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TT JL THE JOURNAL TIMES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1997 Aogry YWCA mem to Office of DMV on move want board esngimatoinis Upset members of the Racine YWCA are calling for the immediate resignation of the current board of directors. Doubting that will happen, they agreed Monday night to submit a slate of alternate candidates for election to the board of directors. That might not work either. There is language in the YWCA'a bylaws saying there can be only a single slate of candidates, and a slate has already been developed by the official nominating committee. The group of about 45 YWCA members meeting at Olympia Brown Church debated whether they should use the overthrow approach or, instead, nominate five people for five open seats on the board.

"We don't want it to implode," Sue Schuit, former accountant and operations director for the YWCA, said of the agency. She removed herself from the slate of candidates after those at the meeting voted against using the more cooperative approach. "I'm disapppointed. I thought I was talking reason, but I think others are talking passion and anger. I can understand that, but it has to be tempered with reason," Schuit said.

Many YWCA members are angry about the board's decision to close the fitness center. Many members felt shut out of the decision-making process. "We hope to elect representatives who will be responsible to the membership, be more representative of the community, and who will work to empower women and strengthen the membership of the said Elizabeth Erven, coordinator of Monday's meeting. Asked whether members could impeach board members, she said that would require litigation. The best option is to "un-elect them," she said.

A position paper adopted by those meeting Monday said they believe there has been "an egregious breach of faith between the board of directors and the membership." "Therefore, in order to restore honesty and integrity to the operation of our association, we hereby respectfully request the immediate resignation of all YWCA board members and board officers," the paper said. It said the action should not be considered a total rejection of the board's decision to lease space to Next Generation Now, a child-care and family development program that will occupy about 70 percent of the YWCA building, 740 College Ave. Electing new board members could open the door for talks resulting in retention of the fitness center, Schuit said. She and Dorothy Constantine, a longtime YWCA member and former board member, advocated the cooperative approach. They said that if concerned members are able to get five new people on the board, it would force others to cooperate more.

And it would be wise to keep some expertise on the board, Schuit said. There are currently 22 members on the board, which can have up to 30 members. The existing official slate of nominees would bring the total to 25. "I'm torn between the two ways to go," said a member from Oak Creek. "My anger and my emotions want the board gone because they haven't been true," she said.

But maybe five new members wouldn't be enough, some worried. "There's a train wreck coming and I feel the will be the worse for it," said David White, interim executive director. "What's going to happen is the board won't resign and the motion for a new ballot will be rejected on the basis that the bylaws say there can only be a single slate," he said. And there is no provision for a negative vote on the slate, he said. "At that point, I feel it's incumbent upon you to know what effect there will be," White said, speaking to Erven.

Erven said she can't tell what will happen. Members could resort to legal action or seek mediation or arbitration, she said. Some members paced the sidewalk in front of the YWCA building Monday afternoon. "I'm concerned that an institution as old as the YWCA might not be around in a few months," said Wendy Sorenson. She carried a sign saying, "Hands Off Our YWCA." She said it's important to protect women's organizations because LIANA J.

COOPER Journal Times there aren't many of them. Sorenson said she couldn't believe the board decided to abolish the fitness, center without conferring with the general membership. She said she doesn't use the center, but worries about the swimming pool closing. Mary Hoerneman, outgoing chairman of the YWCA board of directors, has stressed that the fitness center, which will close Nov. 1, is the only current rogram that will be lost by the ease to Next Generation Now.

A call to Hoerneman Monday was not returned to the Journal Times. The deadline for members to vote for board members is Oct. 24. Winners will be announced at the annual meeting Oct. 28.

The Racine office of the state Division of Motor Vehicles has made two major changes in recent weeks. Sept. 26 marked the last day of operations for the agency's office at Westgate Mall. On Oct. 1 the issuing of new digitized driver's licenses began.

The agency's new location is at 9531 Rayne Road in Sturtevant, one block north of the prison off Highway H. The newly constructed building houses the Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Corrections and the Department of Natural Resources. Supervisor Doug Niles said the building was designed and erected for the state agencies. There are rental savings from having all three agencies in the same building, he said. The new office began operations Sept.

29 which gave the staff only one weekend to move in and get organized. The new digitized license is more secure and more useful then the older models because it is designed to hold different information, Niles said. For example, a magnetic strip on the back of the new license allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to access all of a driver's information. It will also be easier to get a duplicate license, even with no other form of identification because the computer system will be able to pull up old license information and a photograph by typing in a name. Business hours at the Division of Motor Vehicles office are the same: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:45 a.m.

to 5 p.m.; and Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The office is closed on weekends. Concert set for Parkside KENOSHA The piano duo of Jeffrey Sykes and Stefanie Jacob will perform a free noon concert Wednesday at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road. Jacob is a faculty member at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee.

She has recorded on the Arundax label and can be heard on a new compact disc of chamber music. Sykes is a doctoral candidate in music at UW-Madison and music director for Opera for the Young in Madison. The concert will be held in Room D118, Communication Arts Building. Campus parking restrictions will be suspended and visitors may use normal permit spots in any lot. For more information contact the music department at 595-2457.

YVVCI 740 CoSerifl iv MS501 I Vision StatemiMr- Above: Sue Schuit, a former staff member at the YWCA, speaks to a gathering fo concerned people who attended a meeting Monday night at the Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church, 625 College regarding the leadership of the organization. At left, pickets protest the closing of part of the YWCA by Next Generation Now for a day-care facility Monday outside the building. CCESricirrv I I -'Si Jeha Cltsm Kmf jCyms Nib? SPECIAL KTERE1T PROCRAji I JIM SLOSIAREK Journal Times Shelter Damage Burlington council amends parking near school to ease space crunch Mary Street, no residences would be affected. The east side of Mary Street would remain open. According to Gary Olsen, buildings and grounds supervisor for the school district, parking at the high school is at a premium, whether its during school hours or for an after school event.

Olsen said the move taps out any other viable alternatives to add more parking. He said with the opening of the circle drive for handicapped and visitor parking and with the additional diagonal parking on Wainwright Avenue and Perkins Boulevard, the high school has pretty much gobbled up most of the parking. He said any other plans for additional parking would start to get into residential areas. Olsen said even though there is a need, the district would not pursue that option. "The addition of 15 spaces may not sound like a lot," he said.

"But it helps the situation a lot." reality is it's a severe problem, because there are more students driving cars all the time." Large said officials from the school district approached the police department and asked if one side of Mary Street could be opened up to alleviate some of the parking problems. "Since that side is located on school property, that wasn't a problem. We measured the street and with one side of parking, there was still plenty of space," he said. The move leaves approximately 20 feet for traffic and creates about 15 additional parking spaces. As part of the move, a no parking zone on the west side of Mary Street will run from the north curb line of Wainwright Avenue, running about 92 feet to the north.

Large said the city, will continue to enforce no parking on Perkins Boulevard and Edward Street and said by allowing the extra parking on BURLINGTON Trying to locate a parking spot around the high school during school hours is becoming more difficult because an increasing number of students are driving to school. In order to help alleviate some of the parking shortage, city council members have approved amending the city's official traffic map to allow parking on the west side of Mary Street, from Robert Street to Wainwright Avenue. "The main thing it boils down to is that there just isn't enough parking up there at the high school," said Lt. Gary Large of the Burlington Police Department. He said there are 1,300 students attending the high school and he estimated that over half of the students drive a vehicle to school each day.

"If you drive up there during the day, and look at parking on Robert Street, Alice Street and Market Street, it's clear there isn't enough space," Large said. "The lot is pretty small. The fli L-. Board members at Washington-Caldwell appoint Tichigan woman to fill vacated seat BY JILL TATGE Burlington Bureau with their children. She said she will also strive to see that the district has two of the most important ingredients for success: good teachers and a good curriculum.

"A good curriculum is one that prepares the students for the next level of learning," she said. "In this case, high school." When asked if she was certain she would run for a seat on the board in the next election, McGilvary could not give a definite answer. She said that her appointment will allow her to see if she can find the proper balance between her duties as a school board member and as a mother. As an educator, McGilvary said she has a good knowledge of the way school systems work and will bring with her a parent's perspective, as well as the views she has as a teacher at Forest Park school in Franklin. "I think I have a great deal of personal knowledge about schools and education to bring to the board," she said.

McGilvary, who is pursuing a master's degree in school administration, worked for five years in the Milwaukee Public School system. She said her experience there showed her the importance of parental involvement in a child's education. As a board member, McGilvary said she will do whatever she can to help parents be involved Washington-Caldwell school board members appointed Evonne McGilvary, of Tichigan, Monday night to fill the seat vacated by Kay Borg-wardt. Borgwardt could no longer serve the board after taking a position in the school district's business office. McGilvary will occupy the seat until the general election in March.

McGilvary, 34, is a mother of three. Her oldest son, Kyle, is in kindergarten at Washington School. Her daughter, Hannah, is 3, and her son, Daniel, is 3 months old. Her husband's name is Dale. MARK HERTZBfcRG Journal Times Luke Wf.

Haase got a bad start to his week after his car spun out of control and hit the bus shelter at 14th and Main streets Monday. Haase's car got a flat tire; there were no injuries. Racine curbside leaf-collection program based on waste pickup For more information, call 636-9126. Department of Public Works crews will Collections will not be halted by rain but Racine's curbside leaf-collection program begins today. The collection schedule is based on the solid waste collection schedule, but does not mean leaves will be collected on the same day as waste is picked up.

Leaf-collection dates also correspond to the city's Alternate-side parking system. Wednesday waste pickup -V feaf nirlnm I Thursday waste pickup Ort-'rKJ 23; Nov. 5 and and Nov. and ft Friday waste pickup Oct ti Nov. 7 and 10; and Nov.

a nd24 The collection schedule: Monday waste pickup leaf pickup Oct. 14 and 15; Oct. 28 and 29; and Nov. 11 and 12. Tuesday waste pickup leaf pickup Oct.

16 and 17; Oct 30 and 31; and Nov. 13 and 14. will be suspended in the event of heavy snowfall. Collections will then resume on schedule when weather permits. To ensure a clean sweep, residents are encouraged to wait until just before their collection day to rake large loads of leaves Into the street.

not pick up leaves that are bagged or left in other containers. People who prefer to bag or can the leaves may take them to the city's Bulky Waste Depository at Ninth and Pearl streets. Residents are reminded not to rake the leaves into alleys, only into street gutters. 1.