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The Platteville Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2015

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Obituaries
Hugh F. Muir
Hugh F. Muir, Scotty, passed away at home surrounded
by family on Oct. 9, 2015.
Scotty was born in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Sept. 29,
1923, the only child of Andrew
and Jane (Fleming) Muir. He
served in World War
II starting with basic training in Alabama. He fought in
the Pacific Theater until he was
wounded in Leyete and earned
a Purple Heart. He went on to
have a career with the railroad,
retiring after 30 years as train
master.
He married Jonelle North in
1946 and they spent 53 happy
years together. Through the
years, Scotty and Jonelle remained close friends with his
army buddy and wife, Donald and Loretta Austin. After the
passing of Jonelle and Donald, Scotty and Lorettas friendship grew and they were married on Sept. 29, 2000. Scotty
and Loretta spent their early married years traveling to
Salamanca, N.Y., and then permanently settled in Montfort.
Scotty was a railroad man through and through. He loved
watching trains and collecting all kinds of train memorabilia. He also really loved his little dogs, Tippie and Taffy.
Scotty is survived by his wife Loretta, and her children;
Larry Austin (Betty Von Glahn), Diana (Dave) Kuhls, Lily
(Kerry) Long, Don Jr. (Kathy) Austin. In addition he is survived by 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. A
special thanks to his caregiver for the last two years, Phyllis Spillane.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday
morning Oct. 15, at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Montfort. Burial of his cremated remains with Military Honors
to follow in the Hillside Cemetery in Platteville. Visitation
will be held from 9 a.m. until time of service at the church
on Thursday morning. The Soman-Larson Funeral Home
is assisting and online condolences may be made at www.
larsonfuneralhomes.com

Journal

Ardys Lila (Weisse) Mundon Ellerbach

Ardys Lila (Weisse) Mundon Ellerbach, 89, Dubuque, died
on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Ennoble Healthcare in Dubuque.
Ardys was born on Dec. 8,
1925, to Earl and Zella (Atkinson) Weisse in Platteville.
They lived on a farm outside of
Platteville. She attended country school and graduated from
Platteville High School and married Ted Mundon (deceased).
They had three daughters, Lila,
Harriet and Rose Mary. Ardys
worked at the old battery factory, cafes and many other jobs,
but her favorite was working as
a senior nurses aide in nursing
homes and hospitals.
Ardys and Harold Ellerbach
were married in 1977. They always loved animals and cared for many pets in Sherrill,
Iowa. She loved to travel and visited her extended family often in Minnesota and Colorado. She spent the last 5+ years
at Ennoble Healthcare, in Dubuque, where she received loving care. Ardys had a fun-loving spirit and always wanted
to make people laugh.
Ardys is survived by her husband, Harold Ellerbach, Sherrill, Iowa; daughters, Lila (Elden) Salwey, Rushford, Minn.,
and Rose (Bill) Weber, Madison; son-in-law, John J. Gebhart, Colorado Springs, Colo.; nieces, Geraldine Rako and
Karen Cue; grandchildren, Marty Salwey, Marie Schilling,
John M. Gebhart and Michelle Winters; step-grandchildren,
Stephen C. Weber, Cheryl Weber-Bemann and Bryan Weber; and many great-grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by her parents; infant brother, Keith; and daughter,
Harriet Gebhart.
Funeral services were at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12 at the
Melby Funeral Home and Crematory in Platteville. Rev.
Jeff Pedersen officiated. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery in
Platteville. avisitation was from 36 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11
at the Melby Funeral Home and Crematory and on Monday
from 10 a.m. until the time of the services. Memorials may
be made to the Ardys L. Ellerbach Memorial Fund. Online
condolences may be made at www.melbyfh.com.

Guiding principles, themes and goals part of 2016 budget

u BUDGET from page 1
closing of Tax Incremental Financing
District 8. The state Expenditure Restraint Program allows a tax levy increase of up to 0.84 percent this year.
The 2016 budget now includes a 1-percent salary increase for city employees
on Jan. 1. Funding equivalent to another
1 percent increase as of July 1 will be
set aside to start funding a new salary
structure to be determined by a compensation study, which was discussed at a
work session before Mondays regular
council meeting. It also includes small
increases in part-time hours at the Mining and Rollo Jamison Museums and the
Platteville Public Library.
The budget includes 10 percent health
insurance increases, though health insurance premiums have not been determined for next year. It also includes, for
the first time in several years according
to Kurt, a $15,000 contingency fund.
The budget includes almost $3.08
million of capital projects, though only
$450,000 of capital spending is in the
budget. The citys 2016 street projects
and a new fire truck will be funded by
$1.68 million in debt, with other projects
funded mostly by non-general-fund revenues library technology funded by
Library Board funding, a new hangar
and new terminal and hangar roof at
Platteville Municipal Airport paid for by

airport funding, a sand volleyball court

at Harrison Park paid for by Park and
Recreation revenue, and a Platteville
Public Transportation taxi van funded
by federal and state mass transit grants.
The budgets capital borrowing fits
within state debt limits (which will reach
55 percent) and city debt policy (which
will reach 79 percent).
The 2016 capital spending list includes
a new fire truck, a 2-ton dump truck,
a leaf vacuum, new police dispatch 911
software, a park tractor, playground
equipment at Harrison Park, and a new
city website. It also includes work on
Bonson Street from Main Street to Furnace Street (which will be funded by TIF
7), Richard Street from Straw Street to
Chestnut Street, Short Street from Adams Street to Cedar Street, Cedar Street
from Water Street to Fourth Street, and
Furnace Street from Chestnut Street to
its west end.
Removed from the capital budget were
Municipal Building remodeling funding,
Fire Department command and fire inspector vehicles, and landscaping and a
new elevator and handicap-accessible
doors at the museums. Also removed was
intersection improvements along Business 151 at Water Street, East Mineral
Street and Staley Street, and reconstruction of Mason Street, Biarritz Drive and
DeValera Drive.

The budget includes listings of guiding principles and themes and goals.
Guiding principles include growing
prosperity within the city, fostering
good relationships with public and private partners, providing incentives for
private efforts that support long-range
city goals, promoting unique development, places, events and activities, and
using talents of staff through participative decision-making.
The budgets goals include completing the Library Block project, finding a
developer for the former Pioneer Ford
property (see page 9A), developing a program to support converting single-family
homes from rentals to owner-occupied
homes, and exploring a possible referendum to fund work on the Municipal
Building and the fire station.
The budgets listed themes are divided
into Educate and Enforce, Inspire,
and Support. Themes include an education campaign on building code enforcement issues, reinstituting ongoing
proactive code enforcement, reviewing
the residential parking permit program,
creating a branding strategy for the city,
revamping the city website, developing
a new city newsletter, continuing IT upgrades, creating a formal staff compensation plan, and instituting a consistent
process for hiring employees.

About 120 families typically served each third Friday

u PANTRY from page 1
hosted the Platteville food
pantry since 2009.
Working with the mobile food pantry meets the
physical needs of people of
the area and allows volunteers to put their faith into
action by cooperating with
the corporal work of mercy
to feed the hungry, said Diane Drefcinski, St. Marys
community life coordinator
and religious education coordinator.
Drefcinski took over for
Linda Schmidt, who coordinated the food pantry until May and put together a
great crew of volunteers who
regularly come every month
to help package and hand
out food, said Drefcinski.
The program has no special requirements or income
restrictions to participate.
Some participants begin gathering around 7
a.m. with containers to
take home food. The tractortrailer with food arrives

around 9:30 a.m., and food

distribution begins at 10
a.m. Volunteers help move
participants food to their vehicles.
We are usually sent food
for about 120 households,
said Drefcinski. The challenge is to try and divide the
food so that each household
is able to be offered every
item.Sometimes we run out
of something early.For example we ran out of cabbage
and sweet corn early [in August].When that happens
we try to offer them extra of
something else like potatoes,
rice or ice cream.
While people start lining
up as early as 7 a.m., thats
a long wait, and theres no
need to be there before 9
a.m., said Drefcinski. For
late arrivals, we try to
make sure anybody whos
looking for something, even
if were packing up, we try
to find it. We dont turn anybody away unless were all
packed up.

The last food pantry, Sept.

18, served 127 families totaling 364 people, including
123 children and 58 senior
citizens. The previous food
pantry, Aug. 21, served 131
families totaling 340 people,
including 100 children and
69 senior citizens.
September food pantry
offerings included frozen
chicken, potatoes, stuffing,
rice, pasta, cabbage, canned
and seasonal vegetables,
fresh and frozen bread, and
cereal.
One month earlier, the
August food pantry offerings
included eggs, pork patties,
hard salami, cheese spread,
potatoes, rice, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, corn on
the cob, canned corn and
peas, bread, ice cream and
yogurt.
Anything not taken is
packed up and sent to the
next food pantry. Theres

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Thursday, Oct. 15
Lafayette County Highway Committee, 12016 Hill St., Darlington, 8 a.m.
Lafayette County Planning and Zoning Committee, USDA
Service Center Conference Room, 1900 Ervin Johnson Dr.,
Darlington, 6 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 19
City of Platteville Community Safe Routes Committee, Municipal Building GAR Room, 6 p.m.
Lafayette County Board Law Enforcement Committee, Lafayette County Sheriffs Department Conference Room, 626
Main St., Darlington, 6 p.m.
City of Platteville Zoning Board of Appeals, Municipal Building council chambers, 7 p.m.
City of Platteville Extraterritorial Zoning Board of Appeals,
Municipal Building council chambers, 7 p.m.
City of Platteville Parks, Forestry and Recreation Committee, Municipal Building GAR Room, 7 p.m.
Belmont School Board, Belmont High School library, 7 p.m.
Potosi Board of Education, cafeteria, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Grant County Board Executive Committee, Administration
Building room 266, Lancaster, 2 p.m.
Grant County Board of Supervisors, Administration Building
room 264, Lancaster, 6 p.m.
Iowa County Board of Supervisors, Health and Human
Services Center Community Room, 303 W. Chapel St., Dodgeville, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Grant County Aging & Disability Resource Committee, ADRC
of Southwest Wisconsin, 8820 Highway 35/61 South, Lancaster, 9 a.m.
Lafayette County Commission on Aging, Lafayette County
Human Services Job Center Conference Room, 627 Main St.,
Darlington, 1 p.m.
City of Platteville Museum Board, Rollo Jamison and Mining
Museum, 405 E. Main St., 5 p.m.
Unified Community Services board, 200 Alona Lane, Lancaster, 7 p.m.
Village of Belmont Board, 222 S. Mound Ave., 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 23
City of Platteville Commission on Aging, Platteville Senior
Center, 55 S. Court St., 9 a.m.
Monday, Oct. 26
Platteville School Board meeting, O.E. Gray building, 7:30
p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 27
City of Platteville Housing Authority Board, Municipal Building GAR Room, 3:30 p.m.
Grant County Board of Health, Grant County Health Department conference room, 111 S. Jefferson St., Lancaster, 5
p.m.
Platteville Common Council meeting, Municipal Building, 7
p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Lafayette County Board Finance Committee, Lafayette
County Courthouse County Board Room, 8:30 a.m.
Grant County Public Property and Technology Committee
meeting, Administration Building room 266, Lancaster, 9 a.m.
Grant County Economic, Tourism and Resource Committee,
Administration Building room 266, Lancaster, 2 p.m.

Records
GRANT COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSES
Joshua Vogt and Brittani Junk.
Jason Fuerstenberg and Jessica Hernandez.
Derek Freymiller and Haylee Crubel.
GRANT COUNTY DIVORCES
William J. Stelpflug and Ellen J. Stelpflug.
Eric M. Oyen and Jennifer J. Oyen.
Jeremiah J. Larson and Samantha R. Larson.
Dana R. Allen and Brittany N. Allen.

County gets grant

Grant County Law Enforcement has recently been
awarded grant funding to
help combat distracted driving through educational efforts and enforcement.
Many people are under the
impression that distracted
driving isnt really that big
of a deal; however 1.6 million
crashes are caused each year
by distracted driving in the
United States, said Sheriff
Nate Dreckman.
The grant period runs from
October 2015 through April.
During this time law enforcement officers will work to educate the public on the dangers of distracted driving by
providing informational brochures and other information.
The enforcement efforts will
focus on observed distracted
driving behaviors (as well
as other observed violations)
related to Chapter 346.89 of
state statutes, which state

that no driver may be engaged or occupied with an

activity, other than driving
the vehicle, that interferes or
reasonably appears to interfere with the persons ability
to drive the vehicle safely.
State statutes specifically
ban composing or sending
an electronic text message or
an electronic mail message
while driving. The statute
also prohibit drivers with
learners permits or probationary licenses from using
cellphones while driving except in an emergency.
The goal within the grant
period would be to have motorists in Grant County work
to eliminate distractions
while driving, especially in
teen drivers, according to a
Grant County Sheriff s Office
news release. Any electronic
device should be placed in a
location so that it doesnt distract the driver.

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always food; its just items

that run out, said Drefcinski.
A few volunteers come in
Thursday to help set up. Friday volunteers to unload the
trailer and help take food
to participants vehicles include St. Marys members
and UWPlatteville students.
The Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry stops in
Darlington the first Friday of the month, Patch
Grove the second Tuesday
of the month, Boscobel the
third Tuesday of the month,
Richland Center the third
Thursday of the month,
Platteville the third Friday
of the month, Highland the
fourth Monday of the month,
and Gays Mills the fourth
Wednesday of the month.
More information about
Second Harvest can be
found at www.secondharvestmadison.org.

Wednesday, Oct. 14
Grant County Board Orchard Manor/County Farm Committee, Orchard Manor Board Room, Lancaster, 9 a.m.

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