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Friday Night Web Picks--Dead Animals Near Viroqua

By borges, Section Friday Web Picks
Posted on Fri May 16, 2008 at 06:16:06 PM CST

Since the weather is nice and there are so many activities this weekend, I thought I'd highlight all the dead animals turning up around Viroqua. (time to reach for the low-hanging fruit)

The Broadcaster has the full stories (linked below)--one about a feral pig and the other a troop of white-tail deer that wandered into town causing mischief. Below is a picture of the pig, that most agree is a pretty substantial animal. And second is a poem in honor of the fallen_deer. Action-packed place is Viroqua.

photo from VC Broadcaster article

There once was a deer from the country,
I don't know his name so we'll call him Guntry.
He lived east of town out of route 56,
you know the road that their trying to fix?
He headed to town on a sunny spring day,
hoping that fun adventures were headed his way.

Through the side streets he wandered nibbling on flowers and grass,
saying "hi" to the chickens when they he did pass.
As he came to the corner of Main and Terhune,
he knew he was a goner if he didn't act soon!
Cars to the left and cars to the right,
the ones on their cell phones gave him quite a fright!
No one pays attention when they zoom down the street,
if you don't slow it down Ol' Guntry's fate you might meet.

He ran to the middle then back to the white line,
right about then is when he saw the sign.
It was Thrivent Financial for Lutherans,
he needed a policy for his wife and family of ten.
He went running in crashing straight through the glass,
when he heard all the sirens he knew they'd called the Brass.
He exited quickly still not using the door,
tipping over the chairs right onto the floor.
He hung a quick left, to his home he would head,
and that's when it hit him..one bullet...BOOM...dead!!!
Author unknown, taken from the comments to the story.

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Kickapoo Homeschool Coop--Sushi Safari 5/17

By borges, Section School House
Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 at 06:42:17 AM CST

The Kickapoo Homeschool Coop is finishing the year with a bit of celebration and fundraising. There will be short plays by the children, food and games. All are welcome. Click on the image below for details...

Kickapoo Homeschoo Cooperative Spring Fundraiser

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GENOA NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY Kids Fishing Day

By borges, Section Hills and Valleys
Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 at 06:15:27 AM CST

Saturday, May 17, 2008

9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

Registration begins at 8:45 am

Ages 6 years to 12 years

Fishing poles available as needed.

Lunch, soft drinks and water will be provided.

For more information call: 689-2605

Children must attend the Fishing Clinic in the morning to attend the
Fishing Session at Pond 1D at the Hatchery at 10 am. Children must also
be accompanied by a parent or responsible party.

Fish ID/Habitat, Fish Behavior, and Jig Making Instructions will be part
of the morning session. Fishing in Pond 1D on the Hatchery will be part
of the morning session.

Permission slip in the full story

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Spring Flora Hike May 17 on Kickapoo

By borges, Section Hills and Valleys
Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 at 06:14:52 AM CST

On Saturday, May 17, 2008, at 1:00 pm, the Kickapoo Woods Cooperative will sponsor a hike to identify spring flora in the forests of the Wauzeka Unit of the Kickapoo River State Wildlife Area. Mid-May is a great time to see the spring ephemeral wildflowers in the forest, and plant specialist Carol Jacobs will guide the group and identify forest understory plants as well as prairie plants encountered in the open areas.

More in the full story, or Contact Lila Marmel, 608~624~5269; sunmoon [at-sign]mwt.net

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Syttende Mai in Westby this Weekend

By borges, Section Area Cultural Events
Posted on Wed May 14, 2008 at 07:40:40 AM CST

The full schedule of the weekend celebration is at this link. There are bike tour routes, a 5k walk/run or half marathon for the athletic. Craft events and music. On Saturday at 7:30 pm see FOLKEDANSLAG - Norwegian Dancers from Gjovik, Norway, Westby High School Gymnasium, $5.00 and a 2008 Syttende Mai Button, Kids under 8 are free. (Buttons sold at door.) You can also take in the Sunday parade at 1:30 pm.

Lots of food and fun...

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Fine Arts 6th Annual Spring Concert

By borges, Section Area Cultural Events
Posted on Tue May 13, 2008 at 07:33:38 PM CST

Spring Concert 2008--Sunday May 18th 4 pm at the Temple Theatre in Viroqua

The Viroqua Fine Arts Association proudly announces its sixth annual spring concert on Sunday, May 18th, 4:00 p.m. at the Temple Theatre. Previous years' concerts established an appreciative and growing audience who value our local and nationally acclaimed musicians.

The May 18th program will feature classical works by Scandinavian composers. Westby native Jess Salek performs piano selections, including compositions by Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, and Niels Gade.

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Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting, May 13th

By borges, Section The Marketplace
Posted on Mon May 12, 2008 at 02:32:13 PM CST

The next Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting is Tuesday, May 13th at the Gays Mills Community Building, 212 Main Street. Come early to network, program starts at 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome!

This month's topic is networking, "Making the Right Connections for Your Invention or Business" with Julann Jatczak from the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation. Julann will share her perspectives on how to make a plan for networking based on your strengths and weaknesses, tools of the networking trade, business resources, and strategies to make networking easy and fun.

Tom Martin, School to Work Project Coordinator from CESA 3, will also demonstrate some simple computer technology you can use to enhance your networking. His brief "Tech Five" will include tools such as Doodle, Skype, Twitter, and others.

For more information contact Sue Noble, Vernon County Economic Development Association at snoble[at]veda-wi/dot/org or 608/637~5396 and Laura Brown, Crawford County UW Extension at laura.brown[at]ces.uwex.edu or 608~326~0224.

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Mother's Day

By borges, Section War and Peace
Posted on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:21:08 PM CST

[From Anita for mom's day...]

The Originator of Mother's Day .... Julia Ward Howe..not Hallmark.
Please take a moment to read her profound words this Mother's Day...spread the Word...Peace

Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870
by Julia Ward Howe
Arise then...women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
"We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."

From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe our dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil
At the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace...
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God -
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.