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00 1 HOMETOWN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2017 lacrossetribune.com SECTION MIKE TIGHE A La Crosse woman who de- scribes herself as a of the LGBTQ community plans a primary election challenge to U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, for his seat representing the 3rd Congres- sional District. Juliet Germanotta, a 36-year-old native of Texas who has lived in La Crosse since 2012, said she would infuse new blood and fresh ideas to Washington, while insisting that representation has be- come stale since he was elected to the House in 1996 and has been re- elected ever since. Among her main issues are advocating rights for LGBTQ indi- viduals and health care for people with pre-existing conditions such as said Germanotta, who is transgender and says she is HIV-positive.

Kind is a Democrat I give him that and he is a good man, from what Germanotta said. people should reinvent periodically, and he has not done so. have called me a Demo- cratic she said. believe in social justice and equality for Kind is beholden to big donors, said Germanotta, who acknowl- edged that she has not held elective ce, and has only one sta er and no money, compared with a con- gressional ce and war chest approaching $3 million. Germanotta said she sold a ring she inherited from her grand- mother to buy yers and other campaign materials.

Kind spends too much time in Washington and not enough in the 3rd District listening to vot- concerns, she said, adding that she would interact regularly Kind challenger vows new ideas You know, not often that we get a glimpse into the mind of the average ix viewer. After the New York Times shared some data on what peo- ple do while they watch ix, I think probably a good thing. According to a story Fri- day, ix has found that 37 percent of people who stream shows on the go either on their phone or on a tablet or laptop watch their shows at work, and another 12 percent watch their shows while they are, ahem, going. Earlier this week ix re- leased the results of a survey conducted in late summer, which asked more than 37,000 people around the world in- cluding 1,600 Americans about their streaming habits. The responses were balanced by age and gender.

Most of the responses really unexpected. Forty-four percent of people who stream shows on the go are watching them on airplanes. Big surprise there. What else are you going to do when packed in like sardines for hours at a time? Various transportation op- tions were pretty popular all around. Forty percent of people watched on the bus, 31 percent watched on the train, 27 in a car and 30 percent just said they watched while commuting.

like to assume they were in some sort of vehicle and watching ix while attempting to walk places, but I really dare. I also shocked to see 12 percent of Americans who were watching ix on pub- lic transit admitted to missing their stop because they were distracted by what watching. It seems like a super easy thing to do. More surprising was that 37 percent of people say they watched ix at work. This leaves me with a lot of questions.

First of all, who are these people who are watching ix at work? What do they do for a living where they have the time to sit around watching ix? Are they doing it on their breaks? Do their bosses not mind? How do you get one of those sweet gigs? totally be down for bing- ing at work if my editor was cool with it. I mean, have to also be cool with me not turning in some stories, because lord knows fans need better manners KILAT FITZGERALD Winona Daily News FOUNTAIN CITY A few years ago, Pastor Greg Ferriss was running late for a special Saturday night service he held for hunters on the rst night of gun deer season. He have time to change out of his own hunting gear. So he decided to follow the same advice he has for his parishio- ners at St. United Church of Christ in Fountain City: Come as you are.

As gun deer sea- son gets underway, the tradition continues at St. where the blaze orange-clad pastor will perform the annual service for deer hunters at 7:30 p.m. today at the church at 303 S. Hill St. in Fountain City.

needs to be about what people are going Ferriss said. neat to do something cally for the Ferriss often bucks the trend when it comes to a sar- torial choices. A few weeks ago, he made good on a bet with a parishioner and donned Min- nesota Vikings apparel after his Green Bay Packers came up on the short end of their meeting the week before. Making church more personal, Ferris said, helps it into peo- It works both ways, too. Fer- riss, a New England native, was at rst unfamiliar with hunting.

He graduated from Harvard with a degree in divinity in 1996. When he moved to Foun- tain City nine years ago, he was eager to integrate himself into local traditions. always been the curious Ferriss said. have taught me a He learned to hunt for the rst time while in his 40s, taking many tips from people several years his junior, an experience the pastor found His wife, Cathy, helped with the adjustment under certain conditions. tease him without she said.

see him wearing his rst camo had me rolling on the oor. I nd the duality of my husband very The new activity of eld dress- ing a deer was an interesting new prospect for her. Though too squeamish to take a live sh a hook, she found herself going into after the deceased animal was dragged in. She also opted to decorate the mounted trophies according to season, putting bunny ears on the buck for Easter and ower necklaces in the summer. St.

also will hold a Thanksgiving Eve service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, and will gather nonperishable food donations for a food pantry at St. Catholic Church in Fountain City as well as a new food shelf at St. church is feeling a nan- cial crunch, and we know many of our neighbors are, Ferriss said.

why it was import- ant for us to open a food shelf this Sunday services at St. are at 10 a.m. Ferriss said that everyone, regardless of religious background, is welcome. Pastor oers hunters a special service Germanotta Another Republican joins 3rd District race A second Republican has led pa- perwork to challenge U.S. Rep.

Ron Kind next year. Brandon Cook of Hager City noti- ed the Wisconsin Elections Board on Nov. 10 that he intends to run for the 3rd Congressional district as a Republican. Cook, who has not made a pub- lic announcement, could not be reached for comment. He joins Steve Toft, a recently retired Army cer from Osseo who announced his candidacy last month, saying he had been recruited to run by national party leaders.

JOURDAN VIAN PETER THOMSON, LA CROSSE TRIBUNE RAKING IN THE RAIN Phil Yager rakes up the last of the leaves Friday in his front yard on 22nd Street. Today is expected to bring more wet weather early followed by cloudy skies and gusty winds. The National Weather Service predicts a high of 39 degrees. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Greg Ferris, the pastor of St. United Church of Christ in Fountain City, plays his guitar while wearing his blaze orange pants during last service for deer hunters.

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