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3/9/2010
Packers to Keep Pro Bowl Saftety Nick Collins Atleast One More Year
The Green Bay Packers will keep Pro Bowl safety Nick Collins for at least one more year. The restricted free agent took himself off the market today by signing a one-year tender offer worth three-point-three million dollars. He had not signed, the Packers could have matched any offer Collins would have gotten from another team. And had he signed with that team, the Packers would have received two draft choices the following year in the first-and-third rounds – a stiff price to pay. Collins’ agent, Alan Herman, says his client will fully take part in Green Bay’s off-season conditioning program. Herman calls it a good-faith gesture in the hopes that the Packers will consider a long-term contract. The 26-year-old Collins, a four-year veteran, has made the Pro Bowl for two straight years. He had 13 interceptions in 2008-and-’09, including three for touchdowns.
3/9/2010
Twins May have Lost Closer Nathan for the Year
The Minnesota Twins might have lost their closer for the year. Joe Nathan has a torn ligament in his right elbow. For now, he’ll take two weeks off to allow the swelling to go down. Then, Nathan will try to strength his muscles and pitch again at spring training. But if that doesn’t work, the Twins say he’ll have season-ending surgery. Nathan experienced pain-and-tightness in the elbow last weekend while throwing 20 pitches in a Grapefruit League game in Florida. He set a Minnesota record with 47 saves last season. Nathan has 246 saves since coming to the Twins from San Francisco before the 2004 campaign
3/9/2010
Girls State BB Tourney Begins Tonight/Macks Game on WOGO
438 girls’ high school basketball teams will begin their quest for a state title tonight, as regional tournaments get underway. On WOGO-AM680 and WOGO.com, you can hear live coverage of the Chippewa Falls Mc Donnell girls Division 4 Regional quarterfinal game against Elmwood, beginning with the pre-game at 6:45 and tip-off at 7pm. Thirty-seven other teams will have first-round byes – including one of last year’s four divisional champions, Milwaukee Vincent. The other returning champs – Grafton, Amherst, and Menasha Saint Mary Central – will all play in tonight’s first round, and none have the top seeds in their brackets. Saint Mary Central is seeded the lowest at number-five. Tonight’s winners will advance to the next round on Thursday. Meanwhile, the final girls’ A-P poll came out yesterday. De Pere is atop Division-One, followed by Milwaukee Vincent, Glendale Nicolet, and Beaver Dam. Monroe leads Division-Two, after moving up from the second spot. Freedom dropped to second, and Columbus is third. Cuba City topped the Division-Three for the entire season. Brillion and Osseo-Fairchild are second-and-third. Minong Northwood is the A-P’s final number-one in Division-Four. Wausau Newman and Black Hawk of South Wayne are second and third. The boys’ tournament resumes Friday when the sectionals begin.
3/9/2010
Kampman says it was the Right Time to Leave GB
Aaron Kampman says it’s the right time to leave Green Bay. He said the Packers’ new defensive direction didn’t include him as much as in the past. And his new team at Jacksonville will give him a chance to return to the defensive end spot he prefers. Kampman signed a four-year, 21-million-dollar contract with the Jaguars on Sunday. He says it will let him study opposing tackles “to a T,” instead of having to break down the patterns of receivers and running backs. That’s what he had to do last year when the Packers switched to a 3-4 defense and put Kampman at outside linebacker. It reduced his sack numbers, and he went out for the season in late November with a torn A-C-L knee ligament. The 30-year-old Kampman leaves Green Bay with the team’s fourth-highest number of career sacks in history, with 54.
3/9/2010
March is Natl. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
DEPERE, Wis. - A few hours spent getting screened for colon cancer may well save a life, because it is one of the two cancer types that can actually be prevented through screening. In Wisconsin, there were more than 2,700 new cases of colon cancer diagnosed last year, and 900 deaths as a result of the disease.
Several kinds of tests are available, according to Angie Rolle, prevention and detection director for the American Cancer Society (ACS).
"It's important for a patient to talk to the doctor about which test is appropriate for them, and which test they prefer to get; and then, to check on insurance coverage, because that is an important aspect."
Rolle says many health insurance policies cover at least one kind of colon cancer screening, but even the uninsured can find a way to get the tests. ACS keeps a database of resources and can help people find screening services at a reduced cost - and in some cases, at no cost.
Screening helps doctors find a higher proportion of cancers at early and more treatable stages, although only half of Americans ages 50 and older have been tested. Rolle points out that the screening procedure is not complicated.
"Most people are sedated, but they can go home right after the test. Other types of tests don't require any preparation."
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and Rolle hopes people will make it a priority to talk with their family and their doctor about getting tested. She calls it a key step toward staying well.
3/9/2010
Two Madison Dems Intro Bill to Protect WI's Groundwater Supplies
After studying the problem for months, two Madison Democrats have introduced a major bill to protect Wisconsin’s groundwater supplies. It would create new protection zones beside the current Waukesha and Brown counties, where water conservation must be considered before major wells are drilled. The D-N-R would conduct environmental reviews of higher-capacity wells within 12-hundred feet of lakes and streams. They would also review well projects that affect smaller springs. And the public can challenge new applications. The bill is a follow-up to Wisconsin’s landmark groundwater protection law adopted six years ago. Senate Democrat Mark Miller says it’s needed because groundwater supplies are drying up in parts of the state. Assembly Democrat Spencer Black says the bill taps the opinions of scientists who testified at a hearing he held last summer. Black and Miller had a bi-partisan panel look at the issues and come up with ideas. But Representative Scott Gunderson of Waterford said Black and Miller ignored many of the Republicans’ suggestions. Gunderson says the bill would result in job losses, as the Sierra Club challenges every new request for industrial water. And he says it would have a severe impact on agriculture. D-N-R water regulator Todd Ambs says his agency likes many of the bill’s provisions. But the agency has not taken an official stand on it yet.
3/9/2010
ACORN Defends its 2008 Voter Reg. Drive Amidst Election Fraud Charges
The community organizing group ACORN defended its voter registration drive in Milwaukee, after two of its workers were charged with felony election fraud. 36-year-old Maria Miles of Milwaukee and 26-year-old Kevin Clancy of Racine were accused of trying to sign up the same voters more than once – so they could meet ACORN’s quota of 20 signatures per day. It happened during the 2008 presidential campaign. Former ACORN organizer Carolyn Castore said Miles and Clancy were fired after the group discovered the fraud before anybody else did. And Castore called it a “victimless crime,” since it was caught before anyone could actually vote illegally. But according to prosecutors, Miles told investigators that ACORN workers were quote, “all hoodlums” with criminal histories – and they were going to “do whatever they had to do” to get the money each day. ACORN has been dogged by allegations of voter registration fraud – and Congress voted last year to cut off its federal funding. Miles and Clancy were among five Milwaukee area people charged yesterday with voter fraud. A husband-and-wife were accused of voting twice in ’08, and Milwaukeean was charged with illegally voting as a convicted felon.
3/9/2010
Second Day of Trial for Vikings Players
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The attorney for Kevin and Pat Williams yesterday accused the N-F-L of failing to follow state law when the two Vikings defensive tackles were tested for drugs. The statement came in the opening day of the trial against the league by the two players, who were given four-game suspensions after testing positive for a banned diuretic during 2008 training camp in Mankato. The suspensions have been delayed by court proceedings. An attorney for the N-F-L says the league followed all state laws and that the drug testing rules come directly from the players' union collective bargaining agreement. The trial is taking place in Minneapolis.
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