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On Beaver Volume 88 Number 134 Thursday, July 30, 1998 50 cents40 cents home-delivered Corrections officers protest investigations By KEVIN PASSON Neighbors Editor -IwimJv- I TOMORROW mm high 'fif'li1 Mostly sunny. WeatherPage 9 Didion expansion WAUPUN Correctional officers from six other state institutions joined those from Waupun Correctional Institution Wednesday afternoon as they marched in protest to the investigative tactics used by administration at WCI. Specifically, the 185 men and women oppose the administration questioning officers' families and friends about officers' activities off duty, including those activities in which they are charged with a crime. Officers chanted "McCaughtry's gotta go" and "Take a hike, Mike," as they walked down South Madison Street in front of the prison walls. The references were to Gary McCaughtry, warden, and Capt.

Mike Dittmann. "Management is the number one work site problem," said Marty Beal, executive director of Council 24. "It is absolutely incredible when employees feel the need to protect themselves from management more so than the inmates." Beal compared the administration's "unannounced surveillance, intimidation and investigation" to the German Gestapo of World War II. "This abuse of power disregards employees' rights and is an intrusion into the personal lives of employees and their neighbors," continued Beal. The march stemmed from incidents in which two officers were charged with domestic battery, another was charged with sexual assault and a fourth reportedly called in sick several times from a bar.

Administrative investigations into the matters resulted in suspension, one firing and placing the fourth officer in a substance abuse treatment program. McCaughtry said interviews with officers' families and friends were legal in accordance with labor laws to John Didion of Didion Milling in Cambria presented the Cambria Community Development Authority with plans for a $2 million expansion project. Page 8 Citizen Staff Photo Kevin Passon WAUPUN Nearly 200 correctional officers from techniques used by administration in investigating seven state institutions marched in front of Waupun criminal charges and other abuses against officers and Correctional Wednesday afternoon to protest the how those charges affect their job performance. the law. "The march was a typical labor tactic used to further their cause," McCaughtry said.

"I see this as nothing more than a labor-management dispute." He had no comment on the demands that he leave the institution as warden. MC LINN LISTED FOUR DEMANDS of the union: Be treated with respect by administration. McCaughtry must leave as warden. Administration must stay out of the determine how to deal with the situations. Bob McLinn, president of Local 18, said he was not opposed to the disciplinary action taken by the administration, instead he was opposed to the means used by McCaughtry and others to obtain their information.

"Our friends and families don't work for the Department of Corrections," he said, noting Dittmann was hired to investigate inmate activity, not employee activity. McCaughtry, who has been warden at WCI since 1988, said the administration would continue its investigations until either the DOC changed its policies or the Legislature changed personal lives of the employees. Officers and staff must be treated like professionals. "The institution has no authority beyond the walls," McLinn said. "We aren't the inmates." He said staff would take some action at work in the near future to show their solidarity, although he did not say what the action would be.

Other officers taking part in the march were from Green Bay, Taycheedah, Fox Lake, Dodge, Kettle Moraine and Oshkosh correctional institutions, as well as representatives from the probation and parole division of the DOC. Sudan suffering Relief efforts aren't reaching those who need help in Sudan, where an estimated 1.5 million people have died during the country's 1 5-year civil war. Page 5 Nearby residents oppose Derge Park expansion By KEN THOMAS Staff Reporter National Rale 4.5 firm which completed designs for renovations at Astico Park near Columbus, presented two designs currently being considered. Both include wider roads to allow large motor homes to maneuver through the park, with larger camp sites to allow for greater Option A calls for the addition of 1 3 sites to the park's existing 24, with Option calling for an additional 19 sites. "We want to make it the best park possible for all users," Kindischi, said "and that includes expanding the number of sites and changing those sites to make them more attractive." The park has reportedly been full two times this year, making other residents question the need for more sites.

Other additions include the construction of a drainage basinlagoon, installation of handicapped accessible piers, new playgound equipment, a trail stystem, a prairie restoration, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits and expanded parking for vehicles and vehicles with boat trailers. Residents expressed concern about parties and told stories about finding rocks, sticks and trash on their lawns as a result of a clash with inconsiderate campers. Many reported that children frequently trespass on private land, which abuts the park. "One of the things we have to do is the boundaries of the park, so people know where the park ends and private lands begin," Kindischi said. "A berm with some shade trees and heavy shrubs will do that for us." Carpenter added that increased patrolling of the park could be an option and urged residents to report violations of park rules when they occurr.

Park neighbors cheered the idea of replacing the downed trees, but appeared skeptical about what Kindischi called a "need to provide opportunties for the people in Dodge County who cannot afford to own their own lakeside homes." Carpenter indicated that their comments will be considered by park planners in upcoming deliberations. No timeline for park changes or planting has yet been decided. prtr Mm? Unemployment up Residents want more trees, but not more campsites at at Derge Park on the west side of Beaver Dam Lake. Dodge County planners invited comment on two plans for the proposed expansion of the park during a meeting Tuesday. "Why do you want to put in so many more camp sites when the people who are here now can't control their kids," said seasonal resident Paul Soczka.

"All of the neighbors who moved here never wanted campers in the first place." Others agreed as they objected to the addition of between 13 and 19 camping sites on the 14-acre site. Despite those objections, county planners indicated that the time to redesign the facility is now, since a recent windstorm leveled 143 mature trees and cleared the way for a massive renovation. Commenting later on the somewhat hostile tone of the meeting, Planning and Development Department Director Dave Carpenter said, "A lot of the people used the meeting to complain about things that have happened over the past 10 years and that had nothing to do with park expansion. There were several people who said they were really excited about the plan, but they didn't speak up when others started yelling." At the start of the meeting, Carpenter introduced the plan by saying, "We didn't plan to have this meeting when we wrote our budget last year, but we didn't plan on losing most of our mature trees either. Fortunately the county board has backed us in our plans to make some changes." Parks Director Bill Ehlcnbeek indicated that since local residents know what is needed at the park, their input will be key to the success of any new design.

"Nothing is set in stone and we can include your suggestions in any plans which might be approved for the park," Ehlenbeck said. Tom Kindischi of HNTB a Milwaukee-based Associated Press Photo labor market economist. Labor market analyst Joe Collctti said that there are a record number of jobs in Dodge and Columbia counties, but that recent high school and college graduates are adding to the number of unemployed workers, as are school employees who are out of work for the summer. Cibarich also attributed the slight increase to plant layoffs near the Fourth of July holiday. The state job market in Wisconsin remained better than the national market.

The U.S. jobless rate for June was 4.5 percent. MADISON, Wis. (AP) The unemployment rate in Wisconsin increased slightly to 3 percent in June, the state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday. That was up from 2.7 percent in May, but was still the state's lowest unemployment rate ever for June.

Dodge County's rate also rose from 2.1 percent in May to 2.8 percent in June. Columbia County's rate rose from 3.2 percent in May to 3.8 percent in June. "It does this every year," said August Cibarich, the department's Double play St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Royce Clayton makes the throw to first to get Milwaukee Brewers' Marquis Grissom out after getting Jeromy Burnitz (20) out at second on the first half of a double play during the second inning Wednesday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Page 16 And the winner is Wait is on for Powerball prize claim INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A single winning Powerball lottery ticket worth a record $295.7 a town just west of the Ohio state line. The buyer of the winning ticket chose the $161.5 million lump-sum payment rather than the larger jackpot spread over 25 years. Calls to the Speedway station this morning were met Maguire said today. Word of the sale location set off a flurry of unconfirmed radio reports that the winning ticket was bought by a group from the Columbus, Ohio, area. Powerball tickets are not sold in Ohio.

forward to claim the prize. "Hopefully, before they come to us, they will talk to an investment counselor, tax attorney or accountant and a lawyer and try to get everything pretty well situated in their own mind," Hoosier Lottery Director James million was sold in the east-central Indiana town of Richmond, lottery officials said today. The winning ticket was bought at the Richmond Speedway gas station in Richmond, with a busy signal. INo one immediately came Overheated axle causes derailment CLYMAN, Wis. (AP) Lottery Numbers Powerball 8-39-43-45-49 Powerball 13 Megabucks 23-24-25-31-42-44 SuperCash 1- 14-19-25-32-35 Pick 3 2- 4-4 Pick 4 4-9-0-6 Cash 4 Life 19-33-82-95 There was no winner in the Megabucks drawing.

Crews worked all day to clean up debris after an axle failure caused 25 train cars to derail, tying up some other trains that use the tracks, a railroad official said. Heat caused an axle on the freight train to fail, resulting in the derailment Tuesday night of 15 cars along the tracks near injuries were reported, Trandahl said. The cars were carrying coke used to make steel. The derailment did not pose any environmental threat, Trandahl said. Crews worked all day Wednesday to clean up the debris, Trandahl said.

Some other trains that use the track were held up until the rail line was cleared, Trandahl said. "In this case we probably won't be doing much detouring," he said. It could have taken longer to detour trains than wait until the track was repaired, he said. The derailed cars were near the middle of the 74-car train. Clyman, about 30 miles northwest of Milwaukee, Ed Trandahl, spokesman for the Union Pacific line, said Wednesday.

Associated Press Photo Those cars struck 10 others on an adjacent track, causing them to derail, Trandahl said. Citizen Newspapers, LLC stretch following an axle failure on one of the train's wheels. There were no injuries in the incident. CLYMAN A derailment of 25 rail cars along the Union Pacific railway north of Clyman, is inspected by cleanup crews Wednesday. The cars, carrying coal and grain were derailed on the The railroad estimated the 887-0321 887-0333 News, ads Circulation damage at about $600,000.

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