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WOLF RIVER WEEKEND SHAWANO LEADER WWW.NEWMEDIA-WI.COM Saturday, August 24, 2019 Volume 138, Issue 129 $2 Fair kicks off its 138th season The Shawano County Fairgrounds is about to get a whole lot busier as the latest Shawano County Fair starts Wednesday. SPECIAL SECTION School board joins resolution on mascot ban The Shawano School Board voted unanimously this week to be a co-sponsor of a Wisconsin Association of School Boards resolution started by the Wausau School Board seeking to ban Native American mascots. PAGE 8 Soccer teams ready to strike at competition Soccer teams for Shawano and the Bowler/Gresham co-op have high hopes for the coming season. GREEN BAY STREET ROADWORK PROGRESSING PAGE 20 Workers from Century Fence put the finishing touches on the East Green Bay Street and Fairview Way intersection on Thursday. The crew was painting stripes on the recently-poured pavement. The intersection is near one of the main entrances to the Shawano County Fairgrounds and was open to traffic again in the late afternoon. SEE THE LATEST CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON PAGE 3. CAROL RYCZEK | NEW MEDIA PAGE 2t/&8.&%*"twww.newmedia-wi.comt SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019 SHAWANO LEADER (USPS 492-120) Published Wednesdays and Saturdays All lanes should be clear on by NEW Media Inc d/b/a The Shawano Leader Periodicals postage paid at Green Bay St. for fair, DOT says Shawano, Wisconsin 54166 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Shawano Railroad crossing reopened Thursday following 3-week closure Leader, 1464 E. Green Bay St., Shawano WI 54166 By TIM RYAN lanes may or may not be paved. If “In fact, (Wednesday) sales were up.” Office Reporter they mill it, they’re going to pave it, Shawano Country Chamber of but they might not mill it.” Commerce Executive Director Nancy 1464 E. Green Bay St., Shawano, WI 54166 SHAWANO — All lanes of trafc on The lane closures will commence Smith said she hasn’t heard any chat- Telephone East Green Bay Street between Main again after the fair as needed to com- ter about problems businesses might 715-526-2121 Street and Airport Road should be plete the road work, Lohf said. be experiencing because of the road FAX: 715-524-3941 open during the upcoming Shawano The entire project is expected work. County Fair, according to the contrac- to be done by late October or early Kroening said he hasn’t heard tor in charge of the state Highway 22 Publisher November. any complaints personally, but some reconstruction project for the Depart- Some businesses along East Green impact was evident just by driving Greg Mellis [email protected] ment of Transportation. Bay Street said the road construc- through the area. Editor-In-Chief In his weekly progress report on tion has been an inconvenience for “You can tell some of those busi- Carol Ryczek [email protected] the project, Kevin Lohf of JT Engi- customers and delivery vehicles but nesses are afected just because City Editor neering, Inc. said all lanes were antici- hasn’t drastically afected business. there’s no cars sitting in there,” he Lee Pulaski [email protected] pated to be open from 6 a.m. Wednes- “It’s a little bit slower around here said. “I guess they’re putting up with day through 6 a.m. on Sept. 3. but most people, if they need their it and hopefully they’re seeing the Sports Editor The county fair starts Wednesday cleaning done, they have to get in silver lining of the new pavement out Morgan Rode [email protected] and runs through Sept. 2. here,” said Tanya Martin, manager at in front of their place.” Obituaries Lohf also announced late Thurs- Martin’s Cleaners. “We hear plenty of According to Lohf’s weekly [email protected] day afternoon that the Green Bay complaints about it, but there’s noth- update, work completed since the Classifieds/legal notices Street railroad crossing, which closed ing we can really do about it. Most last update includes completion of [email protected] down all lanes of trafc between people can fgure out their way in and new curb ramps on Green Bay Street, Hamlin and Ellis streets, was ofcially out.” installation of new track and new Retail advertising reopened. Greg Seymour, general manager at signals at the railroad crossing and [email protected] “We have had a very good three American Marine and Motorsports, continued asphalt paving operations. [email protected] weeks of work, which is allowing us said work crews have been moving The anticipated work schedule for Calendar items (free) to open a day early,” he said. trafc along fairly well and customers the week of Aug. 26 includes: [email protected] Lohf said there could still be right- have been handling it pretty well. 9edj_dk[mehaedj^[d[mXen Subscriptions lane closures in that area early next “At certain times it slows things culvert at Murray Creek. week to complete small work opera- down, but generally speaking I don’t 9edj_dk[c_bb_d]WdZfWl_d]ef- Subscription, delivery or payment question? tions such as signing and landscaping. think we’ve had too much trouble,” erations on Green Bay Street between Call 715-526-2121 Shawano Public Works Director he said. Airport Road and Main Street. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday-Friday Scott Kroening said he confrmed Meanwhile, at Qualheim’s True H[ijehWj_edWdZfWl[c[djcWha- [email protected] with Lohf that all lanes of trafc Value, Store Manager Gail Lemmer ing operations in areas that are paved. would be open during the fair, though said the road work has had no impact For information, go to https:// RATES it might not necessarily all be paved. at all. projects.511wi.gov/wis22resurf. “The two center lanes will be “I fgured it would kind of get us, Print paved,” he said. “The two outside but we have not seen that,” she said. [email protected] Print single issue: $1 Wednesdays, $2 Saturdays Prepaid nonrefundable 12 months: $119 Carrier; $127 Motor; $151 Mail - WI $164 Mail - outside WI Shawano landfill reopened after 2 weeks www.newmedia-wi.com 1-day. $0.99 By TIM RYAN to take at least fve weeks, but things able as of press time for the work Reporter moved along faster than expected done. 3-mo (90-day introductory offer) $12 after Chuck Felts of Felts Construc- In a news release Tuesday, the Month-to-month $10 SHAWANO — The Shawano tion in Shawano reached out to his city ofered its appreciation to Felts Prepaid 12 month, nonrefundable, $99 landfll was open for business again contacts with Boldt Construction in Construction and Bolt Construction Print plus online nonrefundable package Tuesday, two weeks after a hauler Madison. for their immediate response in com- $137 Carrier; $145 Motor; $173 Mail - WI; damaged a structural beam sup- Public Works Director Scott Kroe- pleting the repairs. porting the garbage and recycling $189 Mail - outside WI ning said all the damaged beam mate- “We apologize for any inconve- transfer station. rial was replaced with new material. nience and appreciate your coopera- The facility was deemed unsafe “They came in with a pile of guys tion during this temporary shut- Member, Wisconsin Newspaper Assoiation for operation after the Aug. 6 ac- and started taking care of business,” down,” the city wrote. cident. he said. City staf had expected the repairs There was no cost estimate avail- [email protected] CORRECTIONS Accuracy is important to the Shawano Leader, and it wants to correct mistakes promptly. Call errors to our attention by phone at 715-526-2121, ext. 7018 SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019 t/&8.&%*"tXXXOFXNFEJBXJDPNtPAGE 3 Arvold remembered for listening, caring and you weren’t because Arvold was on vacation. for contributing to the community Longtime Shawano sure about it, he’d At the clinic, he served as a gen- and they enjoyed dining at the Spin- be there and say, eral practitioner, covered the emer- ning Wheel. Arvold remained active physician passes away ‘Yup, that’s what gency room, functioned as the clinic through his later years with Paynter it is,’” Paynter radiologist and performed OB-GYN remembering Arvold slalom water By DAVID WILHELMS added. surgery. He enlisted in the Air Force skiing while in his 70s; a feat captured Correspondent Born Nov. 28, in 1950 at the outbreak of the Korean in a photo in the Evening Leader. 1922, in Reeds- War and served stateside. When He played trumpet, including in SHAWANO — One of Dr. David burg, Arvold Arvold retired 43 years of practice, in a jazz band in college and piano (by S. Arvold’s longtime patients, Joyce received his an interview in the (then) Shawano ear) for singalongs at the Shawano DAVID ARVOLD Paynter, remembered her former medical degree Evening Leader, he said, “You go Club, which he attended regularly. He physician as “so personable and in- from the Univer- through a lot with every patient — was a longtime member of the First terested, always, and interested in my sity of Wisconsin-Madison through the grief and joy, if you can help, it’s Presbyterian Church choir. children.” the Navy V 12 program during World all worthwhile.” One memory Paynter was reluc- Arvold died Aug. 21 at the age of War II. He married Patricia Bowditch Paynter also recounted Arvold’s tant to share because the clinic own- 96. in 1944 and served his internship in love of golf, participating in a regular ers were not happy with him although Paynter starting seeing Arvold Evanston, Illinois before moving to golf foursome at Golden Sands Golf “one of my favorite things” was in the early 1960s until he retired in Shawano in 1946 or 1947.