Records: Saturday, February 16, 2008

Last modified: Friday, February 15, 2008 10:18 PM CST

Records: Saturday, February 16, 2008

Lottery

Powerball — Wednesday: 13, 19, 32, 38, 51; PB: 30; PP: 3. No jackpot winner. Next drawing: Saturday, $86 million.

Megabucks — Wednesday: 18, 23, 25, 27, 38, 44.

Supercash — Friday: Unavailable at press time; Thursday: 6, 8, 9, 22, 23, 39.

Badger 5 — Friday: Unavailable at press time; Thursday: 3, 5, 10, 12, 31.

Pick 3 — Friday: 1, 1, 8; Thursday: 7, 1, 3.

Pick 4 — Friday: 6, 1, 6, 0; Thursday: 9, 4, 0, 3.

Sheriff

The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department responded to the following calls:

Wednesday, Feb. 13

10:49 p.m. Cadott Elementary School asked to see an officer about possible sexual harassment on a school bus.

Thursday, Feb. 14

1:03 a.m. A caller reported a two-vehicle crash involving a semi on Highway 29 at 330th Street in the Stanley area. No injuries were reported.

1:45 a.m. A Lake Hallie officer arrested Julie M. Gilbert, 48, for OWI 4th offense following a report of a vehicle slide-in at Highway 124 and County OO.

2:19 a.m. A Lake Hallie officer arrested Robert R. Winkler, 35, for OWI following a report of a suspicious man in a gray pickup at the Holiday Station. Winkler was also wanted on warrants for OWI 5th offense and OWI 6th offense and worthless checks.

11:17 p.m. A Cornell officer arrested Michael J. Hair, 22, for OWI first offense on Bridge Street.

Police

The Chippewa Falls Police Department responded to the following calls:

Wednesday, Feb. 13

6:53 a.m. A cellular caller reported being trapped inside Splish Splash Caw Wash, 32 E. Spruce St. An officer made contact with her by cell phone and had her push the door open button by the back door.

Accidents

The following accidents were reported to the Chippewa Falls Police Department:

Wednesday, Feb. 13

12:35 p.m. A 2003 Saturn driven by Alyssa M. Arnevik, 16, 1038 W. Spruce St., Chippewa Falls was in the drive-through at McDonald’s Restaurant, 100 W. Prairie View Road, when she said her vehicle was hit from behind by a 2001 Buick Century driven by Arlene A. Meredith, 77, 5374 173rd St., Chippewa Falls. Arenvik proceeded to drive through and then inspected her vehicle, as Meredith continued through. Meredith said she was not involved in an accident. Meredith’s vehicle had no damage while Arenvik’s vehicle had moderate damage.

8:20 p.m. A 2002 Nissan truck driven by Merrit J. Super, 21, 334 W. Dell St., New Auburn was eastbound on Bridgewater Avenue at Wheaton Street as a 2008 Chevrolet Impala driven by Jerome P. O’Connell, 69, 247 Olive St., was southbound on Wheaton Street with no traffic control. Super failed to stop at the stop sign and crashed into O’Connell’s vehicle. Super said he didn’t see a stop sign. Super’s vehicle had severe damage while O’Connell’s had moderate damage. Super was cited for failure to stop for a stop sign.

Correction

The birthdate of Sylvia Hintz was incorrectly in Thursday’s Chippewa Herald front page article. She was born on Aug. 8, 1928. Also, the couple has eight grandsons and eight granddaughters, for a total of 16 grandchildren.

Out of the Past

1998

Chi-Hi’s Corey Smith wins the regional wrestling title.

1988

Cy Lamb, a member of the bird watching club at the Golden Age Home, helps inflate and sell heart shaped balloons to raise funds to sponsor an eagle.

1978

Stanley-Boyd defeats Cornell in Boys Basketball with the help of their leading scorer, Wayne Anderson.

1968

Sue Custer plays an indian maiden and sings at the Chi Hi student Thespian Jamboree.

Meetings

Monday, Feb. 18

7 p.m. Town of LaFayette Board, LaFayette Town Hall.

7 p.m. Town of Eagle Point Board, Eagle Point Town Hall.

7:30 p.m. School District of Cornell, Regular School Board, Cornell Elementary School IMC.

7:30 p.m. Village of Lake Hallie Board, Village Hall.

Tuesday, Feb. 19

5 p.m. Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Special Board Meeting.

Wednesday, Feb. 20

9 a.m. Chippewa County Land Records Committee, Courthouse Room 16.

Thursday, Feb. 21

7 p.m. Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, Regular Board, Administration Building.

7 p.m. Tilden Community Preservation Study Committee, Tilden Town Hall.

Today in History

Today is Saturday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2008. There are 319 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Feb. 16, 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the nickname “Unconditional Surrender Grant.’’)

On this date:

In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.

In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.

In 1918, Lithuania proclaimed its independence, which lasted until World War II (it again declared independence in 1990).

In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter.

In 1945, American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II.

In 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.

In 1968, the nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated, in Haleyville, Ala.

In 1977, Janani Luwum, the Anglican archbishop of Uganda, and two other men were killed in what Ugandan authorities said was an automobile accident.

In 1988, seven people were shot to death during an office rampage in Sunnyvale, Calif., by a man who was obsessed with a co-worker. (The gunman, Richard Farley, is under sentence of death.)

In 1996, 11 people were killed in a fiery collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a Maryland commuter train in Silver Spring, Md.

Ten years ago: A China Airlines Airbus A300-600R trying to land in fog near Taipei, Taiwan, crashed, killing all 196 people on board and six people on the ground. Skier Hermann Maier of Austria won the Super-G and Katja Seizinger of Germany won the women’s downhill at the Nagano Olympics; Russia’s Pasha Grishuk and Yeggeny Platov won the ice dancing event.

Five years ago: More than 100,000 people demonstrated in the streets of San Francisco to protest a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq. Michael Waltrip raced past leader Jimmie Johnson to win the rain-shortened Daytona 500 for the second time in three years.