Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 17

Local SUNDAY DECEMBER 14 2003 KENOSHA NEWS C3 BY MARK HORNICKEL KENOSHA NEWS They delivered by a jolly white-bearded man in a red suit but the Kenosha Police Department received dozens of toys to be given to good little girls and boys Dressed in their leather jackets and Harley Davidson gear members of the Kenosha chapter of the Harley Owners Group descended on the Public Safety Building Saturday morning and donated dozens of toys for area children enjoy riding our said Ed Hollister director of the HOG chapter always something we can focus our efforts on and where a need there to The toys included sporting goods toy trucks bicycles Legos figurines and an Etch-a-Sketch Hollister estimated the group donated between $1200 and $1500 in toys this year which members collected at the meetings is great they did a heck of a job really supporting the said police officer Vinnie Mutchler a board member on the Kenosha Professional Police Association Mutchler was on hand to accept the toys along with Kenosha Police Chief Dan Wade and detective Bob Karpus president of the KPP A are so many kids out there that one little present would make their Wade said appreciate everything the HOG chapter does and will do in the future We get the credit for giving the toys to kids when in fact the toys were given to us Kenosha Police Chief Dan Wade foreground left thanks Harley Owners Group of Kenosha president Ed Hollister for the donation of toys to the police department Saturday and we pass them on So all the credit in this particular incident belongs to the HOG This was the second year the chapter which includes about 650 members from Chicago to Milwaukee donated toys to the families in Kenosha Wade said appreciate it and sure the kids of Kenosha do Wade said HOG group is a fantastic group of people time of year and God knows we need happy police department The donations also are a way to show appreciation to the community and to the police department for its assistance with traffic control for some of the events Hollister said last year the community has really opened up to us so now our turn to give said Nick Schmidt assistant director of the HOG chapter The toys will likely be given away at schools and to needy Family feared missing girl was Georgia murder victim photo of Joella but were informed police had already checked into the case and ruled out any possibility it was the same girl Rene Swanson the lead detective investigating death with the Henry County Police Department in Georgia said two Milwaukee police detectives had contacted her about the resemblance But she said she has a record trail on Joella that dates to well before Alexis disappeared MILWAUKEE (AP) A news photo of a slain Georgia girl resembled a missing Milwaukee girl so much that relatives feared for a time it might be her Joella Reaves 11 was tied up and battered to death at her home near Atlanta over the Thanksgiving holiday and her father and stepmother have been charged in the case The girl was found dead Dec 1 Relatives of the missing Milwaukee girl Alexis Patterson went to police after seeing the Briefs Man shot by officer sentenced to probation MILWAUKEE (AP)- A judge sentenced a man shot seven times by a Milwaukee police officer to probation and community service Timothy Nabors 26 who was left paralyzed from the waist down in the August incident pleaded no contest Friday to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct while armed Officer Michael Lutz has said he shot Nabors because the officer feared for his life and that of his partner when Nabors pointed a gun toward them Both officers were exonerated of any wrongdoing by prosecutors The incident prompted community outcry when witnesses insisted Nabors was unarmed But after coming out of a coma Nabors reached a hospital-bed plea deal in which he said he briefly held a gun that a friend had tossed his way Nabors had faced up to nine months in jail for disorderly conduct and another six months for a prior marijuana possession charge Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Charles Kahn Jr sentenced Nabors to one year of probation a six-month stayed jail term and 25 hours of community service on the disorderly conduct while armed charge Commissioner reduce bail in sex case GREEN BAY (AP) A court commissioner has refused to reduce the bond for a bar owner facing sex charges so he can get out of jail during the day to run his two taverns Brown County Circuit Court Commissioner Phoebe Mix held cash bail at $50000 Friday for Marcus Somerhalder 28 Somerhalder was charged Monday with two felony counts of second-degree sexual assault and three felony counts of knowingly making a visual representation of nudity without consent If convicted on all counts he faces up to 68 years and 6 months in prison attorney Jackson Main said his businesses The Velvet Room and Washington Street Lounge were both closed voluntarily without his permission and needed proper management Man sentenced for his role in morphine death MADISON AP) A 20-year-old man was put on probation for seven years and ordered to serve a year in jail on accusations he provided morphine pills to a friend who subsequently died after using them Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan sentenced Jason Sommerfeldt of Cross Plains on a charge of first-degree reckless homicide Friday to which Sommerfeldt entered a no contest plea in September That sentence structure was jointly recommended by Assistant District Attorney Jason Hanson and defense attorney John Fiske Sommerfeldt was arrested after the death of Christopher Reeve 19 who was found March 16 at his Black Earth home by family members Authorities said he had had purchased morphine pills from Sommerfeldt at a Cross Plains parking lot the day before Investors to receive another distribution MILWAUKEE (AP)-The court-appointed receiver for three Heartland bond funds whose values plummeted in October 2000 says he plans to distribute proceeds this week from their sale to investors Word on the distribution Friday came a day after the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Heartland Advisors Inc It alleged the Milwaukee investment firm intentionally mispriced two of the funds and (hat Heartland executives used inside information to dump fund shares before they slashed their value and lost about $93 million of investor money Receiver Philip Stem filed documents in federal court in Illinois saying he intends to distribute about $94 million Friday Heartland High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund investors are to receive $118 a share Heartland Short Duration High-Yield Fund investors 93 cents a share and Heartland Taxable Short Duration Municipal Fund investors $136 a share Anthony Zwllllng who operates Bluebird Bison Farm walks through a pasture while a buffalo races by Zwllllng said the young bulls are rarely aggressive when females are not present turn your back on them but they always give you warning he said pen Today -11 am 'til 3 pm Wheatland home to buffalo farm Pear Tv A KENOSHA CO KenoAha'l Unique Sift ifAoftf ie 6105 22nd Avenue Uptown Kenosha Phone 657 3104 Mon Fri 9 6 Sat 94Sun 11 3 104 ALWAYS liked these animals they more of my kind Ron Lester Wheatland farm owner While Wisconsin is better known for its Holsteins the State is home to many farm bison operations The Wisconsin Bison Producers Association has more than 100 members with more than 7000 buffalo being raised in the state The Wheatland farm is unlikely to remain the home of buffalo in the long run however Lester who owned a materials yard in Illinois said he originally purchased the land as an investment property possibly to use as a gravel pit But he said that use does not fit into county planning plan for the area and that the property may one day be developed as home sites Drowning in Bills? 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You have to be afraid to answer the phone anymore We care and can help Act Now before the bankruptcy laws change Call Mary at 654-9466 TLC is our specialty BY DENEEN SMITH KENOSHA NEWS WHEATLAND A little bit of the Old West wanders in a hilly corner of the town of Wheatland The Bluebird Bison Farm is home to a herd of young buffalo and their bulky brown forms a startling contrast to the horses and heifers more commonly found grazing the pastures of western Kenosha County always liked these animals more of my said farm owner Ron Lester of putting his back to the wind a buffalo puts his face to the Lester has owned buffalo for 30 years starting with a small group of animals as a hobby on property in Grayslake 111 Later he moved to Harvard 111 where he has a herd of about 500 buffalo on about 260 acres He now sells 100 or more bison calves each year to farmers and hobbyists around the country Lester bought the 46-acre farm at 31807 60th St (Highway K) in Wheatland about 10 years ago as an investment property and as a place to raise young male buffalo away from the rest of his stock His daughter and son-in-law live on the farm and care for the buffalo that live there Son-in-law Anthony Zwilling said Lester convinced him to take on raising buffalo on the farm gave us red angus (cattle) to see what we would do" said Zwilling whose past experience with animals was limited to the household pet variety Zwilling liked caring for the cattle and graduated to buffalo He now cares for between 30 and 70 of the creatures depending on the time of year totally different than said Lester are very social animals They work together a lot When a calf is born sometimes the bull is right there and licks the new calf There are a lot of surrogate mothers who help take care of the The Humanity Bracelet A unique and meaningful gift VMS fWAl' The spirit of the holiday season reminds us of how fortunate we are to be a part of this community At the Wheatland farm Zwilling cares for young male buffalo from about the age of 5 or 6 months until they are about 2 years old Lester said he usually sells female calves when they are weaned The males he sends to Zwilling Shipping them away from the home farm Lester said is less stressful for the young males If they were kept at home they would have to be kept separate from the rest of the herd he said noting that they fret if they sense the group is near but are unable to join them put on weight better and do a lot better if they smell the he said they can smell them they just walk the At the age of 2 the best of the males are kept for breeding bulls The remainder are sold as meat animals Buffalo meat is promoted by the National Bison Association as a healthy alternative to other meats saying it has less fat calories and cholesterol than beef pork or even chicken Lester and his family sell meat directly to consumers at markets in Illinois and one of his seven children sells buffalo meat wholesale to restaurants and other outlets Ph I Many thanks to our customers and our best wishes for a glorious holiday! 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