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Public comment paused on creek cleanup plan

A strikeout baseball players

can live with

156th county fair comes to a close

By Denise SeyferNews Graphic Staff

CEDARBURG — The U.S.Environmental ProtectionAgency last Wednesdayabruptly halted the publiccomment period for theCedar Creek cleanup effort,creating frustration for cityofficials and for many resi-

dents.Mercury Marine offi-

cials received word of thestoppage Wednesdayaround 4:10 p.m., when theEPA notified the companythere were some concernsthat needed further exami-nation, said formerMercury Marine SafetyDirector Tom

Baumgartner.“This afternoon we

received a note from theEPA that said, ‘No we aren’tgoing to have this publiccomment period now. Weare delaying it. There iswork that still has to bedone by the agency. We willlet you know,’” he said.

EPA RemediationProject Manager ScottHansen said Monday thatthe public comment periodand meeting will bechanged, but that they don’t

know to when, adding thatinternal briefings still needto occur.

Subsequently, MercuryMarine’s Cedar Creek proj-ect team was preparing tohost a local question-and-answer open house to gaugeresidents’ concerns and pro-vide more information onthe creek ’s cleanup plans inthe coming weeks, accordingto the company. It is nowindefinitely on hold.

Photos by Mark Justesen

Fun came in all shapes and sizes at the Ozaukee CountyFair, which ran last Wednesday through Sunday. Attendeesenjoyed everything from the Marshall Tucker Band totractor pulls to rides that go around and upside down.Above, a child braves the bungee jump offered near thechildren’s amusement rides. Right, Peyton Rychtik ofPort Washington is pictured with her cow, which won thegrand champion dairy beef competition. Neuens FredoniaLumber purchased the 1,520-pound animal.

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Mequon’s Alan Schoenwetter is pictured with Bernie Brewerat last Thursday’s game against the Chicago Cubs.Schoenwetter threw out the first pitch at the game.

By Craig McCarthyNews Graphic Correspondent

MEQUON — Cedarburg native and current Mequonresident Alan Schoenwetter will always remember July9, 2011. As he put it, that’s the day he survived his stroke,but not before losing complete use of the left side of hisbody.

“I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t talk, I couldn’t swallow,”Schoenwetter said.

Fast forward to last Thursday. It was on that night thatthe 60-year-old threw out the first pitch at the MilwaukeeBrewers game as part of Major League Baseball and theNational Stroke Association’s “Strike out Stroke” cam-paign.

“It’s probably the most exciting moment of my life,”Schoenwetter said.

He was honored at a packed Miller Park along withthree other stroke survivors from Wisconsin as their sto-ries were shared with fans prior to the game.

Schoenwetter was nominated for the recognition bynurses and doctors at Columbia St. Mary’s Sacred HeartRehabilitation Center on Milwaukee’s East Side. It wasthere that Schoenwetter spent six months doing exten-sive outpatient rehabilitation after his stroke.

“It was the hardest work I ever did. The most reward-ing, but the hardest work I’ve ever done in my life,” he said.

After his rehab,Schoenwetter decided to vol-unteer and immerse himselfin the Stroke EductionGroup at Sacred Heart andeven started a stroke educa-tion program to bring aboutawareness. To this day hecontinues to work withpatients and families.

“If you’re aware of strokeand how to make sure you’rehandling your life, you willalso solve other issues likeheart attack,” he said.

Schoenwetter said it’s

Mequon man becomes part of MLB stroke prevention campaign

See PITCH, Page A7

“I couldn’twalk, I couldn’ttalk, I couldn’t

swallow.”— Alan Schoenwetter

Mequon stroke victim

Cleanup options for Cedar Creek start at $21 million

See CREEK, Page A7

Developer drops plans forThiensville apartments

By Gary AchterbergNews Graphic Staff

THIENSVILLE — Plans to build a 44-unit apartment project on the site of theold M&I Bank in downtown Thiensvillehave been scrapped.

Developer David Hoff told VillagePresident Van Mobley in a letter last weekthat he and his firm “decided to discontin-ue our redevelopment plans” for the long-vacant property at Green Bay Road andRiverview Drive.

“This is personally and professionallydisappointing to me and my wife Patricia,who would have been my partner in thisproject,” Hoff wrote. “Our goal is to findlocations where our efforts are welcomedby the municipality and its constituents.”

A standing-room-only crowd of resi-dents, many neighbors along RiverviewDrive, opposed the project during a publichearing July 21. They argued that the $6.5million project was too big for the 1.55-acre bank site, which has been vacantsince 2007.

Many who spoke at Village Hall saidthey admired the condominiums Hoffdeveloped on the old shoe factory site

Resident discontent behind the decision

See SCRAPPED, Page A7

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