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--j7 nn founts Joint Journal L5ISJL1 iUi Thursday, August 27, 1987 dening near Fleet project speeded up hway 1 0 wi Mig need to be acquired? What role will local units of government play in the project? Those questions will hopefully be answered as Donohue and DOT officials meet with local officials and the public in the coming months, Zogg said. The towns of Hull and Stockton may incur some costs when it comes to solving drainage problems, Zogg said this morning. If the towns elect to hook sewer systems in with those being installed by the state, they would pay those costs. Also, some costs related to existing ditching in Hull may come back to the town, he said. But at this point, it's too early to know.

"You all have to keep In mind that we're just getting started on this," Zogg told the board. "It's all expected to double. To accommodate traffic, both Brilowski Road and Wildwood Drive need to be upgraded to. four lanes, Harris said. He presented drawings to the town detailing the road expansions.

The state Department of Transportation is planning to upgrade the Highway 10 intersections at both Wildwood and Brilowski before the store opens, Borski said. The remainder of the upgrading on the two town roads would be the responsibility of Hull officials. The Town Board took no action Wednesday, but Borski said he expected to have cost projections on the project by next month. The board will act on the matter after studying those projections. "I'd assume that Fleet Farm will assume some of the costs," Borski said.

its plans to upgrade portions of Highway 10 to four and five lanes, although the project won't be started until at least 1992. That project, while separate from the Fleet Farm development, has taken on a new urgency because of the added traffic the new Fleet Farm store is expected to bring to that stretch of the highway. The state-funded project is carrying a preliminary price of $3 million. Fleet Farm officials originally hoped to begin construction of the store several months ago, but delays in receiving state permits slowed the process. That delay also has pushed back the expected grand opening, originally projected for this fall or early 1988.

Plans call for the store to exceed 130,000 square feet, about four times the size of its existing store in Hull. Its workforce of 55 to 75 employees is Town of Hull officials received a triple dose of news Wednesday relating to the new Fleet Farm store being built north of Highway 10. No. 1: With construction beginning this week, Fleet Farm officials plan to open the new store next July, spokesman Ted Harris said. No.

2: Fleet Farm has proposed that Wildwood Drive and Brilowski Road, both bordering the property, be upgraded to four lanes from their intersections with Highway 10 to points just north of the store. The proposed project would include just over one-eighth of a mile on each road. The town is planning to hire Donohue Associates, a Madison-based engineering firm, to study cost projections on the project, said chairman Jerry Bor-skl. No. 3: The state is progressing on The town has 66-foot rights-of-way on both roads, Borski said.

With four 12-foot lanes, there should be no problem expanding the road as requested. The only problem, he said, may be the timetable. Fleet Farm is asking that the project be completed when the store opens next summer. The majority of Wednesday's discussion focused on the Highway 10 widening project Donohue engineer Jerry H. Zogg presented a preliminary plan that calls for the portion of Highway 10 from the Highway 51 interchange to Brilowski Road to be upgraded to five lanes, with the fifth lane being a left turn lane similar to Highway 10 In Park Ridge.

From Brilowski Road east to just past Highway Highway 10 would be upgraded to four lanes, with a grass median strip dividing the traffic. Donohue was hired by the state four months ago to do the engineering work on the project Previously on a DOT standby list, the project was added to the state's six-year list for road projects last year, Jon Neidhold, project design manager with the DOT, said this morning. Zogg attended Wednesday's meeting to share preliminary information with town officials and gather additional information from the town. Plans are still in the preliminary stages, he said. More details will be known when public hearings are held later this year, probably in November.

Questions that need to be answered Include: How extensive of a storm sewer system is needed and how far do those storm sewers need to extend? What can be done to curb drainage problems that area has had? What speed should be set on the expanded highway? What right-of-ways, If any, Teacher grievances are coming in at 'unprecedented rate A--J -i-j rr i zZ rW 1 i AsBf ing dance prior to negotiations? "There always Is the possibility of some posturing prior to negotiations with the express purpose of trying to expose the issues in advance," Stevens said. "But I wouldn't be able to speculate on reasons for the grievances until I see them." The building principals are first to review the grievances. If the grievance is denied, it is sent on to Stevens for consideration. If Stevens denies the grievance, it goes to the School Board. If it is denied at that level, the teacher and association decide whether to take the matter to arbitration.

Is the district beginning a school year with a teacher morale problem? Stevens doesn't think so. "I can't believe that the morale of our staff is low," he said. "I think we have one of the. best prepared groups of teachers, and with basically high morale. Those that don't have it our to have something done about it because kids deserve upbeat people in the classroom.

"We're going to try to do our best to solve the problems and remove any barriers that would provide morale difficulties," Stevens said. And he's confident that the use of teacher interns in the district is working out well. "We have good programs set up for those interns," Stevens said. Two half-time teachers have been hired to do nothing but work with the interns. "Their duties will include modeling effective teaching techniques for the interns and observing them in the classroom." Stevens said three of the six interns are in separate classrooms, while three are working directly with other elementary teachers in their classrooms.

An unprecedented number of grievances are being filed by teachers In the Stevens Point Area School District as the 1987-88 school year concludes its third day. Anton Anday, a member of the Stevens Point Area Education Association grievance committee, said a number of grievances were reviewed by the committee Wednesday afternoon, and about a dozen are being filed. The grievances pertain to class size issues, certifications, placements on the salary schedules, department headunit leader assignments, seniority rights, postings and use of interns. "But these are just normal enforcements of the master agreement, so there is no major oustanding crisis per se," Anday said. A grievance is a conflict settling mechanism, he noted.

The grievances are being sent to the building principals for their consideration. "I'm not even aware of what those grievances might entail," said Superintendent Dwight Stevens. "I met with all of the teacher transfers that came to this level and one teacher asked to meet with the School Board." Other than the teacher transfer issue, Stevens said he is not aware of any overriding concern. "I assume that there are some real issues out there to deal with, and we're going to deal with them the best possible way," he said. "When you have 440 teachers and 7,000 students, I guess you're going to have some situations not to the liking of some.

"But it is unusual that we would have this kind of unprecedented number of grievances." The SPAEA is in the last year of its three-year contract with the School Board. Could this be part of the mat (Journal photo by Doug Wojcik) A NEW MAIL DELIVERY VAN is checked out by Don Ciseski (left), supervisor of mails and delivery, and Allen Tande, a letter carrier at the Stevens Point Post Office. The new vehicle is replacing the half-ton trucks and Jeeps and is designed to last three times longer than the current vehicles. The vans represent the largest purchase in the U.S. Postal Service history and are expected to save more than $5.9 billion in their 24-year life expectancy.

New opinion says elected officials must limit business with county mer District Attorney John Osinga was in office. That opinion said the $5,000 maximum did not apply in awarding a $15,990 bid to Kiedrowski because Kiedrowski was not a member of the committee. Runde said the law applies because Kiedrowski and Murphy, although not members of the committee, vote for the county budget, which contains money for surveying projects. After discussing the opinion Wednesday night, the committee said it will ask Runde for additional information to determine if the committee must figure the aggregate total of business done with the firm or if it is the official's responsibility. The committee said it also wants to know if it is liable if it awards a contract to an official and that official subsequently exceeds the $5,000 maximum.

In a related measure, the committee authorized re-bidding on remonumentation in the town of Alban. Last month the committee received only one bid for the project but didn't open it, asking Runde for a legal opinion on bidding procedures, which included seeking bids only from county-based firms. Runde wrote that no preference may be given to county firms, and he recommended seeking bids on all projects exceeding $1,000. The bidding process allows the county to reject any or all bids, Runde said, and should be open to anyone who is a responsible bidder. Portage County will probably have to hire an out-of-county firm for surveying projects in the county.

In a legal opinion to the Planning and Zoning Committee, District Attorney John Runde wrote that elected officials are limited to doing up to $5,000 worth of business in a year with the governmental body they serve on. The committee became concerned because the three surveying firms located in the county all employ elected officials. Anthony Kiedrowski and Jeffrey Murphy, who are members of the County Board, own their own surveying firms. Joe Glodowski, the county surveyor, is an employee of the third, Lampert Lee Associates. Runde wrote that those officials would be in violation of state statutes if they did more than $5,000 worth of business with the county.

With Kiedrowski and Murphy, computing the $5,000 would be easy because they are the business owners, Runde wrote. Glodowski is only an employee of the Lampert firm, Runde wrote, but the $5,000 limit should probably apply to that firm also. Glodowski must verify all work done by the firm in his position as surveyor, even though he may not perform the work or receive direct monetary benefit from payment of the bill, Runde wrote. That opinion differs from one issued in 1985 when for Tentative OK for mall refinancing A refinancing plan for CenterPoint Mall's debt payments to the city of Stevens Point has received tentative approval from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD).

A HUD review committee in Washington, D.C., recommended approval Wednesday of an amendment to the city's Urban Development Action Grant agreement, said Mayor Scott Schultz. It needs signatures yet from several HUD officials before the approval is final, which may take another week or two. Schultz asked for immediate action on the amendment to secure additional mall tenants this year. "Assuring the maturity and financial viability of our downtown mall is critical to the future of Stevens Point and is a most pressing and urgent issue to be resolved," he wrote in a letter to HUD officials. The amendment would restructure the mall owner's interest payments to the city, which holds the second mortgage on the mall.

Payments would be based on 20 percent of the mall's net cash flow after 1990, rather than as a fixed interest rate. It would be in addition to principal payments on the $3.5 million UDAG loan for 26 years. It also defers mall parking fees. Restructuring would allow Stanton Young to invest up to $1.5 million as additional capital in the malL He has become the principal owner of the mall under a new general partnership, CenterPoint Mall Corp. The $1.5 million would be used to make improvements in retail space leased to tenants.

Mall owners have already invested $2.2 million in capital. They had expected private investment of $500,000 in the $8.5 million mall project to generate a net cash flow of $200,000. Revised projections show another $1.5 million is needed to generate a slight cash flow at 97 percent occupancy. The mall is 51 percent occupied now. Financial institutions that hold the first $4-5 million mortgage on the mall have already reduced interest rates to about 8 percent, Schultz said.

Single-parent concerns need to be addressed, Services Board says arrangements. Mrs. Mix was born Oct. 1, 1946, in Stevens Point, daughter of Mrs. Alvi-na Bemowski and the late Stephen J.

Bemowski. She had been a resident of Wild Rose for nine years. She moved with her parents in 1948 from Stevens Point to Neenah, where she attended schools. Mrs. Mix was employed as a press operator at the Print Company in Omro.

She was married to Fred Mix on July 1, 1978, in Uttle Hope. He survives. Survivors, besides her mother and husband, include a stepdaughter, Mrs. Scott (Tina) Dietzler, Neenah; a stepson, Scott Mix, Wild Rose; and two brothers, Kenneth Bemowski, Omaha, and Donald Bemowski, Neenah. Rebecca Ann Bablitch Rebecca Ann Bablitch, 6-month-old daughter of Michael and Jean Bablitch, 1924 Fremont St, died Wednesday evening at St.

Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield following heart surgery. She was bom Feb. 13 at St. Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point. Survivors, besides her parents, include a twin sister, Amanda; maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence Stanislawski, 2741 Bush paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bablitch, 1217 Ridge Road; and a maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Agnes Stanislawski, 300 Fourth Ave.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Shuda Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Michael Bablitch, a great-uncle, and the Rev. Lyle Schulte will officiate.

Burial will be in the St Joseph Parish Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Friday. A memorial has been established in her name to the St Joseph's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Frank A. Wengelslci Frank A.

Wengelski, 75, 1790 Daisy Lane, Mosinee, died Wednesday night at St. Michael's Hospital. He had been a patient there the past 10 days and in ill health the past 20 years. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St Francis Xavier Church, Knowl-ton.

The Rev. Francis Przybylski will officiate, and burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday at DzikoskiPisarski Funeral Home. The general rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m.

Mr. Wengelski was born Jan. 8, 1912, in the town of Dewey, son of the late Stanley and Mary Wengelski. He attended schools in the Knowlton area. He worked for the Morris Martin Road Construction Co.

as a road paver. Mr. Wengelski also worked at Mosinee Paper until his illness in 1965. He was married to the former Lucille Kieleszewski on Nov. 17, 1942, at St Francis Xavier Church, Knowlton.

She survives. Following their marriage, the couple settled in the town of Knowlton and lived at their present address for the past 45 years. He was a member of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin. Survivors besides bis wife include three sisters, Mrs. Robert (Katherine) Bielen, Mosinee, Mrs.

Dave (Agnes) Mansavage, Pine City, and Mrs. Gil (Rosie) Parazinski, Milwaukee. He was preceded in death by three brothers. Mrs. Fred (Karen Anna) Mix Mrs.

Fred (Karen Anna) Mix, 40, Wild Rose, died at home early last week. Services were held last Thursday at St Joseph Catholic Church in Wauto-ma. Burial was in the Calvary Cemetery, Wautoma. The Holly Funeral Home, Wild Rose, was in charge of stress; single-parents require low-cost child care services; and single parents need educational and career training. In other business the board: Said a SHARE (Self-Help and Resource Exchange) Board should be created and asked that anyone interested in serving on the board contact the department.

The call for the SHARE board came following a report on the status of a food co-op study which addressed a Poverty Task Force issue to increase nutrition for aid recipients. Approved sending a letter expressing disapproval of Gov. Tommy Thompson's veto of the State Health Insurance Program. The county was proposed as a pilot county for the program to address the needs of health care for persons unable to afford that care. Concerns raised by the Single Parent Issues Task Force should be addressed, the Portage County Community Human Services Board said this week.

The board asked the Human Services Department staff to prepare recommendations on those concerns for future board action. The task force's report listed seven problems and pointed out that teen-aged single parents is one problem that wasn't addressed but should be. The problems listed for single parents included: the majority live in or near poverty; they feel lonely and isolated with feelings of low self-esteem; parenting is more difficult and stressful on the single-parent family; single parents are more involved in legal issues than two-parent families; children in single-parent families often feel rejected, lonely and filled with Requested to transfer $1,000 in savings from the unfilled health coordinator position to the outlay account to purchase a spectrophotometer. Heard that funding for child day care will run out on Sept. 18.

The cutoff will not affect day care for those in respite and child protective services. Authorised a maternity leave, with a limited-term employee (LTE) replacement, and requested three LTEs for the energy assistance program, the same number as for the last heating season. Learned that the department's budget hearing will be on Sept 23 and, if necessary, Sept 24. Judy Bablitch, department director, told the board that about 200 people attended the open house at Gilfry Center on Aug. 18, a larger crowd than expected..