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Local 8A Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids Saturday, May 22, 2010 Camping: 'Great' more people are taking campers to the sites. "When you get a little older, you want more amenities," Spoolstra said. Spoolstra, 70, and his wife, Ellen, spent the last week at Lake Wazeecha and started camping about 20 years ago. Spoolstra said about 75 percent of their outings are at South Wood County Park. The couple started with a tent, then a few pop-ups, and now they have a travel trailer.

Deer Trail Park in Nekoosa, which opened in early April, has many on-site amenities for those who want more homelike comforts alongside singing birds. "We have probably half a dozen (campers) or so who stay here all summer long, and this is their summer home," said Sharon Rose, one of the owners. "Mostly we cater to families with children, and we have planned activities." Regardless of how they camp, enthusiasts appreciate the central Wisconsin atmosphere. Kellner residents Donna and Gary Kickland, who live just a short distance from Lake Wazeecha, enjoyed a midweek break near the lake. "You listen to the birds in the morning; you always have to have s'mores," Donna Kickland said Wednesday morning as she sat outside the camper.

"It's so great." Zgarrick's enthusiasm for the activity hasn't dimmed through the years. "If you can't sit and watch a fire burn for three or four hours, maybe you shouldn't go camping," Zgarrick said. "You need, to be able to build a fire, let it burn for three or four hours so you can cook three hot dogs. "Then you're camping." While residents still camp in tents, there has been an increase in bigger motor homes and campers at county parks, Call said. "People with these bigger rigs are looking for more amps (of electricity), so that is why we are upgrading our electric in the campground to 50 amp to accommodate," Call said.

The first loop of sites at South Wood County Park is being upgraded to 50 amp electric service, at a cost of about $20,000, she said. Waupaca resident Clyde Spoolstra isn't surprised Greeneway, owner since 1987. Greeneway got started in the recreational vehicle business in 1977. "What I've noticed is a lot of families are getting back to family values," Greeneway said. Parents are trying to get away from the videos and back to the campfires and spending time together, he said.

The used RV market is strong, and Greeneway thinks that points to a lot of families getting into camping for the first time. "Forever Ella" The Life Times efMiss Ellt Fitzgeraldthe First Ledy if Jazz 4 yr Biron and Whiting production facilities, mill closures in Kimberly and Niagara in 2008, and the planned phasing out of company-subsidized retiree health insurance benefits, which union members are challenging in federal court. "The union isn't even asking for this money for our members; we're not asking for pay raises," Peplinski said of the bonuses. "All we're doing is asking for them to reinvest in the mill." Although executive incentives are nothing new, the concept of basing them on company performance has become increasingly common, said Barry Gerhart, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "I think that's what boards have tried to do try to align the interests of the boards, the executives and shareholders," said Gerhart, an expert on executive Musical Performance by Janice Marie and Joe Scheibinger SATURDAY JUNE 5, 2010 Independent Retirement Living At It's Best! Secure Convenient Affordable ONE TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AVAILABLE 421-1400 Matinee Show at 1:00 PM Matinee Tickets $15 3 Tickets svatebie al ihe door or in advance Lake Arrowhead, Wisconsin Rapiers Convention Visitors Bureau, and Daly Drug in Wisconsin Rapids River Run Senior Living 1400 River Run Drive Wisconsin Rapids Dinner Theatre Show at 7:00 PM Dinner Show Tickets $45 Dinner Theater tickets by reservation only.

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Since March 31, 2008, the coated paper producer took at least 632,000 tons of com-panywide, market-related downtime, according to a Daily Tribune analysis. Semmerling would not disclose how much downtime occurred at any of the company's four central Wisconsin mills it has facilities in Wisconsin Rapids, Biron, Whiting and Stevens Point. Among the cutbacks during the past few years were several weeks of confirmed downtime at the company's By the numbers As part of a plan to attract and retain quality executives, NewPage will award key company employees for their time served and the company's performance, as long as they stay with the company through Dec. 31, 2012. If they leave NewPage before that time, without just cause on behalf of the company and with good reason on their part, participants will receive a prorated long-term incentive award.

The following are the bonuses for each executive listed in reports the paper-maker filed this year with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Mark Suwyn, board chairman $2 million sev-. erance payment for serving as executive chairman and interim chief executive officer from Jan. 18 to Feb. no long-term incentive award Tom Curley, president and CEO $1.5 million performance bonus; $550,000 base salary; $1.1 million severance package when he leaves the company Dave Prystash, senior vice president and chief financial officer $1.5 million time-based award; $1 million performance-based award George Martin, senior vice president of operations $1.1 million time-based award; $720,000 performance-based award Michael Marziale, senior vice president of marketing, strategy and general management $1.1 million time-based award; $720,000 performance-based award Daniel Clark, senior vice president of business excellence and chief information officer $1.1 million time-based award; $720,000 performance-based award Rick Willett former president and CEO $1.3 million severance payment after resigning Jan.

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