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IN PORTAGE DAILY REGISTER, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 OBITUARIES Davis of Portage; his grandsons Donald (Lora) Davis, Thomas Davis, and Timothy (Carman) Davis all of Portage; his great-grandchildren: Lindsey, Lizette, Adam, Cody, Chelsey, Arden and Dylan; his brother Chester (Hildred) Inde of Reedsburg; his sisters Ileen Shannon of Richland Center and Bertha (Donald) Elwood of La Valle; along many nieces, nephews, along with other relatives and friends. Funeral services for Donald A. Ihde will be conducted at 3:00 P.M., Sunday March 18, 2001 at St. Peter's Ev. Lutheran Church in Loganville with Rev.

Ronald Rasmussen officiating. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Loganville. Friends may call on Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until the time of service at the church.

Memorials of remembrance may be made to the Sauk County Health Care Center. The Farber Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. AMANDA T. RIEDER Amanda T. Rieder, age 89, died on Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at the Lodi Good Samaritan Center.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2001, at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Poynette, with Pastor Stephen Lee Kurth officiating. Inurnment will be at Bethel Lutheran Church in Poynette, next to her husband. The Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home in Poynette is assisting the family with arrangements. Amanda was born on March 16, 1911, at Pigeon Falls, Wisconsin, the daughter of Thorvald and Martha (Hoff) Kjoss.

She was confirmed in the Lutheran faith on March 28, 1926, in Stoddard, Wisconsin. She married George V. Rieder on January 31, 1947, in Madison, Wisconsin. Together with her husband, she operated the Drive In, in Poynette, where they resided. She was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Poynette.

Survivors include her niece and Goddaughter, Kay Amanda Supensky, Vernon Hills, Illinois and Kay's children, son, Mark Raymond Supensky, Madison, daughter, Beth Ellen Supensky, Mundelein, Illinois. Amanda was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, George in 1996, her sisters Cora Knick and Helen Curry and: a brother, Harold Chose. SCHOOL CITY From Page 1 From Page 1 that time, which amounts to a significant loss in education dollars. "This is very disruptive," he said, estimating that approximately 400 students were affected by the suspension of classes. Pulsfus stressed that today's classes are scheduled to take place as normal.

He also said that the parties behind the message could face serious disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion. The Police Department said the investigation is continuing and criminal charges are pending. Pulsfus said the last such threat in the district was during the spring of 1999. DONALD A. IHDE Donald A.

Inde, age 86 of Reedsburg, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at the Sauk County Health Care Center. He was born March 14, 1915 in Ironton Township, Sauk County, Wisconsin, the son of Albert and Virginia (Smith) Inde. He was united in marriage on May 2, 1936 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Loganville to Esther Dena Richert. This marriage was blessed with a daughter.

Donald was a member of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Loganville. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was an accordian player with the Melody Four and played for many wedding dances. He was preceded in death by his wife, Esther on July 2, 1992, his parents and a sister Ruby Meyer.

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Published daily except Sundays, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Subscription rates Corrections By carrier $11.25 per month The Portage Daily Register strives By carrier $100 per year to be accurate and fair. If find you an Mail subscription rates error or other problem in the newsIn county $11.70 per month paper's editorial content, please call Out of county $12.40 per month the editor or the managing editor at Out of state $14 per month (608) 742-2111. CIRCULATION 2001, The Daily Register RECORDS Baraboo officer stands mute to child sex charges Not guilty pleas entered BRIAN BRIDGEFORD CWN NEWS SERVICE BARABOO Pleas of not guilty were entered Wednesday for a former Baraboo police officer charged with having 'sex with an underage girl as the case had its first appearance in Sauk County Circuit Court. The attorney for rural Baraboo resident Eric Jorgensen, 29, appeared on his behalf before Court Commissioner Leo Grill.

The officer stood mute to the three misdemeanor counts of sexual intercourse with child older than 16, said Marcus Berghahn of Madison. Jorgensen was not present for the brief hearing in the Branch IV courtroom. As is routine in such cases, Grill entered a not guilty plea on the defendant's behalf. Having the defendant stand mute is also a routine tactic in criminal cases. Also present 1 for the hearing was special prosecutor Donald V.

Latorraca, an assistant attorney general with the state Department of Justice. Latorraca prepared the criminal complaint against Jorgensen, which was based on an eight-month investigation by an agent of the state Division of Criminal Investigations. According to the complaint, the alleged victim, then 16, was participating in a ridealong with police on Nov. 18, 1999 when Jorgensen asked her for sex. He drove her to an area near the former dog pound on Hill Street where they had intercourse until he was interrupted by a call from the dispatcher.

The two allegedly met to have intercourse on Dec. 2, 1999 and on April 15 or 16, 2000, according to the investigator. Both of those alleged incidents occurred while Jorgensen was off duty. Jorgensen has been with the department since August 1997 and had been on paid administrative leave since the investigation began around July of 2000. Last week the officer submitted his resignation from the Baraboo Police Department.

In court, Grill scheduled a pretrial conference between Jorgensen's defense attorney and prosecutor Latorraca. This is a negotiation session at which cases are sometimes resolved by a plea agreement. Jorgensen is next set to appear May 1 in' court before Judge Guy Reynolds to state whether an agreement has been reached or if the case will continue on towards a trial. Each of the three criminal counts carries a maximum penalty of nine months in the Sauk County Jail and a $10,000 fine. Following the hearing neither the prosecution or defense attorneys were willing to comment on the case.

"I'm not going to comment on anything at this time," Latorraca said. Jorgensen is free on a $750 signature bond, which means he will attend future hearings or pay $750. Appeals court: Town of Lyndon Nude dancing ban is unco unconstitutional MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Town of Lyndon must rewrite an ordinance aimed at preventing nude dancing in a local bar because it infringes on First Amendment rights, an appeals court ruled Thursday. The ordinance, passed in July 1999, was aimed at Cruisin' to Chubbys, a bar owned by Tim Roberts and Peter Beyer.

The ordinance prohibited live, nude, non obscene, erotic dancing, in, businesses licensed to sell alcohol beverages, but created an exception for "theaters, civic centers, performing arts centers 'and dinner theaters where live dance, ballet, music and dramatic performances of serious artistic merit are offered on a regular basis." Establishments that violated the ordinance were subject to a forfeiture of not less than $500 and not more. than $5,000 per violation. town sued Beyer for violating the ordinance, although he did require Cruisin' dancers to wear pasties and G-strings. The 4th District Court of Appeals ruled that the ordinance would not only prohibit the type of nude dancing it was designed to prevent, but it also would outlaw plays that include 'even partial nudity at any location not exempted by the ordinance, such as in a hotel room with a minibar or in a tavern with a stage. "An occasional play certainly would not convert a tavern to something that offered such works on a regular basis," wrote Judge Charles Dykman for the court.

While the town had dismissed Beyer's arguments by saying those performances were as likely to come to town as "the temperature in Hades falling below the freezing point," Dykman wrote that the constitutional concerns were valid. The court said the town must pass a new ordinance that resolved the constitutional problems with the previous one. Neither Fred Hollenbeck, the Town of Lyndon attorney, or Beyer's attorney, Jeff Scott Olson, immediately returned telephone messages left Thursday by The Associated Press. High court to review self-defense issue in Janesville murder case JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Supreme Court will review the selfdefense claim of a woman who was convicted of murdering her husband.

The high court announced this week it will hear the appeal of Debra Head, 48, who is serving a life prisor term for shooting her husband, Harold, as he lay in bed in their rural Johnstown home the morning of May 29, 1998. The Supreme Court has two theories of self-defense to choose from: That evidence supporting the claim of selfdefense is limited only to the events immediately before the defendant pulled the trigger. This is the theory that Circuit Judge Richard Werner relied on, noting that the SUBSCRIBE TODAY: DAILY REGISTER 742-2111 REGISTER Columbia Population 20 library ruled that the evidence fell short, and the jury wasn't allowed to hear The 4th District Court of Appeals upheld Werner's rulings last November in a 4- 1 decision. Appeals Judge Patience Roggensack dissented, saying the jury should have heard about the history of domestic abuse. Debra Head had testified that over the course of their marriage, her husband twisted her arms weekly.

making her cry, twisted her breasts, threatened to kill her and once threw her into a couch, injuring her back so badly she went to the emergency room. The Supreme Court will not hear oral arguments on the case before autumn, with a decision issued sometime later. We're online at scwn com defendant had the gun and was in control when she shot her husband. That evidence supporting self-defense can include what the defendant said was a 22-year history of the husband abusing, threatening and injuring her. She claimed she feared her husband so much that she shot him as he started to roll out of bed during an argument that morning.

At the trial, Werner listened to the self-defense evidence with the jury out of the courtroom and ruled it did not indicate the defendant was in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm when she pulled the trigger. In Wisconsin, self-defense can be used only if the evidence supporting it meets a minimum standard. Werner COUPON Holliday Shopping Center 326 Main St. Montello, WI Purchase any 6" Sub Medium Drink and Receive Free 6" Sub of Equal or Lesser Value Good for only. Must have coupon to redeem.

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