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Heating & Cooling FURNACE ✓UPS Like us on Facebook GAS $49.95 OIL $89.95 GAS BOILER $89.95 Search for us at www.facebook.com STEVE "THE HOMER" TRUE Jim Harbaugh has been quite special Page 11 SF coach has had success wherever he's gone MARK BELLING Tarantino's comments are telling Page 9 Candidate either lying or has grounds for lawsuit CROSSWORD – PAGE 18 SCHLECHT NAMED CITIZEN OF THE YEAR – PAGE 6 FEBRUARY 1, 2013 MILWAUKEE COUNTY'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 24 HOUR SERVICE 414-321-9090 414-546-3303 pureairheatingandcooling.com Lawmakers gather to hear concerns over issues during town hall meeting Session covers broad range of topics By JAMIE TRUDELL Special to The Post MILWAUKEE – State Sen. Chris Larson, state Rep. Jon Richards and Christine Sinicki, along with Milwaukee Alderman Tony Zielinski, hosted a town hall meeting in the Bay View neighborhood Jan. 25 to discuss issues on the minds of their constituents. This was part of a series of town hall meetings that Larson hosted in the cities his district serves. The 90-minute event covered a broad range of topics, including the frac sand mining, drunken driving, gun control, health care and education. A crowd of about Laouctaitfeudal on be campus with 11 acres of green space near Lake Michigan, the parents, staff and students of Divine Mercy Catholic School, 695 College Avenue, South Milwaukee, are committed to making the school a safe, secure and caring place for all children. The philosophy of the school is to provide a Christian community in which Christian values are developed and work to enable each child to reach his or her full potential through parent cooperation between parents and the school. The school will work to foster selfdiscipline, cultivate respect and cooperation with all people touching one's daily life and provide a positive learning environment. Divine Mercy's curriculum emphasizes the mastery of skills, creative inquiry and expression, and the integration 20 people gathered at the Beulah Brinton Community Center. While at times the meeting devolved into little more than Republican Party bashing, the lawmakers had plenty on their plates by the end of the meeting to take with them back to Madison. Zielinski, who had to leave early after a brief introduction due to a scheduling conflict, opened the meeting by addressing its purpose: "We're here to complain about (Governor Scott) Walker's budget and the disasters it has created for cities like Milwaukee," he said. "It's like Walker has a personal dislike for Milwaukee, and he's doing everything he can while he can to of Christian values with daily life. In addition to a core curriculum, the school offers education programming designed to promote child growth and development and includes specialty courses in Art, Music, Physical Education, Computer Technology, Spanish, ageappropriate Health and D.A.R.E and fire safety. Divine Mercy Catholic School offers daily hot lunches, an updated computer lab featuring iPads, a competitive sports program, Scouting, and supports an active student council. An Early Childhood preschool, and Before- and After-School care is available, the school offers affordable tuition with financial assistance and is enrolled in the Milwaukee School Choice . For more information call 764-4360, or visit them at www.divinemercysm.org. 230130218 Larson Richards destroy us." Zielinski elaborated on what he deemed to be Walker's "anti-Milwaukee initiatives," See LAWMAKERS on Page 7 DID YOU KNOW? • It takes the earth one day to complete one spin on its axis. The time it takes the earth to complete one trip around the sun is a year. But these units of time don't divide evenly, resulting in our calendar year being 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and a little over 45 seconds long. Every four years, the extra hours and minutes are fit into an extra day as part of leap year. For more facts, visit www.didyouknow.org. Local news at your fingertips Visit www.gmtoday.com

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