SENATE SPEED BUMP: Moderates oppose president's plan for big tax cutsA-3 The PotCiecemt www.postcrescent.com TTTT Charity started for Cisneros gravestone I 0 Green Bay bank managing cash to fund marker By Dan Wilson Post-Crescent staff writer GREEN BAY A fund to receive donations to purchase and etch a headstone for Cristian Cisneros has been started at a Green Bay bank. The 2-year-old Grand Chute boy died Nov. 30 after he allegedly was beaten by his stepfather, Israel Robles Figueroa. A photo of his unmarked grave on Oneida tribal land in the Brown County Town of Hobart appeared March 9 in The Post-Crescent. The photo prompted numerous calls asking about a headstone or fund to purchase one.
One came from an anonymous Oneida tribal member who said he was starting such a fund and would guarantee payment of the estimated $500 cost to purchase and engrave a headstone. Alan King, a great uncle headstone. He said any contributions beyond the headstone cost will be donated to the Child Abuse and Prevention Fund of the Oneida Tribe. Outagamie County Clerk of Courts Ruth Janssen said Thursday that Sheboygan will be the site of Robles' March 31 trial. Robles, 27, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in Cisneros' death.
Outagamie County Circuit Judge Joseph Troy Donations for a fund set up to purchase a headstone for Cristian Cisneros can be sent to: The Cristian Cisneros Fund Attn: Dianne Zubella Bay Bank 2555 Packerland Drive Green Bay.WI 54313 of Cristian, said he was contacted by the donor and secured permission from Cristian's mother, Kimberly Robles, to place the Post-Crescent photo by Mike Oe Sisti COMMUNITY MEMBERS have donated money for a headstone for Cristian Cisneros' grave in the Town of Hobart want mm Dan Wilson can be reached at 920-993-1000, ext. 304. or by e-mail at dwilsonpostwescent.com. Officials exainine Smart mystery The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY -After nine months of shabby living under bridges and in tents with a self-styled prophet and his wife, Elizabeth Smart returned to her million-dollar home alive but not unchanged. When stopped by police, she readily lied about her identity and said the two drifters were ''''Tv her parents.
ruled Wednesday that extensive pretrial publicity necessitated the move. Post-Cfescent ptmto illustration Ill 11 i i warn 10 see a quality prod- a I uctontneneid 3 in i I i "I guess it's not a bad idea if it's going Green Bay boosts ticket prices by $4 for Lambeau Field seats flrix-Eodition 1 i Bob Uecker bound forCooperstown Brewers broadcaster selected to Baseball Hall of Fame D-1 Sports i Seymour edges I Kimberly 'J A last-second shot gives the Thunder a 53-51 victory; for complete boys' coverage, go to D-1 Business The Buzz Comings goings in the Valley business scene Delayed departure Closure date of Kmart's Grand Chute location uncertain D-6 Pieces of Picasso Paine Art Center in Oshkosh displays some of the master's ceramics B-1 Stock Watch Markets D-5 Dow Jones 269.68 A Nasdaq 61.53 A Tomorrow's weather Partly cloudy HIGH55 LOW32 Storm Team 5 forecast, A-2 Index Advice B-2 Horoscope Bridge B-5 Business D-6 C-1 Classified C-5 Obituaries Comics B-4 Sports D-1 Crossword Stocks D-5 Donohue B-5 IV B-5 Editorials A-6 Weather A-2 iiiiiiii 4fr We in At recycled A Gannett Newspaper r. to help with the new stadium renovations going on." ROY WILLIAMS, Appleton want to go back to the Packers of the '80s, when they were painful to watch." AL MCLEAN, Appleton Jvj "I would guessed uaotnat. all raise prices." KARL MUELLER, Little Chute "It'sgetting to be so expensive that prices By John Lee Post-Crescent staff writer and Karen Rauen Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers' GREEN BAY Green Bay Packers fans will have lighter wallets this season when they head for the stands. The Packers on Thursday announced a $4 per ticket increase for the 2003 season.
"We were in the bottom third of the league with our ticket prices and now we will be in the upper half overall," said Packers ticket director Mark Wagner. "Without the. increase this year and in light of all the increases being made by other teams -we would have to make a more significant raise in the future to keep pace with other clubs." The $4 increase puts ticket prices at $63 between the 20-yard lines, $55 for other sideline seats and $50 for end zone seats. Ticket holder Ruth Wulgaert of Combined Locks took a philo- The Green Bay Packers announced Thursday that ticket prices will increase $4 each for the 2003 season. New prices: Seats between the 20-yard lines (sections 115-124 and 322-330) will now cost $63.
End zone seats (sections 100-108, 131-138, 303-312 and 340-354) will now cost $50. Other sideline seats (sections 109-114, 125-230, 314-320 and 332-338) will cost $55. Inside Packers might not land Spearman D-4 sophical approach. "I guess I can handle that. It's easier to figure out," she said of the $50 she'll pay for her end zone seats.
See TICKETS, A-7 some people out of the entertainment and enjoyment of seeing the Packers." PATTI MUELLER, Little Chute It'sYourCall Will Green Bay Packers ticket prices ever get so high that Packer fans will stop buying? Share your views at 920-734-5678. We'll publish selected comments on our Views pages. I I ine u-year- old VU U11U tated when asked to re move her sunglasses and gray wig and never asked about her family once the truth emerged. "There is clearly a psy Elizabeth Smart Inside Amber Alert debate revived A-3 chological impact that occurred at some point," Salt Lake Police Chief Rick Dinse said. Dinse said Mitchell had been excommunicated from the Mormon church, the religion Elizabeth was raised in, and considered himself a polygamist, but Dinse added, "I do not want to attach his relationship with Elizabeth in that fashion." Asked today about reports that Elizabeth had been taken to be a wife, the girl's aunt Heidi Smart said, "That's not actually information that we've been given at this point." "The information that we've been given is that she was kidnapped and she was held captive and what went on from there psychologically is information that is still to come out," she told See SMART, A-7 Inside on A-5 U.N.
Security Council won't support war Bush re-emphasizes need for peace in Middle East who said U.S. officials still hope to pass a resolution demanding that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein be disarmed. "We are still pursuing the vote next week," the spokesman said. The leaders also are likely to discuss plans for Iraq in any scenario in which Saddam is deposed. Billing it as a diplomatic summit, senior administration officials earlier said the leaders will not discuss battlefield tactics and detailed military strategies.
OntheWeb For more Packers news, daily updates and Web-only commentary: www.packersnews.com Valley starts to feel Bush, Blair, Aznar to meet on Iraq have thev'd mey I think as far as the really cold stuff goes, I think we are at the end of After Sunday, highs will remain in the 40s next week, Miller said. And from Saturday until Wednesday or so, nighttime lows won't even go below freezing. "That's where we ought to be," Miller said of the normal high of 39. The temperatures -and some showers that are forecast will make snow still on the ground disappear quickly, he said. "The snow on the ground now should melt and evaporate at 2 or 3 inches a day.
By the beginning of the week, most of it should be gone," Miller said. "That'll be beautiful," said Bob Lynch of Apple-ton, as he walked Thursday along the Fox River in Ap- the heat pleton as temperatures climbed above freezing. "I walk just about every day when it's decent." Decent means above 15 degrees, and he has missed quite a few days this winter, Lynch said. As for recommendations on where to walk or bike when the weather warms, Lynch said he travels the outer areas of Appleton and the CE Trail that runs from Appleton to Kaukauna. But, Miller cautions, it could be a little early to put the snow shovels away.
"It's not unusual for us to have snow into April. Last year we had a couple snows at the end of April. "It hasn't been that unusual where we've had it early in May." John Lee can be reached at 920-993-1000, ext. 362, or by e-mail at jleepostcrescent.com. Temperatures soar; weekend may get into 50s By John Lee Post-Crescent staff writer Throw open the windows and cast out some superlatives and cliches.
Spring has With temperatures expected to climb into the 40s today, the 50s by Saturday and the upper 50s to near 60 by Sunday, it seems spring weather is finally moving into the Fox Valley. Maybe. "We're probably not done with winter, but we are seeing the light at the end of tunnel," said Dave Miller, a meteorologist with WFRV-TV in Green Bay. "It's certainly a reprieve. The Associated Press WASHINGTON In a last-minute stab at diplomacy, President Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar will search for a way to win U.N.
backing for using force to disarm Iraq. The trio will confer Sunday at a hurriedly arranged meeting on an Azores island in the mid-Atlantic. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer described the talks as "an effort to pursue every last bit of diplomacy" in the face of fading hopes for approval of a U.N. war resolution. Bush will depart for the Azores Sunday morning.
It will be a one-day trip, said Fleischer, -S8. -i 1.1,111,11,1 1 Post-Crescent photo by Mike De Sistt TOM FREES, a U.S. Postal Service carrier, delivers mail Thursday through melting snow on State Street in Menasha..
