Time Machine: Time Machine Trip to February 1982

Kaukauna Times - February 1982

By Lyle Hansen

February 2, 1982

Facing an increase in insurance costs and cuts in the annual budget, the Environmental Committee members will be in a search for funds.

Fran Gerow of Kaukauna was honored by the Kaukauna Athletic Club as its Man of the Year for 1981. Gerow contributes much of his free time to coaching the girls’ basketball and softball teams at St. Mary’s Grade school.

February 4, 1982

Karl Borree, of Kaukauna, has been selected to play in the sixth annual Wisconsin Shrine Bowl football game. Borree starred for the KHS football team last fall during his senior year on the Ghosts’ team. Nearly 400 players were nominated for the game to be held Saturday July 24 at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh.

February 9, 1982

Patricia Weyenberg, Wilson Street, Little Chute, will appear in a New York City production of Aristophanes’ 411 B.C. comedy “Lysistrata” February 11 through 28. Patricia is a graduate of St. John High School Little Chute and of the University of LaCrosse.

The Kaukauna Times Printing Company is moving across the street to their new location.

February 11, 1982

Airman Gary D. Seif, Greiner Road, Kaukauna, has been assigned to Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, after completing basic training. Seif is a 1979 graduate of Freedom High School.

Parents and students will pay more for both general and special fees next year as the Kaukauna Board of education has raised their charges to keep up with inflation. Book fees for preschool through 5th grade will raise from $4 to $6.50. Pupils in grades 6 through 8 will raise $12 and fees for high school students will raise $15.

Lock operations on the Fox River may end early this coming season and permanently in 1983 if federal cut back proposals involving the Army Corp of Engineers are adopted.

Lisa Schwalenberg, East 14^th Street, Kaukauna, recently graduated from the Fox Valley Technical Institute in the Practical Nursing program. Lisa has excepted a position on the staff at the St. Paul Home. She is a 1978 Kaukauna High graduate.

Acting on a recommendation from Police Chief Gerald Lopez the Public Protection and Safety Committee Tuesday eliminated a pair of north side school crossing guards. Guards will be eliminated at the corner of High Street and Highland Ave and the corner of Depot and Taylor streets.

February 23, 1982

Members of the Kaukauna Street Department will receive a 9% pay increase under the new union contract, which also includes the maximum sick leave increase from 100 days to 120 days.

Terri Schommer, West 11^th Street, Kaukauna, received an Associate Degree in Nursing from the Fox Valley Technical Institute. Terri is a 1979 graduate of Kaukauna high school and has accepted employment at Appleton Memorial Hospital.

February 25, 1982

Kevin Lenius and Dave Viaene, the two Kaukauna wrestlers have gained a berth in this weekend's Class A public school state wrestling tournament in Madison. Lenius will take a 21-2 record into the 155-pound category while Viaene 23-0 in the heavyweight division.