Sexually oriented business regulations reccommended
According to City of Oconomowoc zoning ordinance, sexually oriented businesses are permitted within a heavy industrial district in the city. However, the city does not have any areas that are classfied as a heavy industrial districts, therefore if an adult/sexually oriented business wanted to locate within the city, it would not have that option and the city could face a federal lawsuit for violation of freedom of speech and expression.
In response to this, the Plan Commission passed a reccommendation that amends the current ordinance to allow this type of business to locate in one of the city's urban industrial districts of which there are three.
Mayor Maury Sullivan identified the move as a procedural effort in order to protect the city from a potential lawsuit which could also have the result of an adult business locating in any part of the city near other uses that it could be offensive to.
The ordinance still must come before common council for continued discussion and adoption. More on this story in Tuesday's Living Oconomowoc Focus.
Arrowhead boys whip South
By Chuck DelsmanHost Arrowhead's varsity boys basketball team whipped Waukesha South Friday night in a Classic 8 Conference game, 71-48.
AHS improved to 10-9 overall and 8-4 in league play.
South has one win on the season.
Ryan Saeger led the Warhawks with 16 points. DJ Escamilla had 13 points and Kenny Finco had 10 points.
Pewaukee boys win big
By Chuck DelsmanHost Pewaukee's varsity boys basketball team rolled over struggling St. Francis Friday night in a Woodland Conference game, 65-29.
PHS improved to14-5 on the season and 12-3 in league play. The win was the eighth in a row for the Pirates.
Senior Jordan Daul fired in 16 points to lead the winners. John Czerwinski had 10 points.
Love is in the air this weekend
Theatre on Main invites you to enjoy a Valentine’s treat, A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters”. Starring in this emotionally riveting Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play is Carl Liden as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, and local playwright, Lisa Rowe, author of Psych, as Melissa Gardner.
Both born to wealth and position, they become childhood friends whose correspondence begins with birthday party thank you notes and summer camp postcards, and continues throughout their multi-faceted lives. Melissa, who hates writing letters, is portrayed as rich and spoiled, with a private nurse and private schools, artistic, certainly lascivious, divorced, eventually alcoholic, bi-polar, and suicidal. Andy Ladd is square, destined for Yale, a naval officer, a lawyer, and a U.S. Senator, and says that “writing letters is what he loves most”.
Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards - in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats - that have passed between them throughout their separated lives. In his preface to Love Letters, A. R. Gurney suggests that his emphasis in this play on the importance of writing is more than coincidental.
Showing for a limited time only, “Love Letters” is being performed Feb. 10-12. Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2. Theatre on Main is at 25 S. Main St., Oconomowoc. Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for seniors and students. Tickets are available for purchase by calling the box office at (26) 560-0564, at Books & Company and the Fox Bros. Oconomowoc Piggly Wiggly. Mature subject matter; some adult language.
Poor driving conditions in Lake Country
By Chuck DelsmanDriving conditions throughout the Lake Country area deteriorated quickly Friday morning and just about all roads in the area are snow covered and very slippery.
As of 10 a.m. the roads were just wet, but not slippery. By 11 a.m. the temperature had dropped, the wind started blowing and the snow became heavier.
Traffic both east and westbound on Highway 16 from Pewaukee to Hartland was going about 25 to 35 miles per hour. Several cars were in the ditch in a two-mile stretch near Yench Road.
Traffc on Highway 83 between 16 and I-94 was also going very slow.
Road conditions in Hartland also were very slippery as of noon.
Hart-Lake makes its case
By Joe TrovatoThe Hartland-Lakeside School District laid out its reasoning for asking district taxpayers for $930,000 in referendum dollars at a meeting at North Shore Middle School tonight.
Tonight's meeting was one in a series of meetings designed to educate the public on what the school district is asking of taxpayers. The next meeting is set for 9 a.m. on Feb. 13, followed by another that evening at 6:30 p.m.
At the meeting, Superintendent Glenn Schilling outlined the numerous cost-cutting measures the district has implemented in recent years and the effect of recent legislation on the district.
The district is seeking the referendum money to continue offering the same level of services to its students. According to Schilling, an unsuccessful referendum would force the district to make reductions in certain areas, including electives, the arts, support staff, special education, technology. Cuts could also lead to higher class sizes, he said.
Taxpayers will vote on the referendum in the Feb. 21 primary ballot.
» Read Full ArticleMayor to sign student proclamation
By Donna FrakeTomorrow, City of Oconomowoc Mayor Daley will sign a proclamation written by a group of students from Nature Hill Intermediate School and Silver Lake Intermediate School at 2 pm at City Hall. The students wrote the proclamation as part of the Reading Streak: 100 days of Reading.
Bullying program coming to Mukwonago schools
By Carol Spaeth-BauerGet Connected, a parent network that helps families navigate the school years by providing information and networking, will present "No Child Should be Afraid to Go to School," with Jim Jelinske on Thursday, Feb. 16.
Two morning sessions, 9 a.m. for grades 4 through 6 and 10 a.m. for students in kindergarten through third grade will be held at Prairie View School. An evening session for adults will be presented at 7 p.m. at Park View Middle School, 930 N. Rochester Street, Mukwonago, in the school library.
The program addresses bullying at school, which can be reduced through comprehensive, school-wide programs designed to change behavior.
For more information, contact Dr. Maxine Towle, MAS pupil services director at (262) 363-6300 ext. 24200 or towlema@mukwonago.k12.wi.us .
Hart-Lake referendum discussion tonight
By Joe TrovatoLooking for more information on the upcoming Hartland-Lakeside referendum?
The school district is holding an informational session tonight at 6:30 p.m. at North Shore Middle School.
District residents face a $930,000 tax referendum on Feb. 21, that district officials say is needed to maintain the current level of district services.
If you can't make tonight's meeting, consider going to next week's discussions at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 13.
Eat, drink and be merry at Wine and Brewfest
By Marilyn JozwikBeer, wine and a chocolate dipping fountain dessert bar.
Does it get any better than that?
Yes, it does.
The sixth annual Wine and Brewfest sponsored by the Oconomowoc Rotary Club also includes appetizers as well as American and Italian fare. And if that doesn’t make it even more appetizing, proceeds will go toward Rotary’s charitable endeavors including the polio eradication project around the world.
The event takes place 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Olympia Resort in Oconomowoc.
» Read Full ArticleSussex still seeking DPW Director
By Kelly SmithVillage of Sussex - Village officials have acknowledged they are having a difficult time filling the position of Director of Public Works/Village Engineer.
Village Administrator Jeremy Smith said eight candidates, thought to be semi finalists for the position, were interviewed by the village staff. Smith said the village will continue seeking applicants who have necessary professional qualifications for the position as well as a personality that enables the candidate to fit in with the village staff and village trustees.
Village President Greg Greg Goetz said the Director of Public Works position requires an individual who has engineering education and skills, a kinowlege of municipal government, and an ability to work with residents of the communtiy.
The position has been vacant since late last year when former Public Works Director Eric Nitschke resigned to accept the position of Director of the Southeastern Region of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Assistant Administrator Melissa Weiss has been serving as interim director. The village officials would not comment on whether they would consider appointing her Department of Public Works Director and later hiring an engineer who would report to her.
Generac plans expansion, remodeling
Generac plans to put $8 million to $10 million into an expansion and remodeling project at its Town of Genesee plant, according to an announcement from the company on Tuesday.
Read more in this week's Kettle Moraine Index.
Smith scores school-record 43 points for Arrowhead girls
By JR RadcliffeArrowhead senior post Jenny Smith carved up Germantown in school-record fashion Tuesday, scoring 43 points and guiding her team to a 59-35 nonconference win over the other Warhawks.
Smith made 16 of 18 shots from the field, 11 of 11 from the free-throw line and grabbed 12 rebounds.
"It doesn't get more perfect than that," AHS coach Heidi Hamilton said. "She got great looks from her teammates, and she had the best game I've seen her play. She had 34 against Franklin earlier this year, and this just puts an exclamation point on it."
Smith broke the record set by Lorraine Lorenzen, who scored 42, 39, 36 and 35 points in a game to hold the previous top four marks in school history. Lorenzen graduated in 1977 and later played at the University of Wisconsin.
"The main reason (this happened) is because of my team)," Smith said. "I probably made about three moves by myself. It all came from passing: the lobs, them driving and dishing. I took what I could get, and it was all because of them.
» Read Full ArticleHamilton falls to Pius
By JR RadcliffeSussex Hamilton coach Dan Carey returned to his alma mater Tuesday, Milwaukee Pius XI, hoping to guide his team to an eye-opening nonconfernece win. But the Popes hit 10 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter and thwarted any ideas of a rally as Pius handled the Chargers, 47-27.
Hamilton took a 10-4 lead early but Pius went on a 16-3 run and built an edge as large as 30-17 in the third quarter. Hamilton committed 11 turnovers in the middle two quarters but did bounce back to within 33-26 before Pius' free-throw spree settled the score once and for all.
Hamilton fell to 12-3 overall heading into a monster Greater Metro Conference class Friday against Menomonee Falls -- two teams tied with Divine Savior Holy Angels for first place in the league. Pius, one of the co-leaders in the Classic 8 and ranked seventh in the state, moved to 14-3.
AHS boys defeat Kettle Moraine
By Chuck DelsmanArrowhead's varsity boys basketball team led from start to finish Tuesday night and scored a 65-48 Classic 8 Conference victory over host Kettle Moraine.
AHS improved to 9-9 overall and 7-4 in league play. KM fell to 5-12 on the season and 3-8 in conference games.
Ryan Saeger led the Warhawks with 12 points and 9 rebounds. Kenny Finco had 8 points and Dominic Todarello had 7 points.
KM was led by sophomore Paul Miller with 15 points. Miller made 11 of 12 foul shots. Beck Chase and Ben Varick chipped in with 7 points each.
Good start, good finish for PHS boys
By Chris SchuckPewaukee's varsity boys basketball team got off to a good start on Tuesday and finished strong against Brown Deer.
The Pirates, which got 15 points from Kray Bradley, defeated the Falcons 70-55. Brown Deer, which trailed by as many as 18 points in the first half, cut the lead to three points 45-42 before Pewaukee pulled away in the fourth quarter.
"We handled the ball and all their defenses they threw at us in the first half, and in the fourth quarter," PHS head boys basketball coach Tim Reuter said.
Jordan Edgerson sccred 12 points for the winners. Jordan Daul added 11 points.
