LOCAL STATE www.postcrescent.com Monday, October 19, 2009 A-4 The Post-Crescent, Appleton-Fox Cities, Wis. LEAGUE: Teams offer socialization opportunities PLAN: Managing growth more efficiently is goal i nr wpn ftf If 111 peers. Elsewhere in the country, home school sports associations are more common and competitive than they are here, NEWCHAA officials say. Some sports field national tournaments for home school students, and competition is intense. NEWCHAA's girls' basketball team plans to play in a national tournament in the coming season, said Stacy Reinke, who also plays basketball.
In the meantime, association officials say there's plenty to be gained for coach and player alike. "It does provide some of those social needs that they have," Holly Reinke said, "and they enjoy one another, and they have fun with it and they laugh a lot. But we get down to business, too -so we try to find that balance." Kelly McBride writes for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. From A-3 year cross country, Miller said. The association hopes to add track this spring and football in the future.
NEWCHAA teams play small Christian schools and other teams in the area. "1 think the kids love it," Miller said. "It's another way for them to be with kids their own age, to develop teamwork, leadership skills, discipline, character and sportsmanship." Part of the team The level of competition isn't always as intense for NEWCHAA athletes as it is for their private and public school peers. Facilities and scheduling can be problematic, especially because of geographic spread, making daily practice a challenge. The volleyball team, for example, has players who travel to Green Bay from Clintonville and Appleton to take part.
come the next priority of the County Board. Plans will move forward even while an important component of future county land use remains unknown. County land is in high demand for wind farming. Supervisors await a decision from the state Supreme Court on whether justices will consider Calumet County's challenge to an appeals court decision that invalidated their wind farming regulations. Meanwhile, uniform wind-farming regulations that apply statewide are likely to become law.
Calumet County has been a state leader in farmland preservation and the plan reflects that, Dietzen said. Jim Collar: 920-993-1000, ext 216, or jcollarpostcrescent.com From A-3 Growth would also necessitate another 2,700 acres for commercial and industrial use and 885 acres for institutional needs. The goal isn't to limit growth, according to the plan, but manage it in a more efficient manner. New zoning regulations wouldn't only limit the number of lots on prime farmland, but also the size of those lots. Compact development would occur in hamlets and transitional areas.
Other land would be designated as agricultural enterprise areas that would target related industries. Supv. Chester Dietzen, chairman of the county's planning, zoning and farmland preservation committee, expects zoning changes called for in the plan to be Gannett Wisconsin Media photo by Evan Slegle EMILY WILLSON (right) tries to help her teammate Sarah Reinke untangle her hair before a volleyball game last month. know them (her teammates) and making some nice friends and stuff and just playing volleyball, which -we re all here because we love it." NEWCHAA also gives participants another chance for interaction with their But the teams still are competitive, and players relish both the games themselves and the socialization opportunities that come with being part of a team. Volleyball player Bethany Lawyer, 17, of Howard, said she has enjoyed "getting to CLUB: High JOHNSON: Dead at 66 cut out your sewing quilting problems! school had 22 offenses in 2008-09 1 1.
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