We Love La Crosse Senior Tour Visits Local Center
Elaine Fairchild led 36 Arizona California and Nevada senior citizens on a bus tour visiting La Crosse. The Golden Age Seniors, aged 57 to 83, stayed two days with Harry J. Olson Center members after losing 28 suitcases to thieves in Boston. They shopped for necessities, toured G Heileman Brewing Co. and Cheese House, viewed Grandad Bluff, and planned a visit to St Joseph the Workman Cathedral and the County Court.
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la Crosse
Elaine Fairchild
Sparks
Nev
Arizona
California
Nevada
Harry J. Olson Senior Citizens Center
Gillette St
Boston
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Wisconsin
Grandad Bluff
St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
County Court
La Crosse Tour Draws Senior Citizens From Reno
A group of senior citizens toured La Crosse visiting City Hall hospitals and the Olson center. They traveled from Reno Nevada on Sept 16 and planned to visit eastern cities in Quebec before continuing west through South Dakota and Wyoming. Members praised the trip and shared connections to Wisconsin.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Canada
Quebec
Charles
Esther) Keilhotz
22Nd St
Olson Center
Heileman Brewery
Mary Stoddard
Carson City
South Dakota
Wyoming
John
Evelyn) Capurro
la Crosse
Green Bay
Alice Terry
Washburn School debate over reopening and committee dissolution
Alderman Joseph Addis called for disbanding the Washburn School study committee and reopening the closed facility during a public hearing in the Washburn auditorium. The committee, tasked with future plans, faces criticism over notice adequacy and potential bias while residents debate impacts on Emerson and Hamilton schools and on special education.
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Joseph Addis
Washburn
Emerson
Hamilton
Gerrard
Edmund Nix
Nix
Evan Lowrey
Addis
Robert Woodruff
Ann Gamble
Erickson School
Woodruff
LeRoy Weaver
Terry Witzke
Mabel Novak
Wash
Siltation Seen as Major Mississippi River Problem
GREAT moderator James Harrison cites sediment buildup as the river’s top issue, caused by dam construction and heavy erosion. The group, part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission, plans a mid 1977 completion focusing on dredging, habitat, floodplain, and river-user conflicts. Reynolds aluminum recycling unit visits La Crosse November 14 offering 15 cents per pound for aluminum products.
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Mississippi River
Great River Environmental Action Team
James Harrison
Holiday Inn
Harrison
Great
Upper Mississippi
Upper
Guttenberg
Iowa
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Reynolds Aluminum Recycling
la Crosse
Bridgeview Plaza
Rose St
Route 35
Reynolds
Budding Journalist Wins Congressman's Cup for 17 year old
Diana Corser, 17, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David Corser, won the Congressman's Cup, awarded by Rep. Alvin Baidus, for a news story after a mass interview with UW regent John Levine. Aquinas High School also earned multiple honors in journalism and yearbook placements.
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Diana Corser
David Corser
Sunset Drive
Dist
Alvin Baildus
Dmenomonie
Wisconsin Chippewa Valley School Press Association
Corser
John Levine
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Aquinas
Miss Corser
Aquinas High School
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Central High School
Meeting The Judge Ends In Confusion Over Hendrickson Docket
In County Court Branch II Judge Leonard Roraff questions why Randy Hendrickson remains in court after a misissued summons. Hendrickson shows a paper from an officer about a supposed October 15 1975 charge of property distraction and trespassing. A separate brief notes Red Raider Band Boosters plan a button sale at the Central vs Logan game to fund new uniforms. The marching band earned top honors in local parades and Alex Waver is named new director of bands at Central High.
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Randy Hendrickson
R. J. Bangor
County Court Branch II
Tribune
Susan Hessel
Hendrickson
Leonard Roraff
Mindoro
Roraff
Red Raider
Central
Logan
William ‘Bill’ Baker
la Crescent
Central High
Alex Waver
Birthday Tributes Highlight Local Generations
Three generations share Oct 4 birthdays with notable local figures. Tra cy Jean LaSarge of Onalaska matches grandfather Jeffrey L. Manke of Westby and great grandmother Mrs. George Fried of Rose Street. Westby airman first class Jeffrey L. Manke, 1974 Westby High School graduate, serves at Whiteman Air Force Base Missouri. Michael P. Sella, Logan High School alum, honors as basic training honorman and will train at Great Lakes Naval Station in the nuclear power program. Eric Hendrickson of Alma Center, 91, celebrated 70 years as a Merril an Mason Lodge member, dating to 1905 influence. born in Sweden 1884, he arrived in 1892. The column invites readers to submit items for publication via the metro editor.
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George Fried
Rose St
James Fried
Tracy Jean LaSarge
Onalaska
Jeffrey L. Manke
LeRoy Manke
Westby
Westby High School
Whiteman Air Force Base
Missouri
Michael P. Sella
Bud Sella
Nakomis Ave
Logan High School
Great Lakes Naval Station
Ill
Eric Hendrickson
Alma Center
Merrillan Mason Lodge
Sweden
United States
la Crosse
Minnesota
Idaho
Washington
Hendrickson
Illinois
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Pam Miller
the Tribune
Edward Huebner
G. Heileman Co. Brewery
Washburn School
Burn
Lowrey
Lake Onalaska
Congress
Mississippi
Thomas O. Claflin
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse River Studies Center
Calvin Fremling
Winona State College Biology Department
Weaver Bottoms
Chippewa River
Lock and Dam No. 6
Reynolds Metals Co
Area Service News
Mason
Metro
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