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QQfBUQxL founts Joint Journal Wednesday, June 7, 1989 8 mployees retire from Stevens Point school district I i. 4 A rf it (Journal photo by Tom Charles worth) RETIREES FROM the Stevens Point Area School District are (from left) Jean Oliver, Dawn Newby, Monica Winiecki, Stan Marciniak, Marion Pendergast, Gloria Westenberger and Marie La Rue. Ten people have retired from the Stevens Point Area School District following the end of the 1988-89 school year. They were honored during a recent program. The retirees include Marie E.

La Rue, Marion Pendergast, Walter Zare-cki, Jean Oliver, Dawn Newby, Gloria Westenberger, Monica Winiecki, Adeline Ziolkowski, Stan Marciniak and Joan Nelezen. La Rue, 1430 N. Torun Road No. 116, retired as attendance secretary at Stevens Point Area Senior High School. She graduated from P.J.

Jacobs High School in 1941 and took additional courses through Mid-State Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She also has been employed at Whiting Plover Paper 1941-43; KVP Advertising Agency in Milwaukee, 1943-45; Hart Glove and Mitten, Stevens Point, 1945-46; Weber Lifelike Fly, Stevens Point, 1948-52; Midstate Photo, Stevens Point, 1962-65; and He-lene Curtis, Chicago, 1965-66. Her children include Melanie (Dave) Patterson, New Berlin, and Candace who is deceased. Her hobbies are reading, sewing and gardening and plans to participate in senior citizen activities, do some traveling and volunteer work. Pendergast, 2905 Post Road, grew up in Tacoma, where she attended Lincoln High School and College of Puget Sound.

She held various positions before going to work for the school districts in Superior and Stevens Point. She is retiring as a mem- Her hobbies include reading, traveling and gardening. Her plans for retirement include moving to North Fort Meyers, "where flowers can grow year 'round!" Winiecki, 1406 Highway is retiring from the custodial department at SPASH. She grew up in Stevens Point and attended local schools. Her employment with the district included 22 years of service.

Her children include Dennis Kamin-ski, Doris Haase, Al Kaminski, Jim Kaminski, all of Stevens Point, Marge Handschke, Phillips, Diane Repinski and Andy Kaminski, both of Wisconsin Rapids. Her hobbies include hiking, gardening and skiing. In retirement she plans to travel "and enjoy life." Ziolkowski, 2433 Simonis is retiring following employment in the food service department at P.J. Jacobs. She grew up in the Polonia area.

She and her husband Joe have five children, Barbara (Burt) Flicke, Minneapolis, Elaine (Dr. Gary) Wands-cheider, Spokane, Margie (Tom) Birrenkott, Sun Prairie, Linda (Tom) Manske, Stevens Point, and Janet Siegel, Stevens Point. Her hobbies are planting flowers, playing bingo and cards. Her retirement plans include "just enjoying visiting with our five children." Nelezen retired as a teacher at McKinley School. She was employed by the district from 1967-89.

Marciniak was employed in the custodial department at Kennedy School, Junction City. He worked for the district since 1983. ber of the clerical staff at Bliss Educational Services Center. She and her husband Roy have four sons, Charles, who lives in California, Jim of Roseville, Michael of Round Lake, 111., and Tom of Stevens Point. They also have a daughter Mary Rae who lives in California.

Her hobbies include reading, sewing, walking and traveling and she plans to do a lot of traveling during her retirement. Zarecki, Junction City, grew up in the Junction City area and is retiring from maintenance, buildings and grounds. He and his wife Adeline have five children. What are his plans during retirement? "Just take one day at a time." Oliver, 612 Joe is retiring as an High School and previously was employed at Weber Plastics. She and her husband Dale have three children, Barbara Newby Lutz, Eau Claire, Don Newby and Gary Newby, both of Stevens Point.

She plans to continue her hobbies of golf, shopping and travel. Westenberger, 5474 Oakwood is retiring as a teacher and Chapter I reading specialist at Madison School. She is a native of Detroit and moved to Stevens Point as a child. She graduated from St. Stephen School, P.J.

Jacobs High School, and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in teaching, specializing in reading, from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She began teaching in Lac du Flambeau. She married and left teaching, only to return when her children entered school. She was a classroom aide from P.J. Jacobs Junior High School.

She attended schools in Eau Claire where she was born and raised. She worked for 10 years at the Wisconsin Bell Telephone Co. in Eau Claire before beginning employment as an aide at P.J. Jacobs. Her hobbies include cooking, reading, boating and bridge.

She and her husband plan to move to a home on Lake Wissota near Chippewa Falls and travel during the winter. She and her husband Russell have four children, Cindi, Chicago, Dan, Stevens Point, Karen, Stevens Point, and Rebecca, Milwaukee. Newby, 2525 Sunset Blvd. Apt. 6, is retiring from the food service department at Ben Franklin Junior High School.

She graduated from P.J. Jacobs teacher at St. Stephen for 16 years before joining the Stevens Point district as a reading specialist in the Chapter 1 program. During her 14 years in that position, she worked with children in grades 1-6 in public and parochial schools. She has been actively involved in the Central Wisconsin Reading Council, having served on its board for eight years and is past president of the organization.

She also is recipient of the CWRC Literacy Award. She served on the board of directors of the Wisconsin State Reading Association for 10 years, and has traveled to foreign countries to attend three International Reading World Congresses. She and her husband Dick have two sons, Erich, Stevens Point, and Kurt, Salinas, Calif. 7 neeenfi on QGiisioiilllliSl Jordan ordained a Methodist deacon Paul Thomas Jordan, son of Hazel Jordan, 500 Lindbergh and the late Rev. Theodore Jordan, was ordained a deacon of the United Methodist Church by Bishop David Lawson Sunday.

At the final worship service of the Wisconsin United Methodist annual conference, held annually on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus, a total of 10 deacons and 11 elders were ordained by Lawson. Jordan will continue his studies at Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, Ky. is (Journal photo by Tom Kujawski) THE SENTRY SINGERS are shown during a dress rehearsal for "Remember Performances of the musical revue of Stevens Point history will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Sentry Theater. The show celebrates the 150th anniversary of the arrival of George Stevens with a musical sentimental journey.

Proceeds will be donated to the Portage County Historical Society. Director is Sandy Weyers. Tickets at $3 for adults and $1.50 for seniors and children are available at the Copy Center, Main Attraction, Park Ridge Pharmacy, Plover Pharmacy, Sweet Briar and at the door. Foundation has downtown office location The Stevens Point Area Foundation has a new downtown office and part-time secretarial service. Directors of the organization are, through their personal donations to the organization, defraying the cost of having the foundation headquarters in Loomans Pritchard Financial Services Building at 1209 Church St.

President Jay Arend said the foundation has, for some time, needed a facility where records can be kept, meetings conducted and the public can make personal inquiries. Telephone messages will be received during regular business hours at 341-9085. The foundation, which was established about seven years ago, maintains a mailing address, Box 968, Stevens Point. Telethon raises $1 15,000 for children The first Children's Miracle Network Telethon in Central Wisconsin netted about $115,000 over the weekend. The money will all remain in the area to finance children's services at St.

Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. The telethon was televised nationally and locally on WAOW-TV, Channel 9, Wausau, from the hospital's auditorium Saturday and Sunday. Funds raised will be used for specialized pediatric equipment, pediatric research and other services for sick and injured children treated at the regional medical center. Graduate students earn honors Births BRENEGAN KOEPKE, Kim and Mark Koepke, 1609 Ellis a son. St.

Michael's Hospital Friday, June 2 ZBLEWSKI, Lori and Larry Wetzel, 427 Walker a son. Tuesday, June 6 TATRO, Ann and Steven, 217 Elm a daughter. KLOSS-KARL, Kathleen and Donald Karl, 1010 Fifth a daughter. KOCH, Maria and David, 3721 Stanley a daughter. RIEHL, Anita and Brent, Amherst, a son.

Out-of-town Saturday, June 3 KLESMITH, Julie and Daniel, Des Moines, Iowa, a son. Paternal grandparents are Frank and Rita Klesmith, Stevens Point. GLISZINSKI, Carol and Kenneth, Rosholt, a son born at the Wausau Hospital Center. Sunday, June 4 GERSTL, Pam and Jerry, Madison, a son. Grandmother is Jean Gerstl, 249 N.

North Court. Two graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been recognized for excellence in scholarship, instruction, creative work and other professional contributions in their fields. Deb Knippel, 1749 Elk was named outstanding graduate assistant for 1988-89, and Tom Fratt, Waupaca, received the Graduate Dean's Award. Knippel is pursuing a master's degree in home economics education with a special emphasis in child and family development. She holds a 3.87 grade point average.

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