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At times all of us questioned whether it was worth the effort and doubted that the states would ever agree on the terms of the compact. --Noah Hall, who worked to draft the Great Lakes Compact and now blogs about Great Lakes law. H A I K U O F T H E D A Y Thank you, Brett, for all your service... but it is now A-Rod's Packer Team. Your turn! Write a haiku here! JULY 7-11 History Mystery: The art of artifacts 9 Mindi Abair opens Animal Crackers 9 Library hosts Alexander Hamilton exhibit 11 Mark Paffrath at the Monument 12 Dave Fitzpatrick Band at Square 12 Twang Dragons at Dragon Boat Festival 13 AAUW Racine plant sale July 13 18-27 Sondheim's Side by Side at RTG 24 Le Tour de Racine cycle races 25 OOHP offers witty summer bonus plan 26 Micro Cars coming Downtown Music and More Thursday concert schedule Summer Storytimes at the Library RSO Summer Pops schedule Racine Raiders home games Free movies in city parks this summer Bookmobile's summer schedule Music on the Monument line-up Animal Crackers' schedule Theatre Guild's '08-'09 schedule Submit your community events to racinekiosk@gmail.com Mistreated, but Bucket still friendly A B O U T U S - RacinePost exclusive story - Independent media - Racine Kiosk event SEND TIPS TO Dustin or Pete Get RacinePost via Twitter RacinePost on the radio: HERE Raiders open in championship form Racine Threat fall to Rock County Packers profits plunge to mere $21 million 1947 Racine Belles All-Star team... Tony Romo split with Simpson over her father Interview with Racine's ultimate fighter Nick Agallar Craig Leipold sells Minnesota Swarm lacrosse team MSU, Illini go after Horlick's Jamil Wilson 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` `Racine's float builder for 33 years Big Racine parades started early... in 1917 Modine's float partially powered by hydrogen fuel cell DRAMA KING: FAVRE THINKING ABOUT PLAYING ANOTHER SEASON Racine Post creates new Web site for Racine obituaries Saving energy, opposing gouging: Who's not for that? (Guess!) The rich are different from you and me SCJ's commuters hop aboard KRM bandwagon`		Q U O T E O F T H E D A Y At times all of us questioned whether it was worth the effort and doubted that the states would ever agree on the terms of the compact. --Noah Hall, who worked to draft the Great Lakes Compact and now blogs about Great Lakes law. H A I K U O F T H E D A Y Thank you, Brett, for all your service... but it is now A-Rod's Packer Team. Your turn! Write a haiku here! JULY 7-11 History Mystery: The art of artifacts 9 Mindi Abair opens Animal Crackers 9 Library hosts Alexander Hamilton exhibit 11 Mark Paffrath at the Monument 12 Dave Fitzpatrick Band at Square 12 Twang Dragons at Dragon Boat Festival 13 AAUW Racine plant sale July 13 18-27 Sondheim's Side by Side at RTG 24 Le Tour de Racine cycle races 25 OOHP offers witty summer bonus plan 26 Micro Cars coming Downtown Music and More Thursday concert schedule Summer Storytimes at the Library RSO Summer Pops schedule Racine Raiders home games Free movies in city parks this summer Bookmobile's summer schedule Music on the Monument line-up Animal Crackers' schedule Theatre Guild's '08-'09 schedule Submit your community events to racinekiosk@gmail.com Mistreated, but Bucket still friendly A B O U T U S - RacinePost exclusive story - Independent media - Racine Kiosk event SEND TIPS TO Dustin or Pete Get RacinePost via Twitter RacinePost on the radio: HERE Raiders open in championship form Racine Threat fall to Rock County Packers profits plunge to mere $21 million 1947 Racine Belles All-Star team... Tony Romo split with Simpson over her father Interview with Racine's ultimate fighter Nick Agallar Craig Leipold sells Minnesota Swarm lacrosse team MSU, Illini go after Horlick's Jamil Wilson 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
`Theatre Guild sets trip to Chicago for 'Dirty Dancing' United Way coordinates flood donations Now Caledonia wants to secede from Racine's 4th of July parade? Mason puffs up his feathers with $64K; Krupp breaks $100K Unified implements 4-day work week to save energy`	`Career Industries collects items for soldiers in Iraq The FELNER Chronicles He was crime victim, too UW System finger-pointing Troubles began in '80s at C-U Retaliated against critics Try this, Unified and UW-P! THE NEVERENDING STORY Withdraws before taking office Best local gas prices HERE`

Racine gains 6th sister city Court rules against social workers union; County Exec. pleased It's none of my business, but... \| UPDATED Sell one, knock down another: Nonprofit transforms neighborhood 4 Mile Road closed for construction Sgt. Hilton Manning, of Racine, on duty in Iraq... Racine bus drivers may strike How you can help flood victims \| United Way helping out Lighthouse Run draws thousands \| Some unexpected runners OOPAH! (Greek Fest to you) What a difference a day makes at Festival Hall Racine alderman Greg Helding was foreman of McGee jury Civil War cannons went BOOM! Racine's Briana Lipor wins Miss Wisconsin pageant How you can help flood victims \| Drop-off points for donations Meet the Zoo's newest residents \| AND BABIES! Hot Rods returning in 2009 Civil War cannons return Double rainbows shine over Racine wedding Big art transforms Uptown \| More Pix More Juneteenth Day photos HERE \| Bikes for 500...compliments of Caron Butler YPR's 'Big Fat Wedding' has it all, raises $6,000 for nonprofits On the dry side... or under water? Photos John Mogk: The candidate as sommelier FEINGOLD'S FILIBUSTER: Fight for privacy delays FISA spy bill passage Michigan OKs Great Lakes Compact; one state to go LATEST WISCONSIN POLL: Obama, 52%; McCain, 39% FEINGOLD ON FISA: 'No one should be fooled by this bill...' \| VIDEO McReynolds says sales tax for public transit dead in Racine County State Dems ask DNC to unseat area delegate planning to vote for McCain Ryan, Feingold on opposite sides as Congress OKs FISA bill	Journal Sentinel cutting 130 employees Why you can feel good about SCJ products SCJ buys New Zealand bug spray maker MODINE: One plant closes, another doubles its workforce Modine wins 'Friend of Tourism' award SC Johnson backs cutting state's greenhouse gas emissions \|Catches heat for going green PROPERTY TRANSFERS: Total 24 sells for $1.2 million CNH: Hikes prices... \| Alarm bells at dealer network... \| Joins mission to Iraq \| Stock falls 10%... Your incredibly shrinking 401k \| The LEE roller coaster continues Store closure talk at Starbucks, Steve and Barry's Big Buck Builders Supply sold HIGH STAKES GAMBLE: Ho-Chunk refuses to pay $100 million it owes state SC Johnson shifts $20 million from broadcast to cable TV Jeffrey Starke of Union Grove judged motorcycle building contest State approves We Energies' $830 million upgrade (rates going up) Case reaches deal to buy dealerships out West Dennis Troha's former trucking company declares bankruptcy Dial sues SC Johnson over patent infringement McAuliffe's gets a nice review as music venue Case delivers huge order to Kazakhstan Caledonia school district secession effort continues Jack Parker to head Unified through September (maybe longer) 9-year-old student driven to bus driver's home; driver fired Breaking up is hard to do (and costly), Caledonia told Unified's test scores show... what exactly? 500 students (and $3 million) leave Unified through open enrollment Unified hints at its next referendum