Champs and chumps News-Chronicle Champs The people behind the new Kress Family Library in De Pere got their payoff Tuesday when it opened. Considering all the battles it went through - most recently, the shutdown of its contractor - somebody should write a book about it. The proposal for a new plan to clean up Fox River PCBs has general backing and some ideas that may make it less costly than other cleanup plans. We'll believe it's happening, however, when we see the dirt - er, sediment - fly. If all Bob Hope had done was go and entertain troops during wartime, he'd be a Champ. Add in all his movies, TV shows, benefits, and generally impressive career, and there are a lot more than memories to thank him for. Chumps Neither the Central Brown County Water Authority nor the Green Bay Water Commission have covered themselves with glory in negotiations the past week. The Water Authority may have made a tactical error in going to the Public Service Commission, frightening the Water Commission. Green Bay, meanwhile, took the Water Authority action as an act of war and voted to end negotiations. We don't know when or if the water will start flowing, but we can think of some folks to dunk. Country boy band Rascal Flatts has a new video complete with a brief flash of a bare bottom near the end. It's in heavy rotation on the country music channel CMT, with a disclaimer from comedian Mo Rocca in which Rocca bares his (photographically distorted) behind. Look, we're all for getting back to the roots of country music, but this is ridiculous. And the three Cabinet secretaries who visited Green Bay on Tuesday showed little of the courage we expect from public leaders when they refused to don the cheesehead hats they were given.