Longfellow Junior High to gain flexible new spaces
A 29,900 square foot addition plus 14,500 square feet of renovation at Longfellow Junior High will create open concept areas for IGE and team teaching. The project, funded by a 1973 bond, aims for a September 1975 opening but faces material delays. The plan includes a three story classroom block, a new gym, specialized spaces for woodworking, home economics, art, science labs, and expanded administration with enhanced safety and accessibility features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Eugene Balts
Balts
School Board
Summit
Onalaska
IGE
Alden Mehlhoff
Hackner, Schroeder, Roslansky and Associates
Mehlhoff
la Crosse Area
Board of Education
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Landfill Committee Is Proposed by La Crosse County Board
The administration committee approved a plan to form a solid waste management committee of 11 members pending full board approval. Members would include two from the towns association, two from La Crosse city government, two county board members, and representatives from Onalaska the county villages the League of Women Voters the county Resource Agent Albert Becker and UW La Crosse assistant professor John Hoefer. The panel aims to study a countywide waste system with green boxes and two county landfills, followed by engineering studies to locate sites. The meeting also debated a proposed county ethics code with supporters urging disclosure of economic interests while opponents argued current laws suffice. A county historical sites commission was approved to advise on marking sites, with funding not requested from county funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Gordon Feinberg
2Nd Dist
Becker
League
Elizabeth Gundersen
34Th Dist
Larry Mahlum
Medary
Meta Parsons
Noreen Goplen
Shirley Haas
la Crosse 14Th Dist
Curtis Storck
Gundersen
Harman
Sunder
Feinberg
Charles Egan
State Ethics Board
la Crosse County
Medallion Hunt Opens WWTI Homecoming Festivities
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute kicks off its fifth homecoming with the first clue in the Homecoming Medallion Hunt. The Inter-Greek Council sponsors the 1973 events themed In the Midnight Hour with Jacquelyn M. Brown chairing the Homecoming Committee. Jeff Van Ryen and Colleen Bernhard named king and queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Inter-Greek Council
Jacquelyn M. Brown
Ira M. Brown
S. 9Th Ave
Onalaska
Jeff van Ryen
Colleen Bernhard
van Ryen
Jake van Ryen
Tomahawk
Miss Bernhard
Clarence Bernhard
Garnaville
Iowa
Delta Gamma Phi
UW-L Drafts Plans To Save On Energy
Officials at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse announced energy conservation plans in line with state guidelines. Measures include reducing daytime temperatures to 68 and 65 at night, shutting down Dec 24 and 31 for a fuel conservation weekend, and boosting use of car pools and mail as the university aims to cut lighting and heating demands.
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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Patrick Lucey
Edward Fluekiger
Fluekiger
Alma
Uw-La Crosse
Kenneth Lindner
Lawrence Lebiecki
Lebiecki
County Delays Action On 900 Dollar Penalty Check
County law enforcement panel voted to delay for 30 days on deciding whether to keep a 900 dollar check from Dahl Motors for failure to deliver six station wagons and a chief’s car. Dahl claimed no damages due to use of older and newer vehicles later. county to assess actual damages before any offset. The panel also approved shifting 650 dollars from the sheriff’s travel budget for recording equipment and reviewed increases in travel and car allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Ford Motor Co
Dahl
Eugene Leonard
Leonard
Corp
Ray Sunder
Traffic Police Department
William Black
Camp McCoy study tests effluent irrigation on forest land
U S Forest Service researchers at Camp McCoy use liquid effluent from the disposal plant to irrigate a two acre test area north of the site. They compare four distribution methods and monitor soil absorption frost depth and plant responses while aiming to filter pollution before it reaches waterways. The project expands a pilot and plans 25 plots to duplicate tests across different soils and seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McCoy
U.S. Forest Service
la Crosse
Richard Sartz
la Crosse Forest Laboratory
Ray Harris
Harris
Sartz
Forest Service
Firm Admits Oil Sale Refutes Lucey Charge
The La Crosse Tribune reports Midwest Industrial Fuel, Inc. sold oil to a Virginia buyer from Canada, denying Wisconsin oil piracy claims. Paul Hemker argues the market is free, prices rise then fall, and a 30 cent per gallon era is over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucey
Midwest Governors Caucus
Cleveland
Ohio
Virginia
la Crosse
la Crosse Tribune
Midwest Industrial Fuel, Inc
Paul Hemker
Hemker
Wisconsin
Texas
Oklahoma
Stanley York
York
Canada
Greece
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John B. Coleman
S. 21St St
Coleman
Victor Larson
WWTI
Tribune
Donald Harman
11Th Dist
John Brown
32Nd Dist
Larry Nelson
Plain
Debbie Smith
Sparta
Steve Haug
Pam Downs
East Ave. S
Pat Gillis
Roberts
Wis
Mary Brown
Manston
Monte Tewart
Genoa
Connie Newman
Superior Ave
Tomah
Kumm
Uw-L
John D. Ellenbecker
Murphy Oil Co
Internal Revenue Service
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