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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1982
Page
9
A former Dunn County schoolmarm recalls late 1930s one room schools as she reflects on current junior high teaching. She notes despite modern equipment and new techniques, education often repeats past patterns and challenges.
A rural Dunn County school faced a one teacher walkout on Sunday and the ensuing cleaning bee. The teacher, angered by neglected maintenance, refused to open the school until a full cleaning was completed, with community mothers organizing and funding the effort.
State Sen. Jim Harsdorf notes Wisconsin farmland values fell 3 percent from last year and may keep dropping, potentially increasing state aid for rural school districts and local governments as aid formulas hinge on property values. He urged the Department of Revenue to reflect the decline in equalized values for 1983.
Gerald Brett, St. Croix County agent, notes dry weather stressed alfalfa this summer. Top-dress now with phosphate, potash, sulfur and boron to sustain 4-ton yields, then avoid cutting after early September and let regrowth grow to mid October to build root energy for winter.
Pepin County Land Conservation Department offers four year old transplant trees for 1983 planting. Norway pine and Norway spruce sold in bundles of 50 or 100, Colorado blue spruce in bundles of 10. Prices: 30 per hundred for pine, 38 per hundred for spruce, 100 per 100 blue spruce. Pick up next spring at Durand. For details call 715-672-8665.
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