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THE POST-CRESCENT. APPLETON-NEENAH MENASHA, WIS. B-3 cOiooll roetaoA fasitHoirag sou Bowlers Gift List! egories to provide funding for the grant program. The grant money is expected to be divided between ERVTNG and a similar consortium located near Superior By Sherry Breiting Rlndt Post-Crescent correspondent CUNTONVILLE Despite the governor's continued commitment to providing a grant for the Embarrass River Valley Instruction Network Group (ERVTNG), a fiber optic distance education consortium, the needed $150,000 is not yet provided in the mini-budget "The governor has not loosened up his commitment to the program He wants the fiber optics program to be a success and he wants me to help him find the money," state Rep. William Lorge, R-Bear Creek, said Tuesday after meeting with Gov.

Tommy Thompson. Earlier this year Thompson cut the grant funds from the state budget, but later promised to restore those funds in the mini-budget Thompson has now asked Lorge to help him trim $300,000 from other budget cat vanced placement classes, college and technical college courses, staff development programs and adult education courses. The system will also allow the schools to share instructors for programs that would otherwise be at a low enrollment leveL The telecommunication system makes it possible for smaller school systems to provide the same quality curricular offerings as larger systems. Members of ERVTNG studied the system for two years before entering into a contract agreement with Urban Telephone Corp. early this year.

Each district has agreed to make a $100,000 payment to Urban for equipment and transmission lines. Lorge has argued that because the ERVTNG system and a similar program in Superior are pilot programs and distance learning will eventually become a viable option to other school systems in the state, the finan cial burden of the start up costs should be shared at the state level Unfortunately, the state's budget deficit has nearly doubled since the governor recommitted to the grant program in October. In order to include the grant funds in the mini-budget Thompson is preparing, a like amount of funds must be trimmed from other areas of the budget. "The Legislature has passed too many spending proposals in the last year," Lorge said, adding that as a result the mini-budget is becoming a cost control plan. "We are going to get the grant money one way or another, but the budget is that tight," Lorge said, but he stressed that the fiber optics grant is not at risk.

I am going to be making this my pet project," he added, promising to develop several funding proposals to present to the governor. Surprise your favorite bowler with a gift from our Pro Shop: to offset the startup costs associated with the innovative program. Locally the fiber optics system, now operating as a pilot project, provides an audio and visual link Balls Bags Shoes Accessories Gift Certificates are Available Professional Drilling and Fitting .1 A Lorge between schools in Clintonville, Marion, Tigerton, Wittenberg-Birnam-wood, Bowler, Keshena and Bonduel. When fully implemented in September 1992 the system will provide the participating schools with ad WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991 gM Waupaca board keeps 9 pay raise By Dan Wilson Post-Crescent staff writer tract for the sheriffs department which grants the employees a 6 pay hike in each of the next three years. The contract also includes increased deductibles and a co-pay provision for health insurance.

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Kenneth Van Dyke reminded supervisors they committed to the pay increases in a 1989 resolution and agreed to spread it over three years. "So either we stand behind our word or we don't," he said. Supv. Henry Steenbock moved to table the resolution but was defeated on a 17-9 vote. The original resolution then passed, 21-5, with Supv.

Penney, William Viergutz, John Schroeder, Harold Steenbock and Carl Kietzmann casting the negative votes. The board also approved appointing Arden Bonnell to serve as interim highway commissioner while the highway and personnel committees write a job description and advertise for candidates. Bonnell will be retiring on Jan. 6. The motion passed on a 20-6 vote with Penney, Kietzmann, Harold Steenbock, Fred Rasmussen, Robert Whitman and John Schley voting no.

The board also gave its final approval to a law enforcement con- WAUPACA The Waupaca County Board Tuesday approved a pay package for its non-represented and supervisory personnel, increasing 1992 compensation from 3 to 9. The compensation plan is the final phase of a three-year wage and salary plan for county employees which came as a result of a study conducted in 1988 by Arthur Young and Associates. The study found some positions to be underpaid in comparison with surrounding jurisdictions and other, higher-paying, jobs with similar responsibilities. The bargaining units have all had the new pay scales included in their contracts. The resolution still drew Do You Want To Quit Smoking? Whatever your reasons for wanting to quit smoking, the method you choose has to be one that works for you.

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First assistant fire chief, $950 per year plus fire calls and two inspections per month; second assistant fire chief and the department training officer, each $575 per year plus fire calls and two inspections per month; department secretary-treasurer, $600 per year plus fire calls and two inspections per month. Auxiliary police, $8.50 per hour; school patrol, $5 per hour. The amount paid to aldermen for attending meetings was increased from $29.75 to $35 per meeting. That increase will go into effect first for aldermen elected or re-elected to their seats in April. CHILTON Most city employees and officials will receive a salary increase of about 4 in 1992, under action taken by the Common Council Tuesday night.

Aid. Bruce Alten cast the only vote against one of the two ordinances. The fire chief, whose salary will remain at $2,600 per year, will not receive an increase. The mayor's salary will remain at $4,400 per year plus $35 per committee meeting. The salary is the same, but the amount paid for attendance at committee meetings will go up from $29.75 to $35.

Election officials' pay will remain at $5 per hour. Volunteer fire firefighters will receive $7.25 per hour for fire runs and $4 per inspection meeting with a limit of 24 inspections each per year. Board of Review members will receive $5 per hour and the cemetery superintendent, $125 per month. The new salaries that will go into effect Jan. 1 are: city clerk, $29,500 per year plus meetings and dental; Governor picks Parrino to lead PSC MADISON (AP) Gov.

Tommy Thompson nominated Wisconsin Public Service Commission member Cheryl Parrino to become chairman of the panel. "Cheryl Parrino has spent her entire professional career at the Public Service Commission, compiling impressive credentials," the governor said in announcing Tuesday his appointment which must be confirmed by the state Senate. She would succeed Charles H. Thompson as chairman of the three-member commission. Charles Thompson, who is not related to the governor, was nominated last week to succeed Ronald Fielder as secretary of transportation.

Parrino, a Wisconsin Rapids native, was executive assistant to Charles Thompson before the governor appointed her a commissioner in February. She is chairman of the board of the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute and vice chairman of the board of the Wisconsin Center for Demand-Side Research. She was executive assistant to former PSC Chairman Mary Lou Munts from 1986 to 1987. When Munts term expired, Parrino was an acting commissioner from February to June 1989 before John T. Coughlin was appointed to replace Munts.

Parrino joined the PSC as an auditor in 1976 after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in accounting. She received several promotions while working as an auditor, and was named director of the commission's Bureau of Utility Audits in 1982. The PSC regulates the states electric, gas, water and telephone utilities, setting rates and approving building plans. "In her 15 years at the PSC, Cheryl proved that she is more than capable of assuming the chair," the governor said. "I know she will continue to lead the agency in the right direction." Charles Thompson's current executive assistant, Scott A.

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