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BS Thursday, December 5, 2002 Oshkosh Northwestern State Avenue of Angels lacks off in Waupun I II Hhh vVF SWF SWT- 23 By Marianne Szabo for the Northwestern WAUPUN In frosty weather, hundreds of Waupun residents enjoyed the warmth of -m comfort. (L On the step of the historic City Hall, visitors were greeted by over a dozen lighted Christmas trees, live music and a jolly Santa, who let both young and old sit on his lap. Former Alderman Preston Osteen said the parade was the best he had seen in a long time. His favorite float was that of the 21st Century Grant project of the Waupun School District, bedecked with canoe and computers. He said, "My brother was Santa Claus in it.

That's what made it so great." His brother, Charles, is the 21st Century Grant Project director for the Waupun School District. Inside City Hall, Good Medicine and Vicki Belleville and several members of the Pella and helped serve the desserts. Long lines of children waited to whisper their wishes into Santa's ear, and smiled for the cameras. Brian O'Donovan, police liaison officer for the Waupun School District, was nowhere to be seen in the City Hall auditorium after the parade, but some said Santa's eyes bore a striking resemblance to O'Donovan's. It was also uncanny that Santa knew the names of about half of the children.

Santa said the kids were surprised to hear him say their names but were even more taken aback that he knew "whether they were naughty or nice." Children went home with a bag of treats, prepared specially for them, and the grown-ups considered the evening itself a treat. Praise Band warmed the auditorium with "Silent Night" and other familiar Christmas songs. Guitar player Joey Reichhoff of Waupun, who was helping out for the night, and whose mother, Sue Reichhoff is a Pella Praise Band member, said the music had a message and was "full of spirit -the true meaning of Christmas. We're singing about God's love and how Jesus was born." Desserts and hot cider were off to the side, where Waupun teachers and National Honor Society students volunteered their time to the community. Julie Verheyen, wearing a festive reindeer hat -which she said was her "best reindeer impersonation" said about 75 teachers donated desserts or gave money toward its purchase, TOWER PAINT lrlVilAMIl I O'-a 714 Orc(aa, OtkkMk 135-3470 I II Hour: Mml-H.

9n 5. Sal 9 to 12 DECORATING Tread softly Sponsored by Evergreen Retirement Community Saturday, December 7 10 AM to 2 PM Professional Grafters Local Craft. Stores Evergreen Residents Array of home-baked items by Evergreen Resident Cooking Group Luncheon of homemade soup bread Come In our front door and follow the arrows i I reen 1 130 North Westfield Street Oshkosh, WI 54902 (920)233-2340 www.evergreenoshkosh.com Avenue ot Angels festivities Tuesday night. The Holiday Parade ambled along Main Street, in front of City Hall, displaying nativity scenes, many Santas, gigantic cows, lots of tossed candy and scrambling children. Avenue of Angels activities will continue in Waupun through Thursday.

After the parade, spectators turned toward the two evergreen trees towering on both sides of City Hall. Both were decorated with glowing white lights wrapped around them like strings of pearls. State Rep. loses two brothers in two days Both men died of heart disease MILWAUKEE (AP) State Rep. David Cullen has lost a father and three brothers to heart disease, with two brothers dying on successive days this week.

"It's difficult. It's shocking to have this happen one day and then the next," said David Cullen, a Milwaukee Democrat. "They both had had some heart problems in the past. But to have two in two days Cullen lost his 40-year-old brother, former Milwaukee Alderman Steve Cullen to heart disease in 1995. On Sunday, Paul G.

Cullen, 53, idied of heart disease in Phoenix while directing a al bridge tournament. He lived in Beaverton, Ore. On Monday afternoon, Timothy C. Cullen, 51, a special education teacher and basketball coach at Milwaukee's Steuben Middle School, died of an ent heart attack while shoveling snow at his home in the city. A neighbor found him and performed CPR, but was unable to revive him.

TheCullens' father, Charles Cullen, died of a heart attack at age 41. All six children in the family were still school-age at the time. Paul Cullen was the oldest. "I saw Tim on Sunday night (after Paul's death), and Tim joked, 'I'm the No. 1 son David Cullen said.

In 1997, family members founded the annual Steve Cullen Healthy Heart Club Run, an 8-kilometer run, 2-mile walk and 2-mile fun run to raise money for the American Heart Association. Steve Cullen was an avid runner, and each year family members run in the event that bears his name. The family also cooks chili for the runners. A Place To Call Home! Associated Press GERALD HOFFMAN, holding a fish he just caught, walks carefully across the frozen surface of Nepco Lake with his dog Mae Tuesday in Port Edwards. for Your Old Frames $40 Share the Sight and save $40 on your Handyman's special: Gty hall for sale next frame purchase When you bring a pair of glasses you no longer wear to Anderson Vision Center during the month of December, we'll p-ivp' voti $4fl nff nn thp a purchase of new frames.

I "Someone either wants it or it's coming down." Sharon Kotter Mayor of Superior but Kotter said the city would rather have the building in private hands and on the tax rolls. County officials said the city should ask for at least 1 million, but some were doubtful the 1970 SUPERIOR (AP) For sale: Three-story, 32-year-old city hall. Best offer. The city council has given Mayor Sharon Kotter permission to find a realtor and put the old city-county complex up for sale, as the two local governments move into a new $44 million building across the street. Some councilors suggested the city should study possible municipal uses for the building, building would fetch that much.

It needs a new furnace and may have structural issues. The county owns 53 percent of the building and the city 47 percent, but the city will take the lead on the sale. Kotter said if a decent offer isn't made by early 2003, the building likely will be demolished to make way for a parking lot. "Someone either wants it or it's coming down," she said. Your used glasses will be given to the local Lions Club, who will give them to those that need eyewear but cannot afford them.

It's what we call "Share the Sight" it's our way of making sure everyone in our community is able to enjoy a life of clear vision. Stop by Anderson Vision Center today to share with someone the precious gift of sight. Estranged husband of slain teacher under guard Dr. John Anderson 920-235-8880 461 N. WASHBURN STREET BETWEEN WIT2EL ft HWy 21 OSHKOSH on Anderson Vision Center, Ltd, APPLETON (AP) The estranged husband of a Janesville teacher murdered last month was under police guard Wednesday at an Appleton hospital, authorities said.

Lt. Pat Matuszewski of the Appleton Police Department said William Mereness, 49, apparently crashed his car intentionally Friday into a brick wall surrounding trash containers in an Appleton industrial park. He was taken to the Appleton Medical Center. His estranged wife, Jennifer Judge Mereness, 39, a Spanish teacher at Janesville Craig High School, was killed Nov. 22 at her Janesville home.

Police said she died of head trauma and they found a hammer and hatchet on the floor next to her body. Police seized glass shards, blood, hair and clothing seized from William Mereness to the state crime lab for analysis. The Rock County District Attorney's office said no criminal complaint has been filed in the case as of Wednesday morning. The couple married July 17, 1999. Jennifer Mereness filed for divorce in October 2001 but withdrew the filing in November 2001.

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