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Kohl: Whoever wins in November they?ll have to reach across the aisle
Found: 3 Months 6 Hours 33 Minutes ago
The Journal Times - RACINE ?The way Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis. sees it, politicians in Washington will have to put aside their differences if they expect to get anything done in the near future on issues from education to energy. That includes whoever occupies the White House come January....
Racine County Senior Masters tee times
Found: 3 Months 4 Days 7 Hours 29 Minutes ago
The Journal Times - 2008 Racine Senior Masters Golf Tournament Wednesday September 3rd - Johnson Park G.C. Thursday September 4th - Ives Grove Golf Links Age 50-54 1st Tee Cart 10th Tee Cart 7:00 Rick Krummel x 7:00 Dave Petersen Mike Gemmel x John Henes Kurt Sorensen x Andrew McIntosh Dave Katt x Dave Hoffert 7:07 Tom Mogren 7:07 Randall Leudtke x Dave Scheeler Juan Rangal * x Juan Martinez x Ed Villarreal x Javier Mata x Jesse Villarreal x 7:15 Ken Gipp Dan Phillips Tom Pero Age 55-59 1st Tee Cart 10th Tee Cart 7:22 Tom Nielsen x 7:15 Tom Kellogg Gary Kroes * x Al Wallat John Steimle John Kosterman Doug Feld Jerry Jacobs 7:30 Dan Naughton * 7:22 Frank Martin * x Rob Polzin Rob Peterson x Mike Foy Bill Damrow x Dan White * x Dan Muleski * x 7:37 Jim Gabbey * x 7:30 Dick Hornyak Cecil Garner x Glenn Napier Al Cacciotti * x John Stanton Doug Dresen x Dennis Nordentoft 7:45 Gary Thole x 7:37 John Felix x Tom Csik x Carlos Rangal * x Jim Thomas x Dan Stoner x Bruce Thomas * x Steve Heether x 7:52 James Lewis x 7:45 Gary Cooper Charlie Helbling x Rick Geiss Gary Scheel x Dennis Corr Bobby Dworak x Age 60-64 1st Tee Cart 10th Tee Cart 8:00 Russ Carlsen x 7:52 Rudy Sanchez Steve Miley x Rick Lavassor Jerry Veltman * x Ed Springhoff John Veltman Rocendo Villarreal 8:07 Gorge Alvarez 8:00 Nick Friedrich x Joe Alvarez * Steve Fiore * x Ray Hays Don Petersen * x Larry Governatori * Lou Rannow * x 8:15 Jerry Wridt 8:07 Dennis Debalak x Dave DiChristopher John Langley x Buck Nielsen Jim Kroll * x Tom Siefert Bob Koke * x 8:22 Bruce Woodward x 8:15 Bernie Williams x Guy Henken x Duane Smith x Paul Mikaelian Paul Eberly Dave Nielsen Rick Moriarity Bob Turner x 8:30 Bob Baggott x 8:22 Judy Nielsen x Joe Vlasak x Jean Mohrbacker * x Dean Lamberty * x Karen Weiss * x Jeff Vlasak * x Mary Ann Andersen * x 8:37 George Simonelic 8:30 Geri Petersen * x Tom Miller Ilsa Hillpert * x Phil Stanton x Jeanette Klappauf * x Frank Luetterbach * x Sue Geiss * x 8:37 Tim Arvan x Paul Minneti x Dave Obernberger x Joe Hartman x Age 65-69 1st Tee Cart 10th Tee Cart 7:00 Ken Otwaska x 7:00 Al Sorensen x Dan O?Brien * x John Feuerstein x Dave Wagner * x Jerry Petersen x Mike Chizek x William Murphy x 7:07 bob Nommensen x 7:07 Ken Howe x Bill Halberstadt x Robert Holton x Larry Benjamin x Harlow Klema x Dave Benjamin * x Harry Kitzmann x 7:15 Don Petersen * 7:15 Dick Mittelstaedt * x Jay Wood x Guy Falbo x John Born x Jack Pallan x Jerry Schweitzer * x George Hoffman * x 7:22 Charles McBryde x 7:22 Fred Mabson x Dan Amundsen x Jerry Barr x Paul Dawson Jim Cramer x Jim Boomsma x Fred Schmidt x 7:30 John Wargo 7:30 Larry Lapinski x Don Ruland John Garner x Jerry Smith x Mike Iggulden x Tom Kassner 7:37 Gasper Munoz x 7:37 Leroy Nordstrom x Eriberto Malacara x Dave Baker x Juan Alejos * x Wally Winterle * x Jim Krenzke * x Dennis Thorsen * x Age 70-74 1st Tee Cart 10th Tee Cart 7:45 John Holbus x 7:45 Jerry Urick x Dave O?Brien * x Wes Slater x Ken Korzilius x Glenn Urick x Tom Stuebe x Al Thorpe * x 7:52 Mel Schrubbe x 7:52 George Cicona x Dave Rudin * x Jim Shea x Dennis Otwaska * x Al Nelson x Gene Prudhom x Dick Swenson * x 8:00 Don Sumner x 8:00 Rich Harris x Pat Bissen Cliff Johnson x Jerry Christiansen Ken Emerson x 8:07 Mike Morawicz Willie Webb Bob Harris x Age 75-79 1st Tee Cart 10th Tee Cart 8:15 Chuck Kamakian x 8:07 Dick Heidenreich x Bob Aceto x Hans Haubrich x Wendel Conner x Jack Schmalfelt x Dick Kizewic x Joe Holbus * x 8:22 Max Lohnhardt 8:15 Jim Gain Bill McIlvaine x Don Dittloff x Hal Knuth x John Berge x Ray Borgeson x Jack Raschleger Age 80+ 1st Tee Cart 10th Tee Cart 8:30 Bob Andersen x 8:22 Gordon Christensen x Russ Fergus x Ray Epping x Chuck Presser x Paul Demet x George Kuecker x 8:37 Harry Mussie x Art Petersen x Bill Rossman x Eldon Smithback x ...
Russian chicken ban worries producers
Found: 3 Months 5 Days 18 Hours 30 Minutes ago
Leader-Telegram - MILWAUKEE (AP) - The nation's chicken producers faced more bad news Thursday as Russia said that 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products there, a move that would deprive them access to a key market.Meat producers are already grappling with high costs for grain and fuel and an oversupply of meat that is keeping prices down. They're focusing on exports, which are seen as key to offsetting domestic weakness and they're benefiting because of the weak U.S. dollar.Russia is an important market for many poultry producers, including the nation's largest chicken producer, Pilgrim's Pride Inc., as well as Sanderson Farms Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat company.Shares of many meat producers, including top hog producer Smithfield Foods Inc., tumbled Thursday on worries about potential cuts by Russia to chicken and pork import quotas. On Wednesday, Russia's top agriculture official was quoted as saying import quotas could be cut by hundreds of thousands of tons, with that country's producers making up the shortfall.On Thursday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, said 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products to Russia. Putin, the country's former president, told CNN that the unidentified American producers had ignored warnings from Russian inspectors who examined poultry companies last year. He said the move had nothing to do with tension over the recent war in Georgia and was purely economic.The U.S. industry's trade group that focuses on exports wasn't so sure."We try and keep our industry out of politics and into marketing opportunities, but sometimes it's very difficult to separate the two," said Jim Sumner, president of the U.S.A. Poultry and Egg Export Council.He said it was too early to tell what all this means and noted there had as yet been no official government communication.Sumner said if there were any deficiencies in the plants, they would be corrected in weeks or a few months, and the ban wouldn't hurt business too much.But Russia makes up 33 percent of total U.S. chicken exports, making it the largest customer, BMO Capital Markets analyst Kenneth Zaslow wrote in a research note Thursday.In the first half of the year, U.S. producers shipped $395.7 million worth of broilers to Russia. That was up 42 percent from the previous year, while volume grew 20 percent.Sumner said U.S. producers have known that the Russian chicken producers have been increasing production by about 16 percent a year and they have been preparing for a cutback."We can't continue to increase exports while their product is increasing at that level," he said. "Something has got to give. They're our customers. We want the market but things change over time."Shares in many meat companies slumped on worries about the situation. Chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc.'s shares fell 88 cents, or 2.5 percent, to close at $34.36, while Tyson's shares dropped 36 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $14.99. Smithfield Foods, the top hog producer and pork processor, saw its shares lose 83 cents, or 3.8 percent, to close at $20.73.Pilgrim's Pride shares rose 26 cents, or 2 percent, to close at $13.32. But its shares had taken the biggest dive in the sector on Wednesday, falling more than 11 percent on three times its normal trading volume.Zaslow said in a note published before Putin's comments that he expected less poultry and pork to go to Russia in the next six months, but any cuts would likely be temporary."Russian protein industries are not developed enough to support the country's needs," he wrote.With any cuts, he wrote, "chicken leg prices, and, to a lesser extent, pork prices, would be significantly pressured." A reduction in exports to Russia, he said, could create more incentive to trim production, which would boost meat prices higher....
The war at home: Scarred families
Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 21 Hours 3 Minutes ago
Wisconsin State Journal - FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help. Divorce lawyers see it in the breakup of youthful marriages as long, multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan fuel alienation and mistrust. Domestic violence experts see it in the scuffles that often precede a soldier's departure or sour a briefly joyous homecoming. Teresa Moss, ... ...
State Supreme Court says frisk of suspect was legal
Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 5 Days 6 Hours 33 Minutes ago
La Cross Tribune - MADISON (AP) — A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court said a sheriff's deputy acted legally when he searched a suspect and found heroin in his pockets....
Johnson Controls sells chillers to Bahrain
Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 5 Days 22 Hours 3 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Johnson Controls (<a href=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/ibd.morningstar.com/quicktake/standard/client/shell/AP707.html?CN=AP707&valid=NO&set=new&view=quote&ticker=JCI&SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=DJSP_COMPLETE&TEMPLATE=$gt;JCI</a$gt;) announced it will supply 18 of its large York chillers to the Bahrain Bay project in the Kingdom of Bahrain.Bahrain Bay is a $2.5 billion mixed-use development in Manama City, Bahrain. The chillers, which will be manufactured in San Antonio, Texas, will use seawater as cooling water to meet the air-conditioning needs of the development.Johnson Controls did not announce financial details about the contract, but said the order is the largest ever for the company's energy-efficient chillers. By comparison, the Empire State Building in New York City has seven large York chillers....
Cedarburg schools budget on agenda tonight
Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 5 Days 22 Hours 5 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The Cedarburg School Board tonight will consider approving a preliminary 2008-'09 budget that would raise the school portion of property taxes an estimated $52 for a $250,000 home.According to a memo from Mark Powell, the School District's director of business services:
The levy would be $21.2 million, up 6.53%.The property tax rate would be $9.03 per $1,000 of equalized valuation, up 13 cents.
The school portion of the property tax bill for a home with a valuation of $250,000 would be $2,257, up from $2,225.
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Police seek black-clad robbers
Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 5 Days 22 Hours 7 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee police today are seeking two men who wore black masks, jackets and pants, all with skeletons on them, when they armed themselves with guns and robbed a northwest side business of money yesterday.Police said the men entered the Mill Road Salvage Co. at 3800 W. Mill Road about 8:15 a.m. Monday and fled in what police have determined was a stolen white 2001 Chevy van.
The suspects are both described as black males, each dressed similarly with the black hooded jackets, black gloves and blackmasks. One suspect is 6-feet-1-inch tall and 170 pounds. The other is 5-feet-10-inches tall and 150 pounds. Both had slim builds.
Anyone with information on the case may call Milwaukee police at (414) 935-7360....
Judge Dugan nominated to federal bench
Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 5 Days 22 Hours 8 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The White House today nominated Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Timothy Dugan to be U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, to replace Rudolph Randa who is retiring."I'm honored and humbled by President Bush's nomination and by the support I received from Congressman (James) Sensenbrenner and Senators (Herb) Kohl and (Russ) Feingold," Dugan said this afternoon.Dugan cleared the FBI background check but it's late in Bush's term and the likelihood of the nomination being approved by the Senate is questionable. However, a Kohl spokeswoman noted that Dugan's name was on the list of candidates acceptable to both Feingold and Kohl.
Dugan, considered a moderate conservative, was appointed to the circuit court in 1992 by then-Gov. Tommy Thompson.
"He's one of the most respected judges in Milwaukee County," said Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge David Hansher, chief of the civil division, the division in which Dugan serves. "He's a dean of the judicial college and has been the presiding judge in every division he has been assigned." Dugan has never been a member of either the Democratic or Republican parties.
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Paid sick leave petition advances
Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 5 Days 22 Hours 13 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee City Clerk Ron Leonhardt has certified petitions seeking an ordinance that would require private-sector employers to offer paid sick leave to their workers.Under the state's direct-legislation law, the Common Council now has two choices: Enact the ordinance or call a binding referendum on the question. The council's Judiciary & Legislation Committee will debate those options Monday. If aldermen choose a referendum, the issue could appear on the Nov. 4 ballot.The ordinance would require large businesses to provide at least nine paid sick days a year for full-time employees, with less sick time for part-timers and small-business employees. It's backed by Paid Sick Days Milwaukee, a coalition of labor and community groups led by 9 to 5, the National Association of Working Women.
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