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the Journal Timet. Wednesday, Mar. 20, 1985 Rtclne. Wit. 3A WfloOwsoiiok shift where be had worn the protective vest.

group. He said he was carrying drugs and a concealed By Dav Skldmor Associated Pratt i MILWAUKEE The officers of Milwaukee's 5th District station wore black ribbons on their badges today In the wake of the deaths of two fellow patrolmen shot in the chest during a routine street stop. "Silence is the biggest thing being said about it," Sgt. Joe'Hoeller said. "We sure miss these guys." Authorities said a 28-year-old man and a 16-year-old youth were among five men and teen-agers taken into custody after Tuesday's shootings.

None would be identified before Interviews today with the Milwaukee County district attorney, police aid. Police inspector Kenneth J. Hagopian said the two patrolmen, Leonard R. Lesnieski and Rosario J. Collura, had left their patrol car to talk to a group of young men at a north-side street corner.

"One or two guys opened up on them," Hagopian said. "It looks like it was a drug deal they happened on." Both were gunned down in broad daylight. Collura had ceased wearing a bullet-proof vest two weeks ago when transferred from a night shift because he assumed day work would be safer, Policeman Timothy "Oddsen said. Police said the man who was taken into custody 'about six hours after the shootings told them shots were fired because the patrolmen began frisking the He "just told me two days ago, 'I'm through with this bard stuff, Oddsen related. Police Chief Robert Ziarnlk, at a hospital news conference, said he had been trying to console the officers; relatives but was at a loss for words.

"What can I say? How can I undo what's happened? It's something you resign yourself to, but you're never ready for it, the chief said. Collura's heart stopped beating in the emergency room Tuesday morning, but he was revived and takes into the operating room. "He was unconscious during the entire episode. He received 60 pints of blood and apparently when that much blood is used it sometimes doesn't coagulate," hospital spokesman Jeff Aikln said. "It literally leaked out of him." The shootings occurred about 9:30 a.m.

outside Moore's Sweet Shop, a grocery store at 17th and Center streets. The store had been robbed a week earlier. Thelen said the officers pat-searched three of tW men, then were shot by a man yet to be searched. At least one policeman returned fire as he fell, Hagf pian said. Only the patrolmen were wounded.

The officers could have been intending to ask ques tions about the week-old bold-up, Capt. Ronald Mehf said. When other police arrived, both victims were uncon scious. Collura was next to the patrol car; Lesnieski was about 25 feet away in an alley. 4 weapon that the officers could nave discovered.

He was quoted as saying he was engaged in buying drugs when the patrolmen approached. He was arrested without resistance by police In suburban Brown Deer about 3:30 p.m. after trying to rob a woman and steal her car at a shopping center parking lot, Milwaukee Police Capt. Thomas Thelen said. The woman screamed and ran, and a passerby summoned police.

Police said the man was given probation by a judge Oct. 24 after pleading guilty to kicking the feet from under a woman at a welfare office. He had been given a half year's probation in 1983 for kicking and slapping a 15-year-old girl. The 16-year-old boy who was arrested 30 minutes after the man was captured was spotted walking along a city street, police said. One of the three other young men taken into custody was located at a house surrounded by police and described by neighbors as a hangout for a youth gang.

Lesnieski, 48, died at 10:37 a.m. in a hospital emergency room. Collura, 39, died at 3:26 p.m. Hoeller said he had worked as Collura's partner and had served with Lesnieski at another stationhouse. "Rosie's the kind of guy that as soon as he was in the room, you know it.

He was excellent to work with. He was dedicated, always working. The job came first," Hoeller said. "Lenny was quiet, older. He came on the job later in Leonard Lesnieski 'job came first' Rosario Collura 'always working' life.

Cautious, level-headed, mature; those are the words that come to mind. He wouldn't make any rash decisions," he said. Lesnieski, an avid golfer, conducted a meeting the night before the shooting to organize the stationhouse golf league. He joined the department In March 1969. He is survived by a wife and two daughters.

Collura was appointed to the force in 1966. Oddsen said Collura was relieved to be away from the night m.Ktt.. f-mtwmm. n.mwiMmiimH 1 8-year-oBd gets 1 0 years for rape Wo tsui increase expected for By Andy Blankenburg Journal Times RACINE A judge Tuesday described an 18-year-old man as "an Incredible threat to the public" and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for raping a 15-year-old Racine girl. James A.

Lalor Jr. of 1817 Erie St. had four sexual assault convictions as a juvenile before being sentenced as an adult Tuesday for second-degree sexual assault. The attack occurred Nov. 30 in an alley in the 3300 block of 9th Avenue.

Judge Emmanuel Vuvunas said he had no choice but to impose the maximum term for Lalor, who he called "an incredible threat to the public." As a juvenile, Lalor was convicted of reckless use of a weapon, battery, two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and two counts of first-degree sexual assault, Vuvunas said. The two first-degree sexual assaults as a juvenile took place less than a month after Lalor was released from treatment programs for drug and alcohol abuse, Vuvunas said. The November sexual assault took place less than a month after "Lalor was released from Ethan Allan School, the state home for delinquents in Wales, according to court records. Lalor had been charged with four counts of second-degree sexual assault, but three counts were dropped in a plea agreement in which the district attorney's office made no recommendation at sentencing. Vuvunas said if Lalor had been found guilty by a jury of all four counts, he would have received a 40-year term.

Lalor's attorney, Jay Nixon of Racine, asked for a shorter jail term and further drug and alcohol treatment, arguing that Lalor "fell in the cracks" between the corrections system and the mental health system. Police said Lalor bought the 15-year-old girl liquor, then took her to a garage, in the alley while on the way to a party at a friend's house. When they got to the garage, police said, Lalor threw the girl to the ground and forced her to have sex with him. "The only thing I can do is to put you out of the community for absolutely as long as I can," Vuvunas told Lalor. "I don't like to sentence anyone as young as you are to that much time, but that's what I've got to do." members delayed capital projects-over the past three years to hold down expenses.

Teachers have estimated $2 million worth of updating is needed, but "we won't go that! high," he added. A list of capital projects should: be completed by the end of this month, Taibl said, adding that only! projects most in need of updating; will be included in the budget. Anticipated increases that could: affect the 1985-86 levy include higher insurance rates and a proposed! deputy director's position, accord-; ing to Taibl and Plummer. Taibl said the proposed deputy di-'. rector position would cost the dis-; trict $60,000 for salary, fringe bene--, fits, supplies and telephone service.

Gateway has not had a deputy di-' rector since Rolland Graf resigned', in June. Taibl said creating the position would not require Gateway to in-' crease its full-time staff. Plummer also said he expects! decreased enrollment to reduced-Gateway's state aid next year, but not as much as he expected earlier. He said he originally planned for; the level of aid to increase 3 per- cent, but Gov. Anthony Earl has' proposed a 7 percent increase in vo- cational school aid.

State aid was estimated at for '84-85, but the district; probably will receive slightly more than $3,604,000, according to Plum-; mer. He estimated next year's aid at $3,623,000. By David Thorn Journal Timet RACINE Gateway Technical Institute administrators expect the vocational school's share of property taxes to stay the same next year even though spending could increase 8 percent. Preliminary budget figures presented to the Gateway board's personnel and finance committee Tuesday include expenditures of 125,165,000 for 1985-86, up from for '84-85. The tax levy is expected to increase 1.9 percent, from $13,090,935 this year to $13,340,000 next year.

If equalized valuation of property in the district increases 1.9 percent, the tax rate would remain at $13.55 per $1,000 of equalized valuation, according to Charles Plummer, director of administrative services. The levy rate increased 9.2 percent from 1981-82 to '82-83; 13.1 percent from '82-83 to '83-84; and 10 percent from '8344 to '84-85. Of the proposed $1,994,000 spending increase, $1 million would not come from local taxes, but from borrowing to replace equipment and update laboratories, said Interim Director Edwin Taibl. That borrowing wouldn't affect next year's levy, but paying off the loans would affect future budgets, he said. Even so, he said, the borrowing is needed in 1985-86 because board move Guidelines covet the same is not a perfect plan eith an fish Latie Michm yf I Bob Hunt, Journal Tim By Ln LaCara Journal Times RACINE Jefferson Lighthouse kindergarteners may be housed at McKinley Middle School this fall under a stopgap plan to ease overcrowding at the elementary school.

Jefferson Principal Dawn Kloften said Tuesday she plans to hold a meeting with parents to explain the idea before presenting it to the Unified School Board for approval April 15. A date for the meeting has not been set. Under the plan proposed Tuesday by Unified administrators, 157 kindergarteners would be shifted from Jefferson to the lower east wing of McKinley. The wing would be isolated from the rest of the middle and students would enter and 3eave through a separate doorway. A key part of the plan, according to administrative assistant William -Grindeland, is a long-range study of Ithe Lighthouse program.

The study, to be completed by December, would reconsider: The ratio of bused gifted students to those who live in the neighborhood. There are approximately $0 gifted children for every 40 neighborhood kids enrolled at Jefferson. Whether neighborhood students attending Jefferson should participate in the Lighthouse gifted-and-4alented program. How gifted children are identi-fied for the program. Attendance-area boundary lines.

I "This is not a perfect plan," Grindeland told a special committee of teachers, administrators and parents. "But leaving Jefferson er. If no classes are moved out of Jefferson, he said, enrollment there would be 757, 27 over the recommended capacity of 730. Kloften's projection for this fall, as reported last week, is 768 students. By moving the kindergarten, Grindeland said, enrollment at Jefferson would drop to 600, while McKinley 's would rise from 827 to 984.

But as McKinley Principal Glenn Krichner pointed out, there only would be 905 students in the building at one time, since kindergarten classes are a half-day long. Either figure is well below Mc-Kinley's capacity of 1,150. "If it's going to be, we'll make the best of it," Krichner said. A move would require some juggling of classes, he said, and many more classrooms will be used every period Instead of sitting idle. Barbara Hill, Lighthouse program coordinator, said the kindergarten should be considered an outpost of Jefferson.

McKinley's office should handle attendance records, injuries, illnesses and discipline, Hill said, but everything else should come from Jefferson's teachers and budget. Kloften said that could cause scheduling problems for Jefferson's art, music and physical education teachers, but added those problems can be worked out if the board approves the switch. Committee members voiced no objections to the plan. "This is the least objectionable plan available," said parent representative Robert Mitchell. as long as it's understood it's a stopgap measure." for consumers includes chinook salmon more than 25 Inches longs and lake trout between 20 and 25 in- ches in length.

At least half of the fish in the group do not meet fed- eral standards. Group III: The group of fish" that poses the greatest health risk includes brown trout, lake trout more than 25 inches long and carp. I Everyone is urged to avoid eating them. "The advisory recommends that women who wish to have children, nursing mothers, infants and young-sters" not consume brown trout, lake trout more than 25 inches long, Chinook salmon more than 25 inches loan and lake trout between 20 and 25 inches in length, said Dr. Henry Anderson of the Wisconsin Division of Health.

Anderson said the contaminants can affect development of the fetui The past advisories issued by dividual states, he said, set "oftea conflicting fish consumption guided lines." Because contaminants usually; build up in the fat of fish, he sug-i gested that people remove as much; skin and fat as possible before cook- ing Lake Michigan fish and to bake or broil fish on a rack so more away. Anderson emphasized that eating Lake Michigan fish is a matter of personal choice and added that, "We have identified the risk as besti we can with our limited knowl- edge." MADISON (AP) A state official says he is pleased the state could issue a joint health advisory with three other states and give consumers uniform advice on what Lake Michigan fish are safe to eat. The advisory issued Tuesday by Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana covers the entire lake and replaces advisories that had been issued by individual states and gave sometimes conflicting advice. Bruce Braun, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said officials were pleased to produce a uniform advisory for the whole lake. "The fact that coho salmon, rainbow trout and small lake trout meet (federal) standards this year is also good news, since in previous years we were not able to give these species as clean a bill of health," Braun said.

The advisory that was developed by health and conservation officials in the four states places fish in three categories, based on whether the fish meet federal health standards for four contaminants: ICBs, DDT, chlordane and dieldrin. The categories were described as follows. Group The least risky group of fish to eat, said to meet federal health standards for the four contaminants, includes coho salmon, rainbow trout, smelt, yellow perch and lake trout smaller than 20 inches. Group II: A more risky group Riding out wintertime As winter drew to an end Tuesday, Greg Hoelzer of Win-drunner Sailboards 637 High was out on Lake Michigan on his sailboard, enjoying the breezes and icy water. Before long, sailboards and boats will be all over the lakefront.

Wants back in school "This is unusual and I don't recall that it has ever happened," said Clarence Sherrod, the school district's legal counsel. Principal Al Colucci defended the decision to graduate Nelson early following a library incident in which a teacher was allegedly struck on a hand on which he had just had MADISON (AP) Ingmar Nelson, 18, contends he was graduated four months early from Madison West High School after being given academic credits he did not earn. Now, he and his parents, Howard and Gloria, have hired an attorney to get him back in class. They claim Ingmar was a victim of the school's get-tough policy with disruptive students. Trowcp Manchester, was heavily favored in the regional tourney and lost to Horlick.

That was always happening to the better public school teams. Horlick's biggest achievement this year may have been defeating Park four straight times during the season. Then, there was the year Park, with Dave Minor and John Hearn, was one game away from Madison and shockingly lost to Elkhorn in the sectional finals after upsetting No. I Kenosha another beartbreaker that sticks indelibly in the mind. St.

Catherine's has been involved in inumerable important games and won a large share of them. Nobody who watched them could forget some of those classics against Menasha St. Mary's and conference rival Marquette. But even the Angels have had their frustrations. Some memories are wonderful; others are painful.

Jim Jander, Jim Carrington, Ralph Molbeck, Bob Wittke and Vince Trentadue as starters. And the Rebels up and knocked off South Milwaukee by a couple of points. So next weekend they went over to the sectionals at Beloit and lost to a Beloit team they had twice routed by a total of 46 points during the regular season. And I remember a couple of games that involved Park, if not the precise year. One of the best high school games I ever saw came in the sectional finals and pitted Park, No.

3 in the state that year, against Milwaukee Lincoln, No. 1. Park had Jim Chones as a sophomore, T.J. Carr, and the Manchester brothers, Gary and Tom. Lincoln was led by Fred Brown, who went on to play NBA ball, and Clarence Sherrod.

who became a regular at Wisconsin. As I recall, Lincoln won and went on to breeze through the state tourney. The very next year Park, with Chones and Gary dreams of a perfect season sink in a sea of careless passes, I couldn't help reflecting on games I had covered during long years of toil in the sports department. Racine teams have been involved in some real "biggies" over the years and produced many a memorable triumph. Yet, again, it is the frustrations which come first to mind.

It seems we were forever winding up one game shy of the state finals. I still remember 1953. Horlick had romped to the Big Eight Conference title with a 13-1 record and finished as the No. 2 team in the state. And would you believe, in the same four-team regional tournament at the old Park High gym was South Milwaukee, winner of 40 straight games over two years.

No. 1 team in the state and defending state champion. South Milwaukee was led by Jay Schauer and Harold Swanson, later to coach at our Prairie School. That was the great Horlick team with to be talking about 30 years down the road and probably beyond that. This is human nature and there is nothing the Rebels can do about it, fantastic season though they had.

Why do I say that? Because, when fans who witnessed frustrating cage moments of the past get together, these are the games about which we are most apt to reminisce. It is fun to talk about what might have been. That of which I speak here is not exclusively a high school phenomenon. What are recent Milwaukee Bucks teams remembered for? The 50-or-so games they won every season to capture six straight division titles and get into the playoffs? Nope. All anybody recalls is bow they couldn't beat Boston or Philadelphia in the playoffs.

As I sat in front of the television set last Saturday evening watching Horlick's Defeats best remembered Entirely unfairly, Horlick High School's 1984-45 basketball team likely will be best remembered for the one game it lost and not the 25 that it won earlier. It is not that local sports buffs will think badly of the Rebel team which lost to Milwaukee Washington in the finals of the WIAA State Tournament at Madison. But that game is the one that people axe going.