Daily Citizen from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin • 1

Volume 85 Number 263 Citizen riday December 29 1995 Beaver Dam Wisconsin 50 cents35 cents home delivered 7 WeatherPage9 I WEATHER tonight KBBBEEI8B1 low 20 Cloudy chance of freezing driz or LOCAL ood pantry serves a need Thanks to contributions and the work of many volunteers the St Stephen ood Pantry in Horicon was able to distribute more than 23000 pounds of food in 1 995 Page 3 Safety first In order to keep' in close touch with regulations affecting the workplace several area firms have formed the Columbia Dodge Safety Network or a look at this unique organization please turn to Missing state girl is found EAU CLAIRE Wis (AP) A )3 year old Wisconsin girl whodisappeared Sept 16 has been found safe in Texas with her former neighbor authorities said today Jessyca Mullenberg and Steven Oliver 38 are in custody in Houston Texas Eau Claire County sheriffs Sgt Rick Olson said He said he had no additional details from Houston authorities Jessyca vanished after making arrangements to visit a library and work on a book project with Oliver who lived near her father Dale Mullenberg in rural Eau Claire Jessyca lived with her mother Monica Bourget in Junction City near Stevens Point 1 The stepfather Jake Bourget said this morning that he and his wife were flying to Houston to bring Jessyca home basically said they arrested Oliver and have Jessyca safe but we understand pretty shaken Bourget said amily and friends distributed more than 15000 posters with photograph as part of a nationwide search giving many to long haul truckers Her abduction was featured on the Internet and the television program Most Oliver who has known the Mullenberg family since 1989 had been charged in Wisconsin with felony interference with the custody ofachild Authorities said the book project was bogus Citizen Staff Photo Cory Schaefer Ik MjH 'LL VB JI 6 4 'V MA Nick Salzwedel 8 of Columbus is properly attired as he tries his hand at ice fishing Thursday afternoon on Beaver Dam Lake While others wait Congress gets paid WASHINGTON (AP) House Republicans have offered an abundance of proposals in their drive for a balanced budget agreement but giving up their paychecks apparently one of them While the partial government closure will leave some 760000 federal workers with pruned paychecks starting today House GOP leaders repeatedly have rebuffed attempts to halt congressional pay during a shutdown HOUSE MAJORITY Whip Tom DeLay tne inira ranking House Republican offered these reasons for the opposition in a recent CNN appearance: Balancing the budget nothing to do with our pay" Democrats were the issue by trying to change the subject from a balanced budget and as a member of Congress he was a officer" not a federal employee Rank and file House lawmakers Republican and Democrat alike are paid $133600 Speaker Newt Gingrich gets $171500 Majority Leader Dick Armey Texas gets $148400 as does Minority Leader Dick Gephardt Mo While some federal employees make more than $100000 a year the norm is the same as working Americans the majority of whom live paycheck to said John Koskinen deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala recently wrote to her employees that furloughed workers may apply for unemployment but would have to give back all benefits if they are paid later may wish to contact your creditors to apprise them of the current she said Three times the Senate unanimously approved language that would decree during a full or partial shutdown that no paychecks go out to the 435 House members the 100 senators or the president ive times Rep Richard Durbin Ill said he tried to get the House to consider the proposal and was rebuffed by Republicans especially in the leadership controlled Rules Committee think the Republican leadership is very two said Sen Barbara Boxer Calif the chief Senate sponsor of the legislation want federal employees and contractors (serving the government) to sacrifice themselves on the alter of their balanced budget plan but are not willing to sacrifice themselves on that COWARDICE on their part for them to pul the paychecks of a lot of innocent people on the line and refuse to put their own paychecks on the line" Durbin said The Office of Management and Budget says paychecks to be issued today and through next week cover the period Dec 10 23 The 760000 employees in unfunded agencies will be paid only for work before the shutdown began Dec 16 half or less ot the normal paycheck Page 10 SPORTS Citizen Staff Photo Cory Schaefer S': txalis y'jjk 'BBi ri hr ES3''X Ww Tourney time Beaver Darft's Jessi Smith (10) goes to the hoop with this shot Thursday night against Randolph or a look at this contest and other tournament results please turn to Page 14 avre feted Green Bay QB Brett avre continues to collect honors On Thursday he was named the Associated Press' offensive player of the year He edged out Dallas' Emmitt Smith 7 Page 14 Lottery Numbers SiiperCash 2 11 21 30 31 34 Pick 3 8 5 8 Citizen Publishing A News ads 887 0321 Circulation1 887 0333 Printed on recycled paper i Cruisin' the'net' in tfye classrooms i teacher Ten Dary and 720 Saturday: What might he ahead At left a closeup of Jefferson School's Internet linkup with Antarctica This is the third in a four part series on technology in schools By MIKEJACQUART Staff Reporter Gy1 Cyberspace opens new frontier for 0 BD students ourth grade teacher Teri Dary one of numerous Jefferson teachers using the Internet believes it's money well spent "What we've tried to do is use it as a resource tool as a supplement to the library" she said Jefferson School some of her fourth grade students Jessica Westphal and Amber Kleckner (seated) and Amy Stieglitz and Sarah Morris standing jt X' "state legislators a nd obtain information on famous people from Wisconsin for social studies reports something not available in encyclopedias Dary said The downside Dary said is the time it takes to train teachers how to use it "But" she said we're getting to a point in education where we need to teach students not to memorize but how to find information is a technological computer driven society" she added "The students who know how to use things like the Internet are going to be al a big advantage later on" tracked a stock to see whether its profit went up or down They saw that even a small fraction can make a big difference in dollars and cents" There are other uses too Through the Internet students can mail Encyclopedia Textbook Magazine Now imagine the three rolled into one and you've got an idea the type of reference tool the Internet is starting to become for students "It's a faster way of accessing information" said Donna Steffan district librarymedia services director "There's information on the Internet on the Galileo probe (that's studying Jupiter) for science students The Smithsonian CNN Congress are all on the Internet Citizen Staff Photos MikeJacquart study the school's Internet linkup with Antarctica The Internet will be expanding to other Beaver Dam schools in the near future Az ji DARY SAID THE Internet is allowing her students to learn about Antarctica and the stock market It's also enhancing students' interest in writing through several pen pal services on'the 'Net one of which is to elementary students in Waupun "It (the Internet) makes it more interesting" said Amy Stieglitz one of Dary's students "It helps us find what we re looking tor added aaran Morris Dary illustrated the difference between how students typically learn and how they learn on the Internet "They can grab an encyclopedia and look up Antarctica" she Said "or they can talk directly to someone who there It you re a student what's more interesting? "WE WERE STUDYING fractions which is often hard for students to visualize" Dary added "But through the stock market kids begin to understand that one fourth of a dollar is a quarter as opposed to drawing it on a blackboard We "SINCE HISTORY can get out of date so quickly these days" Steffan added "the Internet is a great history resource as well as science The problem with the Internet like other technology is its cost1 Because of the price tag the Internet is presently only hooked up at one Beaver Dam elementary school (Jefferson) although the 'district plans to also use it next semester at Washington School Jefferson School students and faculty who began "surfing the about a month ago are even expanded on it from there We "This getting their Internet linkup through Peoples Telephone Co in Randolph That's much cheaper than going through Chicago Steffan said The Jefferson PTO agreed to pay the $35 monthly hookup fee until the end of the school year she said jgw BsMi R1 i S' BB11 ft 4 afl A' vKgyAwyKf I 1 MME il if Eftu i ttra UllIHIlTlV" "HIM a CZT ka Ikil KcH "'JCXx KUH i I Ifl i I MY RB wSS'iii "4 yi'M SI II Life 1 A i4 Hi County pleased with economic progress Report Wisconsin with an article advertise in the issue in which the to business i Tomorrow: Wedding bells are ringing representatives to those with no professional background but a strong desire to support growth in their community Several accomplishments of the Advisory Committee dr ACED in 1995 stand out according to Carpenter The group helped facilitate three revolving loans from the county's revolving loan program and also metal fabrication during 1995 The ads will be part of an overall effort to improve (he county's efforts to market itself Carpenter said "We hope to be able to get our marketing materials together better" Part of that effort will be creating a county profile similar to thecommunity profiles now employed by the ACED Another part of that effort will be the launch of a regional effort to promote tourism The Rock River Coalition which includes Drxlee Jefferson and Rock counties will promote the parks and events of participation in the ACED" he said Several ads to market the county the area were developed by the ACED and "I think by joint marketing we can they will be placed in trade spread the costs and do things that our allow Carpenter said To help area communities respond to business inquiries generated by such marketing training sessions will be offered In addition to marketing the ACED also plans to update the five year economic development plan inally Carpenter said the group is always trying to promote better cooperation and participation in county wide economic development efforts "We're always trying to improve established recently in Iron Ridge The lyway Area Labor Mqnnopmpnt Cnunril uhirh wn established in 1994 "really got itself publications for the printing and individuals budgets would not solidified in 1995 Carpenter said THE LABOR Management Council is a state sponsored group serving Washington Dodge Jefferson and ond du Lac countiesThe proun's president is Chuck Evans of John Deere which was Carpenter said successfully applied for a state grant instrumental in starting the council which benefitted Gardner Equipment The ACED helped Corporate in JUneau Report Wisconsin with an article "Getting the grant for Gardner profiling the county and also Equipment was significant" encouraged several business to Carpenter said advertise in the issue in which the He said a separate grant has been' article appeared That led to some sought to assist Vision Technologies calls from businesses interested in a computer assembly business thecounty ibX By AARON HOLBROOK Staff Reporter JUNEAU 1995 was a good year for the Dodge County economy and for economic development efforts' according to David Carpenter director ot the planning and development department "We have seen a number of new companies established and the unemployment rate is the lowest the county can support" Carpenter said Among the groups helping the county achieve that success was the Advisory Committee on Economic Development which includes more than 40 people ranging from planning and development professionals LOCAL SPORTS 1.