Chippewa Herald (Newspaper) - February 13, 2007, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin TOMORROW Partly cloudy 10 Get current weather at fi TUESDAY February 132007 Volume 137 37 alls Wis IN TODAYS PAPER girls hockey aims for another shutout gainst Eau Claire B1 column on pets by an area native makes its debut today A4 fir issues are lacking in state Supreme Court race A3 To subscribe call 7235515 PEOPLE Judi Dench wont be at the Academy Awards ceremony instead she will be watching from Bed I cant go to the Oscars because Im going to havea knee operation said bench whos a best actress nominee for her performance in Notes On A Scandal She presented the movie Monday at the Berlin Film Festival Dench wrer her chances on Oscar 25 Shes up against Kate Penelope Cruz Meryl Streep and the heavily favored Helen Mirren But whatever happens she said I shall watch and cheer from my bed The Oscar nominee won as best supporting actress for playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love Wednesday I The Chippewa County Board weighs in about a 1 third judge for the county 1 in the Chippewa Herald PICTURE THIS VISITORS AT HURRICANE RIDGE enjoy the view of peaks in the Olympic Mountains near the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center in Port Angeles Wash on Saturday i g 2 1 JON CHIPPEWA HERALD Cory Bhend a senior manager for the Chippewa Falls boys basketball team got a chance to play in Fridays Big Rivers Conference game He electrified the home crowd by scoring a basket in the closing minutes against Eau Claire Memorial Bhend breaks down barriers Having one hand doesn t stop manager from making most of his dream The Chippewa Herald It almost didnt happen When Chippewa Falls boys basketball coach Luke Madsen approached manager Cory Bhend about suiting up for one game the senior was hesitant and rightfully so You see Bhend was bom without his right arm from the elbow down Since he was a freshman duties on the team have included a little bit of everything Whether its keeping time at practice filling up water bottles during games or simply cheering from the bench the thought of actually putting on a uniform much less playing seemed a little outrageous When they came up and asked me about it suiting I wasnt really sure Bhend said For some reason I had this thought in my head that I wasnt good enough I just thought it was impossible Boy was he wrong In Fridays Big Rivers Conference game at home against Eau Claire Memorial the impossible turned into reality With 50 seconds left on the clock and the game out of reach Madsen peered down the bench and motioned for his seniors to check in The quickest one to the scorers table was No 40 Cory Bhend With the crowd chanting his name and the cameras shining bright Bhend admitted he felt remarkably calm as he took his place in the offensive set It wasnt that much of surprise that the crowd reacted the way they did Bhend said I think it actually made things easier because everyone was cheering not just the fans The support meant a lot to me SEE DREAM PAGE A2 with A 1 J Main Street honors a Chippewa Falls as Volunteer of the Year By JEFFREY HAGE The Chippewa Herald Its not hard for Kurt Gaber to account for his 272 volunteer hours to the Chippewa Falls Main Street program You see it in the Chippewa Falls High School band members marching through the courtyard at Harmony Park You see it in the vintage automobile springing to life from the wall at Goulet Auto Memories of the Chippewa Woolen Mill on the side of Wash represent three weeks of his downtown last August T And three black bears in Irvine Park can thank Gaber for the northwoods scene that deco rates their new den Gaber owner of Chippewa Gaber Signs was honored Monday evening as Main Streets Volunteer of the Year He was instrumental in Brush Bash II the August 2006 extravaganza that helped rejuvenate downtown building facades Hes made a huge mark on our community said Jim Schuh executive director of Chippewa Falls Main Street Residents can see his impact with their own eyes SEE VOLUNTEER PAGE A2 JEFFREY HAGE THE CHIPPEWA HERALD Kurt Gaber holds a brush as he paints a mural at Pams Quick Wash during Brush Bash II last August in down town Chippewa Falls Community takes to friendly deer A Monroe County town has circulated a petition to protect a tame deer WARRENS tame deer that has been roaming through this tiny community since December is being allowed to remain following a petition drive by area residents The majority of community has spoken in favor of leaving Bucky be said Tim Babros area wildlife supervisor for the state Department of Natural Resources office in Black River Falls Two people in the Monroe County village of fewer than 300 signed the petition to save the deer nicknamed Bucky He has been more friendly than a dog said Karen Gebhardt and saunters up to people and vehicles The whole town loves him she said They have fed him bread apples corn and snack chips but Buckys favorite item is peanut brittle Lynda Krog said Mark Fowler said the deer has walked into his home and bedded down on the floor with his two dogs But it doesnt like my cat he said School officials complained to the DNR after the deer showed up at a local elementary school and bounded up to the children appar ently wanting to play The deer posed a risk to students and should be removed they said But a Wisconsin law designed to contain chronic wasting disease makes it illegal to move deer with in the state so the best option was to euthanize Bucky before he caused an injury Babros said To prevent that Gebhardt started a petition to have a fence installed around the school It evolved into a deer is more friendly than a dog The whole town loves him Karen Gebhardt Warrens village resident save Bucky petition which was enough to get the DNR to back off If people were to leave him alone and not try to further tame him that would be the best thing that could happen Babros said Residents said Bucky is already hanging out more with other area deer We all know the deer and the habitat and how they act Krog said As soon as the hormones kick in hes going to take off chasing the does makes backup plans By JEFFREY HAGE The Chippewa Herald If new Eau Claire corpo rate headquarters is struck by a disaster Chippewa Falls could be the place where the financial insti picks up the pieces RCU would like to return com puters to a former SGI building at 1090 Industrial Blvd in the Riverside Industrial Park building where supercomputer legend Seymour Cray developed the Cray n and Cray III supercom puters The company is working on a deal to purchase the building as disaster recovery site said Randy Beck vice president of risk man agement for RGU The building is listed through Eau Donnellan Real Estate at Chippewa Falls School District showed strong interest in the build ing two years ago as a site for its alternative high school education programs The proposal was reject ed on multiple occasions by the city Planning Commission the same board that on Monday recommended approval of plans to the city council The building would be used by RCU if a disaster disabled the corporate center in downtown Eau Claire Beck said We have 200 people and a com puter system at our corporate head quarters providing support for our 12 branches Beck said Federal regulations dictate we have a facili ty available if something were to happen to our headquarters Presently RCU computers are backed up to a system in Minneapolis A Chippewa Falls facility would replace that system The building would house a backup computer system and up to six maintenance employees
