Welcome to KickTime - News of the Kickapoo Valley, WI

A Driftless Regional web space for Kickapoo Valley news, events and local commerce (like recycling, ride sharing, eating from local sources, buying and supporting local entrepreneurs.)

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"Witness Against War" Walkers on their way

By borges, Section War and Peace
Posted on Thu Aug 07, 2008 at 03:39:10 PM CST

The Witness Against War walkers who are making their way from Chicago to St. Paul have visited the Governor's office, reached Mauston and will be in La Crosse soon:

MEET THE WALKERS
Thursday August 14 2008
La Crosse Main Library
6:30 - 8:30 PM
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sponsored by:
Voices for Creative Nonviolence (vcnv.org)
and Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
(wnpj.org).

They will be here in the La Crosse area
Aug 13 and 14th.
Call 773-878-3815 for more information.

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River Alliance Talk about Gays Mills Dam--8/7

By borges, Section Hills and Valleys
Posted on Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 04:56:30 AM CST

Denny Caneff, Executive Director of the River Alliance of Wisconsin will make a presentation on the future of the Gays Mills Kickapoo River Dam. "The First and Last Dam on the Kickapoo: Run-of-River at Gays Mills" is a free presentation scheduled for Thursday, August 7th at 7:00pm at the Gays Mills Community Room. The event is open to the public and is being sponsored by Driftless Speakers.

VSN's own Gary Thompson, Water Quality Monitoring Program Coordinator, will provide a brief introduction. Please see the attached presentation flyer for more information.

Thanks,
Jessica Luhning
Projects Coordinator
Valley Stewardship Network
124 1/2 S. Main Street
Viroqua, Wisconsin 54665
637-3615
www.kickapoovsn.org

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Inventors and Entrepreneur Meeting--8/12

By borges, Section The Marketplace
Posted on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 07:32:18 PM CST

The next Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting is Tuesday, August 12th at the Gays Mills Community Building, 212 Main Street. (Look for our banner). Come early to network, program starts at 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome!

Treat your Creative side!!
This month's topic is Using Innovation to Grow your Business, with Dave Franchino. He is President of Design Concepts in Madison, which is a group of product innovators, specifically product strategists, designers, engineers and researchers.

We will talk about:
*What makes a product remarkable?
*What is exceptional innovation?
*Emerging trends and roles for innovation.
*Where does innovation come from?
*The importance of strategic alliances.
*How Renaissance Innovators help your business.
*Innovation tools for success such as Product Design, Engineering, Model Making and Prototyping.

Please help us spread the word by bringing some friends along or forwarding this message. Remember, the meetings are free, the second Tuesday of every month, so join us when you can.

Thank you!!
Susan Noble
Executive Director, Vernon Economic Development Association
402 Courthouse Square, Banta Building Suite 207, Viroqua, WI 54665
608.637.5396
snoble(at-sign)veda-wi.org

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Land's End Tent Sale starts 8/7

By borges, Section The Marketplace
Posted on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 12:23:07 PM CST

Land's End Tent Sale is on this week, August 7 to 10th according to their online service rep. This is rather different than last year when they had a webpage with all the details. I imagine the hours will be similar and location is Harris Park again.

Happy hunting.

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Saturday Night Music--Bill Withers

By borges, Section Saturday Night Music
Posted on Sat Aug 02, 2008 at 09:23:26 PM CST

Ain't No Sunshine...

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Friday Night Web Picks--Glenn Donovan Tribute

By borges, Section Friday Web Picks
Posted on Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 08:04:49 PM CST

Glenn Donovan was a spark of human being and joyful presence in the Kickapoo Valley until his too early passing last January. His final work will be on offer tomorrow as part of the Mineral Point Gallery Night. Details follow from here:

Brewery Pottery (276 Shake Rag Street - 608-987-3669) presents "Glenn Donovan Tribute." Join Brewery Pottery in paying tribute to creative genius and dear friend Glenn Donovan who passed away on January 21, 2008. Glenn's kinetic welded metal sculptures have brought smiles and hands on playfulness to people for the past 30 years. His final work will go on sale Saturday August 2, 2008 beginning at 3 p.m. with a opening reception during gallery night, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

His website.

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Weekend Happenings

By borges, Section Area Cultural Events
Posted on Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 06:03:23 AM CST

Along with the very beautiful Hiroshima Remembrance in La Crosse we have quite a few arts happenings.

Wilton has the Wood Turtle Festival all weekend. There is a contact phone number in the calendar listing, but no website info available.

Main Street Station in Viroqua has loaded up the schedule with a Poetry Slam Friday night and a special guest is Teague_Alexy who seems to have an interesting style...

And then there is Magic_Mama who is an eco-edu-tainer -- ecology educator who is entertaining -- and will have two presentations, one at 10 am and another at 2 pm. Cost is $5 for kids, $10 for adults or $8 in advance.

And finally on Sunday Adam_Tanner is coming for a 3 pm concert. His work is not on Youtube much, but he did sit in with The Hunger Mountain Boys on mandolin and was quite good, so here is a view into his musical world...

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Hiroshima Remembrance in La Crosse

By borges, Section War and Peace
Posted on Sat Jul 26, 2008 at 09:09:18 PM CST

The Interfaith Justice and Peace Group, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Lutheran Office for Justice and Peace, Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee, Nukewatch are sponsoring this year's remembrance of the first use of a nuclear weapon. Details below, and for more information, call 786-2816.

hiroshima_flyer_2008.pdf