Waunakee Tribune (Newspaper) - March 10, 1994, Waunakee, Wisconsin Waunakee In - Dane County - 10, 1994 Volume 78 No. 42 accepted for senior housing Will the village come up with the fashion at Waunakee Community High School took to the runway March 1 wearing the latest spring fashions in a show called Josh Mathy served as emcee as couples like Angie Schwab and Jeff Trotta traversed the runway All funds raised by the fashion show will benefit Waunakee by John board expels the first time in anybody's a student has been expelled from Waunakee Community High school board voted to expel the student after a closed hearing The student's name was not nor was the specific nature of the school district administrator Gene Hamele said the board found the student guilty of repeatedly refusing to obey school rules and engaging in which endangered of said no one recalls an expulsion from Waunakee at least in the past three expulsion will continue through the end of the school but the student may return to school earlier if he or she meets certain other business at Monday's the school board discussed several topics which arose from a recent growth in the teaching and strategies and essential board members agreed the school district is doing a lot to address the issues of growth and teaching Board members also thought the school district should do more to involve the community and staff and to share information with the board members asked the administration to recommend a process for deciding what skills a Waunakee Community High School graduate should Art offer has been accepted for a site for affordable housing for senior and now the question is whether the village will come up with the money to buy the Monday's meeting of the Waunakee Village Chuck Heath of Horizon Investment and Development Corp. said the offer to Country Aire Associates has been The site is at the intersection of Holiday Drive and Sunset east of the project about worth of the parcel would be used for and worth of the parcel would aside for possible future expansion for Waunakee said he would apply on Tuesday tax credits from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority a key ingredient in the project's major question is whether the village board is willing to ante up the to buy the land for the affordable housing or senior village board previously has approved the if it could be financed through a tax incremental finance but it's not clear whether Village board members also were withholding a final until a market survey is village board members did sign a letter Monday telling WHEDA that it approves and encourages the Village board president Maureen said the letter does not bind the village but it would curry some favor with WHEDA as Horizons seeks the tax credits are one main reason Heartland Properties gets involved in affordable housing a subsidiary of Wisconsin Power and finances the housing takes the tax credit and gives the village the option to purchase the development after 15 years for the remainder of the would the village get out of the Proponents list these a housing project which would increase the tax senior citizen housing which is scarce in use of a senior citizen center for nominal cost in 15 the opportunity to buy the whole thing at a bargain told the village board the market survey should be completed About a thousand questionnaires were sent out to people in the response rate has been about 13 a tremendous need for this according to the response we got from the Heath George Kolb said he wants to see how the village will come up with the and the impact that spending would have on the village Paul Brandenburg noted that the village board has not budgeted funds for this so the only alternative seems to be park big Church's move stirs any family that prepares for a move by rummaging through all its members of the First Presbyterian Church reviewed old memories before packing up and moving to their new quarters on Hwy. church members were asked to pitch in on Saturday as the Presbyterians made the transition from their home of 116 years to a new facility on Hwy. Q south of was a major step for a congregation whose future was touch and go for its first But the job was done in time for the church to hold its first service in its new quarters last they prepared to leave 110 W. Second the site of countless baptisms and worship it was dear that the Presbyterians were taking their memories along with final services in the old building featured reminiscences from longtime church members who reminded the congregation that generations of devotion and work brought the church to this church was founded as First Presbyterian Society of with its formal organization on Feb. 17, 1878 in which is now Koltes Lumber It was the only Protestant Church in Waunakee until Peace Lutheran Church started in 1972. May 6, 1878, the Presbyterians obtained a loan for to build the structure which is the sanctuary at 110 W. Second the final Sunday in the old church building - Feb. 27 longtime church member Art are hopping at Waunakee's industrial Waunakee Village Board Monday signalled its tentative approval of future expansion at the facility formerly occupied by Belleville which closed in Freight is trying to purchase the Belleville Trucking contingent on its ability to expand in the industrial village board also approved a change in industrial park covenants and deed restrictions governing maximum heights of the restrictions set a 35-foot height limit at the industrial The purpose of the limit was to protect the sensibilities of neighbors covenant and deed restriction changes give the industrial development committee the option to approve taller which may be desirable as the industrial park expands away from residential height requirement change was requested by the developers of the Country Inn which is planned for the industrial Plans call for the motel to reach 39.5 feet in the village board got word from William Holley that Component Building Products has secured financing for a manufacturing and warehouse facility in the industrial Building Products is a wholesaler and manufacturer of interior wood moldings and take in Wisconsin was billion in Kirk locked the door of First Presbyterian Church on Second Street for the last time late The congregation spent the day moving into their new facility located just south of by John pictures of the church move are on page 8. told worshippers that church attendance was so poor in late 1902 and 1903 that services were although Sunday school was she there was concern about a couple who general store on skipping worship services A committee was appointed to admonish Koenig mortgage was paid off in 1944, she was 66 years it took us to pay that she come a long recalled the Depression years when the young ladies of the congregation were directed come up with a fund-raising continued on 2) collected in Wisconsin by state and local government totaled billion in 1993, up 8.8 percent from 1992, according to a report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance a privately supported and said that federal taxes accounted for 61 percent of all with billion This was an 8.7 percent increase in collections over 1992. State taxes in 1993 yielded or 24 percent of the tax This was an increase of 7.7 The remaining 15 percent of the taxes came primarily from net local property which in 1993 were up 9.9 percent from the previous This was the 1992 levy collected in 1993. tracing tax collection growth from 1984 to 1993, the WTA said that federal taxes collected in Wisconsin went up 72 while state taxes rose 49 percent The highest growth was in which climbed 101 the net property tax was up 95 the 1993 federal tax 83 percent came from just 2 sources - taxes on individual income or 44 and social security or 39 the more than 25 different state just 2 accounted for 70 percent of the 1993 according to the Individual income taxes of billion provided 42 and the billion from the sales tax produced another 28 WTA noted that 60 percent of gross property taxes in 1993 was education Public school levies of billion made up 55 percent of the and vocational school taxes of million were 5 Other parts of the property tax pie and their shares of the total municipal taxes for village and town continued on 2) CORRECTION IS IN We recently reported in this space that Alcoholics Anonymous and A1 Anon had discontinued their meetings in Since we've heard that this is true of but A1 Anon is still meeting at 8 p.m. Thursdays at Peace Lutheran FUTURE OF Street once again will be the topic of discussion - this time in front of the entire village board - at 7:30 p.m. March 21. See the legal notice in this week's Tribune for a list VILLAGE BOARD members want to squelch a rumor that the village is killing the adult Softball They say the problem is in finding volunteers to run the The Parks and Buildings Committee is working with the leagues to get the program up and TO THE LATE arrival of this year's Waunakee telephone the for recycling old phone books will remain in the west parking lot of the community building until March 27. SPRING HAS but hope springs eternal that the fine weather this area has enjoyed during the past week will just keep getting At that robin spotted on Third Street this week hopes VILLAGE OF is sponsoring an informational seminar on erosion control measures at 7:30 p.m. March 16 at the Village If you plan call the Village HaU 849-5626. This week in the week's Tribune Profile features Dan a teacher at Waunakee Community Middle See page 2. Waunakee Women's which disbanded last made one last donation - to the local See page 7. Outdoorsman Mark Walters talked about deer with a DNR wildlife See page 11. members of the WRAT swim team Wisconsin USS 1994 Short Course State Championship competition last See page 11. Last is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary
