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The Freeman - 05/24/2018 Page : A01 Copyright © 2018 Conley Group. All rights reserved 05/24/2018 May 24, 2018 8:18 am (GMT +5:00) Powered by TECNAVIA By JoAnn Petaschnick Special to The Freeman OCONOMOWOC — It’s no secret that sales of heavy- weight motorcycles across the U.S. have been sliding. Recent reports show Harley- Davidson’s sales fell sharply in 2017, and it has been announced that the compa- ny will consolidate its manu- facturing operations. Some industry experts believe that baby boomers are aging out of the market and a reported lack of inter- est from younger millennial buyers in the large, loud bikes could keep domestic sales down. At the same time, some of Harley’s for- eign competitors have been able to benefit from a strong U.S. dollar, selling their bikes in this country at lower prices. Amid the changes in the marketplace, area motorcy- cle dealerships would seem to have their work cut out for them as they entertain ways to encourage sales this summer. They are, never- theless, optimistic about their prospects. Rebuilding ridership Motorcycle dealers strive to rev up sales Kenny Yoo/Special to The Freeman Wisconsin Harley-Davidson sales manager Austin Chisholm adjusts a motorcycle in the showroom. See CYCLES, PAGE 8A

THURSDAY · 5/24/2018  · By Brandon Anderegg [email protected] 262-513-2657 BIG BEND Ñ The Big Bend Personnel and Finance Committee will discuss and possibly take action

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Copyright © 2018 Conley Group. All rights reserved 05/24/2018May 24, 2018 8:18 am (GMT +5:00) Powered by TECNAVIA

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THURSDAYMay 24, 2018

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Day eventsnear you

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Tea for one— not two

Pop-Up Beer Garden, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today andFriday and 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Eble IceArena, 19400 W. Bluemound Road, Brookfield.Held by Waukesha County Parks and RaisedGrain Brewing. Rotates parks throughout thesummer. www.raisedgrainbrewing.com/beer-gar-den

“Unnecessary Farce,” 7:30 p.m. today and Fri-day, 2 p.m. Saturday, Lake Country Playhouse,221 E. Capitol Drive, Hartland. www.lakecountry-playhousewi.org

Lake Country Beer Garden, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.today, Nixon Park, Hartland. Music by AfterHours.

Milwaukee Food Truck and Craft Beef Festival,noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Waukesha County ExpoCenter, 1000 Northview Road, Waukesha. Gener-al admission: adults 13 and over tickets $5(online) $10 gate; V.I.P. tickets (with early admis-sion time of 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and extras) $25,children 12 and under are free. Free admissionfor “First Responders” (Police, Fire, EMTs & Mili-tary) with proper I.D. at the gate. www.foodtruck-festivalsofamerica.com. Parking $5. Rain or shine.

Waukesha Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon Sat-urday, Waukesha State Bank employee parkinglot, corner of Madison Street and St. PaulAvenue, Waukesha. www.waukeshafarmersmar-ket.com

“Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast,” 11 a.m., and“Seven Wonders,” 1 p.m., both Saturday, RetzerNature Center planetarium, S14-W28167 Madi-son St., Town of Genesee. $5 per person.

Eble Park 30th Anniversary, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.Saturday, Eble Ice Arena, 19400 W. BluemoundRoad, Brookfield. Live music, games and enter-tainment, pop-up beer garden, free food anddrinks. Rain or shine.

“A Jazz Liturgy of Hope,” 9:30 a.m., Sunday, St.John’s Lutheran Church, 20275 Davidson Road,Brookfield. Jazz band with vocalists. The Brook-field premier of Frank D. Janzow’s composition.Public invited.

INDEX

Volume 160, No. 41

Business...............4AClassified..............4BCommunity........... 6BCommentary..........6A Crossword.............6BLottery....................2AObituaries.............7ASports....................1BTimeOut................7BWeather.................8A

WEATHERTomorrow:

Partly cloudy

High 86 Low 64

See complete forecast on 8A

Fun Things To Do This Weekend

BARBARA EASH

Tea set marketed as single-serve 8B

By JoAnn PetaschnickSpecial to The Freeman

OCONOMOWOC — It’s nosecret that sales of heavy-weight motorcycles acrossthe U.S. have been sliding.Recent reports show Harley-Davidson’s sales fell sharplyin 2017, and it has beenannounced that the compa-ny will consolidate its manu-facturing operations.

Some industry expertsbelieve that baby boomersare aging out of the marketand a reported lack of inter-est from younger millennialbuyers in the large, loud

bikes could keep domesticsales down. At the sametime, some of Harley’s for-eign competitors have beenable to benefit from a strongU.S. dollar, selling theirbikes in this country atlower prices.

Amid the changes in themarketplace, area motorcy-cle dealerships would seemto have their work cut outfor them as they entertainways to encourage sales thissummer. They are, never-theless, optimistic abouttheir prospects.

Rebuilding ridershipMotorcycle dealers

strive to rev up sales

Kenny Yoo/Special to The Freeman

Wisconsin Harley-Davidson sales manager Austin Chisholmadjusts a motorcycle in the showroom.

MILWAUKEE (AP) —Milwaukee Police ChiefAlfonso Morales apolo-gized to Bucks guard Ster-ling Brown on Wednesdayfor a January arrest thatstarted with a parking vio-lation and escalated toinclude use of a stun gun,and said some officers hadbeen disciplined.

Brown responded with astatement that describedthe incident as ‘‘anattempt at police intimida-

tion’’ andsaid it‘‘shouldn’thappen toanybody.’’

Morales’apology cameas policereleasedbody-camerafootage that showed how asimple interaction over anillegally parked car quick-ly escalated. City officials’concern over the content

of the video was apparentearlier this week whenMayor Tom Barrett said he

found it concerning.

Milwaukee chief apologizes for arrest

of Bucks guard Brown Began with parking violation,

escalated to cops using stun gun

Brown

Associated Press

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales speaks to the mediaWednesday in Milwaukee regarding the Sterling Brown bodycamera footage showing officers using a stun gun on the Mil-waukee Bucks rookie.

CAR SHOW SEASON KICKS OFF

Kenny Yoo/Special to The Freeman

Jim Sake of Hartland polishes his 1966 Shelby Cobra during Point Burger Bar’s first car show of the season in the City ofPewaukee on Wednesday. ■ MORE PICTURES FROM THE CAR SHOWS ON 8A.

Bill Perregaux from Vernon rolls in with his 1971 VWBeetle at the Foxx View Lanes car show in Waukeshaon Wednesday.

Bill Janny of Waukesha wipes down the engine of his 1964Dodge Polara during Foxx View Lanes’ first car show of theseason in Waukesha on Wednesday.

See CYCLES, PAGE 8A

See BROWN, PAGE 8A

BIG BEND

By Brandon [email protected]

262-513-2657

BIG BEND — The BigBend Personnel andFinance Committee willdiscuss and possibly takeaction on “an intergovern-mental agreement with theTown of Vernon forParamedic/EMS service”in a closed session this Fri-day at 5:30 p.m. in VillageHall, W230-S9185 Nevins St.,according to the meetingagenda.

Committee members mayresume the discussion in

open session, but any actionwill have to be approved bythe Village Board.

Nine years ago, Big Bendand Vernon chose to partways and have since had sep-arate fire and EMS depart-ments. However, at an April19 meeting, personnel com-mittee members Joe Kelenic,Michelle Clark and JeffGoodman unanimouslyvoted to seek contract pro-posals from other munici-palities or to explore the pos-sibility of eliminating thevillage’s fire services.

Village might rekindle fireand EMS ties with VernonCommittee to discuss issue in closed

session Friday

See BIG BEND, PAGE 8A