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March 3, 2021 x oshkoshherald.com Volume 4, Issue 9 Postal contract adds WinterWinnttteer C Clearanleeaarraancece SaSalele SaSaveve upup toto 60%60% OOfff to company reach first large-scale fleet procurement in more Oshkosh Defense will than three decades. Production is slated to build new USPS fleet begin in 2023 and has an estimated poten- Photo from USPS tial value of $6 billion. Oshkosh Defense will produce the next gen- TEMPLE Quality Sofas & Chairs By Dan Roherty Oshkosh Defense will manufacture eration of delivery trucks for the U.S. Postal 1554 S Commercial St – Neenah • 920-969-9700 Oshkosh Herald both battery electric and low-emission Service, with the updated model depicted internal combustion engine models, up- here, over the next decade nationwide. With the U.S. Postal Service awarding grading the nation’s Postal Service vehi- Oshkosh Corp. a long-term contract for cles and replacing its aging fleet of Grum- hicle where they can deliver today’s mod- Inside building the next generation of mail deliv- man LLV trucks. ern mail, which is totally different from ery vehicles – up to 165,000 over the next Oshkosh Corp. president and chief op- 35 years ago,” Pfeifer said, noting that decade – business community leaders are erating officer John Pfeifer said it adds a today’s mail service is about e-commerce praising the vehicle manufacturer’s latest new category for the Defense segment and package delivery instead of the stan- win and its ongoing benefit to the area’s “but it’s right in the middle of our sweet dard letter service that dominated the era economy. spot” of serving the people who operate when the Grummans were built. The corporation’s Defense segment was those vehicles, in this case postal workers The unconventional-looking but opti- awarded the unlimited contract for a Next instead of military troops. See Postal truck on Page 15 Generation Delivery Vehicle, the USPS’s “It gives the postal worker a modern ve-

Driving force Diversity Antonio Gaines finds his route to service panel keys Page 6 on access Student on trial City committee discusses Testimony heard county’s vaccine outreach on 2019 West attack By Kaitlyn Scoville Page 2 Oshkosh Herald Winnebago County’s efforts to provide Map advisers an equitable vaccination process were among the discussions at the city’s Di- Panel starts looking versity, Equity and Inclusion Committee at redistricting process meeting last week. Lynnsey Erickson, community health Page 8 strategist for the county’s Health Depart- Photo by Andy Ratchman ment, presented about how the county has been working to- ward accommodating Space upgrade Bringing it home people of color and Student’s Gold Award Lourdes Academy basketball players begin to celebrate with fans and family marginalized individu- project benefits shelter Saturday night after stopping Sheboygan Lutheran 85-66 in the WIAA Division als with barriers to set- 4 sectional final game. The win advanced them to the state championship round ting up appointments. Page 18 Friday when they face Edgar High School at the La Crosse Center in the semifinals. Regarding estab- The Knights have won 17 of their last 18 games. See the game story on Page 20. lished outreach among these communities, Erickson said there Erickson were three main points of concern: transpor- Vaccines boost business outlook tation to vaccine appointments, language Oshkosh Herald to recovery. However, labor availability main at risk. barriers and trust in the system. remains a significant challenge,” said Jeff “We should expect more of these firms “If we can reduce barriers to the vaccine, Regional economic activity is begin- Sachse, interim director of UW Oshkosh’s to survive into the summer than may have we can help undo some of the dispropor- ning to look up but recovery remains frag- Center for Customized Research and Ser- been the case at the end of last summer tionate impacts that COVID-19 has had, ile for Wisconsin businesses responding vices. both due to a stronger-than-expected hol- particularly for people of color in our to a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Fifty-five percent of firms reported -via iday shopping season and targeted new community, in preventing any widening COVID-19 impact study. bility of more than 10 months. assistance,” he said. of the racial health disparities that we have The voluntary survey yielded 270 re- “Improving business viability has been The next phase of the survey, which going forward,” said Erickson, who is also sponses collected between Feb. 5 and buoyed by recent news about increasing opened this week, explores whether com- a Common Council member. Feb. 22 from state businesses representing vaccination rates and the assumption that panies are offering specific incentives to Some efforts by the Health Department 5,000 employees. we will see most activities return to nor- employees who agree to get vaccinated. include holding a percentage of available “The February survey confirms what mal beginning this summer and by the The survey is a partnership of UWO, appointments for individuals who may not we have observed over the past several end of the year,” Sachse said. the state’s nine Regional Development have online access or other technology; months, namely that larger firms and more The survey also showed that smaller Organizations and the Wisconsin Eco- See County vaccines on Page 16 traditional industries are well on their way businesses in service-based industries re- nomic Development Corp. Page 2 x oshkoshherald.com March 3, 2021 West attack hearing reviews confession By Kaitlyn Scoville Oshkosh Herald The pretrial phase for a student charged in the December 2019 attack on an Osh- 923 S. Main St. Suite C kosh West High School police officer con- Oshkosh, WI 54902 tinued last week with testimony from the defendant’s mother and a Dec. 6 trial date General information/customer set in light of attempting to take a confes- service: Julie Vandenberg sion off the table. [email protected] School resource officer Michael Wissink Phone: 920-479-6301 was stabbed several times with a two- Website: www.oshkoshherald.com pronged barbeque fork while they were in his office Dec. 3, 2019, between first and News tips and story ideas second hour of the school day. [email protected] Grant Fuhrman, who was 16 at the time, [email protected] was shot superficially in the chest during Support the Oshkosh Herald the struggle. 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Fer- Wissink, a 21-year veteran of the depart- Mike Sohm: 920-508-0084 telligence to make regular and individual nandez and Schallhorn ment, was justified. Kristin Magruder: 920-508-0119 choices despite his mental health. both said Grant’s de- Van Engen and Fuhrman’s mother said Mehlos called Grant’s mother, Tina meanor was calm and that in the span of two weeks between Classified advertising Fuhrman; his teacher, Elizabeth Van En- conversational. Thanksgiving and the incident, he had [email protected] gen; and Oshkosh police officer Benjamin They both also said gone back to taking Adderall to treat his 920-479-6301 Fenhouse. he was aware he had ADHD after a year of not doing so. Also The defense argued that Grant was on been informed of his during that time his grandfather died, his All advertisements are subject to too potent of painkillers to accurately an- legal rights. Tina Fuhr- girlfriend broke up with him and he was de- the applicable rate card, copies of swer questions and explain what he did, man and Van Engen nied a return to the school’s football team. which are available from our Ad- T. Fuhrman said it was possible “He suffered silently,” Tina Fuhrman vertising Department. All ads are he could have said he said, adding that these events could have subject to approval before publica- Send business bits understood those rights when he really enacted certain behaviors in school. tion. Oshkosh Herald reserves the didn’t due to his attention deficit hyperac- “Behavior and actions are how kids deal right to edit, refuse, reject, classify Breaking ground? Opening a new tivity disorder (ADHD) and autism. with trauma,” she said. or cancel any ad at any time. Errors business? Promotions? Expanding Wissink was interviewed six days after Fuhrman will remain in the Winnebago must be reported in the first day of staff? 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March 3, 2021 oshkoshherald.com x Page 3 Fire department gains optimum insurance rating A national advisory group that provides Department and Water Distribution staff statistical and actuarial information on for its contribution because “water avail- property insurance has given the city a top ability and reliability is a huge part of that.” rating for its fire department services. “This puts us in the 99th percentile of The Oshkosh Fire Department and city all fire departments in the country. That is have received an Insurance Service Or- outstanding.” ganization (ISO) public protection clas- “We have always known we are a first- sification of 1 for the first time ever. This class department; it’s great to have our rating represents the effectiveness of the efforts publicly recognized as such,” Fire fire protection in a community and is used Chief Mike Stanley said in a statement by many departments to plan, budget and with the announcement. justify fire protection improvements. The ISO rates more than 40,000 fire de- Most insurance companies use the pub- partments on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being lic protection classification rating to deter- the best. Only 388 departments nation- mine fire insurance rates for commercial wide received a Class 1 rating last year, and residential properties. For the average with just eight from Wisconsin. resident and business in Oshkosh, this City Manager Mark Rohloff noted the could reduce fire insurance policy rates ratings improvement at last week’s Com- that had been based on a Class 2 rating Submitted photo mon Council meeting, adding that the fire once the new classification takes effect A service project with the Rotary Club and South Park Middle School gathered more than department also credits the Public Works June 1. 1,000 cans of soup for the Oshkosh Area Community Pantry. Vintage Shop Hop highlights small businesses Bowenstreet Repeats opened last year 2837 Bowen St. The shop saves goods Rotary, South Park effort in conjunction with the annual Vintage from going to landfills by recycling, re- Shop Hop not long before having to close newing, selling and repurposing items down due to COVID-19 before it re- they can sell in their shop. Items of neces- yields Soup’er donation opened in August. sity like clothing, household items, books The Oshkosh Area Community Pantry “Some people are living a hard time and They are one of the resale shops in east- and toys are donated to a local charity for benefited from the efforts of the Rotary it’s even harder right now with the coro- ern Wisconsin and northern Illinois par- distribution. Club of Oshkosh and South Park Middle navirus. I am bringing joy to people,” said ticipating in the eighth annual Vintage It also donates 20 percent of their prof- School in their annual Soup’er Bowl soup Auron, a student from South Park Middle Shop Hop this Friday and Saturday. its each month to a local charity, including collection and fundraising campaign in School. He used his Christmas gift mon- Other Oshkosh stores participating in- Day by Day Warming Shelter, the Boys & January. ey to purchase soup to donate toward the clude AtomicKatz, Fabulous Find, Orig- Girls Club, The Women’s Fund, Oshkosh Between the service club and mid- campaign. inals Mall of Antiques and the Covered Humane Society, Oshkosh Community dle school, 1,160 cans of soup and other Tom Fojtik, executive director of the Wagon. Food Pantry and The Teacher’s Closet. shelf-stable food weighing 1,262 pounds Community Pantry, said, “We are thrilled Bowenstreet Repeats is owned by Each Shop Hop location will have in- were donated to the pantry on Feb 8. The and grateful for this donation. Soup is a daughter-in-law and mother-in-law duo store promotions this weekend. The list amount doubled the previous year’s ef- highly sought-after pantry item. Chicken Ashley Hayford and Paula Hayford, at and map are on the event’s Facebook page. fort. noodle soup is a favorite.”

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According to the business’s website, Antonio Gaines, founder of Antonio’s “Our fully managed, trustworthy service Transportation Service, started his com- allows you to spend more time on what’s pany early last year to make rides around important to you. Leave the rest to us.” Oshkosh and the surrounding area more As of right now, the business consists affordable. of Gaines, an assistant and another driver. He grew up in Joliet, a city outside Chi- On top of running his business, he works cago, with his mother and three siblings. 45 to 50 hours weekly as an assistant man- His father left when he was about 5 years ager at Culver’s in Neenah. old. His aspirations for expanding his trans- Throughout the years, Gaines and his portation services are still bright. mother “butted heads” a lot, and he didn’t “I’ll keep myself motivated; I want to quite know why. Reflecting on it today, he strive to do better as much as I can,” he realizes he wouldn’t be where he is with- said. “What I want to do is be affordable out her. but also expand the business as well.” “I don’t know how many times my A dream of his is to see his business one mom and I bumped heads,” he said. “I day on billboards and move the service didn’t know why she kept me locked in into surrounding cities. the house all the time. I then understood “I have nothing against any of these cab why: She didn’t want me to be around my services; I’m not trying to take any busi- friends at the time. They were popping ba- Oshkosh Herald ness from them,” he said. “I’m just trying bies left and right, selling drugs and doing Antonio Gaines started serving the area with his transportation service last year. to help their business by not being behind gang-related things.” on rides.” He said that if he was on good terms After meeting with an adviser, he start- In the meantime, he picked up a job at He wants to do more, such as volunteer with his mother, he would call her and ed classes in 2014 with free tuition and Applebee’s on top of doing Uber and Lyft work, to help grow his business and reach thank her. ended his first semester on the dean’s list driving starting in 2018. Gaines got his first job when he was 16 those who need it most. with a GPA of 3.5. “From 2019 to last year, I was just con- “What I want is with this whole COVID and moved in with his grandparents on After graduating from Rasmussen with templating what I wanted to do,” Gaines and off for four years after he turned 18. thing – everyone losing their job and not a degree in business management, Gaines said. being able to afford rides – I want to help His first aspirations in college to be- moved to Oshkosh in August 2016 to In January 2020, he was cleaning out come a nurse fell through – he left that the community by having that form of keep a promise to take care of his cousins his place and found a box full of his grand- path in 2008. However, Rasmussen Col- transportation that they can get from A to after his uncle passed away 11 years ago. father’s things. He passed about 11 years B without having to pay 20 to 50 bucks.” lege kept calling for him. ago, around the same time as his uncle, He always knew he wanted to be his Gaines said he helps more than 50 peo- “They sent me four brochures in the who he thought of as a father figure. own boss, so he set off to start a food ple per month with a base rate of $5 per mail. The fourth time, I sat down and Upon looking through his grandfather’s truck. After finding out how many licenses ride from one location to another. In early thought about it,” he said. “God’s telling box, he came across some things from his me something here.” he needed, he dropped the idea. February, he joined the Oshkosh Cham- own service back in Chicago called Small ber of Commerce and started with Win- World Transportation. nebago Catch-a-Ride on Feb. 18. HERGERT His family was trying to get him to work “I’m a very hard worker. I care,” he said. SPORTCENTER with them. It only lasted a couple of years “My goal is to make more money so I can MARINE -SPORT -SKI because they used old cars and had to get them fixed often, Antonio said. just live off of this.” “It hit me. I like to meet different peo- In the next three to five years he hopes FINALWINTER ple, to interact,” he explained. “I said, ‘You to expand to Appleton or another sur- Jointhe LakeVista Estates know what? I know what I’m going to do. rounding city. neighborhoodlocated in an idyllic “I feel very confident,” Gaines said. CLEARANCE setting in theTownofAlgoma. I’m going to carry what he started and bring it up here.’” “Sometimes I feel like crying about it: It’s Over 65 various sizedhomesites are Gaines said his inspiration for pursuing not bad tears, happy tears. I want the peo- settledinthischarming the transportation service, on top of hon- ple to give me a chance. I never thought I 30% backdrop -located near oring his grandfather, hits close to home would be in this position.” Jones Park,LakeVista Recreational on another front. And he hopes to pass his transportation 60% Trail andLake Buttedes Morts. He lost a friend a few months ago after services down to his godchildren. a drunken driving crash that rolled the ve- “I want them to build on top of it. I want Lots forsingle-family homes,homes hicle three times. She was the only passen- it to just keep going. 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She would like to see “clean lines” with- aries were intentionally manipulated to to gerrymander until we got to 2011,” “If you have to go to those lengths, vio- out gerrymandering “because nobody establish an unfair political advantage for Chheda said. “That was the first time in lating a federal court order and violating likes to see that.” one party, Fair Elections Project director modern American history that there was state open records law to hide what you’re “Explain this process to people so that Sachin Chheda said in his testimony to gerrymandering in the Wisconsin legisla- doing, the people’s business can’t be being they understand that it was done in a rea- the People’s Maps Commission. tive district map.” done,” Chheda said, adding that Assembly sonable, nonpartisan way, for the better of “It was the most successful rigging of a When Republicans drew the maps in Speaker Robin Vos fought court subpoe- all of our electors,” Ertmer said. map in modern American history,” Chhe- 2011, Chheda said they did so behind nas to avoid being deposed. “Every step Similarly, Chheda asked the commis- da said of the redistricting, which was or- closed doors, using sophisticated comput- of the way, they were trying to hide what sion to be transparent in redistricting and chestrated by the Republican-controlled er programs to draw the maps and repeat- they were doing.” to work from the “bottom up” on local dis- state Legislature. edly violated Wisconsin open records law. Because the 2011 map was drawn “top tricts before looking at legislative districts. Before 2011, Chheda noted Wisconsin Republicans not only refused to turn down,” with legislative districts drawn He also told the commission to “forget was somewhat unique in that it had not over documents, but they also deleted first, Chheda said counties and cities were incumbents” by not considering where experienced gerrymandering in the con- documents that were meant to be public split into multiple districts. they live and not worrying about whether gressional or state legislative map before. records and used their lawyers to work For example, after the 2011 redistrict- incumbents would have to face each other Historically, Wisconsin used county around open records laws, Chheda noted. ing Winnebago County Clerk Sue Ertmer in an election. lines to draw electoral maps, with average “The lawyers that had been retained said her county was split into two congres- “This is not about protecting politi- population counties forming one district, by the Legislature in 2011 – just like the sional districts. cians,” Chheda said. “We do not want a rural counties combining to form a dis- lawyers that were retained by the Legisla- Ertmer noted this caused confusion for Democratic map or a Republican map.” trict and large urban counties split. ture here in 2021 – didn’t think that they voters and created additional work for the He added that the commission should “They really adhered to county lines as a worked for the whole Legislature, they County Clerk’s office because the county push through the attacks from those op- clear value,” Chheda said. only worked for the leadership,” Chheda had to prepare multiple ballot types. posed to nonpartisan redistricting to en- In the 1960s, the U.S. Supreme Court said. “If you look at the contract that they “It was much simpler when we were one sure their maps are reflective of the will of instituted the “one person, one vote” re- wrote then and the contract that they’ve congressional district,” she said. “We went the people. quirement, which required congressional written now, that has now become public, from three ballot styles to six.” Chheda said he anticipates the Legisla- and state legislative districts to be of the they only report to the Senate majority Another community split by the 2011 ture will draw its own map that the gover- same population, Chheda noted. leader and the Assembly speaker.” redistricting was the city of Sheboygan, nor will veto. But if the commission draws As a result, the 1971 redistricting in As a result, the lawyers wouldn’t turn according to Calvin Potter, a former mem- a nonpartisan map, he believes the courts Wisconsin “basically had to start from information over to other members of the ber of the state Assembly and Senate rep- will see that and act accordingly. scratch” because the lines could no longer Legislature, Chheda noted. resenting Sheboygan. “We’ve seen some ability in the courts be drawn based on county lines and look After a series of state Senate recalls, “The city has been split,” he said, noting to put aside partisan interests,” he said. “If at data from the census, he added. Democrats briefly took control of the the northern and the southern parts of the your product can stand up to a compari- Because it was “a different era in poli- chamber in the summer of 2012 and asked city are in different legislative districts. son with the product the Legislature puts tics,” in which the state was under a func- the lawyers to turn over their files. A Democrat has not won a state legis- forward and if you guys are doing this tional split control by both Republicans “Even at that point, they didn’t turn lative election in Sheboygan since 2010, right, then what you’re doing in the litiga- and Democrats, Chheda says the 1971 over all the files,” Chheda said, adding the Potter noted, adding the city had tradi- tion and what you’re doing in the public redistricting map was “perfectly fair” to files that were turned over were put on a tionally elected democrats in the 1950s, debate, is saying, ‘We can do this better.’” both sides. public website by Democrats to increase ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s. For additional maps from 1981, 1991 Joseph Schulz writes for the Ripon Commonwealth, transparency. “The people who have over the years where this article also appears. and 2001, Wisconsin remained under split

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It’s another one Postal truck of those really good game-changers go- ing forward and further positions Osh- from Page 1 kosh Corp. for a really nice future.” mal design improves on the current ver- The USPS started looking for a re- sion with lower maintenance needs, zero placement for the Grumman fleet as or low-emission propulsion, low-level early as 2015 but delayed awarding the driver access, 360-degree vision systems, contract in 2018 and 2019. The pan- auto stop ability, all-wheel drive and ba- sic comfort features like air conditioning. demic forced another pause in 2020. Pfeifer said the contract will likely go be- Oshkosh Defense was competing yond the 10-year initial timeframe for a against Karsan based in Turkey and vehicle that’s designed to last at least 20 Workhorse Group out of Ohio with a years. July proposal deadline after other com- While Oshkosh Corp. has been incor- petitors such as Mahindra, Utilimaster porating battery-powered options into and VT Hackney had dropped out of its vehicles and products since the 1990s, the running over the years. Pfeifer said significant improvements on Jones recalls the slow proposal pro- the cost and range of lithium ion batteries cess with the Postal Service that re- “allows us to demonstrate our capability quired steady investment in the early re- on electrification.” Photo from USPS quests for information and design ideas. The postal vehicle will be the biggest The design for the new U.S. Postal Service mail delivery truck that Oshkosh Defense will build “It was a customer that had never demonstration yet on its electrified prod- is shown with some of its features described. ucts, which include Con-E-Co cement done anything like this. We had to stay mixers and JLG lifters, and the internal patient as they worked through the pro- combustion version can be retrofitted said Jason White, chief executive of the to attract and retain corporate employees cess and kind of learned their way to a Greater Oshkosh Economic Develop- while continuing to invest in its other re- to electric if requested by post offices. large acquisition,” Jones said. ment Corp. “A region that demonstrates gional facilities. Pfeifer said they are not ready to name Pfeifer said the project was generated economic consistency and continuity White noted that Oshkosh was named primary partners for either the electric or under the Defense group partly because will be among those areas that emerge by Zippia as the best Wisconsin city to internal combustion models. of its overall expertise with government He said a new standalone operation stronger from this uncertain pandemic get a job in 2021, much of that attribut- projects. will be needed to assemble the vehicle period.” ed to the types of companies here. “We know how to do purpose-built ve- at a location to be announced this year, Allen Davis, the city’s community de- “For talented individuals with techni- which he said will be somewhere in the velopment director, said Oshkosh Corp.’s cal capabilities, it’s an exciting time to hicles in the Defense segment and this is U.S. based on criteria such as supply success and commitment to the area work in greater Oshkosh,” he said. a new category for us but a similar pur- chains and delivery needs. bodes well for the community’s future. Wilson Jones, who will step down as pose, so it’s right along the lines of what “Whether or not it’s in Wisconsin, this “Oshkosh Corporation has been very Oshkosh Corp. chief executive in April we’re really good at in Defense,” he said, is a great program for this community successful obtaining multiyear contracts and is the new Oshkosh Chamber of adding that it’s been a collaborative proj- Commerce chairman, sees the USPS because we’ve designed and developed it by expanding their product offerings, and ect with its central engineering group. contract as a continuation of the compa- here in Oshkosh with our engineers here the community should be very proud of ny’s continued legacy in the community The USPS will first pay Oshkosh De- and will continue to develop it here in what they have been able to accomplish,” that was built on persistence. fense $482 million to initiate engineer- Oshkosh,” Pfeifer said, “and there will be Davis said. ing efforts to finalize the production ve- local content that goes onto this vehicle.” “It’s just another good testimony of He added that the city and corpora- hicle design, and for tooling and factory Beyond the added boost to the mul- how that perseverance DNA lives in our tion’s efforts that led to placing its new company,” Jones said. buildouts needed ahead of production. tinational corporation’s ledger, the con- global headquarters here should continue tract is also expected to benefit the local economy similar to other long-term proj- ects in recent years such as light and me- dium tactical vehicles. “The growth that this allows us as a company is going to be good for the community, I’m confident of that,” Pfeif- er said. 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Nominees in each category that appear on the final ballot are chosen by the amountofnominations received from our readersduring Phase 1. Nominations for Phase 2 will be accepted from Mar 3-Mar 19, 2021. Ballots mailed mustbeatthe Oshkosh Herald’soffice by 5pm on March 22, 2021.Nominations arelimited. You can name one nominee in each category during Phase 2 of Oshkosh Herald City Picks voting. Your name and address must appear on the ballot. Our office is locatedat 923 S. Main St.SuiteC,Oshkosh WI 54902.Off-siteballot boxes will be picked up by noon on March 19, 2021. Phase 2 has the top 3 nominees per category and is a new wave of voting. Again, onlyone vote per name and address. This does mean thatifyou and your honeydon’t agree, you both can vote. Voting is just limited to one vote per person per phase. No ballot stuffing. In the appearance of ballot stuffing the person, place, thing or business maybedisqualified. The Oshkosh Herald reservesthe right to determine if ballot stuffing has transpired. And yes, you can nominate yourself or your own business. Vote on as many categories as you’d like, but your ballot must include a minimum of 30 category nominations foryour ballot to register. Totals registered by our analyst will be considered final. This is a paper ballot contest.Nofunnystuff canhappen online nor will photocopied or downloadedballots be accepted. Please find a paper issue of the Herald with a ballot. Winnerswill be announced in the April 14, 2021 Oshkosh Herald. Page 18 x oshkoshherald.com March 3, 2021 Domestic shelter benefits from scouting project Oshkosh Herald on the work. Her mother was her troop An Oshkosh West High senior dedi- leader through sixth grade followed by cated her Girl Scout Gold Award project Deb Laibly, both of whom continued to toward refurbishing a client space at the work with her on the shelter office. Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services “They have helped me brainstorm, write shelter in Oshkosh. many emails, establish connections in the Lauren Spiller has been working on community and have been such a help,” Project Safe Haven for her Gold Award she said. – the Girl Scout equivalent of the Boy She said one of the biggest parts of the Scout’s Eagle honor project was acquiring two large sleeper – since May and com- chairs that can be pulled out as twin beds pleted last week to re- for when needed or for when visitors ar- rive during the night. purpose and refurnish Submitted photo She said the project ended up costing an area originally used A view of the client space created through a service project at the Christine Ann shelter. mostly as a multipur- $6,724, which was above her original esti- pose family room. It is mate of $5,360. Painting of the room was pleted,” Spiller shared in an email. Spiller took on the project while a mem- now an office area for donated by a local painter and another “I also wouldn’t have been able to com- ber of the West swim and diving, and track clients and a playroom company worked with her on the pricing plete this project without the help of my and field teams, and is a member of the for children. Spiller and installation of new flooring, as well as community. So many people have donat- math team and Spanish club. Spiller, the daughter an area rug. ed and helped out in any way they could. The room will provide access to profes- of Karrine and Scott Spiller, credits proj- “Throughout this project I have learned One of the larger things that I will take sional and legal work, while children will ect adviser Annie Loewel at the shelter for so many new life skills that I will take with away from this experience is that it really have a dedicated area to do homework, al- helping her make many of the decisions me, even after this project has been com- does take a village.” lowing clients to work toward a fresh start. Development program under review The Greater Oshkosh Economic De- GO-EDC is proposing that city funds for velopment Corp. (EDC) proposed to de- the program come from the city’s Revolv- velop a business assistance program that ing Loan Fund and the Greater Oshkosh would match city money one-to-one to EDC would match the city’s contribution. attract and retain businesses. The City’s Long Range Finance Com- A Forgivable Loan Program would be a mittee and Greater Oshkosh EDC RLF program funded by the city and GO-EDC Committee will be reviewing the parame- that would require high-impact invest- ters of the program and sending a recom- ment and job creation with above average mendation to the Common Council this wages in order to qualify. month. City staff is supportive of the pro- The program would be used on a limit- gram as a way to “add another tool to our ed basis, only after all other options have economic development tool box and to been deemed ineligible. encourage economic growth in the city.”

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Myrna grew Myrna is survived by her daughter Mary up and graduated high Murken (Dan Kussmann); grandchildren school in Yale, IA. Nathaniel (Grace Hileman) Murken, An- She attended Simpson College in Indi- astasia (Matthew) Coppola, Will Poppen, anola, IA, and then graduated from Iowa Ross (Melissa) Kussmann, Brennann Photos by Joe Walker State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, IA. (Kalynn) Kussmann; and great-grandchil- Myrna began her career writing for local dren Taylor, Skylar, Myla, and Maci; and Hotel history many nieces and nephews. Iowa community newspapers, but eventu- Joe Walker shared photos of the Athearn Along with her parents, Myrna was pre- ally took up teaching English and Drama Hotel with the Winnebago County His- ceded in death by her son Todd Murken at various high schools including Twen- torical and Archaeological Society recent- ty-Nine Palms, California, Toledo, Eldora, and infant son Timothy Murken; infant ly. The hotel was a fixture of Oshkosh’s Grinnell, and Harlan, IA. daughter Elizabeth Murken; and sister June Myrna married Byron Murken in 1951, (Brechbiel) Waters. downtown until 1964. In 1889 it became later divorcing in 1974. Moving to the A service will be held on Monday, March a matter of civic pride that the second Twin Cities in 1975 she pursued her certi- 1st at 11 AM at First English Lutheran largest city in Wisconsin should have a George Jr. occupied the hotel as its man- fication in Transactional Analysis and later Church in Oshkosh. Following COVID first-class hotel. That summer a Osh- agers on May 1, 1891, and immediately obtained her Master of Arts Degree in 1980 safety protocols, a visitation will take place kosh Hotel Company meeting was held began to call it the Athearn Hotel. The from St. Mary’s College in Winona, MN. at 10 AM until the time of the service. and a board of directors was chosen, at hotel was a success and required a 40- Burial and a celebration of life will be held She developed a successful Psychotherapy which time the site was acquired. George room addition in 1909. It was eventually at a later date. practice in the Twin Cities offering coun- Athearn, a primary investor, and his son razed to accommodate a bank. seling, group therapy, and seminars di- Myrna’s family wishes to extend a special rected towards singles and newly divorced thank you to the staff at Miravida Living for people. She was an active member of Christ the loving care and support given to her Call 920.479.6301 to Church Lutheran in Minneapolis. In 2002, and her family during her past years at Car- Myrna returned to Oshkosh to be closer to mel Residence, Gabriel’s Villa and Eden Classifieds place your ad her children and grandchildren. Meadows. 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Sometimes we feel some really big emotions. Anger, What is Yoga? sadness or even happiness make it hard to calm down. Yoga is an ancient form of ÿtness with poses that help Here are some fun breathing games that help calm you stretch, relax and get stronger. those big emotions. In many parts of the country, team sports have been cancelled because of the pandemic. In some places it is hard to play outside because of COVID and/or the weather. But there is one sport you can do in your The Beneÿts of Yoga own home. It’s yoga! Research shows yoga has many beneÿts. Use the code Can you pose like a dog? How to ÿnd out what these are. about a cat? Maybe a cobra or a butterfly? = A = F = O = T Smelling Flowers Imagine you are smelling a flower, breathing in deeply These poses can be fun and = C = L = R = U through your nose and out through your mouth. silly. They are also yoga poses that are good = E = M = S = Y for you! Yoga can improve Downward Facing Dog Have you ever watched a dog when it Yoga can improve gets up from resting? It might do this stretch which ancient yogis (people who do yoga) discovered was a good stretch Yoga can reduce Bunny Breath for people, too. Just like a little bunny in the garden, take three quick sniffs in through your nose, and one long exhale out 1. Go to your hands 2. Exhale and 3. Push the ground ÿrmly 4. Return to your through the mouth. and knees and stretch your with your hands. Stretch hands and breathe in deeply legs and arms your legs, bending and knees. Pigeon Yoga began in through your so that your straightening your Relax and Bring one leg in front of you India long ago. nose. bottom is up in knees very carefully. repeat. so your shin is parallel to Ancient statues the air. Stop if you feel any pain! the top edge of a wall, draw show ÿgures in the other leg behind so your knee is on the ground. various yoga Cat Pose poses. Snake Breath Move onto your hands and Your Pretend to be a snake and hiss. Inhale deeply through knees. Take a deep breath in back foot your nose and blow out through your mouth with a soft through your nose. Round your can be ˜at and low hissing sound. back and lower your chin to on the ground, or your toes your chest. can be tucked under. Exhale and lower your back and raise your head. No one knows exactly when yoga began. It’s been around for thousands of years. How yoga is practiced has changed over Rest and repeat. time as di˛ erent people in di˛ erent places started doing it. But one thing that people who practice di˛ erent kinds of yoga agree on is Bumblebee Breath that yoga can improve health and well-being for people of all ages. Sit comfortably and inhale through your nose, keeping your mouth closed. Next, with your mouth still closed, Cobra make a humming or buzzing noise (like a bumblebee) No reason to be afraid of this as you exhale. cobra! It is a great yoga pose and stretch. Lie down with your belly on the Hold That ground. Pose! Place your hands under your Look through the shoulders and your newspaper for a forehead on the ground. photograph or drawing of an Breathe in through your nose animal or person. and press your hands to the Copy the pose and Dragon Fire Breath ground while raising your head and see how long you Place your fingers under your chin, and as you inhale, shoulders. can hold it. The raise your elbows as high as you can around your neck Butter˜ y sports pages have and face. On the exhale, lower your elbows back down. Exhale through your mouth and great challenging teeth and hiss like a snake. Sit on the ˜oor and bring the soles of your feet together. Let your knees fall outward poses. Lower your body back to the ground. so your legs look like butter˜y wings. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to Children are born curious. From their earliest days, sensory Relax and repeat. locate information. exploration brings delight and wonder. New discoveries expand their minds. When they unlock the joy of reading, their world widens further. Magic happens. Concentrate! BUTTERFLY Kid Scoop opens the doors of discovery for elementary school Yoga takes concentration. Look at the pictures below. Which SHOULDERS children by providing interactive, engaging and relevant ones come from somewhere on this page? age-appropriate materials designed to awaken the magic of STRETCH reading at school, at home, and throughout their lives. I M S E L A H X E C IMPROVE BREATH E P R T O V A G O Y For more information about our literacy non-proÿt, visit kidscoopnews.org EXHALE V E Y O R U R B H E COBRA O B U T T E R F L Y RELAX R R N X E A T A C K SNAKE KNEES P E I A A K T C L N YOGA M A H G H L A O H E POSE I T C P O S E N E E What is your favorite sport or CHIN S H O U L D E R S S TOES exercise? Write a paragraph Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical describing why you like it. DOG words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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