Monday, March 26, 2007 LEADER-TELEGRAM Death Notices ANKLAM, Leslie, 95, for- County Health Care Center in merly of rural Fall Creek died Menomonie. Saturday at Osseo Nursing Arrangements are pendHome. ing at Olson Funeral Home in Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Menomonie. Thursday at Zion Lutheran KETTNER, Magdalene church in rural Eleva, with buri- 86, of Menomonie died Saturday al in St.
Paul's Cemetery, town of at American Lutheran Home in Clear Creek. Menomonie. Friends may call from 4 to 8 Services will be at 11 a.m. p.m. Wednesday at Anderson Wednesday at St.
Joseph's Funeral Home in Augusta, and Catholic Church in Menomonie, an hour before services at the with burial in the church cemchurch. etery. BAUER, Gertrude 84, of Friends may call from 4 to 8 Mondovi died Sunday at Sacred p.m. Tuesday at Rhiel Funeral Heart Hospital. Home and Cremation Service Arrangements are pending at in Menomonie, where there will Talbot-Poeschel Funeral Home in be a 4 p.m.
PCCW rosary, and Mondovi. an hour before the service at the COMPEAU, Wabeorn church. "Wabe," 80, of Foster died RUSTAD, Douglas 61, of Saturday at home. Mondovi died Saturday at home. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Lutheran Thursday at Central Lutheran Church in Foster, with burial and Church, with burial and milimilitary rites in the church cem- tary rites in Riverside Lutheran etery. Cemetery, both in Mondovi. Friends may call from 4 to 8 Friends may call from 4 to p.m.
Wednesday at Anderson 8 p.m. Wednesday at TalbotFuneral Home in Augusta, and Poeschel Funeral Home in an hour before services at the Mondovi, and an hour before serchurch. vices at the church. HASS, Roland, 94, of rural Fairchild died Sunday at home. SUKOPP, Nina 96, of Arrangements are pending Hixton died Care Saturday Center at in Black Family at Anderson Funeral Home in Heritage River Falls.
Augusta. HAVENS, Kathryn, of Services will be at 1 p.m. Baldwin and formerly of Eau Thursday at Our Savior's Claire died Sunday. Lutheran Church, with burial in Arrangements are pending at Trinity Rest Cemetery, both in All Faiths Funeral Cremation Hixton. Service.
Friends may call from 5 to HERRICK, Leonard, 73, of 7 p.m. Wednesday at Jensendied Sunday at Sacred Modjeski Funeral Home in Augusta Heart Hospital. Hixton, and an hour before serServices will be at 11 a.m. vices at the church. Wednesday at Anderson Funeral THORNTON, Lois 77, of Home in Augusta.
303 E. Grand Chippewa Friends may call from 4 to 8 Falls, died Sunday at Sacred p.m. Tuesday and an hour before Heart Hospital. services at the funeral home. Arrangements are pendHOFFMAN, Richard 70, of ing at Horan Funeral Home in Menomonie died Sunday at Dunn Chippewa Falls.
Obituaries Martha Holman Martha Brantner Holman, 77, of Eau Claire passed away peacefully at Oakwood Villa in Altoona, safe in the love of her family on March 24, 2007. Martha was born to Rudolph and Rosetta Hager in Chippewa County on Sept. 14, 1929. She attended school in Chippewa Falls. Martha married Bernard Brantner Aug.
31, 1949, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Eau Claire, Wis. During their life together, they farmed in Bloomer and then Mondovi. They had 13 children together. Bernard died on Aug.
31, 1969. Martha then married Willard Holman on June 4, 1983, at St Patrick's Church in Eau Claire and they lived together in Eau Claire until their declining health separated them. Martha worked many years in the deli at Kmart; she also worked for Luther Hospital, Brother's Three and Subway. Martha is survived by her husband, Willard; six sons, Daniel (Cheryl) Brantner of Edgerton, Ronald (Vickie) Brantner of Eau Claire, Steven (Dianna) Brantner of Mondovi, John (Jean) Brantner of Wenatchee, James (Laurie) Brantner Rebecca (David) Connor of Eau Claire, Sharon (Nick) Padoschek of Wenatchee, and Pamela (Harvey (Bill) Melby) Brantner of Augusta; three stepsons, Duane (Rosemary) Holman of Bloomer, Loren (Loretta) Holman of Sheldon Michael (Lora) Holman of Rochester; and two step-daughters, Mary (Mark) Busse of Cornell and Linda (John) Llinas of Marinette; 18 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 20 step grandchildren and 13 step great-grandchildren. Martha is also survived by her twin sister, Mary Gast of Chippewa Falls; brothers, George (Janet) Hager of Chippewa Falls and David (Beverly) Hager of Baldwin; sister-in-law, Maxine Hager, of Chippewa Falls; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Max, her special pet, will also miss her. Martha was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Bernard; her brother, Robert Hager; sister, Anna Smith; four daughters, Patricia Lawrence, Mary J. Brantner, Amelia Brantner and Lynette Brantner; and one grandchild, Stacy Brantner. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 29, 2007, at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church in Eau Claire, with the Rev. Bill Dhein officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, ,2007, at Stokes, Prock Mundt Funeral Chapel, 535 S. Hillcrest Parkway, Altoona, and hour before the service at church.
Interment will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Mondovi. Stokes, Prock Mundt Funeral Chapel is serving the family. Betty Sedahl addition Betty Sedahl is also survived of Mondovi and Gary Brantner by a sister-in-law, Ann (Eugene) of Eau Claire; three daughters, Keller, of St. Paul, Minn. Report City of Eau Claire Carlo Drive, town of Union.
Fire Injury accident started by children, burned THURSDAY, 5:34 p.m., South acres, reported 7:31 p.m. Hastings Way and Kirk Street. SUNDAY, about 1 p.m., 10094 A vehicle driven by Jackson R. Beaver Creek Road, town of Pattermann, 18, 1918 Emery Washington. Brush fire burned collided with the rear of a vehicle 17.7 acres.
The fire is believed driven by David J. Schoenrock, 43, to have started through a re618 Cochrane while both were kindling of a March 10 fire. No southbound on Hastings Way. injuries were reported, but rePolice said Schoenrock was taken sponding brush trucks got to an area hospital with a head inju- stuck in the mud because of rery. Pattermann was cited.
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Terry Musser, R-Black River Falls, says that description is inaccurate. In a statement issued Friday, Musser said he wanted to "set the record straight and clarify the details of my military service." Musser's statement came after The Capital Times contacted Musser this week about allegations by a national advocacy group that he was misstating his service record in Vietnam. The Missouri-based P.O.W. Network charged on its Web site that Musser's military records show he never completed training for the Special Forces, popularly known as the Green Berets. Mary Schantag, a historian for the P.O.W.
Network, called Musser's attempt to portray himself as a Green Beret "a slap in the face" to those who serve in the Special Forces. "The real guys go through a hell of a lot of training to get where they are, and the fact that he is making false claims is a slap to every veteran that got out there and worked for it. When you Indicted Doyle Troha donations to president follow pattern 'MADISON (AP) Kenosha businessman Dennis Troha, who is accused of violating state campaign-donation limits with his political contributions to Gov. Jim Doyle, used similar tactics to donate $18,000 to President Bush in 2003, an analysis of public records revealed. Troha and eight family members each made the maximum $2,000 donation to the president's campaign in 2003, according to Federal Election Commission records examined by the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison.
A grand jury in Milwaukee indicted Troha this month on fraud charges for allegedly using family members to funnel contributions to Doyle in an effort to win approval for a casino Troha sought to build in Kenosha. Federal prosecutors say Troha illegally made loans to family members to cover the Doyle donations, a claim Troha's lawyer, Franklyn Gimbel, has denied. Troha is also accused of lying to investigators about his actions. Michelle Jacobs, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic in Milwaukee, declined to say whether authorities are investigating the Bush donations.
"We've tried to make clear Court Report Eau Claire County Found guilty WINSTON, Crystal 38, 2253 Darland Lane, Maplewood, theft and possession of drug paraphernalia Dec. 23, two years of probation, $194 fine, $235 restitution, driver's license suspended six months. BEHLKE, Robert 24, 536 Cochrane third-degree sexual assault March 26, 2004, cocaine delivery May 8, three years of probation, $445 fine, 120 days jail or 90 days jail and 240 hours of community service, driver's license suspended six months, ordered not to drink alcohol. NESSETH, Luke 25, 1627 Eighth Chetek, second-offense drunken driving Dec. 10, $894 fine, 10 days jail, driver's license revoked one year.
LUCAS, Jack 21, 315 W. Columbia Chippewa Falls, possession of marijuana Oct. 27, $318 fine, five days jail or 40 hours of community service, driver's license suspended six months. Sentenced VERHEULE, Michael 26, 613 Division second-de- haven't earned to wear it," she Musser's official state Blue Book Musser Musser He served with Forces, which and never deployed 1966 to 1967. But Forces veterans, not the same as training to qualify cial Forces.
His records training as a view with The said he completed the five required wings and seven donor also investigation from continues, but we going to comment every specific with us," Jacobs was appointed and began his job donations to Bush similar pattern to Doyle as cited in contributions family members amount going politician on the the maximum that federal law an individual to said Michelle spokeswoman for the Election Commission D.C. regulations and both prohibit makcontributions of another person, to FEC records, Troha and his wife, each donated $2,000 on Sept. 30, 2003. and their spouses of $12,000 on and another of contributed $2,000 28, 2003, the records spokesman Jeff declined to comment Bush donations. House spokesquestions to National Comwhich handles matto Bush's former assault of a child seven years of probafine, one year jail, no contact with children, to drink alcohol no p*rnography, access, no employvolunteer activities children.
Brian 23, Drive, fourth-offense driving July 2, $1,209 jail, driver's license two years, ignition inyears, 120 hours service. Kristina 20, two counts 10 and July 21, two probation, $225 fine, restitution, 30 days jail of community service. Carl 33, 20600 27, Cornell, second-ofdriving Dec. 21, 10 days jail, driver's one year. Nicholas Locust Lane, operating influence of a consubstance Nov.
22, $793 license revoked hours of community FULLER-SPECKIEN-HULKE FUNERAL HOME "Proud to be Family Owned and Operated" 3209 Rudolph Rd. Eau Claire Clinton M. Funeral 832-5002 Micke Dire tor www.fullerspeckien.com 409910 2-2-07 it, you don't have a right said. biography in the describes him as having served two tours in Vietnam as a "paratrooper and Green Beret, 6th Special Forces Fort Bragg, N.C." between 1965 and 1968. Musser's military records show he first served in Vietnam from.
1965 to 1966 and then again from 1967 until 1968. the 6th Special were based at Fort Bragg to Vietnam, from according to Special serving with a unit is having completed the as a member of Spe- show that he completed paratrooper. In his interCapital Times, Musser 13 jumps, including for a paratrooper's others. Musser said in a prepared statement that while he wore a green beret Friday when serving with the Special Forces in Fort Bragg, "I was not Special Forces qualified. My biography does not make that distinction clear enough." He added that he was "not old enough to begin training for Special Forces qualification" and that upon returning to Vietnam, "(I) ended my tenure with the Special Forces." Musser, who has been active in veterans' issues since being elected to the Assembly in 1984, said he planned to correct his official biography "to avoid any further confusion.
"It has never been my intent to mislead anyone about my military service. I apologize if anyone felt I misled them in any way," he said. Schantag said situations like Musser's are "not uncommon" and noted that Atlantic City, N.J., Mayor Bob Levy was forced to admit last year that he had improperly claimed for years to be a Green Beret. "It's an epidemic right now. But when you have a public official that you put your trust in and he's making the claim, it's not right," she said.
that the our end are not each and that's raised said. Biskupic by Bush April 2002. The low a to indictment from Troha in the same the same same day. In 2003, donation allowed was $2,000, Ryan, Federal in Washington, Federal state law ing political the name she said. According Dennis Natalie, to Bush children gave a total same day ha's sons on Oct.
show. Troha Fleming on the A White man referred Republican mittee, ters related campaign. gree sexual Oct. 30, tion, $355 physical ordered not enter taverns, no Internet ment or involve ERICKSON, Wenzel drunken fine, 75 days revoked terlock two community GLASEL, 3217 Eldorado of theft Jan. years of $448 240 hours DANIELS, Highway fense drunken $894 fine, cense revoked MARKOWICZ, 19, 3144 under the trolled fine, driver's months, 10 gave to Bush "This is an ongoing investigation and at this time we on have no plans to return the thing donations," RNC spokesman Chris Taylor said.
Mark Jefferson, executive director of the Republiin can Party of Wisconsin, had criticized Troha's tactics on fol- a separate occasion when those members of Troha's family the contributed on a single day to Democrat Kathleen Falk. But he downplayed the donato tions to Bush, noting that federal authorities were more concerned about the Doyle donations. "If it was improper as give the Doyle donations, they would have acted on it," Jefferson said of the Bush contributions. He also said the $18,000 in donations to Bush was a fraction of the nearly $500,000 in given to Doyle and allied Democratic groups by Troha family members, identified by the watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign as Doyle's biggest donors. His In January 2004, the Menominee announced a the plan to build an off-reservaTro- tion casino at the Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha.
Troha was named a partner with the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut. But a week before his indictment Troha said he would no longer be the projthe ect's developer. He recently sold his stake in it to the Mohegan, said Evan Zeppos, a spokesman for the Kenosha casino project. service. MATZ, Joseph 27, S11324 Highway Strum, operating after revocation Dec.
17, $413 or fine. MORROW, Amy 24, 903 Mansfield Chippewa Falls, isthat suing worthless checks Aug. 4, one year of probation, $238 fine, 1760 $626 restitution, five days jail or 40 hours of community service, ordered not to have a checkbook. JAMA, Ahmed 19, Barron, obstructing an officer and of drunken driving Jan. 27, $891 fine, 20 days jail, driver's license revoked six months.
DECORAH, Arnold 33, N6052 15th New Lisbon, bail jumping Aug. 26, $224 fine. or BERTRANG, Rhiannon 30, 101 N. Hill Fairchild, secondoffense drunken driving Dec. 23, $957 fine, 10 days jail, driver's license revoked 14 months.
li- Probation revocation LEE, Michael, 19, 518 Holm bail jumping Jan. 7,2006, $80 fine, 90 days jail. AUDORFF, Travis 18, 3100 Silvermine Drive, disorderly six conduct June 29, five months jail, $224 fine. Avery's nephew slated for April trial MANITOWOC (AP) Next month's trial of Brendan Dassey, the teen accused of being a co-conspirator in the 2005 death of Teresa Halbach, isn't expected to be as technical or contentious as the recently completed trial of his uncle, Steven Avery. Avery's trial in Chilton lasted six weeks and featured 59 witnesses and 501 pieces of evidence.
Dassey's trial, which starts April 16, is expected to last two weeks and involve far less physical evidence. Dassey, 17, was accused with Avery of raping and killing Halbach after she went to Avery's salvage yard in rural Manitowoc County to photograph a minivan that Avery's sister had for sale. Avery, 44, was convicted last week of first-degree intentional homicide in a trial marked by detailed testimony about DNA evidence and contentious arguments over the admissibility of evidence. But Dassey's trial will be based largely on his statements to police instead of forensic evidence, said his attorney, Mark Fremgen. "The reality is that the two cases are distinct and, as you suspected, the evidence will be different," he said in an e-mail to The Post-Crescent of Appleton.
"We may not object to much of the physical evidence and how it was collected contrary to the Avery team because that was their defense." Dassey is charged with being party to sexual assault with the use of a dangerous weapon, first-degree intentional homicide and mutilation of a corpse. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life plus years in prison. According to a criminal complaint, Dassey admitted to investigators that he and Avery raped and killed Halbach and burned her body in a burn pit. He later recanted his confession in a letter to the Manitowoc County Judge Jerome Fox last summer. Lifetime tribute Memorials.
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