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Marshfield News-Herald Saturday, February Judge: Laws on access to hearings 'screwed up' 1 -J It A ivy-''''' it ELLSWORTH (AP) A judge forced to deny a murdered couple's family access to a hearing for a boy accused in the killings says the state's juvenile laws are "screwed up." Jackson County Circuit Judge Robert Radcliffe said opposition by the boy's attorney prohibited him from allowing the victims' relatives to attend a two-day juvenile waiver hearing slated to begin March 8. Donald Dciss, 69, and his wife Kathleen, 68, were fatally shot Dec. 4 at their rural Ellsworth farm. A 15-year-old Prescott boy, a teen-age girl and an Ellsworth man got inside the couple's home by reporting car trouble and then shot the Dcisses in the head before stealing $600 in coins, investigators said Prosecutors want the boy tried in adult court, where the punishment for a conviction is more severe, and must convince a judge that the move is in the boy's and society's best interest The boy's attorney, James Remington, on Thursday, opposed a prosecution request that the victims' family be allowed to attend the waiver hearing. The hearing will examine evidence, the boy's past criminal record, his character and his family background.

Remington said state law was "very, very clear" that it was inappropriate for members of the victim's family to attend the Explaining their side Obey, D-7th District, Friday at the Marshfield Armory. Biechler was focusing on a block grant which would combine the federal school lunch program with the Women, Infants and Child Care Food Program Sponsor Lois Biechler makes a point about a block grant to state Rep. Don Hasenhorl, D-Pittsville, and Jerry Madison, the district representative for ILS. Rep. Dave Children, Summer Food, Homeless Preschool Project and Special Milk programs.

Hasenhorl and Madison were in the city for their regular office hours. (News-Herald Photo by Dan Young) seek state Senate Area Meetings "My basic philosophy is built on Republican Party principles," she said. The Republican momentum in the last election is another trend she is banking on. She said she expects a campaign spirited by the issues. Rozar, a Pennsylvania native, arrived in Marshfield in 1988.

A registered nurse, she has been active since 1991 in HIVAIDS education. She teaches history at Marshfield Christian School, where she taught her last class Friday before her break for campaigning. She is the widow of Dr. G. Edward Rozar who died in July 1993 of complications from AIDS.

They had five adopted children. Life experience, a familiar theme from her last campaign, blends with her political standing to make her a strong candidate, she said. Wood County Arpin Village Board 7 p.m. Monday at the Municipal Building. Clark County Owen-Withee Board of Education 4 p.m.

Monday at the High School Library. LoyalBoardofEducation 8p.m. Monday at the Administrative Building. Owen Common Council 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall.

Dorchester VillageBoard 2p.m. Wednesday to open village project bids at the Village Hall. Abbotsford Fire Department 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Fire Hall. Dorchester VillageBoard 7p.m.

Wednesday at the Village Hall. Abbotsford Police Commission 7 p.m. Wednesday at City Donna Rozar County. He also worked as Hclbach's field liaison for four years. Gov.

Tommy Thompson called for a primary election, if needed, to be held April 4 for the seat with the general election to be held May 2. Rozar's platform of limited government, reasonable taxation and personal responsibility hasn't changed since the Assembly race, she said. Page 5 Radcliffe said state law left him no choice but to deny the victim's family access to the hearing, unless the boy changes his mind. He urged Remington to reconsider. The iudgc noted the same laws allow him to grant the media access to the hearings as "interested parties." It's an example of "inconsistent and screwed up juveniles laws, the judge said.

If victim's relatives "are not interested parties, I don't know who would be," he said. Some 41 potential witnesses, including 26 for the boy, are expected to tcsufy during the waiver hearing, authorities said. The boy is being held at the Northwest Juvenile Detention Center in Eau Claire. A 15-year-old Prescott girl ad-, mitted to being party to first-degree reckless homicide in the killings, allowing Radcliffe to rule her delinquent in juvenile court. She was sentenced to the care of state officials until age 21.

The girl, whose name has not been made public because she is a juvenile, has agreed to testify against the other two in the layings. Arthur Foster, 23, of Ellsworth has been charged with eight felonies, including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide. He is accused' of shooting the couple with a 22-calibcr rifle with a homemade silencer. Foster has pleaded innocent to the charges. Hall.

Grant Town Board 8 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Supervisor Ted Kissling. Marathon County Spencer Board of Education 7:30 p.m. Monday at the High School. Athens Village Board 7 p.m.

Monday at Village Clerk's Office. Town of McMillan Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Town Hall. Taylor County Medford FinancePersonnel Committee 6 p.m. Monday at City Hall.

Medford Public Utilities Committee 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall. Medford Whole 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall. causing moderate damage, at 11:45 p.m.

Monday in the alley behind 13 1 North Park Ave. in Medford. A vehicle operated by David Salzman, 17, Medford, rear-ended a vehicle driven by Kari Mueller, 29, Medford, pushing it into a vehicle driven by Rocky Juedes, 17, Medford, at 7:52 am. Monday at the Medford Senior High School parking lot Damage was moderate. A vehicle driven by James Peterson, 58, Medford, rear-ended a vehicle driven by Ester Park, 35, Medford, at 10:24 a.m.

Sunday at Highway 64 and Maple Street in Medford. Dennis Larson, 48, Westboro, reported minor hit-and-run damage to his parked, unoccupied car at 10:40 a.m. Feb. 17 in the Market Place Foods parking lot in Medford. Damage was minor.

The accident remains under investigation. 25, 1 995 County board chairmen say they're overworked Rozar will By SARA STEFFES Of the News-Herald Donna Rozar believes no less of a perfect opportunity could present itself. After a failed bid against Rep. Donald Hasenohrl, D-Pittsville, for the state Assembly last November, the Marshfield Republican is announcing her candidacy for the 24th District Senate post Sen. Dave Helbach, D-Stevens Point, resigned from the seat earlier this month.

"My momentum from the last election is still going," Rozar, 45, said Friday at her home at 1126 Ridge Road. "So we just have to keep that momentum for the next election." Democrat Kevin Shibilski, 33, of Amherst, announced his candidacy last week. He has served four" terms as register of deeds for Portage New air pact between U.S., Canada signed OTTAWA (AP) The United States and Canada on Friday signed a new "open skies" aviation agreement that will eliminate most restrictions in air service between the two countries. President Clinton praised Canadians as "real neighbors" as he presided over the signing with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Clinton said the open-skies treaty was "a big step forward" and make it much easier for Canadians and Americans to fly to each others' cities.

"It will create thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity. We agreed to throw out 30 years rules that have suffocated business" and disadvantaged air passengers, he said. As the two leaders looked on, the pact was signed by transportation officials from both nations. The treaty, 10 years in negotiation, will deregulate cross-border passenger and cargo transportation and open up any new cities to direct flights. U.S.

officials estimate that past restrictions have cost North American communities $41 million a day in economic benefits and 290,000 jobs. U.S. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena, in a telephone interview with WCCO Radio from Ottawa, said Northwest Airlines is among carriers being considered to provide additional service between the United States and Canada. The carriers are to be named Monday. Pentagon to sell missiles to Korea WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon informed Congress on Friday that it plans to sell more than $100 million worth of anti-radar and anti-ship missiles to South Korea.

The sale, to be handled by the Navy, includes 136 AGM-88B HARM anti-radiation missiles meant to destroy surface-to-air missile radar systems for $64 million and 32 Harpoon anti-ship missiles for $48 million, the Pentagon said. The U.S. government has been pressing South Korea to beef up and modernize its defenses, which face a large and heavily armed North Korean force along the Demilitarized Zone. sea Helbach, 46, was respected as a non-partisan senator in his 16 years in the Legislature. The Senate seat is pivotal, Rozar said, and will draw statewide attention because the Republican majority will move from 17-16 to 18-15 with a Republican victory.

That has the potential to invite special interest groups and Public Action Committees (PACs) to influence the turnout "So whether or not we accept PAC money will be decided in the near future," Rozar said. The 24th Senate District includes parts of Wood, Portage, Adams and Waushara counties. Jackie Szehner, a Republican who lost to Rep. William Murat, D-Stevens Point, in the last election has said she may make a bid for the Senate seat Escaped pit bull attacks, kills dog The death of a pet dog that was attacked by a stray pit bull dog Thursday afternoon here remains under police investigation. Officers were called to a residence at 103A N.

Pine Street after a stray pit bull dog attacked another dog and killed it, according to police. The dog escaped outdoors at about 2:45 p.m. from its owner's residence at 5 14 W. Arnold Street The animal is now in custody. The Wood County District Attorney's Office has been contacted on the possibility of getting a court order to destroy the animal.

Woman sentenced on battery charge WAUSAU Elizabeth L. Fure. 18, of S2778 N. Highway 13 was sentenced this week in Marathon County Circuit Court to 20 days in jail and three years probation plus court costs on two counts of battery. She also was ordered to obtain a psychiatric evaluation and treatment and attend parenting classes.

Approval required to make parts WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Aviation Administration pointedly reminded manufacturers Friday that companies making repair parts for airplanes must get its approval. All new and replacement parts for aircraft require FAA approval of both design and manufacture. "Over the last few years we've had problems with people making parts who didn't realize" they needed separate approvals for new and replacement parts, explained Anthony J. Broderick, FAA assistant administrator for regulation. New parts undergo quality control inspections by the FAA and airplane makers when they are installed, he said, but replacement parts don't face the same checks.

Thus, separate FAA approvals are needed, Broderick said. Manufacturers were given 90 days to file the necessary paperwork, he said. In issuing the warning, the FAA pointed out that two weeks ago three California men were fined and sentenced to federal prison terms after admitting in court that they took part in a scheme to sell unapproved parts to the airline industry. Prosecutor warned fugitive sold home SHEBOYGAN (AP) A prosecutor said Friday he should have asked a judge to revoke the bail of a convicted sex offender now sought by police in Wisconsin, Florida and Mexico. Police told Assistant District Attorney James Haasch that Hugo Hernandez had sold his Sheboygan house and quit his job, but no warrant was issued for his arrest "I suppose I could have, and I probably should have, but I didn't," Haasch said.

Haasch said he had a conference call with Circuit Judge Timothy Van Akkeren and Richard Hahn, Hernandez's attorney. Hahn said "he was going to talk to his client and make sure that his client remained in the area," Haasch said. "It was left at that" Hernandez, 24, was sentenced to six years in prison on two counts of second-degree sexual assault involving his baby-sitter last year. He then was released on $4,000 cash bail pending appeal. The appeal, based on evidence Van Akkeren allowed at trial, was rejected Wednesday by the 2nd District Court of Appeals.

Van Akkeren, who had been criticized for releasing Hernandez pending appeal, said he thought the bail was proper in the case. "Clearly, the safe approach would have been to keep the guy locked up, but I was trying to be fair to the defendant because I think there was reasonable argument raised on the legal issue," Van Akkeren said. If the conviction had been reversed by the appellate court, Hernandez "would have spent a long period of time in prison," he said. "Money had been posted and he and his family had lived here for a long period of time," he said. "My principal concern at the time was that the issue was so close, and I think the appeals court indicated that in their decision." Police said the U.S.

Marshal's office indicted one of Hernandez's cars had been found in Kissimmee, but Hernandez and his family had likely left the area. Mexican authorities also have been alerted, although it isn't known if Hernandez left the country. WAUKESHA (AP) Like many part-time county board chairmen across Wisconsin, Guy Zima is overworked and underpaid. "I feel like I'm giving way too much time for what I'm getting paid and I'm not sure I want to keep doing it," said Zima, who chairs the Brown County Board in Green Bay. In many counties where full-time county executives run the day-to-day operations, the county board chairman's post has been relegated to a part-time position.

But there hasn't always been a corresponding reduction in hours. Most chairmen attend local meetings, sit on county and state advisory boards and make appearances at local events. Take Waukesha County Board Chairman James Dwyer's schedule. He often works more than 40 hours a week in a job that became a part-time position in 1990 when Waukesha hired a full-time county executive. Since his term began last April, he's made 42 appearances on the County Board's behalf.

He earns $22,380 $7,380 for being a supervisor and $15,000 for being chairman. Dwyer persuaded the county supervisors to consider an ordinance next month to make the post a full-time job. Currently, Milwaukee County is the only county in the state with a county executive and a full-time County Board chairman. In Madison, Dane County Board Chairman Michael Blaska also spends more than 40 hours a week on the job. "I do it because it's needed to get the job done and, quite frankly, I could spend more time at it," Blaska said.

"But I need to balance it with the workload at home." Many chairmen say the problem will only get worse as federal and state government cut programs. "County government is going to be the government of the future," Blaska said. "People are going to be looking to the county to provide more and more services." While critics say making the chairman's job full-time just makes government bigger, Zima argues that a strong legislative branch is needed to balance power. "We should strengthen the legislative branch so people have better resources when they have a problem," he said. have objections to the proposed settlement now have until July 12 to register them.

Another hearing will be held Aug. 1 for final approval of the settlement, and customers will have until Sept. IS to file a claim. Customers will be able to consult a chart to calculate how much money they would get under the settlement before filing their claim forms. Compensation would range from $80 for someone who had less severe symptoms up to $75,000 for someone who, for example, was hospitalized for a long time and sought arbitration with the company.

Thousands of people across the country said they became ill after eating Schwan's ice cream in September and October. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed at least 645 cases in 28 states, including Wisconsin. Taylor deputies check accidents Ice cream plan approved MEDFORD Donald Disher, 48. Thorp, lost control of his vehicle, which entered the ditch and overturned, at 3:57 p.m. Monday on County Trunk in the town of Medford.

Damage was moderate. Bruce Kline, 57, Rochester, lost control of the pickup truck he was driving, which was hauling a trailer with two snowmobiles, at 3:50 pjn. Monday on Highway 13 in the town of Chelsea. His vehicle entered the ditch, causing damage to the snowmobiles, which slid off the trailer. Todd Larson, 26, Westboro, lost control of his vehicle and slid into an oncoming vehicle operated by Esther Walters, 72, Westboro, at 2:45 p.m.

Monday on Old Highway 13 in the town of Westboro. Damage was moderate. Jodi Miicke, 20, Medford, lost control of the vehicle she was driving and sliA into a utility pole. ST. PAUL (AP) People who may have gotten sick after eating Schwan's ice cream will be notified about a settlement through direct mailings and newspaper ads, a company spokesman said.

Schwan's Sales Enterprises had reached a settlement with attorneys for customers who sued the company following a nationwide salmonella outbreak last fall. Hennepin County District Judge Andrew Danielson last Friday approved both sides' plan for notifying customers, Schwan's spokesman Dave Jennings said. Jennings said Thursday that the mailings will begin going out in late March or early April, with newspaper ads probably running in May. Because of printing considerations, the judge also moved back some deadlines in the case. People who.