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Friday finishers
By * Transporter
Wedding bell blues. That special day looked like it was going astray for dozens of area brides and bridesmaids this week when a Milwaukee bridal shop unexpectedly closed its doors and left them in the lurch. With some of their wedding bells set to chime as early as this Saturday and no bridal gowns in sight, there were more than a few tears and unkind words directed toward the shop and its Waterford owner who was filing for bankruptcy. That<0x2019>s when other area bridal shops stepped up to help out the panicked brides - offering to take delivery of dresses that have been ordered from manufacturers or donating dresses in discontinued lines to help them get to the church on time. A tip of the hat and a handful of rice to Christy's Bridal in Burlington, Germaine's Fashion and Bridal in Lake Geneva and Images of Racine for helping them down the aisle.
A warmly gloved thumbs up to a hometown-talent turned NBA star Caron Butler, who was back at it again giving something back to the community. Before it was bikes, this time it was winter coats and hat-and-glove sets. 450 of each were distributed at Mitchell Middle School last Friday, just in time before the winter winds start blowing in earnest. The Washington Wizard's star, who worked with Nike and Wal-Mart on the giveaway, got a present of his own in return: a warming thank you from the middle schoolers.
Butler isn't the only one out there trying to help people keep warm during the winter. We Energies announced this week it was accepting applications for Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Programs to help people pay their winter fuel bills. Customers at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level ($30,000 for a family of four, for instance) are eligible. If you know someone who could use a hand, have them call (866) 432-8947 to check it out.
The federal bureaucracy got another pie in the face this week with the revelation of an audit that showed Department of Interior employees were shopping, gaming on-line and surfing sexually explicit Web sites (no, they were not IM-ing Foley) while on the job. An internal audit of computer use at the agency which has 80,000 employees found one million log entries in which 7,700 employees visited game and auction sites. More than 4,700 log entries were to sexually explicit and gambling sites - some for as long as 30 minutes to an hour. Perhaps there is room for them at the Department of the Exterior.
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