July 14, 2006
Wisconsin News
The last few days, I’ve been watching local news stations and reading our area newspapers’ online articles. Many things have been happening in the Land of Cheese and not all of it is good.
- Donald Hawks of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was sentenced to three years probation for having sexual intercourse with a woman and not disclosing that he has HIV. This is the second time he’s been convicted for this crime. He served a prison sentence in the 90s for this same action. It baffles me that the courts merely gave him probation this time around. The reason? “The risk that he was going to spread HIV to her was a lot less than when he did this before, but the risk was still there,” said Doran Viste of the Winnebago County district attorney’s office. Gee, that’s comforting.
- The Judy Garland collector’s stamp has been released and the production is being done by Stevens Point’s (the city I live in) very own Stora Enso paper mill. They supplied the face paper and the release liner. “There’s only a couple mills in the world that can probably make both these papers.. a really fine group that can do this.” I’m excited to purchase my Dorothy stamps! There’s no place like home.
- The Catholic Church in the Central Wisconsin area is sponsoring Theology on Tap, a combination of religious discussion over a few beers. It’s an attempt to draw a younger crowd back to the Catholic faith. As many of you know, I’m a practicing Catholic. I’m not certain the benefit of religion and alcohol, but at least the church leaders aren’t hypocrites. (You know they sell a few brewskies at the church picnics.)
- The explosion at Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, that left 2 dead and 7 injured may have been related to a gas leak. Investigators are still determining what caused the blast, but have determined the area is still littered with debris and is unsafe (no, really?) and have relocated about 70 people from the area so far. This is a tragedy in the worst form. Patrick M. Higdon, 49, and his wife, Margaret Brooks Higdon, 45, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., died when their cottage exploded and burned down about 2:30 a.m., authorities said. (Courtesy AP)
- And in more local Stevens Point news, our city police made an arrest in the drug overdose case of Adam Weizenicker of Thomahawk. Salah Ali Almoosawi was arrested in Marathon County on charges of selling cocaine to Weizenicker the day before his death. It sickens me to think about the availability of drugs in my city. Not so long ago, I lost friends Wade and Kerry to a drug overdose. What ever happened to just saying “No!” ?
Posted by Dana @ 8:59 PM • News
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July 16th, 2006 at 12:33 PM, mommaobrienx7 Says:
the world is a scary place these days! Thanks for the link – I’ll be sure to check out her blog.
July 16th, 2006 at 7:46 PM, Dana Says:
Awesome! I’m happy to hear that! And yes, the news makes me realize there are people in this world who have it worse than I do.