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*****************ECRWSS**** PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE POSTAL CUSTOMER PAID SHAWANO, WI PERMIT NO. 135 SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 x OSHKOSHHERALD.COM VOLUME 2, ISSUE 38 INSIDE Payment issues put arena to legal test Bankruptcy filing will be weighed with civil claims Football results By Miles Maguire West falls to Neenah; Herald contributor The builder and the owner of Menom- Lourdes still unbeaten Submitted photo Take Back the Night organizers are shown at last year’s event at the University of Wisconsin inee Nation Arena are slugging it out in Pages 15, 16 Oshkosh. U.S. Bankruptcy Court with new filings that could mean a cash refund for the owner or a forced sale of the facility to Reading team benefit the builder. Take Back the Night Opening a new front in its battle to stay Kid Scoop offers in business, Fox Valley Pro Basketball Inc., educational tools the owner, has sued to try to recover some of the sky-high interest payments it has Page 3 takes different paths made to Bayland Buildings Inc., the gen- eral contractor on the project. By Samantha Strong approaching: Take Back the Night. Herald contributor In a bankruptcy case certain transac- Rap tour Take Back the Night is an annual global tions in the months leading up to a filing event to raise awareness of and combat- If you’ve previously been near down- can be reversed if the court finds that they Tech N9ne talks about ting sexual violence. There have been Take town Oshkosh in the fall, you may remem- are improper. That’s the argument that Back the Night rallies in Oshkosh since arena concert plan ber seeing different colored silhouettes -at Fox Valley is making, saying that it was 1990. While the event is typically held tached to the fence around Christine Ann insolvent when it made two 24 percent Page 5 in April, event organizers here have been Domestic Abuse Services, located at 206 interest payments to Bayland earlier this holding it in the fall to coincide with Do- Algoma Blvd. These silhouettes memo- year and that the money, over $500,000, mestic Violence Awareness Month. rialize the lives of those lost to domestic should be returned until financial matters In previous years this event took place Winning setup violence, and if you look closely, you’ll see get sorted out. on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh personal stories written on each cutout. Fox Valley filed this action on the same Lourdes volleyball campus, but in an effort to make the The Christine Ann staff puts these sil- day that Bayland came to court and com- event more accessible and welcoming to seniors lead success houettes on display every fall for Domes- plained that the arena owner had listed the the community at large, this year’s free Page 13 tic Violence Awareness Month, but these value of the facility at only about $10 mil- cutouts also signify that another event is EE ON AGE S Take Back P 7 SEE Arena in court ON PAGE 18 Retrospect explores city’s eternal traditions Daubert Museum’s Cemetery Tales understands there can be details memorial past a general un- ease about By Dan Roherty Oshkosh Herald mortal deal- ings but said It was a dark and stormy morning out- visitors have side during a tour of the Oshkosh Public been em- Museum’s ongoing Cemetery Tales ex- bracing the hibition, a comprehensive inside look at knowledge burial, mourning and afterlife traditions and histori- from a local historical perspective. cal traditions Curator Debra Daubert led a walk presented through the museum’s detailed explora- that everyone tion of the changing customs related to B.H. Soper undertaking shares with death, mortuaries, graveyards and the af- services advertised burial their families terlife, all with an educational narrative cases among its wares. and ances- that gets past any macabre look at death tors. Oshkosh Herald photo Over the last two centuries funeral tra- while telling compelling stories about hu- Emily Rock leads a recent tour of select gravesites at Riverside Cemetery, which have man conventions. ditions went from mostly family services “It wasn’t done for Halloween; we pur- held at home to more public ceremonies posely started it in July because we want- in open venues. Daubert and other museum staff con- ing with changing traditions. Past and ed it to be educational and informative,” “There weren’t many funeral homes be- tacted local institutions that have provid- SEE Cemetery Tales ON PAGE 8 Daubert said. “We’re just presenting facts.” fore the 1930s,” she said. ed funeral and burial services while evolv- PAGE 2 x OSHKOSHHERALD.COM SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 Council looks at five-year plans By Tom Ekvall reconstruction, utility improvements, in Lakeshore Park to handle removal of Herald contributor traffic improvements, park improvements, contaminated soil in one section of the property costs and other expenses. new Riverwalk. Rohloff said the Oregon The Common Council reviewed the 923 S. Main St. Suite C city’s 2020 to 2024 capital improvements City Manager Mark Rohloff said the city Street reconstruction project ranks at or Oshkosh, WI 54902 program (CIP) at a budget workshop ses- uses a scoring system for each one with near the top for 2020. sion Sept. 18, which totals $228.2 million Rohloff making the final determination The Plan Commission recommended General information/customer over the five-year period — $51.7 million from that submitted by each department. approval last Tuesday of the 2020 CIP service: Julie Vandenberg of it projected for next year. Many of the costs are paid for by issuing as being in conformance with the city’s [email protected] Residents interested in more informa- general obligation bonds or notes. Other Comprehensive Plan. Phone: 920-508-9000 tion about projected capital improve- sources include tax levy, developer con- Other commission recommendations: Website: www.oshkoshherald.com ments can access a snapshot view of all tributions, state and federal funds, grants, • Accepting a drainage easement at proposed projects on the city’s website. donations, utility funds and tax increment 3087 Oregon St. News tips and story ideas The council will be adopting the budget at financing proceeds. • Granting privilege in the street for [email protected] a later meeting this year. Rohloff also stressed that changes can the south side of the 1800 block of West City Finance Director Russ Van Gom- be made by the council during the year as 20th Avenue for placement of stormwater Support the Oshkosh Herald pel, along with a financial consultant from new issues develop. management facilities within the public The proposed budget includes issuing right-of way and for accepting stormwater Membership Ehlers and Associates, presented the in- $12.5 million in general obligation bonds easement at 2105 S. Koeller St. A $50 annual membership formation, responded to questions and for 2020 and similar amounts for 2021 • Right-of-way dedication for widening supports receiving the newspaper discussed how planned improvements and 2022. The city is retiring more debt the east side of North Koeller Street be- weekly. Call 920-508-9000 or visit will affect the city’s debt structure. He www.oshkoshherald.com/store said the proposed improvements should through payments than adding additional tween vacated Rath Lane and Oshkosh /membership. enable the city to bring its debt structure debt through the general obligation bonds Avenue. under 50 percent by the year 2027, which and notes. • Extraterritorial two-lot land division is a goal of the city. An instance of this was earmarking an and certified survey map at 357 Planeview Subscribe The CIP pays for costs related to street additional $150,000 for trail development Road in the Town of Nekimi. For $70 annually the Oshkosh Herald is mailed to non-delivery areas via first-class mail. Go to Greene’s Pour House coming to Granary location www.oshkoshherald.com/shop By Dan Roherty “We’re going to take what we learned in ed to have a 30-tap capacity in the Osh- /subscribe or call 920-508-9000. Oshkosh Herald Neenah and take it to Oshkosh,” said Bob- kosh location, which he called “every beer by Greene, who grew up here and is look- guy’s dream” that will allow for wider local The recently vacated Granary space has ing forward to expanding the restaurant beer options. a new restaurant and bar operation mov- Advertising business he owns with Dave Richter that He said that besides separate lunch and ing in and expects to be up and running [email protected] has been recognized with food and service dinner offerings there will be a Saturday sometime in November. Andrea Toms: 920-508-0030 awards in the Fox Cities. and Sunday brunch with bloody Mary bar. Greene’s Pour House, which calls its Mike Sohm: 920-508-0084 Greene said his Neenah restaurant start- The original Granary restaurant opened downtown Neenah location a “friendly ed with six employees and now has more in the 1980s in a different part of the neighborhood meeting place” for more Classified advertising than 40, specializing in lunch and dinner building from the current configuration than seven years and will be making its first [email protected] with 16 rotating taps that include regional before closing in 2004. A group of own- jump to a second location at 44 W. 6th Ave. 920-508-9000 microbrews. He said he is especially excit- ers re-established the restaurant and bar in November 2017 and closed last month. All advertisements are subject to “I’d come to the Granary when I was a the applicable rate card, copies of little kid,” Greene said.