After World War II, my dad started raising some chickens in our yard.  Our neighbor, Ernie Steinbrenner, had a chicken coop in his yard and advised my dad. As kids, we used to play with these chickens. One day, my dad took them to Ernie to slaughter them.  When we ate chicken afterwards, we felt bad because we knew these chickens.

  If our shoes needed repairs, we would visit "Uncle Heinz" Lingen, who lived in my grandparents old house and used the old store building for repairing shoes. He and my aunt and uncle, Ruth and Bill Arnet, had swapped buildings to live in. This gave me a chance to visit the building where my grandfather had a grocery store. The Lingen family was always very kind to us.

  My dad used to visit Schwalbach's grocery store to buy groceries. During the war, the small grocery stores were the lifeblood of the families in the area. You could charge your groceries and pay for them when you got paid from work.

  In 1953, I believe, we had a major thunder storm or cyclone that struck the south shore area of Milwaukee County. Many huge trees were uprooted and laid across the streets. Many power lines were down live on the streets. My dad and I took a two man saw and cut wood for our coal furnace. They did not have chainsaws then. The live power lines lay on our street for almost two weeks. One day, when Emil Novak came to show us his new squad car and to get some homemade rhubarb pie, he saw the live wires. He called the fire department and the electric power company to solve this problem.  Emil had been a neighbor of ours who worked at the 2nd District Police Station. Even though he no longer lived by us, he always remained a friend of the family. That was the longest that we ever went without power.

  Although our neighbors were of many nationalities, it did not matter. We were all like one family then. You would have had to be living in that time period to understand some of this. I have fun when I think back to the old days when I was just a kid.

 The street that we lived on, E. Seeley Street, was a dead end street. We had an alley that ended right at our back yard. Years ago, Mr. Lemandowski had a small farm thet went from E. Pryor Ave. to E. Seeley St. He grew corn near our house. There was a short alley on his property between the two streets and a small garage. He never trusted us kids and had a shotgun full of rock salt if we went into his fields. Another neighbor used Mr. Lemandowski's small garage to raise chickens.  After Mr. Lemandowski died, he was killed in a hit and run accident in front of his house, we used part of his farm field to grow some crops. We also set up a horseshoe court to use. Later on, Louie Gardetto, a mailman of ours bought the vacant field. He sold part of it to his relative Frank Graziano, who built a house on the land, next to our house where we had our horseshoe court.

  In later years, Lynn Graziano purchased and razed our old house because it had become a nuisance to the neighborhood. Many memories were tied up in that house. When the old house had a fire inside, I had the chance to look at the burned material outside of it.  I found square nails from when the house had been originally built. You can lose the building, but not the memories of the past. Maybe somebody can tell me stories of their past memories.

  The Milwaukee County Transit Company and Milwaukee County Board has complanied that there has been a decline in ridership on buses. Have they ever noticed that a large amount of people are jobless now. If they can't go to work, then why should they ride a bus?  If more jobs were created in Milwaukee County, everything could return to normal. This take the efforts of our business community and government combined to help create some jobs. The more workers there are, then the more tax money is available to run our government. If S.W. had not laid off so many county workers, then more people could ride the buses. A good bus service is needed to keep Milwaukee County alive and active.  We need more than just minimum wage jobs as S.W. would offer the people if elected governor. We also need some benefits for the workers. In Milwaukee we have an abundance of highly skilled workers, but no jobs are available for them. We need more jobs to create a better work and living environment here. Create more jobs and more problems will be solved.  Mayor Dan Hoan knew how to handle this problem, but no current politicians seem to have the knack to be that creative in a crisis situation.

  When we went to high school, Gregg's Shorthand was taught to those who wanted to become a secretary, office worker or court reporter. This was the accepted way of shortening sentences to be used in a letter copied from shorthand notes. This universal style of note taking has been accepted for use for many years. Now we have dictaphones, tape recorders,and memo savers to store these notes. The art and skill of shorthand almost seems to be lost in time. Court reporters still use a form of shorthand during trials and legal sessions.

 When you are reading facebook sayings, a crazy form of shorthand is being used. Mispelled words, indiviual letters representing words and letter codes that have mutiple meanings. One such term, "LOL" is used a lot. It could mean: "laugh out loud", "lots of laughs", "lots of luck", "laid out lady" or "laid out lad" or any such thing with those three letter headings. You must be able to understand the author to understand the meaning of his/her phrases. I have seen vularities expressed in phrases.

 One can only wonder how these writers can communicate with others. It is like speaking in a coded language. No disrespect meant, but where did people learn these odd words and letters. It is better to educate the whole man or woman so they can freely talk and be understood by others. Communications demonstrate our intelligence. If a person has many great gifts or talents, how can they communicte  their ideas to others so they can understand them. If a person can share their ideas with others, then they can work together to solve any problem. When you write on facebook, please make it possible for others to be able to understand what you are saying. Communication with others is the key to all civilizations.

  Our parks need a lot of help. Two-thirds of the park staff has been laid off by Milwaukee County. When the park staff has to maintain about 12 parks, how can they possibly do a good job when two-thirds of their staff is missing. We have a wonderful park chief working at Humboldt Park. Cliff is a very hard worker and always does his best to take care of people's needs in the park. Can you imagine how he feels, when he can't do a complete job of maintaining  all of his parks?  It takes a good staff of workers to do a good job with the parks. Within a short time, the parks will look like abandoned graveyards. Don't blame Cliff. He can only do so much with the small staff that he has to work with. Please contact your local politicians to ask for more funding to keep our parks viable and alive for people to use. If nothing else, get a chain gang to help clean up and maintain the parks. It's too bad that Tom Ament never got charged for his involvement in the County Pension Scandal. He would be ideal as a member of a chain gang doing this kind of work.

  We have an election coming up very soon. If our present politicians are not doing their job, then replace them with somebody who will do the job for us. If any politician is still unwilling to help us, then recall them from office. We need help now. A sales tax was approved by the people in a referendum vote to save our parks and transit system. What ever happened to that sales tax? SW is promising new jobs if he gets voted in as governor of Wisconsin.  Remember, McDonalds will have the jobs open then. These are the type of jobs that he is promising us. Low pay jobs with no benefits will be the only jobs offered to us by him. Mayor Dan Hoan did a marvelous job of protecting Milwaukee during the Great Depression of 1929. It's too bad that we don't have any more elected officials like him alive today. Please vote for the person who you think will do the best job for us, the people. It is our time to take action. Please vote in the next election.

  Since the Milwaukee Common Council has refused to restore cutbacks to the Milwaukee Fire Department, the MFD should make a note of the name and address of each alderman who refused to restore needed funds. When the first call for help comes in for these individuals, send the equipment from the farthest location to help them. Since they won't support you, you should give them the kind of service that they deserve. If the Mayor also opposes restoring needed funding, then add him to that list. If they can't support you, then you should not have to be in any hurry to help them. Treat them as they treat you. They will get service, but it does not have to be the fastest service. For helping them, you will not need flashing lights or siren. They can wait as you have to wait for them to help you. I feel that this is fair play for these politicians. Give them what they deserve but no mooning is necessary. Protect yourselves as they won't protect you. Please support our Milwaukee Fire Department and give them thanks for the great job that they are doing in spite of funding cuts by city hall.

  In Genesis 6:4-7, "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.  The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all of the time. The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the Lord said, " I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth--men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air--for I am grieved that I have made them," But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord."

  One day, when I was watching the "Naked Archeologist" on television, I heard a statement that I had never heard before. The meaning of the word "Nephilim" had a different meaning in the old Hebrew script. One meaning was the men without souls and the other was men different from us. It seems that Neanderthal men were living in northern Israel at one time.  Modern people were living in southern Israel. It could be that the Neanderthal people were trying to mate with modern people. Archeologists have found bones in caves in northern Israel with characteristics of both Neanderhtal and modern people. This proves that in at least one proven case, that the two types of people did attempt to mate.

   If I had not seen that show of the "Naked Archeologist", I would never had known that some old Hebrew words had other meanings than we knew of. In reading a book on the Dead Sea Scrolls, I have found that the Hebrew language changed over time. Sometimes a scribe would use his own dialect in rewriting the Scriptures. The comparison with the Dead Sea Scrolls with more modern texts have shown minor changes in them.  Old Hebrew was more of a spoken language that a written one. Vowels as we know them were missing from their writings. This led to a guessing game to translate the old texts. Other old languages would appear in these old texts.

  When a scribe would copy an old book, he also had an oral tradition to guide him in translating and correcting any errors. It is amazing to find complete copies of the Book of Isaiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

When a scribe finished copying an old book, he would place the original copy into storage or destroy the old copy. Therefore we will never know the true age of the writings on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Over the centuries, many copies were made of the Scriptures.  When the copies were worn out or had errors in them, they would be copied again to keep the knowledge fresh for the believers. An old oral tradition was also carried on in writing of the Scriptures. Now today, we don't have that old oral tradition, and we do our best to interpret the meanings of the Scriptures.

  My questions consist of finding out about the true meaning of "Nephilim" and is it possible that the Bible speaks of the meeting of the Neanderthal and modern people at one time. Please give me an honest opinion of this line of thought process.

  For many years I have reading up on history, archaeology, biblical archaeology, anthropology and other similar subject matter. If you feel that you could have an answer on this situation, please contact me. This is only an educated guess as to what happened in the distant past.

  Now that it is Lent season, most of us have fish fry dinners on Friday.  When you leave Milwaukee or Wisconsin, it is harder to find a restaurant that serves fish fry dinners.  I know of many places in the area that serve great ones. Some churches hold fish fry dinners on Fridays. Where you get your fish fry is up to you. You have to choose the style and type of fish that you want and how you want it served. Smelt are usually in season during Lent. If you make your own fish fry dinner, you can save some money. If you don't like to eat sea food, then macaroni and cheese is an excellent dish to serve. Tuna casserole, salmon casserole, shrimp salad, sea food salad are other options for dinners. While you are eating your meal, think of our Savior and what He has done for us. You should thank Him. Some churches offer services on Wednesday nights during Lent to remind us of the Passion of our Lord. No matter what you do, the choice as to what to do is up to you. Enjoy fish fry dinners throughout the year. Fish is good for your heart. Please support the Bay View community.

  When I was a child. I used to help build snow forts that we used to play in. My dad liked to make three openings out to the street to walk through. The paths had to be wide enough for two people to walk on. The reason for these three paths was so that at least one opening would be available to use at all times and not be blocked by parked cars. We built our snow forts close by these openings. As I got older, I continued to make these openings until my wife and I moved to our condo. At one house where we lived, the man next door, now deceased, would need help walking through one opening to his house while he used two canes to navigate with. We always would have at least one opening guarenteed for walking through with groceries.

 My dad built a small snow plow out of 2" x 8"x 3'  lumber in the shape of the letter "A".  We as children would use this plow to clear a path out in the back to the ash box. While it never hit the bottom of the snow, it was wide enough to permit walking on with short boots on. We tied a rope to the front of this snow plow and towed it where we wanted to go.

 In my early years, the garbage men used to come in horse drawn wagons to shovel out the garbage, ashes and tin cans. We were required to build concrete ash boxes for the garbage to be stored in. Ashes and clinkers from the coal furnace made a solid path near the alley. It acted like a concrete surface. My dad would bury some of our garbage in the back yard for compost and to have fishing worms.

 During the war years, we had a victory garden in our back yard. My dad used to plant vegetables to eat. When they were ripe, my dad used to make home made beef vegetable soup and added fresh beef bones from the butcher to the soup. As kids, we had to weed the garden. We loved eating fresh peas, beans, carrots, kohlrabi, cabbage and tomatoes from the garden. Some times, we and our friends would raid othe people's  gardens. We loved getting kohlrabi and apples to eat while playing outdoors.

 My dad had a green thumb and could grow almost anything. He would also plant a garden at his parent's home at the Manke Greenhouses in North Milwaukee. He would go the garage and obtain fresh pigeon manure to use as fertilizer in our garden. He grew up in the greenhouse business with his family.

 We had some plum trees that would produce very few plums. My dad added a rusty nail to the trunk of the trees, and afterwards, we needed clothes props to hold up the branches due to too many plums on them. We had a large tree stump, almost 3 ft in diagonal length and about 2 ft high.  It was located very close to the house.  My dad drilled holes into the stump and filled them with rock salt. After a few weeks, he took an ax and eliminated the stump. The salt dried out the wood so that using an ax would be easy work. Every spring, my dad would let the grass grow until it produced seed on it. He would then mow the grass without raking it up. This way the old grass was renewed and could handle the wear and tear of us 6 kids and our friends. On a tree in our back yard, he built a swing for us to use. He used to store hard wood under the front porch for later use in house repairs. He and his dad rebuilt both our back porch and front porch one year. One day these 2 men decide to get rid of a black hornet nest located in front of our house on a peak. They climbed a ladder and tried to use a lit torch to burn out this hornets nest. I never saw 2 men running so fast with a huge swarm of black hornets chasing them.

 One day as we got older, some of my sisters and their friends decided to go on top of the kitchen roof. When my mother found out, she took down their ladder and got a baseball bat. She then replaced the ladder and as each kid came down the ladder, they received a swat on their butt from her with the bat. One day, a wedding party that had one of my sisters in it, went inside our house to visit my parents right after the wedding. Some people, possibly some of my sisters and their friends, let the air out of the tires of the wedding party.  My dad had to go out and use a hand air pump to fill the tires with enough air to drive a few blocks to the Clark Oil Station and get air inside of their tires. My dad became very angry, and we never did find out who was all involved in this incident. This was life as we knew it as kids.

 How was your life when you were a child?  I would love to read about other's stories of when they were kids.

  On Sunday, March 21st, we will be having Easter with the Easter Bunny, from 9:30 am to 12 noon at the Beulah Brinton Community Center, located at 2555 S. Bay Street in Bay View.

                                       BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNY

                                             Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010

                                                 Time: 9:30 am to 12 noon

                                                  Cost: Adults  $ 4.00   Children $ 3.00

                                                      Children 2 and under free

                           Breakfast includes:  Pancakes, sausages, applesauce,

                           Includes choice of beverage:  Orange Juice, Coffee or Milk

                                          Framed pictures with the Easter Bunny

                                          Free games for the children to play

                                         TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR !

                                     If you have any questions, please call Penny at 414-304-5039

                                 SPONSORED BY THE POLISH WOMEN'S ALLIANCE COUNCIL 1

                                              TO BENEFIT THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

                                                           HAPPY  EASTER TO EVERYONE !

  On Wednesday, March 3rd, we will hold our March meeting of the Humboldt Park 4th of July Association at 7 pm in the park pavilion. All interested people are invited to attend. The park pavilion is located on S. Pine Ave., just north of E. Oklahoma Ave.

  This year is our centennial year of activity. We began in 1910 as the Safe and Sane 4th Association in Humboldt Park. Too many accidents were happening to people due to misuse of fireworks. Blindness and loss of limbs were common.  The people of Bay View decided to do something about this. They set up a full day of activities for the entire family to participate in. The day was to be concluded with a professional fireworks display for all to enjoy. The safety of the family was the reason for organizing.

  Due to the immediate success of the Humboldt Park celebration, in 1911,  the City of Milwaukee decided to form the Milwaukee 4th of July Commission and spread these activities to other parks in Milwaukee.  The city provided much of the money needed to fund this celebration. During the years, the city kept paying the same amount to the park associations, despite no cost of living increase. In recent years, city hall has greatly reduced our funding to a very small amount. They also raised the cost of ice cream, flags and other needs of our organizations.  Without donations of local sponsors, we would be unable to continue to provide these activities.

  Because City Hall, the Mayor and the Common Council see no reason to continue our celebration of Independence Day due to its cost, we are threatened with loss of current funds. The next thing to go will be the flags and ice cream for the children. City hall will no longer give us enough funding that we need to continue to operate. I hope that local sponsors will help us in our time of need.

  Because this is special, being our centennial year, we would like to have a larger celebration than usual. To do this, we need more sponsors and volunteers to help us out. It takes many volunteers to plan and do these activities. Please consider becoming a volunteer this year. You can do as much or as little that you can provide. We need your support for the Humboldt Park 4th of July Association.

 Please visit our web site at: www.humboldtpark4thofjulyassociation.org.  If you have any questions, please call Penny at: 414-304-5039.

Good Day to all,

  Just a reminder that the Winter Blast  Event hosted by the Bay View Neighborhood Association is  on Sunday,  February 21st, from 1 - 4 pm. Here is the link:  http://www.bayviewneighborhood.org/winter-blast/.   Looks like great fun, food and merriment to shake the grip of winter.

  Also... a reminder about our Humboldt Park Watch meeting this Tuesday, the 23rd, at 7 pm in the park pavilion. Many important topics are in need of our attention.

  Hope to see you all there.

 Julie Zettel

Humboldt Park Watch

 It would be nice to be able to have high speed rail to Madison and to Minneapolis. After going through security at the airport, rail would make a great alternative to flying. People who commute between Milwaukee and its western suburbs will find rail to be economic and time saving over have to drive the same distance. The KRM would also be nice to have between southern areas and Milwaukee. It would be a movement towards greener Milwaukee. Less auto emissions, less highway wear and tear, and less fuel used would greatly help us in our daily lives.  In Europe, the rail is used very often and cars less often. A good mass transit system is a blessing to any community.

 It would make traveling to Minneapolis to visit my son and his family much easier. As you get older, driving becomes more difficult. A good rail alternative to flying would be greatly appreciated. You will be able to relax while you travel. Train seats are more comfortable than airplane seats. This is one good reason why we should copy Europe in their mass transit efforts. Less  use of the automobile will promote cleaner air and less gasolene use. Please consider high speed rail for us.

  Due to a major snow storm, the meeting of the Humboldt Park Watch was been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 23, at 7 pm in the Humboldt Park Pavilion located on S. Pine Ave., just north of E. Oklahoma Ave. in Bay View.  Planning for the Easter Egg Hunt will be conducted at this meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend. Ruth Simos is park watch captain.

  Chocolates and flowers are  gifts that we like to give to those we love on St. Valentine Day. This is a day to honor those people that we really care about. Family and close friends benefit from these gifts. This is a way to say thank you to those who care about you. Love is more than just words. You can show love by your actions and deeds also. Love is intimate between two people. Family love is very important to your mate and children. Live a life of love and hope and share all with your family. Have a Happy St. Valentine Day.

  In 1962, I had a very unusual summer. I was active in the YWCA Terpschichorean Club and enjoying life to it fullest. The club had dances, parties, picnics and other coed activities for interested people. Henry W. Altstadt was the founder and director of the club. He taught dance classes at the downtown YWCA located then at 610 N. Jackson Street. All club activities were coed and had members take turn planning and organizing each event. At least once, we went to the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. We played coed softball at Wilson Park on Sunday mornings. When a new member came along, it was common to place him or her into the kitchen until they loosened up and relaxed.  Afterwards, when the person was relaxed, they were placed into the middle of the activities going on. Everyone was made to feel at home.  No person was allowed to be abusive toward others.  Most activities were oriented toward singles and couples and were clean and wholesome.  It was like being at home away from home in spirit.  Many members were college students and dance class students.

 One Sunday, when we had club activities at Regner City Park in West Bend, Wi., I forgot that I had red hair and sensitive skin. We had softball games, tennis, swimming and other activities. It was so much fun, that I took off my shirt while playing these games.  After I got home, I noticed that I had sun burn over most of my body. When I took a bath, the bath water sizzled. The next day I went to work and visited the company nurse to see how bad my sun burn was. When she saw me, she exclaimed: " Ach, mein Gott im Himmel, was ist her los mit du"?  ( My God, what is the matter with you?)  I was immediately sent to the company doctor, given salve for the burns, and told to stay off my feet until the burns healed. It seems that I had gotten 2nd degree sun burn on much of my body. Well, if you play, you must pay.

 After I healed from my sun burn, I tried to get closer to my father. I went to help him do some things. He could lay 500 rools of sod by himself.  He knew how to plant trees and bushes. He was very gifted in hard work and the ability to be a great cook in the kitchen. His downfall was his stomach and bleeding ulcers. He and my mother raised six children, five girls and myself. He had a green thumb from working with his family in the Manke Greenhouses. He worked at Pabst Brewing Company for a living. He would take side jobs, laying sod, removing old coal furnaces and coal bins, planting trees and shrubs, and also selling Christmas Wreaths. Throughout his life, he always worked very hard.

 In September of 1962, I was reading a book in my apartment, when I found a note that was slipped under my door for me to read. It stated: "Call home. Your father is dead." My father was only 52 years old, and it was hard to picture him dying that young. He once told me about the story of the bridal wreath bush. He said that if it bloomed twice in one year, then its owner would die. His bridal wreath bush did bloom twice that year and he did die. He had made me promise that if anything ever happened to him, that I would take care of my mother.

 This was the end to my summer of 1962. As a warning to others, if your are fair skinned, do not expose yourself to too much sun. Enjoy the love of your parents while you still can. Someday they will no longer be with you. I hope that you will enjoy many wonderful joy filled summers with your family and friends.

  We have just had a major snow storm come through our area. How is your back after removing the snow from your driveway, sidewalk and steps?  A good cup of hot chocolate would help you now. Rub yourself in with Icey-Hot or some other balm, or better yet, let somebody else do it for you. Try to relax and think that winter is far from over. Now that football season is over, maybe rent a movie and watch it with your family. You could go outdoors with a sled or tobaggan and have some fun or go ice skating. You could help your family play some winter games or build a snowman together. This is a good time to hug your family and enjoy being together. There are plenty of things to do, so don't get bored. When spring comes, you will want to do some basketball hoops or play softball with your friends and/or family. Look forward to spring and keep your hopes up. Maybe this will be the last major snow storm of the season. Rest your back now. Please support the Bay View community.

  I wish to thank Mayor Tom Zepecki and City Hall of South Milwaukee for taking immediate action with the major water leak in the city. His quick actions prevented any further problems from occuring. It was great to see bottled water being passed out at city hall. This shows what a great city can do in a crisis.

 I think that the quick decisive actions of Mayor Tom Zepecki and South Milwaukee City Hall prevented panic from happening in the city. Donation of bottled water to help the residents was a blessing. We were constantly kept aware of what was going on by city hall. Nothing was hidden from the public. My compliments go to the great leadership of South Milwaukee.  Oak Creek also helped out in this time of need.

 Many thanks go to all of the people involved in the handling of this crisis.

 It is your responsibility to use the power of your vote in any election.  Chose the person that you think is most qualified for filling an elected position. Elections in the United States are possible thanks to our armed forces and government officials. A person is elected to serve us in government service. If you feel that the present elected official is not doing their job right, you have the right to elect somedody else to do their job. Elected positions are not to be taken for granted. Before any election, learn about all of the candidates for office. Be sure to vote for the one most qualified according to your studies. I am not going to tell you which political party to support. That is up to you. Please take the time to vote in the next election.

  When we had a major fire at the Pizza Man restaurant recently, due to the lack of staffing, firefighters from the suburbs had to be brought in to be on stand by in case of any other Milwaukee fire or medical emergency.

  What would happen if we would have two major fires in Milwaukee at the same time?  Would we have enough fire fighters to protect the City of Milwaukee then? If "brown-outs" and fire department staffing cuts continue, we will have very little protection for medical emergencies and for fires. If a person is having a heart attack, then emergency personnel must arrive within four minutes to keep the person alive. If we do not have an available fire truck due to brown-outs, then the time needed  to arrive at any house could be five minutes or longer. If the nearest fire truck is already at another emergency, then the next nearest fire truck would have to come from farther away and cost valuable time.

  What does Milwaukee gain by reducing its fire department staffing?  It loses its reputation as a fine city. Its insurance rates will go sky high.  More buildings will not have fire protection. The coroner will have many more customers than usual. In general, Milwaukee will no longer be a first class city. Its bonding rates will cost more. More collateral will needed to secure loans. At the rate that we going, we will be like Detroit, Michigan with all of its vacant buildings. Is this what we want in Milwaukee?

  If your local politician does not attempt to restore the staffing for the fire department, then use the upcoming election to replace them. If they are not up for election, then recall them from office. Your life could be in jeopardy  if nothing is done about this problem. You are the voter. You choose who will support your opinions in office. Do not forget to vote in the next election. If nothing is done, then we could have a clean sweep of political candidates in office. Please support your Milwaukee Fire Department.

 On Tuesday, February 9th, at 7 pm, the Humboldt Park Watch will hold its meeting in the park pavilion. Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Things involving Humboldt Park will be discussed. All people attending may have an input into the meeting. If you have any questions, contact Ruth Simos, Humboldt Park Watch Captain at: r.simos@mail.com.