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Lake GenevaThe Memorial Day parade in

Lake Geneva begins at 10 a.m. at the corner of Wisconsin and Broad streets. The parade route runs to the Riviera, where a cer-emony is held.

Walworth/FontanaThe Ingalls-Koeppen Ameri-

can Legion Post 102 will present Memorial Day services at the fol-lowing locations.

8 a.m. Cobblestone Cemetery ceremony.

9 a.m. Brick Church Cem-etery ceremony.

9:45 a.m. Walworth parade and ceremony.

11 a.m. Fontana parade and ceremony.

Genoa CityThe Sponholtz-Deignan

American Legion Post 183 is hosting a Memorial Day event at Brookwood Elementary School at 10 a.m.

The parade will follow at 11 a.m. and begins at the American Legion post at 322 Fellows Road.

Williams BayThe Williams Bay Memo-

rial Day Parade, hosted by VFW Post 2373, will begin on Cherry Street at 10:30 a.m. with the cer-emony to take place at 11 a.m. in Edgewater Park. The guest pastor is Rev. Anderson of the Calvary Community Church. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be in the park shelter.

MEMORIAL DAY SCHEDULE

Homicide suspect bound over for trialBy Robert [email protected]

ELKHORN — When a police offi cer arrived at the scene of a homicide, the suspect waived his squad car down and directed the offi cer to a man who was bleeding to death outside of an apartment.

Rafael Olivarez, 39, was bound over for trial for fi rst-degree inten-

tional homicide during a May 14 preliminary hearing.

Olivarez allegedly stabbed his cousin, 31-year-old Ivan Guer-rero, to death on May 4. If con-victed, Olivarez faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

Delavan Police Offi cer James Berlin testifi ed that when he arrived at the scene, an apartment on Lawson School Road, the fi rst

person he saw was Oliva-rez.

“I saw a male Hispanic approaching me, waiving me down,” Berlin testifi ed. “He was covered in blood, what appeared to be blood.” At the apartments the night of the stabbing, Olivarez directed Berlin to Guerrero.

“There was a male Hispanic lying in the grass,” Berlin said. “He also was covered in blood and had a stab wound in his chest and some slashing marks on his right arm.”

On cross examina-tion, Public Defender Travis Schwantes ques-

tioned Berlin on why he thought the injury was a stab wound.

“It appeared to be a ripping injury,” Berlin responded.

Delavan Det. David Smith also testifi ed and attended the autopsy that was conducted by Dr. Zelda Okia of the Waukesha County Medical Examiner’s Offi ce.

PLEASE SEE MURDER PAGE 10AOlivarez

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JOY KOWALD/REGIONAL NEWS

ALDERWOMAN ELIZABETH CHAPPELL demonstrates the use of the orange flags to help pedestrians safely cross the street in her district. The flag is homemade, Chappell said. City flags are larger.

By Chris [email protected]

The southwest corner of Wil-liams and Marshall streets will be cleared and cleaned by Kwik Trip and then either offered up for devel-opment or gifted to the city, accord-ing to Hans Zietlow, director of real estate for the LaCrosse-based retailer.

The former Clark Station that was on that corner is now closed, its drive blocked off by wire fencing.

Zietlow said it is the company’s policy to remediate old gas stations and convenience stores.

“There are so many old, ratty convenience stores out there, where the cost of cleaning up the site is greater than the value of the land it sits on,” Zietlow said.

“Since we were accused of cre-ating eyesores, we decided to clean one up,” he said. “We bought it and will remove the tanks and do reme-diation.”

The operators of the small Clark station, 728 Williams St., were opposed to Kwik Trip moving into

the Williams Street area, as were several other nearby gas and ser-vice station owners.

Kwik Trip buys Clark station After clearing, gas station will seek developer or donate land

PLEASE SEE KWIK TRIP PAGE 10A

JOY KOWALD/REGIONAL NEWS

THE CLARK STATION will be razed, and offered for redevelopment or donated to the city.


Any driver seeing an orange fl ag fl oating by at the intersections of Main and Wisconsin streets, Main and Cook streets or Main and Marshall streets, should take care.

The pedestrian hoisting the fl ag wants to cross the street safely.

The experiment with the crossing fl ags was started by Alderwoman Elizabeth Chappell,

said Public Works Director Dan Winkler.

The program is based on a similar crossing-fl ag program in Madison, Chappell said.

“I personally think it’s a good idea,” said Winkler. “Anything that attracts attention to the pedestrian crossing the street is a good thing.”

Chappell said she came up with the idea after a pedestrian in a wheelchair was struck by a vehi-cle while crossing at Broad and Dodge streets last summer.

“The poor man gets hit in the crosswalk and it fl ipped my wig,” Chappell said.

Chappell said she, her dog and her daughter often take walks around the city. “Over the years we’ve been narrowly missed in the crosswalk,” she said.

Among other Wisconsin com-munities that use the fl ag program are Stoughton, Menomonie, La Crosse and Cottage Grove. Flags are usually yellow, orange, red or even lime green.

Pedestrians wave fl agsfor safe street crossing


It’s not going to be an easy job.Sylvia Martinez-Mullally

stepped in as the city’s fi rst-ever parking supervisor on May 1.

Right now, she’s observing. She’s taking walks with the park-ing offi cers and getting to know the Luke II parking system.

“I’m just the observer right now,” Martinez-Mullally said in a recent interview. “At this point, I’m very brand new.”

She has yet to offi cially attend her fi rst meeting of the Lake Geneva Parking Com-m i s s i o n , although she said she’s had an informal c onver s at ion with commis-sion chairman Martin Smith.

So, at this time, she’s careful

about making suggestions or talk-ing about possible improvements in the system.

Mayor Jim Connors said the new supervisor will eventually be asked to analyze the city’s parking and proposing improvements.

She will also be a liasion with downtown business owners and the chamber of commerce, he said. Connors said the supervisor will also implement recommen-dations in the city’s recent park-ing study.

Lake Geneva has parking boss

PLEASE SEE PARKING PAGE 6A

Martinez-Mullally

PLEASE SEE FLAGS PAGE 10A

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