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September 27, 2017Volume 162, Number 47
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MPTC program to give low-income students free tuition
By ALEX [email protected]
Moraine Park TechnicalCollege is implementing a pro-gram for low-income studentsthat would give them five semes-ters of free college tuition.
Promise Program is open tomore than 25 high schools near theMPTC campuses, one of which islocated in Washington County. Andthough some students can getthrough the school in four semes-ters, there are programs there that
often require more.According to Moraine Park,
more than a quarter of high schoolstudents — more than 14,000 — inthe MPTC district are eligible forfree and reduced lunch.
“Too often, deserving high schoolstudents think college isn’t an optionfor their future — not because oftheir abilities or ambition, butbecause of financial limitations,”Moraine Park President BonnieBaerwald said in a news release.“We’re hoping to change that.
“The Moraine Park PromiseProgram removes financial barri-ers, providing high school seniorsin low-income families a chanceto earn their degree and achievetheir career goals without the bur-den of college debt.”
The technical college hopes toraise $1.5 million in 2017-18. The
funds will pay the remainder oftuition not covered by other serv-ices available for low-income stu-dents and will be raised throughthe Moraine Park Foundation.
“Ours is what we call a last dol-lar scholarship,” Baerwald said.She also explained a student isconsidered low-income if at theschool if they have an EFC num-ber of 3,500 or less.
To participate an applying stu-dent is also required to graduate ontime from an accredited or homehigh school, live within the MPTCdistrict, earn a GPA of 2.5 orgreater, earn a 16 on the ACT andhave a 90 percent attendance rateduring the last year of high school.Students will also have to completetheir FAFSA by Jan. 15 of 2018.
Taking control and making a positive change
By RALPH [email protected]
For as much publicitythat acts of terrorism andnatural disasters receive,our passing may have moreto do with our own deci-sions than factors outsideour control.
The YMCA, including inWest Bend, established aprogram to curb the onsetof diabetes, a potentiallydebilitating metabolic dis-order that claimed almost80,000 lives in 2016.
“I think part of the prob-lem is the sedentarylifestyle that so many peo-ple are experiencing,” saidMary Beth Emmer, a regis-tered dietician and nutri-tion counselor. “Peoplearen’t moving as much asthey used to. With all of oursocial media, computers,tablets, everybody is sittingmore. You are even seeingthat with children — over-weight children.”
Kim Van Fossen was one of the program’s participants.
“I was at a point in my
life where I was over-weight,” she said. “I felt Iwas eating healthy. I felt Iwas active, but there is a
difference between yourdaily activity business ofliving and activity to raiseyour heart rate. I was at the
point in my life where Iaccepted I was gainingweight. I thought it was just a part of life, but you
get to a point where you aredisgusted.”
She took a blood test aspart of her annual checkupand the results promptedVan Fossen to enroll in theprogram.
She took control of herlife because the alternativepresented a pretty grimfuture. Amy Miller, a familyphysician with Froedtertand the Medical College ofWisconsin, described diffi-cult life for those sufferingwith the illness.
Those who are diagnosedwith the illness will require significant lifestylechanges, essentially revers-ing habits that were formedand solidified for years. Ifthat is ineffective, thenmore drastic options areconsidered.
“In addition to that,there are pills that can betaken,” Miller said. “Thereare injectable medicationsthat are not insulin andthen there are the insulin-injectable medications.”
That doesn’t include thediagnostic tools that need to be purchased, both theinitial unit cost that dis-plays information, and therecurring costs of teststrips.
It can also be costly.
John Ehlke/Daily NewsKim Van Fossen of West Bend watches television as she works on an elliptical machine Sept. 12 at the River ShoresYMCA in West Bend. Van Fossen is pre-diabetic and joined the joined the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Programbecause of her family history of diabetes.
John Ehlke/Daily NewsTwo students walk out the main entrance as another is helped in thestudent service area Tuesday afternoon at Moraine Park TechnicalCollege in West Bend.
5 semesters offree tuition to
those who qualify
John Ehlke/Daily NewsA vehicle moves along County Highway N on Tuesday afternoon toward Dodge County in the town of Hartford.
Transfer of roads from county debated by Hartford panel
By JOE [email protected]
HARTFORD — On the same nightthe city’s Common Council met thecity’s Public Works Committee dis-cussed the issue of most interest.
After nearly a half-hour of discus-sion and debate the committee rec-ommended Hartford staff continueto negotiate with the county over thepossible transfer of the control ofsections of two county controlledhighways to the city. The vote, how-ever, was not unanimous with
Alderman Roger Randolph castingthe only “no” vote after criticizingthe proposal.
After discussions with city admin-istrative staff Washington Countyofficials offered to transfer control ofthree highways. They include:
■ Highway N from State Street tothe county line.
■ Highway U from the city limitsto Arthur Road.
■ Highway 83 from Highway 60 toClover Road.
After discussion began CityAdministrator Steve Volkert said herecommends the city drop Highway Ufrom the discussion because the roadis in poor condition and reconstruc-tion would cost about $2.75 million.
“We could talk about this highwayat some future date after reconstruc-tion has been completed by the county,”
Volkert said. “The fiscal impact onthe city (by taking control of the twoother roads) will be negligiblebecause the county is offering to paythe estimated maintenance cost forthe first 10 years. All costs after 10years would be absorbed by the city.”
If approved as proposed the citycould receive about $246,000 from thecounty for future maintenance costsfor highways N and 83.
Volkert said in a memo to othercity officials the 10-year impact onthe city’s tax rate, if they acceptedcontrol of the portion of Highway Noffered by the county, would be about$92,000 — about $9,200 a year. He alsosaid the net impact on taxes foraccepting a portion of Highway 83would be about $14,800 over 10 years.
Committee recommendscontinued negotiations
with Washington County
YMCA programaims to stem
the tide of diabetes
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Please see DIABETES/A8
Please see MPTC/A8
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FROM THE FRONTMPTC: West Bend campushosts filing workshop Oct. 4
Diabetes: Economic impact of disease was $245B in 2012
The school intends to host FAFSA filing workshops atthe West bend, Fond du Lac and Beaver Dam campuses.The first of which will be hosted at West Bend on Oct. 4from 3-7 p.m.
“Most students and families are apprehensive in com-pleting the FAFSA; so to offer one-on-one help filing theapplication at these workshops is a wonderful chance tosee what you qualify for and to get first-hand guidance,”Moraine Park Financial Aid Manager Triena Bodart saidin a news release.
A news release about the program states about 30 per-cent of lower income students don’t pursue college as theyfeel they won’t succeed or don’t know how to navigate thesystem.
MPTC hopes to address those issues as well by offeringmentoring at its campuses for the new students.
Baerwald said the mentor program is still in develop-ment, but that it will solely focus on students already atthe school, making use of the program.
Transfer: Town of Hartfordfire agreement approved
“The city would also loseabout $148,000 from thestate in the form of high-way connection aid.Reimbursement for thatwould be included in the$246,000 sought from thecounty,” Volkert said.
Volkert also recom-mended that the city onlyaccept control of a portionof Highway 83 fromHighway 60 to Wilson Road.He said it would be easierfor the city if they did notaccept control to CloverRoad, but only to WilsonAvenue.
Randolph wanted thecity to not accept control ofany of the roads. He saidthe city would be addingfuture expenses to the taxroll which would increaseevery year when inflationwas included.
“I see no benefit to thecity in any way, shape orform to accept control ofthese roads,” Randolphsaid. “All it means is thetax rate will increasebecause the county doesn’twant to handle this any-more.”
Alderman Dennis Hegyvoted in favor of continu-ing negotiations with thecounty but he alsoexpressed reservations.
“The county is reallylooking for a way throughthis to abandon transporta-tion in the county,” Hegysaid. “They are abandoningthe northern reliever routeand that means any future
action to work out thatproblem will be in the formof a bypass which will killour downtown. This is justan end run so they nolonger have to deal withthat problem.”
County AdministratorJosh Schoemann deniedthe county was abandon-ing transportation in thecounty.
“This and the deals withthe other municipalitieswould put you in the dri-ver’s seat regarding futurehighway development,”Schoemann said. “Youwould also be able to orderno truck traffic through thedowntown.”
The city has been work-ing to divert heavy trucktraffic from Main Street toWacker Drive to enter oneof the city’s industrialparks.
Schoemann also said hehas heard state transporta-tion officials are also look-ing for an eventual connec-tion of Highway 83 withHighway 33, which wouldbenefit Hartford.
Schoemann agreed tocontinue discussing thematter with the city.
❑ ❑ ❑Common Council
During the CommonCouncil’s regular meeting,after the Public WorksCommittee meeting, theCouncil approved a newone-year fire agreementwith the town of Hartford.
“I would say the average adult withtype 2 diabetes is probably going to betaking one or two medicines,” saidVanessa Rein, a physician with theUniversity of Wisconsin HealthSystem. “One of them will probably begeneric so the copay is probably goingto be small, somewhere between $5 or$10 per month. They are probablygoing to have a $20 copay for the othermedicine at least. They are going toneed meter supplies. That is going tobe another $20 copay.
“That is probably the most minimalcost I can think of, but some people,their copays are going to be $40 forsome of those drugs, so they are goingto be paying $60 a month for the medi-cine, $20 for the supplies.”
Then there are the illnesses associ-ated with the disease.
“I would say that the biggest costare the long-term life consequences,”Miller said. “Developing visual prob-lems because of the diabetes, dialysisbecause of the diabetes, heart diseasebecause of the diabetes, so that to meis the biggest cost although it is not afinancial one.”
It is also a disease where we all havea stake.
“We should care because selfishly,the risk is actually very high for some-one in the U.S. who is adult, that theyhave one or the other (type 1 or type 2diabetes),” said Matt Petersen, manag-ing director of medical informationfor the American Diabetes Associa-tion. “There are 25 percent of seniorsthat have overt diabetes so we shouldbe concerned for selfish reasons. Theother reason we should care because itdoes place an economic as well as areal personal burden on Americans tolive with diabetes.”
Association staff, with assistancefrom health experts, conducted a studyto calculate the total impact, in termsof dollars, that diabetes has on society.The research concluded the total economic cost of diabetes in 2012 was$245 billion, a 41 percent increase fromthe prior study.
The one-year program began in2012 with participants meeting weeklyclass for 16 weeks before tapering offto every other week for three classesand once a month for six months.
“We have anywhere from eight to
15 people in the class,” Emmer, one ofthe program’s coaches, said. “You haveto be 18 years old or over and you haveto qualify through a risk assessment.”
The risk assessment consists of aseries of yes or no questions andrespondents will be assigned pointsdepending on their answers. Some ofthe risk factors are outside a person’scontrol. The assessment’s question-naire includes whether the person’sparent or siblings suffers from the ill-ness. It asks about the person’s age,the physical activity level, height andweight.
The risk factors are scaled so thathigher contributors to the disease areallocated a larger number of points —someone who is older than 65 will beassigned nine points while having sib-lings managing the illness will onlywarrant one point.
Typically, the higher the points oneis assigned, the better the outcome.That is not the case with this specificdiagnostic. Those who score ninepoints or higher are at risk for predia-betes or diabetes.
The assessment also queries aboutthe individual’s vital health statistics,including that person’s blood glucoselevel.
“Type 2 diabetes is the one that ismore common and is more lifestyle
related,” Miller said. “Through lead-ing a healthy lifestyle — type 2 dia-betes is preventable.”
The program consists of sessionswhere participants learn about vari-ous aspects of healthy living.
“The first 16 weeks we have differ-ent topics,” Emmer said, one of theprogram’s coaches. “We cover any-where from how to eat less fat, we talkabout healthy eating. We focus onMyPlate and physical activity.”
The lessons are followed by a thor-ough review of the topics discussed toreinforce the material people havelearned, but the true benefit is theshared experience of those in thegroup. They suggest strategies for los-ing weight and participate in activitiesoutside of class.
“I would say just the accountabilityof coming each week,” Gina Trampesaid of the program’s success. She isone of the program’s coaches. “Theystep on a scale”
Van Fossen made some life changes.She tracked her diet and began takingnot of what she ate on a regular basis.She began walking everywhere andstarted visiting the YMCA gym fourtimes each week.
“I am a lot more confident,” VanFossen said. “I have a lot more energyand I feel better. I just feel better.”
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John Ehlke/Daily NewsKim Van Fossen of West Bend is silhouetted against the lights as sheworks on an elliptical machine Sept. 12 at the River Shores YMCA in WestBend. Van Fossen pre-diabetic and joined the joined the YMCA DiabetesPrevention Program because of her family history of diabetes.
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Walk to End Alzheimer’s raises more than $108,000The West Bend West varsity dance team cheers on walkers during Saturday's Walk to End Alzheimer's event atRegner Park in West Bend. On Tuesday, the Alzheimer's Association and its Southeastern Wisconsin chapterannounced more than $108,000 was raised at this year's walk.
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