Local news briefs News-Chronicle Green Bay Packers set to music? "Lambeau Leap" a new Packers-oriented theme song that can be heard at home games and on local radio stations is available on a CD. The idea for the song came from the Packers' tradition of leaping into the stadium stands to celebrate with the fans following a touchdown. The first Lambeau Leaper was safety LeRoy Butler. The CD is a venture of Packers defensive end Joe Johnson through his nonprofit organization, Built 2 Last. Proceeds will go toward charity programs in Wisconsin and youth programs around the country. The CD is available for purchase at the Packers Pro Shop at Lambeau Field, by calling 1-800-992-5750, by going online to Ebuilt2Last.com or at retail stores K-Mart, Sam Goody and Buy-Rite. Oneida Doyle appoints local woman Oneida resident Jennifer Hill-Kelley was appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle to serve on the Wisconsin Land Council. The appointment was effective Nov. 1 and will end July 1, 2007. New London Rawhide gets $50,000 grant Thrivent Financial for Lutherans recently provided Rawhide Boys Ranch with $50,000 to go toward Rawhide's Starr Academy Capital Expansion Project. The gift was presented by Alyce Dumke, leader of community relations from Thrivent's Appleton office, to Rawhide executive director John Dery on Oct. 31. The facility continues to seek corporate and individual support for its $1.7 million project goal. The expansion project will more than double the private school's capacity to work with more at-risk and delinquent men from throughout the state. The expansion will add five classrooms, a student activity center and a fine arts annex. Rawhide is the only child-care institution in the state that provides programs for at-risk and delinquent youth. For more information on the Starr Academy project, named for Rawhide co-founders Bart and Cherry Starr, call John Solberg at 920-982-6100, ext. 290. Wisconsin Senate bill wins $20 million to fight CWD The U.S. Senate on Thursday included $20 million in funding to fight chronic wasting disease as part of the Fiscal 2004 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, with at least $2 million to go toward Wisconsin. U.S. Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold and U.S. Rep. Dave Obey had identified CWD as a priority for funding. Kohl is the ranking member of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and Obey is a member of the House Appropriations Committee. The funding will be directed toward eradicating CWD by research, containment, surveillance, monitoring and testing. "Hunting is part of our way of life, a part of what it means to be from Wisconsin, and we have to preserve that," Obey said in a news release. "This is the third year we've included funding in the federal budget to help the states deal with chronic wasting disease, but Wisconsin is currently taking the hardest hit, and that's why we have inserted funding specifically to help Wisconsin meet the cost of dealing with the problem." The Agriculture Appropriations bill must be approved by a joint conference committee. Once the differences between the Senate and House versions of the bill are meted out, the legislation will be voted on by both Houses before being sent to President Bush.