RACINE POST 2008

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

For the remainder of 2008, pump prices are projected to remain well above $4 per gallon. --U.S. Energy Information Administration, telling us what we already know. H A I K U O F T H E D A Y Jeff Thomas is gone, So Dems will easily win First District. Yeah, right. 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 10 Two Storywagon performers at Library 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 17-19 Peace March will pause in Racine 18 Zoovies presents E.T. 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 30 Bariatric surgery seminar at All Saints 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 Oh say can you C.C.? Brewers deal for Cy Young winner A hard night for the Raiders DRAMA KING: FAVRE THINKING ABOUT PLAYING ANOTHER SEASON 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` `FIBS: I-Pass glitch fining Wisconsin drivers Gas stuck above $4/gallon for another year Commuter's lament: I Got the Hiawatha-to-Chicago Blues Your electric bill just went up... \| ...natural gas is next Racine Post creates new Web site for Racine obituaries`		Q U O T E O F T H E D A Y For the remainder of 2008, pump prices are projected to remain well above $4 per gallon. --U.S. Energy Information Administration, telling us what we already know. H A I K U O F T H E D A Y Jeff Thomas is gone, So Dems will easily win First District. Yeah, right. 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 10 Two Storywagon performers at Library 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 17-19 Peace March will pause in Racine 18 Zoovies presents E.T. 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 30 Bariatric surgery seminar at All Saints 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 Oh say can you C.C.? Brewers deal for Cy Young winner A hard night for the Raiders DRAMA KING: FAVRE THINKING ABOUT PLAYING ANOTHER SEASON 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
`FourthFest Parade: Outstanding! Slide show HERE Our under-funded public library Who's the fattest of them all? Not us, fellow Cheeseheads! Saving energy, opposing gouging: Who's not for that? (Guess!)`	`July 4 fireworks pictures \| And VIDEO of the grand finale! Best local gas prices HERE`

Mount Pleasant, Sturtevant merging fire departments, rescue service 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? Career Industries collects items for soldiers in Iraq Racine's float builder for 33 years 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 How you can help flood victims \| United Way helping out Lighthouse Run draws thousands \| Some unexpected runners OOPAH! (Greek Fest to you) Civil War cannons went BOOM! Hot Rods returning in 2009 Big art transforms Uptown \| More Pix On the dry side... or under water? Photos No surprise: Ryan seeking 6th term $555 hotels, $80 dinners: State pays big when Commerce Sec. travels Mason puffs up his feathers with $64K; Krupp breaks $100K Last two states pass Great Lakes Compact; now it goes to Congress 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 Ryan, Feingold on opposite sides as Congress OKs FISA bill	14 businesses cited for sale of cigarettes to minors CNH tractor factory here flourishing Lenny Kravitz! Soon at a Kohl's near you! Short layoffs set at CNH plants in Italy The rich are different from you and me SCJ's commuters hop aboard KRM bandwagon 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 Web site launched for new Caledonia school district Unified implements 4-day work week to save energy Caledonia school district secession effort continues 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 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