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Latest NewsFriday Web Picks--Marshall McLuhan and Chess (animated)By borges, Section Friday Web Picks
Odd how interesting McLuhan is given he's talking about technology in 1967. Embed is disabled so link to it here
via tweeters @openculture @courosa and @sergeymirzoian And Sergey's son is quite a creative lad, who has an interest in chess and movie making...I love the sound effects.
Saturday Night Music--Phoenix LisztomaniaBy borges, Section Saturday Night Music
French band Phoenix perform a stripped down version of "Lisztomania" live on KEXP during the Morning Show with John. Recorded at The Cutting Room Studios NYC.
Creating Regenerative Community--3/9By borges, Section The Marketplace
Creating Regenerative Community
TUES, MARCH 9 at 7 PM WESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE - 220 S. MAIN ST. A free public talk with Ariane Burgess, founder of Regenertive Culture She offers an overview and Q&A about her ground breaking leadership training course designed to give you the skills and tools to transition your community to a resilient and regenerative future. Come hear how we can become the leaders our communities need to deal with the issues:
Mary Christenson voice 608-637-8504 x1 2 count 'em 2 Pancake BreakfastsBy borges, Section Area Cultural Events
Pancake Breakfasts
Served with Real Organic Maple Syrup donated by Kickapoo Gold Sausages, Milk and Orange Juice donated by Organic Valley Pancake mix donated by Viroqua Food Co-op
Saturday, March 13th from 8 am to 1pm
Saturday, March 20th from 8 am to 1pm
Free Tours of the Sugar House and Sugar Bush
Come join us for the fun
Directions: From Viroqua, take Hwy 14 North to stoplight, turn East on County BB. Travel 1/2 mile and angle North at Viroqua Town Hall onto Railroad Ave. Turn East at grain bins onto Cherry Grove Road. Travel 2.5 miles, farm is on the right, watch for signs. Red-Shouldered Hawks in the "Driftless" Region--3/20By borges, Section Hills and Valleys
The Kickapoo Initiative and Crawford Stewardship Project invite you to come and learn about Red-Shouldered Hawks in the "Driftless" Region and Music of the Mississippi River in a program presented by Jon Stravers, the Driftless Area Coordinator for Audubon's Mississippi River Initiative.
Saturday March 20th, 2010 More in the full story... (330 words in story) Full Story PduC I&E --Understanding & Reaching Your MarketsBy borges, Section The Marketplace
Prairie du Chien -McGregor- Marquette Area
Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club meeting
Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 This month's topic will be "Understanding & Reaching Your Markets" with Sarah Arendt, Marketing Director for AVS Marketing Group, La Crosse Meetings are held every first Wednesday of the month. "Understanding & Reaching Your Markets" will help businesses get new customers, retain existing customers and tailor a marketing message to reach the right audience. The speaker, Sarah Arendt, will share the importance of understanding customer wants, needs, and what they base their purchasing decisions on; practical tips on just what information get to better understand customers, how to find that information; and finally, how to effectively use this information to improve marketing. Sarah Arendt is the Marketing Director for AVS Group, a La Crosse-based marketing agency specializing in strategic marketing and branding. Her responsibilities include conducting customer research for AVS Group's Business to Business and Business to Consumer clients. AVS group provides marketing resources online www.avsgroup.com including a library of informative articles about strategic marketing and branding, Web design and development, video production, graphic design, writing, and trade shows as well as a quarterly marketing e-Newsletter, "WAVES", that includes tips, tricks, and marketing insights based on business case studies.
The Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club provides a dynamic venue for businesses to network with creative people and find resources to start or grow a business. Everyone is welcome and the meetings are free and open to the public. The Prairie du Chien-McGregor-Marquette Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club is supported by the Prairie du Chien Area Chamber of Commerce, the McGregor Marquette Chamber of Commerce and the Crawford County UW Extension Program in Economic Development. For more information about this and other I&E Club meetings, visit www.bit.ly/crawfordcommunity or contact Laura Brown 608-326-0223. ACES & CSP sponsored listening session on Livestock Siting LawBy borges, Section Hills and Valleys
Public Meeting to Hear Concerns on CAFO Siting Law
The Vernon County Alliance Concerned for Environmental Safety (ACES) and Crawford Stewardship Project (CSP) are co-sponsoring a Public Meeting, Thursday, March 4, to hear concerns related to the State Livestock Siting Law, ATCP 51, the law established in 2006 to handle siting of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Wisconsin. CAFOs are agricultural facilities with over 1,000 animal units. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is currently holding listening sessions at four locations around the state to consider changes to the current rules. Because of widespread concern in Vernon County last year over the proposed Petry CAFO and the Roth CAFO in Crawford County, ACES and CSP want to give area citizens who are unable to attend one of the DATCP sessions the opportunity to voice concerns and suggest changes in a public forum. All comments will be forwarded to DATCP and to the State Legislature. The public meeting will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Wisconsin Technical College, Rm. 115, in Viroqua. Citizens are invited to speak and/or drop off written comment anytime over the two-hour period. Written comment can be submitted directly to DATCP by March 10 at the following address: Michael Murray, DATCP, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708, michael.murray@wisconsin.gov. To receive a DATCP ATCP 51 comment form, contact Leah Call at 608-634-4261. Concerns of the law can be read on the CSP website, crawfordstewardshipproject.org, or call CSP at 608-735-4277. Earth Day Plans 2010By borges, Section Hills and Valleys
Here's a preview of Earth Day 2010. This is the 40th anniversary and here are some special events for the valley.
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