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Tuesday; june 25.1985. PAGE 8A LEADZR-TELEGaAM i ONtuaries Teens like new B's Place, Whitehall a center organizer reports sc00 consolidation Vernon Douphner Vernon A. Douphner. 85. 2210 Crescent died today at Sacred Heart Hospital.

B's Place has been drawing He was born in Witbee and mar- good crowds since it opened on ried Fern Barnum in August 1924 in May 4, according to Ken Ripp, a Eau ctaire. He worked for wucov committee, member helped sin Telephone retiring lan.fcstabUsl d.eteen center Bau He was a charter member and past Claire seriously said. "The board would rather act on a request from that board than on a letter from an individual." Hanson said the received a telephone eall this morning from-Harlan Void, president of the Whitehall school board, saying he talked with the president of the Blair school board. "According to what I was told today, the Blair board will be sending a letter of consideration," she said. Hanson stid the matter has "been put on hold" until the Whitehall board's July 8 meeting.

"We have a very good working relationship with the Blair district," Hanson said. "But there are a number of situations and circumstances which have to be con- teens ended up in the McDonald's parking lot, according to Ripp, a teacher at Memorial High School He added that many students said they -want to stay away from alcohol and other drugs. B's Place, organized by parents, teachers and students from Memorial, North, Regis and Altoona high schools, is in Negrini's London House on London Road. It features a separate entrance and adult supervision. The "senior-high establishment," as organizers call the center, is open Monday through Thursday evenings with no admission charge.

On Friday and Saturday there is a $2 cover charge if entertainment is scheduled. So far things have gone well, Ripp said, noting that adult volunteers have provided good supervision. "Students are telling us that this is what they were asking for, and community groups are still offering to sponsor entertainment," he said. THE HUGE USED MOTEL AUD RESTAURANT SALE Furniture Equipment Linen DishesGlassware Stacking chairs and large ceiling Light fixtures Other Misc. FRIDAY, JUNE 28 noon 7:00 P.M.

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 9:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M. Organizers weren't sure the center would attract enough teens to stay open during the summer, but the crowd of 265 people on opening night was "super, Ripp said, and since then center use has been "beyond our expectations." He said from 80 to 200 high school students have used the. center on recent, evenings. The idea for the center evolved from "The Chemical People," a program broadcast on public television in 1983.

The two-part series was designed to bring concerned people together and offer guidelines for combating teen-age alcohol and drug abuse. Committees, such as the group that organized the teen center, were formed after the broadcast. Many teen-agers in the area had complained that there was no spot for them to congregate, and many Another tribal WISCONSIN RAPIDS -Another Winnebago tribal election has been scheduled after allega-. tions of irregularities in the June 8 election of a tribal chairman and two members of the tribe's governing business committee, according to a tribal spokeswoman. Gloria Visitin said Monday that a tribal member complained that procedures were not clear and uniform at the tribe's at-large polling places in Milwaukee, St.

Paul, La Crosse, Chicago and Madison. Tribal members in the at-large districts will vote again Aug. 3 for two members of the business committee and for tribal chairman. Merlin Redcloud Jr. beat eight other candidates in the race to replace Kenneth Funmaker who was removed as tribal chairman after his conviction on welfare fraud charges.

Ronald Decorah and Clarence Tipton, both of Milwaukee, had won-the election for the at-large business committee WHITEHALL The Whitehall school board "is seriously considering" a merger wittt the Blair School District, according to Whitehall Superintendent Marlene Hanson. "There really hasn't been any serious talk about this at all" she said. "But with enrollment down, taxes up and state aids decreasing, we Know something has to be done." Hanson said the recommendation of consolidation came in a letter from Leland Chenoweth, a member of the Blair school board. The Whitehall school board met Monday night and discussed the letter. In the letter, Chenoweth claims a combined district could reduce costs by about 1800,000 a year.

The reduction would come, in part, from eliminating duplicated courses, more efficient busing, reductions in administrative costs and increased enrollments. His proposal calls for the senior high school to be in Whitehall and the junior high in Blair. Elementary schools would stay the same. "The thing the board is most concerned about is receiving a formal request from the Blair board to consider the options," Hanson Gunman holds up Prairie Farm store PRAIRIE FARM A man armed with a handgun held up a grocery store in Prairie Farm Sunday night and fled with an undetermined amount of cash. According to the Barron County Sheriff's Department, a man wearing a green raincoat and a nylon stocking over his head entered the Roohr-Hyver grocery store at about 11:02 p.m.

He pointed a gun at the owner and directed him to open the cash register 'and put cash in a paper bag he held out. The suspect fled south on foot, according to the Sheriff's Department. The suspect is described as being about 5 feet 7 inches, thin and in his early- to mid-20s. The incident remains under investigation. fefc tai Free Cleoning Adjustment of Your Present Aid (any make or model) YEARS IN THE AREA! Eau Cloire, WI 54701 MART DIAL 834-7112 HEARING AID SERVICE EAU CLAIRE COMMERCIAL STORAGE 1932 Harlem Eau Claire (Directly Behind E.C.

Dodge) election set seats. The elections of two business committee members in the Black River Falls district and two in the Wisconsin Rapids-Wisconsin Dells district were not challenged, Visitin said. Firefighter retires Retirement of Platoon Commander Robert Fenner from the Eau Claire Fire Department was announced today by Chief John Brown. "During his 30 years of service, Bob has been a loyal and valued adviser as well as an excellent fire officer," the chief said. "He will be greatly missed by all of us on the department." Fenner joined the fire service Aug.

16, 1955, and was promoted to lieutenant Nov. 15, 1974. He was named captain Jan. IS, 1977, and became a platoon commander April 1, 1980. considers with Blair sidered in something like this." The Trempealeau County communities are about six miles apart and already share vocational coop programs.

"Our problem is not one of only higher taxes but how small can you get and still offer some kind of competitive quality education?" Hanson said. "We are offering good programs now, but how much longer can we continue to do that?" Hanson said consolidation discussions "get to be very complicated. The most important thing is that there have to be enough people in both districts that want to do this, or it just won't work." AUTHORIZED nci VKT375 RCA SelecteVision VCR with Picture Search and Remote Control RC1 VK.T385 RCA Select Vision VCR with Picture Search and Remote Control RC1 MODEL VLT450 RCA SelecteViaion VCR with Picture Search and Remote Control HUGE SAVINGS! We make staying home fun! HOURS. 10-9 10-5 Sat. Noon-5 Sun.

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seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services will be at noon Thursday at Prock Funeral Home, with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. Thursday until services at the funeral borne. Myrtle Steen MONDOVI Myrtle Steen.

78. died Monday at Buffalo Memorial Manor. She was born in Canton, and taught many years at public schools in Minnesota and Wisconsin. She had lived in the Mondovi area since 1929. Survivors include two brothers, Luther, Reuben, both of Eau Claire; a sister.

Claudine Reed, Nelson; several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Drammen Lutheran Church, with burial at Henry Town Cemetery, Canton, Minn. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Kjentvet and Son Funeral Home and an hour before services at the Mathilda Dressel CHIPPEWA FALLS Mathilda Dressel, 83, Eagleton Nursing Home, town of Eagle Point, died Monday at the home.

Mathilda Annen was born in Med-ford and married Albert A. Dressel Jan. 10, 1920. She worked at the Farmers Store in Chippewa Falls. Survivors include a son, Warren J.

Dressel, Chippewa Falls; two borthers, Raymond Annen, Baton Rouge, Henry Annen, Corpus Christi, Texas; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Horan Funeral Home, with burial in Our Lady of Hope Cemetery. Friends may call from 8 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

HOBBS, Mildred 94, 1440 Lynda le died today at Sacred Heart Hospital. Arrangements pending at Fuller Funeral Home. TAYLOR, Earl 87, Black River Falls, died today at the Black River Memorial Hospital. Arrangments pending at Charles Buswell Funeral Home. KLING, William 84, Hatfield, died Monday at Black River Memorial Hospital, Black River Falls.

Arrangements pending at Torgerson's Funeral Service, Black River Falls. News Briefs MASTER'S DEGREE Anthony Vodacek, 1977 graduate of Memorial High School, received a master of science degree in remote sensing, a civil engineering discipline, at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Vodacek, now of New Auburn, will continue work on an advanced degree under a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. DEAN'S LIST Among students recently named to the dean's list of honor' students at Concordia College, Moorhead, are Bradley Mueller, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Marlin Mueller, Eau Claire; Janelle C. Jolstad, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jolstad, Eau Claire; and Julie Ann Merker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

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