Resolution to call for supervisors' pay cut

MANITOWOC — Jim Brey, Manitowoc County Board of supervisors chairman, will introduce a resolution at Monday's annual meeting of the board that the salaries of supervisors and chairman-chairwoman be cut by 5 percent for the first year of the next two-year term beginning April 2010.

Last week, County Executive Bob Ziegelbauer took an immediate 5 percent pay cut and challenged supervisors and other elected officials to do the same. Brey said that he and fellow supervisors Kevin Behnke and Norb Vogt have returned a portion of their pay.

Brey said if Ziegelbauer had stayed until the end of the Board's Oct. 15 meeting, "He would have heard me 'challenge' the County Board to take a 5 percent wage cut immediately and not wait until the next term to change the salaries."

Brey said taking a pay cut "in this time where we have all been touched by the recession, it is a gesture of team spirit. If we are going to survive this, we must do it together," he said.

Beginning April 2010, supervisors are scheduled to receive $237.50 per month and the County Board chairman $356.25 per month.

Board supervisor to host listening session

NEWTON — Kevin Behnke, 12th District County Board supervisor, will host a listening session at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the town of Newton Town Hall, 6532 Carstens Lake Road.

Open to all, Behnke said Jeff Beyer, county public works director, will give a short presentation on the courthouse renovation and joint dispatch center construction projects. Behnke said any topics can be discussed and he anticipates interest in the county budget and layoffs of county employees.

Shopping fair is Nov. 7

MANITOWOC — The Holly Fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 7 at Harmony of Manitowoc, 2115 Cappaert Road. Ten vendors will sell gift baskets, crafts, candy, candles and jewelry as well as Avon, Tastefully Simple and Stanley products. Complimentary cookies and cider will be served.

Museum plans family day Nov. 7

MANITOWOC – Wisconsin Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime Drive, will host Great Lakes Shipwrecks Family Activity Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7.

The day will include a shipwreck scavenger hunt, stories about famous shipwrecks, hands-on activities simulating shipwreck exploration and short documentaries on shipwreck preservation.

Mike Hansen, owner of Maritime Divers, will give a talk at 10:30 a.m. about diving in Lake Michigan.

Museum admission is $12 for adults and $10 for children and includes all family day activities, a guided tour of the USS Cobia submarine and all-day access to the museum's 12 galleries. For information, call (920) 684-0218.

Library to show 'Hometown Stories'

MANITOWOC — "Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Manitowoc/Two Rivers" will be shown at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Balkansky Community Room at the Manitowoc Public Library, 707 Quay St.

The showing is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

The 2009 joint release by the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television begins with the earliest history of the area and continues with stories of the people and industries that make Manitowoc and Two Rivers unique.

For information, call (920) 683-4863, option 2.

Parish to hold rummage sale

MANITOWOC — The St. Clare Society of St. Francis of Assisi Parish will hold a rummage and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at the South 21st and Marshall Street site. Stuff-a-bag for $1 will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Rummage items will include clothing, dishes, toys and household items.

Halloween at the Mansion is Wednesday

MANITOWOC — Halloween at the Mansion will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Rahr-West Art Museum, 610 N. Eighth St.

Visitors are encouraged to dress in costume. Activities will include pumpkin decorating, trick-or-treat bags, Halloween stories and treats. Children should be accompanied by an adult.

For information, call (920) 683-4501.

UW students awarded Talentships

MANITOWOC — Seven University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc students were awarded the 2009-10 Beatrice and Matthew Arendt Talentships during the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc Lakeshore Wind Ensemble's "Music of the Masters" concert Oct. 10 at the Capitol Civic Centre.

Michelle Freiberg, Patrick Heili, Matthew Lohr, and Ryan Mooneyham were sophomore recipients. Freiberg plays alto saxophone in the Wind Ensemble and is a graduate of Lincoln High School. Heili is a graduate of Lincoln and a trombonist in the Wind Ensemble. Lohr, a graduate of Roncalli, is a member of the clarinet section as is Mooneyham, who is a graduate of Eisenhower High School in New Berlin.

Freshmen recipients included: Andrew Olp, a member of the clarinet section who was home schooled through Reaching Hand Lutheran; Kayla Stuebbe, who plays clarinet and is a graduate of New Holstein High School; and Kylie Terp, a graduate of Two Rivers High School and a member of the LWE flute section.

The Talentship program, established in 1988 by Michael and Peter Arendt, serves to recognize and encourage musically talented full-time UW-Manitowoc students who are enrolled in the Wind Ensemble for credit. The total number of Talentships awarded since the program's inception is 105.