September 18, 2010 from noon to 6 pm at Echo Valley Farm (www.echovalleyfarmwisconsin.com), sponsored by Echo Valley Hope (www.echovalleyhope.org).

We welcome Makere Ruka Te Korako (www.waitaha.org), one of the remaining bloodline grandmothers of her tribal group of the ancient Waitaha people of New Zealand, and look forward to the Dances of Universal Peace (www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org). Anna Stange (www.annastange.com) will play folk music.

This event is free and your donations allow Echo Valley Hope to continue its amazing line-up of events and classes. Visit http://www.echovalleyfarmwisconsin.com/directions.html for directions to Echo Valley.

No dogs, drugs, or alcohol permitted.

Thanks very much, Melody Morrell

Kickapoo Homeschool Cooperative (KHC) will be holding an information meeting about membership and the fall programs on Tuesday, August 24th at 7pm. We will be meeting at 234 S. Center Ave., Viroqua (the Whited-Ford’s home)

This fall marks the fourth year the cooperative has been offering programs for homeschooling families. Each year the programs that the cooperative sponsors change, reflecting the needs and desires of the cooperative’s membership, The main programs that will be offered this year is, “Laughing River”, a day of enrichment classes for grade school children. Starting in September, Laughing River will meet on Tuesdays at the Good Shepherd Church in Viroqua. Fieldtrips and workshops will also be scheduled through out the year.

Please join us on Tuesday, 24th of August to learn more about the KHC and how your family can become involved. If you would like more information about the meeting or are unable to make the meeting, but are interested in the KHC please contact Lisa at 632-0482 or Jennifer at 625-4102. Or we can be reached through email; info@kickhome.org. or visit our website;

kickhome.org

Design work on the new Gays Mills Community Commerce Center, including the shared-use commercial kitchen we have been working for, will begin this week.

Two of us from the Kickapoo Kitchen Project, Russell Gilbert and I, have been appointed to the committee that will design the center, which will also contain a new library, village offices and a new meeting hall.

You can help us influence the kitchen design. Think of it this way . . . think about you could do in a $200,000 kitchen if it only cost you $15 an hour to use.

If you have you zeroed in on any special needs -- for acidifying, baking, bottling, catering, chopping, cooking, dehydrating, distributing, freezing, labeling, licensing, packing, prepping, registering, storing, selling, or shipping a food product since last we communicated -- let us know.

A lot of money will be spent on this project. If it's design does not meet your needs, a lot of money could be wasted.

Brad

Before then, we still have a full month's worth of work to go, and we need your help to meet our goals:

***100 members Before Our 1st Broadcast***

Driftless area future listeners have shown incredible enthusiasm and support for WDRT 91.9FM. Already 76 new members have joined this year. Our goal is to sign up 100 members up before we hit the airwaves on September 17th. That means we need at least 24 more of you to step up and make a contribution. Will you be one of the first 100? Membership shows your commitment to homegrown, non-corporate radio -- a rare treasure in today's media environment.

It's easy to become a member. Join online at www.wdrt.org or send a check to P.O. Box 53, Viroqua, WI 54665. Become a Ground Level Member for $60 or a Founding Member at the $300 or higher level. Your tax-deductible donation now will help us tremendously in our final push toward our September broadcast. Thank you!

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For more information, call the Threshold Care Circle at 608-606-8060 or Bramble Bookstore at 637-8717.

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