Friday, November 12, 2021

James Smith (1943-2021) Warren Area High School class of 1962

 

 1962 Dragon yearbook


Nelson Funeral Home 

1967 Warren City Directory

  • Smith Robert Z (Hazel H) Parish Battery & Electrical Service r51Mason Road
1983 Warren City Directory
  • Smith Hazel 51 Mason Road
  • Smith Robert Z (Hazel H) retired h27 Mason Road

The popularity of James as a baby name is graphed here.   Let's take a look at grandson Dustin. 



Source:  Social Security Administration

The Hollywood power of suggestion.  Dustin leapt onto the baby names chart in 1968, the same year that The Graduate was up for 7 Oscars, including Dustin Hoffman for Best Actor in a Leading Role.  (It won the statuette in only one category:  Best Picture.)  He ended up spending 23 years (1975-1987) in the top 100, peaking at #41in 1985.   He's now a long drop from his peak. 


Other members of the WAHS Class of 1962 (19)
2021

2020
Bert Bliss.  (10/15)
Stephen Massa.  (10/9)
Bruno Vavala.  (7/2)

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In Wisconsin, Waupaca County, where Veterans Home of King is located, has been on fire with the virus for the past two months

     

Number of new cases is up nearly 80% from previous week.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services


The percentage of county residents fully vaccinated is 9 percentage points below the state average of 59%.  

Wisconsin Public Radio, 11/11/2021
"We have a vulnerable population — a population who live in a home and they depend on the staff that come in," said Kolar. "I ask, I’m pleading, encouraging, whatever I can do to encourage people, if you haven’t been vaccinated to get vaccinated." 
Wisconsin’s DVA manages three veterans homes, serving nearly 1,000 veterans and their spouses. The facilities are all certified Medicare and Medicaid providers, which means they must meet certain requirements to receive federal funding. As of last week, those requirements include ensuring that all staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year.


New York Times

Waupaca County's 7-day average of new Covid cases per 100,000 residents is with a percentage point of the state average of 51.




Screenshot from Waupaca County Public Health Covid homepage.



 
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75-year-old Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder embarrasses Wisconsin

 

Meet Judge Schroeder
Masked up and ready for work

USA Today, 11/12/2021
The longest serving current judge in Wisconsin, Schroeder previously garnered national attention and accusations of favor to the defense in late October when he said the people shot by Rittenhouse couldn't be called "victims" during the trial. 
Barring the use of "victims" is a regular part of his courtroom practices. But his decision to allow the same people to be called "rioters, looters and arsonists" began a pattern of Rittenhouse's critics blasting the judge as biased and Rittenhouse's supporters celebrating the judge's decisions.  
[snip]
Wendy Rittenhouse told FOX News Channel’s Sean Hannity she had been told by locals that "he doesn't allow no nonsense in his courtroom. 
"Those comments came as Schroeder's latest controversy gained national attention. On Thursday he attempted a joke in response to an inquiry about a lunch break: “I hope the Asian food isn’t coming ... isn’t on one of those boats along Long Beach Harbor," he said.
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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Redtail Ackers housing development in Middleton WI: November site visit



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8/22/2021 update starts here

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Lots at Redtail Ackers

Google aerial view (arrows added)




5/6/2021 update starts here

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1/23/2021 update starts here

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11/2/2020 update starts here





5/1/2020 update starts here

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Redtail Ackers
7/24/2019 update starts here.

At the end of Redtail Pass in Middleton's North Lake neighborhood

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From the parking lot of Orchids Garden Centre & Nursery




6/26/2019 update starts here.

County trunk highway Q near the northern edge of Middleton

Photos by Retiring Guy

Looking west toward the North Lake neighborhood, which was developed in the late 1990s/early 2000s


That's Orchids Garden Centre & Nursery in the distance at right


The top of Frederick's Hill is seen in the center distance beyond North Lake


Location highlighted on aerial photo


Original 5/22/2019 post starts here.

Took awhile for this project to get underway.

Photo by Retiring Guy

Housing pitched at Orchids site.  (Waunakee Tribune, 8/8/2017)
At its meeting July 24, the Middleton Westport Joint Zoning Committee reviewed the plan, which includes 16 residential units – nine single-family homes and seven free-standing condominiums – on a 6 ½-acre parcel that would connect to Redtail Pass. 
“If it works out with Middleton, it should be fine, and if our retail and residences there are taken care of, it should be fine,” said Town of Westport Administrator/Attorney Tom Wilson.

It didn't work out as planned.

 The Northlake Neighborhood wanted no condos, no apartments.  It would bring "those people" into their midst.  Of course, they outwardly made 'water retention'  and 'safety' their main concerns.


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Carl Nelson (1935-2021) Warren High School class of 1952


 
 1952 Dragon yearbook


Source:  Nelson Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

1983 Warren City Directory
    • Nelson Carl H & Virginia; assistant vice-president rTidioute
    • Nelson Vina retired r2750 Pennsylvania Avenue West Apt 6

    The popularity of Carl as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at son Judson.


    Source:      Social Security Administration 

    Vina made little impact in the 20th century.  She peaked early at 411 in 1904 and then bounced around the lower half of the chart until the late 1930s.  She hasn't been heard from since.

    Other class of '52 grads (29):
    2021
    Robert Bailey.  (1/28)

    2020
    Richard Carlson.  (12/29)

    2019
    Carol Barrett Boltz.  (11/28)
    Marilyn Smith Miller.  (8/2)
    Ralph Wade.  (7/8)
    Dudley Donaldson.  (2/8)
    June Odmark Wiggins.  (1/5)

    2018
    Richard Hansen.  (1/2)

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    GET ME REWRITE: GOP Usual Suspects in Wisconsin legislature are on board with Testing Industry Appropriations Act

     


    Wisconsin Public Radio, 11/10/2021
    Pacheco said assessing students when they just start attending school for the first time also runs into a general pitfall of academic testing, which shows up repeatedly in studies of the SAT and other standardized tests — they can be a better measure of what resources kids have at home than of kids’ academic abilities.  [emphasis added]


    Wisconsin State Legislature

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    GET ME REWRITE: Clown in Wisconsin Assembly shows us what faux outrage looks like

     


    Wisconsin Public Radio, 11/9/2021
    During the hearing, state Rep. John Macco, R-Ledgeview, said the commissioners' absence, as well as the speed of their reaction to the audit, is unacceptable. "We're all sitting here cooling our jets," Macco said. "I find it absolutely repugnant that nobody could show up."

    Macco is gearing up for what will most assuredly be a failed run for Governor.  He won't survive the GOP primary.

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/31/2021

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    Wednesday, November 10, 2021

    The Art of the Wisconsin Gerrymander: What's up the GOP sleeve during this round of redistricting? (City of Milwaukee/Milwaukee County edition)

     

    Concentrating the Dem vote, as suggested by the Leahs.  (See slide below)

    All maps from The Badger Project


    Surprising that they didn't gerrymander the Village of Brown Deer.

    Now way too diverse for GOP tastes.

    Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

    Further diluting the Democratic vote in western Milwaukee County





    Tinkering slightly just because they can.
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    Further diluting the Milwaukee lakeshore neighborhoods from Lower East Side to Northridge.


    Preserving Alberta Darling


    Will the real Alberta Darling please stand up.



    See for yourself.

    The  Badger Project, 9/23/2021

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