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Wisconsin State Journal City Editor: David Stoeffler, 252-6130 1D LOCAL 3D 4D 6D WISCONSIN Obituaries Classifieds Wednesday, May 3, 1995 Technical schools make the grade Survey shows most graduates find work ago. The number of graduates still looking for employment is down. That figure now stands at 6 percent, compared to 8 percent a year ago. Kenney said Wisconsin's strong economy has helped technical college students get jobs. But he also said the 16-campus system appears to be doing a good job preparing those students.

The survey, for instance, showed 96 percent of the graduates were either satisfied or very satisfied with the training they received. "They're all indicators, really, of how successful our graduates have been," he said. By Phil McDade Wisconsin State Journal Cindy Hasse fanned with her husband for 25 years in Reeds-burg. When he died IV2 years ago, Hasse knew she had to return to school to learn some new skills. She enrolled in Madison Area Technical College.

"I really started over," said Hasse, who will graduate next week from MATC. "When I went back to MATC, I was grasping at straws and I thought recreation and tourism would be a good field." Just this week, Hasse got a job as catering coordinator at the Voyageur Inn and Conference year. A total of 13,142 of the students responded to the survey. Among the survey's findings: Almost all technical college graduates 94 percent found a job within six months of graduation. Four out of five graduates, or 80 percent, found a job in a field related to their training.

Salaries paid to graduates appear to be up. The median monthly salary of graduates which is the midpoint of all salaries reported was $1,559, compared to $1,473 reported a year The survey shows overwhelming numbers of technical college graduates find jobs soon after graduating and almost always in their field. "We really assess how well our graduates are doing," said Norm Kenney, section chief for planning and analysis for the vocational board. "A lot of it, when it comes right down to it is satisfaction with training." The board last fall sent out surveys to 15,802 students who graduated from a technical college during the 1993-94 school Center in Reedsburg. She credits her courses and college internships with helping her land the job.

"I probably wouldn't be going for this job if it hadn't been for my training," she said. Technical college officials say that's what their schools are for offering a no-frills education designed to get people jobs. A survey released Tuesday by the Wisconsin Technical College System Board indicates the state's 16 technical colleges are doing just that Shibilski wins and Democrats keep a seat Associated Press Democrat Kevin Shibilski defeated GOP nominee Donna Rozar in a special election Tuesday to fill the 24th District Senate seat in central Wisconsin vacated by David Helbach, a Democrat Shibilski had 10,594 votes, or 59 percent, to Rozar's 7,498, or 41 percent, with 94 percent of precincts reporting. The seat has been held by Democrats since the early 1970s. That had Republicans hoping for a victory, even though Helbach's resignation in February to become a lobbyist for Wisconsin Power Light Co.

gave them a two-seat majority in the Senate. The 24th District includes Wood and Portage counties and parts of Waushara and Adams counties. County clerks had predicted 15 percent to 20 percent of eligible voters would cast ballots. Shibilski of Amherst is serving his fourth two-year term as register of deeds. He was elected at 19 to the County Board and served for six years.

A rousing send-off One hurdle left before Monona closes on land Which smells worse, mice or budget? State senator Bob Jauch's office was hit by an awful smell Friday and Monday. Seems as though some dead mice were near the radiators. "It wasn't the mice," joked Jauch. "Somebody put Tommy Thompson's budget on the radiator." Congratulations: UW System Public COMMENTARY just finished posing for a group photo. Band member Nina Schmidt hugs her mother, Jennie, before leaving for Moscow.

Band members had Information Director Peter Fox is turning 47 Thursday, and Cheryl Kaye, one of the morning drive trio at WZEE-FMU04), turns 31 today. lease agreements, Metcalfe said. Aid. Don Taylor voted against both proposals because he said people complained to him that the purchase price was too high, Metcalfe said. Aid.

Paul Ament voted against the lease agreements because he disliked the tenants' proposal to build on what he preferred to preserve as green space, Metcalfe said. Representatives of Tellurian, a drug treatment center, have agreed on a 35-year lease to rent five acres from the city for $36,000 a year. They also proposed replacing an existing building, City Administrator Kevin Brunner said. City officials also reserved 3.5 acres in the southwest corner of the property for possible development They have agreed to close on these agreements once the DNR approves the cleanup of a fuel spill where an underground tank had been, Brunner said. Sand County Foundation has a contract with Nine Springs Environmental Consultants for the cleanup.

Results of a soil test expected in two weeks could close more than a year of negotiations, Brunner said. By Klmberly Garcia Suburban reporter Monona officials cleared all but the final hurdle this week in their bid to purchase nearly 47 acres of green space abutting the Edna Taylor Nature Conservatory. They have agreed to pay Sand County Foundation $1.4 million for the land. They have arranged lease agreements with two tenants on the property. They even have set an Aug.

10 closing date, but still they are not ready to breathe a sigh of relief. What city officials are waiting for is confirmation from the Department of Natural Resources that the site is environmentally clean. Then, they will sign their agreements and congratulate themselves on closing more than a year of arduous negotiations. "We held pretty firm on what the city needed to make the deal work," Mayor Thomas Metcalfe said. Purchase negotiations date to April 1994, when Monona voters overwhelmingly approved spending $1.5 million to preserve the property.

On Monday, council members voted 5-1 to approve the land purchase and 4-2 to approve PAT SIMMS Partisan balance: Speaking of birth days State Development Secretary Bill and Vest sentenced to life in Borchardt murder Carol McCoshen had a baby girl Friday, named Regan Marie, and Democratic state Senate aide Jon and Kathy Erpen-bach had a girl Monday morning at St Mary's. Name: Amy Hope. Both babies have older brothers at home. Swan song: 2nd District congressman Scott Klug was followed around by a crew from PBS's MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour Friday when he made his appearance at the Madison Kiwanis Club at Mount Olive Lutheran Church on Mineral Point Road. As tradition requires, the group sang a special song for Klug in honor of the GOP "Contract with America," the Kiwanis warbled "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Goodbye hello: After wavering for several weeks, Wisconsin Public Radio News Director Melanie Sommer finally decided to take a job with Minnesota Public Radio.

Replacing her as acting news director is Connie Walker, legal affairs reporter and afternoon news manager. Significant seven: Dane County Executive Rick Phelps held his 7th anniversary in office party Saturday at the Highlands home of lawyers Susan King and Bob Horowitz. Among the crowd: teachers' lobbyist Ken Opin, jazz pianist Ben and Judy Si-dran, developer Jim Carley and consumer advocate Camille Haney. Party pooper: On Friday, legislator David Ward's staff planned a major surprise 42nd birthday party for the Fort Atkinson Republican. Research assistant Amy Koerner baked a six-layer cinnamon chocolate torte.

Koerner and co-worker Aaron Moede paid $100 to have a painting of agricultural leader W.D. Hoard that Ward had been coveting moved from another Capitol office. "We had this whole party planned," says Koerner. "Only he wouldn't come in to the office. W.D.

Hoard showed up, but David Ward didn't" Maybe he was better company anyway. Simms' Snoop column appears Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Phone: 252-6126. tranged wife, Diane Borchardt Sadie also cried for Ruben Borchardt's newborn grandson, born Tuesday in a Fort Atkinson hospital. Across the aisle in the same courtroom, Anita Vest gave intermittent sobs into her tissue, hanging her head in despair for her "only son" Douglas, 16.

He sat silently in the front of the courtroom awaiting punishment for his role in Ruben Borchardt's murder. The crying ended late Tuesday afternoon as Circuit Judge Jacqueline Erwin sentenced Douglas Vest Jr. to life in prison with his first eligibility for parole on April 3, 2020, 25 years from now. There was almost a combined Please see VEST, Page 2D Grieving relatives fill Jefferson courtroom By Richard W. Jaeger Regional reporter JEFFERSON It was a day two mothers wept for their "lost" sons.

On one side of the tiny Jefferson County courtroom, Selma Borchardt sat clutching her daughter Barbara Kulow's arm Tuesday. She buried her face into Barbara's shoulder and sobbed. Selma Borchardt, known by most as Sadie, cried for her son Ruben Borchardt, 40, who was gunned down two Easters ago by three teen-age boys in what has been labeled a contract killing allegedly arranged by Ruben's es Above: Younger students give McFarland's high school band a flag-waving send-off Tuesday as 140 band members and chaperones boarded a bus to Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the first leg of a journey to Moscow. The group was invited by the Russian Department of Culture to participate in events such as a May Day parade May 9 in which bands from 15 countries will march to Red Square and perform. Right: Many students and others connected with the Moscow trip wore T-shirts with this message.

Moscow Mcsy r9S McFarland High School Bond Mc Fartond, Wttconiir DM State Journal photosL ROGER TURNER Precautions in place for Mifflin Street block party Two deaths, assault marred 1994 event By Joel Broadway City government reporter Last year one man who had been drinking at the party died after a motorcycle crash on South Bassett Street, said Aid. Mike Verveer, 4th District. Another intoxicated man died after he fell off his bike nearby, and one woman was sexually assaulted, according to police. Verveer said he believes the party is a good thing, partly because it tries to interest people in politics. But he doesn't want city taxpayers to get saddled with the police and clean-up costs again, he said.

Taylor, who took over the nightclub last fall, said the party is "an event that won't go away," so he's trying to make it "cool and peaceful and happening." Last year, organizers predicted 25,000 people would attend but did a poor job running the event according to a police report on the party. The organizers, for example, did not provide portable toilets and many people urinated in the streets. There was a severe shortage of trash cans, the streets were left covered in broken glass and police had to help dismantle the stage. After the event however, a police spokesman told the Wisconsin State Journal that the party had been uneventful. draws many UW-Madison students, should continue with stricter rules and more safeguards.

"I think last year was an anomaly," said Verveer, a UW-Madison graduate whose district includes much of Downtown. That was probably because it was the 25th anniversary of the party, Verveer said, and it attracted young people from across the Midwest But the event was "poorly organized," Verveer said, and he's been working with police and this year's organizer to set rules and safeguards. Gary Taylor, who owns the nearby Paramount nightclub, has agreed to provide $5,000 for 12 off-duty police officers, Taylor said. Taylor will also provide 10 portable toilets and has recruited student volunteers to set up before and clean up after the party, he said. Madison city officials are taking steps to ensure that Saturday's Mifflin Street block party will be orderly.

The party, a tradition since 1969, drew I about 25,000 people last year and ended in chaos and tragedy, according to city officials. One man who had been drinking at the I party died after a motorcycle crash on South Bassett Street said Aid. Mike Ver- veer, 4th District Another intoxicated man died after he fell off his bike nearby, and one woman I was sexually assaulted, according to police. Yet Verveer believes the party, which WISCONSIN Tue Supercash: 4-14-21-26-28-34 OrSos of matching all six numbers lor $250,000 1 Tue. Pick Three: 9-8-3.

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