RACINE POST 2008

Q U O T E O F T H E D A Y

The bottom line is still the same. It's accounting tricks. --Todd Berry, president of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, on state budget impasse. H A I K U O F T H E D A Y Pancake Day. Art fair. Paddling down the Root River. Racine at its best. Your turn! Write a haiku here! MAY 5 Mother Earth Water Walk coming 10 Jill Plaisted performs at 716 10 Raiders set 2nd mini-camp 15 Racine Zoo's Rhino paints! Gets her first gallery show! 16 Case HS student to perform with Racine Symphony Orchestra 17 KR Bike Club annual ride 19 Sondheim auditions at RTG 22 Capoeira: dance, martial arts 29 RCEDC sets 25th celebration JUNE 7 'Rayscene from the Streets' Submit your community events to Racine Kiosk at: racinekiosk@gmail.com ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, ETC! Godspell, Beauty head Theatre Guild schedule Stewi: A friendly pup A B O U T U S - RacinePost exclusive story - Independent media - Racine Kiosk event Get RacinePost headlines through Twitter SEND TIPS TO Dustin or Pete RacinePost on the radio... | Listen HERE Jamil Wilson considering Duke? | More buzz... Case High's Ned Kramer ends nearly three decades of Racine tennis St. Cat's Patrick Souter to walk-on to UW-Milwaukee's basketball team Johnny Clay excels in UW's Spring Game St. Cat's Devron Bostic named junior college player of the year Johnny Clay shows improvement Packers schedule released... Leipold gets Minnesota Wild P R O P E R T Y T R A N S F E R S CLICK for our growing archive of Racine County Property Transfers

`L A T E S T N E W S` `State budget $527 million short State may delay payments to schools, local gov'ts Memo: 2,000 construction jobs could be lost A lovely day on the Root River Pancake Day and its biggest fan Sixth Street: Our historic wood plank highway Students rally for immigrants Mayor's comment... \| ...runs into a buzzsaw Wisconsin Dad's video kicks Army into action`		Q U O T E O F T H E D A Y The bottom line is still the same. It's accounting tricks. --Todd Berry, president of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, on state budget impasse. H A I K U O F T H E D A Y Pancake Day. Art fair. Paddling down the Root River. Racine at its best. Your turn! Write a haiku here! MAY 5 Mother Earth Water Walk coming 10 Jill Plaisted performs at 716 10 Raiders set 2nd mini-camp 15 Racine Zoo's Rhino paints! Gets her first gallery show! 16 Case HS student to perform with Racine Symphony Orchestra 17 KR Bike Club annual ride 19 Sondheim auditions at RTG 22 Capoeira: dance, martial arts 29 RCEDC sets 25th celebration JUNE 7 'Rayscene from the Streets' Submit your community events to Racine Kiosk at: racinekiosk@gmail.com ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, ETC! Godspell, Beauty head Theatre Guild schedule Stewi: A friendly pup A B O U T U S - RacinePost exclusive story - Independent media - Racine Kiosk event Get RacinePost headlines through Twitter SEND TIPS TO Dustin or Pete RacinePost on the radio... \| Listen HERE Jamil Wilson considering Duke? \| More buzz... Case High's Ned Kramer ends nearly three decades of Racine tennis St. Cat's Patrick Souter to walk-on to UW-Milwaukee's basketball team Johnny Clay excels in UW's Spring Game St. Cat's Devron Bostic named junior college player of the year Johnny Clay shows improvement Packers schedule released... Leipold gets Minnesota Wild P R O P E R T Y T R A N S F E R S CLICK for our growing archive of Racine County Property Transfers
`Lakefront Artists Fair Zoo gets 2 wallaroos Brew Crew Haiku: Write one for every game`	`Racine...or New Orleans? Cheapest gas in town? Find it here`

13 lessons from the Eco-Fair Boy at Racine Park wants to be homecoming queen New staff takes over at River Bend Big changes are coming to Festival Hall City close to approving electric vehicles Failed projects suck up city tax dollars Jet ski rentals proposed for North Beach North Bay's beribboned trees a somber warning of Emerald Ash Borer Would city be liable for retired cops carrying guns? Lincoln Lutheran plans 'active adult' development Becker draws the line: No condos over 10 stories Wind turbines in Lake Michigan? (Don't hold your breath) Racine alderman wants ex-cops to carry handguns New case of measles, rubella in Racine County Donors bail out Love and Charity Mission Racine firefighter suspended from Brookfield fire department Racine Marine wounded \| Kenosha Marine killed 2008 Hook sailboat race in Racine July 19... Racine 5th grader tests positive for measles Its building finally sold, YWCA is 'reborn' Caledonia may lose $500,000 in annual utility payments... State residents owe $114 million in utility bills; Love & Charity needs $8,000... New Sixth Street sidewalks coming Shock and awe at local gas pumps Soon-to-be former Kenosha mayor working for Racine... First Fridays draws shoppers Downtown City's retired cops want right to carry concealed weapons Racine endorses Great Lakes Compact Council OK's $15,000 for Civil War cannons Proposed tower developer broke rules in Kenosha 20-year-old Racine man killed... Mason, Turner favor eight-lane interstate \| 'Highways for Jobs' More talk about VP Ryan \| He rips Fed \| ...is rapped Feingold on anniversary of 'Mission Accomplished' Is Flashinski planning run against Vos?? Kewpee's voters not upset by Rev. Wright Doyle: Budget impasse will delay state payments Poll: Obama fares better than Hillary against McCain in Wisconsin It takes the Senate to break that cell phone contract State's logic on fiscal estimates... State Revenue Report: Read the fine print! State rejects Corinne Owens Sq. funding DOUBLE WHAMMY: Wisconsin foreclosures up 30% \| Area gas prices hit record: $3.51 Feingold resolution on Africa passes. So? Fire-safe cigarettes ordered in state GREAT LAKES COMPACT AGREEMENT \| Special session April 17 \| Watered-down bill? Cathy Stepp on Teflon politicians Feingold tells Gen. Petraeus: 'Don't take this personally, but...' County Board Chair Mike Miklasevich steps aside Healthy Wisconsin? Vos argues against it Feingold rips Democrats on Iraq war stance... Has Miller Park paid off: Fan success, economic myth? \| Early end to stadium tax a $93 million issue Boondoggle: Ryan chides Manhattan 'farmers' County Dems: 'November is our turn' Yes, our income definitely is falling behind... Spoilers in the 1st CD: What should Dems do? VIDEO: Highlights of Obama's speech Obama rally photos HERE \| and HERE 10 Things to Know About Obama's Visit to Racine	CNH employment grows; 'mini-Magnum' coming Sixth Street: Barricade comes down; now Phase 2 Shillings Pub goes smoke-free Regency Mall losing Linens 'n Things Modine sells Thermacore for $13.25 million Journal Times loses 483 daily subscribers in year Cold winter warms We Energy profits New Racine firm 'selling' geothermal heat Winona Pattern & Mold pulls out of Southside Industrial Park Johnson Outdoors earnings drop CNH profit jumps; stock price falls Coutts talks about new CNH building Kohl's fined $35,000 for 'defective' hoodie Subtle ads are passe DEVELOPER WINS $540,000 JUDGMENT IN CALEDONIA DEVELOPMENT SUIT Twin Disc 3Q income up 5.6% Lee posts 2Q loss; 'more bad news likely' Uncorkt is moving to larger quarters C R I M E No foul play in woman's death at Shoop Park Wanted Persons... 2 vote no as RUSD picks superintendent Kenosha hires a superintendent, too... from within Lehman heads school safety task force Four finalists named for UW-Parkside chancellor Unified's Jose Martinez speaks at education conference Teachers seem to like Unified's new $3 million reading system... Unified begins to spend referendum dollars... Unified hires 3 of 4 PBCG employees