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TCUH CCMTACT: Amy Pelishek, weekend editor 414-993-1000, ext. 286 mail: PCNewsathenet.net B-2 FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1997 Lawmakers I 1 w- I 111 I list 1 1 I'M bmm A mimuuiJ Much of the increase reflects state support of school referendums MADISON (AP) A projected $41 million deficit blamed largely on rising school aid costs confronts legislators going to work on the 1997-99 state budget bill. Bob Lang, director of the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, reported Thursday on a potential $23.4 million deficit in the operating budget, which does not include transportation spending. It was blamed largely on the commitment for the state to pay two-thirds of public school operating costs. Transportation Secretary Charles Thompson told an Assembly committee that the transportation budget will have a shortfall of $14 million to $18 million because of a lower-than-projected automatic increase in the state's gasoline tax.

"Our budget was balanced when we submitted it," said state Budget Director Richard Chandler. He blamed circumstances beyond Gov. Tommy Thompson's control for the potential deficit in the budget now before the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee. The two-year budget takes effect July 1. He said more local communities passed referendum measures to ST.

NORBERT COLLEGE students Kelsey O'Connor, left, and Holly Schaumberg look at a quilt containing close to 200 hand prints of area incest survivors. The quilt was made through the Sexual Assault Center of Brown, Oconto and Door counties. Bringing incest into the light Committee backs bill on late-term abortions IN THE FROM POST-CRESCENT SERVICES MADISON Business interests sue over campaign ad rules Business interests have sued the Wisconsin Elections Board in fed-: eral court, arguing their constitu-; tional rights were violated by rules governing campaign advertising. The board cited advertisements in 1996 by the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce association (WMC), including radio and television commercials. A lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S.

District Court argues WMC's First Amendment free-speech rights were violated in March when the board ordered the association to comply with state election rules. Three judges ruled in November that WMC violated laws that forbid corporations from spending money to endorse candidates and that require political organizations to register with the board before making political donations. The board said the WMC advertising benefited selected candidates. OSHKOSH Oshkosh lawmaker gets married Saturday State Sen. Carol Buettner, R-: Oshkosh, will be changing her name Saturday when she marries Paul Roessler of Waunakee.

Buettner plans to adopt her hus-1 band's name and become Sen. i Carol Roessler. "While my last name will change, my first name, Carol, and I as your state senator remain the same," Buettner said. Buettner will continue to live in Oshkosh. Her Madison telephone numbers will remain the same, 888-736-8720 toll free or 608-266-5300.

MANITOWOC High cash bond set for suspect in murder Cash bond was set at $500,000 Thursday for a Manitowoc man arrested on a murder charge. A preliminary hearing was set for Monday for Joel Ritchie, 25, charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Terri Schreiber, 28, a former St. Nazianz resident who had lived with him for several weeks. Schreiber's body was found in Ritchie's apartment April 10 by Ritchie's grandparents. She was stabbed 40 times in the chest, Coroner Debra Kakatsch said.

Prosecutors said Ritchie traveled by bus to Washington after the slaying and had planned to flee to Alaska. DEATHS BRAUN, Roger; 66, Appleton. DYKEMA, William 84, 1335 S. Oneida Appleton. KOHL, James 59, 1419 E.

Dewey Appleton. DEATH ELSEWHERE LEMMOND, Mary Jean; 46T Oklahoma City, formerly of Appleton. BIRTHS APPLETON MEDICAL CENTER Raquel ERICKSON and Joel SKALMUSKY, Appleton; a son. Kelly and Shawn MILLER, Black Creek; a son. Sarah and Barney VAN HANDEL, I Seymour; a son.

Mary and Randal LYNCH, Shiocton; a daughter. Mary and David GREELY, Appleton; a daughter. ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL Jennifer and John TROTTIER, Winneconne; a daughter. Kathleen VAN ROY and Jon MER- CKX, Kimberly; a son.

Joelle and Thomas MEILINGER, Greenville; a son. Susan and Tim LEMKE, Stockbridge; a daughter. Renae and Kenneth WILLIAMS, Appleton; a son. and Ronald LaCROIX, Appleton; a son. I a mmm niDTu ci ccwhcpp STATE build new schools, remodel existing schools and add costly equipment than expected.

By law, the state must pay 40 of the cost of the school referendum measures, which will cost state government about $16.5 million in the next two years, officials said. That is in addition to higher-than-expected per-student spending by school districts statewide. Lang said the state's pledge to pay two-thirds of public school operating costs will cost $8.7 billion in the next two years, or $46.3 million more than but unexpected savings in the operating budget would reduce that part of the deficit to $23.4 million. As for the transportation budget, Charles Thompson said the automatic gas tax increase, which is required under an indexing provision of state law, was 0.3 cents less than state budget writers had predicted. "It means we're starting in the hole," he said.

The shortfall resulted because the formula now used to annually index the gas tax takes into account fuel consumption as well as inflation. The way the indexing formula works, higher consumption means a lower increase in the gas tax. With the recent popularity of pickups, vans and minivans, which get poorer gas mileage than cars, consumption has gone up. procedure." The proposed bill would ban certain late-term abortions, called "partial-birth abortions" by critics. It involves extracting a fetus through the birth canal, feet first, and then suctioning out brain tissue.

Abortion rights groups have argued that the procedure dilation and evacuation in medical terms is uncommon. Anti-abortion activists say the procedure is common and often elective. State Rep. Wayne Wood, D-Janesville, voted for the bill because he said the procedure was not necessary in many cases. "The method is so abhorrent that I can't conceive of people willingly doing it in the first place," Wood said.

The bill would charge doctors with a Class A felony for performing the procedure, which can mean life in prison for offenders. both Quincy, Mass. Adam HEINDEL and Cindy AUSTIN, both Tigard, Ore. WINNEBAGO COUNTY Dennis MEYER and Lori EIDE, both Menasha. Michael MILLER and Susan DWORAK, both Oshkosh.

Ronald BUDWEG and Kathryn SCHAETZL, both Oshkosh. Jeffrey WETTERAU and Traci PERKINS, both Oshkosh. James ZAHORIK and Jennifer COLEY, both Menasha. David HALL and Jennifer THOMPSON, both Neenah. James AUSTAD and Barbara FRIES, both Oshkosh.

Jose ORTIZ and Mariel WILLIAMS, both Oshkosh. Ponald SPAETH and Tina SHAD-DUCK, both Neenah. Marvin KASUBOSKI and Emmy JIROVETZ, both Oshkosh. David EVENSON and Stacy LISON, both Neenah. Glen GINGRAS and Carissa BOE, both Oshkosh.

Jason BOSTWICK and Heather KRIEGER, both Oshkosh. LOTTERIES MARILYN VAN DERBUR tells a St. Norbert College audience how she dealt with incest. months," she said. "The body can remember what the mind chooses to forget," she said.

Through therapy and the love and support of her husand and daughter, Van Derbur explained that she was "finally able to respect the one I loathed my night child." Particularly difficult times for the former Miss America came when her daughter was 5 years old and again when she approached puberty. When her daughter was 13, Van Derbur told her she was an incest survivor. Her daughter cried at hearing this. "She was the only person who ever cried for. me," Van Derbur said.

Van Derbur's daughter reminded her that she had changed so Post-Crescent photos by Michael Leschisin many people's lives with her speeches over the years, adding "Just think of how many more lives you could change if they knew this about you." From then on Van Derbur was off and running. In 1989 she approached the Kempe National Center in Denver to establish an adult survivor program, with emphasis on research. The Van Derbur family contributed $260,000 to establish the program. She has addressed 26 medical conferences across the country, has spoken in 151 cities since 1991 and has answered 7,000 letters from men and women whose lives have been traumatized by childhood memories. Throughout her talk Van Derbur reminded her audience that she is an incest survivor.

"We need to replace shame with pride," she said. She said she felt no shame. the day child, loved my father," but she was so "seared in pain" the night child had to die, she said. After years of therapy, Van Derbur said she finally understood that the night child," feel no pain. Because she felt her father might die before she ever confronted him, she went to him one night and was threatened if she exposed him.

Van Derbur urged those in the audience who were incest survivors to "let go" of their secrets and find resolutions. "It takes guts and hard work," she said. search of the man's car found about 2.3 ounces of marijuana on the man and in the car. The man said it was packed for sale. Police also found another license plate, and learned the man has used at least three different aliases.

PHYSICAL ABUSE OF CHILD, 600 School Court, Menasha. A 15-year-old Menasha boy was placed in secure detention in the Outagamie County Jail after assaulting a 13-year-old Menasha boy about noon Wednesday. Police said the suspect had taken some property from the victim and wouldn't give it back when the assault took place. He allegedly punched and kicked the victim, who was transported to Theda Clark Medical Center by his mother. He was treated for a broken nose and a concussion before being released.

BURGLARY, 1421 Churchill Waupaca. Burglars broke into Enterprises during the night of April 19-20 by removing an exhaust fan. About $780 in cash was taken. Damage to the building was estimated at $150. BURGLARY, 108 E.

Union Waupaca. An undisclosed amount of cash was reported stolen in an overnight burglary April 19 or 20 at Weasel's Restaurant and Bar. BURGLARY, E1149 Round Lake Road, Town of Farmington. Natalie O'Donnel, Waupaca, reported a break-in to her cottage during the last six months. VEHICLE THEFT, N2332 County Town of Caledonia Bruce Kloehn, New London, reported the theft of a 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass from his residence overnight April 19 or 20.

BURGLARY, N7813 E. River Road, Town of Union. Chloie Luckow, Manawa, reported a burglary to the workshop area of the residence. No loss report was given from the break-in, which was discovered Tuesday. THEFT FROM VEHICLE, 904 VITALS A former Miss America describes how she came to terms with her life as a "night child" By Hazel Thiel Post-Crescent staff writer DE PERE "I survived incest like red dye poured into a can of white paint.

Incest has colored every aspect of my life," Marilyn Van Derbur said Thursday. Van Derbur, a former Miss America, spoke at St. Norbert College as part of its Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Occasionally shedding tears, Van Derbur described herself as being "a night child and a day child" with no conscious knowledge of the "night child" until she was 24 years old. At that age a youth minister, a close friend for nine years, "broke through the concrete barrier" and got her to confess that she had been sexually violated by her socially prominent father when she was between the ages of 5 and 18.

She told her predominantly female audience of about 150 how her friend convinced her to tell her future husband of the ordeal. Van Derbur spoke of her sleepless nights growing up. "My ears never slept," she said, adding that every day at 2 a.m. she could feel the presence of a man in her room. Her trauma continued until she was 45, when she went into physical paralysis.

"I couldn't move my arms or legs and was hospitalized for three PATRITTO, New London. ALLERGY ALERT ALLERGY COUNTS, are number of pollens and mold spores per cubic meter of air. Counts in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am today were: MOLDS, 548 (low) POLLENS, 41 (moderate) Source: Kagen Allergy Clinic St. Elizabeth Hospital POLICE REPORTS EXTORTION, Appleton. Three Appleton boys, ages 14, 15 and 16, will be referred to juvenile authorities for threatening a man with Down syndrome to give them money.

The incidents occurred on Valley Transit buses over a period of a week to 10 days. Police were notified of the case Thursday, after a social worker who works with the 25-year-old victim at Valley Packaging noticed he was acting strangely. She notified a case worker at a youth program who works with the suspects, and that worker interviewed the boys and notified police. Police said the boys apparently got from $2 to $5 a time, for a total of between $10 and $30, after they confronted the man on buses, shook their fists at him and threatened to beat him up if he didn't give them money. Police said the boys would be referred to juvenile intake on charges of strong-armed robbery, but said charges of extortion by force would likely result when a referral decision is made.

Police said the three boys are involved in the Unity Program, a cooperative effort of the Outagamie County Department of Human Services, United Behavioral Health and the Appleton Area School District. The program works with youths who have experienced legal, social, educational, behavioral and emotional problems to help them make lifestyle and personal changes. MADISON (AP) A bill that could give Wisconsin doctors life in prison for performing a type of late-term abortion has won approval of a legislative committee. The Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections voted 12-2 Thursday to recommend the proposal to the Assembly for consideration. The bill, proposed by state Sen.

Scott Fitzgerald and state Rep. Robert Goetsch, both Juneau Republicans, would allow doctors to perform what critics call "partial birth abortions" in cases where the mother's life is in danger. State Reps. Tammy Baldwin and David Travis, both Madison Democrats, voted against the bill. "I think the public debate on this bill has been very misleading," Travis said.

"This is a procedure that is best left to the decision of the physician and the woman as to what is the safest and preferable Airport Road, Menasha. Elizabeth Parker reported to police that a Sony CD player, AM-FM radio, numerous compact discs and a winter jacket, valued together at $1,160, were taken Monday night or Tuesday morning from her car in the parking lot. MARRIAGES OUTAGAMIE COUNTY Jamey SEEFELDT and Pamela ARNDT, both Appleton. Jefferey FEUCHT and Michelle STOFFLET, both Appleton. Troy REHN, Gillett, and Brenda SCHUETTPELZ, Town of Bovina.

Shane WALLACE and Shelly ANDERSON, both Appleton. Joseph NAUBER and Laura WOLF, both Town of Grand Chute. Ryan THEOBALD, Black Creek, and Tammy GENSKE, Shiocton. James HEWITT and Cheryl VAN ENKEVORT, both Town of Oneida. Eric MELCHIORS and Susan SCHWAMER, both Appleton.

Daniel CANTRALL and Tammy BARTH, both Appleton. Kevin BAIN, Town of Hobart (Brown County), and Tammy NEUMANN, Town of Freedom. Mark RIEHL and Christine GRZESI- AKOWSKI, both Town of Black Creek. Frederick GRAICHEN and Susan MANLEY, both Town of Greenville. John CHRISTIANSON, Waldo, and Wendy BAIR, Appleton.

Gregory VANDENBERG, Little Chute, and Erin VANDEN HEUV- EL, Appleton. Paul KRAFT and Amy DOERING, both Arlington, Va. William MORLAN and Kelly LARABEE, both Phoenix, Ariz. Kevin PORTER and Kelli GOSSENS, 4 RUNAWAYS ARRESTED, 115 Prairie Court, Appleton. Two boys and a girl, all about 15 and from Appleton, were arrested by Appleton police for burglary Thursday after a woman returned home, saw one of the youths in her house and called police.

The youths fled, but were found hiding nearby. Police said the youths were all runaways and apparently had been living at 'that home, with the knowledge of a child but not the parents, for a couple of days. They were released to their parents. SEXUAL ASSAULT, 600 block of Higgins Avenue, Neenah. An 18-year-old Neenah man is being referred to the Winnebago County district attorney's office for sexual assault of a child in connection with an incident March 16 at a Neenah home in which he had sexual contact with a 4-year-old girl.

BATTERY, Ninth and Hewitt streets, Neenah. A 16-year-old Neenah boy reported to police that he was assaulted by three males about 9:30 p.m. Thursday. He told police that he was riding his bicycle when confronted by the males who pulled up in a dark blue Chevrolet Caprice. Words were exchanged after which two of the males started punching him in the face before the third suspect also got involved in the assault.

He got away from his attackers by riding his bicycle between two houses and the suspects fled in a vehicle. The victim, who told police he did not know his attackers, suffered a swollen cheek, scrapes and a cut lip. DRUG ARREST, 1800 block of S. Memorial Drive, Appleton. A 22-year-old Appleton man who was driving with an illegally displayed license plate was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver after he was stopped for a traffic offense early Wednesday.

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