The Marquette Tribune - March 19th, 2009

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stereotype shouldn’t be reinforced. Peters has advised the group since its creation in 2003. “We don’t go down there looking to feel sorry,� Peters said. He said the villages they visit often have a strong sense of community. Children play together and with the student visitors without inhibition. “We bring much more back with us than we bring to the people of Honduras,� Peters said. He said since the group’s creation, the GMB has expanded, forming brigades for business and water purification, amongst others. Peters said a public health brigade is currently in the process of development and is designed to teach villagers how to be more self-reliant. On the March trip, students spent one day teaching villagers these skills, and some students have suggested creating a public health brigade at Marquette,

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McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the county executive’s office. “He had overseen the sheriff’s deputies, but not the House of Corrections. It was consolidated under the sheriff’s office, under his jurisdiction.� Kim Brooks, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, said performance will determine how the facility runs if the full County Board decides to take the facility away from Clarke. “If the County Board voted to place the House of Corrections back under the County Executive or a new management paradigm, the impact to the House would be based on the new management

separate from the medical brigade. Peters said 120 students applied to go on one of the two trips this year. However, only about 30 new students are selected each year, creating competition for those coveted spots. Obert said this year’s selection process involved trimming the applicant list to 60 students, who then interviewed for the last 30 slots. She said the process ensures that new students selected are the most enthusiastic about the trip. Mara Brandli, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the most memorable part of the trip is how refreshing the experience was. Mike Puglisi, senior in the College of Health Sciences shared Brandli’s sentiment. “I remember the air seeming so fresh and life-giving. Everything seemed ideal when you looked around,� Brandli said. She said though the effects of the medical brigade are helpful, teaching people to be self-sufficient will make a dramatic, longterm difference. Puglisi emphasized the human

aspect of the trip. “Some of my best memories come from simple conversations with people,� Puglisi said. “The people there are just a great group of human beings.� Sarah Bly, junior in the College of Health Sciences, went on the trip for the first time in January. She said one particular conversation with a woman patient will always stand out in her mind. “She told me, ‘You listen, you help us. That makes you a doctor,’ � Bly said. She said the woman told her this in response to her explanation that she was a student, not a doctor. She said the woman’s response convinced her of the importance of what she was doing. Tony Guzzardo, a fifth-year student in the College of Nursing, said the willingness to serve is a key aspect of the trip. “It instills in you values of service and gives you both the want and the desire to do more,� Guzzardo said. “You get to better the bigger picture.�

team’s ability to perform and get results for the taxpayers of Milwaukee County,� Brooks said. Clarke has filled two of three managerial spots. Both Inspector Richard Schmidt and Capt. Kevin Nyklewicz currently work in the sheriff’s office and have each had prior managerial experience within the prison system. Schmidt, also a top overseer at the county jail, adds the Franklin facility to his duties. Nyklewicz runs daily management at the facility. Brooks said precautions were taken to ensure that improved results were not optional, but mandatory. “Sheriff Clarke anticipated the issue before placing Inspector Schmidt over the transition project, and ultimately over both facilities,� Brooks said. “Inspector Schmidt has a lead-

ership team at both facilities to assure that security is enhanced, not diminished.� Clarke appointed Deputy Inspector Esther Welch, a veteran of the sheriff’s office command staff, as on-site leader of the jail. Prior to the House’s decision, the Franklin facility’s security guards had been stressed and pushed to work beyond their norms. Appointing new managers to run the facility would allow greater flexibility of guards to work normal hours. Reports from the facility indicated guards had many forced overtime costs and overtime shifts because of minimal staffing, but had radically declined since Clarke took over in January 2009, Brooks said.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009

Photo courtesy Brittany Obert

Molly Lepic, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, paints the fingernails of some of the children in San Juan Guaimaca.

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logo was chosen, said tourism secretary Kelli Trumble. “The silhouetted figure cartwheeling across the top of Wisconsin really speaks to the invitation to live and work and play here,� she said. “And ‘Live Like You Mean It’ speaks to the fact that if you can imagine it, you can do it in Wisconsin. It was chosen for its energy.� The logo was designed by Milwaukee marketing company Red Brown Kle. The color scheme came from consumer research done in Wisconsin and neighboring states, Trumble said. The green was chosen to represent

Wisconsin’s abundant natural resources, while the red was chosen to represent passion and energy. A Green Bay tourism official said the re-branding will help keep Wisconsin attractive as a tourist destination, bringing in the accompanying spending. Tourism is one of the Wisconsin’s top three industries, according to the department’s Web site. “The state typically sees about $13 billion of spending that comes from visitors,� said Brad Toll, president of the Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau. “As you enter into some challenging economic times, the tax revenue that’s driven by visitor spending, we certainly don’t want to see that go down.�

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