ XV 7 Press-Gazette graphic and one that requires annual city funding, Robertson said.

Other issues include the loca tion of the aquatic center within Please see ParkB-2 Press-Gazette photo by Ken Wesely Young volunteer: Meghan Early, 11, of Ashwaubenon rings a bell for the Salvation Army at Port Plaza Mall on Monday night. Fifth- and sixth-graders from First Presbyterian Church of Green Bay volunteered for the project. face attempted murder charge West side A plea bargain means he'll head to adult court instead By Kathleen McGillis Press-Gazette A Southwest High School student accused of attacking another with a wire claycutter no longer faces attempted murder charges. Instead, Christopher T. Cud- But Cudnoski and witnesses agreed that he threatened to kill the boy while the claycutter was around his neck.

Cudnoski admitted he was kicked out of another school because he threatened someone with a knife. He faces a maximum sentence of nine years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of the sole charge expected to remain against him. An unchanged physical abuse of a child charge involving an Oct. 26 incident will be dropped as part of the agreement, said Cudnoski's lawyer, Katie Wolfe. Cudnoski had been in the juvenile part of the Brown County Jail from the time of the Nov.

3 incident until Friday, when he was released to his parents. Atkinson set a $5,000 signature bond as bail at a prosecutor's request. Cudnoski's next court ap.