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T7 smfTnr? ifimorm1 GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE ii-3 GREENBAYPRESSGAZETTE.COM TUESDAY. MARCH 6, 2012 LOCAL NEWS EDITOR AMBER PALUCH apaluchgreenbaypressgazette.com (920)431-8361 IN BRIEF HO WACO Van Roy to retire from state Assembly Saying that it's time to let District to review teacher transfers Green Bay board probes advised hiring process younger people take over. state Rep. Karl Van Roy on Monday said he will retire when his term ends in De cember. "I originally hoped to serve three terms, but now it been five," said Van Roy, Ul 1 '1 I 1 i j.r 'J i Vr mtmtmmri-Mnimiim-'" -w R-Howard, who represents the 90th Assembly District I ve done my civic duty.

If! time to relax and see a bit more of the country." Van Roy, 73, was elected in 2002 after a career in the restaurant business. He operated the River's Bend Supper Club from its founding in the mid-1970s until 1988. He was chairman of the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs and the Assembly Committee on Small Business. He served on the committees on Transporta Craig Andersen, who lost his left hand two years ago in a truck crash, uses an electric Greifer prosthesis. He misplaced his cosmetic prosthetic hand and is asking for help locating it.

Photos by H. Marc LarsonPress-Gazette tion; Aging and Long Term Care; Health Corrections and the Courts; Tourism Recreation and State Prop erties. He is a St. Norbert College graduate, and served in the By Hannah O'Brien Green Bay Press-Gazette The Green Bay School District will revisit proposed changes to the educator handbook after members of the School Board voiced concerns Monday about lack of details. Members of the human resources department proposed changes to the way the district fills teacher vacancies, but the Green Bay teachers union said the changes would put staff at a disadvantage when it comes to applying for a transfer.

Under the proposed changes, teachers would be asked to fill out a preference survey, in which they indicate which positions they would be interested in should those positions become vacant. Vacancies would be announced after the preference survey is filled out, but teachers would not be eligible to apply for positions that were not included in their preferences. Members of the Green Bay Education Association said this is unfair because teachers may not be able to imagine all the possible positions they could be interested in. "What can I do rather than wishing upon a star? I don't have that kind of imagination with 40 hours of work and the additional 20 that I now have U.S. Army.

Doug SchneiderPress-Gazette LEDGEVSEW Infant dies from car accident injuries Andersen asks community for help locating it A 2-month-old infant died at a hospital from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night in HOW TO HELP Anyone with information about the lost prosthesis can contact Craig Andersen at (920) 619-8763 or Monroe Bio Technology at (920) 435-3002. Ledgeview. A 22-year-old Green Bay woman driving a Toyota Camry northbound on Brown County lost con trol of the vehicle on slip pery roads and collided with a southbound sport utility vehicle at about 8:25 p.m., just north of if. yF i i i Brown County NN. The infant was in the back seat of the car in a child seat.

The child seat did not remain stationary By Scott Cooper Williams Green Bay Press-Gazette DE PERE Craig Andersen is a little embarrassed to admit what he lost while running errands recently on the east side of Green Bay. It was his left hand. The 62-year-old De Pere man and military veteran has used a prosthetic hand ever since a traffic accident injury two years ago forced doctors to amputate. En route to a prosthetic clinic Jan. 3 for an adjustment, Andersen, who is right-handed, removed the cosmetic device and slipped it into his coat pocket.

That was the last time he saw it. After retracing his steps and searching for weeks, he is convinced that the hand fell out of his pocket and was picked up by a passer-by. He hopes whoever has it will realize its significance and return it. "It sure would be nice to get it back," he said. "It's very important to me." The loss apparently occurred outside Monroe Bio Technology 342 S.

Webster where Andersen had gone to get an adjustment to a prosthetic assembly that extends nearly to his elbow. David Jolly, a certified pros- during the crash, according to put in to come up to the sheriffs department. with every possible posi The passengers in the tion, said Keith Patt, executive director of the GBEA. SUV, a couple from Den emotionally traumatic. "It really is like losing your hand again," he said.

Those close to Andersen, a retired truck driver, say the experience also has been difficult for him because he endured a rough recovery from the traffic accident and because he was just starting to feel comfortable with his new hand. "This is the last thing he needs," longtime friend Lynn Brebner-Lubenske said. As a Vietnam War veteran, Andersen received help from the federal government with medical bills following his traffic accident. But he is reluctant to ask for help again and has resorted to using a different prosthesis that is less cosmetic. Wearing it draws attention in public and causes his 8-year-old granddaughter to squirm whenever he touches her, he said.

"I'd like to go out and look like a natural person," he said. "People don't stare." swilliamsgreenbaypressgazette.com and follow him on Twitter Qpgscottwilliams. mark, did not sustain seri Andersen said the cosmetic prosthesis was misplaced on Webster Avenue. Andersen says wearing the Greifer prosthesis draws unwanted attention in public. Members of the human resources department said the proposed changes were the best way to bal ous injuries.

Press-Gazette SUAMICO Landowner to pay fine for illegal pond ance all interests. 'Many, many eyes have Wisconsin Attorney Gen thetist at the clinic, said the lost hand likely cost between $3,000 and $5,000 when it was new. But it is useless to anyone else, because it is customized to fit Andersen's left arm. Jolly also noted that amputees become so accustomed to their prostheses that losing one would be been on this thing," said Margaret Christensen, assistant superintendent of human resources. "It hasn't been just HR." eral J.B.

Van Hollen said Monday a Suamico landowner will pay $12,000 for illegally filling wetlands About a hundred people and building an artificial pond on the bank of Barkhausen Creek without proper permits. attended Monday's School Board meeting where teachers raised dozens of questions, prompting School Board members to request the human resources department revisit the proposed changes. Attempted homicide charges sough The state office asserts The violation dates back to 1996 and deals with a state law prohibiting the con "I don understand how Neenah girl allegedly tried we can say yes to that struction of an artificial pond 500 feet from navigable water without a permit, the state office says. State more than a block as the car gained speed before she eventually fell. She suffered major injuries, to run over two classmates tonight without understanding how that will By Jim Collar Gannett Wisconsin Media work," said board member Celestine Jeffreys.

law also prohibits discharge of pollutants to wetlands The School Board will without a DNR permit. NEENAH A 17-year- discuss the issue again March 12. Both parties agreed to settle, according to paper The School Board on proached the front of the teen's car on foot. "The 17-year-old drove forward in an apparent attempt to run them over," Wilkinson said. The two landed on the hood of the car and then clung onto it as the 17-year-old drove in an erratic fashion to "try to shake them off," he said.

The 15-year-old girl fell from the car quickly and sustained minor injuries but did not seek medical treatment. The 18-year-old woman held onto the hood for work filed in the case. Press-Gazette old Neenah girl accused of trying to run over two acquaintances with her car Sunday could face two Monday unanimously ap including substantial head injuries, but they were not considered life-threatening, Wilkinson said. The 17-year-old driver fled after the 18-year-old fell from the hood of the car, but later came to the police station with her father. She was arrested and booked into the Winnebago County Jail in Oshkosh.

Jim Collar writes for The Post-Crescent ofAppleton. to Theda Clark Medical Center for a report of an 18-year-old Neenah woman who suffered serious head injuries after falling from the hood of the teen's car, Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson said. Wilkinson said the teen was driving her car in the 200 block of East Franklin Avenue when the 18-year-old woman and a 15-year-old Neenah girl ap attempted homicide charges. proved a change in the educator handbook that outlines how the district will handle furloughs and teacher reductions if Police asked Winnebago they're needed. Both County prosecutors Monday to file the charges against the teen a day members of the School after officers were called Board and the human resources department insisted furloughs are not in the near future, but language in the educator handbook was appropriate.

Budget committee approves mining bill Any furloughs in the fu UNITED WAY 211 Call center needs pass more than 550 In February, the Brown County United Way 21 1 Call Center heard from 492 callers and identified 556 needs. Twenty-two calls were re- fEPrnjjj ceived for com- (,, AL munity shelters. Of those, there were: 1 1 referrals to Freedom House Ministries. Nine referrals to NEW Community Shelter. Eight referrals to St John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter.

One referral to Society of St Vincent De Paul (House of Hope). Each call may have more than one referral. Press-Gazette ture would be on days in which students are not in Legislation heads to the class, but members of the GBEA said furloughing teachers on workdays would limit time to do re Senate floor By Todd Richmond port cards and other administrative work. The Associated Press You can furlough peo MADISON Wisconsin ple when they're not with kids, but that doesn't make the work disappear," ised the mine would create hundreds of jobs for economically depressed northwestern Wisconsin and give mining equipment manufacturers in the state's southeastern corner a boost, making the project attractive for Republicans looking to deliver on job creation promises. The company has put its plans on hold, though, until lawmakers can guarantee a stopping point in the state's open-ended mining permit approval process.

Republicans have spent most of the last year trying to develop legislation for the Republicans made another attempt Monday to per- to permit decisions or protect the environment. The Legislature's budget committee voted Monday to approve the bill anyway, clearing the way for a full vote in the Senate, which is expected today. It all could amount to an exercise in futility. Republicans hold a thin 17-16 edge in the Senate. They need Schultz to change his mind or a Democrat to jump ship and get behind the bill.

Both scenarios look unlikely and time is running out because the legislative session ends next week. Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, the budget committee's co-chairs who authored the compromise package, said they did their best to give Schultz what he wants. "We have reached out," Vos said.

"We have come a significant way. We want to get this to a vote. We have gone through the process. We have listened." But Schultz wouldn't give an inch. The revisions "make a bad idea worse," he said.

Florida-based Gogebic Taconite wants to dig a huge open-pit iron mine in the Penokee Hills just south of Lake Superior. The company has prom Patt said. uade a key GOP state senator to vote for a con hobriengreenbaypressgazette com and follow her on Twitter tentious bill that would re SHannOBrien. form the state's iron mining laws, offering another YOU GO set of revisions the lawmaker promptly rejected. The Green Bay School Board CORRECTION POLICY The Press-Gazette corrects factual errors promptly and courteously.

If you have a correction or clarification, please call Local News Editor Amber Paluch at (920) 431-8361 or email apaluchgreen baypressgazette.com. will meet again at 5 p.m. Sen. Dale Schultz, R- March 12 in Room 333 at the Richland Center, said the new package still doesn't restore public challenges district office, 200 S. Broadway, Green Bay..