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The Winnebago County District Attor-ney’s office has been recognized for bring-ing solutions to overcrowded prisons by the American Civil Liberties Union, Har-vard Law School’s Criminal Justice Policy Program on “A new vision for the 21st century prosecutor” and most recently by the Academy of Crimi-nal Justice Sciences.

Directing that initia-tive has been District Attorney Christian Gossett, who has led the county’s crimi-nal prosecution office since 2007 after arriv-ing here as an assistant DA in 2003.

In addition to the National Leadership and Innovator Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Gossett has also recently received the Practitioner of the Year Award from the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association.

Victoria Simpson Beck, UW Oshkosh director of online criminal justice majors, nominated Gossett for the awards.

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Planet Perk delivers meals, hope to kidsBy Joseph SchulzHerald contributor

When Ken Osmond became the owner of Planet Perk Cafe and Catering in 2008, he never imagined that 12 years later he’d be delivering free meals to children amid a global pandemic.

Each morning Osmond and the Planet Perk staff prepare hundreds of meals be-fore leaving the restaurant around 7:30 a.m. to deliver the food to children who can’t make it to the Oshkosh Area School District’s Grab-And-Go Meal pickup loca-tions.

The idea originated when the district announced it was closing. Osmond’s wife, Marlo, is a school teacher, and at the time the district’s meal program going forward

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By Jack TierneyOshkosh Herald

Jon Doemel has put his business on the line to help the community. The ZaRonis restaurant and pub owner, creator of the Heroes of Oshkosh Facebook page, was willing to go broke for it.

Last week, an Oshkosh-based corpo-ration donated $10,000 after noticing his efforts and he said he is now doing OK. Several other people donated what they could. He is now asking people to donate what they can to Ken Osmond at Planet Perk, who is giving free meals to children.

“Never underestimate Oshkosh,” Doemel said. “Never underestimate the willingness of the people here to give.”

For people in need, the meal program that ZaRonis is running “is like a free meal in a box,” Doemel said, with a loaf of bread, pound of butter, pound of bacon, dozen eggs, pound of turkey, peanut butter and jelly, potatoes, carrots, onions, apples, ba-nanas and four 8-ounce cartons of milk. “I was thinking of my parents and what

they would need to get through the week,” Doemel said. “That’s what I geared it on — like a ration box — a quality ration box.”

There is no requirement to get the box and they are intended to last a week.

To request a box, call 920-651-1919 or visit zaronis.com. ZaRonis has had a couple of people volunteer driving food boxes to residences, but people can also pick them up at the store. Doemel said the crew is doing what they can to ensure safe-ty and healthy food handling.

Heroes of Oshkosh, Doemel’s other community effort, is a Facebook mar-ketplace where people request items and other people respond with what they can donate. Recent posts have shown images of nonperishable items such as rice, beans,

canned foods and captions like, “Free” from Jennifer O’Connor. Others are baby supplies, which Doemel said a lot of peo-ple need.

Day by Day Warming Shelter, Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Shelter and other nonprofits have partnered to make specif-ic requests. In those cases, people looking to contribute are asked not to over-do-nate, such as when a select number of men’s clothing items are sought and any-thing more would go to waste. They ask that people read the requests closely.

There are rules to the Heroes of Osh-kosh page that people interested should be aware of. One of the common things Doemel asks is that they be courteous, have online etiquette and follow the rules of the website.

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The Oshkosh Area School District has expanded its Free Grab-and-Go Meal Pro-gram to weekends by distributing up to three days’ worth of food on Fridays for those in need.

Students, families and community members need to visit a district meal dis-tribution site at a school or neighborhood location. For a listing of sites and addition-al information visit www.oshkosh.k12.wi.us.

The weekend expansion was made pos-sible by the district’s food service depart-ment with approval from the state Depart-ment of Public Instruction. The program has been deemed an essential service and is continuing during Wisconsin’s Safer At Home order.

In just under three weeks, the district has served more than 22,000 meals to those in need. More than 42 percent of

district families are considered economi-cally disadvantaged.

The district needs financial donations to provide the meals beyond the federal funding received and is not reimbursed for meals given to a student’s parent/guard-ian or non-school-age siblings. Providing free meals to entire families in need is an attempt to ensure children are not put in a position to divide what they receive.

A Knock and Go doorstep delivery is also available to families by referral through a school teacher or social worker. This is a collaboration between the district and 14&3 A Leadership Development Nonprofit.

Tax-free donations can be made to the OASD Education Foundation’s Basic Needs Fund. Checks should be written to the Oshkosh Area Community Founda-tion, memo: OASD Basic Needs Funds.

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These resources are among those avail-able to assist with hunger issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many schools and community agencies are still provid-ing free meals and groceries for families in the area:

Oshkosh Area School District: Free grab-and-go meals offered Monday through Friday at several schools and neighborhood locations. Updated loca-tions and hours are listed at www.osh-kosh.k12.wi.us/families/at-home-learn-ing/free-meals.

Lutheran Food Pantry: (714 Division St., 920-379-4774) Curbside pickup for clients. Call or visit website for its expand-ed hours and information: www.jericho-roadoshkosh.org.

Oshkosh Area Community Pantry: (2551 Jackson St., 920-651-9960) Pan-try will distribute packaged food near the front door of the St. Vincent de Paul building. Clients will receive drive-up service or be given food if they arrive by public transit. Call or visit website for its expanded hours and information: www.oacptoday.org.

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A collaboration among Greater Osh-kosh Economic Development Corp., Fox Cities Regional Partnership and Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce has formed the Winnebago County COVID-19 Rapid Recovery Loan Program. The $750,000 fund is available to small business appli-cants due to the support of the Winnebago County Industrial Development Board, which is using a portion of the county’s revolving loan fund for this purpose.

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The city’s Joint Review Board advanced a resolution last week to use $250,000 available through its Tax Increment Fi-nancing District No. 16 downtown to supplement $250,000 already provided through its Rapid Recovery loans through GO-EDC.

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To prevent burnout from Safer at Home orders, public officials are suggesting peo-ple take a hike. The city has a handful of parks that can be enjoyed for the most part — playgrounds, skate parks and blacktops for basketball and tennis have been restrict-ed. County parks are also open.

Now is a good time to visit parks to get a feel for their offerings, the progress of proj-ects and an opportunity to form opinions on their future development while improv-ing the health of anyone who uses them. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association said that people who walk 8,000 steps a day, or about four miles, have a lower mortality rate than those who don’t while lowering medical bills and improving mental health.

As the rain continues to fall through April, it’s a good idea to check Facebook pages or online park information for trail conditions. All state parks, trails and for-ests remain open and fees are now waived. Standard regulations apply for hunting, trapping and fishing seasons.

City parks manager Ray Maurer wants people to remember social distancing prac-tices, noting that some people seen fishing have not been following the statewide order and the city might take passive measures.

Maurer also noted that Menominee Park, South Park and Red Arrow Park have been vandalized throughout the winter with restrooms trashed and doors kicked in, which will cost the city money and time to fix while adding new security measures.

Menominee Park, the city’s largest, fea-

tures a trail that runs 1.5 miles down the east shore of Lake Winnebago’s Millers Bay and bends down to Ames Point. The Chief Oshkosh monument and waterfront prop-erties are among the nice views. The zoo, celebrating its 75th year, has a scheduled May 2 opening. The new community play-ground is unfinished and closed ahead of further restorations. Security cameras will be installed around the playground area and more landscaping is planned.

The park’s zoo will also see increased safety measures. “Not only for safety of

staff, but also for the animals,” Maurer said. The eagle exhibit project has been delayed because of weather, and he said a contrac-tor might be on the site soon.

South Park, the city’s next largest park, runs between Ohio and Georgia streets and West 11th and West South Park ave-nues, has a loop trail of 0.62 miles with a lagoon view, walkout pier and water foun-tain display. The park has seen a “rash” of vandalism in the past two months, Maurer said.

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vandalism to the police,” he said. The la-goon perimeter fence will continue to be in place until a replanting project is complet-ed. The overall lagoon project is completed and offers uninterrupted trail laps.

The Riverwalk takes residents from the Leach Amphitheater down to Congress Avenue and farther if people are looking to connect to the Wiouwash State Trail, which runs on a former railroad corridor and spans 21.8 miles. Within the city limits the trail is about 2 miles. The Riverwalk has more route plans pending Pioneer Drive developments.

Half of the Lakeshore Park trail has been installed and is open to the public, but two bridges need to be installed when weather permits so that it can connect to the Wiou-wash. The city is also looking at preliminary design ideas for the Pioneer Drive section. The Riverwalk is one of the city’s bright spots in recent recreational developments and offers an easy water access point in the city limits.

Among Red Arrow Park’s offerings is a disc golf course, though much of the ground is still saturated and requires care-ful stepping to stay dry. Sawyer Creek water hazards on the front nine baskets require an element of skill if players want to keep their discs. Three baskets are temporarily miss-ing in the hill sledding area.

One of the baseball fields will be sur-faced with topsoil and seed, Maurer said, to counter ground issues because it sits on a former landfill. The Parks Department maintains the overall park but he said sink-ing land will continue to be an issue.

Lakeshore Park, the former golf course that also holds Oshkosh Corp.’s global headquarters, is in the early stages of de-velopment. Citywide input mostly called for passive recreation spaces. Maurer said the parks department is looking forward to building the city’s first public four-seasons building as part of the early-phase work. Families and residents will be able to rent the building year-round for small events. It also will have water availability and be heat-ed in winter.

Dogs on city trails need to be on a leash no longer than 6 feet. Owners must also clean up after them and dispose of the waste off-site.

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Specifically, the passage of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security(CARES) Act offers, among other provisions, the following:

• Expanded unemployment benefits – The CARES Act provides $250 billion for extendedunemployment insurance, expands eligibility and provides workers with an additional $600 perweek for four months, in addition to what state programs pay. The package will also cover the self-employed, independent contractors and “gig economy” workers. Obviously, if your employmenthas been affected, these benefits can be a lifeline. Furthermore, the benefits could help you avoidliquidating some long-term investments you’ve earmarked for retirement just to meet your dailycash flow needs.

• Direct payments – Individuals will receive a one-time payment of up to $1,200; this amount isreduced for incomes over $75,000 and eliminated altogether at $99,000. Joint filers will receive upto $2,400, which will be reduced for incomes over $150,000 and eliminated at $198,000 for jointfilers with no children. Plus, taxpayers with children will receive an extra $500 for each dependentchild under the age of 17. If you don’t need this money for an immediate need, you might considerputting it into a low-risk, liquid account as part of an emergency fund.

• No penalty on early withdrawals – Typically, you’d have to pay a 10% penalty on earlywithdrawals from IRAs, 401(k)s and similar retirement accounts. Under the CARES Act, thispenalty will be waived for individuals who qualify for COVID-19 relief and/or in plans that allowCOVID-19 distributions. Withdrawals will still be taxable, but the taxes can be spread out overthree years. Still, you might want to avoid taking early withdrawals, as you’ll want to keep yourretirement accounts intact as long as possible.

• Suspension of required withdrawals – Once you turn 72, you’ll be required to take withdrawalsfrom your traditional IRA and 401(k). The CARES Act waives these required minimumdistributions for 2020. If you’re in this age group, but you don’t need the money, you can let yourretirement accounts continue growing on a tax-deferred basis.

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Community businesses of all sizes and skills are putting their expertise toward the fight to protect against COVID-19 by working against shortages in personal pro-tective equipment. More companies and organizations are at some stage of convert-ing a portion of what they do best toward the public health cause.

Here are some of the ongoing examples of local protection efforts:

Magica Rust Remover, a small manu-facturing company in Oshkosh owned by Russ and Jeannette Williams, is convert-ing some of its operations to producing hand sanitizer.

“The WHO (World Health Organiza-tion) formula for making hand sanitizer is mostly high-proof isopropyl alcohol,” said general manager Bob Everhard. “We have a 55-gallon drum of it at the warehouse.”

Magica Hand-Sanitizer product is the result, containing more than the required 75 percent isopropyl alcohol content. As production ramps up it will begin to be distributed in Oshkosh and surrounding areas.

A list of retail vendors and order infor-mation will be at www.magicarustremov-er.com. Contact [email protected] or 920-236-4233 for details.

Hendricks Family Distillery near Omro also has been producing its own hand sanitizer bottled using its 194 proof distilled spirits otherwise used to create its Pure Class Vodka and donating it with first responders and medical workers in mind. A story about their efforts is in the

April 1 issue of the Herald.

Mary Schuessler and Jim Fay have been helping lead a community service project making second-layer protection (SLP) masks to help medical providers, social service workers, first responders and oth-er care sectors. The masks are an extra lay-er of defense against foreign particulates, dust and body fluids that allow providers to get additional use out of the primary N95 masks that are in short supply.

The SLPs, which are washable and have removable carbon filters, are being pro-vided free but the group is asking for do-nations through www.gofundme.com/f/helping-community-covid19 to help pay for materials and machinery.

Sew Rite is just one of the businesses and individuals helping in that effort.

Two other companies that share a work-space are sewing facemasks and donat-ing them to those who need them. Mary Schuessler, owner of Mary’s Sew Cre-ations; and Meg Reichenberger of The Se-quined Gem, are making secondary cotton facemasks that can be cleaned and reused and hold a Merv-13 filter insert. They are making both adult and children sizes.

They have Facebook and Go Fund Me pages to help them buy more supplies needed to make the masks and welcome volunteers to cut the fabric patterns and sew the masks. Schuessler can be contact-ed at 863-441-0688 for more information.

Print specialists CastlePierce and pack-aging products maker Pacur are teaming up to produce shields for hospital and emergency room use.

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Magica general manager Bob Everhard (from left), his wife, Susan Williams Everhard, their son, Rusty, and Susan’s brothers Russ Williams and Chuck Williams are shown at Magica operations.

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April 5, 1939 George F. Oaks Elected Mayor: In a record-setting spring election, Oshkosh voters elected George

F. Oaks over Charles M. Boller to the office of mayor for the next two years. Oaks was previously mayor from 1933-34. 14,672 votes were cast with Oaks winning by a margin of 2,068 votes. Boller was a member of the Common Council the past three years and decided to run when incumbent mayor Wiechering announced he would not seek re-election.

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National suicide rates have increased over the past two decades — by more than 30 percent in many states — with millions more each year considering or attempting it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In Wisconsin, suicide is the ninth high-est cause of death with one person on av-erage dying at their own hands every nine hours. Winnebago County reported 25 suicides in 2017.

The federal government will be making it easier for people to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by setting up a new three-digit number (988), rath-er than having people call the current 10-digit number.

Why a three-digit number? Much like calling 911 for emergencies, it’s easier to remember. It is also believed a three-digit option can help reduce the stigma asso-ciated with thoughts of suicide or other mental health issues people may be expe-riencing.

“People are completely comfortable calling 911 because that number was drilled into our heads for so many years,” said Michael Larkey, a therapist with The-daCare Behavioral Health. “The hope is that this will be the same thing with the 988 number. The 988 line will be staffed by counselors who can give advice on what to do if you think someone is sui-cidal, or if you are personally suicidal. For immediate or imminent threats, people should still call 911.”

With so many people temporarily out of work and regular society in a lockdown of

one form or another because of the pan-demic, the likelihood of more being affect-ed by depression and thoughts of suicide is even greater, experts say.

“People everywhere are feeling very anxious, and anxiety can lead to depres-sion. Right now, it seems like we’re on constant alert. We’re constantly getting more and more information and, depend-ing on where we’re getting it from, it’s causing more and more anxiety,” said Sar-ah Danahy, clinical social worker and ex-ecutive director of Community for Hope in Oshkosh. “Just the general unknown is frightening. And with so many people unable to go places, this is a perfect time for people to talk about and focus on their mental health and maybe get a better han-dle on what they need.”

People can take advantage of this time to slow down a bit. Normally, families are running around with their own projects or taking children to sporting events and other activities. Now it’s about going for

walks, spending time talking to one other and more time together.

“As a result people might say, ‘Wow, maybe I could make some changes in my life to see more people (once back to nor-mal) or call them,’ or just have more bal-ance in their lives; whatever that means for them,” Danahy said.

Practicing mindfulness, especially during this time, is also critical, she added.

“I know that’s a new buzzword in the last few years and a lot of people don’t re-ally know what mindfulness is. But it’s re-ally about being reflective – taking time to be in the present and not fast-forwarding to the future or spending too much time in the past. It’s about enjoying a particular moment without letting your mind spiral into catastrophizing doomsday.”

Other tips for staying healthy mentally:• Reach out to people. “This pandem-

ic is really isolating because we can’t do much of anything, so it’s important to find new ways to reach out to people,” Dana-hy said. Phone calls or texts are nice, but there are many ways to video-chat with people: Skype, Facetime, Google Duo, Facebook Messenger chat, Zoom. “What-ever way people choose, it’s important to limit the isolating piece of this as much as possible,” she said.

• If you think someone is depressed or in emotional pain, ask how they’re doing and if they’re thinking about suicide. Re-search shows that people who are having suicidal thoughts find some relief when people ask about them in a caring and compassionate way, according to Larkey.

• Don’t be afraid to mention suicide or

depression. We’re often hesitant to talk about depression with people, or even use the word suicide, thinking that if it’s mentioned it may put the idea in some-one’s head. “But that’s not true. It’s often actually more relieving to people to know that there’s somebody who’s comfortable talking about it. So don’t hesitate to bring it up. Be direct and be honest about trying to find help for them,” Danahy said.

• Be there for them. People are less likely to feel depressed or suicidal, less overwhelmed and less hopeless if they’re talking to someone who listens without judgment and with compassion.

• Get familiar with the resources in your area. 211 is the United Way resource num-ber. Visit 211.org or dial 211 and speak to a live person. Tell them what you need help with and they can connect to a local resource.

• Help loved ones stay connected. Stud-ies indicate that helping somebody at risk create a network of resources can help them take positive action and reduce their feelings of hopelessness.

• Exercise, even just walking with your significant other, children or dog(s). “It’s important for mental health, especially now, because it’s one of the few things we can do to keep ourselves active and healthy. And those things are directly tied to our mental health,” Danahy said.

• Follow up. Stay in touch with some-one after they’ve experienced a crisis or been discharged from care. Studies have shown that suicides go down when people follow up with an at-risk person after the crisis has passed.

Crisis resourcesCommunity for Hope: 920-230-4840Winnebago County Human Services Crisis Intervention/Help Line: 920-233-7707Call 211 for everyday challenges National Crisis Line: 800-SUICIDE National Suicide Prevention Life-line: 800-273-8255; Espanol: 888-628-9454; TTY - 800-799-4TTYLines for Life text service: 273TALK to 839863Text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources

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The Oshkosh Correctional Institution and the Winnebago Correctional Center are not under lockdown, but Winneba-go Correctional Center has temporarily stopped its work release program, Schraa said.

The lockdown means prisoners aren’t allowed to congregate in the library or the gym and must stay in their cells, Schraa said.

Wisconsin prisons are currently at 34 percent over their design capacity with two inmates per 6-by-10-foot cell, he noted.

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If an outbreak were to occur inside the facility, inmates would “be suffering and dropping like flies,” the letter read. “There’s no spare room anywhere in this prison for them to take or keep more than a very small group of contagious people.”

Beyond enforcing a lockdown, Schraa said the DOC is taking temperatures of employees when they come into work to ensure workers aren’t showing up with a fever. He said employees are also forced to self-quarantine if they travel out of state.

DOC employees are just as fearful of bringing the virus into the facility as the inmates are of the virus coming in, he add-ed.

“It’s their job to make sure that these inmates stay incarcerated, but also look out for their safety,” Schraa said. “They are

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At the county jail, officers don’t have a formal daily routine, but staff are self-monitoring for symptoms and taking their temperatures before they come into the facility, Matz said.

“I have the utmost confidence in my employees that if they’re not feeling well or if they are symptomatic that they’re not going to come to work,” he said.

But the steps in place may not be enough because people often transmit COVID-19 without symptoms, Liners said.

“It’s good that they take their tempera-ture, but that’s absolutely no guarantee that they’re not carrying the virus,” Liners said.

If a group of corrections officers was to get sick, Schraa said the DOC would have to try to fill those positions with officers from other facilities because Wisconsin’s prisons are understaffed.

If there aren’t enough officers to fill the positions of the sick, the National Guard may be called in to fill in for correctional officers, he said.

If a prison were to have a line of staff contract the virus “it would be catastroph-ic,” Schraa added.

Liners said prisons need to reduce their populations by 25 percent by finding peo-ple “who do not need to be in prison,” such as the elderly, the immune-compro-mised and other low-risk offenders.

“I think we can do that, and we can do it safely, but they need to start working on it,” Liners said.

Schraa said there were initial discus-sions of releasing elderly inmates and in-mates that are up for parole.

“I don’t think we’re to that point yet,” he said.

At the jail, Matz said the Sheriff ’s Office has reduced the number of new inmates coming into the facility but at this time there are no plans to release inmates.

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Liners said the state needs to act quick-ly to prevent an outbreak in a corrections facility because “by the time you’ve got an outbreak, you’re late.”

If an outbreak were to happen, Liners said it would likely cause local hospitals to be pushed beyond their capacity.

“This is a crisis, and we need to deal with it as a crisis, and there isn’t time to take the usual state bureaucratic approach,” he said.


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Hundreds of K-12 students in seven states are taking advantage of e-tutoring services offered by education students through a collaboration of private and pub-lic universities in Wisconsin.

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April is National Poetry Month and the Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau is launching a citywide contest open to any-one who would like to write an original poem about the community.

“Our Oshkosh Poetry Contest is a free and fun way to express your feelings about Oshkosh,” said Amy Albright, executive director of the Oshkosh CVB. “We want to know how you feel and what you love about our great city.”

Participants are encouraged to include drawings or photographs related to their poem. Everyone who submits a poem will receive an “OSH” sticker, those who have a poem featured will receive an Oshkosh tote bag and everyone will be included in a gift drawing. Two grand prize winners will each receive a $100 gift card.

Submittal deadline is April 20 to [email protected] or mailed to the Osh-kosh CVB.

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Resource listA list of resources for businesses that are being negatively impact-ed by the pandemic is on the city’s COVID-19 webpage and on DevelopOshkosh.com. Updates will be made as new options become available. Contact economic development services manager Kelly Nieforth at 236-5055 with questions related to the list.

State 76 reconstruction work begins Reconstruction of State 76 in the towns

of Vinland and Clayton from Greenhill Court to County JJ got underway this week and is scheduled to be finished by the end of November. The roadway will be closed and detoured after the first week of construction while maintaining local traffic access to property owners and busi-nesses.

The roadway will be reconstructed with two, 12-foot-wide travel lanes with 5 feet of paved shoulder width and 10 feet of total shoulder, according to the state De-partment of Transportation’s Northeast Region office.

Other project improvements include

single-lane roundabouts at County GG and County G intersections and multilane roundabout at County JJ, replacement of the two-way left-turn lane south of the JJ intersection, and a left-turn bypass lane at Vinland Center Road.

Staged construction of the JJ round-about will allow cross traffic to be contin-ued there for the majority of construction. Cross traffic will be maintained at the County GG and County G intersections except during roundabout construction.

State 76 will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday. The detour will use Interstate 41, U.S. 45 and U.S. 10. Details are at https://projects.511wi.gov.


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Gossett said the diversion strategies that focus on understanding individuals by assessing more than 90 criteria points, psychological screenings, prior arrests and family trauma, among other assessments, are done to prevent Wisconsin from go-ing down the road it has been notoriously headed.

“Wisconsin has a higher incarceration, suicide, homicide and overdose rate than New York or Minnesota,” he said. “The one area Wisconsin is lower in is bache-lor’s degree attainment.”

Gossett said it costs less to send an in-dividual to UW Oshkosh than it does to prison for a year, which is $38,644 per in-mate, Vera Institute of Justice estimates. That is why Gossett helped initiate a com-munity partnership with Fox Valley Tech-nical College for low-level offenders.

There has been a strong correlation between education and criminal activity, Gossett explained. Partnering with FVTC to start a program where people who have low levels of education and prior criminal activity can learn study strategies and then have direct access to FVTC programs was seen as a good idea.

“It allows them to have the option of a happy life with a career to focus on, rather

than possibly facing the consequences of more low-level convictions,” he said.

Gossett made a point to clarify that his office is not “soft on crime” as is common to hear in the progressive age of prison reform and demands for defunding, especially in rural areas where prison populations have continued to increase or stay the same.

Winnebago County is still home to the highest rate of felony convictions in the state, Gossett said.

He said focusing on reform at the low

level allows prosecutors more time and energy for high-level offenders and clears up the system from people with under-lying problems — depression, trauma, addiction — causing them to behave in antisocial ways.

UW Oshkosh’s Criminal Justice Depart-ment has worked with Gossett to publish an academic essay about why cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective in reducing recidivism rates than the former “batteries treatment,” an industry term for a practice that always treated males as the perpetrators in a domestic abuse situation.

“We studied family and domestic vio-lence,” he said. “When we looked at the academic research regarding family and domestic violence, the academic world recommended cognitive behavioral ther-apy (CBT). That was at odds with the national models. If you want any funding from the federal government you would have to put a batteries model in place.”

The work went against the grain of the federally recommended programs.

“We ran an experiment for a year and watched the recidivism rates for five years. UWO published a paper. The outcome was that CBT was more effective in reduc-ing recidivism among couples,” Gossett said. “Now that it’s published, it can go anywhere in the world.”

He said actions like that are hard to do in his field and draw skepticism. Making a mistake contrary to federal guidelines leads to an easy target when things go wrong. But he pointed to statistics from the Wisconsin criminal justice system that show going with the tough-on-crime sta-tus quo is not going to improve current

suicide, homicide, overdose or incarcera-tion rates.

“A lot of people in the criminal justice system are 17 to 26 years old,” Gossett said, “which is the time where brain devel-opment is ongoing. I’d like to get them in the right direction.

“I want Wisconsin residents with higher levels of education, with happy successful lives and careers. I want to see the amount of drug use reduced. I don’t want to see the criminal justice system make things worse because we are not looking at the big picture. I want to be part of the solu-tion, not the problem.”

Oshkosh has a higher crime rate per square mile than state and national levels, as well as a higher property crime rate than the state average, according to neighbor-hoodsout.com, a data intelligence website used for real estate marketing.

But city residents are less likely to be victims of a violent crime, with a 1-in-547 chance compared with 1-in-338 at the state level. The city has a crime index of 32 out of 100, meaning it’s safer than 32 percent of U.S. cities, or reflexively more dangerous than 68 percent, according to neighborhoodscout.com.

Among the state resources committed to deal with crime and prison trends:

• The state Department of Health Ser-vices, which develops data to counter ad-diction and other health-related services, received $27,200,884 in grants and $10 million in other funds from independent donors last year.

• The Department of Corrections re-ceived $213.3 million in general purpose and program revenue last year, according to the WDOC annual report. It also received $11.9 million in court money and $7.16 million in tax refund and client payment.

• The state’s 2020-2021 budget shows a recommendation from the governor to the DOC in the amount of $258,996,000 with $215 million of that going to youth or juvenile facilities.

• Gov. Tony Evers has said he will pro-mote spending less on corrections and more on education. He also denied a re-quest for a new juvenile prison while rec-ommending $128,882,900 to the DHS in his state budget.

Winnebago County health officer Doug Gieryn put alcohol and other substance abuse as two of his top five public health issues for the county, behind only mental health. Gossett wants residents to think about this and continue to seek solutions.

“I want Winnebago County to continue to be a leader to find a way to better ad-dress underlying issues and I want county residents to benefit from what we do,” he said.

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When the school district announced it would have meal pickup sites, Osmond said families began reaching out to Plan-et Perk because they couldn’t make it to those sites.

Some of the free meals delivered go to children who live in single-parent house-holds where the parent must work, and sometimes a parent may have a disability and cannot take children to the pickup site. Other times a grandparent may be watching the children and sometimes a child or their family member may be im-mune-compromised, he said.

“The school district is doing a fantastic job; they’re offering thousands of meals through pickup at a variety of locations,” Osmond said. “(But) there’s some people that can’t avail themselves to that service.”

Families in need can reach out to Planet Perk directly via phone or email, but some don’t have either and have been referred by friends or neighbors, he noted.

Those using the program only need to provide the number of children in their household, and any dietary restrictions, Osmond said.

“We don’t ask for proof of anything,” he said. “It’s all on the honor system.”

Once a person is signed up, Planet Perk preps two paper lunch bag meals per child, one for breakfast and one for lunch.

Breakfasts can vary from yogurt and granola, to cereal with milk, to hot oat-meal. A piece of fruit and a juice box are included. For lunch, the restaurant will make either ham, turkey or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a bag of chips and something to drink.

Tamara’s the Cake Guru cupcake shop has recently partnered with Planet Perk to

provide desserts for the lunches, Osmond said.

“For the kids that have birthdays, they’ve made special desserts,” Osmond said.

Beyond meals, Osmond also tries to provide children with smiles. Planet Perk has given most of the homes sidewalk chalk, and they’ve donated comic books. Sometimes Osmond plays tic-tac-toe with the kids through the window of their homes using dry erase markers or draws pictures for the children on the window.

“It kind of picks up the kids’ spirits when you draw flowers for a little girl or you can spell their name backwards,” he said.

Osmond wants to keep serving meals throughout the pandemic but said Planet Perk is facing a tough financial situation as a result of state initiatives. He has had to close his locations on Algoma Boulevard and inside Menominee Nation Arena, and business at City Center is down by almost three-fourths.

Osmond will continue serving free meals to families who can’t make it to the district’s pickup locations as long as he can afford to.

“This week we’ll spend approximate-ly $1,950, over a two-week period we’ll spend $4,000 and over a month we’ll spend $8,000,” he said.

The community is doing what it can to keep the program going, so far donating about $2,500. One recent moment that sticks with Osmond happened the previ-ous Sunday.

He had just gotten to work and noticed a man standing on the sidewalk near the shop entrance that he’d never seen before. The man was older, with messy hair and oversized and slightly dirty clothes.

Osmond made eye contact, waved and said, “Good morning.” The man said good morning back, reached into his pocket and said, “I have something for you. It ain’t much, but I gotta give it to you.”

The man then set $1.53 on the ground outside the shop. Osmond asked, “What’s this for?”

The man replied, “It ain’t much I know, but it’s for the kids. The little ones need to eat. I heard you guys were giving food to kids and thought I should try to help.”

Osmond asked the man what his name was, and the man said, “It don’t matter.” Osmond tried to give the money back and

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ty,” he responded. “We all gotta give what we can.” The man then began to walk away.

Osmond asked if he could do anything for him. The man replied, “You just did, brother,” and waved as he walked away.

“I was cautious and suspicious at first and then it turned into, ‘Holy hell, I’m dealing with a person who’s better than I am,’” Osmond said of the incident.

After Osmond shared the story on Face-book, he found an envelope under the door the next day.

The envelope contained $153 and a note written with blue ink: “Because the man who gave his last $1.53 inspired me. Because of the good work you do. Because I received reduced lunch and was made fun of. Because my dad taught me true giving is anonymous. Because I’m able to.”

Osmond said Planet Perk is trying to honor the community’s generosity as long as it can and using remarkable moments as “fuel” to keep going.

“This is what I always knew my com-munity to be,” he said. “I believe in all the corny things about America coming together and being a part of something greater than ourselves.”

He doesn’t expect Planet Perk to be ful-ly open until June but is currently offering carryout and delivery. Osmond expects the pandemic to be a slow burn for every-one.

“I think if we are running too low on money and things get pretty dire for us, we’ll find another way,” he said. “We’ll figure something out and keep trying to make something good out of something awful.”

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Reacting to breaking balls is part of Jake Guenther’s job.

Currently he’s doing his best to deal with the global curveball that has shut down his industry. The big bender known as COVID-19 has put Guenther’s promis-ing professional baseball career on hold.

The 2015 Oshkosh West graduate has returned to his hometown where he is training on his own after seeing his first spring training in pro ball halted March 12 due to the suspension of all Major League Baseball activities.

A seventh-round pick of the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2019 MLB draft, Guenther is staying with his parents, Chris Guenther and Lynn Engstrom, and working daily with Chris to keep his skills sharp. He had previously been hitting at the batting cag-es at Oshkosh West and North until the schools were locked down.

“With the workout plan given by the Rays you don’t need a gym for it, so that helps,” Guenther said. “My dad has been working at home so he’s been available to give me some grounders and some basic stuff, but it’s been tough with the high schools locked up. I may go back to Texas for a while if I can find somewhere to work out.”

Guenther, a left-handed-hitting first baseman drafted out of Texas Christian University, had been in the Rays’ camp for only a week in Port Charlotte, Fla., when the Rays announced that all the organiza-tion’s facilities would be shut down.

Instead of playing in baseball games, he’s playing the waiting game.

“It was nice to be in Florida doing a lot of hands-on work with guys I hadn’t seen in a while,” Guenther said. “They have a new workout facility there and it was so crazy to be in there and see what big leaguers were working on and how they approach everything. I had just gotten cleared for games the day before we got sent home, so really it had just been a lot of practice for

me. But it was a lot of fun.”The Rays told Guenther, 22, to expect a

shutdown of at least eight weeks. Accord-ing to the Tampa Bay Times, Rays minor league players like Guenther were paid a stipend of $400 per week through the reg-ularly scheduled end of spring training to-day (Wednesday).

“I think there will be a season,” Guenther

said. “I don’t think it will start until May or a little after, but I think they will figure something out. It definitely sucks. All of us wish we were playing ball right now but obviously it’s not the smart thing to do. I’m like a lot of people right now. I just want to get back into my everyday routine.”

Guenther had a strong first year in the Rays organization. He started in advanced rookie ball in the Appalachian League where he hit .320 with two home runs and 30 RBIs in 48 games and 175 at bats for the Princeton Rays in Princeton, W.Va. Guenther slammed 10 doubles and had a solid OPS (on base plus slugging percent-age) of .853 with a slugging percentage of .423 and an on-base percentage of .431.

He performed so well that he earned the invitation to the Rays’ instructional league — a fall camp in Port Charlotte reserved for highly regarded prospects.

“It’s tough to say who will have the ad-vantage when we start up — hitters or pitchers,” Guenther said. “Hitters definite-ly need to get their timing down. Pitchers had been building their arms up during the offseason and were only getting an in-ning or two here and there in spring train-ing, so they’re going to have to restart the whole process and it’s going to be tough on them, too. As a hitter, I think it will only take a few weeks to get the hang of it.”

Guenther was the Big 12 Conference’s Newcomer of the Year in 2019 after hit-ting .345 with 10 homers and 43 RBIs and an outstanding OPS of 1.039 in his only season at TCU. Before that he played two seasons of junior college baseball at Sacra-mento Community College where he was named athlete of the year his sophomore season.

Guenther played baseball and basket-ball at Oshkosh West, receiving all-Fox Valley Association honors his senior year as a left-handed pitcher, first baseman and outfielder. Through proper weight train-ing and nutrition, the 6-foot-4, 230-pound Guenther has packed on about 50 pounds since high school which has given him power at the plate. He’s primarily a gap hitter but can deliver the long ball and he can run too.

“Jake’s looking good — he’s filled out pretty well since high school,” said West baseball coach Tony Gerharz, who had been working with Guenther at West be-fore the school’s shutdown.”

“It’s got to be disappointing for him and all athletes, whether they’re professionals or high school kids. When you’ve been training all winter for a specific sport and then it’s suddenly stopped, it’s difficult not only physically, but mentally. But Jake is upbeat about the season starting at some point.”

When that time comes, Guenther plans to be ready and build off his fine rookie season.

“This will be my first real year in pro ball, so I’m anxious to get it started,” he said. “But this is one of those things that no one’s experienced before, so you don’t know what’s going to happen. It might not be a full season, but I think we’ll get some type of season.”

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Lourdes senior George Muench re-cently announced that he will be playing college basketball at NCAA Division III Edgewood College in Madison.

Muench played in all 25 games this sea-son, averaging 8.2 points and was first on the team with 6.6 rebounds per game.


Terrence Joseph GintnerTerrence Joseph Gintner, born October

10, 1939 to Adeline (Grill) and Clarence Gintner, passed away on March 29, 2020

at Gabriel’s Villa in Oshkosh, WI, from complications due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Dad attended Bar-ber College in Green Bay, and began his ca-reer at Benny’s, then

with Mel Jensen, and finally with a man by the name of Wally Madsen. One thing led to another and in the mid ‘60s, dad became the sole owner of the barbershop on 17th and Ohio Street that he and Wally ran to-gether (There was a rumor that this was the best place to get bubble gum and candy in the neighborhood…). In 1973, dad took hairstyling training through the O’Rourke Company and brought my mom into the business, which now catered to both men and women, and so began His and Her Hair Designers. Dad also worked as a plat-form artist doing demonstrations around the state for other professionals in the hair industry. He also worked as a mock exam-iner for the Barbering Program at FVTI, and was a gifted and patient teacher to the people he worked with. He often said that he taught everyone what they knew, but not everything he knew…

He was a member of the Jaycees, the Southwest Rotary Club, and was active in the community, especially in the middle and high schools doing demonstrations on live student models with current hairstyle trends, and gave tips on caring for hair since blow dryers and curling irons had now be-come styling tools. He felt it was important to look good, because when you looked good you felt good, and when you felt good you did good… how many times did we

hear this, huh Kevin?Dad had a love of being outdoors, which

must have been the farmer in him. He com-pleted the Master Gardener program, and loved to play in the dirt, spending countless hours outside in the vegetable garden, or in his flower beds. He was the king of the grill, and we fondly remember dad start-ing the gas grill (since the ignition switch didn’t work) with a lit cigarette tossed into the grill with a big woosh. It’s a wonder we didn’t lose him to this antic, or that he never burned himself….

Dad had a huge talent with hair, but his Super Power was being a people person. No matter where he went, it seemed like he always ran into someone he knew. If he didn’t know you, he would still strike up a conversation with you, and chances are he found a person in common, and that made you instant friends by association. He truly had a gift to make friends no matter where he was, whether at Bemis, at Hardee’s, or with someone sitting in his barber chair, ev-eryone was a friend. That could be one rea-son why it seemed like he knew the whole city of Oshkosh…

After mom’s stroke in 2008, dad spent the next 10 years caring for her at home until her passing in 2018. It seemed that about 4 months after her passing, his body realized that it didn’t have to keep pushing and going as it had been… his COPD got to the point that it wasn’t safe for him to be out in the country, home alone, struggling with this disease, so he decided to move to Gabriel’s Villa. He made more friends, not only with the other residents, but also with the staff as well. It was funny how he would sit in the main living room area by the front door, not only as the unofficial greeter, but he could also keep a watchful eye on some of the staff, and would tease them about their comings and goings.

Kevin attended Happy Hour at the Villa with dad most Tuesdays, and he said that

someone had asked dad that if he could do anything in his life over again, would he do anything differently? He responded, “Not a damn thing. I loved the life I lived. No re-grets... no, not a damn thing.” Through all the good and bad times, it didn’t matter. This is Kevin’s favorite memory of dad. Oh...and the smell of perm solution...not!

As for me, Vicki, I will always remember dad with a twinkle in his eye, the guy who loved to hear and tell a good story or joke (another super power) and was the very best cheerleader any of us could have ever had. He was a guy short on stature (sorry dad, I just had to get that in one last time), but with a huge heart, and a great capacity to love us no matter what. We have been so very bless-ed with having this guy in our lives, as our dad, grandpa, and as our friend too.

All the players in our clan: Howard Gint-ner, dad’s younger and taller brother (dad would say he was the better looking one, just saying); Vicki Gintner and her gang, Stephanie, Jacob (Shelby Braun), and TJ (short for Terrence Joseph) Aronson; Kev-in (Kris) and their kids Michael (Danielle Mangiulli), Alec (Andrea) and great-grand-son Winston, Gintner, Sam and Liz Schae-fer; cousins Patti Frohrib and Marybeth Jackson; sister-in-law Janice Ott; nieces Jodie Garb, Kris Moon, and their families.

We would like to thank Ascension Hos-pice for the excellent care that dad was given.

Most of all, we would like to thank the staff at Gabriel’s Villa for the kind and com-passionate care that you gave dad, especial-ly during this difficult time. You all were wonderful in putting up with his teasing, and know that he loved you all for the kind and beautiful people that you are. It was evident at the end; he knew he had to let you say your goodbyes before he could go. It’s ok to miss him, and we thank you all for loving him and caring about him. You can consider yourselves a part of our family… if you want to be associated with this lively

and wacky bunch.There will be a celebration of life that

will be held once we can gather in a setting where we can have more than 10 people present and don’t have to maintain social distancing. The date will be August 22, 2020 at ZaRonis on Jackson Street in Os-hkosh, from 2:00-4:00. Our family’s plan is at 3:45 to have a toast in dad’s honor, with a shot of Kessler’s and a Bud Light chaser. Watch the Oshkosh Herald for any chang-es/updates. Thank you.

And Dad? Until we meet again… send-ing hugs wrapped up in love.

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Obituaries

Michael R. HogensonMichael “Hogie” R. Hogenson, age 61,

Oshkosh, died April 3, 2020, Konrad-Be-hlman Funeral Homes.

Julaine J. MatschiOn April 3, 2020 Julaine J. Matschi

passed away peacefully in her sleep. She is survived by her son James Matschi, his

wife Maria Toffano, her sisters Sharon Wil-liams, Pat Hanneman, and many nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her husband John Mats-chi, brother Herman Knoblock Jr, and her

sister Yvonne Fiel. During her career of over 30 years as

a nurse at Mercy Hospital and Bethal Home, she helped heal many people, and touched the lives of a lot of people; espe-cially her good friends June Wiechman, Renee Schweitzer, and Tina Schulte. Ju-laine was a very religious person, a won-derful mother, and a good friend. She will be missed.

Listen to 106.3Wednesday morning at 8:35am asJosh Dukelow and Karen Schneider

discuss local Headlines from the

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Defense wins contract to modernize Army fleetsOshkosh Defense has been awarded de-

livery orders totaling $346.4 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to modernize vehicles in the Army and Army Reserve’s Heavy Tactical Vehicle (FHTV) fleets.

Oshkosh will recapitalize Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) and Palletized Load System (PLS) trucks as well as manufacture new PLS trailers. The FHTV fleet is designed to accommodate many mission packages, allowing it to support operations on the battlefield.

“Whether they’re hauling rocket launch-ers and missile defense systems, or trans-porting mission-critical equipment, the HEMTT and the PLS will continue to be an integral part of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve heavy vehicle fleets for years to come,” said Pat Williams, vice president and general manager of U.S. Army and Ma-

rine Corps programs for Oshkosh Defense, an Oshkosh Corp. company.

“As the military pivots its focus to near-peer adversaries, they can be confident that the FHTV fleet will continue to serve as a key enabler for combat missions.”

Recapitalized vehicles are rebuilt with

new technology and safety upgrades and returned to field operations with the same warranty and life cycle of a new vehicle.


Easter ScientistIf you were a scientist and could

invent something to help the Easter Bunny, what woud it be?

Explain how it would work.

Standards Link: Vocabulary: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly.Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate

sums and differences.

The Bunny Buddies have hidden marshmallow chickies all over this page. How many can you �nd in two minutes?

Now have your buddy try. Who found the most?

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Scrambled Easter EggsLook through the newspaper for letters that spell “Easter Eggs.” Cut them out. With your buddy,

take turns mixing up the letters and spelling a new word. A player gets

one point for each letter used.Standards Link: Spelling: Recognize

common spelling patterns.

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Each of the Bunny Buddies below has at least one look-alike, except for one. Can you find the unique bunny?

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

“This can’t be right,” said Baxter Bunny as he

looked at his garden. Instead of a row of carrots,

there were ___________ __________ sprouting

from the _______ . He used a _________ to dig into

the _________ .

Bobbi Bunny saw her brother carrying a ________

basket of _________ . “________ !” she cried.

“How will we make __________ stew for dinner

with nothing but __________ ___________ ?”

Baxter said, “Don’t worry, Sis. I have a

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“Buy one __________ , get a ___________ FREE!”

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spread. Baxter and Bobbi soon had enough money

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“Who knew there was a market for ____________

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Have a buddy give you each type of word to �ll in the blanks. Then, read the story aloud for lots of laughs!

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