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Eau Claire Country Today (Newspaper) - April 24, 1985, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Who s going to the Roches feed Western beef fish and game hearing soldiers Grove goes sunny Page 3 Page 8 Page 13 Page 15 april 24, 1985 the country today it Taka Tami a do i f i Southern edition the newspaper that cares about Rural ufos a sections 28 pages 35 cents Wisconsin will produce european Type cheeses Madison Wisconsin Dairy Farmers May get a Nice june Dairy month present this year. Final negotiations reportedly Are progressing Between several european companies and Wisconsin cheese plants both cooperative and private Over locating a cheese making facility in Wisconsin. Al Herrmann of the state department of agriculture Trade and consumer Protection confirmed to the country today last thursday that one european company has stated flatly that it definitely will locate in Wisconsin a reportedly in the Beaver dam area. This company would make a foreign Type cheese for distribution and Sale solely in the United states. This newspaper last Jan. 30 broke the Story that six european firms were negotiating with cheese plants in at least six states to determine where they would strike an agreement with an existing Plant or buy out an existing cheese factory in order to produce european Type cheese for Sale in this country. It now has been Learned that the six firms Are from Denmark Italy Norway and the United kingdom. About 30 Wisconsin cheese plants responded to an announcement made in National milk referendum set Washington . The referendum on continuing the National Dairy promotion and research Board has been scheduled for a 60-Day period starting aug. I and concluding sept. 30 according to an order announced april 17 by the us a. a weather according to the National weather service in Madison a cooler weekend is in store with a Chance of showers each Day. For Southern Wisconsin highs will be around 60 while lows will be in the 40�?Ts. Index weather. Page 2 markets. Page 4 Section two. Page 9 horses. Page la outdoors. Pages 12-14 country life. Page 15 postings. Page 16 Ann Landers. Page 18 on the farm Page 18 want ads. Pages 23-28 the vote will determine whether the program should be continued after sept. 30. The referendum was ordered by Secretary of agriculture John a Block who was instructed to conduct the vote under the provisions of the Dairy and tobacco adjustment act of 1083, legislation that created the paid Dairy diversion program. Under the order All Dairy Farmers engaged during april 1985 in the production of milk for commercial use will be eligible to vote. A majority of the Dairy Farmers voting must favor continuation of the program for it to remain in effect. The Dairy promotion and research program is financed by a 15-cent per hundredweight assessment on All milk produced in the United states. The program is administered by a Board of 36 Dairy Farmers appointed by the Secretary of agriculture with representation based on area milk production. John r. Williams of the us a agriculture marketing service has been designated As the referendum agent and will announce details on the referendum at a later Date or. Block said in making the announcement. Late 1984 by the state agriculture department which asked state cheese factories if they would be interested in this Type of arrangement. Quot you can say we the state agriculture department served As a matchmaker a getting Wisconsin cheese plants together with representatives of the companies a and now they Are working out the details themselves Quot or. Herrmann said. He said the types of cheese the companies Are interested in in aking Are gruyere Elmenthaler Gouda Edam and a Blue cheese derivative. Other states that were or Are under consideration by european firms for making cheese in this country Are new York Pennsylvania Vermont Minnesota Texas and California. However Wisconsin cheese and Dairy Industry spokesmen have said that the availability of milk in Wisconsin makes it a no. I Choice for Many of the companies considering making cheese Here. The reason these giant firms Many of which have resident representatives in new York Are seeking cheese making opportunities in the United states is that they fear there May be stricter quotas imposed on imported Dairy products particularly certain types of cheeses that Are manufactured to any significant degree by american cheese factories. Or. Herrmann acknowledged that Quot this could be a real Good thing for Wisconsin especially if the . Does put tighter controls on he said an announcement May be made within 30 to 45 Days regarding the signing of a formal agreement Between at least one Wisconsin cheese factory and a european company. The parties involved or. Herrmann said will hold a press conference to a announce the agreement probably at the site of the cheese factory that please turn to Page 2 object of protest a fish Symbol and the letters pal Praise the lord on the lower right portion of this Chart have drawn fire from an atheist. Fish on a Bird poster irks atheist Madison an Eagle eyed atheist says even a tiny religious Symbol has no business cropping up in promotional material for a self supporting state endangered re sources program. And the Man who has operated the program on a Wing and a prayer says the state will print no More of the full color posters that depict 17 species of Birds around a Trio of Bir feeders plus one tiny fish at the Bottom. Anne Gaylor of Madison president of the Freedom from religion foundation protested after she discovered the stylized fish and the initials Quot pal Quot under artist Susan Southwick a name at the Bottom of the Quot return a gift to wildlife Quot poster. The barely noticeable Symbol harkens Back to the biblical Story of the loaves and fishes sunday school children Are told while the initials pal next to it it endangered the addendum to Susan Southwick signature has been deemed a conflict Between state and religion and will soon be extinct on official state promotions for endangered species. Beware brer Rabbit photo by Jim Haney the hounds will be running but they will be kept on track after the mechanical Rabbit at the new racing facilities at the Dubuque greyhound Park. Don Hess Park communications director expects the facility to attract Many Wisconsin residents not Only for amusement but for employment As Well. See Story on Page 3. Very Likely stand for a Praise the is. Gaylor said she supports the idea of protecting endangered species but separation of Church and state is important too. Quot i done to want to make a big thing out of it it is tiny Quot she said. Quot i just wondered How this commercial for christianity got Ron Nicotera who is in charge of the endangered re sources program was clearly distressed by is. Gaylord a complaint. Quot i never even noticed it and i have known what it meant if i had Quot or. Nicotera said. Quot but i sure do no one at the Der intended to violate the separation of Church and state or to include however Subtle a religious message with the poster he said. The endangered resource program depends on contributions from a state income tax checkoff and other private sources for the Lions share of its income and or. Nicotera does no to want efforts to protect endangered plants and creatures to be threatened by controversy. The program helps protect such species As Timber wolves loons Bald eagles Peregrine Falcons barn owls egrets Osprey terns Pine Martens re necked grebes Loggerhead shrikes and wild Ginseng. As of wednesday the state Revenue department reported the program had received $225,000 in income tax checkoff with returns filed at the last minute remaining to be tallied. That a about on target toward or. Nicotera a goal of raising $320,000 from the checkoff to finance efforts to help Wisconsin a 43 animal and 107 Plant species listed As threatened or endangered. And 31 individuals or organizations have expressed an interest in adopting one of the states 224 Bald Eagle nests a $100 investment whose dividends come in the form of Progress reports from the Der on the nests occupants. Many of the donors have received the poster to which is. Gaylor objected. But or. Nicotera said next year donors will be offered another Reward for helping preserve fragile resources. Quot in the future Well be much More careful a or. Nicotera said. Quot it was just one of those boondoggles As far As we re Quot that was an endangered fish a is. Gaylor said. Daylight saving time begins this weekend. Set your clocks ahead one hour saturday night. St ends oct. 27

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