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Elizabeth M. Westenberger, 87, formerly of Park Ridge, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 at Northridge Assisted Living while under the care of Ministry Hospice. Liz was born on May 26, 1927 in Stevens Point, WI to the late Oscar J. and Clara (Tufte) Lind.

She attended the local schools, graduating from P.J. Jacobs High School in 1945. She met and eventually married her husband, Bob while they both worked at Drug Store. They married on Sept. 18, 1950.

He preceded her in death in 2007. Liz was a creative homemaker, whose interests included sewing, decorating, and glass collecting. She took great pride in her personal appearance, her family, and her home. For 25 years, Liz worked at J.C. in the ladies to department, retiring in 1993.

Many customers relied on her excellent fash- ion sense. In retirement, Liz and Bob enjoyed wintering in Florida, biking; and Liz especially loved walking around Park Ridge and Schmeeckle Reserve area. Survivors include three children, Elise (Tom) Olk of Park Ridge, Jim (Nancy) Westenberger of Plover, and Beth (Rollie) Vallin of Stevens Point; 5 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Witzke of Oshkosh and Margaret Ewaskowitz of eld; and brothers, Bob (Cammy) Lind of Stevens Point and Orville Lind of King. She was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Gus, Carl, and Norman. Her family wishes to thank the at Northridge and Ministry Hospice for their compassionate care.

Online condolences may be made at www.bos- tonfuneralhome.net A private family service will be held at a later date. Elizabeth M. Westenberger 2AWWW.STEVENSPOINTJOURNAL.COMTHURSDAY,FEBRUARY26, 2015 Obituaries Records www.stevenspointjournal.com Address: 1200 Third Stevens Point, WI 54481 Main Phone: 715-344-6100 Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday Toll Free: 877-347-6100 CUSTOMER SERVICE 1-877-424-5641 Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

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The notice may be by mail to the subscriber, by notice con- ained in this newspaper or otherwise. Subscription rate changes may be implemented by hanging the duration of the subscription. ADVERTISING Fax: lassified ads: Display ads: 7 15-344-7229 8 88-774-7744 715-344-6100, then press 3 NEWSROOM Fax 7 15-345-2069 ews 7 15-345-2052 pen usiness 7 15-345-2252 CONTACTS General EditorMike Beck, Editor, Mark Local Content Editor, Peter Wasson Cir. Operations MagagerSherri Wallis, Advertising ManagerStephen Tuman, Stevens Point Journal Vol. 143 Issue 57 OBITUARY POLICY The Stevens Point Journal publishes a free death notice as a public service.

The free death notice includes name, age, residence, date of death and the name of the funeral home handling the arrangements. We also accept obituaries, for which there is a charge. bituaries and photographs submitted to the Stevens Point Journal may be published, distributed, repurposed and otherwise used in print, electronic and other media latforms. Consult the funeral home for pricing or call 866-643-9326. Today Stevens Point ransportation Comm ission 5:30 p.m., tevens Point Transit Facility, 2700 Week St.

Portage County Farmland Preserva- ion As-Hoc Steering Committee 6 p.m., tockton Town Hall, 7252 Sixth St. Monday Village of Amherst ibrary Board, 3:30 p.m., Lettie Jensen ibrary, 278 N. Main St. Town of Stockton Plan Commission, 7 Municipal Build- i ng, 7252 Sixth St. Wednesday Town of Plover Commission, 5 p.m., Town all, 5081Hoover Ave.

Portage County lanning Zoning Committee 5 p.m., onference Rooms County Annex own of Plover Board, 6 p.m., Town all, 5081Hoover Ave. GOVERNMENT MEETINGS Raymond Filtz, 80, Bevent, died on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Kennedy Park Nursing and Rehab Center, Weston. He was born on August 29, 1934 in Bevent, the son of the late Peter and ohanna (Cychosz) Filtz. On June 19, 1954, Raymond was united in marriage to Beverly Bricko in Wittenberg. She preceded him in death on February 11, 2009.

Raymond was a self employed mason and home builder until his retirement. He was a member of St. Ladislaus Catholic Church, Bevent. Raymond enjoyed hunting, gardening, and Ushing, especially ice Ushing. He was an avid Milwaukee Brewer and Green Bay Packer fan.

Ray enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren, and will be remembered for his great sense of humor. Survivors include four children, Wanda (Joseph) Riske, Iola, Chuck (Lori) Filtz, Bevent, Scott (Geralyn) Filtz, Custer and Patti (Wayne) Cebula, Bevent; nine grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; four brothers, Joe (Dolores) Filtz, Milwaukee, John (Margie) Filtz, Land Peter (Joyce) Filtz Sr, Rosholt and Bill (Patsy) Filtz, Bevent; one sister, Mary Ann (Bill) Wojcik, Bevent; hundreds of niec es, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, all who loved him and called him and many other relatives and friends. Raymond was preceded in death by his wife, parents, son, Bruce; granddaughter, Colleen Filtz; six brothers, Leonard, Ted, Albert, Tony, Ed and Ron and Uve sisters, Polly Wranik, Sylvia Haase, Frances Walkush, Esther Wanta and Mae Stoltz. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 6PM on Friday, February 27, 2015 at St. Ladislaus Catholic Church, Bevent.

Fr. Augustine Bentil will obici ate. Visitation will be held from 3PM until the time of Mass at the church. Schmidt Schulta Funeral Home, Wittenberg is assisting the family with funeral arrangements. Memories and condolences may be shared at schmidtschulta.com Raymond Filtz Jahnke, age 62, of Stevens Point passed away Tuesday evening February 24, 2015 with his family by his side.

Je" courageously fought a 4 year battle with cancer. A funeral service for Je" will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Holy Spirit Parish (St. Stanislaus Catholic Church). Rev. Thomas Lindner will Friends and relatives will gather to share memories from 10:00 AM Saturday morning until the time of service at the church.

A memorial in lieu of Rowers will be established at a later date. Je" was born January 20, 1953 in Appleton, the son of Keith and Shirley (Limpert) Jahnke. As a child he moved with his family to Stevens Point and Je" graduated from P. J. Jacobs High School in 1971.

He graduated from Mid-State and began a 40 year career at Spectra Print. He retired early due to his health. Je" married Lou Ann Engebretson on December 29, 1973 at St. Stephens Catholic Church. Je" enjoyed spending time in the woods and on the lake; he was best known as an excellent handyman and assisted on many projects for his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife Lou Ann, his favorite daughter Kristie and his favorite son Jacob; Grand children Jackson, Kyla, Grant and Kaleb; brothers John (Sandy) of Freedom and Robert (Jan) of Kaukauna; sisters Nancy Van De Hey of Everson, Betsy (Ben) Banasik of Menomonee Falls, Anne (Mike) Fox of Stevens Point, Sarah Zachem of Eugene, and Mary (Gerry) Brandt of Winamac, Ind. Je" was able to fuldll the last few items on his bucket list over the past year by taking a trip to Alaska where he dnally was able to pan for gold, taking his grandson dsh- ing in Canada and spending time working at his farm in Indiana. Our family would like to thank Ministry Home Hospice, Marshdeld Clinic Cancer Center in Stevens Point and Froedtert Cancer Center in Milwaukee for the care and support they have provided Online condolences may be sent by visiting www. shudafuneral.com Jahnke, Jeffrey STEVENS The Forestry Department is pruning city street trees in accordance with its four-year pruning cycle. Trees in all city right-of-ways, such as between the street and sidewalk, are pruned if needed at least once eve ry four years, according to a news release from the city.

The city is responsible for all of the work performed on the trees i the right-of-way. The runing crew is trained i proper pruning techniques that follow industry standards. Trees are pruned when they are young to rain them to maintain a trong central leader a nd sound branching structure. As trees grow, they are pruned to provide 16 feet of learance above the street and 8 feet above idewalks. Crews prune out dead, diseased, insect-infested, crossing and rubbing limbs, and ompeting dominant stems.

he city encourages property owners to look a their own private trees and see whether they are maintaining proper clearance above he sidewalk and street. If a street sign, such as a stop sign, appears that it might be obstructed by leaves once they leaf out, homeowners should prune to clear the obstructing branches. City personnel will take care of city-owned trees, according to the release. Alleys that run behind some city property also require vegetation maintenance. A ypical alley is at least 15 feet wide and should maintain 16 feet of clearance.

Homeowners are asked to prune or remove vegetation a long their adjacent all eyways where this tandard is not met. Some trees should only be pruned during winter dormancy, such as oak trees. Oaks are usceptible to a disease alled oak wilt, which is early always fatal and difficult to control once it establishes itself. It is recommended people top pruning, wounding or cutting oak trees rom April through July. A more cautious approach limits pruning until Oct.

1. ore information about trees is available a stevenspoint.com/ forestry. Sari Lesk can be reached at 715-345-2257. Follow her on Twitter as CONTRIBUTED PHOTO City personnel are pruning city-owned trees and encourage property owners to prune their trees if the trees might cause a safety hazard in the city. City prunes trees, a sks property wners to do same By Sari Lesk Stevens Point Journal Media Numbers selected Wednesday: Pick 3: 9-0-0.

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Schwenn is scheduled make his i nitial appearance March 2 on charges of second-degree recklessly endanger- i ng safety and attempting to flee an officer. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 13 1 2 years in prison. According to the criminal complaint filed Tuesday, on Feb. 10, a Pittsville officer was on his way to do a welfare check on Schwenn after a caller reported he had been making suicidal statements. he officer saw white pickup ruck near the intersect ion of highways and in Pittsville and activated his lights and sirens.

When he saw the officer, Schwenn abruptly stopped in the middle of the highway and put his pickup in reverse and rammed the front of the patrol car, acc ording to the complaint. he officer backed up and attempted to retreat, but chwenn continued trying to ram the squad. At one point, Schwenn turned his pickup truck around and drove directly at the patrol car, according to the complaint. The officer said his vehicle narrowly missed getting hit several times. Man accused of ramming quad car charged For Stevens Point Journal Media Gary chwenn The proposed expansion of Granite Peak Ski Area is going to get a closer look.

That was the decision of the state Natural Resources Board, which vote Wednesday to under- ake a Rib Mountain State ark master plan review process to evaluate the proposal. In December, Charles Skinner, who owns and operates the ski area, submitted a request to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to increase Granite leased area 150 acresto build additional ski runs, add more hairlifts and build on-site odging. DNR officials conducted a preliminary review of the request and determined an amendment to the master plan, which was completed in 2005, would be required to allow the expansion. The action Wednesday starts that process, which will include an environmental assessment to study the potential cological and cultural im- pact of the proposed expan- ion and its compatibility with existing use and management of the property. the process but our proposal, so we will be involved to explain our proposal and if any changes need to be made to consider those and talk with the DNR as to what hose changes might kinner said.

he review, which is expected to include a public meeting on the proposal, will take several months. Skinner said he know when such a meeting might be, but he expects more information will be released in the coming weeks. I think that the DNR needed to know whether or ot the Natural Resources oard would approve going forward with the process, and until a decision was made I think they wanted to set up any Skinner said. The proposal, which would include building slo- peside lodging and adding multi-use recreational trails, would cost about $50 million, Skinner said. an expansion Skinner said is necessary for Granite eak to stay competitive.

Granite Peak Ski Area expansion proposal to get thorough review By Bob Dohr For Stevens Point Journal Media.