Kenosha News Courier from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 33

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Start At $279 served 10AM-4PM Your Choice of 5 Different Burgers fries or Soup 7 Sandwiches pace of a federal drug trial and blames US Attorney Otto Obermaier for the dearth of interesting cases Shine and Leonard Greenberg 68 agree Greenberg says Rudolph Giuliani replaced by Obermaier when he resigned to run for mayor was more aggressive in scaring up cases The buffs tend to like tough no-nonsense judges who run tight ships are judges who have to say a Weiner says a judge has to cite a lawyer for contempt already lost And the buffs have their ideas about what makes a good lawyer Shine says attorney every day his wife let him stay at Shine who says he kept and now wears all the bow ties he couldn't sell adjusts a nifty blue number as he laughs at the teasing case shows us a slice of life sometimes tragic and sometimes says Henigson 80 who ran a tobacco shop until his retirement about 10 years ago any aspect of life that come up in says Irving Weiss 70 been watching trials for 30 years a greater learning experience than anything I As they speak the buffs are having lunch at the big round table in a rear corner of the federal courthouse cafeteria where they usually meet each day to compare notes Notes are skimpy on this day Weiss complains about the slow BREAKFAST SPECIALS Starting At 1 29 i i 6 SENIOR DINNER SPECIALS I QomaH 1 1 A M1 HPM 7 Haue a Woolf Served 1 1AM-10PM 7 Days a Week By Samuel Maull Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Forget and "LA say veteran court -buffs They like real-life lawyers and sharp judges who would squelch Perry Mason in a New York minute If he launched into one of his courtroom speeches make it a point not to watch that says Milton Weiner 63 a retired electrical engineer His grounds for objecting to TV courtroom fare: real drama is in the agrees fellow buff Ben Shine 84 A bit more tolerant of television lawyering than his friend he adds: Mason for instance I like it for entertainment" A small corps of courtroom aficionados trek downtown daily to courts spending their days looking for the classic clash of advocates the diverting or the weighty case They judge the judges and the lawyers and argue about everything from case strategy to the fairness of the jury system Weiner and Shine are among a core dozen or so court buffs mostly retirees who frequent the state and federal courthouses located across the street from each other off Foley Square started coming here about 20 years ago instead of going to the racetrack and playing the said Shine a retired bow tie manufacturer more educational and more The truth Leonard Hentgson chimes in is that Shine comes in Interests ease stress The Associated Press Planning your retirement ahead of time can offset the stress of this life change ad make transition smoother say geriatric psychiatrists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia People nearing retirement should try to balance their interests says Dr George Ruff professor of psychiatry at Penn is important for people of any age to maintain interests outside their Ruff said provide a sense of self-worth and importance that replace the role of the job dtiring Up to 15 percent of retirees suffer depression after leaving work said Dr Gary Gottlieb director of geriatric psychiatry program I $359 Only WHh Beverage Expires I purcfcoso of and Coupon April 12 1992 Hello Kenosha! the new private ambulance service in A 4 1 yt-orirx Located at 6611 -28th Ave FREE Blood Pressure checks every Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm STOP IN SEE US TALK At our senior cilimen customer are very special! 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