News Archive for February 14, 2012
Young Mexicans navigate border between cultures
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The dark-eyed child did not speak a word of English on the day he entered first grade at Clinton Elementary School.
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Young Hispanics will shape society in 21st century: Report
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Hispanics are the largest and youngest minority group in the United States. The Pew Hispanic Center reports that one in five schoolchildren is Hispanic. One in four newborns is Hispanic.
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Study: 19th century immigrants weren't always quick to learn to speak English
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
MADISON --
An often-heard criticism of Spanish speakers is that they don't learn English as quickly as immigrants did in the 19th century. A 2008 study at the UW-Madison shows that assumption to be false.
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Babies, not immigration, drive Hispanic growth
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
The numbers tell a striking story of change in the 21st century. The 2010 census counted 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States, making them more than 16 percent of the U.S. population.
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Janesville City Council approves incentives for SHINE
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The city of Janesville and SHINE Medical Technologies are in business after a council vote on Monday approved a $9 million development agreement.
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Elkhorn cruises past Whitewater, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Elkhorn High notched its seventh win in its last nine games Monday with a 56-36 victory over visiting Whitewater in nonconference boys basketball.
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Parkview district educating voters about referendum
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
NEWARK TOWNSHIP --
It's "absolutely critical" that Parkview School District voters understand the $5 million referendum on the April 3 ballot, school board President Troy Knudson told residents Monday at Newark Elementary.
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Board, committee deny Town of Milton quarry plan
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
MILTON TOWNSHIP --
A quarry developer won't be mining gravel along Klug Road—at least not for now.
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Blumer, Milton hold off Kettle Moraine
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Milton High withstood host Kettle Moraine’s fourth-quarter rally Monday to earn a 45-42 victory in nonconference girls basketball.
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Evansville teachers contract changes OK'd
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
EVANSVILLE --
The Evansville School Board on Monday unanimously approved changes to the teachers contract to save nearly $500,000 and preserve seven to eight staff positions in the 2012-13 school year.
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Shopko store project in Brodhead put on hold
By TERE DUNLAP/THE MONROE TIMES - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
BRODHEAD --
The developer of a proposed Shopko retail store in Brodhead has postponed the project for as much as a year.
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Police identify bank robbery suspect
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
ELKHORN --
Joshua Michael Barrigar, 31, of Lake Geneva is awaiting a court appearance today on bank robbery charges.
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Armed man surrenders peacefully
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Residents on Sunday night were evacuated in the neighborhood of the 1300 block of Center Avenue for almost an hour while Janesville police responded to a report of an armed man.
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Figi, Jacobson efforts honored
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Dave Figi and Diane Jacobson make high school athletics better, and both have received state recognition for their unselfish efforts.
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Public record for Feb. 13, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Student learns about her roots during semester in Mexico
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
DELAVAN --
Karen Cano returned to UW-Whitewater last month with a deeper understanding of what it means to be Mexican.
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Young father is proud to be American, but wants to pass on Mexican heritage
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Antonio Cortez was born in Mexico but raised in Whitewater. His parents brought him to the United States when he was 4. Today, he feels like a tourist in Mexico. Still, he identifies himself first as Mexican, then as American.
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GOP critics hit Obama's $3.8 trillion budget
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the new budget plan in the face of intense attacks from GOP members of the Senate Finance Committee.
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Forever Valentines: Man knows enduring love is best gift of all
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
FOOTVILLE --
Every morning as first light approaches, 85-year-old Russ Porter pulls into St. Elizabeth Manor's parking lot in Footville.
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Weber’s job could be in jeopardy if Illini’s struggles continue
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
CHAMPAIGN, IL. --
Thomas is now about to launch a campaign to raise more than $100 million to redo Assembly Hall even as fans grow increasingly frustrated with men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber.
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Woods goes from inevitable to unpredictable
By DOUG FERGUSON - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF. --
Phil Mickelson has beaten Tiger Woods the last five times they have played together in the final round. But never like this.
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Bogut, NBA players need to know their limits
By MICHAEL HUNT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Bogut’s last two mishaps—the horrific elbow injury of late 2009-’10 that virtually rendered last season ineffective as well and the broken ankle that will probably keep him out for the rest of this year—were suffered during aggressive moments, such as going hard for a blocked shot.
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Brewers, Veras go to arbitration
By TOM HAUDRICOURT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Brewers’ first face-to-face meeting with reliever Jose Veras came in an arbitration hearing Monday.
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James, Miami finally beat Milwaukee
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
LeBron James and the Miami Heat found a way over one of the oddest hurdles they’ve faced in an otherwise strong start to the season: They’ve finally beaten the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Death notices for Feb. 14, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Ortiz, Boston agree to $14,575,000
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
BOSTON --
David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox avoided salary arbitration by agreeing Monday to a one-year contract worth $14,575,000.
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Mountain West, C-USA to form new league
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
DALLAS --
Members of Conference USA and current and future members of the Mountain West are on their way to forming a new league that will begin in 2013.
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Obama’s epic screw-up
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
WASHINGTON --
President Obama's contraceptive mandate on religious institutions was an epic screw-up.
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Work rules can’t be hashed out in secret
By DEE J. HALL - Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Work rules for most public employees are exactly the types of issues that are no longer part of collective bargaining and hence no longer subject to the exclusion in the state's open meetings law, says Madison attorney Bob Dreps, an expert on the open meetings law.
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