Mon, 26 June 2006  http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/sports/index.php?ntid=88980 Bill Wambach's nervousness gave him away. Lorette Wambach already knew Saturday there would be no gray area when her 80-year-old husband attempted to set a national record in the high jump during Sunday's Badger State Games track and field competition at Mansfield Stadium. "It was either he was going to do it really great or fall flat on his face, because I've never seen him so upset as he was (Saturday)," Lorette said. "He wouldn't even answer the phone anymore. He was nervous and thinking, 'All this hype and I'm not going to even make 4 feet,' and he's made 4 feet a number of times." On Sunday, Bill Wambach pushed aside that nervousness listening to music and doing stretching exercises before he finally had his quest to enter the record books realized. "Some days you've got it and some days you don't," he said. He had it Sunday. Wambach, a retired district highway engineer who's lived in Sun Prairie since 1978, didn't just match the USA Track and Field masters mark of 1.22 meters (or 4 feet) in the 80- to 84-year-old division. The former Marquette University athlete broke it - his final successful height was 1.26 meters or 4 feet, 1 inches, according to USA Track and Field representatives. He did it using his preferred western roll style, not the more common back-first Fosbury flop form, which doesn't agree with back problems he's had since the 1970s. He did it to the applause of family - including son Bill Wambach and daughter Marti Fechner - and BSG competitors who surrounded the high jump pit to witness his bid. "All week it was driving me nuts because nobody has ever paid any attention to me before and I hadn't done it yet," he said of media attention before Sunday. "That's why I feel so fortunate and blessed that my back feels OK and everything was cool and I did it." http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=88937 Rape law expands to include alcohol The nation's top party school could get a sobering jolt from a change in state law that puts alcohol on a par with date-rape drugs as an aggravating factor in certain sexual assaults. The change, long sought by rape- victim advocates in Wisconsin, means that victims who are very drunk during a sexual encounter can be judged incapable of giving consent, triggering a possible second-degree sexual assault charge. Prior to the change, which took effect in June, a victim who had been drinking typically had to be unconscious to be deemed incapable of consenting to sex. The law applies to alcohol-related sexual assaults committed by anyone anywhere in the state. But it may have particular resonance on hard-drinking college campuses such as UW- Madison, which was named the country's No. 1 party school by the Princeton Review last year.
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=88965 Sound of freights again fills the night Steve Rudolph wonders if Saturday night was his last good night's sleep for a while. Rudolph, the city's most vocal advocate for the Madison train whistle ban, is about to start hearing the whistles again at his home across the street from the tracks in the 2100 block of East Main Street. The ban, adopted in October 2001, ended at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, when it was superseded by a federal rule. The Federal Railroad Association's rule, published last year, says whistles must sound at any intersection not protected by both gates and flashing lights. The city could have kept a whistle ban in certain designated quiet zones if crossings in those areas had been upgraded. City officials say budget constraints and other problems are delaying the upgrades. Rudolph said no trains woke him up early Sunday, but that before the whistle ban, trains would wake him several times each night. "We're anxious to see how things go over the next couple of weeks," he said. "We're hoping that the railroads will blow their horns when they have to, which they can, but tone them down."
Michael and Linda Roberts were always an active couple. They biked to work in Milwaukee, ran and walked often, and even took a cross-country bicycle trip for their honeymoon. Michael had a stroke in December 1999 - while doing yoga, of all things - that paralyzed his left side. Since then, adjusting to a less-active life has been difficult, Linda said. "The hardest thing for us to come to terms with was the lifestyle change," she said. The club has made a big impact on their lives, Linda said. "When you have a disability, society kind of throws you away and ignores you, but this brings people back into the main line, doing things normal people do," she said. The club meets Thursday evenings in Middleton. Membership is free and includes workouts, coaching, team T- shirts and information about races.
Bill Wambach's nervousness gave him away. Lorette Wambach already knew Saturday there would be no gray area when her 80-year-old husband attempted to set a national record in the high jump during Sunday's Badger State Games track and field competition at Mansfield Stadium. "It was either he was going to do it really great or fall flat on his face, because I've never seen him so upset as he was (Saturday)," Lorette said. "He wouldn't even answer the phone anymore. He was nervous and thinking, 'All this hype and I'm not going to even make 4 feet,' and he's made 4 feet a number of times." On Sunday, Bill Wambach pushed aside that nervousness listening to music and doing stretching exercises before he finally had his quest to enter the record books realized. "Some days you've got it and some days you don't," he said. He had it Sunday. Wambach, a retired district highway engineer who's lived in Sun Prairie since 1978, didn't just match the USA Track and Field masters mark of 1.22 meters (or 4 feet) in the 80- to 84-year-old division. The former Marquette University athlete broke it - his final successful height was 1.26 meters or 4 feet, 1 inches, according to USA Track and Field representatives. He did it using his preferred western roll style, not the more common back-first Fosbury flop form, which doesn't agree with back problems he's had since the 1970s. He did it to the applause of family - including son Bill Wambach and daughter Marti Fechner - and BSG competitors who surrounded the high jump pit to witness his bid. "All week it was driving me nuts because nobody has ever paid any attention to me before and I hadn't done it yet," he said of media attention before Sunday. "That's why I feel so fortunate and blessed that my back feels OK and everything was cool and I did it." Comments[0] |
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