New Antigo football coach?

Since we have lost the coach due to the drug charges, who is going to be the new coach?

It would be good to hear from the community on this.

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Man killed – did police chase too far?

I am wondering if the police have changed their procedures on high speed chases?  After reading the very sad news of a man being killed during a car chase, it surprised me that the chase didn’t stop before the accident happened.

Years ago I can recall being told that the police would chase you, but, only if they thought no one would get hurt.  If they thought that the fleeing person was going to hurt themselves or others, they would back off.

Maybe if the man was suicidal, then I could see it, but then again, maybe if they wouldn’t haven’t chased him, he would be fine today?

The event was tragic and I hope that if the policy/procedure was changed, they should change it back.

I wonder how others feel about this?  Was it justified, or should have let him go?

ADJ New Story – Pearson man dies in dramatic crash

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Susan Tatro Accused of Embezzling Half a Million

The case has been in the works for quite some time and finally the information has been released to the public.

The Antigo Daily Journal reported today that the FBI is in charge of the case and according to the article, Sue Tatro, who was the Human Resources Manager at Waukesha Bearings / Dover, has been charged with embezzling over half a million dollars.

We had also received information that Susan’s husband, Rod, was also removed from his job at the Waukesha Bearing plant in Antigo.

ADJ article – http://antigodailyjournal.com/full.php?id=14779

———————-UPDATE 5/22/12—————-

You can find the Federal indictment here

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Langlade County Humane Society please acknowledge

Just wanted to leave my story here, we adopted a dog from the Humane Society she lived a week and had to be put to sleep. I sent the letter below to the Humane Society and didn’t even get a reply. I’m not looking for reimbursement, I wanted an acknowledgment that they heard my concerns and are addressing them.

Dear Langlade County Humane Society:

I adopted an emaciated Weimaraner from your establishment on April 18th, 2012 her name was ‘Sally’. Prior to bringing Sally home I met with your staff to find out if she had any problems I needed to be made aware of. I was told that while she was throwing-up when she first arrived that had ceased after being wormed, she was vaccinated and other than being underweight she was fine. You told me that you knew very little about her, that she came in as a stray and had been with you for about a month. You told me she was eating but just wasn’t gaining any weight.
Upon arriving home on April 18th, I could tell that Sally wasn’t well; she just wanted to sleep. I contacted our Vet and she was seen on Friday April 20th, Dr. Wendy said she should be on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory for her tail. She also received cortisone shot to help with the pain. The following day she was back at the vets to be fitted for an e-collar because her tail was not healing properly. Sally was throwing-up quite frequently, wasn’t eating or drinking much and didn’t have any desire to do anything. Dr. Wendy and Dr. Taylor suggested we put her on a bland diet for a few days but if it didn’t clear up to give them a call. On Wednesday April 25th I contacted our vet and she was admitted to their facility because she hadn’t stopped getting sick. Thursday April 26th I received a call from Dr. Taylor that Sally was in a lot of pain, she had complete kidney failure and had been suffering in this condition for some time, she should be put to sleep. I arrived at 2:30PM and Sally was laid to rest, one week and one day after I adopted her.
I expected a much higher level of service from your company, and I am quite disappointed. Why was an animal in such poor condition put up for adoption under the assumption she was a healthy animal- just underweight? Why was she not taken to a veterinarian after she started throwing-up at the Humane Society and did not gain weight after being there for a month? The cost of the test was minimal, $50 to save her from over a month of suffering.

I cannot stress how heartbroken, disappointed and upset I am that she was in the care of a ‘Humane’ society but was obviously neglected. Isn’t the purpose of a Humane Society to provide BASIC care for sick, injured, and unwanted animals? She was placed in a pen where she was throwing-up and re-eating it for over a month, continually getting weaker and weaker but no one did anything for her. No one stood up for her and said what was painfully obvious-she was in desperate need of veterinary care and should not be placed up for adoption.
In addition to the heartache I missed several days of work to care for her, we spent over $600 on her adoption, care and to have her euthanized.

We waited four years to make an addition to our family and our hearts were broken in just one week, I’m hoping my letter will prompt a review of how animals are cared for at the Humane Society- especially ones that have an obvious issue like Sally (Lola) did.

Rayna Oesterreicher

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What you don’t know, CAN hurt you.
by Jerry Muelver

There are roughly 50,000 chiropractors in the United states, about one
for every 6,600 people. Antigo supports about ten times as many
chiropractors as the US average, approximately one chiropractor for
every 660 people. Before saying that’s a Good Thing, consider this
article:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/14/adverse-effects-of-chiropractic-treatments-are-under-reported-in-medical-trials/

It seems the main reason you don’t hear about the dangers of
chiropractic is that the chiropractors don’t report any adverse
effects of their treatments. They also don’t advise their unsuspecting
patients of potential problems. The author of the study says:

“I feel that chiropractors do have a strange attitude towards the
safety of their interventions. When you read the literature, you see
proclamations that spinal manipulation, according to chiropractors, is
100% safe.”

This is despite hundreds of case studies that have documented problems
with the treatment. “About 50% of patients seeing a chiropractor have
adverse effects, which is staggering,” said Ernst. “In addition to
these fairly mild adverse effects, which basically are pain at the
site of manipulation and referred pain sometimes, which only lasts one
or two days, we have about 500-700 cases of severe complications being
reported.”

With extreme chiropractic movement of the neck, an artery can
disintegrate and lead to a stroke, an outcome that is well-documented
in medical literature. “We only see what is being published and that
can only be the tip of the iceberg,” said Ernst. “Some neurologist
sees a stroke and he finds out that this was associated with
chiropractic – in 99.9% of cases he won’t publish that.”

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New building in downtown Antigo

I am a little upset to read the article from Antigo Daily Journal today regarding the ok from the Common Council to put up a new building in downtown Antigo.  I know there were previous discussions on this topic and it still doesn’t seem right to me.

According to the article in the Journal, the new plans are scaled back from the original plan to build a two story complex, but, I still find it to be unnecessary.  The article says that the original “renters” had backed out, and so that was part of the reasoning behind going to the scaled down building.  Doesn’t that say something?

How many buildings in downtown Antigo are vacant right now?  My bet would be at LEAST 10, and some of those buildings are not in disrepair.  One that enters my mind that would good sized and fairly new, is the old Chiropractor building right next to Gunkel’s Bakery on Superior Street.  Why wouldn’t a company just go with something like that?  There are so many other choices, I just can not believe that we NEED to put up another building.

Now, something else that bothers me about all this, according to the paper, the tenant in the new building with be Anytime Fitness, like we really need another fitness joint!?  Let’s see, does Antigo have any fitness places to go now?  The answer to that question would be YES!!!  We have Downtown Fitness, Curves, Antigo Athletic Club, and Antigo Fitness Center.  With the population of Antigo being as small as it is, do you think we really need another fitness place?

I just think this is beyond ridiculous.  Why don’t they just put some sod down on that corner of 6th & Superior like they did where the McMillion was, because at least if that fails, it could be used as a parking lot!

ADJ Article

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Primary vote numbers (by Ben)

Let’s take a look at the numbers. The Wisconsin General Accounting Board (GAB) said recall organizers had turned in 931,053 signatures of which 26,114 were found to be invalid and 4,001 were duplicates and had been voided. The total number of valid signatures of 900,938 to recall Walker.

I find it interesting that the total number of votes cast for all Democratic Governor primary  candidates collectively was 670,000. Where did 230,938 people who signed the recall go? That is over a third of the recall signatures that didn’t vote Democratic.

Total votes cast for Walker was 626,000 and 20,000 for his Republican fake challenger.

Total votes cast for all Dems collectively was 670,000.

Not sure how many of the 20,000 votes of Walkers fake challenger were cross over votes. Could be 20,000 Republicans who don’t like Walker but will now vote for Walker in the June election vs voting Democratic.

No one knows how many of the votes cast for the Dems were cross over votes but the number was substantial for sure. A lot of Republicans crossed over and voted for Falk hoping she would beat Barrett knowing she would be easier to beat than Barrett, I know I did.

Dems 670,000 minus Walker 626,000 equals only 44,000. I’m betting over 44,000 Republicans crossed over.

The June election will be close but it looks like Walker has it from my seat.

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Now we have former teachers getting drunk driving charges

Today I saw on channel 7 where one of the teachers that was charged with possession of THC, along with some other teachers, has now been charged with his 2nd OWI.

Anthony ‘Tony’ Crabb, who resides in Merrill, was named in the news program, although I didn’t see the charges on the Wisconsin Court website yet.

How very sad, although obviously drinking is legal, you would think he would have known better than to drive under the influence.  Another bad example for our children.

WSAW Story – http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/Fmr_Merrill_Teacher_Facing_OWI_Charge_150445805.html

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Antigo PD Offering Free Drug Test to curb Teen Drug Use

The Antigo Police Department is offering free at-home drug test kits for parents to use on their teens. The anti-drug effort is designed to help parents and kids work together to stop drug abuse.

Detective Sgt. Dan Duley from the Antigo Police Department explains, “If teens know that they’re being regularly tested by their parents, I think they’re lest apt to use drugs, which will help them in the long run.”

The urine test can detect the 10 most common drugs that teens use, including marijuana, cocaine, opiates, meth and ecstasy.

Everyone qualifies to receive the kits. You first have to go to the police department’s website’s to receive the voucher and they will direct you to testmyteen.com.

First off, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

What is the police department going to do?  Put the kid in jail?  Pay for rehab?  Or just put this as a the notch of “hey we tried to curb the teen drug use”  “Look, we are trying to take care of this”

Are you kidding me?  From past history of the kids and drug use, look at how many kids got put in jail, only to have Uttke let them go with a small slap on the wrist.  For years teens have been caught selling, using and dealing, only to be put on probation.  How did that work for you Uttke?  Oh yeah, those teens are now adults, selling, using and dealing.

Curb the drug use?  Then put the dirt bags that are giving away these drugs to the kids away in prison, not just 6 months in county jail and a probation.  I mean really?  There are several people in the jail right now, as I write this who deserve to go to prison for YEARS because of the repeated drug deals, and repeated manufacturing.

So, in closing, I would just like to say HAHAHAHAHAHHA to the Antigo Police Department.  Stop the drug dealers, to STOP the drug usage.  More importantly, not so much for the police department, but the DA and the judge who need to prosecute these felons, drug dealers, drug manufacturers.  Kind of like a snow ball effect, stop the dealers, stop the usage, stop the teenagers from getting it.  Problem solved.  Forget “probation” for the repeat offenders.  PUT THEM IN PRISON!!!!!!!  Get them out of this town.  FOR GOOD.

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Wis school teacher caught in lie regarding Walker cuts

The Jerry Bader program on AM 55 radio today reported on Somerset Wi school teacher Meg Farrington claiming on this You Tube video that because of Scott Walkers cuts, there are kids in her school going hungry. Jerry Bader knowing this was false called the Administrator of the Somerset School district to confirm if what Ms. Farrington was claiming was correct or not. The Administrator stated the school district has never contributed into the Fill a Back Pack Program. The Fill a Back Program has absolutely nothing to do with the school budget or Walker cuts. The claim that Walkers cuts are forcing children to go hungry is totally false and a bold faced lie by this public school teacher. Notice how tears well up in her eyes as she flat out lies knowing full well no kid in her school is going hungry because of Walker cuts. Bader attempted to contact Ms. Farrington who has not returned his calls.

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