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Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report, detailing his opposition to the mining bill.
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South Shore County Supevisor Pat Jursik has weighed in on recent comments from Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke criticizing County Executive Chris Abele and Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn.
Oh, has she ever weighed in.
From the press release, in which she also speaks out against Clarke’s running of the House of Correction …
Sheriff Clarke’s recent comments have hit a new low. While my office has had policy disagreements with the County Executive, these disagreements have always been at the policy level, never about personalities. Unfortunately Sheriff Clarke has reduced himself to only a personality. He refuses to engage in real discussion much less cooperation with departments.
Clarke’s recent remarks regarding the County Executive and now the City of Milwaukee Police Chief are below the belt, but also entirely out of line for an elected official. If anyone owes an apology, it is the Sheriff for his comments last week regarding the County Executive. …
The Sheriff must not be permitted to bully the Executive, bully the Board, and bully the taxpayer. Bullies do not get to win because they are better at name-calling.
I encourage you to read the whole press release, and post your comments below!
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Got this from Leslie Henry …
This weekend the students from School District of South Milwaukee High School will be presenting the blockbuster hit Hairspray at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center.
The production will be Friday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 9th at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 10, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $11 for adult admission, $9 for students and seniors, $33 for a four pack of tickets.
For information for tickets call the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center box office 766-5049 or through their website
http://www.southmilwaukeepac.org/.
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From Greenfield Patch …
The School District of Greenfield has turned to former South Milwaukee Superintendent David Ewald to lead the district on a temporary basis. Ewald was chosen by the Greenfield School Board as the interim superintendent Monday. He will fill the role vacated by Conrad Farner, who resigned in January, and serve through the end of the school year.
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Check out these South Shore headlines …
Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report, with his thoughts on the mining bill.
And there is a new NOW police blotter, including these items …
Three South Milwaukee residents reported that they had received fraudulent calls from scammers who claimed to be law enforcement officers from various countries, during the evening hours of Feb. 21. One victim wired $1,400 through Western Union to Mexico City under the impression it would free her grandson from prison. Another victim wired $850 to a caller from Peru to get her grandchild out of jail. The third victim was told she had to pay $100 to take care of a warrant for her arrest, but she did not pay.
A man was arrested at his residence in the 1200 block of Milwaukee Avenue after he and his girlfriend were seen from the street arguing and dueling with swords in their living room at around 1:30 a.m. Feb. 24. The man was taken into custody because he was the first to arm himself and because he had his sword unsheathed while his girlfriend kept her sword in its scabbard.
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I’ve had a few questions about what the county is doing to combat emerald ash borer — including some of my own — so I posed them to Milwaukee County Supervisor Pat Jursik.
Here is her response …
I appreciate the questions about Milwaukee County’s strategy to combat Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) in Milwaukee County Parks and particularly at Grant Park. The Milwaukee County Parks Department updated me on its current efforts:
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Update: Vote in the new poll!
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2013-15 budget is not a pretty one for South Milwaukee schools — and the district wants you to contact local legislators and other lawmakers to tell them about it.
From a memo posted on the school district website …
The Governor’s budget for 2013-15 is yet another reduction to K-12 public education, in a period where there is over $1.7 billion of new funds available to allocate in the state budget.
The upshot? The South Milwaukee School District would face a more than $365,000 budget deficit if Walker’s budget passes. That would surely mean cuts for a district that has already dealt with more than its fair share.
Preliminary budget recommendations are expected on March 20. In the meantime, hopefully the state funding scenario will improve — although I certainly have my doubts.
It’s clear Gov. Walker and many Republicans have decided to place their bet with voucher schools … and not with public education. As the proud parent of two Rawson Elementary students, I think that’s wrong. Fix public education. Invest in it. Fund it properly. Don’t encourage its demise in favor of a voucher system that has yet to demonstrate results (and may never do so).
You can learn more about the district’s budget plight on this page on its website. As you do that, I think I’m going to call my legislators … and I encourage you to do the same.
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With its first conference championship in 18 years, it was quite a year for the South Milwaukee girls’ basketball team. Unfortunately, it ended Saturday night, as top-seeded New Berlin Eisenhower held off fourth-seeded South Milwaukee in a WIAA regional final, 63-59.
Check out more on the game here.
And congratulations to the Rockets on a great season!
Update: Here is a NOW game story.
Just got this from Ante Udovicic and the South Milwaukee School District …
The fourth-seeded South Milwaukee girls’ basketball team will play top-seeded New Berlin Eisenhower at 7 p.m. tonight at Eisenhower after beating Whitnall in the regional semifinals Friday.
Here is the full bracket.
ROCKET GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Milwaukee defeated Whitnall last night in a regional semi-final 59-44. It was an eventful day for the Rockets as they cut down the symbolic net for winning conference at the morning student-staff basketball game assembly and then went on to beat the Falcons in a very exciting game.
Leading the way for the Rockets against Whitnall:
The Rockets take on New Berlin Eisenhower tonight at 7:00pm (all tickets are $4 and no passes accepted). Please try and head out there and be as GREAT a crowd as you were last night. Should be a heck of a game! Good luck Rockets!!!
ASSEMBLY HIGHLIGHTS
We have to make note that the staff won for the 8th time in the last 9 games by a score of 44-38 behind a stellar performance by Jason Termaat, Derek Hoff, and Barrett Danz. Senior Alyx Birmingham deserves mention for the most exciting moment of the game though, when she hit a near half-courter from the Rocket which was worth 5 pts. SeniorBrandon Dutcher later followed it up with a 5-pointer of his own, which was great, but Alyx’s shot stole the show!
The Polar Plunge was highlighted in the assembly. As of today, the SMHS Bomb Pops Polar Plunge team raised over $3,300 for Special Olympics and DeLynn Charon in particular needs to be commended for her great work! I will pass along more info with a team photo after we plunge Saturday around noon at McKinley Marina. Noon temp of 25 degrees, but with an 11 mph wind, the wind chill will be 14.
POWERLIFTING STATE
Good luck to Coach Danz & Coach Wojciechowski and the following student-athletes who qualfied for the WHSPA Girls’ State Powerlifting meet being held this weekend in Necedah, WI. Good luck Rockets!!!
BASKETBALL GAME TO DVR
Since you will hopefully be at the SM v. IKE game, you should DVR the 5:00pm game on ESPN – Miami @ Duke, and catch SM grad Trey McKinney Jones and the Hurricanes in action.
Another great weekend to be a Rocket!
Deeply concerning news from the Wall Street Journal …
Caterpillar Inc., after prevailing in battles with unions in Illinois and Ontario last year, is preparing for the possibility of a strike at a mining-equipment plant in South Milwaukee, Wis.
Caterpillar, the world’s biggest maker of construction and mining equipment, is training managerial and support staff for production jobs at the South Milwaukee plant, which makes large shovels used in mining, a company spokesman said. The Peoria, Ill.-based company is due to begin talks soon with officials of the United Steelworkers union, which represents about 800 workers at the plant. The USW labor contract at the plant expires April 30.
The Caterpillar spokesman said the preparations were part of the “normal workforce contingency training process that we have been using since the early 2000s prior to labor negotiations.” But some USW officials saw the training as a warning to unionized workers that the company was prepared to keep producing even if they strike.
“We’re going to be very well prepared” for the negotiations, said Gary Hubbard, a spokesman of the USW in Washington. He described the union as both “tough” and “sophisticated” and said the USW “can help Caterpillar succeed.”
See the whole story here … and post your comments below!
I’ll keep you posted.
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For at least one night, South Milwaukee will be the center of the debate around the various proposals to restructure Milwaukee County government — thanks to County Supervisor Pat Jursik.
Pat is hosting a public meeting on the topic on Thursday, April 4, at the South Milwaukee Peforming Arts Center. The meeting is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Among the speakers is state Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, the former county supervisor who has been driving this debate in Madison. Also scheduled to speak is County Supervisor Theo Lipscomb.
The event will feature an overview of Sanfelippo’s bill, a counterpoint from Lipscomb, a review of county services and a question-and-answer session.
It should be an interesting night. Learn more in Pat’s newsletter. From it:
As your representative on the County Board, I have not yet taken a position with regard to this restructuring. In order to take a position, I am holding a public meeting to both inform and to obtain your input. Rep. Sanfelippo will discuss his bill and the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee, Sup. Theodore Lipscomb, will provide input from the local Board perspective. This format will ensure a good point/counterpoint discussion. It will also allow for your questions.
What do you want from your local County government? I am hopeful that residents will fill the auditorium to discuss this important issue. Don’t miss this opportunity.
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Got this email from Ante Udovicic today … go Rockets!
The good alumni reports keep on rolling in. Here are our latest bits of great news.
Katie Kitzke – 2009 grad
Katie Kitzke capped off a fantastic season and tremendous career at UW Oshkosh by being named to the First-Team All-Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Conference for Women’s Basketball. Katie ended up as the 10th leading scorer in school history with 1156 points and finished 3rd in school history with 147 three-pointers made in her career. She averaged 12.2 pts and 2.5 rebounds per game and scored a career high of 25 pts in a game twice this year. You have been a source of pride for South Milwaukee High School for 8 years Katie. Fantastic job!!!!
http://www.uwoshkoshtitans.com/sports/wbkb/2012-13/releases/20130226ntekia
Austin Stueck – 2012 grad
Austin was not only named to the All-Freshman Team for the Northern Athletic Conference, he was named NAC Freshman of the Year, and most impressively, he was named to the overall First Team All Northern Athletic Conference!! If you look at the link, you will see that the other members of the first team include 2 juniors and 2 seniors. Way to go Austin!
http://www.northernac.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/all-conference
ROCKET GIRLS BASKETBALL
This Friday, the Rockets take on the Whitnall Falcons at 7:00pm at home. All tickets are $4, no passes or ID’s are accepted. Let’s get a big crowd to cheer loudly for the Rockets. We split the season series with the Falcons, but this time it’s our turn to win and move on to the Regional Final on Saturday Night (most likely at 7:00pm at NB Eisenhower).
For all of you hoping for a snow day today (and I’m married to a teacher, so I know that’s not just kids): Sorry.
South Milwaukee Schools are open today, despite the snow. That’s according to the district website.
Meanwhile, some area districts are closed today, including Milwaukee, Oak Creek-Franklin, Franklin, Whitnall, Wauwatosa and West Allis-West Milwaukee. Others are apparently open, at least as of 6:15 a.m., including Cudahy and St. Francis. Divine Mercy also appears to be open.
Here are Milwaukee County school closings.
And I got this message from Dan at the Street Department this morning …
We started salting yesterday afternoon and by 5 we started plowing. Last night at midnight we went to a 5 area plow/salt operation. Right now for today we will have a 4 area plow/salt with alleys being cleaned up as well. Garbage collection will be picked up today as well. We also have 3 front end loaders out cleaning up cul de sac’s and bus stops, corners, municipal lots etc. Today we will also have a city sidewalk crew out as well.
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With six to 12 inches expected by the time this is all said and done, I’m just wondering what you’re seeing out there with this latest winter storm. Post your comments below.
This post has a quick reminder on snow removal ordinances. It’s from 2009, but it still applies.
Stay safe!
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Check out these South Shore headlines …
NOW has published a new police blotter (minus South Milwaukee reports). It includes this item from Cudahy …
About 20 Cudahy residents reported that the windows of their cars had been shot out sometime between the evening of Feb. 16 and the morning of Feb. 17. Reports indicate that many of the windows were damaged by either BB or pellet guns. Additionally, glass panels on Milwaukee County Transit System bus shelters at the corner of Packard and Ramsey avenues and the corner of Kinnickinnic and Van Norman avenues were reported to have been damaged during the same time frame. The cars damaged were in the following: 3700 block of East Pulaski Avenue; 5200 block of South Packard Avenue; 3700 and 3900 blocks of East Somers Avenue; 5100 block of South Swift Avenue; 3600 block of East Whittaker Avenue; 3600 and 3800 blocks of East Martin Avenue; 3600 and 3700 blocks of East Holmes Avenue; 4900 block of South Lake Drive; 3700 block of East Barnard Avenue; 3800 block of East Morris Avenue; and 4700 block of South Kirkwood Avenue.
And state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report.
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