Evansville Observer

Mailbag: I and E Club; Wednesday, Dec 9; Special fun all invited

2009-11-25T19:33:00.000-06:00

Evansville Area Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club (I & E Club)
Please Join Us for Our December Holiday Bash!
Wednesday, December 9, 6:30 pm
For our December meeting, we will be having an invention activity/contest. We will divide into groups, and each group will have a number of random items to create an invention. In addition to this fun invention activity, we will have plenty of food and refreshments and ample time for networking and sharing ideas. Please bring an item/object that might not be useful by itself, but if you are creative and add a few more "items" you might come up with the next latest, greatest invention. Note that your “item” will go home with you at the end of the meeting.
The Club will provide food and beverage. Please feel free to bring an appetizer or dessert to pass.
Come share resources, exchange ideas, and be mentored. The club welcomes not just inventors and entrepreneurs, but also established businesses, new businesses, and investors. Everyone, of all ages is welcome! Keep in mind that invention is more than just creating new gizmos, it is innovation too. It can be creating a new service, process, concept, mind-set, message, or strategy which is better than the existing alternatives. You never know who you might meet and what you might learn!
We Meet on the Second Wednesday of Every Month @ 6:30-8:30 PM
Location: Eager Economy Building
7 East Main Street
Evansville, WI 53536
(brick building, lower level)
For more information contact:
John Gishnock

Plan Commission to meet Tuesday to approve duplex at 204 W Main with CUP

2009-11-25T19:28:00.000-06:00

(Ed.note: This is the staff report that goes with the agenda for the meeting on Tuesday.)

Description of Request: The applicant has applied for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for use of an
existing residential property for a twofamily
residence . There are a number of twofamily
residences in
the surrounding blocks. The residence at 204 W. Main Appears to have previously been used as a twofamily
residence
Zoning: The property is currently zoned R2
Residential District, which allows twofamily
residences as
a conditional use.
Parking: Section 130321
requires 3 parking stalls for single family and two family dwelling units. The
property has two parking stalls within the existing garage and two stalls on the driveway apron. Section
Staff Report – Conditional Use Permit
204 W. Main Street
Page 2
130321
allows waivers of the parking requirements. Staff recommends granting a waiver of the
requirement for three stalls per unit and allowing the proposed use with the four existing parking stalls.
Recommended Motion: The Plan Commission approves a CUP for a twofamily
residence at 204 W.
Main Street and the waiver of the requirement for three parking stalls per unit.

NYT: Housing--a new dip coming?

2009-11-25T08:06:00.000-06:00

Click on the post for an article form the New York Times.

Plan Commisison Meets next Tuesday

2009-11-25T07:54:00.000-06:00

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StarTribune: Minn drivers told to park cars till air quality improves

2009-11-23T19:52:00.000-06:00

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Public Works Meets Tomorrow Night----

2009-11-23T18:01:00.002-06:00

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Gazette; Janesville Schools plan for possible school closure

2009-11-23T05:44:00.002-06:00

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WSJ: The Overture Center may cost taxpayers money soon

2009-11-22T19:15:00.002-06:00

Click on the post for the latest in the Wisconsin State Journal.

Gazette; Changes for Brodhead Businesses

2009-11-22T19:12:00.002-06:00

Check out the latest from Gina Duwe in the Gazette. Click on the post.

StarTribune: "The Tweet before Christmas.....

2009-11-22T18:53:00.000-06:00

Click on the post for the full story. Twitter has a role in many retailers marketing plan this Christmas.

Blogs; Mayor Dave's Dream: Every town like Potosi--but so many brewery museums?

2009-11-22T14:08:00.000-06:00

Click on the post for the latest. If you build a place revering booze...they will come.

Gazette; 11% Home mortgages in foreclosure or past due

2009-11-21T07:55:00.000-06:00

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Summary

2009-11-20T08:57:00.001-06:00

(Ed.note: I found this little note rolled up and inserted in a Mountain Dew bottle and in the gutter near the local park. I have dried it out and printed it without editing.)

Facing Crisis
Responding
Nation
Extending Eternal
War
States
Rigging Budgets
Pleading for Bailout
Failing to
Cut
Cities
Raising Taxes
Building
Libraries..TIF Projects
Ice Arenas
Preening, Proud
Politicians
reveling in stimulus
Debt Dreams
Citizens
in
Foreclosure and
Debt
Dispair

Seeking Alpha: Bear Corner or Reality Corner?

2009-11-20T08:47:00.000-06:00

Click on the post for a summary of where we are in the market recovery.

OpEd: CapTimes: No Rubber Stamp for Edgewater please---

2009-11-19T07:34:00.000-06:00

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Drug Makers Raising Prices Before Reform - NYTimes.com

2009-11-17T19:13:00.000-06:00

Drug Makers Raising Prices Before Reform - NYTimes.com

Video: The Geography of the Recession---a must watch

2009-11-17T18:34:00.002-06:00

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Administration widening pursuit of financial fraud - Yahoo! Finance

2009-11-17T17:54:00.000-06:00

Administration widening pursuit of financial fraud - Yahoo! Finance

Journal Sentinal: Milwaukee County Executive Walker makes Cuts---to hold levy even

2009-11-17T16:55:00.000-06:00

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NYDailyNews: Roubini: Roubini calls for bold policy; Worst to come; Does not specify actions he recommends

2009-11-17T14:05:00.000-06:00

Click on the post for the article today.

Wind Corner: "Mafia Tied to Wind Fraud in Italy"----

2009-11-17T13:14:00.000-06:00

Click on the post for the article today.

One of the key ways folks can determine if a project might just be plagued with fraud, is that the project pays off in about 60+ years if one applies the net revenue to the purchase price....when the project has a life cycle of twenty years. Make a note of it.

StarTrib: Minn: Northstar Commuter Debut mostly flawless---solid ridership

2009-11-17T09:48:00.000-06:00

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Audio: Nostalgia: Indian Chants: The Mercury Conference

2009-11-16T20:30:00.002-06:00

Audio: Classic Chants of the Indians from Northern Minnesota; prayer for peace; pure water and respect for nature; Do you remember what year the children from Evansville participated in this conference??

MP3 File

Audio: Evansville School Board: 11/9/2009

2009-11-16T20:10:00.002-06:00

Audio; Evansville School Board: 11/9/2009; Votes 4-3 NOT to purchase house on 2nd Street. Beginning at minute 30 to the end of the discussion, classic dialogue on the issue.

Mr. Hatfield explains that the School Board is in the business of education, not flipping real estate...And further that one cannot raise the fund balance by buying an asset and then burning it----the school accountant differed, and was instructed of the erroneous thinking. This is a classic discussion for all students in accounting.

Melissa Hammann weighed in on the issue and said the School Board has decided that nothing will be built till the debt on the High School is paid for in 2021.

Classic audio beginning at the 30 minute mark. Enjoy.

MP3 File

Dateline Normal, Mn.: "Normal, Mn. Schedules H1N1 Flu Clinic for 2015"---FICTION

2009-11-15T18:09:00.000-06:00

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