http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/ Watertown, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/content/a8da107005948a1d9cc400a3eb020da9.html Lee R Baxandall died in Oshkosh on November 28th Like his uncle Clyde Lee an aviator who attempted one of the earliest nonstop transatlantic flights Lee Baxandall pushed the boundaries and tackled the impossible Lees uncle found his nemesis in the Irish Sea Lee Baxandall found his alas in Parkinsons diseaseBorn January 26 1935 in Oshkosh Lee was the first child of Raymond W Baxandall a prominent local businessman and his wife Neita Evelyn nee Lee Baxandall Lees adventurous spirit first manifested itself in an interest in scouting Having achieved the rank of Eagle Scout a highlight of his young life was his selection in 1951 to join a 12member delegation of scouts from across the United States invited to the White House to meet President Harry S Truman This formative experience piqued a lifelong interest in travel which took Lee and family to almost every corner of the globe over the next five decades After graduating from Oshkosh High School Lee matriculated at the University of WisconsinMadison in 1953 earning his baccalaureate in 1957 and a masters degree just one year later Further graduate study followed Lees interests in literature and political activism were kindled during these years in Madison where he began contributing articles reviews and social commentary to academic periodicals and local publications After moving to New York City where he lived throughout the 1960s he soon established himself within the progressive community as a playwright essayist reviewer and frequent contributor to periodicals such as The Drama Review Partisan Review The Village Voice Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and Science and Society Upon the death of his father in 1970 Lee returned to Oshkosh to take over The Baxandall Company an educational publishing business and also pursue his burgeoning interest in Naturism In the early 1970s Lee founded the Naturist Society in downtown Oshkosh and there began publishing the seminal periodical of the growing Naturist movement Clothed with the Sun later Nude and Natural and N Magazine and the World Guide to Nude BeachesLee was also an ardent and knowledgeable collector of art Perhaps his most important contribution in this realm was his recovery and promotion of the longignored works of Robert Koehler a 19th Century GermanAmerican artist whos most significant painting The Strike depicts a unique moment in the history of the labor movement in Wisconsin This masterpiece now hangs in the Zeughaus Museum in Berlin GermanyIn addition to his prolific writings on naturism and his plays essays poems commentaries and works of aesthetic criticism Lee was a noted translator of the German playwright Bertolt Brecht Lees many books include Radical Perspectives in the Arts Marxism and Aesthetics and with Stefan Morawski Marx Engels on Literature and ArtA memorial service will be held on Saturday December 6 2008 at 2 pm at the Seefeld Funeral and Cremation Services 1025 Oregon Street Oshkosh WI 54902 Visitation will be held from 1 pm until the time of the service and a reception will follow In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Parkinsons Disease Foundation Please visit wwwseefeldfuneralcom to send online condolences to the familySeefeld Funeral andCremation Services920 2367750 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/content/539e9b285f33a9e9f4b5427321dda474.html JUNEAU A Dodge County travel agency accused of bilking hundreds of customers out of deposits for vacations is being investigatedDodge County District Attorney Bill Bedker said the Wisconsin Attorney Generals Office has agreed to assign a special prosecutor to assist in the investigation and prosecution of Carols Tours The Beaver Dam travel agency closed its doors in January 2008 amid a flurry of consumer fraud complaints Customers who had deposited money for trips vacation packages and other items claimed they were never fulfilled by the travel agency according to the complaint Deborah Paul of Beaver Dam is listed as the registered agent of the company according to the Wisconsin Department of Financial InstitutionsBased upon a number of subpoenas for documents issued through my office in conjunction with the Beaver Dam Police Department and a series of contacts with Wisconsin State Agriculture Trade Consumer Protection Agents there are reasonable grounds to believe that this case may ultimately affect more than 200 consumers statewide Bedker said in a press release I am pleased that the Attorney Generals Office has agreed that the case meets their criteria for special prosecution Our office will offer our full support to the attorney general particularly with respect to victimwitness servicesThe attorney generals confirmation letter names Assistant Attorney General Barbara Oswald as special prosecutor Oswald previously served as a Dodge County special prosecutor in the Moose Balian case which involved the September 2002 hitandrun death of Jimmy Gengler in rural WatertownThose who feel they have a complaint regarding Carols Tours and have not previously come forward to report it are encouraged to contact the Beaver Dam Police Department at 8874614 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/content/4f1ff730f57f80673490159d12ac2a94.html The first of 15 people indicted earlier this year for a drug dealing conspiracy in the Watertown area was sentenced Monday by US District Court Judge Barbara Crabb to four years and four months in prison Will Bryant 34 of Watertown was among a group of nine who conspired http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/content/b862451aa38140d9e275f929c87aa8dc.html Susan Wallsch pulled two small ornaments out of their boxes this afternoon and hung them on a Christmas tree in the governor's mansion It was the third tree she's trimmed this holiday season but this evergreen has a special meaning her two ornaments along with about 150 more are dedicated to Wisconsin military members http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/content/5d6bf8918292afefade4646c2b71f028.html The first of 15 people indicted earlier this year for a drug dealing conspiracy in the Watertown area was sentenced Monday by US District Court Judge Barbara Crabb to four years and four months in prison Will Bryant 34 of Watertown was among a group of nine who conspired to deal cocaine and were arrested in June after law enforcement agencies working on the case obtained court permission from Crabb to place wiretaps on http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/content/21d42bd50adaa27fcd3205437b44025a.html A judge sentenced a Watertown man to more than four years in federal prison for his role in an cocaine ring US District Judge Barbara Crabb sentenced 34yearold Will Bryant to 52 months in prison for conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to distribute Bryant pleaded guilty in October http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/content/26d9b94bc9eb0395642760c8ea4314c7.html A film describing the developing ministries of Church Health Services was recently produced and directed by Brandon Heine of KleineCo Studios The Rev Bob Marsh of Gateway Community Church in Mayville said This film provides a compelling personal glimpse of the love of Christ in action The body of Christ acting in the love of Christ can transform a community The 11minute film called 39;Realizing the Blessing39; is thought to be of special http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/watertown/content/68382e1fbb1907360da8c4816b6cfb3d.html Matt Krueger headed to Lowe39;s Motor Speedway in North Carolina last week thinking he was going to turn three laps in his Camaro at the venerable NASCAR track We39;re one of the few tracks where you can go and pay to drive your own personal car track spokesman Adrian Parker said adding that the fees from the special public days go to Speedway Children39;s Charities Those three laps turned into half an hour