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PULASKI, WISCONSIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011 VOLUME LXXI, NO. 25

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Fire chars downtown Pulaski

Five buildings damaged, more than 35 fire departments respond

Village of Pulaski finalizes 2012 budget

The Village of Pulaski final-ized its 2012 budget at its board meeting on Monday, Dec. 5. Overall, the village’s budget total tax levy will be reduced by $25,680.

According to Village President Reed Woodward, members of the village board went through the budget line by line in an effort to balance the budget and offset reductions in state and federal aid.

“This is probably the most accurate budget the village has ever dealt with,” Woodward said at the meeting on Dec. 5. “There is no fat there, but it is an honest budget.”

Many factors went into de-ciding the final figures for the budget, Woodward added, in-cluding the reduction in the value of village property. As a result, cuts were made in all of the village’s departments, although residents will still continue to receive the services they are accustomed to.

One noticeable change for residents, however, will be a reduction in road improve-ments. While the village was slated to improve two streets in 2012, as a result of budget constraints, improvements will only be made to one and a half.

“We’re way behind on keeping up with our streets, and it’s going to have to stay that way a little while longer,” Woodward acknowledged.

Most residents will notice a decrease on their tax bill as a result of Pulaski’s bud-geting. For Brown County residents living in a $150,000 home, their yearly tax bill will be roughly $40. less than in 2011. Similarly, for residents in Shawano County, individu-als living in a $150,000 home will see a reduction of roughly $125.

Residents living in Oconto County, however, will see an increase on their tax bill.

by Casey Frank and Adam Styczynski

On Friday, Dec. 2, a record-breaking fire struck downtown Pulaski, damaging five build-ings and completely destroying three. The fire broke out around 11:30 p.m. on Friday but was not fully extinguished until after 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The blaze began at the Wood Lanes Bowling Alley before spreading west down Pulaski Street. In total, four businesses sustained damage, including Wood Lanes Bowling Alley, a consignment store, Doug Pren-tice’s State Farm Insurance agency and Quit N’ Time bar. Numerous apartments were also damaged, leaving nine Pulaski residents homeless.

Although the Pulaski Tri-

County Fire Department was the first to respond, by the time the blaze was put out, more than 35 departments from around Northeast Wisconsin had arrived. Some depart-ments traveled for more than an hour. In total, 180 firefight-ers came to Pulaski.

“All the agencies worked well together without inci-dent, and everyone in Pulaski stepped up,” Pulaski Tri-County fire chief Randy Wichlacz said.

Because the fire depart-ments fought the blaze for so long, they went through more than 3 million gallons of water, at one time blast-ing between 7,000 and 9,000 gallons a minute at the flames.

According to Wichlacz, the firefighters were lucky the temperature was not colder, or many individuals would likely have suffered injuries by slip-ping on ice. Only two firefight-ers received minor injuries while fighting the blaze.

Crews from the state’s De-partment of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation came to Pulaski on Dec. 5 to help in-vestigate the cause of the fire. As of press time, no official cause of the fire has been re-leased, and the official inves-tigation is not expected to be complete for a number of days, possibly weeks.

The aftermath of the fire has left a heavy mark on the people of downtown Pulaski.

Three of the buildings that were involved in the fire were total losses. The other build-ings, including the office of State Farm Insurance Agent Doug Prentice, suffered damage from smoke, water, soot and fire retardant foam sprayed to isolate the fire and stop it from spreading.

The day after the blaze, Prentice was allowed to go into his building to collect any equipment needed for his busi-ness that survived the incident.

“I don’t know if my build-ing is considered a total loss or not. I’m still waiting on the word from the inspectors,” Prentice said.

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More than 35 area fire deparements, and 180 firefighters, responded to the scene as five buildings in downtown Pulaski were dam-aged in the a major fire on Dec. 2. (Photo by Pulaski News)

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Letter to the EditorJack FitzGerald’s opinion

piece in the December 1st issue of this paper regarding civic involvement in the local po-litical process could not have been more spot on or timely than it was. A number of our Village resident’s proved that by declaring to the Village Board their interest in filling the vacant trustee position on the board. Nine people took the time and effort to reply to the board’s invitation.

Although only one person can be chosen for the position I would encourage the remain-ing people and others to get nomination papers from the Village Clerk and have your name placed on the ballot for the spring general election.

FitzGerald pointed out that running for office can be scary; you open yourself up for both political and personal attacks. Neither is necessary if all people could act civilly. Unfortunately a small minority can’t; it is up to the majority to condemn this type of behav-ior. It is a lot more productive to allow people to run on their merit and ideas. Ask questions; listen to what a candidate has to say. Is he or she capable of communication that can lead to frank and open discussion? Are they willing to participate at all? Do they have the ability to listen to others, and compro-mise when needed?

These are all things that will lead to a more progressive and unified governmental body

but people need to participate. For too many years apathy has been a big part of the politi-cal and social make-up of our Village. I arrive at this opinion from years of observing citizen participation in government. Board meetings are poorly at-tended coupled with our citi-zen’s participation in the elec-tion process; our voter turnout trails much of the county. I en-courage you to get involved, if not by running for office or by backing a candidate or candi-dates who you believe will be able to effect positive change in the Village. Let your peers and neighbors know what you would like to see happen and then push for those results. That is the only way your elected leaders will represent you the voter and not their personal agendas.

Keith Chambers 421 Nancy LanePulaski, WI 54162

By Jessica Skinkis and Robyn Gehri

For many Pulaski area residents, there are numerous opportunities to get involved in a variety of community activities and organizations, including everything from supporting the Armed Forces through involvement in the American Legion, to helping those less fortunate by do-nating to the Pulaski Food Pantry. However, while the Pulaski Community School District offers its students the opportunity to get involved with its successful music and performing arts programs, there are not many chances for community members to get involved in the act.

Our school and communi-ty, like many others through-out Northeast Wisconsin, focuses most of its attention on sports and athletics. This is a benefit to the area, because it helps generate community support and a feeling of to-getherness, but also takes at-tention and funds away from performing arts programs, which could be improved.

The benefits of participat-ing in a performing arts or musical program are enor-mous, and, with the addition of a community theatre, could easily be spread throughout the area.

For students, the ben-efits include high test scores, GPAs and overall better aca-demic performances. In fact, according to the National Arts Education partnership, stu-dents that participate in music and arts programs continu-ally test higher in math, social studies and reading than those students who do not.

For other residents, no longer enrolled in school, participation a community theatre offer an opportunity to vary the daily 9-5 routine through a unique stress reliev-ing outlet, as well as an op-

portunity to just get to know their neighbors better.

The sense of community responsibility and together-ness also increases, as par-ticipants would be required and expected to attend prac-tices and other theatre events. Public performance, of course, would also give resi-dents the chance to do some-thing different on a Saturday night while still supporting their local community.

Additionally, as the theatre continued to grow, the per-formances could bring new commerce and individuals to the community, benefiting local businesses and helping to grow the area’s economy.

Overall, simply providing a creative outlet in the midst of school and work allows the brain a bit of time to relax and recollect.

Other communities throughout the area have already added a community theatre. The Green Bay com-munity theatre, for example, puts on four shows a year. Kimberly’s program, which was started by our own Dr. Mel Lightner, puts on three shows every year.

When an individual gets stressed, overworked, or just unmotivated, introducing more in the music and per-forming arts programs into the lives of those living throughout the Pulaski area, would provide an ideal way to re-motivate the residents and students. By surrounding the community with more music and arts, interests will spark and teach valuable time man-agement and discipline.

At a time when our lives our becoming increasingly digi-tized, as we use social media websites and our cell phones as our main means of commu-nication, a community theatre program could help to inject new life into the Pulaski area.

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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

~Oscar Wilde

Gertrude Krumrai celebrat-ed her 99th birthday on Nov. 20 with friends and family at Woodhaven Manor in Pulaski.

Krumrai celebrates 99th birthday

Shelter seeks donations

by Jessica Skinkis While individuals through-

out the community are begin-ning to make their holiday wish lists, residents at the New Community Shelter often wish for basic necessities.

The shelter was founded in 1994 to create a living space for the men and women of Brown County, and its surrounding areas, who would otherwise not have a place to go. In 2004, a new residence was built in, which can provide housing to 98 men and women. The facil-ity also provides a transitional living program offering studio-type apartments for those in need, as well as a mean plan, which includes a hot meal each night as well as an additional meal on weekends and holi-days.

This holiday season, the residents are in need of many things most people take for granted, including pajamas, perfume, watches, makeup, slippers, gas cards, sweatshirts, socks, puzzle books and cos-metic travel bags for women. The men’s wish list includes: watches, dress shirts, slippers, gas cards, backpacks, socks, alarm clocks, wallets, shaving kits and travel bags.

Both the facility’s board of directors and staff believe it is essential to give people the ability to become self suf-ficient.

The New Community Shelter staff is dedicated to the expansion and quality of the programming available to the participants of all the programs, and agencies that support the effort. This program incorpo-rates the perspective of people who have been homeless and utilizes that understanding to help address the needs of those who are now without a place to live. For a complete listing of the items they need check out the New Community Shelter website at www.newcommuni-tyshelter.org.

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The Pulaski Senior Center will be closed for the holi-days on Fridays, Dec. 23 & 30 at 12:00 noon and closed all day on Mondays Dec. 26 and Jan.2.

MOVIE MONDAY on December 19 at Pulaski Senior Center. We will be watching “A Christmas Story”. Show starts at 12:15 p.m. Snacks provided.

FOOT CARE CLINIC at Pulaski Senior Center on Tuesdays, December 27 and Jan. 10 starting at 9:00 a.m. Call 822-8100 to set up an ap-pointment. Cost: $17.00

SNOWBALL PARTY at the Pulaski Senior Center on Thursday, Jan. 5 from 11:30 – 2:00. Lunch is scalloped potato casserole, carrots, tropi-cal fruit, rye bread and blue-berry torte. Entertainment by Rollie and Tammy Ferron. Cost is $3.50 suggested dona-tion for lunch and $1 for the party. Call 822-8100 to make your reservation.

BENEFIT SPECIALIST, Mary Kay Norman from the Green Bay office of the Brown County Aging and Disability Resource Center will be at the Pulaski Senior Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 11. Do you have questions about benefits for seniors that she may help you with? Call Kitty at 822-8100 or Mary Kay at 448-4308.

BOOK GROUP at Pulaski Senior Center on Wednesday, Jan. 12 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Light supper will be served. Jan.’s book is Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Books are available at the Senior Center. Call 822-8100 for more information. All ages welcome.

CARDS (sheephead and pinocle) every Monday at 12:30 p.m. at the Pulaski Senior Center. If you are interested in playing CRIB-BAGE, call the Pulaski Senior Center at 822-8100.

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING at Pulaski Senior Center on Mondays from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Sponsored by N.E.W. Rescue Service.

SIT & BE FIT CHAIR

EXERCISES on Mondays and Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. at Pulaski Senior Center. Call 822-8100 for more informa-tion. All ages welcome. Spon-sored by Prevea Health.

BINGO at Pulaski Senior Center Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m.

ZUMBA GOLD (chair ex-ercise dancing) on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. at Pulaski Senior Center. Call 822-8100 for more information.

RED CROSS VAN will take senior citizens to Super Ron’s, bank, etc. on Wednes-days at 10:00 a.m., to hair appointments on Friday mornings, and to church on Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. If inter-ested, call Kitty at 822-8100.

QUILTING WORK-SHOP at Pulaski Senior Center on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Wii BOWLING at Pulaski Senior Center on Thursdays from 12:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. All ages welcome. Call 822-8100 for more information.

SEWING SIMPLE QUILT TOPS at Pulaski Senior Center Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

PULASKI SENIOR CENTER MEALS for De-cember 16 – December 30. Meals served at 11:30 a.m. to anyone over 60 years of age. Suggested donation of $3.50 per day. Meals are available for delivery to the homebound. Reservations required by 11:00 a.m. of the previous day.

Friday, December 16 – salmon loaf

Monday, December 19 – pork loin in gravy

Tuesday, December 20 – sweet & sour chicken

Wednesday, December 21 – beef tips in gravy

Thursday, December 22 – Shepherd’s pie

Friday, December 23 – spa-ghetti & meat sauce

Monday, December 26 – CLOSED

Tuesday, December 27 – baked chicken

Wednesday, December 28 – tater tot casserole

Thursday, December 29 – chicken ala king

Friday, December 30 – cream of potato soup & ham salad sandwich

Senior Center announcements

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by Jessica SkinkisThis fall, the Bay Area

Humane Society began offer-ing an after school program for young people. The program was created so the youth of Green Bay could get involved with the humane society and become advocates for animals.

Called C.H.A.T, which stands for Children for Humane Animal Treatment, the program aims to educate youth ages 8 -12, and is open to children of the greater Green Bay area. The club meets twice a month, and teaches lessons about being a responsible pet owner, and how to provide the best care for their future com-

C.H.A.T program begins

Scouts from Pack 4031 demonstrated their woodworking abilities by making bird houses during a recent den meeting. The scouts are required to participate in certain activities to earn special badges and recognition.

More pictures of the scouts events throughout the fall can be seen on the Pulaski news website at www.pulaskinews.org.

Scouts make birdhouses

The Pulaski Pool has special open swim hours during the holidays this year. Dec. 27, 28, 29, and 30 we will be open from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The fee for open swim is $3.00 per person and is free for seniors (60+). Come in and join us – remember that we reserve the right to close if not enough

Pulaski pool open for holiday hours

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panions. The club meetings are held

on the first and third Wednes-day of the month from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. While the program only recently began, the organization will hold events throughout the year. The Bay Area Humane society C.H.A.T program has three terms to help their furry friends: The fall term which consists of six different activities and lessons such as, winter term which consists of five different lessons and ac-tivities such as, and spring term which consists of five lessons and activities including caring for the planet on Earth Day.

patrons are present in the first hour. The regular weekend open swim hours will resume on the weekend of Jan. 6, 2012.

Registration for the Winter/Spring sessions is now open. Information is available on-line at www.pulaskipace.org and click on the pool.

Village budget/front pageFor those living in a

$150,000 home, the bill will increase by more than $70.00.

According to Pulaski Village Treasurer Jodi Przybyl-ski, the Oconto County increase occurred because the value of the property in the county was increased only slightly.

Despite the fact that the village made many cuts across the board, there were some in-creases. Village board wages, for example, increased (in total) by $2,000. Similarly, wages for the village clerk and support staff increased by nearly $3,000 total as well.

According to Przybylski, the increases were necessary, as board members will need to attend more meetings through-out 2012 with representatives from the Department of Trans-

portation. Currently, Pulaski is slated

to receive major road improve-ments from the DOT in the up-coming years.

More money was also bud-geted for computer equipment, supplies and election wages, as 2012 is a Presidential election year.

Since both the Village police department and the Village public works depart-ment employees are still under a union contract for 2012, they will receive a two percent pay increase.

Overall, however, Wood-ward was proud of the work board members put into the budget, saying that it will ad-equately address future needs, but still remains logical and rational.

Thursday, December 15, 2011 Pulaski News -Page 5

I, Bernie Zablocki, am submit-ting my name for the open board trustee position for the Village of Pulaski.

As a 22 year resident of Pulaski, I am interested in making our community a better place.

Here is a list of organizations that I have been involved with over the last several years.

Lifelong member of Assump-tion BVM Church

11 year Moose Lodge Member5 year board member Wolf

River Chapter for Doc’s Harley Davidson

9 year employee of Georgia Pacific Corporation

22 year employee of Kendall Corporation

I am looking forward to meeting with you at the next Village meeting on December 5th, 2011.

Respectfully, Bernie Zablocki

Dear Village President and Village Trustees,

I am expressing my interest in the vacant Trustee Position for the term expiring April 2013 that Reed A. Woodward previously held.

I am a Pulaski resident, a busi-ness professional, and interested in contributing to the betterment of the Village of Pulaski.

Qualifications: Currently I am a Broker As-

sociate with Resource One Reality and the past 25 years I have worked as an Accountant in various manufacturing com-panies. I am a member of the Pulaski Economic Development Corp and a past member of the Pulaski Chamber of Commerce.

Reason of Interest: The Village of Pulaski is a

great community and as residents, we have the privilege and oppor-tunity to be part of the local gov-ernment contributing to its direc-

Open Village Trustee position- letters of interest

Dear Village Board Members,

I, Francis Karchinski request to be considered to fill and com-plete the term of the vacant Trustee position. I have been a prior Trustee and I am commit-ted to serve the good people of The Village of Pulaski.

This would be an honor to serve the Village of Pulaski and its citizens.

Sincerely; Francis Karchinski

I am interested in the opening on the Village Board. I, Howard Zernicke have been a resident of the Village of Pulaski for many years. I have been involved in Community activities, a member of Planning & Zoning for many years. I have always had a passion for Pulaski.

Thank you,Howard L. Zernicke

Good Morning Village Board Members:

I write this morning to express my interest in being ap-pointed to the vacant Village Trustee position and believe that my unique qualifications make me an excellent candidate for the job. In particular, I offer the following:

I currently serve as the Presi-dent/CEO of Integrated Com-munity Solutions located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. We are a private, non-profit organization administering human service programs and own two for profit staffing companies as well. In this role, I am responsible for comprehensive oversight of the entire organization, 30 employ-ees and an annual budget of twenty-one million dollars.

For eight years, I was em-ployed as the City Administrator for four Wisconsin Communi-ties ranging in size from 1900 to 22,000 residents. Just prior

to being hired as the President/CEO of Integrated Community Solutions, I worked for the City of South Milwaukee, and was responsible for an annual budget of approximately twelve million dollars and municipal staff of 175 employees. Additionally, I was employed by the City of Shawano on the “street crew” prior to beginning my tenure as a City Administration. This expe-rience was critical in my under-standing of the physical needs in running a community on a daily basis.

My leadership roles in the public sector have allowed me to build all of the necessary skill sets to help Pulaski be successful including budget development and administration; employee administration, development and negotiation; strategic plan-ning; public works and utility management; economic devel-opment and grant writing and treasury functions.

My education background in Political Science and Public Administration with a concen-tration in local, municipal ad-ministration levels lends itself to being successful in a Village Trustee role as well.

I enjoy a track record of building organizations with a healthy fiscal bottom line and a culture of teamwork, efficiency, integrity and impeccable cus-tomer service.

Gentlemen, given my ex-tensive experience in leading Wisconsin cities, coupled with my current role in building suc-cessful non-profit and for-profit business, I am confident in my ability to be an excellent re-source for you and the rest of the Village Board. I care a great deal about Pulaski as my home and am vest in our future success.

I would be glad to meet with you at your convenience to discuss my candidacy in greater detail. Furthermore, I can provide more extensive informa-tion regarding my background should you want to me to do so.

Thanks for your consider-ation.

Sincerely, Jon Syndergaard

Dear Karen,Please submit my name to

the Village Board indicating

Pulaski Village Board:Please accept this as my

“Letter of Interest” for the vacant position of Village Trustee. I have been a resident of the Village of Pulaski since August 2004. I am currently the Managing Director of Senior Homes, INC. and I am also a volunteer, teachers aide at Glenbrook Elementary School.

Let me begin by saying I have come to know and love this com-munity for it’s open and wonder-ful display of Americana. This is a beautiful community for fami-lies to live and grow. In these difficult, economic times, I feel compelled to perform my civic duties and assist in anyway pos-sible, to ensure our continued way of life. I have had 37 years of pervious experience as a busi-ness manager. My daily activities involved financial management, personnel management, custom-er relations, adherence to local, state and federal law. Though our mission was to perform main-tenance on various aircraft, our primary goal was to care for our customers. I strongly feel those learned skills and experience, along with my passion to serve our community would be a defi-nite asset for the Village Board in the role of Trustee.

I thank you for your time and consideration for review of this letter and my credentials. I stand ready to assist our community.

Sincerely, Victoria L. Robokoff

After the untimely and unfor-tunate death of former Village President Ronald Kryger, the Pulaski Village Board appointed Trustee Reed Woodward Village President until April 2013, leaving a vacant Trustee position.

The board is set to appoint a member of the public to the posi-tion at their meeting on Monday, Dec. 19, but received nine letters of interest from citizens. All of the candidates submissions, in-cluding supplemental material like resumes, etc., can be found on the Pulaski News website. Below are the letters:

Bernie Zablocki

tion and growth. My theory is that it takes all of us to be part of the solution and I am ready to take an active role and be the voice for the residents of Pulaski towards the growth and future of the Village.

Sincerely, Chris Smith

Christine Smith

Francis Karchinski

Howard Zernicke

Jon Syndergaard

Keith Chambers

that I am interested in being ap-pointed to fill the remained of the term for the current open Trustee position on the Village Board.

My qualifications are: Village Trustee; May 1993-

April 2005Village President; April 2005-

April 2011Board Member Wisconsin

League of Municipalities; 2008-2011

Thank you for your consider-ation.

Sincerely,Keith Chambers

Dear Board Members,I am submitting this letter of

interest in hopes of joining some of our leading citizens as a trustee in the Village of Pulaski.

I have lived in the Village for 41 years. Married to my wife Patsy for 46 years. From 1984 to 1998 I was a E.M.T with Tri-County Rescue, served as supply officer and was on the board of directors for several years.

I also was a first responder for N.E.W Rescue. I have been a volunteer for the Red Cross Transportation Dept. for over 10 years. Also, I am a member of the Pulaski Lions Club and the Pioneer Tractor Club.

I am presently employed at Good Shepherd Services in Seymour, Wi.

It’s difficult to balance the budget with increasing inflation rates and reduced tax revenues.

I feel its our responsibility to future generations to keep our Village out of any financial di-lemmas.

Thank you for considering me as a member of the board. It would be a privilege to serve the community.

Sincerely, Rodger Brzeczkowski

Rodger Brzeczkowski

Dear Sirs: I would like to take this op-

portunity to declare my interest in serving the people of Pulaski by being considered to fill Reed Woodward’s board post which was made vacant by the tragic

and untimely death of the Village President.

My name is Robert J. Gajew-ski. I, along with my wife Elaine and son Arthur, have resided in the Village of Pulaski for the past 2.5 years. I am a native of Pulaski. At the age of 16, my family relo-cated to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, when my father, Art Gajewski, was transferred there from the Wisconsin State Employment Office- Green Bay.

Following graduation from Lincoln High School in Mani-towoc, I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engi-neering at the University of Wis-consin-Madison in 1973.

My entire career was spent in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area as an employee of General Mills, Inc. and the Pillsbury Company in their Research and Develop-ment facilities. Tiles I held and GMI and TPC were various levels of Scientists and Principal Engi-neer. My responsibilities included hiring and supervising technical personnel, scientists, engineers, interns, and part-time employ-ees. In my role as R&D Project Team Leader, duties covered co-ordinating the start-up for a single production lines to entirely new plant facilities. These positions required close interaction with individuals from various aspects of the organization, such as Op-erations, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Quality Assurance, etc.

I am currently retired and am a member of Assumption BVM Catholic Church where I serve on the Finance Committee. My responsibilities have always in-cluded critical decision making for the benefit of the whole, and I feel confident that my educational background and work experience qualify for me the interim board position.

Thank you for your careful consideration of my letter of in-terest.

Robert J. Gajewski

Robert J. Gajewski Victoria

Robokoff

School UpdatesThursday, December 15, 2011

A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.

~ Anonymous

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by Jerrod Zeitlin Fairview Elementary

School recently added to its school forest by building a multi-purpose building and a butterfly garden.

The original school forest was created in May 1974, by the late Irene Standal and Bill Derricks at Fairview Elementa-ry School, according to teacher Neil Hamel. They spearheaded an effort to plant over 3,000 trees to create a new addition to the forest. The following year, the 5 grade class planted an ad-ditional 3,000 plants and trees.

Today, the forest provides students a hands-on opportu-nity to learn about nature and the world around them. It also serves as inspiration for more traditional school activities, like writing assignments.

“Students learn in the forest by doing tree identification,

predator-prey relations, snow-shoeing through the forest, and other reading and writing ac-tivities,” said Hamel.

Recently, Hamel and 4th grade teacher John Wood cut a tree down and shown the kids how to tell how old a tree is by looking at its rings. The school forest is also used for looking for animals and studying the natural habitat of animals, like bees, birds and deer environ-ments.

The new building and but-terfly garden will expand these types of opportunities for stu-dents.

“The new multi-purpose building built in the school forest is in the future to have concerts, guest speakers to make this new place a great tool for Fairview to use a lot in the future,” said Hamel.

Fairview adds to school forest

by Chris Bania The 2011 Pulaski High

School One Act recently per-formed at the Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival at the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater. This festival is the highest competition level that a high school One-Act team can reach.

The group performed their production of “Don’t Fear the Reaper” at the festival, which stretched from Nov. 17 until Nov. 19. In addition to performances from the 39 high schools that qualified to compete, there were also a variety of workshops available to students.

Pulaski arrived on Friday, Nov. 18, and immediately got to experience some of the workshops. Many of the work-shops had a strong connection to theatre; for example, there were workshops such as ‘Can you hear me? Voice Training for Actor’ and ‘Yin and Yang of Make-up’. But other work-shops offered students more variety-- like ‘Filmmaking’ and ‘Salsa Time.’

Later in the evening, Pulaski students, along with students from other schools, watched Appleton North’s musical ‘The Phantom of the Opera.’ It was soon after the next morning that the state per-formance of ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ was finally presented, and it didn’t disappoint the au-dience.

“All of the actors were on

top of their game, and the au-dience responded with laugh-ter and rowdy applause,” said Joe L’Huillier, a crew member that worked on the production, sound and lighting. “They groaned as the lights came up after the final scene. They were genuinely disappointed when the play was over

After performing, the cast and crew waited for over a half-hour to find out what the judges thought of their final show. Finally, it was revealed that the group had received an All-State Award with a plaque.

Out of the 39 perform-ing high school groups from around the state, only five were given this honor. In addition, PHS student Nelson DeCleene was also awarded a special acting award and received a plaque for his performance as the Grim Reaper.

“I didn’t see it coming. I was more overall proud of the cast for the All-State Award,” DeCleene said.

It’s safe to say everyone was very enthusiastic about the results. Jessica Breest, the director of the play, was im-mensely proud of the work and performance the students had given.

“All of them are so tal-ented and have only helped to heighten my love of theatre,” DeCleen said.

For members of One Act, it was a great way to end the season.

One Act earns All-State honor

submitted by Bob CoenenPulaski High School’s

business department recently wrapped up its Accounting Challenge by awarding 9 gift cards as well as an iPod Touch to the top 10 finishers of the challenge, which took place from Monday, Nov. 14, until Friday, Nov. 18

To participate, students had to answer three to four ques-tions per day and submit them by noon the next day. Points were awarded on the basis of correctness - one point per question answered correctly.

Each question was account-ing related, in order to expand the students’ knowledge of ac-counting.

At the end of the week, the names of the top finishers were picked from a hat to determine their rank as well as allotted prize.

“The overall experience was rewarding and education-ally enhancing,” said Brenna Adamski, student and first place winner of the iPod Touch, “I surely hope this opportunity will be available again to stu-dents in the future.”

Accounting challenge held

Class Spotlight:

by Erika LambertMany students have a wide

array of opportunities within PHS, whether that means pre-paring for college or the real world. Computer integrated manufacturing lab is one class offered in the technology de-partment that is helping stu-dents prepare for post-high school education.

“As part of a cooperative project with local industry and technical college efforts, a CNC (Computer Numeri-cal Control)/CAM (Computer Aided Machining) Mobile Technology Lab for Bay Area rural youth was developed” said PHS teacher Harley Gries-bach. “The Mobile Machining Technology lab is a traveling trailer with a CNC/CAM train-ing facility to be used on-site for direct education. This engaged learning experience provides PHS with an afford-able solution to providing in-troductory CNC/CAM courses with credit from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC). The skills and expe-riences the students could learn will be carried with them for the rest of their lives in auto-mated machining.”

At NWTC, this class is offered as a two-credit CNC Fundamental 1 or two-credit CNC Fundamentals 2, each during an 18-week semester. This class is a 4-hour block, or equivalent to 72 hours per se-mester.

“A major goal of this project is to initiate a change in the his-torical perception and stigma of manufacturing by creating a clean and well organized man-ufacturing environment that will be communicated to the greater community including the school district” said Gries-bach

This class is a great career builder and many students should try to enroll in this great opportunity. PHS hopes to in-crease the size of these classes in the future, as they offer stu-dents a great way to earn real-world experience, and a great way to save money.

Computer integrated

manufacturing

Fairview students enjoy spending time in the new building addition to the school forest. The additions, which became part of the forest over the summer, will provide students with even more opportunities to learn about nature and other skills hands-on.

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REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011Pulaski High School Library

6 P.M.Official Minutes

CALL TO ORDER: Board President Townsend called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Library at the Pulaski High School. PLEDGE OF ALLE-GIANCE: The Pledge of Al-legiance was recited by all present. ROLL CALL: Board members present: Barb McK-eefry, Pam Denzer, Trina Townsend, Jeff Rasmussen, Chris Vandenhouten and Bob Skalitzky Board members absent: Mark Wernicke, Administrators present: Dr. Mel Lightner, Pam Kerche-val, John Matczak, Dan Slowey, Jerad Marsh, Pat Ful-lerton, Marc Klawiter, Jenny Gracyalny, Kurtis Sufka, and Nichole Disterhaft Guests at-tending: Marcee Gohr, LeAnn Nooyen, Tina Rosner, Eliza-beth Kust, Patty Wasielewski, Pete Liss, Karen Jordan, Cindy DeNeys, Arelene Zuleger, Tina Mills, Carol Witthuhn, Kris Reed, Donna Watermo-len, Sheila Price, Celina Kafka, Kathy Fischer, Jeff Miller, Sarah Pautz, Tracey Szyman-ski, and Robert Vanschyndel CITIZENS’ FORUMDISCUSSION AND / OR ACTION ITEMSBOARD REPORT- The 2011 Educator Effectiveness and Compensation Seminar is coming up on December 9th and the WASB State Conven-tion Jan. 18-20, please let

Trudy Wied know if you would like to attend. S U P E R I N T E N D E N T REPORT – Article on the Sunnyside well issue will be in the Press Gazette within the next few days. Since Sep-tember of 2010 we have been using bottled water there. Dealing with the DNR has not been easy. They have not been very responsive to our sugges-tions. Dr. Lightner met today with some administrators and counselors on Student Mental Health Needs. Prevea may partner with us in meeting some of these needs. Grant process is moving forward. UWGB Partnership Committee met today. They will continue to look into the partnership and will bring information to the board in Jan.. PAY BILLS: McKeefry moved, Denzer seconded, to approve and pay the bills as presented. 6 voting aye, 0 voting nay, motion carried. MINUTES: Rasmussen moved, Skalitzky seconded, to approve Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held on October 19, 2011 6 voting aye, 0 voting nay, motion carried. PERSONNEL REPORT – None 2012-2013 FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS – Dr. Light-ner and Pam Kercheval shared a rough draft of the finan-cial projections for next year. Because of budget reductions and changes made in 2010-11 and for 2011-2012, the pro-jected deficit for 2012-2013 is –($798,016) rather than –($1,895,471) FRESH FOOD INITIA-TIVE : Sheila Price gave an

School board meeting minutes

Hillcrest Optimist Winners

Winners for the month of October were fifth graders Joseph Hesser and Mya Thomas.

update on the Fresh Food Ini-tiative. Highlights of Changes:From-Scratch EntréesVegetarian EntréesFresh Fruits & VegetablesPHS Focus Group—In re-sponse to the “Bring Back my Fries” Facebook Page MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS: The board is not in favor of limiting the number of teams to two teams of basketball and volleyball at the seventh and eighth grade level as presented. Sports will continue as usual at this point.EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK CREATION PROCESS – Dr. Lightner presented a process for creating employee hand-books:

Nov. – Dec. – Jan.Review of Collective Bar-

gaining Agreements by Board of Education. Discussion of Collective bargaining Agree-ment items to be modified. In-vitation to Labor Unions.

Feb. – March: Review of personnel related policies

April – May: Finalization / Adoption of Employee Hand-book

CLOSED SESSION: The Board will then convene into Closed Session as per Wis-consin Statute 19.85 (1)(c&e) to discuss leave of absence request and administrator evaluation.

ADJOURNMENT: Ska-litzky moved, McKeefry sec-onded, to adjourn the meeting at 9:05 P.M. 6 voting aye, 0 voting nay, motion carried.

Submitted by Trudy Wied – Secretary to the

Board of Education

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Hillcrest Elementary School awarded four of its students, from third and fifth grades, Optimist Awards during the months of October and November. The students were nominated by their teachers for their excellent behavior and positive attitudes.

Winners for the month of November were third grade students Kevin Nickel and Martina Jourdan.

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Thursday, December 15, 2011 Pulaski News -Page 9

The building next to Pren-tice’s insurance business was a total loss, and his building shares a wall with that build-ing.

“If the building next to mine is torn down, that might weaken the structural integ-rity of my building,” Prentice pointed out.

Prentice had recently cel-ebrated 10 years of business in Pulaski, after opening his doors on Dec. 1, 2001.

Reed Woodward, Pulaski Village President, said the village is currently waiting on state and federal agencies for aid in funding a recovery.

“We will be the vehicle to locate funds for rebuilding, not repairing, the businesses that were affected by the fire,” said Woodward, “but it’s up to the property owners if they want to rebuild.”

On Monday, Dec. 6 , the

Pulaski Village Board officially declared a state of emergency.

“This is the first step that might be of many,” Wood-ward said. “We may have to wait several weeks to find out if there are any funds available.”

While the exact future of Pu-laski’s downtown may remain unknown, residents throughout the Pulaski Community have stepped up to the plate, pouring in donations to help those who lost everything in the blaze.

PACE, the Pulaski Area Community Education orga-nization, began collecting do-nations for household items--- ranging from toiletries to dressers-- at Lunch with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 4, less than a full day after the fire had finally been extinguished.

Within a few hours, individ-uals and families had brought in numerous donations. By Wednesday, PACE had re-

ceived enough donations to fill two semi trucks, and started turning away donations for household items, clothes and food.

Instead PACE, in conjunc-tion with North Shore Bank and MCL, began collecting fi-nancial donations to help those displaced by the fire get back on their feet.

In fact, MCL offered to match the first $25,000 worth of donations received. Bay Tek donated $10,000 to the effort while NSight donated $15,000.

A community-wide fund-raiser will be held to benefit those affected by the fire on Saturday, Dec. 17 beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Augies Pub in downtown Pulaski. Events will also be held throughout the day at Zielinski’s Ballroom.

The fundraiser will feature events for both children and adults, including a Christmas

Photographs received for the Dexter McNabb Big Buck Contest will be published in the 12-29-11 issue due to fire coverage. We apologize for the delay.

Party, a cookie decorating contest, live and silent auctions and performances by bands.

Donations for those affected will be accepted at both loca-tions throughout the day.

The fundraiser at Zielin-siki’s will end at 9:00 p.m. on Dec. 17, while the event at Augies will stretch until 1:00 a.m. on Dec. 18.

Overall, while the fire may have damaged Pulaski’s down-town, residents throughout the community were able to pull together to help all those af-fected and improve their com-munity.

“As the fire department, we want to thank everyone in the town,” Wichlacz said. “It just shows you what Pulaski is all about.”

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Second graders at Assumption BVM are participating in a post-card exchange. They sent out postcards to all the states in the U.S and have received postcards from those states in exchange. They also asked the relatives of students living abroad to send in post-cards. So far, the class has received cards from Rome, England and India. This exchange has allowed students to strengthen geography skills, learn about other cultures, places and informs others about Wisconsin.

ABVM students enjoy hands-on learning

Dunford receives DAR citizen award

by Sam Schwartz Kevin Dunford, a senior at

Pulaski High School, was re-cently named the recipient of the Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen award for the 2011-2012 school year.

The DAR committee was created in 1934 in partnership with the DAR Good Citizen Pilgrimage primarily to recog-nize students such as Dunford and thank such students for their overwhelmingly positive contribution to their school and community.

DAR committee recognizes and awards high school seniors who posses outstanding citi-zenship qualities. DAR award winners eligible at the national level who place highly enough receive scholarships to the school of each students choos-ing.

The award is given to one senior each year who is select-ed by the entire PHS staff. The winner is said to exemplify out-standing qualities of depend-ability: truthfullness, loyalty and punctuality; service: coop-eration, courtesy and consid-eration of others; leadership: personality, self-control and ability to assume responsibil-

ity; and patriotism: unselfish interest in family, school, com-munity and nation.

After consideration of many students enrolled in the senior class of PHS, five students were selected as nominees for the DAR Good Citizen Award: Paige Lightner, Rachel Gullickson, Rachel Kennedy and Hannah Kestly.

Following the announce-ment of the five nominees, each senior nominee was asked to complete a full resume, write a paragraph on his or her future plans as well as develop an essay discussing the four qualities a DAR Good Citizen possesses. The PHS faculty use these expectations to determine the winner.

Ultimately, the PHS facil-ity determined that although all five students posses outstand-ing qualities, Dunford por-trayed the best attributes of a DAR Good Citizen.

“I’m just very honored and thankful for being chosen the DAR Good Citizen of Pulaski High School,” said Dunford. “It’s a very humbling experi-ence when the staff chooses you out of the entire student body senior class. This without a doubt is a blessing and I want

to thank the staff for giving me an opportunity such as this.”

Now that Dunford has been chosen as the recipient, he is eligible for the DAR Good Citizen scholarship. If entered into the contest, Dunford will be eligible for cash awards at the state and national levels.

Regardless of scholar-ships, however, Dunford will be awarded the school’s DAR Good Citizen plaque, pin, cer-tificate and recognition card due to his outstanding be-havior and accomplishments throughout his years as a high school student.

Kevin Dunford received the DAR Good Citizen award for the 2011-2012 school year. Assumption BVM second graders have been studying animals

and investigating animal characteristics, habitats, adaptations, sur-vival strategies and relationships between humans and animals. The students examined animal tracks and matched animal tracks to the animal, while discussing animals that leave one trail, two tracks, and three tracks The students also traced their own “tracks” with white chalk and compared them to those made by animals.

Sports Thursday, December 15, 2011

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. ~Vince Lombardi

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Senior Profiles

by Dalton BouzekWhile lacrosse may not be

thought of as the typical Amer-ican sport, for area high school students that play, the commit-ment is usually year-round.

The Green Bay area has numerous lacrosse teams at the high school level. Pulaski players are typically part of the Green Bay Metro Rebels.

The Rebels began play six years ago, and they pull players from various area high schools, including Pulaski, Ashwaube-non, Green Bay Preble and Manitwoc Roncalli.

The Rebels play in the Wisconsin Lacrosse Federa-tion, which begins play in the spring. The Rebels compete against other high schools such as Notre Dame Academy, Bay Port, Neenah, Appleton, Green Bay Southwest and Menasha, among others.

The Rebels home facility is Lombardi Middle School, where both practices and games are held. The games are held at all times throughout the week, usually around 5:00 p.m.

Currently, PHS has six players on the team including seniors Tyler Englebert, Austin Zimanek and Ian Woest, and juniors Brickman House, Mike Frehse and Dalton Bouzek.

While preparation for the season, and the work put in throughout the spring, can be tiring, for junior Frehse, the effort is worth it.

“Lacrosse takes a lot of work to prepare for, but its all worth it during the season. The practices are pretty tough, but lacrosse is a tough game so it keeps you motivated to go the extra mile during practice,” Frehse said.

For House, who plays mid-fielder on the team, lacrosse can be life consuming but en-joyable. In fact, House has been playing the game since he was young.

Ultimately, while the players acknowledge that the sport is still relatively obscure throughout Northeast Wiscon-sin, they hope that as teams spread throughout the area, the sport will increase in popularity and become more main-stream.

Pulaski students enjoylacrosse

McDermids maintain ball diamond

by Jordan StiedeIn early November, family

and friends of Doug McDer-mid, who passed away on Oct. 10, 2011, gathered at the baseball diamond named in his honor to remember the man whose passion was baseball. The group planted trees around Doug McDermid Field as a way to preserve his legacy.

“I always thought baseball diamonds looked good with a tree border,” said Pat McDer-mid, son of Doug McDermid.

The family chose to plant Techny Arborvitae which is a strong evergreen often used as a windbreaker. The trees should grow 18 to 20 feet in the next few years and can live to be over 100 years old.

Doug McDermid was a strong supporter of youth in-volvement in sports and was especially passionate about

baseball. In 1978 he started the Pulaski Reds baseball team, and cared meticulous-ly for the diamond at Memo-rial Park in Pulaski. In 2005, the diamond was dedicated in his name.

In addition to family members, other people who helped plant the trees includ-ed high school head baseball coach Jerad Marsh and assis-tant coaches Brett Zavernik and Dave Landers.

Other improvements planned in the upcoming years include bull-pens out of the dugouts and eventually a grand stand.

“I think it’s my responsi-bility to continue to improve and maintain the diamond,” said Pat McDermid, “es-pecially when the field is named after my dad.”

Tyler Wichmann, Brock McDermid and Dylan Bersch work to maintain the baseball diamond named for Doug McDermid.

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Name: Laura JuszczykSport/Activity: Cross Country, Band, TrackAge: 17Position: Band Council Sec-retaryYears Played: 4Favorite Subject: AnatomyPost High School Plans: UW-LaCrosse for biologyFavorite High School Memory: Band TripsFavorite Food: PineappleFavorite Music Artist/Band: Patrick StumpHobbies: RunningFavorite TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy

Name: Victoria BuschSport/Activity: Band/Track and FieldAge: 17Position: Section leader/ VP of Jazz ClubYears Played: Band since 6th grade, Jazz Club: 4 yearsFavorite Subject: Anatomy and PhysiologyPost High School Plans: UW-Stevens PointFavorite High School Memory: Band trips/ Spirit DaysFavorite Food: Anything with a lot of flavorFavorite Musical Artist/Band: Dave Matthews Hobbies: Working out/ FacebookFavorite TV Show: That 70s show, Private PracticeGoal for the season: Make my last year one to rememberRivals: Bay Port Band (haha)

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by Casey Alger-FeserAlthough the season is

early, the Raiders are off to an impressive 3 and 0 start, taking games at Hortonville and Clin-tonville. Pulaski has dominated its opponents on both ends of the court, winning each game by at least 20 points. They also defeated the West DePere Phantoms at home in front of a raucous crowd at the Fred Kestly Field House.

The Raiders got off to a slow start in each of their first two games of the season, giving up early baskets and commit-ting uncharacteristic turnovers. However, once second half ad-justments were made by Coach Dave Shaw, they increased there lead to an unreachable plateau for either team. Cody Wichmann led the Raiders with 17 points, and Casey Alger-Feser added a career high 16 points against the Truckers of Clintonville.

In a defensive effort against Hortonville, Pulaski gave up an astounding three points in the second quarter, and only five in the next period. Four players were in double digits for the

Raiders as the win put them to 2 and 0. “After playing in those three games, I really think we can improve a few things and make a run at conference,” said junior guard Devin Renier.

On Friday, Dec. 2, West DePere traveled to Pulaski where they were steam rolled by 27 points in a great effort from the entire Raider roster. Once again, Wichmann led the team with 20 points, while Al-ger-Feser chipped in 10. This was their first home game this season, as the players were an-nounced; they were greeted by spotlights and cheers from the hometown crowd.

Raiders off to a quick start

BAA draws a crowd

by Craig ThompsonFrom November until Feb-

ruary, Pulaski High School ath-letes who are not participating in a winter sport are given the opportunity to participate in an intramural basketball league, more commonly known as BAA.

BAA, which stands for “Boys Athletic Association,” is held on Wednesday mornings at 6:00 a.m. before school and is finished around 7:00 a.m. There are currently eight teams involved in the league, includ-ing a faculty team.

This year, John Pitzen, a technology education and woods teacher at PHS, has taken over the role as commis-sioner of the league,

“It’s good for the kids and I wanted to keep in place what Mr. (Phil) Morgan had run for the past several years, said Pitzen. Before Pitzen, Morgan had organized the league for more than 15 years

Every week, each team is paired up with another team in the league to play in a 48 minute, four quarter game. The league runs until late February, and includes one playoff game and one championship game.

Because the games begin so early, the players must wake up as early as five in the morning for the contests.

“It’s hard to wake myself up that early sometimes,” said Dalton Bouzek, a PHS junior and a member of a BAA bas-ketball team. “But once I get to the school, I feel energized and ready to play.”

Upcoming Red Raider boy’s

basketball varsity game:

Fri., Dec. 16 vs Green Bay Southwest, at GBSW at 7:15p.m.

Thurs., Dec. 22 vs Ashwaubenon at Ash-waubenon, at 7:15p.m.

Fri., Dec. 23, vs Shawano at Pulaski, at 7:15 p.m.

Alumni of the Red Raiders boy’s basketball team will be recognized at the Dec. 23 home game against Shawano. The game begins at 7:15 p.m.

Former Pulaski players, and their families, will receive free admission to the game and will be honored at halftime.

An alumni social will be held in the Pulaski High School commons immediately follow-ing the game.

To RSVP, text Jay Robi-adek at (920) 655-1136.

Boy’sbasketball Alumni Night to be held

Girl’s basketball begins strong season

by Jack FitzGerald The Girl’s Pulaski basket-

ball squad opened their season this year with a difficult start to their schedule. In the year’s launch they were matched up against two of the highest ranked teams in the state of Wisconsin. The Pulaski ladies managed to put up a great battle against Algoma, only to fall short with a final score of 31 to 48.

On the other hand, the girl’s experienced quite the opposite result to their hard work in their game against West De Pere in which they ended the game with their first win with a score of 48 to 37.

On Monday, Dec. 5, facing

New London, a highly respect-ed girl’s team in the area. The gals fought hard, giving the New London athletes quite the run for their money. Although the girls came up short against the Bulldogs with a final score of 37 to 19, they hope to see great success in games ahead.

In their latest game (as of press time) on Thursday, Dec. 8, the Raider came within one point of Notre Dame Tritons during the first half, but even-tually lost 56 to 51.

Girl’s varsity player Bethany Bikman said, “If we work hard this year we’ve got everything we need to have a great season this year.”

Business Thursday, December 15, 2011

All lasting business is built on friendship. Alfred A. Montapert

Page 13MCL makes pantry donation

Employees of MCL donated 2,000 pounds of food and other ne-cessitates to the Pulaski Food Pantry. The drive is an annual event at the company.

Is your business interested in our January coupon section? Only $30 for a single, colored

ad in P-News. Call today 920-822-6800.

Dynamic Designs will host a “New Products Seminar and Luncheon” on Jan. 25, 2012 at Premier Community Bank in Pulaski, Wisconsin.

The seminar will focus on new promotional products (in-cluding apparel), and market-ing ideas for businesses. At-tendees will be able to see the new products that are available for businesses.

“We believe in educating our clients and know that their success is our success.” said Tammy Brzeczkowski, one of the presenters of the event. “So, giving them first hand

Dynamic Designs to host seminar and luncheon

knowledge about the new prod-ucts that are available for 2012, should hopefully give them an upper hand with their competi-tion.”

The seminar is free of charge; however, seating is limited to the first 50 business-es that register. The seminar is also limited to one person per business or department. Lunch will be provided by Dynamic Designs of Pulaski.

To register online, go to www.dynamicdesignspulaski.com, click on events and fill out the form online.

Go Coastal offers new water massage

Go Coastal, Pulaski’s newest tanning salon located in the Mountain Bay Plaza, is now offering a water massage for its customers.

The massage machine, called the Prolifer Aqua Massage Spa, allows custom-ers to choose between a 10 and 60 minute massage, and no ap-pointment will be necessary.

The machine sprays 36 water jets from different angles, and travels along the body mul-tiple times each session.

It is also heated and custom-ers can choose to activate an aromatherapy option.

“You can get a massage on your way home from work,” owner Dean DeKeyser said.

The machine is designed to relieve muscle pain, improve circulation and relax muscles. The water massage option is also cheaper than traditional massage options and clients can wear their clothes into the machine as well.

Music will also be provided to customers, who will have the option to pick from a selec-tion of CDS and can wear noise canceling headphones.

Go Coastal is open from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays.

Births and Deaths Thursday, December 15, 2011

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Page 14Births

NOTE: Births announcements are a complimentary service from Pulaski News. To place an obituary in the Pulaski News and on the Pulaski News website without a picture, there will be a $15 fee. To place one with a picture will cost $25. Please have your funeral home director email it to us at pu-laskinews@pulaskischools.org Contact Laurie Fischer at (920)822-6800 for more infor-mation.

Ronna Schaumberg, 64, Krakow, died very peacefully Tuesday morning, December 6, 2011 at her home. The daughter of Leonard and Verna (Wien-andt) Marks was born June 12, 1947 and lived most of her life in Appleton. On March 4, 1989 she married Lloyd Schaum-berg. The couple moved to the Krakow area in 2000. Ronna worked for several years at In-dustrial Engraving in Kunesh.

Ronna especially loved her family. She was a kind woman who always looked for the best in people. She never carried a grudge or held onto hard feel-ings for any length of time. She liked birds and the flowers that surrounded her home.

Survivors include her husband, Lloyd; three sons, Sandy Schmidt (Sheila Pre-isler), Shiocton, Brad (Tammy) Schmidt, Shiocton, and Craig (Shelly) Schaumberg, Pulaski; twelve grandchildren, Brianna, Ashley, Haley and Sandy, Jr., Brittany, Samantha, and Aliyah, Amanda and Ashley, Josh, Mandy, and Justin; four great-grandchildren; two broth-ers, Danny (Carol) Marks, Seymour and Billy (Pat) Marks, Menasha; three sisters, Nancy (Bob) Bunnell, Green Bay, Cindy (Steve) Moesch, Zachow, and Colleen (Dave) Thompson, Howard; nieces and nephews, other relatives and a lot of friends. She was preced-ed in death by her parents and a son, Lloyd Schaumberg, Jr.

Schaumberg, Ronna

Ronna Schaumberg

Z. Roman Cnota, 81, So-bieski, died unexpectedly Sat-urday, November 26, 2011 at his home. He was born Sep-tember 3, 1930 in Chicago, Il-linois, to Joseph and Michalina (Dziobek) Cnota, and lived in the Sobieski area most of his life. Roman had been em-ployed as a technician at North-east Telephone Co. in Pulaski until his retirement. He was an excellent electronics technician and was generous in sharing his talents with neighbors, co-workers, and friends. Roman was a loving son who took good care of his parents in their later years.

Survivors include his brother, Mitchell (Ardith) Cnota, Sacramento, CA; his

Cnota, Z. Roman

Tom Yurek, 44, Pulaski, died Sunday, December 4, 2011 as a result of an accident while making wood. The son of Edward and Janice (Weigelt) Yurek was born January 29, 1967 in Pulaski and was a 1985 graduate of Pulaski High School.

Tom had been employed for many years at NEW Roll in Pulaski. He enjoyed bowling and belonged to the Monday and Wednesday leagues in Pulaski. He was a good dad and grandpa. Tom was always ready to help anyone in need. He enjoyed sports, stock car races, and the outdoors (he was never in the house).

Tom is survived by three daughters and three grandchil-dren, Amber Yurek (Bryan Mills) and their children, Isaiah and Ilias, Pulaski; Holly Yurek, Pulaski; Melissa Yurek and her daughter, Taylor, Pulaski; two brothers, Steve Yurek, Pulaski; Jeff (Renee) Yurek, Pulaski; one sister, Susan Brunner, Pulaski; nieces and nephews, Nathan and Ryan Brunner, Laney and Lacy Yurek and Nevin Graves; along with aunts and uncles, cousins, other rela-tives and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother-in-law, Steve Brunner.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.marnocha-funeralhome.com.

Yurek, Tom

Tom Yurek

TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 2011SKINKIS, Lauren, and SHIRLEY, Dan, De Pere, son

THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 2011GORDON, Janelle, and DUDA, Ryan, Pulaski, son.

MONDAY, DEC. 5, 2011GERCZAK, Shannon and Ryan, Sobieski, son.

HEINTZ, Aili and Nicholas, Oneida, son.

TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 2011HUNT, Raeanita, Seymour, and DALGORD, Dennis, Oneida, son.

Joan Ladowski, 55, Pulaski, passed away on Sat-urday, December 10, 2011, at St. Mary’s Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Joan was born to Alvin and Donna Mae (Etten) Berres on June 9, 1956, and was a 1974 graduate of Marshfield High School. On August 8, 1987, she married Mark Ladowski.

Joan was employed at First Wisconsin Bank of Green Bay for 12 years. She was loved at Assumption B.V.M. Parish and School as an art teacher, librarian, and photog-rapher. She was always deco-rating hallways, creating new

Ladowski, Joan

Joan Ladowski

project ideas, or counting box tops. Joan found joy in pho-tography. She captured the life and spirit of school events, family, and nature. As a mother and wife, she provided unconditional love and support in every way possible. She taught her family by example: give to those in need and never stop believing. Joan was one of the four founding members of, and served as the treasurer for, Camp Pop.

She is survived by her husband, Mark Ladowski; two daughters and one son, Megan Ladowski, Chicago, IL, Eric Ladowski, at home, Sara Lad-owski, a senior at UW- Stevens Point; her parents, Alvin and Donna Mae Berres, Marsh-field; maternal grandmother, Leonna Etten, Cadott; siblings, Mark (Linda) Berres, Marsh-field, Dean (Lisa) Berres, Marshfield, Steve (Michelle) Berres, Rochester, MN, Lori (Jim) Guenther, Appleton, Scott (Julie) Berres, Rose-mount, MN, Brian (Tarra) Berres, Chili, WI; her in-laws, Walter and Marian Kroll, Pulaski, Nancy (Don) Schum-acher, Pulaski, Chris Kroll (Mary Swosinski) West Bend, Dean Kroll (Suzette Hackl), Howard. She was preceded by her paternal grandparents, Joseph and Lorretta Berres, and her maternal grandfather, Albert Etten.

The word “believe” gave Joan strength in her battle with cancer. She will live on through all of the people she taught to believe in themselves.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.marnocha-funeralhome.com The family requests no flowers please. Memorial gifts will be given to areas that were close to Joan’s heart.

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niece, Catherine (William) Toft, Camino, CA; a great-niece and great-nephew, Kamie and Tim; and his close friend, Margery Wasielewski, Pulaski. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Marnocha Funeral Home, Pulaski, is serving the Cnota family. Online Condolences may be expressed at www.mar-nochafuneralhome.com

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Jerome P. “Harry” Jurecki, 83, Krakow, died Saturday evening, November 26, 2011 at Woodlands of Gillett. The son of the late John & Anna (Surma) Jurecki was born on September 12, 1928 in Krakow, where he was a life-long resident.

Harry served in the US Army during the Korean Con-flict. He worked at Alwin Man-ufacturing in Green Bay until his retirement. Harry loved being outdoors, and especially enjoyed gardening, landscap-ing, and taking care of his flowers. Jerome was a faith-filled man who had a deep de-votion to Jesus and the Blessed Mother.

He is survived by one brother, Tony Jurecki, Krakow; one sister, Betty Hessing, Shawano; several nieces and nephews, John Jurecki (Bonnie Ausloos), Sampson; Chris Jurecki (Tom Dolota), Krakow; Mike Jurecki, Krakow; Connie (Gerard) LaBrosse, Sobies-ki; Quinn (Jenny) Jurecki, Krakow; Brian (Sherri) Jurecki, Gillett; Jerry (Lynn) Jurecki, Krakow; and Kathy Jurecki (T.D. Bishop), Lena.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Stanley, John and Casey Jurecki, one sister, Julia Jurecki, a sister-in-law, Ann Jurecki, and one brother-in-law, Ray Hessing.

Marnocha Funeral Home, Pulaski, is serving the Jurecki family. Online condolences may be expressed at www.marnochafuneralhome.com.

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Jerome P. “Harry” Jurecki

Frank Patrick Wengrzyn was called by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sep-tember 27, 2011 at the age of 52. He was born on March 8, 1959. The son of the late Harry and Lucille (Ptaszynski) Wengrzyn. Frank’s brother, Mathew preceded him in death also. Frank is survived by his sister Marion and his brother David. Frank is also survived by his relatives and friends. Frank will always be missed.

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Page 15FOR SALE

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FOR RENTPULASKI HOUSING AUTHORITY 822-3887. 55+ senior living. 1-bedroom, rent based on income. All utilities in-cluded. Handicapped ac-cessible unit now avail-able. Low-income family units available, 3-bedroom, rent based on income.

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FULL HOUSE – OLDER HOME. 2-3 bdroom. References Required. NO PETS. Available Dec. 1. Pulaski School District. 920-655-8259.

SENIOR HOMES- 920-822-4653. 1 bedroom available now for low-in-come elderly (62 & over). All utilities included.

AUCTIONAUCTION OF ABAN-DONED ITEMS @ UNIT 132 @ RAIDERLAND STORAGE. 870 Industri-al Way, Pulaski, WI. Items include: acetylene tank and torch, various car parts, car lift, hydraulic jack, Sony big screen TV and much more. Auction now until December 25, 2011. Call to view and place sealed bid. 920-822-8500.

LOST AND FOUND

YOUNG FEMALE CAT FOUND FRIDAY, DE-CEMBER 3 in Pulaski School District bus yard. Mostly white with black ear and black fluffy tail. Extremely friendly. Very well mannered. Litter box trained. Probably was house cat. Gush’s love. Staying with our family until she finds her way home hope-fully before Christmas. Call Angie @ 822-8622.

PERSONALSPRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Never known to fail.) Oh most beauti-ful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful one, splendor of Heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immacu-late Virgin, assist me in my Necessity. Oh star of the sea, help me and show me here you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart so succor me in my necessity (make request). There are

none that can withstand your power. Oh Mary, con-ceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days and then you must publish and it will be granted to you. Thank you Mother. VB.

HOLY ST. JUDE, Apostle and Martyr great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg you to whom God had given such great power to come to my as-sistance. Help me in my present and urgent peti-tion. In return, I promise to make your name known and cause to be invoked. Say 3 Our Father’s. 3 Hail Mary’s and 3 Glory Be’s for 9 consecutive days. St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Amen. Publication must be prom-ised. This novena has never been known to fail. VB.

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Never known to fail.) Oh most beauti-ful flower of Mt. Carmel,

fruitful one, splendor of Heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immacu-late Virgin, assist me in my Necessity. Oh star of the sea, help me and show me here you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart so succor me in my necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh Mary, con-ceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days and then you must publish and it will be granted to you. Thank you Mother.

THANK YOUOn Thurs., Dec. 8, 2011, the Pulaski Fire Depart-ment, along with Hobart, Suamico and Howard fire departments, responded to a heartbreaking loss of our family farm. Without the compassion, dedica-tion and determination of the fire fighters, along with our neighbor’s, family and dear friends, the devasta-tion could have been even worse. We deeply appreci-ate everyone who respond-ed and continue to support our family during this hard-ship. To all of you who brought our family food, supplies and kind words, we give thanks and grati-tude and are truly blessed with your thoughtfulness.Neal and Linda RuechelTracey and Steve Szy-manski and familyRenee and Nathan Ullmer and family.

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Pulaski wrestling celebrates 50 years by Ashlynn Estreen

This season, the Pulaski High School Wrestling team celebrated its 50th anniversary with a banquet and celebration on Saturday, Dec. 3, following the team’s all day wrestling tournament.

The event was open to ev-eryone who has participated in PHS wrestling team since it began, and featured speech-es and appearances by many former coaches and wrestlers. In total, 130 people attended the banquet.

Towards the end of the night, former coaches Coach Jim Richie, Coach Joe Kind and current Coach Terry

Manning gave speeches. Coach Richie discussed the

hardship of coming into the wrestling program just two years after it was founded, and the struggle to get students in-volved in the sport. Riche even talked about the deals he had to make with some families so that their son could wrestle.

Coach Kind, who was Coach Richie’s assistant before becoming head coach, spoke about having people like Mark Weed on the team, an unknown hero. Weed was a wrestler that participated in only one varsity match his entire career, but he was known as a hero because in an important match against

Bay Port he didn’t get pinned and because of that, the Pulaski brought home a win. .

Coach Manning gave his speech on how a program is only as good as its people, and the future of the team.

At the banquet, participants took place in a competition to see who had the oldest jacket, for a t-shirt prize. Dan Las-kowski, class of 1964 won the contest.

Thus far, the 2011-2012 Red Raider wrestling team is off to a great start.

On Dec. 1, the Red Raiders had their first match against Seymour, and started the season off with a win. With all

the wrestlers doing well for the first match, the coaches were pleased.

Before the 50th anniversa-ry banquet, Saturday, Dec. 3, the team held the annual Red Raider tournament, inviting seven other schools to partici-pate.

“We have a room full of extremely hard working wrestlers. Our coaching staff has raised the bar regarding the work ethic and the team has responded well. We are just trying to get the kids to wrestle as hard as they can,” said Coach Manning.

Daniel Irwin, senior, weighing in at 170 pounds

went undefeated at the tourna-ment, a 4-0 perfect score, along with Kasey Calewarts, freshman, weighing in 132 pounds.

On Dec. 8 Pulaski High School had a match against Bay Port at home.

“Brady LePak showed up big for the Bay Port match,” said Manning.

Other upcoming matches for the team include a match on Dec. 15 at Sheboygan South, a double dual on Dec. 20 at Manitowoc Lincoln and an invitational on Dec. 28 at the University of Wis-consin- Whitewater.

To see pictures from this season, visit the Pulaski News Facebook page.