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Monday, December 29, 2003 www.thenorthwestern.com Oshkosh Northwestern moons rayMp for II" --iffciii aim a Primary in February; Local election in April Behlen was an alderman for 12 years in Green Lake. "I just think I was wearing out and not coming up with any more creative ideas," Behlen said. "I'm going to go to my son's sports events and spend more time with my family." His decision leaves the mayor's post up for grabs in months ago to fill the unexpired term of John Reinsch, who moved from the dis- trict. Kramer's decision to seek re-election was based on his "love for everything about the job," he said. He has a three-fold goal for the next two years.

"I want to hold down 6 to file nomination papers. In nearby Ripon, a city of roughly 7,600 people in Fond du Lac County, Mayor Aaron Kramer has announced that he will be a candidate for re-election. Kramer, an aide to Rep. Luther Olsen, R-Berlin, in Madison, was elected by the Ripon City Council six closes doors Mad cow expert says government understating risk Not enough cows tested for disease Associated Press FOND DU LAC The government is understating the risk of mad cow disease, according to one expert "It's only one cow don't worry we've got it under control," is the message that has consumers continuing to buy United States beef, said John C. Stauber, author of "Mad Cow USA" He lives in Madison.

"It's insane to treat this so lightly. It's a symptom of why we have this disease," Stauber said. "We're playing Russian roulette and we don't even know how many bullets are in the gun." He said three recent tests performed by government agencies on a Washington state cow suspected of carrying the disease all have verified the strain of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, as the same one found in Great Britain in 1997. That Holstein infected with mad cow disease in the United States was imported from Canada about two years ago, federal investigators tentatively concluded Saturday. "This cow should have never been slaughtered and put in our food system," Stauber said.

Mad cow disease is transmitted when a cow consumes parts of other contaminated cows. Since 1997 the government has banned feed made 4 1 i i--riiinii BY PATRICIA WOLFF of the Northwestern After nearly a quarter of a century of Monday night meetings, Green Lake Mayor Larry Behlen is going to find out what other people do on Monday nights. He has decided not to seek re-election to the post he's held for 12 years. Prior to being elected mayor, Quito Parents look for ways to Jill absence BY BETHANY K. WARNER of The Northwestern As the doors to the Boys Girls Club south side branch close Tuesday, parents and staff at Jefferson Ele-mentary School are looking for ways Inside Boys Girls Club gets a new CEO Page D1 to fill the gap in after-school services.

Though the Boys Girls Club hosts a program at Jefferson after school, not having the club close by raises safety and security issues for students who routinely attended Boys Girls Club programs. "It's a huge concern, not only from parents of kids that attend, but also from our staff," said Rob Becker, principal at Jefferson. "The big concern is not having kids out running the streets. We know we have a lot of latch-key kids. For a lot of those latch-key kids they could go to the club and hang out until mom and dad gets home." The south-side club at 913 Oregon St.

known as the Oeflein Club would regularly host 50 students after school, many of them Jefferson students for a $10 annual fee. To address the club's closing and the void of after school services, the Jefferson site council a group of staff and parents -brain-stormed ways to provide somewhere for students to go after school. The solution, said site council member and parent Tena Riste, is to have volunteers in several days a week to help students with home- City will BY ALEX HUMMEL of The Northwestern A library branch for eight decades, and a Boys and Girls Club for about three years, a building at 913 Oregon St. suddenly finds itself empty, waiting for a new tenant. After the new year, the city of Oshkosh hopes to find something long-lasting for the city-owned building, previously rented to the club a year.

The former Oregon No ens wins Powerfcall, Megabucks drawings MADISON (AP) No one won the latest Power-ball jackpot, putting the top prize for the multistate lottery at an estimated $210 million for Wednesday. The numbers drawn Saturday night were 16, 17, 32, 34 and 43. The Powerball was 31, and the Power Play was five. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared a $168.8 million jackpot No one won the Wisconsin Megabucks jackpot either Saturday, when the top prize was $1 jackpot stays at an estimated $1 million for Wednesday. The Megabucks numbers drawn Saturday night were 14, 25, 28, 29, 43 and 48.

Man dies, another injured in shooting TOWN OF MADISON (AP) A shooting at a nightclub killed one employee and injured another after they asked two men to leave early Saturday, police said. Police arrested one male suspect, who was in Dane County Jail on an outstanding warrants and a probation violation, police said in a news release Saturday. They were searching for another suspect and two other people in connection with the shooting. Authorities said Timothy Wooten, 25, was fatally wounded around 1:40 a.m. inside the Nite City Night Club.

He was taken to University of Wisconsin Hospital, where he died at 4:55 a.m. of a single bullet wound, town of Madison police said. Automotive museum to get renovations HARTFORD (AP) -An automotive museum that celebrates the state's automotive manufacturing glory days will get a face lift in the new year to try to rev up attendance. About 10,000 people annually visit Hartford's Wisconsin Automotive Museum, which has been displaying cars since 1986. The Oshkosh Northwestern publishes public meeting notices to encourage attendance.

Public meetings for today include: Winnebago County Board of Adjustment, 8 a.m. in the Express Convenience Center, 5752 Green Valley Road, Oshkosh. Local government meetings this week: Green Lake County Finance Committee, 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Courthouse Board Room, 492 Hill St. Agenda: httpYwww.co.green- lake.wi.us Winnebago County Board of Health, 7:30 a.m.

Friday in the conference room at the Health Department, 725 Butler Ave. Agenda: http:www.co.winnebago.wi.us Winnebago County Judiciary and Public Safety Committee 9:30 a.m. Friday in the sheriff's conference room, 4311 Jackson Oshkosh. Agenda: http:www.co.winnebago.wi.us Holiday Hours for government offices Winnebago County Courthouse and Orrin King Administration Building closed Dec. 31 and Jan.

normal hours other days. Oshkosh City Hall will be closed Jan. normal hours other days. Oshkosh Public Library will be closed Jan. 1.

The library will close at 6 p.m. on Dec. 31. Berlin City Hall will be closed Jan. 1, normal hours other days.

Green Lake City Hall will be closed Jan. 1 and normal hours other days. Princeton City Hall will be closed Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 normal hours other days.

Green Lake County Courthouse and Human Services Center will be closed Dec. 31 and Jan. normal hours other days. the spring 2004 municipal elections in his city of just about 1,100 people in Green Lake County. So far, one candidate has shown an interest.

Alderman Joseph Parise has filed nomination papers to run for mayor in Green Lake. Candidates in all jurisdictions have until 5 p.m. Jan. some supervision for that little bit of time." Riste expects the new after school program to begin after the winter break, running two nights a week at first to see how many children participate. "Oeflein Club." Club administrators cited the cost of building operations in their decision to close the site.

The decision echoes the Oshkosh Public Library's 1999 decision to discontinue use of the building as a south-side branch library. At the time, library officials cited the mounting cost of running and maintaining the building as a reason for closing. The branch had been a mainstay for south-side Oshkosh residents, includ Speeding BY JIM COLLAR of The Northwestern Motorists rarely find a better ride than fresh, new pavement Authorities are urging drivers to enjoy Winnebago County's new highway stretches without abusing their privileges. "On Highway 45, we're seeing speeds in the 80s and 90s and seeing speeds in the 70s isn't a rare occasion," said Winnebago County Sheriffs Capt. Bill Tedlie.

"We're seeing some danger taxes, get a working five-year plan in place, and contracts for the two local employee unions that are fair to the workers and the taxpayers," Kramer said. During his election bid this year, Kramer promised to give back a portion of his annual salary, a promise he said he kept For next year Kramer cut his $5,000 CANDIDATES, PAGE C2 with protein or bone meal from cows from being fed to cattle. Critics of the ban, though, claim it is often violated and not enough to keep the disease out of the country. One of the characteristics of the brain-wasting disease is a dormant period, both in the infected animal and in humans who contracted Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, which researchers believe is connected to BSE, the author said. The BSE incubation period in cattle is anywhere from three to eight years.

Stauber said government reports have indicated that the infectious protein or prion is only found in the brain tissue or spine of an infected animal, but other studies point to nerves and blood vessels as another potential source of contamination in the meat supply. In addition to testing every animal, the author said there must be a "strict and total ban on all rendered byproducts," in order to better protect Americans from food-borne illness. Although there were 35 to 37 million cattle slaughtered last year in America, Stauber claims the government tested just 20,000 for the wasting disease. Stauber said an easy path of transmission would have been through the dried raw cattle blood protein, that's not only legal to include in animal feed in the United States, but is commonly used as a protein source in certain calf supplements. Klein.

"More than has ever been done in the past, we're taking an aggressive prosecution stand," Klein said. The shift came as a result of a hard look by DRL Secretary Donsia Strong Hill at the state's discipline of professional license holders, Doyle told the Leader-Telegram in Eau Claire. State Medical Society spokesman Steve Busalac-chi said he wasn't aware of the state's new approach. One of the most effective ways for the administration to bring about tougher sanctions is through Doyle's appointments to the medical board, Klein said, noting Doyle already has appointed four new members. highways 45.

The speed limit is 55 mph, though many treat it like a freeway, authorities said. Speeders are putting themselves and others at risk given the chance that a driver would approach without knowledge of the narrowing road, Tedlie said. Sheriffs officials applied for federal speed and alcohol enforcement grants. If approved for grant money, the new highways will be priorities, Tedlie said. Jim Collar: (920) 426-6676 or jcollarthenorthwestem.com.

CASEY SUESS, 7, watches other kids playing a game Shortslef colors with Kevin Rohde, 8, middle and Leo Koch, Thursday at Jefferson Elementary school. State has toughened plan for bad doctors work, maybe do a craft and supervise the school's computer lab. "With us doing it at the school, it will keep a lot of the kids off the streets. Riste said. "For a couple hours, at least, there will be seek new use for building SHU-LING ZHOUOF THE NORTHWESTERN while assistant teacher Greta 5, at the after school program And while the after hours program run by the Boys Girls Club in Jefferson had up to 32 slots open many of which have now been filled that program CLUB, PAGE C2 ing many lower-income families who had long relied on the site.

Instead, the library bolstered its "digital branch" Internet presence and beefed up bookmobile stops in the neighborhoods. Plans called for Oeflein Club users to be diverted to an after-school Boys and Girls Club program at Jefferson Elementary School, at a cost of $25 per week. Alex HummeL (920) 42M669 or alwnuneltlienorthvesterncom problematic on new Associated Press EAU CLAIRE Gov. Jim Doyle said he has started toughening the state's approach to disciplining questionable doctors since he took office. While the state Medical txamining DOYLE Board makes final decisions on doctor discipline, Department of Regulation and Licensing's Division of Enforcement has stepped up efforts to call for stricter penalties against doctors found to have violated professional standards, said department spokesman Christopher onto the narrow Roland Kampo Bridge heading into Menasha.

The new four-lane Highway 45 narrows to two lanes outside Oshkosh in the town of Winchester. Eastbound traffic on Highway 10 is meant to slow from 65 mph to 55 mph near the Roland Kampo Bridge. Any accident or disabled vehicle would close one of the two lanes. Deputies worry that those traveling at high speeds wouldn't adequate room to stop. Deputies have similar concerns on the new Highway irfrf.

Street Boys and Girls Club, which closed this month and was previously the Oshkosh Public Library's branch south of the Fox River, will go out to bids for developers in early 2004, city planners said. For now, the city has no set prescription for the building's use, City Director of Community Development Jackson Kinney said. The Oshkosh Boys and Girls Club decided to vacate the building this month after three years of using it for the 1 City Editor Karl Ebert A ous speeds." Winnebago County sheriff's deputies are planning extra patrol on the county's new and recently rebuilt highways to cut down the high rates of speed. The new section of State Highway 10 extending west from Menasha and the new Highway 45 recently opened to traffic. Tedlie said speeding is dangerous in itself, though concerns are compounded based on specific characteristics of both roads.

The Highway 10 extension on eastbound lanes leads 1 II, I Mil lid i NORTHWESTERN PHOTO HIGHWAY 110 recently reopened. Eastbound traffic is meant to slow from 65 mph to 55 mph near Roland Kampo Bridge. (920) 426-6665 or Oshkoshnewsthenorthwestern.com i itT, -V i' -i i A Vtr-.