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LocalState Day city editor, Mike Larson. 255-8747 rvii ST. CLOUD Times i ib Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000 Petters was once the town's tailor3B Obituaries 2B State 2B School neighborhood will require participation from all sides the school, the city and the neighbors, City Council members decided Monday. Council members tabled a proposal from the City and St.

Cloud school district officials to revise the Critics say plan does not consider long-term solution By Lawrence Schumacher Times staff writer A solution to on-street parking challenges in St. Cloud's Technical High on-street parking rules for the area bounded by Minnesota Highway 23, 10th Street South, Ninth Avenue South and Washington Memorial Drive for one month, to seek neighborhood input "The thoughts and the needs of the neighborhood permits annually for unlimited on-street parking in the two-hour zones. They would first need to enter into a "Good Neighbor Agreement" with the school and neighborhood to park on a certain block. If the students litter, loiter or cause other problems residents were not considered beforehand," said Scott Marlin, a Tech neighbor. The new plan would allow two-hour daytime parking on one side of most streets and avenues, but not on the other.

Students and neighbors could purchase $12 parking neighbors have encountered, the permit could be revoked. The high school would hire a part-time "neighborhood liaison officer" to patrol the area and ticket or report violators. See TECH, 6B Frigidaire strikers, politicians share stage City adopts criteria for business subsidies I.J -Mg IF j.w at rally coverage. That change took effect last Wednesday. The union will issue strike pay of $100 a week beginning next week if a new contract is not approved first, IA-MAW grand lodge representative Rod Hoffman said.

Frigidaire workers drew moral support Monday from several unions represented at the rally, including Education Minnesota; the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, which represents Fingerhut employees; and the St. Cloud Building Trades Council. All are among the 1,075 affiliates of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, represented Monday by president Bernard Brommer. About 50,000 workers and retirees in Central Minnesota are members of AFL-CIO affiliates. Times photo by Jason Wachter Striking Frigidaire workers rallied at the Eagles Club on Monday before marching in cold, driving rain to the strike headquarters near the Frigidaire plant.

On common ground Briefly Compiled from Times staff and news service reports City hires attorney for legal dispute St. Cloud has agreed to hire Minneapolis attorney James J. Thomason to represent the city in an upcoming legal dispute with the owners of an adult bookstore. City Council members voted in closed session Monday to hire Thomason to work with the city attorney's office on pending litigation to enforce the city's amortization ordinance against Pure Pleasure, 631 U.S. Highway 10 S.

The city will pay Thomason $140 an hour. Thomason is an attorney with the firm of Kennedy and Graven and has represented several Minnesota municipalities in zoning disputes with adult-use businesses, city officials said. The city in October filed a lawsuit in Benton County court, but it was recently moved to federal district court. A hearing is expected to be scheduled in mid-December on the city's request for a temporary injunction. Rainfall helps lift area burning ban Rain has allowed the ban on burning to be lifted in the areas covered by the Avon, Richmond, Cold Spring, Rockville, St.

Stephen, Sartell, Waite Park, St. Joseph and the St. Cloud Volunteer Division fire departments. Stearns, Sherburne and Benton counties lifted their bans earlier. Burning permits are still required.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ranks the fire danger in Central Minnesota as low. Man drowns in hunting accident RUSSELL -A 31-year-old Marshall man drowned while duck hunting with friends on Wood Lake near this southwestern Minnesota city. Shawn Doyle was the only one of four hunters unable to make it to shore after their duck boat capsized about 6 a.m. Sunday. He was taken to the Marshall hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Mobile home fire kills Ogilvie man OGILVIE-A 53-year-old Minneapolis man died in a mobile home fire at Ann Lake near this city. Richard Jacobson died in the Saturday fire that was reported at about 1:30 a.m. Two men from Lakedale escaped the flames before firefighters arrived. They were taken to Kanabec Hospital in Mora with minor burns. The state fire marshal's office is investigating the cause of the fire.

Spraying blamed in butterfly deaths GAYLORD Mosquito spraying over the summer apparently caused the death of hundreds of monarch butterflies. On Aug. 23, hundreds of butterflies were found dead, following city-sanctioned mosquito spraying. An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture found enough of the chemical Permethrin in tests of the butterflies to have caused their deaths, The Free Press of Mankato reported. "That would be a sufficient amount to kill the butterflies," said Steven Mercu-rio, a biology professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

"It looks like the monarchs were killed with the spray. It's a shame. I'm sure that's not what they wanted to do." Agriculture Department officials would not release details of the investigation until it is complete. Candidates tout their campaigns while strikers push their issues By Sue Halena Times staff writer Politicians' quest for votes and Frigidaire workers' hopes for support crossed paths at a rally Monday morning, less than 24 hours before today's polling began. Twelve DFL candidates for state and national offices promoted their campaigns and their party's presidential candidate in a hall filled with applause, whistles and occasional chants.

Rally attendance was estimated at 750. Many confronted cold rain afterward for a 15-minute march to strike headquarters, where another 100 strikers awaited them. everyone addressing the crowd was running for office. St. Cloud Mayor Larry Meyer Concerned about safety Mayor Larry Meyer, long active in the DFL party, said safety has been the city's chief concern since the strike began.

"My hope is that the strike is a very short one and we get you all back to work as soon as possible," Meyer said. Union and management leaders are scheduled to negotiate Wednesday with help from a federal mediator who also was present for 10 sessions of contract negotiations. The factory, part of Electrolux Home The incident happened at what was then the Adult Entertainment Center in downtown Minneapolis on Feb. 14, 1984, according to a published report The report quoted a police document as saying a vice officer went into a movie Council to tighten rules for future assistance requests By Lawrence Schumacher Times staff writer St. Cloud City Council members Monday approved a plan for determining future business subsidies.

Council members acknowledge the plan is "flawed" and "open-ended," and promised to tighten it in the near future. A $150,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development to help Park Industries purchase equipment depended on the city first adopting business subsidy criteria that set the bar for future requests from business to the city for financial help. The criteria council members adopted Monday, by their own admission, sets the bar too low. "I'm concerned that we not put something forward that would give people the impression that St. Cloud has no expectations when it comes to handing out assistance to businesses," said City Council member Mike Landy.

Sensing they needed more time to set specific requirements for wages and tax base growth, City Council members informally agreed to return to the issue over the next three months. However, adopting the basic criteria now allow Park Industries report said. Bosacker pleaded guilty but was adamant to the judge back then that he did not agree to the facts alleged in the incident report, said John Wodele, Ventura's spokesman. Bosacker paid a fine but can't recall how final day headquarters for their last shot at seeing Lieberman before Election Day. But first, Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, made some get-out-the-vote calls from inside the building while the crowd of about 100 huddled together outside.

Some wore garbage bags to keep dry in the steady downpour. "This is Joe Lieberman. I'm running for vice president with Al Gore," he told Marie Connelly, 85, of Breckenridge. "Aw, c'mon she replied. Lieberman responded: "No, it really is me, not a recorded announcement I hope youll be helping Gore and me make the country better." to access the state grant through the city as a low-interest loan, said St Cloud Housing and Redevelopment Authority Deputy Director Bruce Thielman.

The state grant offers a way for the city to recover tax revenue lost from a subsidy given to Park Industries one year ago when the HRA set up the subsidy package for the city, he said. "It's a way for the city to offset its loss of revenue as a result of a tax increment financing package already passed," he said. The HRA wants to create a revolving loan fund with this and other state grants, Thielman said. The adopted subsidy criteria state that the city wants to promote the creation or retention of good jobs and tax base, but leaves it to City Council members to decide in each case what minimum requirements must be met to merit assistance. The written policy is similar to the unwritten one that has existed up until now.

The criteria are copied from a blueprint set out by the state. After Park Industries receives its grant, the city will work on the criteria to make them more goal-oriented, said City Council President John Ellenbecker. "We will have to develop our own criteria for future requests," he said. "We can continue to revise it afterward because this will only apply to Park Industries. much, Wodele said.

"While it's embarrassing for me to have my sexual history play out in public, it's also important for me to handle this in an honest and ethical manner," Bosacker said in a statement issued through his attorney. Mother of 4 found dead ST. PAUL (AP)-Police found a woman dead in her apartment a short time after her three sons fled to a neighbor's home in tears, saying their mother wouldn't wake up. Investigators did not release the name of the woman, who was in her mid-20s or early 30s. Police said they wanted to question a 28-year-old man who police and neighbors say was arguing with the woman in her apartment Sunday.

The woman shared the apartment with her four young children, including the three sons and a 1-year-old daughter. Police found the woman dead in an upstairs bedroom Sunday. Ventura's chief of staff cited in 1984 for indecent conduct Products of North America, produces about 80 percent of freezers sold on the continent Workers rejected a three-year contract offer by a 3-to-l margin on Oct 28, saying the proposed increase in employee health plan contributions would diminish wage hikes. About 1,680 union members will be affected by a new contract "We're standing together here," Frigidaire worker James Schei said. "The cost of insurance is where we're just losing money, point blank." One candidate said Monday that health care cost issues warrant broader attention.

Because they no longer have a contract, striking workers have had to cover the entire cost of their existing health plan or drop booth, leaving the door partly open. A man later identified as Bosacker, then 23 years old, stood outside the door and masturbated. The officer opened the door, and Bosacker entered the booth, locked the door and grabbed the officer's 2000 minded Steve LaVoie, 45, that he needed his vote. "I'm from Wisconsin," LaVoie said. Later, Grams joined Republican candidates and party officials at the state Capitol for a pep talk.

All speakers predicted Republican wins and downplayed polls that contradicted their optimism. A poll had Grams trailing Dayton by 9 percentage points. Dayton had the support of 46 percent of the respondents, while Grams had 37 percent and Independence Party candidate James Gibson had 5 percent The poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. "He's going to surprise MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -Gov. Jesse Ventura's chief of staff, Steven Bosacker, who was cited for indecent conduct last week, received a similar citation from police at an adult bookstore in 1984, Bosacker confirmed Monday.

Candidates crisscross state on groin area, according to the police report. The officer then issued a citation for indecent conduct, a misdemeanor, and Bosacker was released. Court records do not indicate what happened to the 1984 case after that, the campaign's the political pundits once again," state GOP chairman Ron Eibensteiner said of Grams. Gibson was touring the state in a "big, obnoxious, Gibson-decorated RV," according to a news release sent out by his campaign office. Monday's stops included a Winona State University rally and an afternoon stop at a restaurant in Rochester.

Even vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieber-man made a final swing through Minnesota as part of a blitz through the Midwest and other battleground regions to encourage Democrats to vote Tuesday. Party activists braved a numbing rain at DFL r'yi The Associated Press Rain poured down on Minnesota, making for slow travel and soggy last-minute stump speeches for many candidates across the state Monday. DFL Senate candidate Mark Dayton joined by Sen. Paul Wellstone and U.S. Reps.

Collin Peterson and Jim Oberstar marched through a stinging rain with several hundred union members to the Frigidaire plant in St. Cloud, where workers are on strike. "We are going to raise the roof on that place," Dayton shouted as union members chanted, "Go, Mark, Go." U.S. Sen. Rod Grams Mark Sen.

Rod Dayton Grams Joined St. Cloud Trailing by union march 9 points zipped through a list of radio interviews in the morning, then shook hands with dozens of potential voters at a business and retail complex in downtown St Paul. One man approached Grams to tell him what a good job he's been doing. He has two children and really appreciated the $500-per-child federal tax credit Grams sponsored. Grams immediately re.