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Site MoiioiMjoiaa Tuesday, September 3, 2002 www.sheboygan-press.com 50 Cents On Miiss: Sports im usages INSIDE TUESDAY Candidate talks about issues Daniel LeMahieu tells why he's seeking the 59th District Assembly seat. LOCAL, A3 Athletics shown to enhance culture at many schools By Fredreka Schouten Gannett News Service WASHINGTON -Sports play a much bigger role at American high schools than at high schools in other countries, but U.S. schools don't seem to sacrifice academics for athletics, according to studies released Monday. In one study, the Brookings Institution think tank surveyed American high school students studying abroad and international students studying here and discovered that 67 percent of each group said American teens value sports "much more" than students in other countries. In a separate study, Brookings analyzed high schools considered sports powerhouses and found that an emphasis on sports does not appear to under-, mine academic success.

In some cases, sports-oriented schools in suburban areas academically outperform other schools with similar student populations. "In high school, you might think that the worship of sports is so high that it would hurt academics," said Tom Loveless, director of the Brown Center of Education at Brookings. "It doesn't seem to." Loveless' advice to schools facing budget crunches: "Think twice before you eliminate sports. There could be a benefit in team sports in building an ic peers. "It could be that athletics adds something to them that makes them more valuable" to employers, Waddell said.

But it might also mean that students with strong academic and leadership skills are drawn to sports, he said. For the analysis released Monday, Brookings researchers collected data on 141 schools in 24 states that had ranked among the top 25 schools nationally in USA TODAY'S end-of-season rankings since 1997. tl .,,1. i No small potatoes Archdiocese marketing its new leader Stubborn sedums These tough plants can thrive in the most difficult soils, AT HOME, A8 MDA telethon Jerry Lewis's annual fund-raiser brings in $58 million, a record amount. A4 Wednesday County fair small-animal auction sets records By Mary Ann Holley Sheboygan Press staff Records were set in the 14th Annual Sheboygan County Blue Ribbon Animal Auction held Monday, with an African goose fetching a fat $675 and two bronze turkeys bringing in $625 each.

"These may be hard times, but when it comes to giving to 4-H'ers, the is very MCnr generous," IiWiUL said Bill A pair of Rusch, storms can't president dampen the of the, Sheboygan Blue Rib- County Fair's bon Small final dayA3 Animal Auction. Twenty junior fair small animal exhibitors sold their blue ribbon, top-quality rabbits, cavies, poultry and goats in bidding wars that punched up the price faster than Joey Eder's Cornish hen could make a break. Joey grabbed his fat, fluffy red-white-and-blue breed-of-a-different-color, hoisted it under his arm and headed for what would become a big day for him and his family. The unusual pair of "-tmmmnrinn, inimlniviM ft 'teinir -r ethos of excellence at a school." Earlier research also points to the benefits of athletics. A 1998 study by University of Oregon economist Glen Waddell and other researchers found that former student athletes earned between 12 percent and 31 percent more at age 32 than their peers who had not participated in sports.

Former athletes also were more likely to find themselves in supervisory roles than their non-athlet- "There's major damage everywhere," said dispatcher Ann Ahneman. "I'm talking like our whole city." Arriving in Ladysmith on the heels of emergency workers, Mike Mirr said he was grief-stricken by the sight of the town. "The water tower blew down, hotel's wrecked, old folks home's wrecked, main street devastated. Ter I rr anrr -i The results: Students at top-ranking sports schools scored about the same on state reading and math tests as students at other schools. And in suburbia, schools that dominated in sports outperformed other schools on the tests.

At Chicago's Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, which ranked in the top 10 percent in academic performance among schools with the most outstanding sports records, educators have long known See SPORTSA2 i I Ms tl Hi ARCHBISHOP Timothy Dolan, shown here celebrating Mass at his installation Aug. 28, is scheduled to be at St. Dominic Church at 7 tonight for a Mass and a reception. The visit is part of Dolan's plan to get acquainted quickly with people in the 10-county archdiocese.

AP photo stations with demographics reaching men between the ages of 18 and 35 throughout its 10-county area. "Anytime you have negative press about anything, it makes any kind of recruitment effort difficult, which is why I'm trying to use the occasion of the new archbishop and this great response he elicits to create a positive sense of See DOLANA2 THE REMAINS of the Methodist church in Ladysmith stand amid a littering of broken trees and debris after a tornado ripped through the northwestern Wisconsin town Monday afternoon. AP photo ware when the tornado hit. She said she came within 100 feet of the twister. "I just saw a big gray cloud that was whirling around like a tornado would, but it doesn't look like a tornado," she said.

"It was coming toward the store. I screamed 'tornado' a couple times and told everyone to get to the basement." I 1 i (' I- I ALLYSON LASTUSKY, 10, of Gibbsville, strokes her Holland Lop bunny as auctioneer Bill Cain (in background) fields bids. Allyson sold her bunny in the 14th Annual Blue Ribbon Small Animal Auction to add to her college fund. Press photoMary Ann Holley hens, enhanced with spray Joey's mother says will be them red, white and blue tint, brought in $300 saved. $150 each money that "I decided to spray See ANIMALSA2 Dolan getting a warm welcome from Catholics By Joel Eskovitz Associated Press MILWAUKEE Archbishop Timothy Dolan walked into a restaurant in Wauwatosa within days of his installation and diners immediately burst into a standing ovation.

The response has been that way at every public appearance for the new archbishop, and the archdiocese is using his popularity to drive a new advertising campaign encouraging young men to enter the seminary. "That kind of excitement around his coming is what I really wanted to take advantage of," said the Rev. Bob Stiefvater, who is organizing the new advertisement. Dolan succeeded Archbishop Rembert Weakland, who retired in May after it was disclosed he used church funds to reach a settlement with a man who accused him of sexual abuse. The day after Dolan's installation, the archdiocese began running the 60-sec-ond spots on a variety of rible.

Everything is just twisted metal," said Mirr, the owner of Mirr's Gateway Lodge in Bruce. Wright said an Amoco station was destroyed, and gas was leaking from the station. She said sheriffs officials were asking people to leave the city. Joyce Rohrssen said she was working at Ace Hard- 30 injured as tornado rips through Ladysmith -J Ml i i 9llAYearUter Look for a special insert as The Sheboygan Press looks back at the terrorist attacks a year ago and what has changed in the U.S. since.

FORECAST Tonight's Low Tomorrow' High 55 76 Tonight it'll be clear and cooler with light northwest winds. Mostly sunny on Wednesday. More weather on A4. Advice Astrograph B6 Classified Comics Crossword B7 Local A3 Nation Obituaries Sports B1 ScoreboardB4 Television Weather 2 sections, 20 pages A GANNETT NEWSPAPER Ill ill -V 'ill peared most of the injuries were bruises and cuts. "It surprises me righ now, looking at this devas tation, that nobody to oui knowledge is deceased, Rozak said late Mondav "It's not good for us, but there a lot of great peopu up here.

We'll have sc many volunteers tomorrow that we won't know whaj to do with all of them." The city of 4,000 peopld was under a curfew unti this morning. Rozak saic plugging gas leaks was th( main priority for emergen cy crews. Power was out and Acel Energy crews were sent to assess the darnane. The American Rec Cross set up an aid statior at a school in the neighbor ing town of Bruce to heir, people who were lefi homeless by the tornado spokeswoman Jodi Omar said. There were no initial rei ports of fatalities, the RusM County 5hentt Depart ment said.

McCallum verbally gave the go-ahead for rescue workers to start working under the declaration Monday night and the state emergency management team was on its way to assess the damage, Roby said. Thirty people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Rusk Memorial Hospital, and 18 of them were released, administrator Mike Shaw said. Four patients were brought to Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake with non-life threatening injuries, but three were released, said nursing supervisor Cindy King. Two other patients were flown to Luther Hospital in Eau Claire. Ladysmith Police Chief Norm Rozak said the storm swept through two small neighborhoods and the business district in the center of the town, damaging as many as 60 homes and businesses.

He said all everyone was accounted for, and it ap LADYSMITH (AP) -A tornado ripped apart a northwestern Wisconsin town Monday, leveling a Baptist church, a hotel and a gas station and injuring dozens of people, witnesses and officials said. A second tornado struck in the central part of the state. The tornado struck Ladysmith at 4:30 p.m. Monday, destroying homes and tearing the roofs off the Davis Hotel and Lounge and the town fire department, eyewitnesses said. There was virtually nothing left of several businesses shown on television.

"Most of the town is a disaster. There's buildings missing, down, torn apart everything," said Christine Wright, an employee at the Holiday Station Store in downtown Ladysmith. "They're shutting the town down." Gov. Scott McCallum declared Ladysmith a disaster area and planned to visit the site Tuesday, spokesman Tim Roby said. Breathe Easy: Information and Support for Parents of Children with Asthma Thursday, September 12, p.m.

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