The Journal Times from Racine, Wisconsin • 40

II Saturday, Jun 27, 1 998 UU Th Jo.rtul I t-w The Journal Times from tkcmr If A 1 1 What I like best about school is learning new things each day. Miss Schultz is a good example for that. Everyday she starts with new and excit Ing things. My favorite subject is language. I like to see my friends everyday too.

I like all the specials we have like gym, art, music, library and computers. When we go outside for recess and then come in for lunch, I eagerly want to learn more things. Most people think; the day goes by slowly, but with Miss Schultz teaching, it goes by so fast for me. I just want to say to Miss Schultz that you taught me a lot this year. Brittany Klsley I 4hool Each week wo ask kids frot trr 7 vi.

in our Jf- I 'I A As featured neighborhood (this week is St KM Franksville) to tell us what they like about their neighborhood, their school, or the people who live there. Hero's how kids at Gifford Elementary School responded: What I like best about school is that we learn a lot and we have great teachers. Learning Is fun because when you get a little older, you will always have what we learned when we were in school. The teachers are wonderful because they are great and they know they are teaching. I think at Gifford Elementary School, I have had the best teachers because I learned more than I did at my old school.

Ashley Olesen JIM SLOSIAREK Journal Timm Jeff Krupp, of Racine, weighs 50-pound bags of ground corn at Klema Feeds in Franksville. The "powder" is usually mixed with feed for chickens. I like my school, it's in Franksville, the reason why I like it is because it's very big, it has lots of nice kids, lots of nice teachers, it has many wonderful events, good assemblies, lots of clubs. I could go on and on about my school. And I think Gifford School is a good school because it's in Franksville.

I also like a restaurant called Lou's Custard. It has the best ice cream, the pizza's delicious, I also like the orange slushies. But again why it's a good restaurant is because it's in the town of Franksville. And my favorite thing in Franksville is the Kraut Festival even though I don't go there to eat sauerkraut. It's still a fun place to go to.

I love going on the rides there and playing the games. And once more the reason why I like the Kraut Festival is because it's in Franksville. Jessica Knautz FRANKSVILLE My name is Jackie Sikes and I travel alot. I've never seen a cute little town like Franksville. I love the smell of the crisp gentle breeze and the nice, intelligent, blghearted people.

Well, there are a lot of nice things to say about Franksville and I really enjoy living here. I love it so much that I want my kids and their kids to live here. Well, if your looking for a place to live, or at least stay, then just corme right on up or down to Franksville. Jackie Slkes honor rolls -CT Joshua; Nimmer, Loran; Stefka, Adam, and Zlevor. Mary.

KANSASVILLE PROVIDENCE CATHOLIC SCHOOL FIRST HONORS (A PLUSA AVERAGE) EIGHTH GRADE: Glas, Derek; LaRose, Stephanie, and Warner, Katherine. SEVENTH GRADE: Daniels, Heather; Erdman, Erin, and Simmer, Jodie. SIXTH GRADE: Campbell, Kristin; Fliess, Ashley; Nehrkorn, Alexandra; Olszewski, Meghan; Schumacher, Annie, and Willkomm, Savannah. SECOND HONORS (A MINUSB PLUS AVERAGE) EIGHTH Sam; Daniels, Justin; Elfering, Janene; Fonk, Patrick; Griffiths, Mike; Mutter, Luke; Nielsen, Peter; Raguse, Alan; Skora, Joe; Smith, Leah, and Smith, Rachel. SEVENTH GRADE: Biehn, Jackie; Daniels, Stacey; Klaben, Sarah, and Schmeckel, Jeff.

DHOLY NAME PARISH SCHOOL HIGH HONORS (3.5-4.0) EIGHTH GRADES Clarke, Ellen; Domame, Jenny; Hantschel, Steven; Hyduke, Jon; Johnson, Lisa; Kongshaug, Angela; Kuhns, Mitchell; Malone, Angela; Martin, Jennifer; Mikulecky, Angela; Parra, Anna Maria; Pressor, Robyn; Selbach, Rebecca; Thoennes, Timothy, and Vanko, Sarah. SEVENTH GRADE Agnew, Stefanie; Andersen, Alyssa; ChernousW, Nocola; Floyd, Melanie; Hilmer, Rebecca; Johann, Kelly; Mandll, Nicole; Martin, Ryan; Pavlik, Aimee; Pressor, Marci; Radspinner, Kristy; Shapiro, Jessica; Strachow, Bethany; Strachow, Rebecca, and Vaughn, Amanda. SIXTH GRADE: Ellingham, Jonathon; Ferderer, Amanda; Kongshaug. Daniel; Nelson, Alicen; Seitz, Ashley, and Vanko, Monica. FIFTH GRADE: Cariello, Kayla; Diem, Bridget; Hansen, Claire; Lott, Zachary; Shea, Laura; Stachow, Adam, and Underhill, Sarah.

Racine County schools' honor rolls are published In the Community section at the end of each quarter. Honor rolls are published as they are submitted by schools and as space allows. Schools are asked to send honor rolls to: Loreen Mohr. "high The Journal Times, 212 Fourth Racine, Wis. 53403.

Christman, Audrey; Poisl, Katie; Willkomm, Emily, and Zirbel, SIXTH GRADE: Ricky. HONORS (3.0-3.49) EIGHTH GRADE: Chernouski, Kyle, and Gordon, Amie. SEVENTH GRADE: Bishop, James; Costabile, Jane; Dillard, Tyler; Kowalski, Shannon; Peters, Lauren; Shropshire, Jonathan; Toscano, Amanda; Williquette, Corinne, and Guzman, Jaymie. SIXTH GRADE: Brown, Amber; Gauthier, Cara; Gordon, Emily; Kauzlarich, Laura; Kechter, Kasey; Kroes, Kristin; Nimmer, Aidan; Staudinger, Amanda, and Urick, Melissa. FIFTH GRADE: Johann, Amy; Kroes, John; McWhorter, Enida; Mikulecky, THIRD HONORS (BB MINUS AVERAGE) EIGHTH GRADE: Glas, Eric; Konkol, Alex; Struycz, Joshua, and Schmidt, Jessica.

SEVENTH GRADE: Barnett. Sarah; Biehn, Daniel; Chenault, Sebastian; Corkins, Mark; Fugett, Julie; Lampe, Erin; McCormick, Jimmy; Neuendorf, Nena, and Wagner, Lee. SIXTH GRADE: Corkins, Keri; Gillmore, Andy; Konkol, Patrick; Mutter, Lauren; Smith, David, and Smith, Michael. From Pag ID tavern named the "Villa." When people would ask for him, people would say "Frank's at the Villa," which somehow was condensed to Franksville. Amusing, but not factual, say area historians.

In any event, the railroad crew built a shelter where Klema Feeds now stands. A depot and telegraph office soon followed. Visitors would get off of the train and stay at a hotel near the depot. They would make their business calls and then climb aboard to depart. Even before Franksville became a recognizable settlement, it was at the crossroads of the Potowatomi Indian tribe area.

Frenchman Jacques Vteau, known as Jambeau, set up a fur-trading post near the area in a place called Skunk's Grove Settler Daniel Rork bought much of the land now considered Franksville from the trader in the mid 1800s. The area also was filled with wheat fields and a grist mill with a huge windmill was a Franksville landmark. Eventually, the fanners took their grain to a larger, water-powered mill by the HorLick Dam in Racine. Through the decades Franksville continued as a residential and commercial area in Caledonia. The U.S.

Postal Service built an office in the village In 1958. Now, there are 2,355 deliveries made by postal workers who run five rural routes as far west as Highway 45 and as far east as Highway 38. They go south to 2 Mile Road and north to 8 Mile Road, said Janice Ratkowski, postmaster. Business in a homey setting The Franksville Industrial Park has grown in the last decade to house Mamco Rite Engineering Company AW Badger Electronics, Drewco Unico Mettler-Toledo Inc. and the new Midland Container Corp.

building under construction. But for the most part, the businesses in the heart of the village Don's Meat Market, Greg's Catering, Rudy's Shop Rite North, Klema Feeds have been part of the local landscape for at least three decades. "I was bom and raised here," said Louis Noppe as he stepped from behind the counter at Franksville Oil and LP Gas. Noppe, who owns the Mobil station and custard stand on the western fringe of Franksville, said area people are good business patrons. "You know 80 percent of the customers on a first-name basis," he said.

Although new subdivisions have emerged in the last 10 years, Franksville remains somewhat the same. "I have been in business 35 years, and it hasn't changed much over that time," Noppe said. "The last few years have brought new subdivisions and families, but for the most part it has been the same we're small town people." A couple of Racine county highway trucks, a handful of motorcycles and some cars crowd the parking lot at Don's Meat Market and Greg's Catering. About 15 people on a Tuesday afternoon wait by the counter, where butcher paper colored with marker announces the submarine sandwich specials of the day. Greg Pankow sits behind the lunch counter and looks over the crowd.

His father opened his meat business in Franksville more than 30 years ago. "I suppose he came because it is in the country a little bit. It's not the big city, but it is not too far away," Pankow said. A darkened banquet room lies on the other half of the building, where the businesses run a Friday fish fry and host weddings and other special events. Jay Freck, a salesman with U.S.

Food Service, looks up from his lap top computer and asks: "Have you ever eaten here?" "All you need to do," he added quickly, "is eat here once, and you'll know why it's popular. They are very generous." There are new businesses among the established. For eight years the small building on Roberts Street had been vacant. Last November, Tammie and Mar land Martin changed that. They opened "Emily's," a homemade pizza parlor.

On this particular afternoon, more than a dozen people are dining on the green and white checkered tables. "I grew up in Franksville," said Tammie "My husband likes to cook and thought that Franksville needed a pizza me growing up in Franksville, I knew everybody had to drive to Racine for pizza." -Hiji Infill LlMiilJftilM Ilii. Mt. Pleasant Manor Subsidized Senior Citizen Housing 55 ONLY 1 bedroom apartments Located near bus line shopping area All utilities included Security Locked Building Community room with patio area Elevator access Laundry facilities on each floor Pets welcome with pet deposit MANAGER ON SITE 2250 LAYARD AVE. 632-0863 1 Known for its park Outdoor 6r Indoor Pool Heat included Clubhouse with Fitness Room 'J join our new apaiuncni community with deluxe accommodations.

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