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   From: Kunstler@dead-wigger.com   
      
   Killed by a couple of illiterate blacks who apparently didn't   
   give a shit about a white cock sucker who hated his own race.   
      
   A Wisconsin native who was an award-winning writer was killed in   
   an apparent robbery attempt while hiking near his home in   
   California.   
      
   David Ruenzel, 60, was hiking in the Huckleberry Regional   
   Preserve in Oakland on Tuesday afternoon when witnesses heard   
   three gunshots. One of the witnesses then found Ruenzel wounded   
   along a trail in that area, according to East Bay Regional Park   
   District Police.   
      
   Two men entered the trail just before the sound of gunshots,   
   witnesses told police, and those men are considered persons of   
   interest in the case. So far, no arrests have been made.   
      
   "It was not unusual for him if he had a free hour or two to hike   
   the trails," his wife, Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel, said Friday.   
   "Those are trails that I've walked with him on. That was part of   
   the texture of his life. He was a very contemplative man, and he   
   liked to go hiking."   
      
   Ruenzel graduated from Whitefish Bay High School in 1973 and   
   often walked with his father, Fred, in natural areas near   
   Milwaukee.   
      
   "They would go walking at the Audubon (nature center) and near   
   Lake Park, and that was a sanctuary for him," Aldrich-Ruenzel   
   said. "He was an avid hiker, and he died doing what he loved."   
      
   Aldrich-Ruenzel, a Pewaukee native, met her husband when they   
   both attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They have   
   been married for 34 years and have two children, Margaret   
   Ruenzel and Stefan Ruenzel.   
      
   David Ruenzel gained acclaim as a teacher, writer and education   
   journalist, writing frequently for "Teacher Magazine." He began   
   his career as a teacher at University Lake School in Hartland   
   and most recently taught journalism at The Athenian School, a   
   college prep school in Danville, Calif.   
      
   "He was an affable man," David Smock, a former colleague at   
   Athenian, told the San Francisco Chronicle. "He cared a lot   
   about educational issues and his students."   
      
   Ruenzel retired from the school last year and began working for   
   the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which issued a statement   
   this week describing him as "a beloved educator, talented   
   writer, and valued partner in our work."   
      
   Ruenzel was part of the foundation's "cadre of writers" and was   
   researching the Common Core Education Standards and teacher   
   effectiveness, Aldrich-Ruenzel said.   
      
   He also occasionally wrote poetry and continued to lead adult   
   education programs at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, she said.   
      
   "He was a very special person who will be sorely missed,"   
   Aldrich-Ruenzel said.   
      
   Besides his wife and children, Ruenzel is survived by his   
   daughter-in-law, Lina Ruenzel, and grandson Soloman; his   
   brother, Rick Ruenzel of Fox Point; his sister, Liz Gustavson of   
   Connecticut; his aunts, Joan Coleman of Whitefish Bay and Brita   
   Ruenzel of Milwaukee; and his father, Fred Ruenzel of Milwaukee.   
      
   http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/wisconsin-native-killed-in-   
   robbery-attempt-on-california-hiking-trail-b99399232z1-   
   284165641.html   
        
         
      
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