Groundhog Day birthday woman refuses shadows tale
Olive Rogstad, 88, marks Groundhog Day with her birthday and keeps busy at Pigeon Falls nursing home. A longtime Jackson County resident and 4-H leader, she volunteers 60 years with Extension Homemakers and writes nursing home news for the Whitehall paper.
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Trempealeau County
Jackson County
Extension Homemakers
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Whitehall
New York
Telecare
Groundhog Day Birthday Keeps Olive Rogstad Volunteering
Official volunteer Olive Rogstad, soon to be 88, celebrates Groundhog Day with a joke about the tradition while receiving a certificate from President Reagan. She plans sewing work for neighbors, preferring hand sewing to machine use, and continues her lifetime commitment to helping residents.
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Ronald Reagan
Olive Rogstad
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Fairest of the Fair crowned in La Crosse County
Dawn Stein of Carthage College La Crosse was chosen Fairest of the Fair at the Jan meeting in Milwaukee and will host the 1986 Wisconsin State Fair. The 21 year old 4-H alum from La Crosse County plans to work with the developmentally disabled and will serve as trainer for the new Alice in Dairyland after selection. She emphasizes city folks can learn from fairs and notes the year’s livestock shows and auctions, including 9 year olds guiding large steers and pet-like pigs.
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Kenosha
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Holmen
Bob Davis
la Crosse County
West Salem
Wisconsin
Alice In Dairyland
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