Wisconsin State Journal from Madison, Wisconsin • 1

City Editor: Tim Kelley, 252-6130 Lotteries 2B 1B I State legal notices 2B WISCONSIN 3B -Thursday, April 16, 1998 Wisconsin State Journal teachers Thompson warns state PATRICIA i simms ment in state teacher salary cost controls called the "qualified economic offer" in the budget now before the Legislature. But he said if teachers push too hard, "there would be a backlash in the Legislature and there will a backlash in communities all over the state." "I think they're making a terrible mistake. They would have much more success working with the governor and the Legislature rather than flaunting their power," he said. The issue was sparked Tuesday by Madison Teachers which sent letters to teachers statewide encouraging them to take job ac to have spending controls," Thompson said. Since Thompson was elected 12 years ago, the average salary for the state's teachers rose from $27,815 to $38,950.

Total state aid increased from $1,6 billion to $4 billion a year. The average teacher contract spans 180 to 185 days, according to the Wisconsin School Board Association. Thompson said leaders of the National Education Association, the national teachers union organization, were working hard to get unions and state officials to work better together. "Only in Wisconsin do we have tions to force an end to state limits on teacher salary increases and district spending limits. Thompson and the Legislature two years ago approved a tax shift so that the state would pay two-thirds of the cost of public schools.

At the same time, lawmakers imposed limits on spending increase per school district. And state law forces teachers to accept any contract that offers a combined pay and benefits increase of at least 3.8 percent a year a limit known as the qualified economic offer, or QEO. "If you want two-thirds, if you want property tax relief, you have If educators strike or disrupt schools, governor says there will be a "backlash" across Wisconsin. By Mike Flaherty Legislative reporter Gov. Tommy Thompson warned Wednesday that if the state's teachers begin striking or disrupting public schools "there will be a backlash" and nothing will be done to improve teachers' salaries.

Thompson said he has already agreed to a substantial improve A look back at new horizons I 1 fill iHi- Up "JN IT I Ji tj I i i 'i Ek'J'-- Is ir7rS? i. 'ik vy I a-- t- I I I if the building, titled "Breaking New Ground," traces the landscape changes of the county in the past 1 50 years. It will be on display through October. Those taking a walk past the City-County Buildirfg last week stopped to enjoy a view of Dane County's past and present. The banner that adorns this kind of attitude," Thompson said.

Teachers in Madison and Racine staged walkouts that closed schools in their districts during contract disputes. "It's not just the QEO, it's the issue of local control of schools," said MTI President Bill Keys, an English teacher at West High School. Because of the state-imposed limits, school districts can't purchase books, replace equipment or repair buildings, he said. Thompson is the one who sparked the confrontation, Keys added: "He never worked with us." Exorcism request tied to priest's murder? By Brenda Ingersoll Police reporter Detectives have probed whether a request for exorcism is linked to a Roman Catholic priest's murder, witnesses said Wednesday. Investigators questioned the rector of a Minnesota seminary, who had referred the exorcism request to the slain priest, a seminary official said.

A follower of the conservative priest said he, too, was questioned about it. The Rev. Alfred Kunz, 67, was found dead March 4 at St. Michael Catholic Church in the village of Dane. No one has been arrested, despite a far-ranging investigation.

Dane County Sheriff Gary Ham-blin wouldn't confirm the questioning. "I'm sure we're, trying to develop information on all his (Kunz's) religious duties," he said, "and if exorcism was among them, I'm sure we're looking at that." Kunz was an esteemed canon lawyer known for conservatism and the only priest allowed by the Madison Diocese to celebrate the Tridentine Mass, said in Latin. Kunz follower Donald Jenkins believes Kunz performed exorcisms. However, the Rev. Charles Fiore, a close friend of Kunz, said Kunz had never performed an exorcism.

The Rev. Wolfgang Goettler, vice rector of St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, said detectives questioned its rector, Bishop Richard Williamson. The seminary was described by Madison Diocese spokesman Bill Bro-phy as "a splinter, right-wing group no longer affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church." Williamson leads the U.S. branch of the Priestly Society of St Pius founded by French Archbishop Marcel LefebvVe.

Pope John Paul II in 1988 exeommuni-! cated Lefebvre and four bishops, including Williamson. Society members say only the Tridentine Mass. Kunz was not affiliated with the society. But Williamson had referred someone seeking an exorcism to Kunz, and investigators questioned Williamson about it, Goettler said. "He told me he told the police about that referral, that somebody wanted an exorcism done and that he referred it to Father Kunz." The referral might have been made only for preliminary investigation, because SL Thomas Aquinas officials couldn't spare time for it Goettler added.

Jenkins said he told detectives that he talked with Bishop Williamson shortly before Kunz was killed when Williamson was here to celebrate a Latin Mass for Madison-area conservative Catholics. Williamson asked Jenkins to find out if the referred person ever contacted Kunz. "I asked Father Kunz about it and he said no." Jenkins said. January in prison. Federal law prohibits the possession of a live or dead eagle.

The bald easrle has recovered from near extinction in Wisconsin to the point it was removed from Wisconsin's endangered species A in after being lifted there for 24 years. DNR counts estimated W3 nesting pairs of bald eagles in 1997. That year, the agency listed 64 deaths, ranging from two being shot to 33 dying of lead poisoning. Regent co-op nears opening Two sinks here, a bathroom door there, and the new Regent i Market Co-op will be ready to open. The grocery co-op on the Near West Side was set to open Friday, Ibut city health inspectors had i other ideas, according to Jay Rath, one of the organizers.

afternoon the city inspector said we must comply with a new set of laws," he said. "Because of that, we'll have to push back the opening date. "It's a matter of adding one more sink on the ground floor and a new door on our bathroom and another sink in the basement." The old Regent Market, which had been in business since the 1920s at 2136 Regent closed in February. Former employees organized a co-op to replace it. Rath said more than 800 individuals and institutions have joined, including Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and a Girl Scout troop, and neighborhood residents have raised about $100,000 for the project Getting his priorities straight Filmmaker Michael Moore, creator of the hit documentary "Roger Me," was a no-show at UW-Madison on Monday.

The writer and director was scheduled to speak before a free preview screening of his new movie, "The Big One," but he bowed out at the last minute. The official reason: scheduling conflicts with the new TV comedy series he's working on. One of the event organizers, however, was overheard in the hallway practicing his announcement: "Mr. Moore couldn't be here because he's a jerk." "The Big One," which includes a segment filmed in Madison, is tentatively scheduled to appear in local theaters early next month. Fund-raiser du jour The Nylons, a popular Canadian a capella quartet, are performing Friday at the Center for the Performing Arts in Jefferson on behalf of St.

Coletta of Wisconsin, which serves about 450 devel-opmentally challenged adults. Tickets are $18 at the center the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Personalities State Republican Party Director Rod Hise and Jennifer Nelson, who coordinates the Clean Cities program at the state Department of Administration, be came engaged last weekend. Jeff Kossow, associate i rector of the Monona Terrace Convention Center, is leaving in May to take a job as director of the convention center in Grand Forks, N.D., which will open in three years. He joined the Monona Terrace staff in January 1997.

Around town today Donna Van Bogaert and the Band will perform a "Tunes at Monona Terrace" free concert from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Madison Ballroom of the convention center. Plwne: (60Hj 252-6126; E-mail: tnoopu statejournal. madison.com ioaay in siaie nisiory April 16, 1861: Two days after the surrender of Fort Sumter, the state Legislature appropriated an additional $200,000 out of any money lying idle in the trea sury, not belonging to the school fund or school income fund, to defray the cost of transporting troops and procuring and transporting arms and munitions of war.

Toinf Wurmen Hietoi tinr are fi-t-a fcv ''iri oa our Sncaoret at jl Tcw grid East Tcnme. ammunition plant OK'd Plan for Document addresses economic development By George Piper For the State Journal PRAIRIE DU SAC A draft statement for economic development at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant leaves open the key questions of business property use and ownership of the site. The approved Wednesday night by a 15-member task force studying future uses for the defunct plant, passed despite some confusion over details. The vote was 9-5 with one abstention. The task force, appointed by Rep.

Scott Klug, already had endorsed agricultural, conservation and recreation uses for the site. Wednesday's meeting was solely about the issue of economic development. All of the recommendations will go to the governor's office and the Army. The economic development statement includes creating a local advisory committee for potential business owners and establishing covenants with businesses that would monitor such things as waste, pollution and building color. As sure as spring rain, this club meets Stale Journal photoSTEVE APPS wage jobs in the county.

Others said they favored excluding industry and preserving the land for future generations. State Rep. Stephen Freese, R-Dodgeville, whose district includes Badger, proposed a plan that puts the entire facility under the state Department of Administration. His plan, which was not formally introduced, would allocate 2 to 5 percent of the site to preserve endangered species, 25 percent for prairie restoration, 23 percent for existing agricultural research and the remaining land for everything from light industry to additional prairie land. those celebrating.

"We sing "Dear Rotarians' instead of their names," whispered the Rev. Bill King. Rotary, with clubs throughout Dace County, is "a service organization of business men and women with an interest in doing good things in the community," said Pat Jenkins, the Downtown club's ex- ecutive director. She worked in that job five Please see ROTARY, Page 4B dead since feathers were removed from the downed birds so Manthey is baffled as to the motive. "It seems to be destructive violence, essentially a vandalistic act It may be some kind of changing attitude in society, which really does make me, worry." Manthey said.

Bald eagles are protected under the federal Ei.daru:'rcd Species Act Someone convicted of killing an eagle can be fined up to SIOO.Q'X) and sentenced to a year i Downtown Rotary follows 85-year ritual The statement makes provisions for industrial use but does not specify how much. Also left unanswered is potential site ownership, which ultimately could determine what, if any, industry goes into Badger. Task force members rejected two other drafts: one assigned ownership to the state under the Department of Natural Resources and limited future development; the other called for a more flexible approach to commercial ventures. Some citizens at the meeting spoke out for industrial use that combines industrial and agricultural uses, citing a need for living- elot," and "This Land is My Land," led by Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra director David Lewis Crosby and accompanied at the piano by attorney Jeff Bartell. There was an invocation by hospital administrator Nancy Anderson, a greeting of guests and a round of "Happy Birthday" for No arrests have been made, said Bob Manwell, a DN'R spokesman.

There doesn't appear to be any pattern in the shootings, particularly because the three counties are not close to one another, he said. Manthey said evidence indicates some eagles were shot with rifles and some with shotguns "i really doubt it is one person," Manthey said It doesn't appear any of the By Elizabeth Brixey Wisconsin State Journal Not tax day, not the driving rains of April, not the hunt for a parking spot on the Capitol Square could stop them. At high noon Wednesday, they filed in by the hundreds, women and men, older and younger. Nodding at one another and saying things like, "This rain!" they neatly piled their water-stained coats and dripping umbrellas Six bald eagles reported shot against the wall before sitting down to a chicken lunch at the Inn on the Park. The 85-year-old weekly ritual of the Downtown Rotary Club of Madison the 10th largest in the world was called to order.

First, there was group singing: "America the Beautiful," "Cam- 5pi TO HELP: People I I providing information that leads to a conviction of someone for shooting a bald eag-e can receve up to S2.500 as a reward The DNR hot line for reoorting game wolatior is (800 647-9367. were found in Buffalo (three). Grant (two) and Winnebago (one) counties, the agency said- Associated Press The shooting deaths of six bald eagles since January is triple the number shot between 1992 and 1996, the state reported Wednesday. This is an alarming increase in shooting deaths and we really don't have a good explanation for it," said Pat Manthey, a bird ecolo-gist for the Department of Natural Resources. The eagles shot since January.