Friday, December 21, 2018

Time Machine Trip to December 1988


By Lyle Hansen

December 1, 1988
The Green Bay Packers (2-11) travel to Pontiac Michigan for a rematch with another hopeless team, the Detroit Lions (3-10), Sunday at noon. The Packers will attempt to break their six-game losing streak. The Lions defeated the Packers November 20 with a 19-9 victory.

December 6, 1988
Kaukauna native Mark Niquette sent the following message on a postcard from London England. Yep, I got to see Lady Di! I was walking home from the library one night when I saw a large crowd and walked over to see what the fuss was about. Lady Di was scheduled to appear at a London ceremony for a church fundraiser. A large motorcade and limo pulled up and out popped Lady Di wearing a beautiful pink dress right out of Cinderella. She winked at me, but it may have been something to do with the cameraman behind me. Your foreign correspondent - Mark.

A number of witnesses told a Columbia County jury that Vince Fisher, 41, showed no emotions when the daughter of his girlfriend was found dead in March. Fisher is charged with second-degree murder in the death of six-year-old Jessica Miller March 9 of this year. Pathologist testified that Jessica's death was caused by rubber ball lodged in her throat.


Holiday shoppers could not be more typical during the shopping season than a boy in a toy store? Adam Bahr of Winneconne shows his dad what he wants to find under the Christmas tree this year. Tanya VanHeuklin of Kaukauna models an item on her Christmas wish list.

City attorney Donald Green said that it appears the present owner of the proposed greyhound racetrack site may ask annexation to the city in early January one of the first steps to making the track a reality.


The Kaukauna girls’ basketball cheerleading squad in the front row are Dana Schumacher, Amy Boucher and Jenny Verhagen. Back row are Stacy Sternhagen, Jenny Jacques, Sara Bloch and Kathy Van Treeck.

December 8, 1988

Coach Lindy Infante’s Packers (2-12) were guilty of five turnovers in the first half which the Lions converted into twenty-four points en route to a 30-14 victory. Randy Wright attempted 52 passes in the game and completed 29. Packers team will attempt to break their 7-game losing streak this Sunday against the playoff bound Minnesota Vikings.






Tuesday night’s girls’ basketball game at Neenah was important for two reasons. The girls won the match 61-32 and Sara Biese needed to score only four points to smash Deb DeBroux’s school record of 813 career points. Sara scored 25 points in the game. Coach Karla Miller-Flynn said “She did an excellent job and it didn’t come easy. She worked very hard and she earned it.”

December 15, 1988
Thank you, and praise to coach Norma Metoxen-Rammer who will officially resign Monday night as the girls’ volleyball coach serving for the past eighteen years in the program. This year she led her team to a second-place finish behind Neenah in the Fox Valley Association standing with a 10-4 record.

December 20, 1988

Funeral services will be conducted this evening for Oscar T. Jahns at Trinity Lutheran Church. Mr. Jahns, 83, served as a patrolman and Sgt. with the Kaukauna Police Department for twenty-five years.  

December 22, 1988
Soon this newspaper may have to be separated from other items when it eventually joins the waste stream. Likewise, aluminum cans, glass bottles, cardboard, plastic items and yard waste will likely be separated from the other rubbish and trash. The Outagamie County landfill won't accept yard waste after April 1 of the coming year.



Sheboygan North’s Jason Siminow wrestles Ghost Jim Hansen to the mat at the Junior Varsity Triple Dual Saturday.





December 28, 1988
City Planning Commission members Tuesday gave preliminary approval to annexing 126.9 acres of the John Hurkman farm as a first step in establishing a Greyhound track in the city.

Every child who participates in basketball dreams of a chance of getting a game-winning shot at the buzzer. Sara Seegers had a chance Thursday night as she sank an 18-foot shot with no time remaining to lift Kimberly past a heart-broken Kaukauna team 42-41. Seegers’ basket came after Kaukauna’s Becky Anderson connected on a wide open inside shot to put the Ghosts up 41-40 two seconds left on the clock. Kimberly called time out an inbound pass found Seegers at half court after two steps she launched the ball for the winning score.




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