RACINE POST 2008

New Mount Pleasant blog(+calendar) is up and running Dems dump Waterford delegate who preferred (Gasp!) McCain North Bay has a new village president Sixth St. getting a new BBQ place Committee stalls plan to study two-way traffic on MLK Drive, Marquette St. Mayor to host community meeting at MLK Center on July 30 Are Racine Concert Band members city employees Journal Times lays off 7; also loses its only minority reporter | LEE 3Q earnings fall 87%
County's first 'barn quilt' is hung

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VERY, very,very little cars come to the Monument Racine Post creates site for Racine obituaries Q U O T E S O F T H E D A Y I am pleased to inform you that you need not expect further discussion on that point. Superior has received that certification. --Racine County Exec. Bill McReynolds I don't think it excuses the fact that they had misrepresented themselves originally. --County Board member Diane Lange H A I K U O F T H E D A Y ACCREDITATION? It wasn't needed, But finally they got it. So shut up, says Mac. Your turn! Write a haiku here! JULY 18-27 Sondheim's Side by Side at RTG 26 Reenactment at library 26 Ribbon-cutting at new Uncorkt 26 Micro Cars coming Downtown 30 Bariatric surgery seminar at All Saints 31 Miss Spider's Tea Party at library AUGUST 1 Mean Jake at the Monument 1 Lots of music downtown on First Friday 1 RSO to perform 'Happy Feet' dance music 3 Starving Artist Fair on Main Street 4 Feingold to listen in Kenosha 5 1st CD Dem hopefuls set Franklin forum 13 Volunteer tutors needed 17 Fire up the Wurlitzer Theatre Organ! Body Language: Rebecca Venn exhibits Rep. Ryan schedules mobile office 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 This Madonna will come home with you 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 Photo-finish decides Racine's champion! Racine's Jamil Wilson playing in 2008 Nike Global Challenge We have a winner: Luke Bell, in 3:49.58. Defending champ is 3rd. Thousands compete in Spirit of Racine | RESULTS HERE Racine's Matt Lojeski playing for Bucks NBA summer team| St. Cat's Angelfish team wins Dragon Boat races | More pics HERE Raiders win season opener, 41-8 | A hard night for the Raiders Raiders open in championship form Interview with Racine's ultimate fighter Nick Agallar 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

Cyclists take over Downtown Superior Linens finally accredited; McReynolds wants Board to drop the issue Starbucks spares Racine coffeeholics... and here's a gift! State tax revenue doing fine, thanks Our piece of I-94 expansion coming in 2011-2015 Aldermen step up on crime | ...after home invasion killing McReynolds imposes county hiring freeze Is this Unified's next superintendent? | Your can meet him Best local gas prices HERE

Impressive! Park 6 club opens on Sixth Street Coe behind attack on Hughes? River Walk proposed for Downtown Racine State Job Service cuts here cancelled Sturtevant OKs indoor soccer complex First two 'Quilts on Barns' coming soon Sun, sand, cold beer and bikinis ... life is good! River City Racine: Plan lays out future of the Root River| Caledonia restricts where sexual predators may live| City cracks down on garage sales| Racine native's world climbing tour continues in Peru Racine woman WINS rain garden | The Redemption of John Sustachek: A tale from Racine's drinking culture | State gives us $865,193 to maintain Downtown's bridges Vos raises $83K for re-election; Flashinski raises $13K 10 things you didn't know about Paul Ryan (Don't call him 'Petey') Ryan opposes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout; prefers a break-up Wall Street Journal: The Ryan vs. Fannie backstory DOYLE RAISES $905,000 FOR ... WHAT? Optimism reigns, as Dems open Obama HQ Garin gets top spot on ballot; Hebert survives challenge| Mogk schedules listening sessions| Vos, McReynolds oppose spending cuts | Ryan, Feingold, Kohl together at last! All vote to override Bush Medicare veto Feingold loses fight against FISA... | Kohl, Obama vote for it Vos makes it official Doc Thomas not running for Congress; hopes to run again someday Saving energy, opposing gouging: Who's not for that? (Guess!) No surprise: Ryan seeking 6th term 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 County's jobless rate falls 0.3%, but still lost jobs CNH profit up 52% in 2Q, to $347 million | Stock jumps 25% SC Johnson backs greenhouse gas cuts New Delhi factory turns out its 100,000th CNH tractor Wisconsin banks safe, say experts | Milwaukee to vote on requiring employers to provide sick pay| 'My name is Wisconsin, and I'm addicted to gambling' You can't get there on Midwest anymore... State running low on funds for jobless Door-to-door magazine sales: The ugly backstory SCJ encourages laparoscopic surgery The incredible shrinking Wisconsin State Journal Maple Leaf Farm auctioning its acreage UW-P's Felner search chair faces discipline for blowing off class | Provost at UW-Oshkosh is Parkside's interim chancellor 21st Century Prep's library named in Jack Keating's honor 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 UofL president raps 'anonymous crap' FOI brings stack of grievances That $694,000 grant was for us? 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` `VERY, very,very little cars come to the Monument Racine Post creates site for Racine obituaries`		Q U O T E S O F T H E D A Y I am pleased to inform you that you need not expect further discussion on that point. Superior has received that certification. --Racine County Exec. Bill McReynolds I don't think it excuses the fact that they had misrepresented themselves originally. --County Board member Diane Lange H A I K U O F T H E D A Y ACCREDITATION? It wasn't needed, But finally they got it. So shut up, says Mac. Your turn! Write a haiku here! JULY 18-27 Sondheim's Side by Side at RTG 26 Reenactment at library 26 Ribbon-cutting at new Uncorkt 26 Micro Cars coming Downtown 30 Bariatric surgery seminar at All Saints 31 Miss Spider's Tea Party at library AUGUST 1 Mean Jake at the Monument 1 Lots of music downtown on First Friday 1 RSO to perform 'Happy Feet' dance music 3 Starving Artist Fair on Main Street 4 Feingold to listen in Kenosha 5 1st CD Dem hopefuls set Franklin forum 13 Volunteer tutors needed 17 Fire up the Wurlitzer Theatre Organ! Body Language: Rebecca Venn exhibits Rep. Ryan schedules mobile office 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 This Madonna will come home with you 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 Photo-finish decides Racine's champion! Racine's Jamil Wilson playing in 2008 Nike Global Challenge We have a winner: Luke Bell, in 3:49.58. Defending champ is 3rd. Thousands compete in Spirit of Racine \| RESULTS HERE Racine's Matt Lojeski playing for Bucks NBA summer team\| St. Cat's Angelfish team wins Dragon Boat races \| More pics HERE Raiders win season opener, 41-8 \| A hard night for the Raiders Raiders open in championship form Interview with Racine's ultimate fighter Nick Agallar 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
`Cyclists take over Downtown Superior Linens finally accredited; McReynolds wants Board to drop the issue Starbucks spares Racine coffeeholics... and here's a gift! State tax revenue doing fine, thanks Our piece of I-94 expansion coming in 2011-2015`	`Aldermen step up on crime \| ...after home invasion killing McReynolds imposes county hiring freeze Is this Unified's next superintendent? \| Your can meet him Best local gas prices HERE`

Impressive! Park 6 club opens on Sixth Street Coe behind attack on Hughes? River Walk proposed for Downtown Racine State Job Service cuts here cancelled Sturtevant OKs indoor soccer complex First two 'Quilts on Barns' coming soon Sun, sand, cold beer and bikinis ... life is good! River City Racine: Plan lays out future of the Root River\| Caledonia restricts where sexual predators may live\| City cracks down on garage sales\| Racine native's world climbing tour continues in Peru Racine woman WINS rain garden \| The Redemption of John Sustachek: A tale from Racine's drinking culture \| State gives us $865,193 to maintain Downtown's bridges Vos raises $83K for re-election; Flashinski raises $13K 10 things you didn't know about Paul Ryan (Don't call him 'Petey') Ryan opposes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout; prefers a break-up Wall Street Journal: The Ryan vs. Fannie backstory DOYLE RAISES $905,000 FOR ... WHAT? Optimism reigns, as Dems open Obama HQ Garin gets top spot on ballot; Hebert survives challenge\| Mogk schedules listening sessions\| Vos, McReynolds oppose spending cuts \| Ryan, Feingold, Kohl together at last! All vote to override Bush Medicare veto Feingold loses fight against FISA... \| Kohl, Obama vote for it Vos makes it official Doc Thomas not running for Congress; hopes to run again someday Saving energy, opposing gouging: Who's not for that? (Guess!) No surprise: Ryan seeking 6th term 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	County's jobless rate falls 0.3%, but still lost jobs CNH profit up 52% in 2Q, to $347 million \| Stock jumps 25% SC Johnson backs greenhouse gas cuts New Delhi factory turns out its 100,000th CNH tractor Wisconsin banks safe, say experts \| Milwaukee to vote on requiring employers to provide sick pay\| 'My name is Wisconsin, and I'm addicted to gambling' You can't get there on Midwest anymore... State running low on funds for jobless Door-to-door magazine sales: The ugly backstory SCJ encourages laparoscopic surgery The incredible shrinking Wisconsin State Journal Maple Leaf Farm auctioning its acreage UW-P's Felner search chair faces discipline for blowing off class \| Provost at UW-Oshkosh is Parkside's interim chancellor 21st Century Prep's library named in Jack Keating's honor 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 UofL president raps 'anonymous crap' FOI brings stack of grievances That $694,000 grant was for us? 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