October 2007

Lonefeather Trading Post, page 2

Jim Sambol at Anodyne, page 4

Volume 4 • Issue 10

October 2007

Bay Viewer in the outfield U

By Jeremy McGovern

to endure the entire 2008 season. nfortunately, the Milwaukee Brewers fell short of making the Although he spent this past spring and 2007 postseason. Most of the summer traveling the Atlantic seaboard players have left the area for warmer winin the New York-Penn League, Nowicki’s ter destinations. Despite the exodus of the baseball career began at the south side’s Brewers’ boys of summer, you still may Wilson Park with various Little League run into a professional baseball player in teams and the Lakeside Warhawks travBay View this off-season. eling team. Even then, he stood out as strong hitter with a hard-throwing left Bay View resident Joe Nowicki played arm. His Little League days helped mold this last season for the Aberdeen IronBirds, Nowicki into a quality player. a Maryland-based affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. With the IronBirds’ season over, “Playing at Wilson Park helped me learn he has returned to Milwaukee. the game and develop the fundamentals that make good players,” said Nowicki.

“I really miss Milwaukee in the summer, with the festivals and so much to do,” said Beginning in 1997, Nowicki attended Nowicki. “It is tough being away from evThomas More High School (now St. eryone for six months, so I spend a lot of Thomas More), where he continued to time catching up with peoexcel at baseball. Here, he deple when I’m home.” veloped his skills and became a commanding pitcher with a But Nowicki won’t spend sweet swing from the left side the entire off-season visiting of the plate. An injury to his loved ones. He works at a left elbow during his junior golf course and is preparing year forced Nowicki to give himself for next season. He up his high school role as a will train with the Universipitcher. With his experience ty of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at both positions, Nowicki’s baseball team, working on transition from pitcher to defensive skills and taking outfielder was not difficult. swings in the batting cage.

In addition, Nowicki will lift After graduating from high weights and run, developing Minor leaguer Joe Nowicki. school in 2001, he went to the conditioning necessary UWM to study criminal jus-

Nowicki and his sweet left-handed swing.

tice and play baseball. Despite Nowicki’s elbow injury, the Panthers intended to use him as a pitcher. However, the elbow problem worsened. Eventually Nowicki needed Tommy John surgery, a procedure in which a tendon from elsewhere in the body is used to replace an elbow ligament. This officially ended Nowicki’s career as a pitcher and UWM redshirted him, allowing him to retain four years of playing eligibility as an outfielder.

He made the most of his opportunity and became a powerful hitter for the Panthers. Nowicki earned All-Horizon League First Team honors his junior and senior years. His strong play and lethal bat caught the eyes of a Baltimore Orioles scout. Impressed by his potential, Baltimore signed Nowicki during his

~courtesy Erin Kolb of the Aberdeen IronBirds

senior year. Because he was a fifth-year, redshirted player, the Orioles were able to sign Nowicki to a minor league contract outside of the draft.

Although Nowicki was playing professional baseball, the lifestyle of a minor leaguer is a far cry from the astronomical salaries and pampered amenities that major leaguers enjoy. Nowicki and his teammates played for small but devoted crowds, lived out of an old hotel, and traveled from game to game aboard a cramped bus.

His first stop in the minors was in the Appalachian League with the Orioles’ affiliate in Bluefield, a small town of a few thousand in southern West Virginia. Although Nowicki was playing professional baseball, SEE PAGE 9

Finding funding for Seminary Woods

By Michael Timm

Richards said he was told that $3 million could be obtained from the state.

However, another uncertainty is how much money the state Legislature will provide DNR for the grant in the final state budget.

The grant program is currently funded to $60 million, the level both the governor and Democratic-controlled state Senate have recommended. But the Republican-led state Assembly has recommended funding the program to $25 million.

At the $60 million level, $45 million is available for land acquisitions; at the $25 million level, $15 million is available, according to the DNR website.

If the new budget includes the current $60 million level, then roughly up to $8 million could be available for Seminary Woods, Kaemmerer estimated.

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he political momentum to preserve Seminary Woods is growing, but the future of the urban woodland at the Milwaukee/St. Francis border is far from certain.

The current funding scenario to protect the Woods depends upon a complicated series of interlocking financial mechanisms at federal, state, and local levels.

Much hinges upon a land appraisal of the property, which has not yet been performed because of its expense. City of St. Francis Mayor Al Richards estimated the cost of the appraisal at $80,000.

Ironically, even though the archdiocese has indicated it does not intend to sell the Woods on the open market, this full narrative appraisal is necessary to determine the land’s fair market value before the application for state and federal funds to acquire and permanently preserve it can be made.

“The seminary and the archdiocese are not marketing these woodlands and remain committed to preserving Seminary Woods.

If a conservation entity presented a proposal which preserved the woods, contributed positively to regional water management, and was also being financially attractive, the seminary and the archdiocese would consider such an offer,” wrote Kathleen Hohl, archdiocesan communications director, in response to various Compass questions. “Such consideration would follow the canonical requirements of the Catholic Church. There is no asking price or appraisal for the Seminary Woods because there is no marketing or sale

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listing of such a property. In the absence of an offer to purchase, we cannot speculate on the many, various scenarios with this area.”

Its intrinsic value no longer politically in question, at least publicly, Seminary Woods’ market value is.

“The question is: What is the value of the land?” said Dan Kaemmerer, Wisconsin DNR community services specialist.

He described Seminary Woods as one of the larger projects considered for the Wisconsin Knowles-Nelson Stewardship grant, which could pay for up to half of the cost of land acquisition—and more importantly, legally encumber the property with a restricted deed that would effectively preserve it in perpetuity. “It is a priority, and we are committed to provide funding for Seminary Woods,” Kaemmerer said.

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ing around the old boarding “My siste r and I [were] walk lina, whe re the writer Caro h Nort , ville Ashe house in before it was reopened day the , lived had e Wolf Thom as I looked up at a second re. fi a r afte d vate reno g afte r bein dow n my spine . I said, go chill this felt and ow stor y wind n we took a tour the Whe ’ . lived he re whe ’s that ‘I think y was his room!” reall it that out ed turn it next day, n —Je ssi Voel z, Will iams & Otje

“Abo ut a mon th ago, I had a dream that I was at a family reunion in this part icular hous e. My grandmo ther who had died five years earlier was ther e. I’d neve r seen the house before, so I wen t to explore it in the dream. Whe n I told my mot her abou t the dream the next mor ning , she got tear y eyed and said that I had desc ribe d my great-grandmothe r’s house in Nebraska . There are no photographs of it, and it was torn dow n a long time ago, but my mom had shivers from the great descript ion I’d give n.”

—Jo ni Fletcher, Gree nfield

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“When I was a kid, my family lived on the East Side, and the houses were really close together. My brother had a couple of friends that I used to play with. So we’d run down the long, dark alley between the houses, and there was this motion detector light on the cottage behind the houses. At night, we’d run back there, and the light would turn on, and we’d all freak out and run back to the front.

We did that eight or nine times, until what turned out to be the last time. We crept back there, and the light turned on. And all of a sudden, it turned off. But there was something there, a big, scary 12-foot-t all creature, with horns. We really ran after we saw that thing!”

—Mark Baran, Wentworth Avenue

“While I’ve neve r seen a ghos t, I have been in some olde r hous es whe re you get the feeli ng that suddenly, you’re not alone. There is no one else there, but you are definite ly not alone.”

—Jamie B., “nea r the libra ry on KK”

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4. What are the most unique items you’ve sold or have for sale?

The most unique items without question are the dance regalia with eagle feathers, which are never sold or traded. Eagles are granted to federally recognized tribal members through a process that takes three years, by the Department of Natural Resources. They send a frozen whole bird overnight delivery from the National Eagle Repository in Denver, Colo. to your address. Many people have no idea how to skin it or about taxidermy. I have done many eagles and dance traditionally with my eagle stick—head on one end, talon (claw) on the other. Also an eagle staff. I can do that for you. As far as for-sale items, I would say beaded leatherwork, i.e. leggings, moccasins, bone breastplates.

5. What do you like about running a business in Bay View?

Bay View, the people are down-to-earth and the area is garage-sale or, should I say, rummage-o-rama country. On most summer days you’ll see more and more merchants bringing out the attic, yard, and yes that ’70s stuff. Dust it off, put a price tag on it, and move it!

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2. What do you like most about emphasizing American Indian/First Nations culture(s)?

All cultures ground us as individuals. Always be proud of who you are. Never take more than what you need—always give what is needed. Raise your children and always respect your elders. Protect our planet. We Al Sparks, “Lonefeather,” in full dance regalia are all stewards of Mother Earth. outside his store.

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1. What can people find at Lonefeather that they can’t anywhere else?

Walking sticks, canes, tomahawks, war clubs, bows and arrows, prayer sticks, turquoise jewelry, medicine wheels, dreamcatchers, wild rice mandellas, ceremonial pipes, chain-sawed yard animals, totem poles (like the Indian on the roof), sage, cedar, sweetgrass, ceremonial tobacco, red deer venison sausage (soon we’ll stock buffalo meat), and any personalized gifts; we also have tanned hides from beaver to buffalo, we make and sew dance regalia, which you see at pow wows, and all related materials to make the regalia. Too much more to list here so stop in and check us out.

3. How long have you been in business; what was your space formerly used as?

I moved to the corner of KK and Conway in the year 2000 (on April Fool’s Day). The previous tenants have been clockmakers, locksmiths, gas station owners; some still check in.

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Al Sparks, “Lonefeather” Lonefeather Trading Post 2432 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. (414) 747-9064

6. How has Bay View changed over the time you’ve been in business?

Crime! When I started, two or three graffiti incidents a year was a good year. Now it’s armed robbery. We were robbed at gunpoint summer of 2006. The actor—perp no older than a teenager. Of course, we’ll all miss those guys at Bay View Hardware (closing their doors). Thanks, fellas for all the property owners’ blues-problem solving.

7. What can people trade at your trading post?

Stories, ideas, art, problems, prayers, blessings. Old things, antiques.

8. What would you like people to know about your business?

Although we do have non-Indian-made items, almost everything is handmade by Native Americans. Anything I personally make for you has a lifetime guarantee—maintenance, refurbishing. No price set in stone, we love to haggle. Muzzle loading and Wild West stuff.

9. Do you provide any other services or perform other business at Lonefeather?

Consignment—bring your art, more the merrier. I provide Native American Four Directions prayer, smudging and mentorship to anyone seeking to walk the Red Road, especially children (our future) who want to dance traditional pow wow. Ever been to one and seen a little one, three feet tall, all decked out in regalia stompin’ and twistin’ for all they’re worth? Way cute.

10. What are your tribal origins?

I grew up in Colorado, U.S. Army in Hawaii, U.S. postal letter carrier in Aspen, Colo., now retired. Bode wa mi—Potawatomi I am. Forest County. Carly Deverney, the pretty lady who cooks for me (best fry bread in town) and manages the store, is Odawa—Ottawa, from Manistee, Mich. We both give thanks—Megwetch—to Ktthe mnedo, the Creator, to the Bay View Compass, and to all the down-to-(Mother)-Earth Bay View people. Go green, no haters, and peace out. *For all you customers in the year 2000, yes, Tonto the green iguana is alive and well, now 46 inches long. He lives at my home in Bay View. He used to live in the drive-through window at Lonefeather Trading Post.

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Be smart about bus route changes

Having recently read about the proposed cuts to busy sections of Milwaukee County bus routes, I feel the need to share my experience.

At the end of August, my neighbors from the area at the intersection at E. Oklahoma Avenue and Superior Street and I met with Alderman Zielinski, Kathleen Bett, and other members of MCTS to discuss a new option for the end of Route 51.

There are extremely few riders who take the 51 this far east and we have had safety and other issues with the bus turning around and laying over at the tiny residential corner of the neighborhood. Daily, we see the bus turn down our streets with a maximum of one to two riders, which is infrequent. The buses are completely empty most of the time. In the two-and-a-half years I have lived here I have seen only one person use the bus shelter, aside from the drivers who occasionally sit there on nice days.

We had proposed a move of the end of the route to three blocks west on Oklahoma at the intersection of New York and Delaware avenues. There is

From Bay View to Mequon Having lived in Cairo, Egypt; Monterey, Calif.; and a half dozen places in between, I’ve always considered the close-knit neighborhood of Bay View, Milwaukee my true home. I love the city lights, sidewalks, and feeling of living in a close-knit neighborhood. As one familiar with our city might imagine, the idea of this self-proclaimed south side girl moving to Mequon wasn’t very appealing.

Rumors of Nancy Northshores and oversized SUVs were a bit off-putting to my senses. Although reluctant to leave Bay View, it was my turn to see how the other half lived and honestly attempt suburban living with my son and fiancé, a longtime Mequon resident.

For all of its rumored glory and reputation—beautiful homes and fancy cars— Mequon, I have discovered, is just another community. Granted, perhaps not as hip as Bay View, but it has its upsides.

You don’t hear the constant sirens of the Second District police roaring through the streets. So far, I’ve yet to hear a thump of music from a passing car. And, what Mequon lacks in sidewalks and streetlights, it makes up for with peace and quiet.

As for the oversized SUVs, the rumors are true—there are plenty of Mequonians who drive them. And Nancy Northshores, well yes—that too is true.

You can find some women sporting the latest Lilly Pulitzer designs with pride, Gucci sunglasses strategically placed upon their heads. But, you’ll also find women wearing jeans and a T-shirt, driving a minivan with three children in tow.

Editorial Airport noise study flawed

By Jim Baker Airport noise is a reality, it disrupts the lives of thousands of taxpayers living in the sonic shadow of hundreds of flight paths, and a study that could have provided a fair and accurate assessment of noise levels in our community failed to do so.

If Milwaukee County adopts the recommendations of this study, I fear airport neighbors will yet again be denied noise relief proportional to the noise levels that actually exist.

Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport’s Part 150 Noise Study, required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) before the airport can qualify for noise abatement measures including home insulation, is flawed for several reasons. The computer model (Integrated Noise Model or INM) used to generate noise contours underestimates the number of planes actually using the airport, underestimates the number of flight events per day, and relies upon erroneous data gathered from too few microphones.

The INM Model The model generates a noise map that looks like a simple topographic map only the contour lines measure DNL/Ldn (day/night noise levels) instead of elevation. Areas within the 65 DNL contour (average of 65 decibels over 24 hours plus a 10 decibel penalty for night noise) are potentially eligible for government aid for noise insulation.

I wanted to learn why the noise area was much thinner in the densely populated north than it was to the south.

At a GMIA Noise Compatibility Study workshop June 27, no staff present could answer technical questions about how the noise contours were developed, nor was actual data made available for review by the public in attendance. I was later able to review data via a website set up by GMIA consultants.

Model Underestimates Use The INM model, which relied upon noise data gathered in 2003, assumes that terminal use will increase by 3 percent per year.

The problem with that assumption is that 2004 had a 17 percent higher passenger count than 2003 and 2005 increased by about 9 percent over 2004 (2006 was slightly greater than 2005).

Higher passenger counts usually translate into more aircraft operations.

Historical passenger counts versus aircraft operations bear this out. Therefore the noise contour predictions, based on aircraft type, frequency, and runway use, do not follow historical patterns.

Flawed Data Furthermore, some of the numbers crunched by the model are inaccurate.

I looked at the noise data from one of the portable noise monitoring sites (they look like big microphones on sticks) at 4401 S. Lenox St. (M01). One day’s worth of noise data was collected. It showed that a total of 55 operations took place during the entire 24-hour period, June 4, 2003.

There were 177,756 scheduled “air carrier” operations for 2003—that’s over 480 per day. Even if you divided the 480 daily operations among four airport

already an area where Route 53 has a layover and it is a commercial area that would benefit from added foot traffic and more visibility to businesses in the area from riders. My neighbors carefully calculated the annual savings in mileage for MCTS with our proposed move and it came out to over 9,000 miles per year. The transit system group we met with said they might consider it, but seemingly overlooked fine details of our proposed change and denied it.

This same idea was proposed years ago, only to have MCTS suggest eliminating resident parking on the streets in this area. As an individual who has used public transportation for many years, I understand how important it is to our residents. I think if MCTS did a bit more investigating, they could find options other than eliminating portions of heavily used routes such as the proposed cuts on Route 15.

It is disappointing knowing that they think their proposed cuts “will have the lowest impact.” MCTS should consider ideas regarding infrequently used portions of routes before cutting back on ones that will, indeed, have a great impact on their customers.

Thanks for letting me share, Jen Kroeger Bay View

Bay View Organizations

Each community has its own style and reputation, including Bay View.

Upon a recent visit to Bay View, I was wearing a bright pink outfit and a former neighbor greeted me with a smile and said, “You look very Mequon today, nice and pink. Where is your Bay View black?” We laughed.

I visit the neighborhood about once a month and my son plays with his buddies on the block. If a former neighbor or two are around I stop and chat.

Walking along the sidewalks idly chatting with neighbors who have lived there for years gives me a sense of belonging. It is the familiarity and sense of belonging Bay View offers that I miss the most. In fact, the sense of community is what made the roaring sirens and thumping music of passing cars palatable.

When people ask me about Bay View I always rave that in one square block you might find lawyers, blue collars, accountants, nurses, stay-at-home parents, and every career field in between. There’s beauty in the unique composition of backgrounds and experiences in Bay View. And, of course, the proximity of Lake Michigan is a definite plus.

Although we had to move to Mequon, we haven’t forgotten Bay View. In fact, I still sell the neighborhood and its qualities to anyone I think might be a good match for the area. And who knows, maybe someday I’ll be successful in selling those qualities to my future husband.

Michelle M. MacGrath Mequon, Wis.

Bay View Community Center 1320 E. Oklahoma Ave. Linda Nieft, (414) 482-1000, bayviewcenter.org

Bay View American Legion Post 180 2860 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. (414) 483-0677 Bay View Area Redcats Ron Bird/Jerry Fritsch (414) 482-7264 Bay View Arts Guild Linda Beckstrom (414) 482-1543 bayviewarts.org, bvarts@yahoo.com Bay View Bicycle Club Dan Krall (414) 321-5212, (414) 299-0317 bayviewbikeclub.org membership@bayviewbikeclub.org Bay View Business Association bayviewbusiness.com

Bay View Community Partnership bvcommunitypartners.com Bay View Compass P.O. Box 070645, (414) 489-0880 Bay View Garden and Yard Society Lorraine Heins, (414) 482-3796 bvgays.com, bvgpresident@bvgays.com Bay View High School Alumni Association Sonia Simko (414) 379-3541 basketbabe53207@yahoo.com Bay View Historical Society Mark Nitka (414) 483-8881 bayviewhistoricalsociety.org Bay View Lions Club Joe Klinkiewicz (414) 282-1980

runways, you still have over 120 per day—which more than doubles what was monitored at the Lenox site. Something’s wrong here.

When I compared the noise levels measured at the Lenox monitor and at the Oklahoma Avenue monitor (NMS05), there was another obvious disparity.

Lenox Street is approximately 1,500 feet from the north end of runway 1L/19R (where back blasts of jets taking off to the south can be heard), yet it recorded an Ldn of 62 decibels while the Oklahoma site—almost two miles from the runway end—recorded a much louder 66 decibels.

Based on the shape and size of the noise contour at its northern boundaries, adjustments were apparently made. The louder site two miles away was not within the 65 Ldn contour, but the site 1,500 feet away was.

I also did some my own testing of decibel levels, which further suggests the data and equipment used in the study are unreliable.

At the Lenox monitor, the study records a Boeing 717 at just 67.1 decibels. From 2,500 feet west of runway 1L—1,000 feet farther away—I have recorded noise levels of 74 to more than 80 decibels for the same aircraft. Consulting an FAA database that indexes aircraft noise by plane type confirms that the Part 150 study contains a very serious understatement of noise at this site. If readings from this site are in error, then others are probably in error as well.

Flawed Methodology According to Part 150 documents, “...the primary purpose of the measurements was not to measure DNL, but to measure the single event noise levels that can be used to validate the INM modeling.”

Why not measure actual noise accurately and base your model on actual noise data?

I believe this study is flawed, incomplete, and inaccurate. It should not be considered by Milwaukee County government as a representative example of existing and future airport noise levels. Approval of this study as it stands to date would be, in my estimation, a travesty.

The previous Part 150 study (approved by FAA in 1995) proved to underestimate noise levels in the northern, heavily populated side of the airport. I had written to the FAA and county supervisors to inform them that actual conditions did not coincide with the predictions made. At that time, Milwaukee County only saw fit to provide relief to the 70 Ldn contour plus a 1.5 Ldn “buffer” (68.5 Ldn total). The FAA will provide funding for noise mitigation to the 65 Ldn line—Why did Milwaukee County government hold back relief for airport neighbors?

People in this area have been denied relief from the impact of airport noise for too long. It would appear that this study, as presented, would deny relief again.

Jim Baker is secretary of the Airport Neighbors Association. Contact him at airportneighbors@earthlink.net.

The public information workshop and public hearing on the airport Part 150 noise study is Oct. 18 at the Best Western Hotel, 5105 S. Howell Ave., from 2 to 4pm and again from 6 to 8pm. Airport neighbors have this opportunity to comment on recommendations and proposed sound insulation eligibility boundaries before the Part 150 study goes to Milwaukee County and then to FAA.

Bay View Matters groups.yahoo.com/group/bay_view_matters Bay View Neighborhood Assn. (BVNA) Anne Fisher (414) 297-9783 info@bayviewneighborhood.org bayviewneighborhood.org Bay View Post 2879 VFW Ken Ricciardi, (414) 744-9234 Beulah Brinton Community Center 2555 S. Bay St., Bob Gavronski (414) 481-2494 milwaukeerecreation.net/beulah-brinton Forward Bay View forwardbayview.org PO Box 70027, Milwaukee, WI 53207-0027 District 2 Community Liaison Officer Jose Arzaga (414) 935-7228, jarzag@milwaukee.gov Humboldt Park — Bay View Ice Skaters Greg Stilin (414) 483-2493 Humboldt Park Fourth of July Association Carolyn Selimi (414) 744-7095 Humboldt Park Watch Ruth Simos, (414) 483-9330 Interorganizational Council of Bay View Lee Morbeck (414) 282-7733 Italian American Mutual Aid Society Giuseppe Garibaldi Martin Martinetti (414) 482-1898 Louis Travis Post #14 AMVETS Martin Martinetti (414) 482-1898 Marian Center for Nonprofits 3195 South Superior St. (414) 483-2430, mariancenter.net St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care Sr. Edna (414) 977-5000 stanncenter.org South Community Organization Terri Toporsch (414) 643-7913 South Shore Farmers Market Kathy Mulvey (414) 744-0408 South Shore Garden Club Sharon Napierala (414) 769-6418; smnsn@msn.com; Paula Grosenick (414) 482-1256 South Shore Park Watch Kathy Mulvey (414) 744-0408 southshoreparkwatch@yahoo.com South Shore Speculators Investment Club John Shefchik (414) 817-1450 South Side Scholarship Foundation Jim Gilmore, (414) 481-9050

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Alderman wants license revoked at ‘major dive’

By Katherine Keller District 14 Alderman Tony Zielinski filed a Complaint for Revocation of License against Chasers Pub, 2155 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Oct. 5.

Chasers’ owner Frank Dobert holds the Class B Tavern License, which is scheduled for renewal in January 2008.

Zielinski said he is seeking early revocation of Dobert’s license because of the severity of the problem at Chasers.

“I believe Chasers is a drug bar first and foremost, and secondarily, a major dive on that street. I’m committed to closing them down.”

—Alderman Tony Zielinski “I believe Chasers is a drug bar first and foremost, and secondarily, a major dive on that street. I’m committed to closing them down. I’m sending a message to these [types of ] establishments that if you flaunt the law, we’re not going to stand by,” Zielinski said.

His complaint comes after the Compass reported in September that undercover Milwaukee police busted a cocaine operation at Chasers this summer, resulting in two arrests on felony charges.

Zielinski’s complaint refers to those charges and indicates that one of those charged was a Chasers bartender, although it stated she was a patron and not tending bar when making cocaine sales July 21. The bartender admitted to police at the time of her arrest that Chasers’ patrons would ask her if she was “good,” meaning, did she have any drugs? She told police that she would go into the bathroom get cocaine for them, Zielinski’s complaint stated.

Dobert received a municipal citation April 25, 2005 for Safe Egress from Entering Doors/ Serving Room in violation of a Milwaukee City Ordinance and another municipal citation for Sale of Alcohol to an Underage Person Dec. 11, 2004, Zielinski’s complaint stated.

Zielinski said he is submitting the special revocation documentation to the Common Council’s Licenses Committee to be heard Oct. 29 and he anticipates the license will be revoked by the full council soon after.

“We’ve been cleaning up Kinnickinnic, and new business and relocating businesses are coming to KK. I anticipate [Chasers] is prime real estate. I’m sure we’ll get a good new business in that location.”

Zielinski said that he would consider permitting another business with a liquor license at the Chasers’ premises if Dobert’s license is revoked. “It depends if someone sticks some serious money into the building. What I want is to identify is the highest and best use and I don’t know what that is. My first preferences would be retail or what the market dictates,” he said.

Zielinski said he contacted Dobert and recommended he surrender his license based on the DA’s charges. He said Dobert alleged he was unaware of any drug sales activity in his bar and that he could not be responsible for such activity. Dobert declined to comment on the advice of his attorney.

Saundra Morton, 39, of Milwaukee, was charged with three felony counts of manufacturing and delivering cocaine and one felony count of possession with intent to deliver cocaine at Chasers. Morton’s plea hearing is scheduled for Oct. 16.

Jamell Dent, 32, of Milwaukee, was charged with two counts of manufacturing and delivering cocaine and one felony count of possession with intent to deliver cocaine at Chasers. Dent’s plea/ sentencing hearing was scheduled for Oct. 9.

Nighttime trick-or-treat Be ready for the invasion of little ghosts and goblins.

The area bounded by Howard Avenue, Bay Street, Chase/Howell avenues, and Lake Michigan will feature nighttime trick-or-treating Saturday, Oct. 27 from 5 to 8pm.

Those neighborhoods will not participate in Milwaukee’s regularly scheduled Sunday hours, which are from 1 to 4 pm, Oct. 28.

The Bay View Neighborhood Association is responsible for the shift to nighttime hours in recent years.

floor while light, focus, and sound were checked before taped rolled.

Pratt was intelligent, Rollings said, but she was inexplicitly focused on her bike helmet during the on-camera appraisal.

Apparently Pratt thought that Rollings had biked to the Roadshow with the creamer and sugar bowl on top of her head inside the helmet, which was not the case: she had them in her helmet in her bike bag to cushion the pieces.

World music at local venue Bay View resident Jim Sambol, who said he is the “best kept secret of Bay View,” plays world music on his accordion every Monday inside Anodyne Café, 2920 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., from 11am to 1pm. Sambol is a man of many talents who reportedly can play more than 100 instruments and sings in multiple languages. ~photo Samantha Lukens

Parking survey results In spring, the Bay View Neighborhood Association announced it would conduct a Bay View parking survey. Christa Marlowe, chair of BVNA’s transportation committee, which received 158 returned surveys, recently released the results.

Of 122 respondents claiming Bay View residency, 46 indicated they had received a parking ticket at or near their home in the past six months and 38 reported they had received a parking ticket near their home at some point.

Forty-three who indicated they were ticketed said it was because they had no overnight parking permit and 40 because they parked on the wrong side of the street.

Of all who responded, 84 indicated Bay View has adequate access to public transportation, while 15 indicated it does not; 51 were neutral or not sure.

Eighty-one rated parking in Bay View as “Good” and 29 rated it “Below adequate.”

Ninety-three found parking near Howell, Kinnickinnic, and Lincoln avenues problematic; 48 found parking difficult near Russell Avenue and Superior Street.

The survey also asked for general transportation suggestions. While bus and bike options were oft mentioned with supporters of trolleys and commuter rail also weighing in, a few suggestions were more exotic.

Two respondents, suggesting greater connectivity between Bay View and other parts of Milwaukee, mentioned a water jitney or water taxi. “Connect the high speed Lake Express to downtown and Bay View shopping and connect the Express to the Third Ward and St. Francis,” another suggested.

More comprehensive results will be available at bayviewneighborhood.org.

Antiques Roadshow adventure Jennifer Rollings had a surreal experience after she biked from her Bay View home to the Midwest Airlines Center last summer to participate in PBS’s Antiques Roadshow. “I really blundered into it,” she said. “It was this world I knew nothing about.”

“It was just like these crazy, weird, and vaguely fanatical Antiques Roadshow people who were trying to get tickets for years.”

There was no one in line at the silver table so Rollings got her initial appraisal in no time. Her appraiser, Sarah Shinn Pratt, asked about her silver creamer and sugar bowl but also if she lived nearby. Rollings said she did and that she’d biked to the show. She mentioned that she transported the silver in her bike helmet. Shinn left to consult her producer, then returned and told Rollings she had been selected her for an on-camera appraisal.

Rollings thought perhaps the silver was “worth a million dollars.”

They put her in the green room for an hour, where they applied some make-up. She had waited an hour at a picnic table, where she was instructed not to talk to the others about their objects, before she was advised to move to the green room. Another 30 minutes passed on the

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So for Rollings her day at the show was bizarre, and she was surprised to learn almost a year later that her appraisal made the final cut. The 19th century George Scheibler silver pieces, in her family for generations, were valued at $800 to $1,200.

Double Trouble But that wasn’t all. Rollings was committed to getting her show tickets autographed by the Keno brothers for her boyfriend’s mother, who left after getting some art appraised. Leigh and Leslie Keno are identical twin brother appraisers, who were dressed alike. Rollings had spotted them separately, but didn’t know which was which, and didn’t want to ask the same one for an autograph twice.

When she found herself in the green room with both of them she thought, “I’ve got to strike.”

She requested their autographs, but one of them surprised her with a gratuitous appraisal.

“We get all the hot chicks,” he said, directing this to his twin who was in a make-up chair. Rollings said the twin looked at her “dismissively” and “agreed, so as not to be rude.”

“As PBSy-looking as they are, they’re really down-to-earth, really charming and gracious,” Rollings said.

She framed her ticket with a magnet on her refrigerator.

The three-part Milwaukee Antiques Roadshow airs Oct. 29, Nov. 5, and Nov. 12. Rollings is on the Nov. 12 episode at 7pm on Channel 10.

Who Killed Tony Zielinski?

Who killed Tony Zielinski, alderman for Milwaukee’s 14th District? Was it a disgruntled developer? A jealous mistress? A slighted colleague?

A political rival? A frustrated club owner? An irate constituent? A backstabbing lawyer? A frustrated artist? An exhausted editor? A happenstance encounter? A gang of robbers? Was it suicide?

Gumshoes, take notice: now you can be a detective in your own town.

Bay View Compass presents Who Killed Tony Zielinski? a murder mystery game, 6-9pm, Friday, Nov. 16 at the Marian Center, 3211 S. Lake Dr. For one night, push aside the veil of the real politics and personalities of Bay View to discover a noir pageant along with food, drink, dance performance, neighborhood intrigue, and curious characters circulating the room—each with secrets, each with a story, each with a motive. Connect the characters, keep track of their comings and goings, uncover their motives, and you just might discover who killed Tony Zielinski.

All are welcome. Form a team or come by yourself. Bring a notebook. Tickets are $10. Doors open at 6pm and the mystery begins at 7pm.

Enter from south parking lot. Food, beer, wine, and other beverages available from Bay View restaurateurs and businesses.

Prizes for winning detectives donated from Bay View businesses: two round-trip Lake Express ferry tickets; signed, framed Steve Slaske print from South Shore Gallery & Framing; $25 gift certificate from Dinner by Design for grab & go freezer entree; organic body products gift bag from Future Green; $25 gift certificate to Natural Pet; one-year subscription to Bay View Compass, Twilight on the Bay poster with 30 percent discount for framing at South Shore; $30 gift certificate to Hector’s on Delaware, two vouchers for free margarita pitchers, and two vouchers for two free lunch; and more.

Businesses or individuals interested in participating as vendors, suspects, or otherwise should contact the Compass at (414) 489-0880 or info@bayviewcompass.com.

Who Killed Tony Zielinski? is a work of fiction and does not imply or condone the murder or harming of any real persons. Zielinski has granted permission for his name to be used and to act as the fictional murder victim.

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Feds grant $713,080 for port security P

By Michael Timm

ort of Milwaukee received $713,080 for enhancing port security from the federal Port Security Grant Program, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Infrastructure Protection Program.

The grant money will be spent on fences, lighting, cameras, card readers, and other specialized equipment over three years. It requires a local match from the city.

Construction could begin as soon as next spring, pending the Common Council approving matching funds to the grant, said Larry Sullivan, the port’s chief engineer.

Port Director Eric Reinelt said improved lighting and fencing are a priority.

Of the grant, $477,138 will fund cameras, fencing and barriers, street and area lighting upgrades, and the Transportation Workers Identity Card (TWIC) system, according to funding information provided by Homeland Security.

“Right now a dock worker can get into secure areas with a driver’s license,” Reinelt said.

With a TWIC system in place, transportation workers will have to use their specialized ID card to enter port facilities. TWIC readers and perhaps a guardhouse will eventually be installed, Reinelt said.

Of the grant, $153,422 will fund “Underwater sector scan sonar unit, dive equipment, MSA Low Profile Helmets, specialized preserv-

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ers, lanyards/catches for weapons, and entry tool pack,” according to funding information provided by Homeland Security.

11 letter to Homeland Security. Subsequent supplemental funding passed this summer fully funded Milwaukee’s request.

The equipment will upgrade that used for dive rescue and recovery operations by the police department’s harbor patrol, said Dan Alexander, city of Milwaukee homeland security director. The sonar unit allows an “extradimensional” view underwater, he said.

Prior to the supplemental being pushed through Congress—with an additional $110 million allocated for port security nationwide— only the $82,500 for interagency training exercises had been approved for Milwaukee.

“One of the scopes of this grant is detecting underwater explosives…” Alexander said. “This [grant] builds the capacity for that.”

Interagency training exercises are also funded; $82,500 will go toward getting Port of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee Fire Department, and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on the same page with regard to emergency response.

In fiscal year 2005, the port’s grant request was denied but MPD obtained a patrol boat as part of $397,422 granted to the city of Milwaukee through PSGP. Milwaukee is considered a Tier III port, in the same category with Miami and San Diego.

In 2006, Port of Milwaukee handled over 710,000 metric tons of imports and exports, a 99 percent increase over 2005. Grain ship-

ments mainly accounted for this increase, Reinelt said.

Reinelt stressed the port is taking security seriously and is looking forward to better illumination and a strengthened perimeter under the Hoan Bridge.

“It’s surprising what kinds of characters roam around ports and airports and bus stations,” Reinelt said.

Alexander added that the Milwaukee port is unique in its proximity to the Henry Maier festival grounds, where large, densely populated transient populations gather.

“This funding is going to be instrumental,” Alexander said. “From a public safety standpoint the port is still very porous in terms of anyone gaining access to it.”

Reinelt and Homeland Security declined to provide more specific figures or itemizations, citing national security.

The port was notified Oct. 1 of the complete funding of its request, Sullivan said.

Port of Milwaukee had put in the same application each of the past three years but did not receive the full requested amount until this year, Reinelt said—after its full request was again denied this spring.

Congresswoman Gwen Moore urged full funding of Milwaukee’s grant request in a June

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Finding funding for Seminary Woods HALL MONITOR cal structures and future development likely The narrow end of the funnel in the area, including at the adjacent still-forFROM PAGE 1

By Jay Bullock eing a teacher is like being the narrow end of a funnel. What goes into the funnel is hardly our responsibility, but what comes out comes directly from us.

That gives my profession both its highs and its lows—teachers are the most visible and proximate cause of everything that happens in school. The highs are great: parents and students who love you and what you do, former students who come back to say thanks, principals who appreciate your hard work.

But the highs don’t get screamingly large headlines in the paper the way the lows do.

Several recent lows have gotten me thinking about MPS and teachers-as-funnels.

One is the headline concerning a study by the New Teacher Project of MPS’s hiring and teacher-placement practices. It seems MPS misses out on good new teachers because its hiring timeline is so late. Teachers who needed mentoring or even firing aren’t getting the push they need from principals, and they hang around too long, shuffling from school to school.

The study also found that MPS teachers are reluctant to transfer into high-poverty schools and eager to transfer out of those schools if placed there. Those who choose tough schools, though, are much more satisfied—but not many teachers make that choice.

Another headline was about how teachers in the Waukesha School District are able to reach the top of their salary schedule in just a few years, if they are willing to put in time doing professional development and training to improve their craft. MPS teachers tend to advance in pay through longevity.

A third headline proclaimed Wisconsin to be the worst state in the nation when it comes to teaching African-American students to

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read and that our state’s reading gap—the difference between white and minority students’ scores—was wider than anywhere else in the country. The vast majority of Wisconsin’s African-American students attend MPS.

It seems MPS misses out on good new teachers because its hiring timeline is so late. Teachers who needed mentoring or even firing aren’t getting the push they need from principals, and they hang around too long, shuffling from school to school.

MPS teachers can and do work miracles— I see little ones every day. Unfortunately, we work for a system that isn’t set up to reward those miracles or encourage their performance among the neediest of our students.

Teachers take the blame, even from our own superintendent, for low scores (the joy of being the narrow end of the funnel!). Nearby districts look attractive to young, motivated teachers left hanging by the MPS staffing process. Even once hired, teachers are offered nothing by MPS to take positions in the most challenging schools.

That must change. Every budget year—this one no exception—someone floats the idea of higher pay for tougher service. Every budget year the idea gets lost in the process. It is long overdue, however, and it may be the only thing left to attract and keep Wisconsin’s best teachers in the schools that need them most.

I lied when I said teachers had no control over what goes into the funnel. We do—when we choose to teach in MPS, or to go somewhere that won’t take so much of our time, energy, and spirit. Let’s make MPS more worth it.

Jay Bullock is a Milwaukee Public Schools English teacher with a blog at folkbum.com. Contact him at mpshallmonitor@gmail.com.

This tree is at least 16 feet in circumference. ~photo Michael Timm

“Nobody knows what the archdiocese selling price would be,” Kaemmerer said.

The archdiocese is currently in negotiations with The Conservation Fund, a national land trust, about acquiring Seminary Woods in a conservancy state.

Funding for a land appraisal might come from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. In its proposed capital budget, MMSD has added $400,000 to its $19,773,916 Greenseams project budget to assist in preservation of Seminary Woods.

In September, Richards presented a PowerPoint drafted by Peg Kohring, Midwest director of The Conservation Fund, to appeal for MMSD Greenseams funding.

The PowerPoint described Seminary Woods as 70 acres of mature woodland and included a map highlighting the proposed acquisition of wooded areas both north and south of the St. Francis Seminary buildings.

Greenseams Money If it’s approved Oct. 22, how this $400,000 could be spent is not set in stone, said Steve Jacquart, MMSD intergovernmental coordinator and Greenseams manager.

Kohring’s PowerPoint asks MMSD to help fund an appraisal, survey costs, and grant work for private fundraising.

MMSD has contracted The Conservation Fund to administer Greenseams, a program designed to reduce the risk of flooding through acquisitions of land with water-absorbing soils at risk of development. Most land acquisitions are in the headwaters of a watershed to reduce flow downstream.

Seminary Woods meets Greenseams criteria because of its hyrdric soils, which are deep, loamy, drain well, and good at recharging groundwater, Jacquart said.

Specifically, it meets the “Stormwater Tree Properties” criteria because of its native hardwoods and because the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has designated it as a Natural Area of regional or countywide significance (NA-2) and it lies within a SEWRPC-designated Environmental Corridor. The NA-2 designation recommends the land be preserved but does not carry the legal weight of a restricted property deed.

The Environmental Corridor was staked and mapped by SEWRPC chief biologist Dr. Don Reed and city of St. Francis engineer Melinda Dejewski in January 2007.

Even though Seminary Woods drains directly into Lake Michigan, Jacquart said, this land would offer flood protection for lo-

sale archdiocesan Cousins Center property.

Greenseams staff had been meeting with the archdiocese to discuss all of its properties since 2004, Jacquart said. “The archdiocese wasn’t very interested in talking about Seminary Woods until they came to us in 2006.”

Greenseams has done some GIS mapping but no official site survey, Jacquart said.

Seven Greenseams projects have also tapped DNR stewardship funds, according to MMSD data provided by Jacquart. Two accessed Wisconsin Coastal Management funds.

Last year, the city of St. Francis had applied for but did not receive $200,000 in federal funds administered by the state through the Wisconsin Coastal Management program.

Seeking Federal Match The search for funds to match those that might be provided by the state stewardship grant has led to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal & Estuarine Land Conservation Program.

NOAA CELCP can fund up to $3 million per land acquisition project, said Elisabeth Morgan, CELCP program manager. Grants must have a one-to-one non-federal match and are limited to the cost of actual purchase.

The earliest that CELCP money could be provided is 2009, if the grant were applied for in 2008.

~photo Michael Timm

CELCP has helped fund three other Wisconsin projects, Morgan said, but grants are competitive. Each state can nominate up to three projects (in Wisconsin, through the Coastal Management program) for NOAA consideration. In the last two years, total projects have requested $112 million and $88 million, Morgan said, far more than the money available.

There is also federal budget uncertainty.

CELCP was created in 2002 but has not been consistently funded, Morgan said. The House has proposed funding CELCP to $35 million, the Senate to $49 million. The current level is $15 million.

Despite the one-to-one match possibility, Kohring’s PowerPoint indicates CELCP could potentially fund just 40 percent of the Seminary Woods acquisition cost, leaving an estimated 10 percent project cost to be funded through some other means.

Richards figures this will mean appealing to private foundations for the balance—but only once the land appraisal has been done.

“We [city of St. Francis] can’t afford to come up with any money for it,” Richards said.

He doesn’t know how political attitudes may shift about Seminary Woods or preservation in general but said, “Let’s do it now.”

“I think it’ll happen. I don’t know if I’ll be around to see it,” added Richards, up for re-election in the spring.

The city engineer said that contrary to popular opinion, St. Francis cares about preserving Seminary Woods. “The city ultimately just wants it protected forever,” said Dejewski.

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Boomers to the rescue, part 1

By Randy Otto

es, it is fall, and the signs are certainly there.

The cooler weather is in the air, the leaves are Y changing color, the baseball playoffs are underway,

Rudbeckia, Deutzia-Nikko, yarrow, mint, Echinacea, Kelsey Red roses, and ornamental grass are planned for the traffic island garden. ~drawing by Henry Szymanski of Bay View

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he concrete island bounded by Howell, Kinnickinnic, and Lincoln avenues was torn up in August in anticipation to be planted as a garden late next spring.

In early October, an irrigation system was to be installed for $12,365 by Heiden Plumbing, the lowest bidder on a Department of Public Works service order. Concrete removal and irrigation were paid for by the city of Milwaukee DPW. The garden project is a collaboration between Bay View Neighborhood Association, DPW, Department of Forestry, and the Bay View Garden & Yard Society.

Stephanie Harling, past president of BVNA and the primary instigator of the project, said the estimated cost of the garden itself is between $3,500 and $3,700, for planting materials.

BVNA is in “fundraising mode,” Harling said, to cover these costs by spring.

The water main was tapped, with a water line drawn to the garden island and also to the bus stop island to its east, which might have a garden developed on it one day.

BVNA originally envisioned transforming the bus stop island into a signature shelter location, but this proved cost-prohibitive after beautification projects were no longer considered traffic mitigators in relation to a possible county grant, Harling said.

The garden design was developed by local landscape architect Henry Szymanski in February 2007. City of Milwaukee Department of Forestry approved the design and is providing the perennials and the mulch, Harling said. BVGAYS will plant and maintain the garden.

Harling is appealing to all Bay View businesses, especially those on KK, for donations. ~Michael Timm

the football season is in full swing, and...for folks in the music biz, it is the Fourth Quarter.

It’s the time of the year when the record labels unleash a veritable slew of major releases to entice you, the music fan, into your favorite store to lay down some big-time dough, especially during the all-important Christmas buying season. It’s been reported many times that the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas accounts for nearly 20 percent of the total music sales for the entire year. In other words, it’s make-or-break time, folks.

But here’s the rub. Since many younger music fans get their music via download, CD sales have experienced a downward spiral for the past several years. The exception to this trend are the healthy sales for releases by acts that appeal to Baby Boomers (Ray Charles’ smash seller of several years back, Genius Loves Company, is a textbook example). Looking over the CD release schedule for the Fourth Quarter 2007, it seems the record labels have finally gotten the message: If you want to reverse declining CD sales numbers, release titles by artists especially beloved by boomers...and lots of ‘em.

The following is a list of notable titles that fit that criterion, along with their tentative release dates (I threw some notable music DVD titles into the mix as well)...

Happy Listening!

Joni Mitchell, Shine (available now) Another signing to Starbucks Music, Joni presents her first new album since the early ’90s, when she said she was done with writing and performing music, being fed up with the whole music business. So I guess we can thank Starbucks for bringing Mitchell out of her shell, and it’s a welcome return indeed. Like much of her later material, it’s very jazz influenced, and the environment is what’s mostly on her mind here. Even a reworking of her classic “Big Yellow Taxi” made the cut.

Bob Dylan, Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at Newport Folk Festival This DVD is the first time Dylan’s historic performances from 1963-65 have been collected in one place. Of course, the 1965 performance when Dylan “plugged in” is here in all its glory, complete with crowd boos.

Aretha Franklin, Various Releases Even the Queen of Soul gets into the act with several upcoming releases. First, there’s Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (available Oct. 16). It’s a two-CD collection that’s exactly what it says in the title. But make no mistake; Aretha outtakes from her glory days at Atlantic would be career highlights for anybody else. This is one case where releasing vault tracks are truly cause for celebration.

Coming Nov. 13 is Jewels In The Crown: Aretha’s AllStar Duets, a new compilation of songs old and brand new, featuring duet partners from George Michael to Mary J. Blige. Also included is Aretha’s show-stopping performance of Puccini’s aria “Nessun dorma” from the Grammy Awards, where she stepped in for the ailing Luciano Pavarotti. Aretha singing opera? Believe it, this track alone might be worth the price of the entire CD. Johnny Cash, The Best of the Johnny Cash Show 1969-1971 (available now) Another cause to celebrate is the release of this twoDVD collection of over 60 performances from the Man In Black’s classic primetime ABC-TV show. Rather than describing performances (all recorded live on stage at Nashville’s venerable Ryman Auditorium—the Grand Ole Opry—and presented for the first time in glorious multi-track stereo sound), allow me to just drop a few names included on these discs...Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Derek & the Dominos, Louis Armstrong (I think his performance with Johnny is the highlight of the collection), Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Creedence Clearwater Revival, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Marty Robbins, June Carter Cash (now that goes without saying, doesn’t it?), Tammy Wynette (a show-stopping performance of “Stand By Your Man”), Loretta Lynn, Chet Atkins, Stevie Wonder, Waylon Jennings, a very young Hank Williams Jr. (sans hat and shades), Ray Charles (an electrifying rendition of “Ring of Fire” that earns a standing ovation from the Ryman audience), Bill Monroe, and lots and lots of Johnny, including debut performances of “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and “Man In Black.”

For many of us who watched the show regularly, this is where we got schooled in American music. Now, thanks to the restoration effort spearheaded by son John Carter Cash, everybody gets the opportunity to be awestruck all over again. But make sure you insist on the complete two-disc edition, not the single-disc “highlights” package.

Eric Clapton, Various Releases Not to be outdone, Slowhand has several releases scheduled as well. First, coming on the heels of his much-anticipated autobiography is Complete Clapton (available Oct. 9). This two-CD set marks the first time tracks from Clapton’s entire career have been collected in one place. Starting with several key tracks from Cream and ending with tracks from his most recent Warner Bros. releases, it makes for a fascinating listening journey through the different phases of E.C.’s career.

Probably more appetizing will be the DVD from the Crossroads Guitar Concert, hosted by Clapton and held in Chicago last summer, available Nov. 20.

It’s two DVDs packed with scintillating performances from Clapton and other guitar legends and friends hand-picked by Clapton himself. Perhaps the highlight is Clapton teaming up with Blind Faith bandmate Steve Winwood on stage for the first time in 25 years. And, of course, the whole thing concludes with an all-star jam on “Sweet Home Chicago.”

Neil Young, Chrome Dreams II (available Oct. 16) While doing research for his massive (and oft-delayed) Archives Volume I CD/DVD boxed set (Sorry fans, it won’t be happening this year...keep your fingers crossed for early 2008), Neil Young came across tapes for an album called Chrome Dreams originally scheduled for a 1977 release. But fire at his California ranch destroyed the album’s artwork, and the collection was permanently shelved...until now. The songs have been tweaked and dusted off and newly recorded, and early reports indicate the result is one of Young’s strongest albums ever. Two of the songs alone clock in at a total time of over 28 minutes, recalling earlier Young epics like “Down By The River.” Best of all, NY is embarking on a tour with longtime backing band Crazy Horse, his first tour since his brain aneurysm surgery (unless you count last year’s CSNY tour). The album is available in a deluxe version with an extra DVD featuring high resolution sound. Based on Young’s recent albums released this way, it’s worth seeking out.

The Doors, The Very Best of the Doors (available now) How many times can they repackage this stuff? In fact, this was one of the first titles released in the four-channel QuadraDisc format way back in 1973. Well, I’m happy to say they finally got it right with this edition.

First, the two CDs feature over 30 songs in unedited versions, and they’re the 40th anniversary mixes by longtime Doors engineer Bruce Botnick. In other words, the songs have never sounded better. If you can only have one Doors album, this is it. But make sure you look for the “40th Anniversary” sticker on the package, since the older (and weaker sounding) package is still lurking out there.

Santana, Ultimate Santana (available Oct. 16) This is the first Santana collection that compiles hits from throughout his entire career, from “Black Magic Woman” to “Smooth.” And there are some brandnew tracks (including one with guest vocalist Tina Turner—talk about a meeting of two of the greatest comeback stories in rock history!) to sweeten the deal.

A very nice single-disc overview to this rock legend’s amazing career.

Bruce Springsteen, Magic (available now) The Boss is back, and he’s got the E Street Band with him! It’s 11 songs full of the Bruce you know and love, and the E Streeters are in full throttle. Rolling Stone gave this a five-star review. They don’t do that very often.

Ramones, It’s Alive 1974-1996 (available now) Now for something completely different. Follow the odyssey of this Hall of Fame band from one of their earliest gigs at the legendary CBGB club in 1974 to a performance at a Buenos Aries soccer stadium before nearly 100,000 fans in 1996. It’s two DVDs packed with great TV and concert performances (including several from London’s Rainbow Theater recorded for the great It’s Alive album on New Year’s Eve 1977). But perhaps my favorite moment comes in the CBGB clip, while totally oblivious to the mayhem transpiring onstage, a waitress dutifully makes her rounds taking drink orders.

Now that’s dedication! Hey! Ho! Let’s go!

Humboldt Park Tree Planting Day, Oct. 3 ~photos Samantha Lukens

SEE YOU NEXT MONTH 7

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Historic Bay View Bay View’s past replete with newspapers

By John Utzat

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oaster wagons, newspaper boys, and paper routes: they are all a part of Milwaukee’s great newspaper history. During the 19th and 20th centuries, Milwaukee was a well-read and informed city with a wealth of newspapers. Bay View, too, has witnessed a number of newspapers serving it.

With the growth of Bay View as a community in the Town of Lake, the Milwaukee Sentinel, founded in 1837, and the Daily Milwaukee News often reported on the major Bay View news stories of the 1870s. Most of the news focused on the developments of the Milwaukee Iron Company, founded by Eber B. Ward.

In 1873, A.E. Vanderpool founded the Milwaukee Enterprise newspaper, shortly changing the name to the Cream City Courier. Although the Courier dedicated one full page solely to Bay View news, like most newspapers, it was not a true community paper. In 1879, Vanderpool established The National Bureau, an eight-column folio that became the community’s first newspaper.

Vanderpool was Bay View’s village clerk in 1880 and the only printer in Bay View.

In the 1930s, Erwin Zillman used a magic lantern (slide projector) to project election results as they came in using the inside storefront window as a screen. A crowd soon gathered outside on Lincoln Avenue to view the changing election results.

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The Bay View Worker, published by A.E. McCroie, was not a community paper, but a labor newspaper. It was the voice of the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers Association of the Milwaukee Iron Co., which dated back to 1875. In 1881, the paper was purchased by D.H. Anderson, who would sell the publication to Dan Starkey the following year. Starkey was also a reporter for the Wisconsin Evening News, an editorial writer for the Milwaukee Sentinel, and president of the Sportsman Publishing Company. In 1882, his Worker became the Bay View Herald.

The office of the Herald was then located on the northeast corner of Kinnickinnic and Potter avenues. In 1886, Beulah Brinton, with her son Warren, edited the Herald. The Herald was known for its fortitude in condemning the shooting by the Wisconsin National Guard of the eight-hour

workday strikers on May 5, 1886.

The Herald was acquired by Henry Towell, who published several suburban newspapers including The Times (1888-1962).

The Bay View Wave was in print by J.R. Rohr between 1889 and 1892.

The Bay View Advance (1915-1933) was edited by Bernard Korn, who went on to become Bay View High School’s principal.

On April 14, 1933, the first edition of The Bay View Press made its appearance.

This paper was published by Andrew Campbell until June 26, 1941. The Press office was at 2308 S. Howell Ave. Erwin F. Zillman founded The Bay View Observer (1934-1958). Zillman had founded the Observer during the hard times of the Great Depression. The first office of the Observer was located in the Grange Building at Kinnickinnic and Lincoln avenues, occupying room 15 until 1937, when the paper then moved to 2363A S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Zillman was an innovative newsman. In the 1930s, he used a magic lantern (slide projector) to project election results as they came in using the inside storefront window as a screen. A crowd would gather outside on Lincoln Avenue to view the changing election results. In 1938, the Observer held a silhouette contest awarding prizes to those who could correctly identify the silhouettes of various Bay View business personalities found in the Observer. That same year, the Observer had broadcast a series of radio programs entitled “What’s New in Bay View” live from the stage of the Mirth Theater, located on Kinnickinnic Avenue. The Inter-Organization Council of Bay View was founded in the office of the Observer in 1940. (Zillman would be elected alderman in 1948, a position that he held until 1964. Zillman, who had lived at 3328 S. New York Ave., died Nov. 18, 1970 and Zillman Park was named in his

honor Feb. 28, 1978.)

The Southside Urban News, the SUN (1975-1982), although a south side newspaper, circulated in Bay View, often featuring Bay View historical articles and news.

The Southeast Post, representing St. Francis, Cudahy, South Milwaukee, and Oak Creek, also had a Bay View presence in 1979. During the Bay View centennial year, the paper had featured front page Bay View historical columns entitled, “Bay View’s Centennial.”

The Bay Viewer was established in 1977

by Joe Soulak. In the late 1980s the Quality Group publication was acquired by Community Newspapers, Inc., and in 2006 became a part of the South Shore NOW newspaper when CNI, a division of Journal Community Publishing Group, became a separate subsidiary of Journal Communications reporting to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The Milwaukee Post, at 3397 S. Howell Ave., had it beginnings as The Shopper, founded by Robert Stein. The Post is Milwaukee County’s only mailed weekly newspaper.

At present it is a division of Conley Media.

The Bay View Compass was founded in 2004. It was created by Katherine Keller for Vince Bushell, publisher of Riverwest Currents. A preview issue was published in September and the premiere issue in November 2004. In 2005, Compass editor Katherine Keller purchased the paper and became its publisher. She is currently the Compass publisher and editor.

Thank you to Chris Gawronski, Bay View Library Manager & Reference Librarian, for information included in this article.

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Thirty-five years after passage of the Clean Water Act, focus now on nonpoint-source pollution abatement

By Jennifer Yauck

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n the 1960s, Wisconsin’s waters were a mess. The Milwaukee River, like others around the state, ran thick with foam from phosphate-rich household detergents.

In Rhinelander, paper mill waste accumulated as a blanket of sludge several feet thick in the Wisconsin River. Near Portage, 27,000 fish died when runoff from piles of vines at a canning factory seeped into a nearby creek.

And around the state, one-third of wastewater treatment plants still lacked the secondary treatment processes necessary to break down organic material in sewage.

But Wisconsin was not alone in its water woes. Across the nation, lakes and rivers had become casualties of the wastes produced by a booming post-war population and expanding industry. When an oily, debris-filled Cuyahoga River caught fire in Ohio in 1969, it galvanized growing public concern over water pollution.

Three years later, Congress responded by passing the modern Clean Water Act (CWA).

Oct. 18 marks the 35th anniversary of the CWA, which is regarded as one of the most successful pieces of environmental legislation

Bay Viewer in the outfield FROM PAGE 1

the lifestyle of a minor leaguer is a far cry from the astronomical salaries and pampered amenities that major leaguers enjoy. Nowicki and his teammates played for small but devoted crowds, lived out of an old hotel, and traveled from game to game aboard a cramped bus.

Entering the minor leagues, Nowicki’s biggest challenge was adjusting to the grinding schedule.

“I had to adjust to playing every day.

I was used to playing on weekends or every other day. You have to concentrate on how you treat your body out of the game.”

Nowicki had a solid rookie campaign in 2006, and the Orioles assigned him to Aberdeen following 2007’s minor league spring training. Hall of Famer Cal Ripken serves as the team’s president and CEO. Ripken owns Major League Baseball’s record of consecutive games played: 2,632.

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Runoff from streets and other paved surfaces is a major source of nonpoint water pollution.

ever crafted. The law’s objective is “to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters,” and ultimately, to eliminate pollution discharges and make all waters safe for fishing, swimming, and other recreational uses.

To help achieve this, the CWA authorized funds for construction and upgrades of wastewater treatment plants and established a framework for regulating the discharge of pollutants into water. Under CWA regulations, factories and wastewater treatment plants can only discharge wastes in limited amounts and must obtain a permit to do so.

They also must track their discharges and report on pollution control efforts.

That strategy has paid off. The amount

Following the example set by your boss, baseball’s ironman, Nowicki said, means that taking games off is not an option.

“When you think about how many games in a row he played and the record he holds, it does make you feel guilty for wanting a game off,” said Nowicki.

Primarily a left fielder, Nowicki played 69 games—the most of any IronBird this season. He smashed eight home runs, drove in 41 runs, and batted a .283 average. Aberdeen finished third in its division.

In April, Nowicki will go to the Orioles’ minor league spring training. Whether he returns to Aberdeen or plays for the Orioles’ affiliates in Delmarva or Frederick, Md., Nowicki will view entire the 2008 season with bittersweet enthusiasm.

“It will be hard to leave Milwaukee and my family and friends, but I had a good season this year and want to improve on that next year wherever I play.”

Follow Joe’s progress next spring by visiting Minor League Baseball’s website at milb. com. Enter “Nowicki” in the search field.

~courtesy Wisconsin DNR

of pollution entering rivers and lakes from so-called point sources—single, identifiable sources such as factory pipes—has dropped dramatically. Today in Wisconsin, fish are again thriving where they once were not, and the foam and sludge are gone. About twothirds of the nation’s waters are fishable and swimmable, compared to about one-third when the CWA was enacted.

Yet, as successful as the CWA has been, challenges remain. Water pollution is still an issue today—it’s just not always as obvious as chemicals pouring out the end of a pipe anymore. In fact, about half of the nation’s remaining pollution problems are attributed to diffuse “nonpoint” sources.

Getting to the Nonpoint One source of nonpoint pollution is runoff.

With every rainfall or snowmelt, water flows over land and picks up contaminants that it carries to nearby waterways, either directly or through storm sewers. In rural areas, this runoff includes livestock wastes and pesticides. In urban areas, it includes anything flushed off streets and yards, like oil, salt, litter, pet and animal waste, lawn chemicals, or soil. Bacteria from pet and animal waste are largely to blame for Milwaukee’s beach closings in recent years, said Sandra McLellan, a Great Lakes WATER Institute microbiologist.

Other nonpoint pollution is a legacy of our industrial past, said Timothy Grundl, a

UW-Milwaukee geosciences professor. The shipping canals of Milwaukee’s inner harbor are “filled with sediments that are contaminated with heavy metals,” he explained, and these contaminants can enter the food chain via bottom-dwelling organisms, eventually accumulating to high levels in fish. Similarly, long-lived chemicals like PCBs, which in the United States were banned in 1979, still show up in river sediment—or even in sewers, as happened in the Milwaukee area this past summer.

So 35 years after the CWA became law, what is the next step toward clean water?

Some point-source problems, like sewer overflows from wastewater treatment plants, still need to be addressed. However, said Nancy Frank, chair of UW-Milwaukee’s urban planning department, “today’s greatest improvements to water quality will mainly come from addressing nonpoint sources.”

But because of its diffuse nature, nonpoint-source pollution is difficult to regulate.

Amendments to the CWA therefore promote its management instead. In Wisconsin and elsewhere, efforts are underway to implement regional or watershed programs to do this.

Addressing the problem also will involve rethinking our approach to development, said McLellan. That’s because as development increases, so too does the number of paved, impervious surfaces that promote runoff. “The nonpoint problem will grow unless we start implementing more ‘green’ strategies—like using porous pavement, rain gardens, and green roofs—to minimize runoff from cities and suburbs,” she said.

Also critical are the efforts of everyday people. Individuals can reduce nonpoint pollution by doing simple things like minimizing the use of lawn chemicals, installing rain barrels, cleaning up after pets, and disposing of household hazardous waste properly rather than down sewers. “We literally need to start looking at our own backyards,” said Frank.

Yauck is a science writer at the Great Lakes WATER Institute. GLWI (glwi.uwm.edu) is the largest academic freshwater research facility on the Great Lakes.

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Trade Winds

Suddenly, three physical therapists in Bay View Bay View is home to two new physical therapy businesses and one in a new location Southern Lakes Southern Lakes Physical Therapy, with 2,000 square feet in the Urban View Condos building at 2121 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., opened in September.

Owner William Lois, board certified in physical therapy since 2001, specializes in outpatient orthopedics. This includes treating sports injuries, industrial rehab, and work injuries.

Lois, who formerly worked with a tennis team on the East Coast, emphasized Southern Lakes’ one-onone care by a doctor.

Lois said that Southern Lakes is a manual clinic

featuring orthopedic hands-on therapy in a stateof-the-art facility. He described Bay View as “an up-and-coming neighborhood” and plans on adding massage therapy.

Southern Lakes offers morning, evening, and Saturday appointments, depending on the needs of the clients. (414) 744-0707

PT Plus

Carol Dusold, who grew up in St. Francis and lives on Milwaukee’s south side, worked as a physical therapist in Delafield, Wis. before opening her 700-square-foot PT Plus Physical Therapy within the Bay View Integrated Medicine facility at 437 E. Lincoln Ave. in mid-July.

It’s been a slow start, she said, with 11-14 patients per week. She has set a goal of 20-25 per week. But she said she’s not worried about competition because there are always enough injuries to go around and people have to decide what kind of

physical therapy they are looking for.

She also focuses on outpatient orthopedics. “We do a lot of manual therapy, 45 minutes to an hour.” It’s hands-on therapy without many machines, she said, in a “very healing, very holistic kind of setting.”

Patients may need physical therapy to recover mobility from aches and pains, stroke, or surgery like a knee or hip replacement. Dusold especially looks forward to helping young athletes.

PT Plus is not a franchise, she said, though there is a central PT Plus billing office.

Dusold rents her space from Bay View Integrated Medicine, which contains a constellation of holistic body-oriented wellness businesses including Apple A Day Massage, Inc., Bay View Acupuncture Clinic, and Holistic Moms Network. Dusold is also a certified Blue Belt Nia instructor who teaches at Apple A Day. (414) 292-3275 ptplus.com

Bodies in Motion

Delaware House, 2499 S. Delaware Ave. in the former Cutting Table building, is a community of independent therapists owned by Kathy Howell and husband Kevin that opened June 4. But Howell had operated Bodies in Motion since 1999 out of her Bay View home on Superior Street.

Now her physical therapy business uses the 7,500-square-foot space shared by multiple users including a personal trainer, massage therapist, esthetician, yoga instructor, acupuncturist, and her ballroom dance studio.

Howell estimates Bodies in Motion deals 75 percent with orthopedic problems and 25 percent with neurological problems. She specializes in manual physical therapy, working with joint and deep soft tissue mobilization.

(414) 617-2469 delaware-house.com ~Michael Timm & Sheila Julson

New owners at Broad Vocabulary S

ale of Milwaukee’s feminist bookstore, Broad Vocabulary, 2241 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., was to be finalized in early October. The new owners are Jennifer Morales, a member of the school board from Milwaukee’s East Side, and her partner Tina Owen, lead teacher of the Alliance School.

“I want to emphasize that it is a successful business, but business has been somewhat of a challenge because there hasn’t been an owner on site on a day-to-day basis. So that’s going to change,” Morales said.

No major structural changes are planned immediately, Morales said. The store will remain volunteer-run and will retain all but one of its volunteers.

But Morales, who also has an freelance writing and editing business she plans to move to the store when the sale is finalized, will now maintain a daily presence in the store.

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“We really support the founders’ mission, which is to create a space in Milwaukee for feminist books,” Morales said. “Tina and I are both very literature-oriented, very interested in politics and equal rights.”

As a customer and supporter of the store, Morales had received the email this past spring about it being for sale. She said she called the owners within an hour of the email to express interest.

The business model won’t immediately change, but Morales identified points of emphasis.

She plans to create an online store and an expanded children’s section. A new fiction writers group was to meet for the first time Oct. 13. And a UWM student will collaborate with the bookseller to put out a Broad Vocabulary broadside, a two-page quarterly publication featuring politics and art.

“Another thing we’re working on is strengthening

the art,” Morales said. Anna Helgeson will curate the art gallery space in the back of the store, which will continue to feature women artists, local artists, and those with a political message or social commentary, Morales said. But Helgeson may also attract regional and national artists.

Morales added that someone will be constantly pushing business development.

Part of that development is learning more from online tools and other small businesses. Morales plans to work more closely with American Booksellers Association, an organization that educates booksellers about marketing and customer relationships, using its marketing Book Sense program at booksense.com.

She does not anticipate the store’s mission or clientele will change. She described Broad patrons

as “customers of all ages, women mostly, but men, academics, political activists, young people, parents of young children, social service workers, psychologists, lot of professionals looking for resources for clients.” She said the store has a very strong gay and lesbian clientele as well.

“I don’t see us narrowing that in any way. If anything we would try to expand.”

With Morales and Owen’s education backgrounds, there may also be more education-related guest speakers.

Morales has a year and a half left on the school board. “I am just telling myself I am running a marathon. That’s just the way it’s going to be.” ~Michael Timm

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Trade Winds Unique treats, no tricks Joe Roberts doesn’t even eat candy, but he sells it.

The Candy Shop, Inc., owned by Roberts, opened in a formerly vacant storefront at 3145 S. Howell Ave. in July.

Hard-to-find, old-fashioned candies are his specialty.

The Candy Shop carries nostalgic treats such as wax bottles, gum cigars, and Pearson’s Bun Bars, as well as soda and juices.

He also sells Slap Stix (those rectangular caramel suckers with the pink and yellow swirls), assorted flavors of stick candy, satellite wafers, and Popcorn Palace gourmet popcorn in flavors such as chocolate and cookies-n-cream.

Roberts said his nephews inspired him to open a candy store. A Bay View High School alum, he had been scouting the area for his new business. Roberts also currently owns Your Transportation Service, Your Community Child and Development Center, and a cleaning service.

Roberts has recently added custom chocolates such as pecan and cashew clusters, chocolate chip-covered potato chips, peanut brittle, and coconut brittle. The store also offers made-to-order gift baskets, and a discount for military personnel orders is available. ~Sheila Julson The Candy Shop, Inc. Mon.–Fri. 7:30am–5:30pm; Sat. 7:30am–3:30pm (414) 482-2444 wisconsincandyshop.com

New name for female fitness club Shape Up Shoppe has a new name: Bay View Fitness Club for Women.

The gym at 2697 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., opened in 1980, is jointly owned and operated by fitness director Julie Newman and her husband Dennis.

Newman said the emphasis has changed from aerobic classes to a wider variety of services over the past two decades and the name was changed to reflect that.

Bay View Fitness Club for Women currently offers yoga, Pilates, Theraball, Ballates, two forms of bellydance, boxbag (a patented cardio class designed by Dennis), boxing lessons, tennis lessons, kids tumbling, kids gymnastics, and kids jazz dance, Newman said.

The club specializes in personal training including water therapy in what Newman described as the largest therapy pool in Wisconsin. She added that the club is the only day spa in Bay View that is not a beauty salon; it features a rock sauna and eucalyptus room.

Newman, a “busy mother of two,” said she is the first businesswoman investor on KK with the longest running business in the area.

Watch out for her “Shoppe Smoothie,” a healthy drink she’s trying to get onto local menus. Newman said she insisted her members make a showing at Bay View Bash and on her parade float. “Women of all ages and sizes feel proud of themselves and empowered now that they have done this. Do you know how hard this was for some?” Newman said. “I am so proud of them.” ~Michael Timm

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‘Gothic nightclub’ in St. Francis A former Bay View hair salon, Fetish, has undergone a bit of a transformation. Vacating the Avalon Theatre building at 2481 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., the business relocated to 3554 E. Sivyer Ave. in St. Francis and changed its name to Mirror, Mirror. Even with the changes, owner Deano, who doesn’t like to share his surname, swears it still offers the “same talent.”

Deano hopes to attract a larger clientele in his new space. “I think I exhausted all the clients I could get with the name,” said Deano. Fetish was “kind of an edgy name which scares people.” Mirror, Mirror was selected after listening to current clients for name ideas.

The 1,000-square-foot establishment is considered “a gothic nightclub” by Deano, with its 14-foot ceilings, dark red walls, and gothic-style furniture, mirrors, and decorations. Mirror, Mirror’s services include haircuts, coloring, and waxing services. ~Lindsey Huster Mirror, Mirror Tues.-Thurs. 10am-7pm; Fri. 10am-9pm, Sat. 9am-2pm (414) 483-8703

Maedke Chiropractic expands Maedke Chiropractic has expanded from its original Riverwest location at 715 E. Locust St. into Bay View. The 660-square-foot office opened July 6 at 3064 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Maedke and her assistant are both Bay View residents. “About 25 to 30 percent of regular clients are now coming to Bay View because it’s more convenient location for them,” said Maedke.

The Bay View location offers the same services as the Riverwest location, and will staff both Maedke as well as her associate doctor, Michelle Zitzke, who has worked with Maedke for two years. Maedke will continue to work at both locations.

Maedke has over 20 years of experience and has a degree as a Doctor of Chiropractic as well as a Diplomate of the American Board of the Chiropractic Internists. ~Lindsey Huster Maedke Chiropractic Tues. 8:30am-5pm, Fri. 8am-4pm, Sat. 9am-1pm (414) 747-8822

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Scooter sales brisk Bay View resident Chris Alessi opened K-Man Auto & Scooters at 6125 W. Burnham St. in West Allis in January 2007. Scooter sales have been brisk, especially after Alessi reached the masses at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Alessi said that he sold so many scooters that he actually couldn’t get shipments from RoadRunner, a popular brand, fast enough. He then ordered a larger shipment, and the crunch was on to assemble them promptly to keep up with the sales.

Alessi said that high gas prices are creating a demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles such as scooters, which can get up to 90-100 miles per gallon. The ease of parking makes scooters popular with college students, who Alessi said make up the majority of the buyers of the smaller models, which start at $1,500. The larger models run up to $3,000.

Alessi, who has been repairing scooters for the past two and a half years, decided to open his business after previously working in hospitality, salon, and computer businesses. He has owned scooters since he was 11 and has seen several changes in the scooter market over the years: new models offer antilock disc brakes and include amenities like MP3 players and radios, which had to be specially installed in years past.

Alessi said that his business offers personalized customer service and free deliveries within Milwaukee County. “I want to see more scooters on the streets,” Alessi said. ~Sheila Julson K-Man Auto & Scooters Mon.-Fri. 10am-5pm; Sat. 10am-noon (414) 807-8354 http://scoot.globaldc.com/

Hairy’s spa now open

Body Logic Acupuncture Clinic, is open and spa services are available, though the grand opening is Nov. 7.

In addition to hair services, Hairy’s now offers facials, body treatments, natural nail services, as well as chemical peels.

PCA SKIN products as well as Plantogen spa products will also be sold. DayeLynn Harmon, owner of Hairy’s and 11-year Bay View resident, sees the addition as a “natural progression.”

“I was sending my clients to other places and thinking, ‘Why not have them do it all here?’” said Harmon. Harmon said she got positive feedback at the Bay View Bash regarding her new pampering services. Meditative yoga and Thai massage are coming soon. ~Lindsey Huster

Fitness center now open Wisconsin Health and Fitness, 2121 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., opened Sept. 4. Owner Jeff Littman, who had been planning to open this franchise location for some time, said that business has been great so far, with over 100 people already enrolled.

“Bay View is the new up-and-coming location of Milwaukee,” said Littman. “It’s a great location with a lot of people moving into it.”

The 10,000-square-foot establishment offers a broad selection of workout opportunities, with over 40 pieces of cardio equipment as well as 3,000 pounds of free weights. For the Bay View resident who does not like to work out alone, spinning classes, cardio kick and sculpting, and core classes are also available. ~Lindsey Huster Wisconsin Health and Fitness Mon.-Fri. 5am-10pm Sat. 8am-8pm Sun. 9am-3pm (414) 747-9001

Customers can be “pampered—not stirred” with the new spa component to Hairy’s Hair Bar, 2385 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. The 1,200-square-foot spa addition, in the adjacent space formerly the

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Make ACT mandatory for MPS 8TH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR

By Terry Falk

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ne of the least expensive and most effective ways to increase academic achievement in Milwaukee would be to require that all high school graduates take the college entrance exam, the ACT. That is why I am sponsoring a resolution calling for this requirement.

Wisconsin may rank second in the nation on this test, but our test scores are not as good as they appear. Wisconsin tests only 70 percent of our students, while other states test many more. Five states now require that all students take the ACT for graduation.

Wisconsin may rank second in the nation on the ACT, but our test scores are not as good as they appear. Wisconsin tests only 70 percent of our students, while other states test many more. This misrepresentation clearly hurts Milwaukee because the state can claim it is second in the nation while ignoring that just 45 percent of MPS graduates took the test last year.

Wisconsin’s misrepresentation of its ACT test scores clearly hurts Milwaukee because Wisconsin can claim it is second in the nation while ignoring that just 45 percent of MPS graduates took the test last year.

Requiring students to take the ACT for graduation has clearly benefited the students in these other states and will benefit Milwaukee’s students as well.

More students are likely to go to college. This is not hard to figure out. Johnny is sitting in a high school classroom and never considered going to college. He wasn’t going to take the ACT on his own, but now he is required to take the test for graduation. He takes the test and gets a 21, perhaps higher, and now he has colleges trying to recruit him. Soon he finds himself in college, something he would never have done if the school system had not required the ACT. This scene is being repeated in community after community in states that now require the ACT for graduation. The average ACT score for 100 percent of Chicago students in 2006 is higher than that of the 40 percent who took the test in 1999. In the first year Illinois required the ACT (2000-01 school year), college enrollment was up 23 percent. Included in this increase were 15 percent of the ACT-tested students who said they did not intend to go to college when they took the exam as juniors.

Other states mandating the ACT are showing that students are more likely to stay in college. This suggests that schools understand that test scores are not likely to rise simply by teaching to the test without adding rigor to the high school curriculum. All our students need a rigorous curriculum. Gone are the days when we could separate our students into college or vocational prep. Today’s technical fields require virtually the same skill levels as a college education. Requiring the ACT can make the difference.

Terry Falk is the Milwaukee Public Schools Director for District 8, which includes Bay View. To contact him, call (414) 510-9173 or email falktf@milwaukee.k12.wi.us.

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Come to my budget meetings S UPERVISOR D IMITRIJEVIC

By Marina Dimitrijevic

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ere at the County Board, the budget adoption process has begun, as we have recently received the county executive’s 2008 recommended budget. I consider this to be the most important part of representing you. It is also critical that you have the most accurate information regarding the budget and the process of its adoption. This is why I am hosting two listening sessions: to hear your priorities and concerns directly from you before I cast a vote on the budget.

We need to take a new approach to budgeting, by modernizing to provide services in the most efficient manner.

While we meet and deliberate for the next few months, my goal is to adopt a budget that is both fiscally and socially responsible.

Finding this balance is difficult as costs to provide services at the same level we expect increase each year. In addition, about twothirds of Milwaukee County’s budget goes to provide health and human services and to run the courts system as mandated by the state of Wisconsin. We need to take a new approach to budgeting, by modernizing to provide services in the most efficient manner. The 2008 budget will include policies outlined in my recently adopted Green Print legislation. Down the road, savings from the Green Print can fund quality-oflife and safety net services.

I have several priorities in the 2008 budget: enhancing transit, parks, and cultural amenities; public safety; and care for the aging, mentally ill, and disabled. One way to improve our transit system is decreasing fares and adding new routes and service in hopes of attracting new riders. The trend of cutting routes and raising fares is a step in the wrong direction.

Milwaukee County owns and operates 15,000 acres of beautiful parkland, which we must preserve, protect, and promote for future generations. It’s time we turn things around and invest in our nationally renowned parks system to restore it to what it once was.

As a Milwaukee County Commissioner on Aging, I believe it’s a core part of Milwaukee County’s mission to provide safety net services for those who need it most. In this budget, another priority of mine is to make sure we are providing assistance and promoting independence for senior citizens, the disabled, and individuals with mental illness living in Milwaukee County.

I hope you will attend one of my listening sessions because your input is critical during this budget process. The next one is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6-7:30pm at the South Shore Park Pavilion, 2900 S. Shore Dr. Lastly, my fall newsletter has recently been sent out, which includes a budget adoption timeline and interesting legislative updates.

I was also recently appointed chairwoman of our Intergovernmental Relations Committee at the County Board. As always, feel free to contact my office with your comments or concerns.

Marina Dimitrijevic is the county’s supervisor of District 4, which includes Bay View. She can be reached at mdimitrijevic@milwcnty. com or (414) 278-4232.

Special plates for breast cancer research S TATE S ENATOR P LALE

Protection against equity stripping, allowing domestic partnerships R EPRESENTATIVE R ICHARDS

By Jeff Pale

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ctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I would like to take this opportunity to announce a piece of legislation developed in honor of all those who are affected by this disease.

I will be introducing legislation that, if passed, will make Wisconsin a partner with the Susan G. Komen Foundation in the fight against breast cancer. Now known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the foundation reaches communities not only across the country but also across the globe. This organization utilizes funds raised to advance research, education, screening, and treatment of breast cancer. In fact, since its inception in 1982 this organization has raised over $1 billion to fight breast cancer.

There are a number of other specialized license plates available in Wisconsin including “Celebrating Children,” “Endangered Resources,” and Wisconsin “Salutes Veterans,” giving Wisconsin citizens an avenue to express their support for a number of causes.

This legislation, first introduced in 2003, will create a special license plate announcing support for Susan G. Komen for the Cure in hopes of eradicating breast cancer as a lifethreatening disease. Those who choose to contribute to the organization through obtaining these special plates are required to pay a $15 fee for issuance of special plates; an additional $25 annual fee will benefit the foundation.

Creating a specialized plate is a simple way for Wisconsin to contribute to this important cause. There are a number of other specialized license plates available in Wisconsin including “Celebrating Children,” “Endangered Resources,” and Wisconsin “Salutes Veterans,” giving Wisconsin citizens an avenue to express their support for a number of causes. Illinois also makes available Susan G. Komen license plates and I am hopeful that I can garner the support of my colleagues to make it possible for Wisconsin to follow suit.

Fees received from these special plates will be collected by the state and payments will be made to the foundation.

Many of us have a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, or a neighbor who suffers from breast cancer. According to Komen for the Cure, it is an illness that touches one in eight women in this country and one that will kill over 40,000 American women this year.

Breast cancer ranks second to lung cancer in cancer deaths among women. Through Susan G. Komen for the Cure, research, education and treatment are all on the rise. In fact, thanks to all of those who work so hard to raise breast cancer awareness, we have witnessed a decline in breast cancer fatalities in recent years. I will be honored if this piece of legislation makes its way through the legislative process and the state of Wisconsin is able to do its part in eradicating this disease that affects so many with whom we share our lives.

Jeff Plale is the state senator for Wisconsin’s 7th state Senate District, which spans from Milwaukee’s East Side to Oak Creek, including downtown, the Third Ward, Bay View, St. Francis, Cudahy, and South Milwaukee.

He can be reached at (800) 361-5487 or sen. plale@legis.wisconsin.gov.

By Jon Richards

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hile the current focus in the state Legislature is rightly on the completion of the state budget, I am working on several bills this session that I feel will make a positive impact in our city and our state.

I am working on a bill that will allow couples to enter into a domestic partnership in order to have access to the same benefits that married couples are allowed. This kind of legislation is crucial if we want to make Wisconsin a more attractive place to live.

I am working on two bills aimed at helping consumers protect themselves from predatory lending practices. One of my bills would end a practice known as “equity stripping.” Flyby-night operations are seeking out individuals in Milwaukee who are in dire financial straits to offer these individuals a seemingly affordable repayment plan on their home’s mortgage. The conditions of the loan or arrangements make it nearly impossible for the people to pay the money back, and if they miss a payment or are late on a payment, they can lose their home to the flimflammers.

Another one of my bills would place more regulations on the pay-day lending outfits you have probably seen popping up all over our neighborhoods. People can get into a lot of trouble with these companies when they get into a cycle of rolling over their loans from month to month, paying extremely high interest rates, and never fully paying the loan back. My bill would limit the number of times a loan could be rolled and provides the state Department of Financial Institutions with tools to enforce the law.

I am also working on a bill that will allow couples to enter into a domestic partnership in order to have access to the same benefits that married couples are allowed. This kind of legislation is crucial if we want to make Wisconsin a more attractive place to live.

Having domestic partnerships in our state could also go a long way in attracting and keeping top talent in our state’s workforce.

Allowing domestic partnerships is a simple act of fairness that is long overdue. The bill is modeled after a similar law that was passed in the state of Washington.

I will also continue my work on two larger initiatives—instituting a statewide ban on smoking in public places and comprehensive health care reform. The Breathe Free Wisconsin Act is currently awaiting action in the state Senate and I am doing all that I can to get the bill a vote in that house. I will also continue to pursue comprehensive health care reform.

Our community and our state deserve to have access to quality, affordable health care.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns with the legislation I am working on, or if you’ve got an idea of your own that you would like more information about, please do not hesitate to contact my office.

Jon Richards is the state representative for Wisconsin’s 19th state Assembly District, which includes Bay View, the Third Ward, eastern downtown, and the East Side. He can be reached at (888) 534-0019 or rep. richards@legis.wisconsin.gov.

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What I’m doing R EPRESENTATIVE S INICKI

By Chris Sinicki

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nd what,” the polite constituent asks me in the store, “do you do while the state budget isn’t being passed?”

During this odd time in the Legislature, it’s a fair question for those of us not on the budget conference committee (only legislative leaders sit on it). While waiting, we have two options: passively wait for the committee to finish up or do something constructive in the meantime.

For many state reps and senators, this has proven to be a productive time to work on our own legislation.

Allow me to share with you the bills I’ve introduced or am getting ready to introduce: The Patients’ Prescription Rights Act (Assembly Bill 467/Senate Bill 232) protects patients’ rights to have prescriptions from their doctors filled free of criticism or refusal by a pharmacist.

It particularly aims to shield women from the whims of those (thankfully) few pharmacists who don’t want to fill birth control prescriptions. While the vast majority of pharmacists follow their professional code of ethics, some of these incidents have happened in Wisconsin, including here on the south side of Milwaukee.

Also, past legislation has tried to make it a law that pharmacists can refuse to fill any prescription if they don’t agree with it.

The Equal Pay Enforcement Act (AB 310/SB 165) authorizes compensatory and punitive damages against employers who discriminate against their employees with unequal wages or denials of promotion or hiring.

The Wisconsin Dog Purchaser Protection Act (LRB 2393) gives pet owners tools for redress if they’ve bought a dog that becomes ill or dies from a condition contracted prior to purchase.

These dog buyers could obtain a refund, replacement, or reimbursement. The bill also requires breeders and sellers to provide written bills of sale detailing the dog’s condition and vaccinations.

And, owners of certain size kennels must obtain licenses from the state or be shut down. The bill provides a real market incentive for breeders to raise healthy, humanely cared-for dogs by making it unprofitable to sell dogs with physical and behavioral problems.

In my ongoing commitment to make sure Milwaukee students in the voucher school program are receiving the best education possible, I’m reintroducing the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Improvement Act to fine tune some of the program’s rules. Bills I’ve authored in the past have made other changes leading to notable improvements in the program’s overall quality.

The Wisconsin Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act will require a hospital stay for women just having undergone a mastectomy.

Like the federal act, the State Employee Free Choice Act would provide workers with extra protections against harassment while organizing.

I’ve also worked closely on other legislation, including bills to provide barbers and beauticians with training about the signs of domestic abuse among their customers, mandatory jail time for felony sex offenders waiting sentencing, and a resolution thanking Midwest Express for its contributions to our community.

Questions? Go to the lower lefthand corner of the Legislature’s website (http://www.legis.state. wi.us/) to check on the progress of bills (type in the bill number) or, to the right of that, click on “Searchable Infobase” to find an index of bills by subject. Or, call my office toll-free.

Chris Sinicki is the state representative for Wisconsin’s 20th state Assembly District, which includes southern Bay View, St. Francis, Cudahy, the airport, and other parts of the south side. She can be reached at (888) 534-0020 or rep.sinicki@legis.wi.gov.

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Judiciary lax on vandals A LDERMAN Z IELINSKI

Who Killed Tony Zielinski?

Interactive Murder Mystery game.

See pages 4, 14, 16.

By Tony Zielinski

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round a year ago there was a major press conference announcing the apprehension of the city’s worst graffiti vandal crew.

The tough talk centered on how “WR Crew” was going to have the book thrown at them to demonstrate how seriously we take this crime of graffiti vandalism.

“WR Crew” was quite active in Bay View and the police department expended well in excess of $100,000 in the apprehension of these vandals.

Unfortunately, in September a circuit court judge meted out no prison time. Not even the leader, Samuel Guerrero, received any prison time. The judge could have issued a straight sentence of three and a half years. Samuel Guerrero pleaded guilty to a felony and seven misdemeanor graffiti charges. The judge sentenced him to just one year of work-release time, $11,546 in restitution, plus four years probation. When the judge contacted me regarding this matter he felt that this penalty was a better sentence than prison time.

“WR Crew” was also quite active in Bay View and the police department expended well in excess of $100,000 in the apprehension of these vandals. Additionally, city residents and businesses experience approximately $1 million worth of graffiti damage annually from all graffiti vandals.

We can get all the police on the streets and cameras, etc., but if these judges conduct business as usual and slap these vandals on the wrist, graffiti will continue to spread in the city.

It is clear that the judge did not understand how residents and business owners fear the psychological terror and physical damage of graffiti on a daily basis. The judge thought he was right, and that is why I invited him to appear before the Common Council’s Anti-Graffiti Task Force meeting to provide comments from a judicial perspective. The meeting is scheduled for Nov. 26 at 10:30am in room 301-B of City Hall.

KK River Beautification Legislation I cosponsored that directs the city to contribute $250,000 to the Kinnickinnic River Business Improvement District (BID) for purposes of cleaning up the KK River passed the Common Council in September. The BID members will match the $250,000 from the city for a total of $500,000 of a local match that is required to help access $12 million to $13 million from the federal government.

Above and beyond these dollars, the individual BID members will contribute an additional $1,000 per linear foot for their part of the river frontage for beautification purposes. For example, each BID member will explore such beautification measures as vertical sheet wall shorelines.

This city action was critical as parts of the KK River cannot be navigated by boats. Once this portion of the river between Kinnickinnic Avenue and Becher Street is dredged and beatified then the full economic potential for this portion of Bay View will be maximized. Moreover, once this area is maximized there will be a spillover effect that will contribute to the momentum that we are already experiencing along KK. Tony Zielinski is the city’s alderman for District 14, which includes Bay View. He can be reached at tzieli@milwaukee.gov or (414) 286-3769.

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CALEN D A R October 13 KK River cleanup, 8:30am-noon. Meet at UMOS lot, Chase and Rosedale. Sign in at 8:30; cleanup starts at 9. Food provided.

Questions: (414) 672-1315 or (414) 287-0207.

South Shore Park & lakefront cleanup, noon-3pm. Cupertino, South Shore, and Bay View Parks. Meet South Shore Park Watch at South Shore Park Pavilion, 2900 S. Shore Dr. October 17 Bay View Community Partnership meets 4:30pm, Bay View High School, 2751 S. Lenox St. Bring your input, questions, passion for local school issues. bvcommunitypartners.com.

Love & Logic parenting class, Humboldt Park K-8 School, 3230 S. Adams Ave., 5-6:45pm. Contact Sarah Kubetz, school social worker, at (414) 294-1732.

October 18 Public information workshop and public hearing on airport Part 150 noise study, Best Western Hotel, 5105 S. Howell Ave. from 2 to 4pm and again from 6 to 8pm. Airport neighbors have this opportunity to comment on recommendations and proposed sound insulation eligibility boundaries before the Part 150 study goes to Milwaukee County and then to FAA. October 20 Combating Islamophobia: A Seminar for the Media, 9am-3pm. Islamic Cetner of Milwaukee, 4707 S. 13th St. $20 general public; students: $12. Info: Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, (262) 241-9522.

October 23 County budget listening session hosted by Supervisor Dimitrijevic, 6-7:30pm, South Shore Park Pavilion, 2900 S. Shore Dr.

October 24 Love & Logic parenting class, Humboldt Park K-8 School, 3230 S. Adams Ave., 5-6:45pm. Contact Sarah Kubetz, school social worker, at (414) 294-1732.

October 27 Bay View neighborhood nighttime trickor-treat, 5 to 8pm in the area bounded by Howard Avenue, Bay Street, Chase/Howell avenues, and Lake Michigan.

Halloween masquarade ball and art show, 8pm-1am, $5 donation. The Hide House, 2625 S. Greeley St., in “Shelby’s Urban Sanctuary.” Costume contest, Deejay Mondo Bizarro, BYOB. For more info, call Gene Ferrara, (414) 483-8388, or Shelby Keefe, (414) 486-1609. 11pm, procession.

Prizes.

October 28 City of Milwaukee trick-or-treat, 1 to 4pm.

October 31 Love & Logic parenting class, Humboldt Park K-8 School, 3230 S. Adams Ave., 5-6:45pm. Contact Sarah Kubetz, school social worker, at (414) 294-1732.

November 6 Panel discussion by authors and filmmakers about impact of body image on young girls and women sponsored by Mount Mary College English Dept. 6-9pm, Helfaer Hall, 2900 N. Menomonee River Pkwy. Free and open to public. Info/reservation: (414) 2584810, ext. 395 or siegelkr@mtmary.edu.

November 7 Love & Logic parenting class, Humboldt Park K-8 School, 3230 S. Adams Ave., 5-6:45pm. Contact Sarah Kubetz, school social worker, at (414) 294-1732.

November 14 Love & Logic parenting class, Humboldt Park K-8 School, 3230 S. Adams Ave., 5-6:45pm. Contact Sarah Kubetz, school social worker, at (414) 294-1732.

November 16 Who Killed Tony Zielinski? The Murder Mystery by Bay View Compass at the Marian Center for Nonprofits, 3211 S. Lake Dr. (Enter by rear door at southwest corner of building. Use adjacent lot south of building.) Game tickets $10. Food, beer, wine, and other beverages available from Bay View restaurateurs and businesses.

Dining and social hour: 6-7pm. Mystery at 7pm. Info/tickets: info@bayviewcompass. com or (414) 489-0880. Prizes for winning detectives donated from Bay View businesses: two round-trip Lake Express ferry tickets; signed, framed Steve Slaske print from South Shore Gallery & Framing; $25 gift certificate from Dinner by Design for grab & go freezer entree; organic body products gift bag from Future Green; $25 gift certificate to Natural Pet; oneyear subscription to Bay View Compass, Twilight on the Bay poster with 30 percent discount for framing at South Shore; $30 gift certificate to Hector’s on Delaware, two vouchers for free margarita pitchers, and two vouchers for two free lunch; and more.

November 17 St. Thomas More High School holiday craft fair, 9am-3pm, 2601 E. Morgan Ave. For info contact Karen Davis, (414) 482-0262.

November 30 KK Holiday: It’s a Wonderful Life begins.

Art at Anodyne, 2920 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Holiday art sale featuring Bay View artists.

December 1 KK Holiday Art Crawl, 4-9pm, Kinnickinnic Avenue between Lincoln Avenue and Becher Street. Juried art crawl and holiday gift sale part of KK Holiday: It’s a Wonderful Life weekend celebration. Also, ice sculpting, wine tasting, silent auction, carolers, live music, free hot chocolate, and more.

December 2 KK Holiday: It’s a Wonderful Life ends.

Matinee movies and live music.

CLASSIFIEDS REWARD $400 REWARD. Woman’s purse and wallet lost Sept. 23 by Grant Park, South Milwaukee. (414) 276-3312.

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CHIMNEY Chimney Repair Expert. Tuckpointing, rebuilding, concrete caps, cleaning, and chimney removal. Joe Marincic, Bay View resident, (414) 234-1856.

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Only 50 cents a word.

BUILDING FOR RENT Bay View Store/Office at 2225 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. 2,000 SF. John: (414) 840-1538.

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Pleasure of the Text Broad Vocabulary Book Reviews

Transparent

By Cris Beam Cris Beam takes a look into the lives of several transgender youth in Transparent.

She meets these young people while teaching at a school in Los Angeles and decides that they have a story that must be told. These are the stories of Foxxjazzell, Ariel, Christina, and Domineque. Through their stories you can’t help but learn about the struggles that trans youth face as they figure out their own identities and then learn to navigate in a world that forces people down predetermined, and often false, gender paths.

We Don’t Need Another Wave Edited by Melody Berger For anyone who thinks that feminism is a thing of the past, you need this book! We Don’t Need Another Wave is a collection of stories from young feminists of this generation. One woman tells of becoming an activist for survivors of sexual abuse. Another woman writes about how she went from hating her body to becoming a GTA—Gynecological Teaching Assistant. This would be a great book for teachers who want to share stories of hope, growth, and power with young women in their classrooms.

Written on the Body

By Jeanette Winterson Winterson is able to weave a somewhat erotic, and incredibly captivating, tale of a romance between two characters, one married and one without an identifiable gender. This is a novel that will make you question everything you know about love, gender, and fictional romance.

Here They Come

By Yannick Murphy The sadly beautiful story of a 13-year-old girl living in poverty in New York City in the 1970s, this short novel follows her through her daily excursions as she deals with a lecherous hot dog vendor, tries to take care of her drunken grandmother, and searches for her missing father. Despite all of the hardships in her life, she still finds time for laughter and friendship. This is a young-adult read you will want to share with others.

Moo Baa La La La

By Sandra Boynton In this little book, the cows moo, the sheep baa and the pigs sing la, la, la. Toddlers will know right away that something’s not quite right when the pigs start singing, and that’s just what makes the story so much fun. The bright pictures and the silly sounds make it a book that they will want to read again and again. It also makes a great baby shower gift or first birthday book.

—Tina Owen, Broad Vocabulary

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BAY VIEW COMPASS KIDS Sanitation Department of Dover Bay City By the Sanitation Engineers, Room 28 (first, second, and third grades)

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he Sanitation Department is a small department of Dover Bay City. The sanitation engineers of Room 28 are responsible for throwing out the trash from the office. Six garbage cans are emptied into one big garbage can.

The workers need to be careful so the big can doesn’t overflow. Any fallen garbage needs to be picked up from the floor. Garbage left in the can must be thrown away.

The sanitation job must be done quietly because the secretaries are working in the office. Also, the principal’s plants must be watered. The payment is a treat from the principal’s candy box.

Life at Dover Bay

By Tiffany Gorski Room 20, third grade

Jason Bowman and Cavell Warren, with the Dover Bay City Sanitation Department, empty the trash cans. ~courtesy Dover Street School

The five freedoms As expressed by Dover Elementary students

“My favorite freedom is freedom of the press. Without the freedom of the press we could not read magazines. When we watch television, the freedom of the press gives us information. The newspaper tells us what happens in the world. Without the radio, we would not hear what we want to hear.

Without the freedom of the press, there would not be chapter books. That’s why I like the freedom of the press.”

—Brittany, first grade

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i, my name is Tiffany Gorski.

I am a third grader at Dover Street School. I like being a student at Dover. We are learning many good things this year. One of those things is having a job. Kids can get jobs at Dover School like postal worker, kindergarten helper, birthday helper, and breakfast monitor.

A breakfast helper helps kids in all classrooms get their morning breakfast. Kids can eat every day, and think right and be healthy. The helper takes the breakfast to the rooms with the room number on it. The helpers have to do the job in the morning so they don’t miss class.

Brittany King is a student at Dover Bay and she is a breakfast monitor.

She said it teaches her about a real life job and getting fired and how to be on time. Brittany said, “I can help others and I know they are eating.”

Learning these things is not only fun, but also will help me be a more responsible adult.

Fourth grade students elect Common Council representatives By the students of Room 34, fourth grade

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“My favorite freedom is the freedom to gather. I like to have the freedom to gather with my brothers. We are free to play games. I like my brothers.”

—Jalen, first grade

The gregarious Tiffany Gorski, third grade, holds cereal and milk. Tiffany said she wants to be principal. ~courtesy Dover Street School

Democracy in action he votes are in after a Common Council election was held in Room 34. Four brave candidates were on the ballot, but only two of them could win. The hard-working candidates were Jose Barraza, Tabitha Brahmsteadt, Angela Eifert, and Matthew Knitter. They are all good Dover citizens. MatAngela Eifert and Matthew Knitter, fourth grade winners in thew Knitter and Angela the Common Council election.

Eifert won the election. ~courtesy Dover Street School Getting the job wasn’t easy.

The campaign was a week long. All four candidates had to fill out a nomination paper. Then they had to ask five kids in the classroom to sign it. They also had to have their parents sign it. The nominees had to make a poster too. On the day before the election, they had to give a speech about why they should be part of the Common Council. Then the voters got to ask them some questions. On Sept. 26, we voted for the kids we thought would do the best job.

Being a Common Council representative at Dover is an important job. Since the meetings are during lunch, representatives have to give up their recesses.

At these meetings they plan school events like food drives, dances, and programs. They figure out ways to earn money for Common Council field trips to learn more about the community and government. A big part of the job is listening. They listen to students’ concerns. They work together to find a solution to students’ problems. They will have to try their best to be responsible.

They must complete any work they miss. They must be kind to other kids and help little kids.

The content on this page was created by students at Dover Street School.

Dover is a participant in the Bay View Compass Community Partnership Program that fosters the education and talents of young people interested in the arts of journalism, writing, editing, photography, and design.

Special thanks to Dover Street School coordinator Molli Latin Kasper.

Tiger Tiger Publications proudly debuts the Beautiful Bay View poster series.

“My favorite freedom is the freedom of speech. The freedom of speech is good for people because it helps others. The freedom of speech allows us to sing. It also lets you say what you want. Last but not least, it lets you talk to others.”

—Brysen, third grade “Freedom of the press is the best. Freedom of the press gives me choices. I can watch TV. I love to watch wrestling. Even though it’s fake, it still entertains me. I like to listen to the radio. I listen to the radio, but when they start lying I turn it off. Freedom of the press allows books to be made. Crosswords puzzle books are hard and challenging for me. To me, coloring is fun because I can’t draw so that’s why. Chapter books are good for me because it gives me practice on reading.

Freedom of the press is the best!”

—Dmone, third grade Twilight on the Bay is the premiere poster in this series and features a photograph by Dan Gautraud, Bay View resident and artist. The scene depicted is the docks at South Shore Yacht Club.

“My favorite freedom is the freedom of religion. I like to listen to the man in church.

The man talks about being a good boy.”

—Antonio, fifth grade

First Edition of 200, 18” x 24” on 100 lb. glossy poster stock. $20.00 plus tax and S/H, Priority Mail or UPS, shipped in sturdy poster tube Available at South Shore Framing & Gallery. Ask Shelly about discount to frame this poster.

To order call 414.489.0880 or send inquires to posters@bayviewcompass.com.

AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW: tigertigerpub.com VISA and MasterCard accepted.

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