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10:30 am: Reps. Zigmunt and Soletski to speak at Orion Energy Systems Inc., Orion New Technology Center, 2210 Woodland Drive, Manitowoc.  (Introducing a new bill to spur growth in WI Green jobs sector)

Administrative Rules Hearings
7 pm:  DNR public hearing on rules establishing the season length and bag limits for the 2009 Wisconsin migratory game bird seasons.  Rooms B-19 and B-20, State Office Bldg, 3550 Mormon Coulee Rd, La Crosse. 

1 pm: Joint Audit, 411-S.  Agenda.

2 pm: Senate Commerce, Utilities, Energy & Rail, 300-SE. Agenda. Exec Session.

Administrative Rules Hearings
7 pm:  DNR public hearing on rules establishing the season length and bag limits for the 2009 Wisconsin migratory game bird seasons. Room 243, WI Indianhead Tech College, 1900 College Dr, Rice Lake.

Meetings
12:30 pm: WI Farmers Union Dairy Solutions Listening Session, Holiday Inn, 1017 East McCoy Blvd, Tomah. Details.

Events
5 pm: Opening of new Post-World War II exhibit, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison.

Fundraisers
5 - 7 pm: Cong. Tom Petri, Wisconsin Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc. Suggested Donation $150, $100, or $50 per person. Please RSVP to Tonia @ 920-923-4050 or tompetri@vbe.com .

11 am: Assembly Tourism, Recreation and State Properties, 300-NE. Exec Session. Hearing Agenda.

1 pm: Assembly Fish and Wildlife, 328-NW. Agenda.

Meetings
5 - 6:30 pm, WisDOT Disadvantaged Program Goals for 2010 Public Hearing, State Building, West building entrance, Room 151, 141 NW Barstow, Waukesha.

Administrative Rules Hearings
10 am: Transportation, Transportation facilities economic assistance and development program, and the transportation infrastructure loan program. Hill Farms State Transportation Building, Room 901, 4802 Sheboygan Ave, Madison.

7 pm:  DNR public hearing on rules establishing the season length and bag limits for the 2009 Wisconsin migratory game bird seasons.  Main Conference Room, Agricultural Services Center, 3369 W. Brewster St, Appleton.

Fundraisers
TBA: Sen. Alberta Darling, 2009 Garden to Garden Tour, Late afternoon tours with evening cocktail reception, Gardens and Reception Site forthcoming. Hosts $200 per couple, Guests $100 per couple. For more information contact Mary Stitt @ 262-268-6859 or marystitt@wi.rr.com.

Fundraisers
5 - 7 pm: Cong. Tom Petri, Moose Inn, W6846 State Road 21, Wautoma. Suggested donation $100, $75 or $50 per person. RSVP to Tonia @ 920-923-4050 or tompetri@vbe.com .

Events
8:30 am - 2:30 pm: Green Jobs for Clean Water Event, Guest Speakers: Rep. Gwen Moore, WI DNR, US EPA, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, City of Milwaukee, UWM, LIUNA, Milwaukee County War Memorial, 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee.

Fundraisers
9 am:  15th Annual Fitzgerald Open, Old Hickory Country Club, Beaver Dam.  Registration, Lunch and Practice Range open 9:30 am, Shotgun start 11 am. Cocktail and dinner reception,  4:30 pm: Contributions: $3,000 Hole Sponsorship - includes four for golf and dinner, $600 per individual golfer includes golf, cart, lunch, dinner, drinks, prizes and more. $100 for dinner reception only. Please make checks payable to Scott Fitzgerald for Senate and/or Jeff Fitzgerald for Assembly, N4692 Maple Road, Juneau, WI  53039. For questions or to RSVP please contact Judi at 608-345-3780. 

5 - 6:30 pm, WisDOT Disadvantaged Program Goals for 2010 Public Hearing, DOT Northeast Office, 944 Vanderperren Way, Green Bay.

9:30 am: Dept. of Commerce Conveyance Safety Code Council, Tommy G. Thompson Commerce Center, Third Floor Conference Room #3b, 201 West Washington Ave, Madison.

Building Commission Meeting, State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Exposition Center - 2nd Floor. Details.

• 12:30 pm Administrative Affairs Subcommittee
• 2:00 pm Higher Education Subcommittee
• 4:00 pm Full Commission Meeting.

4 - 7 pm: WisDOT, Connections 2030 Public Hearing, Alliant Energy Center, Madison. Details.

Fundraisers
5 - 7 pm: Cong. Tom Petri, The Bull at Pinehurst Farms, One long Drive, Sheboygan Falls.  Suggested donation $150, $100 or $50 per person.  RSVP to Tonia @ 920-923-4050 or tompetri@vbe.com .

2 pm: Senate Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection, 400-SE. Exec Session. Hearing Agenda.

Meetings
4 - 7 pm: WisDOT, Connections 2030 Public Hearing, Appleton West High School, Appleton. Details.

5 - 6:30 pm, WisDOT Disadvantaged Program Goals for 2010 Public Hearing, 4802 Sheboygan Ave, East Side of Building, Cafeteria Door, Madison.

Administrative Rules Hearing
1 pm: Employee Trust Funds, Legal Counsel advising the boards that are attached to the department while a board considers a final decision pertaining to an appeal. Conference Room GB, Dept. of Employee Trust Funds, 801 West Badger Road, Madison.

1 pm: Employee Trust Funds, An order to amend section ETF 11.15, relating to the agent for service of process upon the boards that are attached to the department. Conference Room GB, Dept. of Employee Trust Funds, 081 West Badger Road, Madison.

1 pm: Commerce, Permits to operate, registration and filing fees. Thompson Commerce Center, Conference Room 3C, 201 W. Washington Ave, Madison. 

6 pm: DNR,  Regulating feral or wild swine, wolf-dog hybrids and mute swans as captive wild animals. West bend Public Agency Center, Room 1113 A and B, 333 E. Washington St., West Bend. 

7 pm: DNR,  Deer management unit population goals. West bend Public Agency Center, Room 1113 A and B, 333 E. Washington St., West Bend.

2 pm: DNR, minor, non-substantive ‘housekeeping’ changes to fishing regulations on the inland, outlying and boundary waters of Wisconsin. 101 S. Webster Street, Room 406, Madison.

Events.
10 am: DWD Secretary Gassman to announce worker training grant. Energy Composites, 4400 Commerce Dr., Wisconsin Rapids.

Fundraisers.
5:30-7 pm: 4th Annual Fish Boil for Reps. Nelson & Soletski. Green Bay Labor Temple, 1570 Elizabeth St. Hosts and sponsorships available. Contact: tom@nelsonforassembly.com.

Noon: Gov. Doyle, Rep. Baldwin to make SeniorCare announcement. Colonial Club Senior Center, 301 Blankenheim Lane, Sun Prairie.

Other Meetings.
1-4 pm: DPI Superintendent's Collaborative Council, Legislative Fiscal Bureau Suite 301.

Administrative Rules Hearings
6 pm: DNR,  Regulating feral or wild swine, wolf-dog hybrids and mute swans as captive wild animals. Wausau Best Western Midway Hotel, 2901 Hummingbird Road, Wausau. 

7 pm: DNR,  Deer management unit population goals. Wausau Best Western Midway Hotel, 2901 Hummingbird Road, Wausau. 

7 pm: DNR,  Deer management unit population goals. Rhinelander’s James Williams Middle School, 915 Acacia Lane, Rhinelander.

10 am: Assembly Fish and Wildlife, 417-N. Hearing Notice.

10 am: Assembly Children & Families, 400-NE. Hearing. Executive Session.

1 pm: Senate Children and Families and Workforce Development, 411-S. Revised Notice.

2 pm: Assembly Personal Privacy Subcom. on AB-193: Castle Doctrine, 415-NW. Details.

Meetings
9 am: Office of Justice Assistance Racial Disparity Oversight Commission, Office of Justice Assistance, 1 S. Pinckney St.. Madison.
10 am: DOR Diversity Advisory Council. DOR Madison Office, 2135 Rimrock Road. Revised Agenda.
4 - 7 pm: WisDOT, Connections 2030 Public Hearing, UW-Stevens Point Dreyfus University Center, Stevens Point. Details.

Administrative Rules Hearings
6 pm: DNR,  Regulating feral or wild swine, wolf-dog hybrids and mute swans as captive wild animals. La Crosse State Office Building, Basement Conference Rooms, 3550 Mormon Coulee Road, La Crosse.  

6 pm: DNR,  Regulating feral or wild swine, wolf-dog hybrids and mute swans as captive wild animals. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Room CB 213 A and B, 2740 W. Mason Street, Green Bay. 

7 pm: DNR,  Deer management unit population goals. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Room CB 213 A and B, 2740 W. Mason Street, Green Bay.

.Thursday, August 20
Committee Hearings and Execs.
9:30 am: Sen. Sullivan, Rep. Danou, WPPA and others hold news conference prior to committee hearing on Police Protection Bill (AB-269)
10 am: Assembly Criminal Justice, 328-NW. Agenda.
10 am: Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations, Potawatomi Bingo Casino, Woodland Dreams Ballroom, 1721 West Canal Street, Milwaukee. Agenda.

Events
11 am: DWD Secretary Gassman to highlight worker training at Fox Valley Tech; meet welding trainees now read to work at Pierce Manufacturing. Fox Valley Technical College, Weld Classroom F188, 1825 N. Bluemound Dr., Appleton.

Meetings.
10 am: Dept of Administration Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, Conference Room 4-B, 101 E. Wilson St., Madison.
1 - 3:30 pm: IMAC. Fen Oak Regional Training Center, Madison.
4 - 7 pm: WisDOT, Connections 2030 Public Hearing, Sacred Heart Conference Center, Eau Claire. Details.

Fundraisers
5-7 pm: First Annual Picnic in the Park for Sen. Pat Kreitlow, Guest Cong. Dave Obey, Irvine Park Pavillion, Bridgewater Ave, Chippewa Falls, WI. Refreshments and Light Fare will be available.  $1000 Host, $500 Sponsor, $250 Supporter, $100 Friend, $35 suggested contribution.  All contributions gratefully accepted.  Sorry, No PAC. Send checks to: Kreitlow for Senate, 333 E. Prairie View Rod, #333, Chippewa Falls, WI  54729.  RSVP Kory at 608-260-2403 or email mail@kreitlowforsenate.com .

.Tuesday, August 25.
Legislative Committee Meetings.
10 am: Assembly Urban & Local Affairs, 300-NE. Hearing and Executive Session. Hearing Notice. Exec Session Notice.
10 am: Assembly Judiciary, 225-NW. Agenda.
1:30 pm: Assembly Public Health executive session. 400-NE. Agenda.

Meetings.
11 am: Governor's Juvenile Justice Commission Policy, Legislation & Compliance Committee, Office of Justice Assistance, 1 S. Pinckney St., Suite 615, Conference Room A, Madison.

Fundraisers
5:30-7:30 pm, Congressman Steve Kagen, 4090 N. Lake Drive, Shorewood, WI  53211. $2400 Chair, $1000 Sponsor, $500 Host, $250 Supporter, $100 Friend. For more information, please call Karin Eckblad at 414-747-9509 or eckbladk@gmail.com .  Contributions payable to: Kagen 4 Congress, 100 W. College Ave, Ste 50-D, Appleton, WI  54911.

POSTPONED! TBA: Friends of Alberta Darling 2009 Golf Outing, The Bogg, Details forthcoming. Contact Mary Stitt @ 262-268-6859 or marystitt@wi.rr.com .

12 - 1 pm: Clean Wisconsin Brown Bag Luncheon, Energy Efficiency, 400-SE. Agenda.

Fundraisers
5 - 6:30 pm: Annual Democratic Party of Wisconsin Legislative Reception, Hosts: Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker & assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, Madison's Downtown, 119 King Street, Madison. Hosts $2,500, Sponsors $1,000, Friends $500 ($100 minimum suggested contribution at the door). Individual, conduit, and State and Federal PAC contributions gratefully accepted.  To RSVP or request further information, call Jason at 608-260-2405 or email JasonS@wisdems.org .

2 pm: Joint Finance Committee, s13.10. Agenda.

Administrative Rules Hearings
1 – 2:30 pm: DATCP, Amends Chapter ATCP 1, administrative orders and contested cases. DATCP, 2811 Agriculture Drive, Room 456, Madison. 

6 pm: DNR,  Regulating feral or wild swine, wolf-dog hybrids and mute swans as captive wild animals. North Great Lakes Visitor Center, 29270 County Highway G, Ashland.

7 pm: DNR,  Deer management unit population goals. North Great Lakes Visitor Center, 29270 County Highway G, Ashland

7 pm: DNR,  Deer management unit population goals. Dunn County Fish and Game Association Clubhouse, 1600 Pine Ave, E., Menomonie.

Events.
12:15 pm: Gov. Doyle, Mayor Barrett to discuss effort to reform MPS, help students achieve success. UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education, Seventh Floor, Conference Room 7240, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee.

Fundraisers.
5-7 pm: Sen. Jim Holperin's Annual Summer Bask, Mulligan's Restaurant & Pub, Northwoods Golf Course, Rhinelander. 3131B Golf Course Road. All contributions accepted. Send to Holperin-Senate, PO Box 1256, Eagle River, WI 54521. For more information contact Kory Kozloski, 608-260-2403 or koryk@wisdems.org .

5-7 pm: Cong. Tom Petri. Becket's, 1 City Center, Jackson and The Fox, Oshkosh, WI. Suggested donation: $150, $100 or $50 per person. Please RSVP to Tonia @ 920-923-4050 or tompetri@vbe.com.