Time Machine Trip to March 1982

 

Kaukauna Times – March 1982

By Lyle Hansen

March 2, 1982

Seeking donations for the Thousand Islands Environmental Center the center committee has instructed naturalist Lee Hammen to put together a list of items needed by the center. Topping the list would be insulating the restrooms, a large aquarium and a displace case for the large number of arrowheads. 

 

Rev. Edward N. Haessly, funeral services for Rev. Edward N. Haessly, 74, formally of Kaukauna will be held today at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kaukauna. Father Haessly was ordained on June 1,1933 and was the first parishioner from Holy Cross to be ordained. He said his first Mass at Holy Cross Church. Father Haessly died March 1 at a hospital in Manitowoc. 

 

March 4, 1982

During a lively “town hall” session in Appleton, Gov. Lee Dreyfus Wednesday explained his plan to temporarily increase the state’s sale tax to clear a state deficit and, in the future, to use the extra funds to offset property taxes.

 

March 9, 1982

Josh Renkens of Kaukauna has qualified for the Nationals in the Elk’s Hoop Shoot free throw shooting contest.

 

The proposal to close the Fox Locks come basically because the Fox operation is authorized for commercial operations and that volume is at zero according to the Army Corps of Engineers.

 

Norbert Jackels and his wife Sally, who has a farming operation southeast of Kaukauna has been named the 1982 Farmer of the Year.

 

March 11, 1982

Gregg Curry has become associated with the law firm of McCarty, Curry, Wydeven, Peeters & Riester. Curry graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in December of 1981 and joined the firm in January.

 

The Board of Education voted not to extend contracts to 24 teachers in the Kaukauna School System. Declining enrollments and a $250,000 spending reduction demand by the Fiscal Control Board were the main reasons.

March 16, 1982

Four Kaukauna girls selected to All-FVA Team.

1^st team - Karla Miller – Senior

1^st team – Linda Deering – Senior

2^nd team – Ann DeBruin – Senior

Honorable Mention - Lory Huss - Senior

 

Gubernatorial candidate Anthony Earl has laid the blame for state fiscal problems on the way that he says Gov. Lee S. Dreyfus took Wisconsin from its largest surplus in history to its largest deficit.

Corey VanDera, 10-year-old fifth grader at Haen school in Kaukauna, bowled a 240 game and a 520 series recently in the Junior Bowling League at the Bowling Bar.

 

Holy Cross held its first Career Day for students grades 1 through 8. The students were introduced to a variety of professions. Those sharing their expertise were Ken Heid, meat service; Dr. Stephen Dreier, chiropractor; Sergeant Robert Zimmerman, policeman; Stanley Dercks, fireman; Reginald Vande Hey, postman; Mrs. Sally Geenen, nurse; Dr. Gregory Russo, dentist; Clarence O’Connor, lawyer, Florence Brewster, secretary; Mark Kobin, pharmacist; Mike Weaver, banker; and Joan Cleveland, city clerk.

Alan D. Thiede has been appointed the position of Assistant Vice President at the F&M Bank in Kaukauna according to bank President Gail E. Janssen. 

 

March 23, 1982

Jim Viaene, a former Kaukauna High School Wrestler, took second place and all-American honors for the University of Wisconsin Superior in the NAIA wrestling tournament.

Even as imports of consumer goods into the U.S. are rising, sales of such items as American made machine tools still hold a heavy share of the items sold all over the globe. Giddings & Lewis of Kaukauna has a network of salespeople in several nations to handle the company’s sales.

William F. Appleton Jr., a lieutenant with the Kaukauna Police Department, has received his Bachelor of Science degree at Milton College where he majored in criminal justice.

March 25, 1982

Halting any further cutbacks in city services while trying to turn the local economy around in the name of the game for the next year or so, and Tom Schaffer and Ron Van De Hey, mayoral candidates on the April ballot, appear to agree that to do so will take a conservative outlook.

 

Josh Renkens, 9-year-old from Kaukauna, with his third-place plaque that he won at the National Elks Hoop Shoot free throw shooting competition. The event was held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Josh sank 23 of 25 shots at the basket.