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The Capital Times The Weekend of Jan. 30-31
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<br /> Junkyard has been active in Verona youth Rowley's •
<br /> - wrestling and now is planning to
<br /> run against Bitzer fora seat on
<br /> the Town Board.
<br /> ® Continued from Page 3A Some of the neighbors claim residence
<br /> sell downtown this sum- he has tried to harass or intimi- . .
<br /> iday, Feb. 1, is the dead- Janssen admits he was aware date them in recent years, but
<br /> applications, proof of in- of Rowley's junkyard when he they would not speak publicly In question
<br /> and paying the fee. The bought his home, but, like Bitzer, about those threats.
<br /> ry Call will be 266-4601 Monday, he was under the impression that Rowley said flat-out the Where does John Rowley live? "
<br /> Call 266--1601 for infor- P Y
<br /> about sites in the high- the junkyard wouldn't be al- neighbors are lying and added, "I Junkyard operator Rowley
<br /> vending area (700 and lowed to get any bigger. haven't threatened anyone. Peri- plans to run for the Verona
<br /> ks of State Street, North Jaggi said she can't really see od." Town Board this spring, but his
<br /> I North Lake streets and Rowley's yard since her home As for the environmental opponent, Jo Ann Bitzer, isn't
<br /> es off the Square). Call sits at the bottom of a hill while threat his junkyard poses, Row- sure he really lives in the town.
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<br /> re and Library Mall. Y j kyard is at the top. ley said he is tightly regulated Rowley's nomination papers,
<br /> She complains that Rowley by the state Department of Natu- for the Town Board seat list his
<br /> routinely violates the county ral Resources and the U.S. Envi- Riverside Road garage as his cur-
<br /> ze:3250,000. conditional use permit that regu- ronmental Protection Agency, rent residence.
<br /> -Winning numbers Friday:2-9- lates his business, but cleans up and will be even more closely Rowley admits, however, that
<br /> ,um prize:3500' the mess before county zoning in- watched if he is allowed to recy- his wife and children live in a
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<br /> spectors arrive. cle freon. home at 1385 Himsel Rd. in the
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<br /> •2; Little Lotto— 2-7-10-14-26. - County zoning chief Bill Fleck He conceded he runs his yard town of Montrose, and he regu-
<br /> ,d Lotto jackpot$11 million. said he has received few corn- because there's money to be larly stays there too.
<br /> plaints about Rowley's operation made in recycling scrap steel and Nevertheless, Rowley said he
<br /> since it opened, and his zoning iron but said demand for his ser- intends to reside in Verona, and.
<br /> ►RECTION inspectors have noted only minor vices has grown in recent years. if he's elected to the Town Board
<br /> violations — all of which have - If he is allowed to open his he'll build a house on a residen-
<br /> been corrected. freon recycling operation, it tial lot alongside his Spring Rose
<br /> state vocational, technical "He's always been cooperative would be one of the first of its 'Road junkyard.
<br /> ilt education system sup- with us," Fleck said of Rowley, kind in Dane County, and Rowley Bitzer said town records show
<br /> he Tech Prep program adding that the violations found said it would greatly reduce ille- Rowley has voted in both Verona
<br /> aveloped by the state De- at Rowley's yard haven't been gal dumping of refrigerators and and Montrose over the past dec-
<br /> it of Public Instruction. much different from those found other "white goods" in rural ade.
<br /> )gram, designed to teach at other junkyards. areas. Dane County Deputy Clerk:
<br /> !hool students technical What has made Rowley's yard • Rowley said his neighbors are Rilla Leigh said the county usu-
<br /> skills, is being ample- different has been the intense de- unwilling to admit there's a need ally doesn't get involved in can-
<br /> statewide by 16 consor- • bate over his operations and his for operations like his — or at didate residence questions, espe-
<br /> ointly by the area techni- character. least don't want to allow it to be cially for city, town or village of-..
<br /> !ge and secondary educa- Rowley admits he and his sup- located next to them. ' fices, and usually leaves .such ,
<br /> •fessional staff.A story in porters made some mistakes in , Sooner or later, he said, every determinations up to local offi-
<br /> )ital Times Thursday left. the heat of the last zoning dis- new car ends up in a junkyard.. ' cials.: -
<br /> pression that'the•.voca •'•pute, but he has tried to make "Everybody wants my ser- Verona Town Clerk Rose
<br /> ducation system opposes amends since then. • vice, but nobody wants it next to Johnson could not be reached for
<br /> ep. He has raised two children, them." : . . comment Friday.
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<br /> . Baby still critical due to head injuries
<br /> A 1-month-old boy who had Dane County sheriff's deputy re-
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<br /> stopped breathing Wednesday sponded and found the baby, his
<br /> after suffering head injuries, but 16-year-old mother and several,
<br /> was resuscitated by police, re- adults and children in the apart-
<br /> ' ''` - -- '., :.. - . : ; ` .. " '".- ‘••"::" mained in critical condition early ment. Ttremother told police she
<br /> - this morning at University Hos- did not know. her baby was in
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<br /> 1_ , Police received a call Wednes-
<br /> day afternoon reporting a baby • Madison police were trying to
<br /> 3 - - not breathing at 121 N. First St. determine hOw the baby was in-'
<br /> A Madison police officer and a jured and who was responsible.
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