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Halloween Hullabaloo to inwade zoo Both Racine hospitals had screened trick-or-treat candy for the past few years, Vetrovec said. But the X-rays gave parents a false sense of security, since having treats scanned didn't necessarily ensure they were safe. The scan would only pick up metal hidden in candy, but could not detect glass or poison, he said. "We hope what will transpire within the zoo grounds will be safe and healthy for all children," Vetrovec said. "Hopefully we can resurrect the tradition of halloween as we remember it, with a proactive approach to healthy and safe trick or treating." By Laura Sumnar Coon Journal Timet Ghoulish creatures will haunt the Racine Zoo Oct.

30, when Halloween Hullabaloo Invades the grounds at 2131 N. Main St. But these creatures won't be the kind visitors usually find In cages. They will be volunteers swathed In costumes or brushed with makeup donating their time to mystify, and trick the children, 12 and under, who come to the Hullabaloo from 1 to 5 p.m. The Hullabaloo is a free event, sponsored by St.

Mary's Medical Center and about 25 other business and non-profit As they enter the grounds, each child will get a treat bag and card, which will be checked at each booth, he said. The halloween idea has been brewing for about six months, intended to be an alternative to trick or treating, Vetrovec said. Yet, St. Mary's and Mayor N. Owen Davies decided it might be too soon to scrap trick-or-treating altogether.

The city is part sponsor of the Hullabaloo. Davies set trick or treat between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., Oct. 30 in Racine. But next year, Vetrovec said he hopes Hullabaloo will provide all of the treats for the holiday.

organizations. The groups plan to offer a host of horrors In games, shows and displays at booths along the zoo path. The Society of American Magicians will perform throughout the day at the zoo's amphitheater, said Ken Vetrovec, director of marketing and community relations for St. Mary's. Children, who must be in costume to be admitted, may meander through a tunnel of horrors and a haunted house, fish for a prize in a bubbling cauldron, dunk a ghoul and hunt for prizes, Vetrovec said.

Some booths will offer treats, other games and prizes, and the Coca-Cola Co. is planning to raffle bicycles, he said. Children can submit their decorated pumpkins to the Journal Times contest near the zoo entrance. Savings bonds will be awarded to top winners in the under 6-years-old, 7-to-9 years and 10 to-12 years categories. Buses, donated by School Services Leasing will run a shuttle between Racine's community centers and the zoo, Vetrovec said.

For more information on the bus schedule, call 636-9131. All Hullabaloo visitors must be -accompanied by an adult and should enter the zoo from the Main Street entrance, Vetrovec said. the Journal Times 1 ,065 face cold winter 4A Qttv Qpmittv Friday Oct. 21, 1988 3A Cop: No excessive force used County tax cut not as big l- N5r- "ftjjpg yv ma HP Tom Zagar, of the DNR, gathers salmon, then holds one as hatchery supervisor Randy Link gets eggs. a- Fishing for eggs About 400,000 salmon eggs were collected Thursday in Root River near Lincoln Park.

State Department of Natural Resources employees caught the fish in a weir, a fencelike structure built by the DNR in (he river to collect fish. Pictured above gathering fish and their eggs are Tom Zagar, of the DNR, and fish hatchery supervisor Randy Link. Female salmon were cut open, their eggs were re-moved and put in a pan, then fertilized by male fish. The eggs were taken to Kettle Morraine Springs fish hatchery. Barhershoppers' parley to bring 1 ,400 to Racine By Gary Metro Journal Times A Racine police officer on Thursday told jurors in a civil rights trial that he didn't use excessive force in the 1986 arrest of a man who contends he suffered brain injuries in a beating.

Patrolman Robert Mozol said he hit the man, 22 year-old Roberto Herrera, one time. Mozol said he used his nightstick, which police call a baton, to hit Herrera on the elbow. Mozol said he struck Herrera hard, but only after Herrera reached behind his back and touched something that made a metallic sound. "To me, that motion indicated a severe threat on my life," Mozol said. He told the jury he'd seen many examples of people drawing weapons from hidden holsters, and he had been trained to respond.

"He forced me to use force on someone, which I don't like to do," Mozol said. Disturbance call Mozol said he hadn't used deadly force in the arrest of after a domestic disturbance call in the 900 block of Center Street. But the situation, where, an angry Herrera reached into a back pocket, would have justified deadly force, Mozol said. Herrera, however, had only a pair of adjustable pliers in his pocket. Testimony in the trial ended Thursday before Racine County Judge Stephen Simanek, who set closing arguments for today.

Simanek said the jury could reach its verdict later today. When the suit was filed, Herrera and his mother, Clara Romero of -Racine, sought $2.9 million from the city of Racine, Mozol, former Racine police patrolman David Lamp-man, and a number of other police. The other officers, including sheriff's deputies, were dismissed as defendants before the trial began Monday. Brain damage Lampman was Mozol's partner the night Herrera was arrested. Disabling injuries, including brain damage and a severe ear injury, resulted from force used from Herrera's arrest, according to the Isuit.

Earlier in the trial, Roberto Herrera's twin brother, Alberto, said the two had been drinking, and were carrying a knife and broken bottle for protection in the time preceding Roberto Herrera's arrest. But he said neither was armed when police arrived. Roberto Herrera was angry, cursed at police and threw his jacket on the ground, according to Alberto Herrera. Roberto Herrera was hit on the arm with a nightstick and kicked after he reached into his back pocket for a pair of pliers, according to Alberto Herrera. By Sara Lamb Journal Times Before Thursday, the tax cut in the proposed 1989 Racine County budget was about 1.5 percent.

But County Executive Dennis Kornwolf told county human services board members that he got some bad news Thursday. Kornwolf said officials from the state Department of Employee Trust Funds told him the county must pay 2 percent more toward the retirement fund for sheriff's deputies. That amounts to an additional $82,016, Kornwolf said, and a ble tax cut of only 1 percent. Despite the bad news, Kornwolf had some good news for human services board members who had requested a budget about $600,000 higher than Kornwolf proposed budget. Including the general assistance fund, Kornwolf's proposed human services budget was about $25 million.

The county's share of that is about $3.8 million. Three confer Before the meeting, Kornwolf met with Leo Thomas, human services board chairman, and Bill Adams, human services director. They agreed to use about $80,000 from other areas of the general budget to pay for "high priority" programs Kornwolf did not have in. his proposed budget. "High priority" items were: Community support services for alcohol and other drug abuse victims.

A program to help make living arrangements for the mentally ill. A program to prepare youths for independent living in the community. Two programs to provide short-term care for disabled adults and children. Kornwolf said the $500,000 contingency fund can be used for other human services programs that prove their need such as the "Birth To Three" program at the Racine County Opportunity Center. It provides physical and speech therapy, and other educational services, to developmentally delayed children.

$74,000 trimmed Kornwolf cut about $74,000 from' the program. He said he wants the; center to generate money from clients, insurance companies and federal agencies. Kornwolf's proposed budget also cut $40,000 from the Taylor Home day-services program for delinquents and kids suspended from school. Adams said he will meet with Ra cine Unified School District and Taylor Home officials to changes in the program. Those changes might include arj increase in the portion paid by Unified (57 percent), Adams said; By Karen B.

Tancilf Journal Times More than 1,400 barbershop singers and their families are expected to attend a district convention this weekend at Case High School. And the singing contests by members of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America Land O' Lakes district will be open to the public. Mark HrUbrgy Journal Times About 400,000 eggs were taken to a fish hatchery. No new arrests made The contests are the preliminary quartet competition at 7 p.m. tonight, the chorus contest at 12:45 the Northbrook, quartet that was the third-place medalist in the 1988 international competition, will sing.

While scores are being tallied, the New Tradition, the Northbrook chorus that finished fourth in the 1988 international competition, will sing. Tickets for the quartet preliminaries are $5, the quartet finals are $6 and the chorus competition is $7. They can be purchased at the door, at the convention registration desk in the Sheraton Racine Hotel and Conference Center, at Nicholson's, 346 Newman Road, Pete's Place barbershop, 2720 16th or and Park-In Drive-in, 2312 Douglas Ave. The singers will come from Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Alberta and Saskatchewan, Qualheim said. The winners of the chorus competition will go on to the international competition in Kansas City, in July.

The quartets are trying for district champion. Those wanting to compete at the international level must appear at a district contest in May, said Qualheim. By Laura J. Merisalo Journal Times No new arrests were made Thursday in drug-related shootings that have left five men with bullet wounds, Racine police said. Shooting between two alleged drug-dealing factions began about midnight Monday, about 30 hours before state narcotics agents and Racine police searched two Racine homes in drug raids at dawn Wednesday.

State agents arrested two men on drug charges and confiscated $6,700 worth of cocaine, $2,600 cash, drug records and drug paraphernalia. Other arrests may be forthcoming, authorities said. Some of the people involved in the shootings were possible targets of a state drug probe that began at least seven months ago, according to police. Two of four men hit by gunfire Monday in the 2000 block of Mead Street remained in good condition at St. Luke's Hospital late Thursday, a spokeswoman said.

They were Dwight Moore, 25, of 813 11th and Ivy Tucker, 32, of 1645 Morton Ave. Two other victims in Monday's shooting left the hospital Tuesday night, according to hospital officials. Fhey were Billy Ray Petty, 22, of 1941 Howe and Norzell Pittman, 19, of 1108 Villa St. Shot Tuesday near llth Street and Irving Place was Marlow D. Jones, 18, of .1108 Villa St.

He was treated lor a gunshot wound to the thigh, then released. p.m. Saturday and the quartet finals at 8 p.m. Saturday. All the contests are at Case High School, 7345 Washington Ave.

The district meeting is hosted by the Racine Dairy Statesmen, who will field a quartet, the Center of Attention, and their chorus in the competitions. One of the other chorus entries is. the Great Northern Union chorus from Hilltop, which finished seventh in international competition earlier this year, said Ed Qualheim, a spokesman for the chapter. Qualheim said that during the intermission for the chorus competition, the Chicago Chord of Trade, EPA sampling of wells to begin in a month (-mart signs as tenant for High Ridge plaza The investigation and evaluation of alternatives to clean up the site will take 18 months to two years, Gifford said. While Gifford did not Know how much the process Would cost, the cost for other sites has been $500,000 to $1 million, he said.

It was used from 1959 to 1979. Prior to 1970, it was an open dump, said Gifford. The first indication that there were problems with the site came in the early 1980s. Contaminants were found in three wells the city of Oak Creek put in when it was considering putting a drainage ditch in the area. In 1987, the site was put on the list as one of those that will be cleaned up with Superfund money.

There are 1,100 such sites in the country, with 39 in Wisconsin either on the list or proposed for it, said Susan Pastor, the EPA Superfund community relations coordinator in Chicago. If the polluters won pay for the cleanup, the EPA will use Superfund money to do it. Pastor said. By Karen B. Tancill Journal Times CALEDONIA-The U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency will begin sampling residential wells of homes closest to the Hunt's Landfill Site within a month, said the man who will head the agency's investigation of contaminants at the abandoned dump. Mike Gifford made the decision based on the concerns of people at a Thursday night informational meeting in the town hall at which the investigation procedure was explained. About 35 people attended the 90-minute meeting. Gifford said he does not feel there is a significant chance the wells are contaminated. "We think that wells that are cased to the dolomite bedrock are at a very low risk," said Gary Edelstein, of the state Department of Natural Resources, which will oversee the investigation.

The investigation will determine the extent of contamination and its potential to adversely affect human health and toe environment. u3 Oil. 1 mmlMm 1j it 8n mm tel By Laura Sumner Coon, Jourhal Times K-mart Discount Store is the first to sign as a tenant in the $20 million High Ridge Centre shopping plaza, a spokesman for the developer said Thursday. Two other ma jor stores interested in locating at site are talking to the developer, said Kenneth Adams, vice president of First National Realty Development Inc. First National hopes to attract up to 40 shops, Adams said.

K-mart plans to move its operations from its Racine store at 1750 Ohio St. to the new shopping center and find a tenant to lease the older building, Adams said. The K-mart based in Troy, has signed a letter of intent with First National to move to the center, Adams said. First National of Chicago bought the 37 acres from Racine County Sept. 8 for $1.87 million.

The land is east of Highway 31 and Just north of Regency Mall. Today, First National also is expected to sign an agreement witlj HSA Contractors of Mllwau kee. The firm will begin removing 52,000 square feet of asbestos in insulation, tile and plaster and 11,000 feet of asbestos wrapped around pipes Monday in what once was a county-operated nursing home, Adams said. Once HSA clears out the asbestos, a task expected to take from six to eight weeks, the three-story building will be demolished, Adams said. Construction on the shopping center is expected to start in spring and K-mart could move in by Oct.

1, Adams said. But total construction is not anticipated to be complete until the spring of 1990, Adams said. Proposed is a strip retail center with four lots outside the strip for additional shopping development, another for an office complex and one for a restaurant While First National has received a conditional use permit from the Racine City Council, each phase of the complex still would require design approval. EPA map of Hunt's Landfill site on 8 Milt Road..