Portage Daily Register from Portage, Wisconsin (2024)

October 22, 1996

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Portage Daily Registeri

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Portage, Wisconsin

Issue Date:

Tuesday, October 22, 1996

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i 1 im Df-i Cloudy showers Matthew Kearney 2nd grade Rio Forecast: Page 2 Area volleyball teams begin VVIAA tournament tonight Sports: Page 8-9 Speak Out features your view on things -r Opinion: Page 4 ICQIWIBICOUNTXfSJDAILYlNEWSPAP 1 jf Columbus public golf course in STEVEN ELBOW DAILY REGISTER COLUMBUS Columbus residents are still wondering what will be the fate of their public golf course Last month Carthew Properties Inc proposed buying the nine-hole course and clubhouse from the city for $180000 The purchase was backed by the mayor Joseph Marks But selling the course is proving to be unpopular with several Columbus residents who presented a petition to the city coun the course tp the Columbus County Club The lease agreement extends for eight more years Eberhardt who said last month that the company planned to expand the course into 18 holes and develop up to 500 new homes around the course said Friday that Carthew may build its own 18-hole course on land it already owns in Columbus Marks said not been in contact with Carthew for several days and still unaware if the offer still stands' 0 Hey Diddle But he said the course is unlikely to maintain its present status He said the lease with Columbus Country Club only brings the city $1000 a year and called that amount a in the to residents who favored selling the course the city continues to own it and sell it I think the least we can do is look to make more than $1000 a year he said Marks said there are two possibilities for the future of the Mr Diddle Good morning! Cloudy fX" showers storms Missing parachute handle found PORTAGE The red plastic handle missing from the parachute of a Madison skydiver who fell 1 to her death Oct 5 in Portage has been found On Oct 21 the individ-ual who lives adjacent to the property where the accident occurred called the Portage police depart- ment to report that he had found the plastic handle while mowing his lawn The handle has been -secured by the Portage police department and will be available to the Federal Aviation Administration for their inspection The Portage police department would like to thank everyone who assisted in the search for this -handle Hours set for political party headquarters Election Day means political parv have opened their headquarters The Columbia County Democratic Party facilities located at 313 DeWitt St will be open 11 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday and 10 am to 5 pm Saturday The telephone number is 742-0585 Republican Party head- quarters for Columbia County is at 219 Cook St Scheduled hours are noon to 7 pm Wednesday and Thursday and 9 am to noon Saturday The telephone number is 742-0080 cil with the signatures of 250 people who not only opposed the sale but called for the resignation of the 24-year-old mayor And Council President Matt Tompak said more are coming far as I know the people gathering the signatures are still signing people said Tompak The controversy has made Carthew have second thoughts about the offer Last Friday Chad Eberhardt Carthew vice president reportedly expressed impatience with the city which leases Please see CRIME Page 2 CrimeStoppers celebrates first year CrimeStopper programs as a model leaned heavily on -Marquette County Crime Stoppers -and CrimeStoppers said- Columbia County Deputy Sheriff Mike Babcock CrimeStoppers International is a New Mexico-based organization that takes on legal battles to ensure that anonymity said Babcock The CrimeStoppers board consists of 15 citizen members from throughout Columbia County so every part of the county is repre- -sented said Babcock also includes police liaison members Babcock and Capt Ken Manthey from the Portage Police Department And although the operating costs are minimal consisting of $40 monthly telephone bills start-up costs promotional costs and $700 in cash rewards over the past year private donations provide most of the funding STEVEN ELBOW DAILY REGISTER PORTAGE A year ago the Columbia County Department began a county-wide CrimeStoppers program Monday the CrimeStoppers Board of Directors celebrated a successful first year of operations CrimeStoppers which makes it possible to report crimes anonymously through a 1-800 phone line has developed a network of 30 tipsters or sources said Deputy Sheriff Mike Babcock Six of these have been awarded cash the amount of which is based on a formula that takes into account the severity of the crime the number of victims and the amount of property loss Over the past year the program has directly of indirectly led to several arrests and convictions including raids on several mqrijuana growing operations in the county The program was organized and implemented by Sheriff Steven Rowe who used other Minnesota dogs find temporary home here limbo course: sell it to put the property on the tax rolls or get more for the lease Tompak is unsure who those in favor of the purchase are got a call from one person saying we have to sell the golf said Tompak adding that had several calls against the move only ones in favor are Joe and his developer he said And he said the mayor Please see GOLF Page 2 nn nnnff MARCIA NOVAK REGISTER Clark 17 of Baraboo awaits sentencing in the kidnapping and torture of Phillips In cross-examination in that trial last month attorney failed to shake credibility In an attempt to prove Phillips was capable of a lie attorney Mark Frank argued that Phillips could not have seen a gun at the Clark residence since none was recovered in a police search of the house But Phillips would not change his story and psychiatrist Patricia Jens said based on her evaluation of testimony Thad said there was a gun I believe there was a Don Phillips has expressed no animosity towards Huebsch and no concern about Huebsch being out on bail is not a guy who goes around shooting he said Don version of the shooting as recounted to him by his son and the companion who went with Thad to the Huebsch trailer indicates that Huebsch may not even have been firing at Thad Don Phillips said it was unnamed friend who was closest to the door and who pushed it part way open When the friend saw the gun in hand said the elder Phillips the friend tried to pull the door shut This is when the gun was fired with the bullet striking Thad never saw the gun said his father The Social Language Class at Woodridge Primary School taught by Robin Ruhlafid and Donna MacLeish performed five nursery rhymes for parents and classmates on Friday afternoon In this scene1 the students perform the rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle Students in the performance were Timothy Hefty cat: Jordan Hernstine fiddle Kyle HomUng cow Stephany Hepler moon Michael LTnd dog Jonathan Flickner Brian Scott and Billy Amour sports Ixsamara Lopez dish and Nicole Traver spoon Vs i 1 Phillips9 father mot vindictive MIKE SOWN NEWS SERVICE FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP Don Phillips says he is not a vindictive man He did not seek vengeance after his torture at the hands of Joe Clark last year and he is not interested in seeing 15-year-old Michael Huebsch of Baraboo sent up for 40 years for shooting his son Thadius in the bade of the shoulder at a Fairfield trailer park after school Oct 8 But Don Phillips says he does take issue with the allegations of Huebsch about his son included in a defense motion brief aimed at persuading Judge James Evenson to throw out the attempted first-degree murder charge against Huebsch Public defenders Catherine Ankenbrandt and Deb said last week that Huebsch had felt threatened by Phillips and that knowledge of some of law-breaking activities made him vulnerable Don Phillips said some of stories are lies told to help save his skin you were a 15-year-old facing 40 years you lie to get out of he asks If the charge is reduced the 15-year-old could not be tried in adult court Thad Phillips has not yet had a chance in court to respond to stories Phillips proved to be an unimpeachable witness in the Joe Clark insanity trial i LINDA HIGLEY DAILY REGISTER The Columbia County Humane Society has taken in two of 400 dogs signed over to the Minnesota Federated Humane Society by a Minnesota couple The dogs mostly mixed breeds were rescued from a Minnesota farm owned by an elderly couple All 400 of the dogs were tied up outside and were subjected to unfavorable living conditions The elderly couple reportedly thought they were doing a good thing by taking in hundreds of strays and feeding them The Minnesota Humane Society accommodate all the dogs so four states have gotten involved in taking them said Theresa Crafs of the Columbia County Humane Society Wisconsin took in approximately 100 of the dogs The two dogs taken in by the Columbia County Humane Society are black labs One is estimated to be 12 years old and the other is estimated around 9 years old going to be a difficult time placing these dogs because Please see DOGS Page 2 I 11 OJ a a a i Vw IVj MAIL LABEL it.

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