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8 Stateline News Sunday, April 6, 2008 ROCK OCK COUNTY OUNTY BOARD OARD OF SUPERVISORS UPERVISORS Following are results from contested Rock County Board races: DISTRICT 1 Incumbent Arthur Phillips, 45, who was appointed to the position in January, defeated challenger Janis Ringhand, 58, by 25 votes. The district includes city of Evansville wards 1-8 and town of Union Ward 1. DISTRICT 7 Voters chose incumbent Hank Brill, 65, over challenger Jack Crook, 70. The district includes town of Beloit Ward 9; town of La Prairie Ward 2; town of Plymouth Ward 1; town of Rock wards 2, 6 and 7; and city of Janesville Ward 31. DISTRICT 13 No candidates filed papers in time to have their names on the ballot, but Anna Marie Johnson and Hugo Henry waged write-in campaigns. Henry died March 17. Johnson, an incumbent appointed in 2001, won the election with eight write-in votes. The district includes city of Beloit wards 12, 13 and 14. DISTRICT 18 Newcomer Ronald Combs, 56, won the contested seat against 20-year-old Josh Mittness-Buol, who dropped out of the race after earning a spot on the ballot in the February primary. Incumbent Charles Elliott did not seek re-election. The district includes city of Janesville wards 1 and 2 and town of Janesville Ward 6. DISTRICT 20 Incumbent Jane Thompson, 48, kept her seat, besting challenger Wesley Davis, 61. The district includes city of Janesville wards 5 and 6 and town of Harmony wards 1, 2 and 3. DISTRICT 21 Newcomer Terry Thomas, 53, defeated challenger Bob Keith, 52. Incumbent Wayne Moody did not seek re-election. The district includes city of Janesville wards 7 and 8. DISTRICT 23 Current board Chairman Richard Ott, 67, retained his seat by just 18 votes over Challenger Stephen Flood, 60. The district includes city of Janesville wards 11 and 12 and town of Harmony Ward 4. DISTRICT 24 Incumbent Richard Bostwick, 52, kept his seat in a race against challenger Russell Allen, 44. The district includes city of Janesville wards 13 and 14. DISTRICT 29 Challenger Katie Kuznacic, 25, defeated incumbent Fred Yoss, 53. The district includes city of Janesville wards 23, 24 and 28 and town of La Prairie Ward 1. PHILLIPS HILLIPS BRILL RILL COMBS OMBS THOMPSON HOMPSON THOMAS HOMAS OTT TT BOSTWICK OSTWICK KUZNACIC UZNACIC IN THE NEWS CLOSE CALL CITY COUNCIL RACE DECIDED BY TWO VOTES BY LYNN VOLLBRECHT STAFF WRITER BELOIT — Just two votes separated candidates for a final seat on the Beloit City Council Tuesday, but Gregg Hatley said he will not request a recount. “I trust the system,” said Hatley who fell two votes short of fellow challenger Charles Haynes in a six-candidate race for four council seats (see related graphic). “I feel that it was a fair election all the way around. “I don’t think it’s healthy for any of us to drag it out for another week. I wish Charles Haynes all the luck, and I think he’ll do a good job.” Hatley, owner of The 615 Club restaurant in Beloit, has until 5 p.m. Monday to request a recount, but said Wednesday he won’t. “We’ve never had a recount, so I don’t think we’ve ever had (an election) so close,” said City Clerk Carol Alexander. In addition to Haynes, newcomers Sheila De Forest-Davis and Eric Newnham won twoyear terms on the council, as did incumbent and top vote-getter Jim Van De Bogart. In a race for two three-year terms on the Beloit Board of Education, Michael Ramsdail will join incumbent Kimberly Thompson. Alexander said the close races demonstrate why voter turnout is so important. Only 16 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the city Tuesday. “If people think (turnout) doesn’t matter, it does,” Alexander said. “I’m very disappointed in the turnout.” Countywide, turnout was 20.6 percent, which Rock County Clerk Lori Stottler said is “typical” for a spring election. “The last three elections have been right in line with that,” Stottler said. She noted there were several “tight races across the county.” County board Chairman Richard Ott, for example, retained his seat by only 18 votes (see related graphic). Among the surprises, she said, was the race for state Supreme Court justice. Stottler went home on election night thinking incumbent Louis Butler had won because he’d done so well in Rock County. Wednesday morning she learned that Michael Gableman had won. In Rock County, Butler had 10,027 votes to 7,428 for Gableman. Statewide, Gableman won with 51 percent of the vote to Butler’s 49 percent. “It’s been 40 years since a challenger won a Supreme Court race,” Stottler said. In another statewide race, voters by a large margin approved a referendum that restricts the LYNN VOLLBRECHT/STAFF Tiffany Henry of Beloit puts her ballot into a vote-tabulating machine at Morgan Elementary School Tuesday. veto powers of the governor. The measure adds language to the state Constitution that prohibits governors from stitching together unrelated parts of the budget to create new spending, or redirecting funding in ways not approved by the Legislature. VAN AN DE BOGART OGART NEWNHAM EWNHAM In Rock County, voters OK’d the referendum by a large margin, 12,933-4,467. Beloit voter Tiffany Henry, daughter of the late Hugo Henry, a former Beloit educator, was interested in the state races, but paid more attention to school board issues. She wanted to make sure, she said, that “all the candidates have the best interest of the district’s students in mind.” City council candidates gathered at Denali’s downtown on election night to watch the results on Beloit Access Television. All of the candidates made a point of complimenting Adam Rankins, a 19-year-old Beloit DE FOREST-D OREST-DAVIS AVIS HAYNES AYNES College student and Beloit native, who lost a bid to win a council seat. For his part, Rankins is not discouraged. “I love politics,” he said. “This actually turned me on to politics more than anything else. I learned more in the three months doing this than I did in 18 or 19 years of life.” De Forest-Davis, a teacher at Beloit Memorial High School, received a flurry of electionnight text messages from students. “One student said, ‘This is my first time voting, and I’m so glad I got to vote for you,’” she said. Newnham told those gathered at his restaurant that he was happy with the way the candidates conducted their campaigns. “I think everyone is of the mindset that we need to be positive and move this city forward,” he said, adding that it will be important for the new council to focus on economic development. BALLOT ALLOT BOX ‘YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY LOSE; YOU REALLY DON’T, BECAUSE WE’RE ALL IN IT FOR THE SAME REASON — TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE. IN THE LONG RUN, WE’RE ALL BELOITERS.’ — BELOIT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE GREGG HATLEY Here are Stateline-area vote totals from Tuesday’s elections: BELOIT CITY COUNCIL Winners Jim Van De Bogart . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,805 Eric Newnham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,722 Sheila De Forest-Davis . . . . . . . . . 1,680 Charles Haynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,132 Defeated Gregg Hatley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130 Adam Rankins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089 BELOIT BOARD OF EDUCATION Winners Kimberly Thompson ....................... 1,769 Michael Ramsdail........................... 1,698 Defeated Therus “T.C.” Collins ....................... 1,354 CLINTON SCHOOL BOARD Winners Arthur Braband .............................. 446 Cathy Wendtland............................ 441 Carol Wickersham.......................... 419 Defeated Sue Alwin-Popp ............................. 376 BELOIT TURNER BOARD OF EDUCATION Winners David Patterson.............................. 628 Rodney Jordan............................... 535 Defeated Richard Himmelman ...................... 486 Don Wittwer.................................... 470 BELOIT TURNER TAX-HIKE REFERENDUMS Question 1: $6.1 million for renovations at the high school and middle school building. Approved by a vote of 814-592 Question 2: $2.5 million for land and a new stadium. Defeated by a vote of 645-735 TOWN OF BELOIT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Winner Shannon Ladwig ............................ 659 Defeated Jim Stevens.................................... 511 “I do believe our best days are ahead.” Van De Bogart, the only incumbent in the race, said the city is in good hands. “Across the board, (the winning candidates are) quality people, they’re intelligent people, and I look forward to working with them,” he said. Haynes relocated to Beloit four years ago. It was, he said, “the most amazing acceptance I’ve ever experienced.” Hatley, too, enjoyed the way the campaign played out. “You don’t want to see anybody lose; you really don’t, because we’re all in it for the same reason — to make this a better place,” he said. “In the long run, we’re all Beloiters.”
Stalking asparagus It’s best to plant your own bed One of the first things I did when I began gardening at this old house was put in an asparagus bed. It’s a lot of work installing one, but 20 years later I was still picking. Not so this year; I’ve got to put in a new batch of roots. They say a good asparagus bed will outlast its gardener, but only if the gardener is good. You have to let the seeds drop to start new plants, and since I kept trying to keep the rows somewhat orderly, I didn’t really allow nature to take its true course. At first, the most difficult part of maintaining the asparagus bed was keeping it to myself. Folks I didn’t even know spied the stalks from the road and crept into the garden under the pretense of not knowing it was a garden. In retaliation, I added a row of brambly raspberries, a stand of pine trees and a fence. Now that the pine trees are more than 20 feet high, there are no trespassers, other than the four-legged kind, and they don’t seem to have a hankering for asparagus. Birds are to blame for people thinking they can travel along roadsides and pick their own asparagus like nobody’s business. These avian gardeners have carried the seeds far and wide. On a good day in April or May, you might think it’s a naturalized plant, since there’s so much of it popping up here and there. In truth, asparagus is a cultivated vegetable. It has been a part of gardens worldwide for more than 2,000 years. During that time, it has been regarded as a luxury item because of its short growing season. King Louis XIV of France went so far as to have his gardeners grow asparagus in special greenhouses so that he could enjoy it yearround. But most folks, until the invention of the freezer, had to make do with asparagus for a short three- or four-week period. An established bed can last a bit longer. By the 1700s, asparagus had arrived in the colonies, and by the 1850s, it had made it as far as northern California, which became a center for commercial production in the United States. It grows in most parts of our country, except for the deep South. Asparagus likes wet weather. There have been years when I have literally watched it grow several inches a day. I’d leave for work in the morning and come back in the evening to a meal waiting to be picked. If you like asparagus, you’ll take it in most any dish and think it divine. Asparagus and pasta salad If you have plenty of asparagus, or just leftover cooked (al dente) asparagus, you can add the cut spears to all kinds of salads — potato salad, egg salad, corn relish, green bean salad, tri-bean salad, etc. But my favorite is in pasta salad. Salads with a creamy salad dressing or LYNN YNN GREENE REENE LYNN’S PLACE a vinaigrette dressing work equally well. Your choice of dressing is virtually unlimited. There are many excellent choices out there with no preservatives or artificial flavors or ingredients. Keep in mind that low-fat dressings can be high in sodium and sugar, and low fat does not necessarily mean low calories. Read the labels. A simple vinaigrette dressing can be dressed up with a few additions. A plain-Jane type of vinegar-and-oil dressing usually has no preservatives because it keeps well enough on its own. Buy a basic one and try adding red wine or balsamic vinegar for a new taste. My favorite for salads that contain fruit is to add about 2 tablespoons unreconstituted raspberry or cranberry juice to 1/2 cup of the plain vinaigrette. It gives it some color and just a bit of extra sweetness. The important thing is to blanch your asparagus briefly — you don’t want it to be mushy. I like to save time and dirty dishes, so I usually cook the pasta until almost done, then add the asparagus. I finish cooking both together, then drain and rinse very quickly with cold water to stop the cooking process. Asparagus quiche — makes one 9-inch deep dish quiche Unbaked pie shell, bottom only 1/2 cup diced onion 4 oz. bacon 1-1/2 cups asparagus (cut into 1/2-inch pieces) 4 large eggs 1-1/2 cup half and half 6 oz. shredded Swiss cheese 6 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese 1/4 tsp. white pepper 1 tsp. dried chopped parsley dash of nutmeg Chop the bacon into small pieces and place in saute pan with the chopped onions. Saute until bacon is almost crisp, then add the asparagus. Continue to cook until asparagus is just tender. Remove from heat and drain the fat. In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs and half and half. Add the cheese, pepper, salt, parsley and nutmeg and combine. Add the drained bacon, onions and asparagus. Pour into unbaked 9-inch pie shell. Place on cookie sheet to catch any drippings and bake in 350 F oven for 45 minutes to one hour. Test as you would for custard: if knife comes out clean, it is done. Turn off oven to keep quiche warm for up to 1/2 hour. Quiche is best served warm, not too hot. Lynn Greene is senior editor for Community Shoppers Inc., which publishes the Stateline News. Contact her at lgreene@communityshoppers.com. HOME & LEISURE Stateline News Sunday, April 6, 2008 9 These landscaping plants are nice to look at, good to eat Incorporating edibles into the landscape conveys a sense of caring about the food consumed by family, friends, and neighbors. It provides the home with satisfying end products. And it is much easier than you might think. One of my favorite things to do is to weave those edibles throughout the ornamentals. This can be as simple as arugula or parsley planted as borders. Or it can be as challenging as bananas. Have some fun — mix it up a bit. Some of the plants listed below are perennially hardy outdoors for the northern climes, but others are not. Heed the warnings for those that need extra care if you want to enjoy them for more than one season. Actinidia kolomikta, Ken’s red (Kiwi) is very ornamental, rapidly growing and cold-hardy in zones 4 to 9. Be sure to check on zones, since some kiwi are less hardy than others. One male plant to every four females is required for adequate pollination and fruit production. The leaves are quite pretty on their own, and if fruit is not a priority, buy male plants. These prefer partial shade (for best leaf color), and will grow in average soils, as long as adequate moisture is available. Don’t expect large fruits with these. They only get to be about an inch long, but are very edible. Asimina triloba (paw paw) is a delightful tree. If growing for fruit, you will need at least two for pollination. The long, rather weepy leaves on this tree make it an interesting, yet unusual, choice for the landscape. On and off, I hear of a quest for the remnants of a native stand purportedly somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin. Paw paws prefer full sun in deep, rich, moist soils that run a bit more on the acidic side. The pretty, smallish, maroon flowers are followed by fruits (about 4 inches long) that are rather funny looking — kind of like a short, squat banana. It’s hardy in zones 4/5 to 8. Citrus reticulata (satsuma Mandarin) is a great citrus for everyone in the north to try. Although not perennially cold-hardy in the north, it will survive temperatures of 26 F. This makes it an ideal container fruit for forgetful gardeners like me, who may not remember to bring it indoors before a cold snap. The satsuma Mandarin is relatively evergreen, losing only a few leaves over winter — generally in response to changing light situations too quickly. They can be long-lived but don’t grow much taller than 4 or 5 feet in containers. Water very infrequently, only LIS IS FRIEMOTH RIEMOTH THE GARDEN HOE when dry an inch or more deep, provide full sun — at least eight hours per day — and be sure to use a citrusfruit fertilizer. These don’t need to be brought in the house, although they make fantastic houseplants, but can be kept throughout winter in a sunny, cool garage, or greenhouse location. The fragrant, white flowers pop in April or May, followed by the developing fruits that ripen around October. Expect to love the fruit from this one. It’s very sweet, almost seedless, and one of the easiest to peel. Outdoor-hardy in zones 8b to 10. Coffea arabica (coffee) is a small, shrubby, tropical bush that will produce coffee beans in about four years when happy. Although they can grow 10 feet or more when unfettered in native tropical soils, coffee responds well to pruning and can be kept to a manageable 4-foot height, making it a lovely plant for larger containers. The pretty, white flowers are worth growing for the heady Grow banana trees like any other tropical plant in the north. Monitor them carefully when temperatures start to dip. fragrance alone. But just think of how much fun it will be to wait for the bright red berries to mature so that you can harvest, roast and use your own coffee beans. As a tropical plant (hardy in zones 9 and 10), these do require some attendance to temperature and water requirements. Coffee grows optimally at about 68 F, with no tolerance for frost and a great need for moisture. These are lovely plants to grow, even if you never reach the point of berry production. Ficus carica (fig) can be grown in this area — to a certain degree. Most will only do well for one year (cold-hardy from zones 5 and up), but are worth the effort if you like fresh figs. Doing a bit of homework will yield success in finding some that may overwinter. Brown turkey is one of those that, with heavy mulching, may provide years of fruit production. Figs require a full sun setting in soils that have decent moisture levels and are welldrained. They can reach 10 to 15 feet high. Mespilus germanica (medlar) is in the rose family, but you’d never guess that by looking at it. Growing in welldrained soils in full sun, this small tree reaches about 20 feet tall developing a very nice, rounded canopy. It is selffertile, so try just one. The rounded fruit is rather unusual in that it remains very hard even after it matures late in the season. The fruits can either be left on the tree to soften with the frost or it can be picked hard and stored over winter to soften more slowly. The flavor requires some getting used to, but it is not unpleasant. Hardy in zones 4 to 8. Prunus tomentosa, white Nanking (cherry) is a lovely shrub, cold-hardy in zones 3 to 7, that will reach to about 8 feet if happy. Each branch is covered with a showy display of white (with a hint of pink) flowers very early in the spring. The white Nanking has deliciously sweet, white cherries ready for picking in June. These shrubs love full sun, can be planted in containers, function beautifully as fruiting hedges or just make a pretty addition to the landscape. Although relatively small, the fruit is known more for sweetness than size. Schisandra chinensis (magnolia vine) is a slow growing, cold-hardy (zones 4 to 7) vine producing small, lightly scented white to pink flowers, followed by small, delicious,latesummer fruits. Welldrained, moist soils in sun to light shade have been noted as optimal for growth. It reaches about 10 feet tall, with bright, red berries. As for that banana tree — why not give it a whirl. They can be found easily; just look for super dwarf, which is easier to move inside and back out. Grow banana trees like any other tropical plant in the north. Monitor them carefully when temperatures start to dip. They will fruit when provided with natural sunlight, so be sure to move them outside for the summer months — after the night temperatures get above 50 F. Plan to provide additional potassium throughout the summer, because banana trees rarely get enough in the north for good fruit development. Lis Friemoth is a horticulture diagnostician. Contact her at (262) 745-2904, P.O. Box 58, Springfield, WI 53176, visit online at www.thegardenhoe.com or e-mail her at gardenhoe@tds.net. Listen to Liz from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. every third Saturday on WISN AM1130 radio.
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