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# Pedro Colón

Pedro A. Colón (born April 7, 1968) is an American lawyer, jurist, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the Milwaukee-based 2nd district since November 2023. He previously served 13 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County, and prior to his judicial service, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for six terms, representing the 8th Assembly district from 1999 to 2010. He was the first Latino elected to the Wisconsin Legislature, and now the first Latino to judge on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

## Background

Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, April 7, 1968, Colón grew up on the South Side of Milwaukee and graduated from Milwaukee's Thomas More High School. He received his B.A. in political science from Marquette University in 1991, and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1994.

## Political history

He was first elected to the State Assembly in 1998, making him the first Latino to be elected a member of either house of the Wisconsin Legislature; he was reelected in the next five elections. He served as vice-chair of the Joint Committee on Finance and of the Judiciary and Ethics Committee.
He briefly ran for Mayor of Milwaukee in 2003, but withdrew, endorsing and becoming co-chair of the campaign for eventual 2004 election winner Tom Barrett. Colón also ran unsuccessfully for Milwaukee city attorney in 2008 against incumbent Grant Langley.
On May 26, 2010, Colón announced that he was not running for re-election in the 2010 general election, and resigned from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission, which he once chaired. The next day, he confirmed that he was applying for a job as the deputy director of legal services at the District, and had resigned to avoid a potential conflict of interest.

## Wisconsin circuit judge

In September 2010, Governor Jim Doyle appointed Colón a Wisconsin circuit court judge for Milwaukee County. He was elected to a full term in the April 5, 2011, spring election, and was subsequently re-elected in 2017 and 2023.

## Court of Appeals

Just after the 2023 election, Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge Timothy Dugan announced he would not run for re-election in 2024. Colón announced his campaign to succeed Dugan in May 2023. Dugan subsequently announced he would leave office early, in November 2023. Governor Tony Evers then appointed Colón to succeed Dugan in November to finish out the remaining year of his term. When sworn in, Colón will be the first Latino to serve on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

## Personal life

He is married to Betty J. Ulmer; they have two daughters, Lily and Julia, and live in Walker's Point. Judge Colón is on the board of directors of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials.
# Spencer Black

Spencer Black (born May 25, 1950) is an American educator and retired politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Madison in the Wisconsin State Assembly for 26 years, and was Minority Leader for most of the 2001-2002 session.

## Early life and education

Born in New York City in 1951, Black graduated from New York's Stuyvesant High School and received his bachelor's degree in economics and history from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He moved to Wisconsin to attend the University of Wisconsin–Madison for graduate studies, receiving his first master's degree in urban and regional planning in 1980, and receiving his Master of Public Policy and Public Administration in 1981.
He worked as a high school teacher and coach, as Curator of Education of the Wisconsin Historical Society and as a conservationist for the Sierra Club.

## Wisconsin Assembly

He was first elected to the Assembly in 1984 and was subsequently re-elected twelve times. In 1998, Black endorsed Kenosha representative James Kreuser in his unsuccessful bid for Democratic Minority Leader. A few years later, following Democrats' disappointment with the results of the 2000 election, Black challenged Marlin Schneider for the role of Assistant Minority Leader and won a surprising upset victory. He worked with Kreuser over the next few months to bring a challenge to Minority Leader Shirley Krug, culminating in their May 2001 victory in which Black was elected Minority Leader and Kreuser Assistant Minority Leader. Their victory was seen as a repudiation of the Democratic Leadership Council in Wisconsin, which some in the caucus blamed for a strategy which saw Democrats stuck in the minority. Black relinquished his leadership role after less than one session, endorsing Kreuser as his successor.
He served for many years as the Chair of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. He authored numerous environmental laws including the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund, the Mining Moratorium law, the Lower Wisconsin Riverway, the statewide recycling program, and the endangered species matching grant program.

## Later years

He is currently a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was Vice President of the 2014 board of directors for the Sierra Club, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious environmental activists agencies. He continues to reside in Madison and often writes as an opinion columnist for The Capital Times.
# William Lorge

William D. "Bill" Lorge (born August 31, 1960) is an American real estate broker, farmer, and Republican politician. He served ten years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 2002.

## Early life

Born in Bear Creek, Wisconsin, Lorge graduated from Clintonville High School and then received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also attended the Austro-American College in Vienna, Austria.

## Career

Lorge has been a real estate broker and a farmer. He served as a Congressional aide and a Wisconsin state senate legislative assistant for his father. In 1984 he ran for the 14th District State Senate seat vacated by his father, losing in the primary to Joseph Leean. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican from 1989 until 1999. A 1996 survey of legislators conducted by Madison Magazine rated Lorge poorly in several categories. In 1998 Lorge lost to Jean Hundertmark in the primary. That same year, Lorge submitted the highest expense report of any member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
In 2002, Lorge entered the Republican gubernatorial primary, challenging incumbent Republican Governor Scott McCallum. He garnered only 8 percent of the vote, as McCallum was renominated.

## Personal life

His father, Gerald Lorge, served 30 years in the Wisconsin State Senate. Lorge married Molly McGinty on April 11, 1996, in Bear Creek. They had four children together before divorcing in 2014.
Lorge has worked as an Elvis Presley impersonator. He owned Badgerland MLS, a real estate company.
# Henry Edgar Roethe

Henry Edgar Roethe (May 1866 – August 16, 1939) was an American politician and newspaper editor who was a Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin in 1914.

## Early life and education

Born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, Roethe attended Whitewater Normal State School.

## Career

Roethe moved to Fennimore, Wisconsin, where he bought and published a newspaper. Roethe served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1907 to 1910 and 1913 to 1914. From 1917 to 1924, he was a member of the Wisconsin Senate for the 16th district.

## Personal life

Roethe committed suicide on August 16, 1939; his body was found in Lake Monona. Roethe was succeeded by his younger brother, Edward J. Roethe, in the Wisconsin Senate.
# August W. Strehlow

August W. Strehlow (born January 31, 1867) was a housepainter and building contractor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who served one term as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1905 to 1906.

## Background

Strehlow was born in Stettin (now Szczecin, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia) on January 31, 1867, and was educated in the public schools there. He came to America in 1881, and followed the trade of hardwood finishing and housepainting, later becoming a contractor in this line of business; he became a member of the Painters' union, was active in organized labor, and became a member of the Social Democratic Party, soon to become the Socialist Party of America (but still called "Social Democratic Party" in Wisconsin). Strehlow died on December 22, 1943, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Small archival collections for Strehlow are located at both Milwaukee Public Library and Milwaukee County Historical Society.

## Elected office

In 1902 he ran for the State Assembly from the 16th Milwaukee County district on the Socialist ticket, losing to Republican Fred B. Breitwisch, with 1128 votes to Breitwisch's 1228. He was also a Socialist candidate for county supervisor in 1902.
In 1904 he defeated Breitwisch, with 1,549 votes against 1,349 for Breitwisch, 533 for Democrat Joseph Heller and 11 for Carl Oberhen of the Socialist Labor Party.
In 1906 he chose to run for the Milwaukee Common Council, and was succeeded in the Assembly by fellow Socialist and labor activist Frank J. Weber (a carpenter). He served on the Common Council for at least 32 years By 1946 he had shifted to the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.
# Korab (surname)

Korab is a surname.
The last name Korab was first found in East Prussia and Poland. Its meaning comes from an archaic Polish word for 'boat', 'ark', 'barge' (still used in Russian and other Slavonic languages). An older meaning of the Polish word was 'old tree'. It is also the crest-name of a Polish coat of arms which depicts a boat with a tower at its center. Conflicting legends place its origin in Germany, England or even ancient Rome.
As of 2014, the surname Korab is most commonly found in Poland.
Notable bearers of the surname include:
* Balthazar Korab (1926–2013), Hungarian-American photographer
* Henryk Korab-Janiewicz (1897–1971), Polish-American historian
* Jamie Korab (born 1979), Canadian curler
* Jerry Korab (born 1948), Canadian hockey player
* Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski (1876–1901), Polish poet
# Frank Christopherson Jr.

Frank W. Christopherson Jr. (May 24, 1927 – December 15, 2020) was an American politician.
Christopherson was a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 25th district from 1963 to 1967. He also served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1959 to 1963.
According to the Wisconsin Blue Book (1966), he was born in Superior, Wisconsin, and attended Superior State College. He worked as a train engineer and fireman, as well as a newspaper publisher. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a county board member from 1956 to 1962.
Christopherson died at Maywood of Benedictine Assisted Living in Duluth, Minnesota.
# William Plizka

William G. Plizka (born December 8, 1944) was a Republican politician and legislator from Wisconsin.
Born in Ashland, Wisconsin, Plizka graduated from Northland College in 1969. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for just one term. He was a former member of the local school board, as well as the Ashland County Board.
# Charles Meising

Charles Meising (April 9, 1876 – ?) was a salesman from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who served one term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and conducted several less successful campaigns.

## Background

Meising was born in Taylors Falls, Minnesota on April 9, 1876, was educated in the public schools of Kansas City, Missouri, and for several years worked as a manufacturer's agent in Milwaukee. He had twice run for Milwaukee county supervisor, once for Milwaukee alderman and once for the Wisconsin State Senate (in 1916), but never held a public office until elected to the Assembly in 1920.

## Legislature

Meising was elected to the Assembly in 1920 to succeed Socialist Albert Ehlman (who did not seek re-election) as a member for the Fourth district of Milwaukee County (20th and 22nd wards of the City of Milwaukee), receiving 7278 votes to 6664 for Socialist Louis J. Green. He was appointed to the standing committee on fish and game.
He ran for re-election in 1922, but lost to Socialist Albert F. Woller, who polled 3,246 votes to Meising's 2,049. He tried to regain the seat in 1924, losing to Socialist William Coleman; and again losing to Coleman in 1926.
In 1930 he unsuccessfully challenged Socialist incumbent Philip Wenz in the general election for the Assembly's 7th Milwaukee County seat, losing with 1103 votes to 1443 for Wenz, 314 for Democrat Fred Stich, and 34 for Jack Schwab.
# William Lyman Smith

William Lyman Smith I (February 12, 1878 – November 11, 1964) was a Canadian American educator, businessman, and Republican politician from Neillsville, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate (1921–1928) and State Assembly (1917–1918), representing Clark County. He also served as private secretary to Wisconsin governor Walter J. Kohler Sr.

## Background

Smith was born February 12, 1878, on a farm in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada. His parents moved to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, in that same year. He attended public schools at Porter's Mills, graduated from Eau Claire High School, and then from Stevens Point State Normal School. He came to Neillsville in 1899, and taught school for four years. His official biography described him as being since 1903 "engaged in the telephone business" (he was manager of the Badger State Telephone Company). He served as an alderman for one term in 1906, and was president of the local public library board.

## Public office

Smith was elected to the Assembly in 1916 for the Clark County district to succeed fellow Republican Emery Crosby, receiving 3482 votes to 1201 for Democrat Alvin Foster. He was assigned to the legislature's joint committee on finance, serving alongside another William L. Smith, a Socialist barber from Milwaukee. Smith was not a candidate for re-election in 1918, and was succeeded by fellow Republican Harry Hewett.
In 1920, Smith was elected from the 24th State Senate district (Clark and Wood Counties) to succeed fellow Republican Isaac P. Witter, with 11,700 votes to 2,791 for Socialist Robert A. Steinbach and 1,580 for Democrat Alphonsus B. Sutor. He was assigned to the standing committee on corporations. He was re-elected in 1924 (his district now included Taylor County as well), with 13,760 votes to 7,668 for Independent T. H. Barber. He was assigned to the committees on education and public welfare, and on contingent expenditures. Smith (still "engaged in the telephone business") was elected president pro tempore of the Senate for the 1927 session. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1928, and was succeeded by fellow Neillsville Republican Walter J. Rush.
Smith later served as private secretary to Governor of Wisconsin Walter J. Kohler Sr., who appointed Smith the rank of colonel on the state national guard.

## Private life

On June 26, 1901, Smith had married Olive T. Huntzicker, a native of Eaton, Wisconsin. At the time of her death in 1937, they had two sons, William Lyman Jr., and Herbert. On April 1, 1939, Smith married librarian Mary Elizabeth Corson.
In 1963, a local newspaper remarked on the 86th birthday of the still-living Smith. Smith died the following year at the Memorial Hospital at Neillsville, and was buried in the Neillsville cemetery.
# Kwafie Festival

Kwafie Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Dormaa, Berekum and Nsoatre, in the Bono Region. This event is celebrated in remembrance of the ancestors and it is also meant as purification. Among the many activities, the most interesting is the burning of a large bonfire in the courtyard. The people of Dormaa, Berekum and Nsoatre also celebrate it in November/ December.

## Celebrations

During the festival, visitors are welcomed to share food and drinks. The people put on traditional clothes and there is durbar of chiefs. There is also dancing and drumming. The Kwafie Festival is celebrated in Dormaa Ahenkro, Berekum, and Nsuatre in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana to commemorate the bringing of fire to the area, said to have been accomplished by ancestors who emigrated to this region long ago. The celebration lasts about three days and can occur in either November, December, or January. In Dormaa Ahenkro the festival begins with an evening torchlight procession from the palace to the house where the sacred stools are kept. The ancestors are worshipped with libations, then the procession returns to the palace. The next morning everyone gathers at the palace where the chief presides over the "laying of logs," or Nkukuato, in which lower-level officials bring in logs on their shoulders to give the chief. The highest ranking official chooses three logs to begin the fire, which is then used for cooking a ritual meal. Later in the day an even grander procession carries the ancestral stools to a nearby body of water for ritual purification. Other sacred ceremonies are also performed. Then the final day of the festival is marked by joyous dancing, music, and feasts on the palace grounds.

## Significance

This festival is celebrated to mark an event that took place in the past. The Dormaas are burn a large bonfire during the festival by claiming they brought fire to Ghana.
# Mark Pettis

Mark Pettis (born December 18, 1950) is an American Republican politician from Wisconsin.
Born in Osceola, Wisconsin, Pettis served in the United States Navy. He served on the Burnett County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. Pettis began serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1997 and served until his defeat in 2006.
# Markus Högner

Markus Högner (born 26 April 1967) is a German football coach and former player who coaches SGS Essen.
# Kim Bo-nam

Kim Bo-nam (born 19 October 1961) is a South Korean cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre event at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
# Penleigh and Essendon Grammarians Football Club

The Penleigh and Essendon Grammarians Football Club, abbreviated PEGS Football Club or simply PEGS, and nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football club located in Keilor Park, Victoria, north west of Melbourne.
The club originated in 1968 as the Old Essendon Grammarians, composed of alumni and pea hearts from the Essendon Grammar School. The club competed in the Essendon District Football League (EDFL), winning the 1976 C Grade premiership, before joining the Footscray District Football League (FDFL) for two seasons commencing in 1983. In 1984, the club joined the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), where it continues to compete today.
The club's home games are held at a purpose built facility in Keilor Park.

## Honours

Club premierships :
| League | Competition | Wins | Year won |
| Essendon District Football League | Division 2 (C Grade) | 1 | 1976 |
| Victorian Amateur Football Association | Division 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Victorian Amateur Football Association | Division 2 (F Section) | 1 | 1996 |
| Victorian Amateur Football Association | Division 3 (E Section) | 1 | 1986 |
# Shraddha Shashidhar

Shraddha Shashidhar (born 3 September 1996) is an Indian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2017 and represented India at Miss Universe 2017.
She has modelled for brands like Nike, Yamaha Fascino etc. As her time at Miss Universe India 2017- she has travelled internationally as an Indian representative for promoting events in textile, tourism and real estate in countries like Ghana, Thailand, Philippines etc.

## Early life

Shraddha was born in Chennai, India. She did her schooling from Army Public School, Deolali, Nashik and enrolled in Sophia College for Women, Mumbai and has a degree in Mass media.

## Pageantry
### Miss Diva - 2017

Shraddha was crowned Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2017 by the outgoing titleholder Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2016, Roshmitha Harimurthy.

### Miss Universe 2017

She represented India at Miss Universe 2017 which was held at The AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on 26 November 2017, but was unplaced.
# Hubert Ausböck

Hubert Ausböck (8 January 1908 – 1 February 1989) was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Munich. He participated in 23 fights as a professional, winning 17 of those along with 3 draws and 3 fights also resulting in a loss. In 1928 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the flyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Antal Kocsis.
# Henry Vogt

Henry Vogt (May 5, 1853 – October 21, 1934) was a Prussian-born American cigar maker and policeman from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served one term as a People's Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

## Background

He was born Heinrich Vogt in 1853 to Christopher Vogt and Anna Maria Tolle. Vogt received a common school education in Prussia. He emigrated, settled in Milwaukee in 1874 and became a cigar maker. Vogt was a police officer in Milwaukee in 1882–83.

## Elective office

Vogt was one of the labor leaders under indictment for their roles in the labor unrest which ended in the Bay View Massacre, but had held no governmental office until elected to the Assembly in 1886 from the 9th Milwaukee County Assembly district (the 9th Ward of the City of Milwaukee) to succeed Democrat Gottfried Inden (who was not a candidate for re-election) for the session of 1887. Adam won 1,119 votes to 563 for Republican John Deverth and 385 votes for Democrat Mathias Humann. He did not run for re-election in 1888, and was succeeded by Republican George Christiaansen.
# Salil Banerjee

Salil Banerjee (born 1 October 1935) is an Indian former cricketer. He played five first-class matches for Bengal between 1958 and 1962.
# Augustin Krist

Augustin Gustav Krist (12 December 1894 – 2 March 1964) was the first Czechoslovakian to be appointed to officiate at a FIFA World Cup final match when he was linesman in the 1938 final between Hungary and Italy in Paris. He was born in Kroměříž.
Krist had earlier been the match referee in the game between Cuba and Sweden in which Sweden won 8–0. Krist had come to prominence in European football circles in the middle of the 1930s, assuming control in various internationals.
# John McCauley (referee)

John McCauley (1945 – June 3, 1989) was a Canadian ice hockey official who worked as a National Hockey League (NHL) referee from 1966 to 1981.

## Early life

McCauley was raised in Brampton, where he was a hockey goaltender and lacrosse player. In 1959, he won a Canadian Junior Lacrosse championship as a member of the Brampton Excelsiors.

## Career

During his career, McCauley officiated 442 regular season games and 12 playoff games. In 1979, McCauley was assaulted by a fan after a match between the NHL All-Stars and the Soviet Union and sustained a serious injury to his right eye. Although he returned to refereeing, McCauley's depth perception was never the same and he retired from refereeing two years later.
After being appointed assistant director of officiating in June 1979, McCauley worked as the director of officiating from 1986 until his death in 1989.

## Personal life

McCauley died at age 44 after complications from an emergency gall bladder surgery. McCauley's son, Wes McCauley, was drafted in the eighth round by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Wes eventually followed in his father's footsteps and is currently an NHL referee, having refereed his first NHL match in 2003 and being promoted to full-time status in 2005.