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Lois Rae Peterson, Evansville, WI (1929 - 2014)
April 18, 1929 - January 9, 2014
Lois Rae Peterson, age 84, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Nazareth Health and Rehabilitation, Stoughton. She was born on April 18, 1929, in Brooklyn, WI, the daughter of Elmer and Louise (Schwartz) Thompson. Lois married William B. Flynn, and they owned Flynn's Bar in Brodhead, from 1958 until 1963. William preceded Lois in death in 1968. She married Pete Peterson on June 24, 1974, and they owned and operated Pete's Inn in Evansville, from 1974 until 1997. Pete preceded Lois in death on March 18. 1993. She enjoyed dancing, listening to music, cooking and bowling. Lois loved socializing with everyone, and she had a great sense of humor and will be missed. She was employed at APCO manufacturing for several years.
Lois is survived by her children: Linda (Gary Topp) Church of Evansville, Shirley (Victor Beggs) Sauer of Janesville, Steve Flynn of Evansville; her grandchildren: Bret Church, Todd (Lisa) Sauer, Eric (Shawna) Sauer, Matt (Jamie) Sauer, Jenny Flynn, Julie Flynn; a granddaughter-in-law, Robin Milbrandt; 14 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Queenie Arndt of Oregon; two nephews, Larry (Sheri) Arndt and Terry (Jill) Arndt. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, William and Pete; a brother, Maurice; a granddaughter, Stacy Flynn; a grandson, Brad Church.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at WARD-HURTLEY FUNERAL HOME, Evansville, with Reverend Michael Moon of St. Francis Assisi Catholic Church Belleville officiating. Burial will follow in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery Albany. A visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home on Sunday. Condolences may be expressed at Wardhurtley.com

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Financial institutions such as Credit Suisse Group AG are used to government-mandated penalties — the Swiss bank settled with the Federal Housing Finance Agency for $885 million in March. But this particular penalty has nothing to do with the financial crisis, and everything to do with perhaps a longer-term problem within the industry: tax evasion.
Credit Suisse has tentatively agreed to pay $2.5 billion and plead guilty to criminal charges alleging that the bank helped Americans evade taxes. U.S. regulators have been investigating Credit Suisse's dealings with American citizens, believing that Swiss bank secrecy laws have been instrumental in helping stash taxable funds overseas.
Although the deal is not finalized, reports The Wall Street Journal, it could be announced as early as next week. The proposed settlement would see Credit Suisse pay $1.7 billion to the U.S. Department of Justice, $100 million to the Federal Reserve, and $600 million to the New York State Department of Financial Services.
The financial penalties are stiff, but according to sources close to the talks, the ultimate regulations are not expected to drive Credit Suisse out of business in the U.S. The bank's license to do business in the U.S. will not be revoked, and the stiff penalties are not enough to fully cripple the bank's operations.
The penalties may not have finished yet for Credit Suisse, however. The government probe is still investigating the names of individual account holders who stashed money overseas, and in March, one Credit Suisse banker pleaded guilty to charges of aiding tax evasion.
In February, Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan appeared before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee to answer for his company's misdeeds. In the hearing, many senators, such as committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin, decried Credit Suisse hiding behind Swiss bank secrecy laws. "You say you can't cooperate because of Swiss secrecy laws – but those laws don't apply in the United States," said Levin. "We are going to put a lot of pressure on our Justice Department…to enforce our laws — enforce them against you if you are unwilling to do what we think our laws require you to do."
However, Dougan responded at the time that the ball was actually in the U.S. government's court, per a U.S.-Switzerland banking records treaty that had yet to be signed. "Credit Suisse is ready to provide the additional information requested by U.S. authorities but has been unable to do so because the U.S. Senate has not yet ratified the protocol," Dougan said. "We urge the Senate to ratify the protocol so the Swiss banks can assist U.S. authorities in recovering unpaid U.S. taxes."
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People speak out for, against Walworth County taking over health inspections from state
ELKHORN—Discussion on Walworth County assuming responsibilities for health inspections from the state has been tabled until July, unless county board members motion to call the item out of committee and vote on its future Thursday at a special meeting.�
After the public spoke for a little more than an hour both for and against the proposal, committee citizen representative William Wucherer introduced a motion that would later pass 4-2. County board members Joseph Schaefer and Jerry Grant voted against the motion.
The motion was to halt further discussion and action until the committee could see a two-year summary of county inspections completed by the state and for the county's Department of Health and Human Services to put together a preliminary budget based on the state's fee system. The state's inspection schedule runs from July to July.
"Now at least we are going to have an opportunity to look at how well the state is doing at inspections (and) secondarily it will give Jan (Ellefsen), as the health officer, a chance to propose a budget-specific inspection program," Wucherer said.
Schaefer said he wanted to "take the bull by its horns" and make a recommendation to the county board Thursday.
"The county board has a job to do and they should do it," he said.
The purpose of Thursday's special meeting is to make a final decision on the matter. Even though the committee did not make an official recommendation to the county board, the board has the opportunity to determine the fate of the proposal through motions, said David Bretl, county administrator.
Linda Seemeyer, Walworth County health and human services director, and Ellefsen, Walworth County public health officer and manager, are leading the proposed five-year plan for county workers to take over inspections of all 927 establishments in the county by 2018.
Due to state budget cuts and because most counties conduct their own inspections, not all venues are being inspected when they should be, and state response times to emergencies are slower than the county's possible response time could be, Seemeyer and Ellefsen claim.
"Our goal, again: protect and prevent" Ellefsen said in a brief statement before public comment began.
The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and the state Food Safety and Recreational Licensing Section are responsible for inspecting venues. Both are based in Madison.
Three state food and health inspectors are assigned to inspect the 783 facilities licensed by the state Food Safety and Recreational Licensing Section, said Chuck Warzecha, director of the state Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health Programs, in an earlier interview. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection inspects the other 144 facilities.
At Wednesday's meeting Warzecha spoke in favor of the county completing the health inspections, saying it would be a "more effective model" than having the state conduct them.
"We know it can be better and we believe the long-term approach that would serve Walworth County better would be the local approach," Warzecha said.
Jim D'Alessandro, owner of Harborview Motel in Williams Bay, is opposed to county employees completing inspections because of potential personal agendas and vendettas.
"It's nice to have a degree of separation," D'Alessandro said about state inspectors. "I like that they're not from Walworth County."
He also said having inspectors who see venues in other parts of the state is an opportunity to receive good advice and information on how facilities, like his 12-room hotel, operate.
Sara Nichols, clinic manager of Open Arms Free Clinic in Elkhorn, said she has 15 years of public health experience in Connecticut and Wisconsin and is in favor of county employees completing health inspections.
"Public health protects all people in a community," Nichols said. "Both my education and personal experience has made me a personal believer in local agents."
Among those against the possible change is Dennis Salverson, owner of Coyote Grill in Whitewater.
"I have never seen the need to create another bureaucracy," he said.
Salverson said he is concerned with a potential rise in fees.
Licensing fees would fund the county inspection plan. It has not been determined how much taking on the inspections would cost, if fees would rise and, if so, by how much. Licensing fee rates would be set by the state until 2018, after which the county board would determine them, Ellefsen said.
"We (business owners) can't afford more fees … I don't need more fees," Salverson said.


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One-car crash kills Whitewater man in Troy
TROY TOWNSHIP--A Whitewater man died in a one-car crash at 5:42 a.m. Sunday on Wisconsin Highway 20 near Zimmerman Road in the town of Troy, according to a release from the Walworth County Sheriff's Office.
The victim is identified as Richard F. Eckert, 65, Whitewater. He was the only occupant in the car.
According to the release, preliminary investigation showed Eckert was traveling eastbound on Wisconsin Highway 20 in a 2000 Ford Taurus. While he was attempting to handle a curve in the road, his car struck a guardrail on the west side of the highway, sending the vehicle across the road several hundred feet before striking a tree.
First responders found Eckert dead in the car, which was seriously damaged.
An autopsy is scheduled for later this week to determine the exact cause of death.


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Junkie is a real-time packet sniffer and analyzer. It is modular enough to accomplish many different tasks. It can be a helpful companion to the modern network administrator and analyst. Compared to previously available tools, junkie lies in between tcpdump and wireshark. Unlike tcpdump, its purpose is to parse protocols of any depth; unlike wireshark, though, it is designed to analyze traffic in real-time and so cannot parse traffic as exhaustively as wireshark does. In addition, its design encompasses extendability and speed. It has a plug-in system and high-level extension language that eases the development and combination of new functionalities; threaded packet capture and analysis for handling of high bandwidth networks; and a modular architecture to ease the addition of any protocol layer. It is based on libpcap for portability, and well-tested on professional settings.
SerLooK is a KDE application for inspecting data going over serial lines. It can work as a binary terminal that sends and receives data through a defined port (Point to Point mode) and displays them on separate views. Each view can be configured to display data in hexadecimal, decimal, octal, binary, and raw ASCII. It is also possible to perform I/O through terminal emulation views and define a secondary port and monitor the traffic between two external hosts using a "Y" cable (Snooper mode).
netsniff-ng is a high performance Linux network sniffer for packet inspection. It is similar to analyzers like tcpdump, but without the need to perform system calls for fetching network packets. A memory-mapped area within kernelspace will be used for accessing packets, so there is no requirement for copying them to userspace (a 'zero-copy' mechanism). For this purpose, netsniff-ng is libpcap independent, but nevertheless supports the pcap file format for capturing, replaying, and performing offline analysis of pcap dumps. The project is focused on building a robust, clean, and secure analyzer and utilities that complete netsniff-ng as a support for penetration testing. netsniff-ng can be used for protocol analysis, reverse engineering, and network debugging.
SysopView shows information in a visually attractive way, like computers in movies do. The idea is that it can show information relevant to system administrators non-comprehensible for non-technical personnel, while still looking attractive even if you don't know what is shown. The current version can show nagios status data, webcam streams (mjpeg, jpeg, and video4Linux), and VNC, has a built-in terminal emulator in which regular text applications can be run, can sniff the network (including remotely) and dissect streams and show pictures which are sniffed, can show external bitmaps (from, for example, mrtg and rrdtool), and can scroll text (currently showing output of rssfeeds).
ipredirectd has functionality similar to netcat but with some extra features. Multiple clients and full logging of network traffic are supported. It can also manipulate incoming and outgoing text traffic. Manipulation is based on pattern files that support regular expressions. This feature is probably most useful with HTTP. The software is smart enough not to apply regular expressions on non-HTML data by reading the content-type header. One possible usage is redistribution of pre-authenticated Web pages in foreign domains by replicating authentication and session cookies.


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City officials hope to turn lemons into lemonade at the idled GM plant
JANESVILLE--Assistant City Manager Jay Winzenz isn't prone to bouts of excitement.
But he slapped his hand on the conference table to emphasize a map outlining a proposal to move the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds to the site of the shuttered GM plant.
John Beckord, president of Forward Janesville, is not one for drama.
But excitement crept into his voice, too, when Beckord listed—not once, but twice—the five redevelopment advantages of the 200-acre GM site.
The GM plant site has been in limbo for five years, languishing in standby status imposed by a nation labor contract between GM and the United Auto Workers that expires in 2015.
Questions abound.
-- Will a new national contract take the plant off standby?
-- If GM decides it no longer wants the plant, would GM keep the land, sell the land or give it to the city as it has done in other places?
-- How much contamination needs to be remedied?
-- Would parts of the factory remain or would the structure be demolished?
-- Would private investors be willing to bet money on redeveloping the site?
-- Would the land become industrial, public or a combination?
Some officials interviewed said it is becoming less likely the plant will reopen.
"The reality is that this plant is a very old facility," Winzenz said. "It would take a substantial investment to retool this plant for production."
The workforce is mostly gone. Workers transferred to other plants or took other jobs, he said.
Winzenz said he has talked to people who have indicated the UAW and General Motors might be willing to talk about disposition of the plant before 2015, when the national contract expires.
Winzenz is betting GM will sell or otherwise shed the property, leaving the city with an opportunity.
The city's comprehensive plan labels the area as industrial but makes it clear it could easily accommodate different uses.
Planners consider the "highest and best use" when deciding a property's future.
"We have 200 acres … more or less in the middle of the city that is a blank slate, or could be a blank slate," Winzenz said.
The property has important amenities that industries want, Winzenz and Beckord said.
They include:
-- Access to rail service, something lacking in industrial sites the city currently has in its inventory, Beckord said.
-- Easy access to Interstate 90/39 via Reuther Way.
-- A wastewater pretreatment facility in good working order.
-- Newer boilers to generate steam.
-- A massive electrical infrastructure.
James Otterstein, economic development manager for the Rock County Development Agency, would speak only hypothetically, pointing out that GM has not made a decision about the plant site and could decide to hold on to it.
Hypothetically and assuming GM opts to let the property go, the next step would "involve the exhaustive and likely spirited conversations concerning the property's highest and best use … ," Otterstein said in an email.
"Depending on who you talk with and what viewpoint they represent, you'll likely encounter a multitude of opinions …
"It's conceivable that a redevelopment plan for the GM Janesville property might include a mixed-used development that leverages not only the area's existing infrastructure assets, but also its surrounding natural (i.e. environmental) elements and any applicable 'wish list' items that the community has previously identified … "
Redevelopment companies already have contacted the city, Winzenz said. Some are interested in selected demolition and reuse of the GM facilities. Others are interested in total redevelopment.
Winzenz concedes the predominant development vision for the site in the past has been industrial or distribution uses. Such industry jobs could provide reasonable pay and good benefits.
"Certainly, the former JATCO site is ripe for redevelopment," he said.
But one redeveloper challenged city officials to think about the GM site and its surrounding uses: homes, the river, the downtown and the city's goal to create an entertainment district.
"It at least got me thinking about other opportunities for that site that might be a lot less intensive than industrial or warehousing types of facilities," Winzenz said.
Now, Winzenz sees two distinct areas: 100 acres to the south—the former JATCO site—and 100 acres to the north near the Rock River.
The southernmost acres are best suited to industrial or warehouse use, Winzenz said.
Winzenz suggests one option would be to augment the remaining 100 acres with another 28 the city would buy along the river to create an entertainment and agricultural complex that could host the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds.
One suggestion includes building greenhouses, heated with existing boilers, to feed the grow-local movement.
The city has a longtime goal to buy land along the river to increase public access, first put forth by famed city planner John Nolan in the 1920s.
Winzenz recently met with GM officials, who gave him and others a tour of the plant.
"I'm very optimistic, at this point, between now and the end of 2015 we'll be able to work with General Motors, and the plan will be in place for disposal of the facility when the contract expires in 2015," Winzenz said.
Beckord, too, said it is highly probable the site would be available for redevelopment after the national contract between GM and the UAW expires.
"That said, stranger things have happened, so one can't count on that," Beckord said.
"It's also prudent to begin the process of envisioning what might be possible with that asset," he said.
Beckord noted the site's amenities, which would attract certain kinds of industries, including food processors.
He said there's enough room for both the fairgrounds and industry.
Any effort would mean private and public partnerships, including the city, county and a redevelopment entity with experience in large-scale reuse.
Winzenz said now is the time to begin a community discussion on what it would like to create on its blank slate.
�"How many opportunities do you have to redevelop either 100 or 200 acres in the middle of your community?" Winzenz asked.
�"I think it's a process we need to start."


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They're stars in my eyes: Editor meets drumming idol, Saxon's Nigel Glockler
Having been a performing musician, I always felt a little odd with the whole rock star thing.
I remember reading a Modern Drummer magazine interview with Stewart Copeland back in the '70s. The Police were starting their climb, and one of the questions asked of Copeland was how he was handling the fame that had come his way.
I can't recall the exact quote, but it was something along the lines of, "It's odd. People are in awe of me because I have a talent for hitting things in rhythm."
One time after a Chaser show back in the '80s in Rugby, N.D., John, Bob and I were besieged by teen-aged autograph seekers. One kid wanted to know if I had any broken drumsticks or drumheads that I could give to him.
I distinctly recall looking at him and saying, "You know, when I get up tomorrow morning I'll put on a white shirt, white pants and an apron. I'm a cook at a buffet restaurant."
"Yeah," he said. "But you might be famous someday."
From his mouth to no one's ears, evidently.
Those memories and others came back to me Sept. 22 when I got to meet the members of British heavy metal band Saxon.
I don't usually go for the meet-and-greet thing, but this time I couldn't resist.
I have been a fan of the band for decades, but never had the opportunity to see Saxon live. (I blame most of that on growing up in North Dakota.) A few years ago they were in Milwaukee, but I had taken my pa to a game at Lambeau Field. We probably could have made the show, but it would have been a long night. Especially for my dad.
Anyway, the guys in the band were great—just a bunch of blokes from England in town to play some music. They were humble and seemed genuinely interested to meet their fans and talk about music, the weather or any other nonsense.
A friend of mine, Jeremy Dumke, seems to run into musicians all the time. (He does attend A LOT of concerts.) He's got loads of photos of him with everyone from Paul Stanley to Slim Jim Phantom. If you don't know Jeremy, he can be kind of intimidating. Maybe all those musicians are just happy that all the 6-foot-6-inch tattooed Dumke wants is to shake their hand and get a picture, but Jeremy says the majority of them are glad to meet a fan.
Most of the artists I've met have been really cool. I've always tried to have the attitude of, "They're regular people who happen to play music for a living."
If you treat them that way, they seem to enjoy that better than the hero worship thing.
There are still other musicians I would like to meet, but we'll have to see if it happens.
Have you met any musicians and how was the experience? Or are there any artists you would like to meet and how might you react?


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Mildred "Millie" (Sengstock) Hall, Turtle Lake, WI (1910-2014)
July 28, 1910 – March 26, 2014
Mildred "Millie" Hall (Sengstock) of Turtle Lake, WI, passed away March 26, 2014 at the age of 103. Millie was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She lived a vibrant and full life for all of her 103 years.
Millie is survived by her children, Leonard (Sally) Hall and Marian (the late Bud) Weiss; grandchildren: Alan (Mary Pat) Weiss, William (Sue) Hall; one sister, Shirley (Quin) Studer; great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Len Hall; her grandson, Andrew Hall; and two brothers, George and Wilbur.
A private family service will be held at a later date.
Schramka Borgwardt Funeral Home
414-425-6060 Hales Corners, WI


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Death notices for May 5, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Sandra Dorn, 68, Pell Lake, died Saturday at Williams Bay Care Center, Williams Bay. Services will be private. Betzer Funeral Home, Delavan, is assisting the family.
Josephine Geschke Hickcox, 94, Janesville, died Saturday at Rock Haven Nursing Home, Janesville. A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Newcomer-Silverthorn Chapel on the Hill, Orfordville. Services will be private.