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See additional Local News in this section and on Page D2 KENOSHA NEWS I TUESDAY APRIL 20 2010 I A3 Ideas or comments? Contact Managing Editor Kart Frederick (262)656-6377 kfrederickkenoshanewscom HM Board says becoming a village difficult under law said they would only want to pursue incorporation if they could turn the entire town into a village a difficult proposition under state law you can do the whole town not a good Supervisor Patrick said Supervisor Diann Tesar said the board had looked into creating a village in the past but did not move forward because it did not want to break up the town Dense population sought Valentine said she would like to seek incorporation of the entire community The state which must approve the concept for the creation of a new village before an in corporation goes to residents for a vote has promoted the idea of smaller more densely populated villages In Bristol which incorporated its town center into a village last year the state turned down an earlier attempt to incorporate a larger area of the town Bristol is now seeking a referendum to allow residents of the remaining town to annex into the village of Bristol but faces a legal challenge from Pleasant Prairie rather sit back and see what happens with said Supervisor Joe Meier There also were questions about the potential costs involved with becoming a village including the possibility of higher costs for policing Supervisor Dennis Faber questioned the need for the discussion are benefits to becoming a village if your borders are under attack but we are not in that he said Lengthy process Incorporation would be a lengthy process beginning with a petition from residents That petition would then go on to circuit court then to the tion Review Board If approved by the state the findings would then be submitted to the court which would order a referendum Residents could then vote whether or not the community should be incorporated to protect itself from annexation by neighboring villages would be able to control what we look like in 20 Valentine said She said incorporation also would eliminate the need for property owners to get both town and Kenosha County approval on zoning and building issues and would give Salem access to programs such as tax increment financing districts that are not available to towns However board members BY DENEEN SMITH dsmithkenoshanewscom SALEM The Salem Town Board Monday discussed the possibility of seeking incorporation but agreed it would not be able to move forward this year During the special meeting board members discussed the benefits and potential downsides of incorporation Chairman Linda Valentine said among other benefits incorporating as a village would allow the community Village OKs backup generator at lift station referring to last flooding are the odds you lose all your lift stations? Well we did on June Pollocoff said turn on immediately when the power is out And doing that throughout the Development progresses Also Monday the board approved applying for a Department of Natural Resources grant to assist development of Ingram Park in the 5700 block of 93rd Street The authority did not include a dollar figure However Pollocoff said afterward the village will seek $16 million to defray the cost of establishing turf installing nature trails planting trees and creating a dog-walking park within Ingram The plan also calls for constructing a three-acre fishing pond starting in June John Franklin Ingram 74 who owned and lived on the land with his wife Dorothy died Wednesday after a long illness Under an agreement donating the property to the village in January 2009 Dorothy may continue living in the house there until she dies or chooses to leave BY BILL GUIDA bguidakenoshanewscom PLEASANT PRAIRIE Widespread flooding of the kind that caused millions in damages last June in the village could be minimized through action taken Monday night by the Village Board The board approved installing an on-site backup generator at the Zirbel lift station in the 11300 block of 85th Street for $45377 and gave Village Administrator Michael Pollocoff the nod to relocate existing generator to the Carol Beach unit Pollocoff said the plan precipitated by June 19 flooding is to install backup generators at the rest of the stations by end When power goes out a request is sent for a mobile generator which due to different contractors and different specifications over the years may or may not fit the electrical receptacles at a given lift station according to Pollocoff Placing backup generators permanently at each station will eliminate such complications and keep the stations pumping he said happened was everything was Pollocoff said Monday night BRIEFS One arrested after fight on party bus One man was arrested and another man suffered head injuries in a fight Sunday morning Brandon Hendrickson 29 of Kenosha was arrested for disorderly conduct by the Kenosha County Department at 2:41 am after he allegedly started a fight on a party bus The bus was headed to Kenosha from Milwaukee and was rented for a birthday party Hendrickson told police he started the fight but a number of people were involved The bus driver pulled off 1-94 at Highway 158 and the fight spilled onto the street When police arrived there were about 20 people fighting One man was hit in the head with a rock and was taken to St Medical Center Hendrickson who had a warrant for his arrest from Columbia County for operating a vehicle with a revoked license was arrested and released from the Kenosha County Jail after he paid a $150 fine Man arrested for drug possession A Kenosha man was arrested for drug possession Sunday Pleasant Prairie Police arrested Dennis Burdalic 19 at about 2 pm after an officer stopped his car in the 6000 block of 116th Street for an expired vehicle registration The officer detected a strong odor of marijuana and Burdalic admitted there was marijuana in the vehicle In addition to drug possession Burdalic was cited for operating with a suspended license Police seek more infbimation on theft PLEASANT PRAIRIE Pleasant Prairie Police are investigating a theft from an automobile that occurred about 10:15 pm in the 3800 block of Spring-brook Road Police said a set of golf clubs were taken along with a global-positioning system cash credit cards a purse a wallet and a cell phone Anyone with information on the theft should call police at 694-7353 or Kenosha Area Crime Stoppers at 656-7333 Salem man arrested for assaulting woman SALEM A Salem man was arrested for allegedly choking and pushing his former girlfriend to the ground Sunday According to the Kenosha County Sheriffs Department Christopher Corzine 27 was arrested at 11:18 pm in the 6800 block of 250th Avenue in Salem Deputies said Corzine and the 20-year-old victim were arguing at home when Corzine pushed her to the ground She got in a car and drove away but Corzine reportedly got in the car as well and choked her before she drove back to home When police arrived the two were still fighting Corzine was arrested for battery and disorderly conduct For more go to wm kenoshanewscom and click on Premium Content to see recent 911 calls crime reports and related data from the area Daffodils decorate a fairway at Petrifying ers over the past week with more of the Springs golf course Monday morning The same expected most of this week See weather has been cool but sunny for golf- the AccuWeather forecast on page B6 Ex-lieutenant governor 86 dies wall until too late! elected to the Assembly After losing his second re-election bid in 1964 he returned to the Assembly in 1966 remaining until he sought the lieutenant governorship to Mark Starzyk a former Randall chairman and county supervisor who lived down the road from the Olson farm remembered Olson as a farmer and politician admired him because he just told it like it is he took time to explain Starzyk said Monday was very fond of the daughter Randall Republican Samantha Kerkman now holds former Assembly seat Kerkman said Olson will remain admired for his leadership and contributions to the district and the state said in a 1991 interview the conservative Republicans must be moving Ralph Bassett a Florida friend who presided over a memorial service for Olson on Sunday said Olson was a very patriotic man known for puttering around his community on a golf cart decorated with the American and Marine Corps flags death came just days before what would have been his 63rd anniversary with his wife Frances Bassett said Bom in Chicago Bom Feb 19 1924 in Chicago Olson served with the Marines in the Pacific during World War and attended the University of Illinois for two years before moving to Kenosha County to begin farming His first run for state office came in 1960 when he was southArt Plumbincr Plumbing js vf (262)654-6565 wwwsouthportplumbingc6m I Well Clean Your Carpets BY JOE POTENT? jpotentekenoshanewscom One of the few Kenosha County residents to hold statewide political office in Wisconsin died last week Russell Olson was elected lieutenant governor in 1978 after eight terms of representing what is Olson now the 66th Assembly District in western Kenosha County Olson 86 died at his retirement home in Holmes Beach Fla on Wednesday A Bassett cattle farmer known for his conservative principles Olson rose to the No 2 office on what was considered a dark horse Republican ticket with Lee Sherman Dreyfus It was only months after they took office that Olson saw one of the few powers of the lieutenant governor the responsibility of presiding over the Senate vanish with the adoption of a state constitutional amendment that he opposed Olson served one term before Dreyfus bowed out of the 1982 gubernatorial race After that Olson spent about six years in a federal post to which he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan representing the US secretary of transportation across a six-state area of the Midwest Retired to Florida Olson then transplanted to Florida where a friend said he must have played some 4000 rounds of golf at a club near his home find little to argue about with the other Olson PErrcciL 7449 Green Bay Rd Kenosha 697-4861 (Comer Hwy 50 Hwy 31) StopGoPenzoll OPEN: Mon-Thur 8-7 Frl 8-8 Sat 8-5 Sun 10-5 No appointment necessary xyrniMfliiwi NOW IS THE TIME TO SCHEDULE YOUR SPRING CLEANING! 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