RACINE POST 2008

Lee Enterprises' second-largest investor bails... Ryan to co-host CNBC's Squawk Box on Monday FRIDAY FELNER FOLLIES: That $694,000 grant was for us? We knew nothing about it... Racine's Obama HQ to open July 16, on Sixth Street Modine raises parts prices 15% UW-P's Felner search chair faces discipline for blowing off class
Brett, if you play for
the Vikings we'll disown you

Is this Unified's next superintendent?
Unified opens its mail and finds...
a plausible superintendent candidate!

Parade opens Dragon Boat festival

L A T E S T N E W S
Commuter's lament: I Got the Hiawatha-to-Chicago Blues Bicyclist dies from hit-and-run injuries | Suspect arrested Feingold loses fight against FISA... | Kohl, Obama vote for it Provost at UW-Oshkosh is Parkside's interim chancellor 21st Century Prep's library named in Jack Keating's honor Doc Thomas not running for Congress; hopes to run again someday Racine Post creates new Web site for Racine obituaries County's discount prescription card has saved users $92,000 Q U O T E O F T H E D A Y This is my 40th year working as a university teacher, and I've never seen anything like this. --UW-Parkside dean Don Cross, of a classroom performance issue involving the professor who headed the chancellor search committee that recommended Robert Felner. H A I K U O F T H E D A Y Whoops! Felner Fallout Trips up a Parkside prof who Skipped class too often Your turn! Write a haiku here! JULY 7-11 History Mystery: The art of artifacts 10 Two Storywagon performers at Library 11 Mark Paffrath at the Monument 12 Zachary Scot Johnson at 716: Fine Art 12 Revolutionary re-enactment at library 12 Dave Fitzpatrick Band at Square 12 Twang Dragons at Dragon Boat Festival 13 AAUW Racine plant sale July 13 14 County Dems to discuss election plans 17-19 Peace March will pause in Racine 18 Zoovies presents E.T. 18-27 Sondheim's Side by Side at RTG 19 Photogs host 'Name the location' contest 19 16 galleries open for Gallery Night 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

Arts funding gets short shrift; want to change that? State gives us $865,193 to maintain Downtown's bridges Supreme Court: Racine cops illegally searched home Vos makes it official United Way splits from Kenosha AFL-CIO Gas stuck above $4/gallon for another year Best local gas prices HERE

July 4 fireworks pictures | And VIDEO of the grand finale! FourthFest Parade: Outstanding! Slide show HERE Our under-funded public library Who's the fattest of them all? Not us, fellow Cheeseheads! 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 Saving energy, opposing gouging: Who's not for that? (Guess!) 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 Your electric bill just went up... | ...natural gas is next Steve and Barry's files Chap. 11 bankruptcy Landlords protest mandatory inspections of rental properties Russ Weyers to head WI Bankers Assn. 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 Grant money went to fake company? VIDEO Grant monitoring ignored -- VIDEO The Grievance King Feds widen probe 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

`L A T E S T N E W S` `Commuter's lament: I Got the Hiawatha-to-Chicago Blues Bicyclist dies from hit-and-run injuries \| Suspect arrested Feingold loses fight against FISA... \| Kohl, Obama vote for it Provost at UW-Oshkosh is Parkside's interim chancellor 21st Century Prep's library named in Jack Keating's honor Doc Thomas not running for Congress; hopes to run again someday Racine Post creates new Web site for Racine obituaries County's discount prescription card has saved users $92,000`		Q U O T E O F T H E D A Y This is my 40th year working as a university teacher, and I've never seen anything like this. --UW-Parkside dean Don Cross, of a classroom performance issue involving the professor who headed the chancellor search committee that recommended Robert Felner. H A I K U O F T H E D A Y Whoops! Felner Fallout Trips up a Parkside prof who Skipped class too often Your turn! Write a haiku here! JULY 7-11 History Mystery: The art of artifacts 10 Two Storywagon performers at Library 11 Mark Paffrath at the Monument 12 Zachary Scot Johnson at 716: Fine Art 12 Revolutionary re-enactment at library 12 Dave Fitzpatrick Band at Square 12 Twang Dragons at Dragon Boat Festival 13 AAUW Racine plant sale July 13 14 County Dems to discuss election plans 17-19 Peace March will pause in Racine 18 Zoovies presents E.T. 18-27 Sondheim's Side by Side at RTG 19 Photogs host 'Name the location' contest 19 16 galleries open for Gallery Night 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
`Arts funding gets short shrift; want to change that? State gives us $865,193 to maintain Downtown's bridges Supreme Court: Racine cops illegally searched home`	`Vos makes it official United Way splits from Kenosha AFL-CIO Gas stuck above $4/gallon for another year Best local gas prices HERE`

July 4 fireworks pictures \| And VIDEO of the grand finale! FourthFest Parade: Outstanding! Slide show HERE Our under-funded public library Who's the fattest of them all? Not us, fellow Cheeseheads! 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 Saving energy, opposing gouging: Who's not for that? (Guess!) 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	Your electric bill just went up... \| ...natural gas is next Steve and Barry's files Chap. 11 bankruptcy Landlords protest mandatory inspections of rental properties Russ Weyers to head WI Bankers Assn. 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 Grant money went to fake company? VIDEO Grant monitoring ignored -- VIDEO The Grievance King Feds widen probe 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