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In Brief LocalState section Contact Deputy Metro Editor Amber Paluch at (920) 431-8361 or metrogreenbaypressgazette.com Green Bay Press-Gazette heart heaHh Dtoctoir ur good Speaker stresses women need to get checked BY JEAN PEERENBOOM IPMrwbitgreentMyprossyaefle com More than 500,000 wom en will die of heart disease this year, yet only one in 10 If you go Dr. Nieca Goldberg will discuss Women and Heart Health at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Meyer Theatre, 1 1 7 S. Washington Green Bay. The free presentation is sponsored by A Woman's Place of St.

Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, Green Bay. To register, call A Woman's Place at (920) 498-4205. address three areas: heart ness," she said. "The lead-disease, prevention and ing cause of death and dis-stress. ability in women is heart "We need to raise aware- and stroke.

They are the mm mi mm ir Gene Seidl tills a six-acre field Thursday along Kewaunee County AB outside Luxemburg. Evan SieglePress-Gazette May Weather Monday, May 1,2006 number one and three killers of women in terms of heart disease. "Women have yet to take it personally. Only 13 percent think heart disease will personally affect them," she said. Her advice is simple and nothing new: exercise and eat right.

See Heart, B-3 Marinette man seeks Assembly nomination Koehn is running for 89th district seat as Democrat Press-Gazette MARINETTE A Marinette man has announced he's seeking the Democratic nomination for the 89th Assembly District seat. Randy Koehn, 39, is seeking the vacancy created by Rep. John Gard, R-Peshtigo, who's running for the 8th Congressional District seat. Koehn is a 1985 Marinette High School graduate. He has taught social studies and math in Wisconsin for the past 14 years, according to a news release from the candidate.

He said his mission is "easing the property tax burden, equalizing school funding throughout the state and bringing high-paying Koehn On the Net Go to Randy Koehn's blog at votekoehn jobs to the area." He'll face one of two Republican candidates who have declared so far, according to the state Elections Board Web site. Former state Sen. Gary Drzewiecki of Pulaski and John Nygren of Marinette are seeking the Republican nod. The primary is set for Sept. 12; the general election for Nov.

7. The 89th district includes parts of Brown, Oconto and Marinette counties. Dantoin said. The county and village are splitting the cost of the $2.53 million project, which involves creating two lanes of traffic, two lanes for bicycles, putting in new sidewalks and building a single-lane roundabout at the intersection of Allouez Avenue and Libal Street. The project is slated to be finished by Halloween.

Dantoin is available to talk to residents between 8 and 9 a.m. Tuesdays at the construction site trailer near the East River. Or he may be reached at (920) 662-2172. history of dairy 1947: Decreases of one cent Howard Firefighters stage practice burn The Howard Fire Department did a practice burn Sunday afternoon of a house owned by the village. Capt.

Keith Garland said the exercise provided valuable training for the whole operation, especially the newer members who have not had a chance to respond to a burning building yet. The house was on Wietor Drive, near the intersection of U.S. 41 and Interstate 43. Garland said they set rooms on fire between 1 and 5 p.m. before burning the house down.

The 44-mcmbcr Howard Fire Department operates on a volunteer basis. Garland said 29 firefighters showed up for the drill. Lee ReinschPress-Gazette Brown County Erickson named planning chair Brown County Supervisor Bernie Erickson has been named new chairman of the county's Planning, Development and Transportation Committee. The committee deals with planning and zoning, county highway construction and environmental issues. It votes on recommendations to the full County Board.

The board has been reorganizing itself after the April elections. Supervisor Mike Fleck was elected vice chairman of the committee. Supervisor Norb Dantinne Jr. will chair a subcommittee, the Land Conservation Committee. Paul BrinkmannPress-Gazette Milwaukee UWM students say keep name University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students have voted and they say they don't want the school's name changed.

A new coalition put the issue to a vote, because they said the hyphen in the name makes it seem second to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which is often referred to as the University of Wis consin by national sports media. But 1,286 students who voted in last week's referendum said they want to keep the name as Univer sity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, according to results released Sunday night. The student government's Independent Elec tion Commission released the other votes as: Wiscon sin State University, 804 votes; Milwaukee State University, 82 votes; and Milwaukee University, 28 votes. Also 10 people wrote in for Jedi Acade my, a reference to the Star Wars movies. Any name change re quires approval by the school's administration and the UW System Board of Regents.

The Associated Press Denmark Rummage sale set for Saturday Saturday marks the 15th year for the Denmark Annual Village- Wide Rummage Sale. This year's sale fea tures more than 120 hous es, many of which are multifamily sales. Items for sale include antiques. lawn mowers, tools, ap pliances, toys, furniture, household decorations artwork, sporting goods, plants, electronics, auto mobiles and clothing. Maps are available at Cooperative Services Denmark Mini Mart, Den mark State Bank, Did Ya Know Cafe, Kane Service, Lome's Cafe Catering, Main Street Market, Bank, Village Hall, Vil lage Mart, online at www.dcbawis.org or by calling (920) 863-6400.

The event is sponsored by the Denmark Community Business Associa tion. Proceeds go to the DCBA Scholarship Fund. For information, call (920) 863-3670 or e-mail Peggy Collinsmith at peggyfticerebralsys.com Press-Gazette Green Bay on women and heart health. Goldberg is the author of "Women Are Not Small Men: Life- Goldberg saving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease." Goldberg said she will 99 degrees warmest aay: May 31, 1934 tin Average high and low: (1971-2000) -4 4 68 a Jj 44.7 and degrees 21 degrees uooiest aay: May 9, 1966 Meadow Lane, a horseshoe-shaped area just east of Oakwood Avenue. Drivers have been more considerate lately, he said, and have stayed out of the way of crews.

He said residents have "actually stopped to compliment the job our guys are doing," he said. Last week, crews removed the last of the concrete curb, gutter and old roadbed from between Webster Avenue and Riverside Drive. Dantoin said WPS relocated gas mains between East River Drive to keep you in the know TJ Get out there Ail sees herself as at risk. Two-thirds of women who die of a heart attack will never make it to the hospital. And 90 percent of those who had a heart attack had at least one risk factor that could have prevented it.

That's the word from cardiologist Dr. Nieca Goldberg of New York, who will be speaking Wednesday in Allouez Avenue Update East River Drive and the East River just a hundred feet to go and we're finished with that," said Steve Dantoin, project engineer with the Brown County Highway Department. Sewer and water crews will continue working westerly on Allouez Avenue, with Wisconsin Public Service working on gas relocation in the areas of Hawthorne Place and FACTS News items dig, MAY WEATHER EVENTS Green Bay residents experienced quite a hot spell at the start of summer in 1934. The month of May ended on a record-setting 99 degrees that year. The next day was a June record, at 1 01 May 1918 not only was the wettest May ever, it was one of the wettest months in Green Bay's weather history since 1896.

The area got 9.7 inches of rain that year. The wettest May day, however, was a different year. That was May 29, 1942; when 2.6 inches fell in a 24-hour period. May 1988 was a droughty one, with just 0.06 of an inch of rain falling all month. That was the driest May on record.

APRIL WRAP-UP As of this weekend, the month was wrapping up at near-normal temperatures, with an average high of about 0 degrees and an average low of about 38. The warmest day of the month was the 14th, when it hit 78; the coolest was the 8th, when it got down to 24. The area received 1 .91 inches of rain, as of 7 p.m. Sunday. That's 0.65 of an inch below normal.

The greatest amount of precipitation in a 24-hour period was on April 2-3, when 0.57 of an inch of rain fell. The National Weather Service is predicting normal temperatures and precipitation for May for Wisconsin. MAY LAST YEAR The average high temperature was 64.2. The average low was 43.9. The overall average was 54.1 or 2.3 degrees below normal.

The highest temperature was 81, which happened on the 8th. That was the only day to get into the 80s, though it got into the 70s 10 times. The coolest day was the 4th, when it got down to 30. That was the only day that got below freezing, although the temperature got into the 30s six other times. A trace of snow fell six times, though it never produced measurable amount on the ground.

The month had 2.52 inches of rain, which was 0.23 of an inch below normal. A. it- Share comments Share your thoughts on the project or your construction experiences by sending an e-mail to reporter Lee Reinsch at lreinschgreenbaypress gazette.com. Your comments may run online as part of this package. for people living between East River Drive and Libal Street: Road crews will be following the construction crews putting new stone in "so residents will be out of mud," Today in Prices Source: National Weather Service (Records date to 1896 unless otherwise indicated) Intersection at East River Drive will close today, Tuesday More online To see a special page of stories, including reader-submitted construction experiences, go to www.green baypressgazette for a link to the page.

and the East River and that starting today crews are working on the portion of Allouez Avenue between East River Drive and Libal Street. And there's good news I I I i BY LEE REINSCH Ireinschgreenbaypressga2ette.c0m ALLOUEZ Drivers using East River Drive at the intersection with Al-louez Avenue should find a different route today and Tuesday lest today be more manic than Mondays ordinarily are. Week Five of the Al-louez Avenue reconstruction project starts with the closure of that intersection pending good weather, while workers dig in. "We got the road undercut and graveled between GET THE Today's tip Before you Fa oin Qisinci KepuDiican canamaies Hohoto trtHaw products going down May 1, make a phone call If you're working on a home project that involves digging, watch where you sink that shovel. Better yet, consider the following safety tips: Call Diggers Hotline, (800) 242-851 1 to find underground gas and electric lines before digging.

Michigan residents can call (800) 482-7171. Stay away from green electric transformer boxes for underground electrical service. Wisconsin Public Service Corp. Republican candidates for the 8th Congressional District will debate today at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. State Reps.

John Gard of Peshtigo and Terri McCormick of Greenville will take questions from a panel of state and local journalists beginning at 7 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of the union. The candidates are vying for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Hobart, who is running for governor.

The event is free and open to the public. Press-Gazette a quart in the price of milk, and one cent on the usual sales units of cream, buttermilk and cottage cheese, were announced by A.C. Allison, manager of the Fairmont Creamery company. He said the price cuts were in line with a general downward price trend. Regular and homogenized milk will sell for 16 cents a quart, buttermilk 12 cents a quart and cottage cheese at 1 7 cents a package.

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