Reading Conference Preparations Under Way
The fifth annual Midwest Wisconsin Reading Council conference will be Sept 29 at 9 am in the former Campus School at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. Dr. Alvin Gronowski will discuss Strategies of Motivation in Teaching Reading. Conference open to parents teachers and students.
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Midwest
Wisconsin Reading Council
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Alvin Gronowski
Greensboro
N.C
David Gustafson
UWL
Carol Frick
Wonewoc
Winifred Carlin
S. 31St St
Dorothy Gronning
Westby
Midwest Reading Council
la Crosse
Vernon
Trempealeau
Monroe
Juneau
Jackson
Crawford
Richland
Tribune
Dredging Spoil Trouble Raises River Ecology Debate
In Winona and Hastings meetings, biologists and engineers discuss dredge spoil effects on the Upper Mississippi. Dr. Calvin Fremling warns that while dredging aids transport and recreation, its benefits fade as sediment fills pools and vegetation declines, urging containment and use of spoil for landfills and habitat planting.
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Winona
Minn
Winona State College
Mississippi River
Calvin Fremling
Army
Upper
Mississippi
Fremling
Hastings
Lansing
Iowa
Upper Mississippi Conservation Commission
UMCC
St. Paul
Army Corps of Engineers
Upper Mississippi
Alma
Wis
Crosby Slough
la Crosse
Thomas Claflin
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Claflin
Lake Onalaska
Dresbach Center Tops In State
Dresbach travel information center in Minnesota served 6,550 motorists in July, the highest total among state centers. Operated by the Minnesota Department of Highways, the center logged the peak figure for statewide centers.
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Dresbach Center
Dresbach, Minn
Dresbach
Minnesota Department of Highways
Public hearing eyed on $1 million school district shift
A Tuesday hearing in Onalaska High School will decide if 40 lots in Schaller's Oak Park Addition move from Holmen to Onalaska, risking about $1 million in assessed value. Holmen officials oppose the transfer, citing revenue loss and higher taxes for Holmen residents.
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Schaller
Oak Park
Holmen
Onalaska
Henry Leffin Jr
R. 2
Onalaska High School
Nelson
Sand Lake Coulee Road
Thomas Road
McCurdy
Riverside Park Drive Through and Extensions Plan
La Crosse Board backs extending park drive one percent blocks to meet Front Street between King and Mount Vernon Streets and renames entrance from Vine Street while closing the State Road entrance. Redevelopment Authority controls new extension. funds via Common Council. Council to coordinate with Redevelopment Authority at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. A geologist will study erosion on Lookout Point as drainage and slope work may stabilize ground.
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la Crosse
State Road
Vine Street
the Park Board
Riverside Park
Redevelopment Authority
Common Council
Riverside
Park Board
Williams/O'Brien Associates, Inc
St. Paul, Minn
Clifford de Baun
Boston
Mass
Harold Rosenthal
Milwaukee
Harborview
Sandra Fletcher
Fry
Williams/O'Brien
Authority Board
Williams
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Madison
Lookout Point
Grandad Bluff
Jon Caylor
SCS
Farmers Home Administration names Walter and Phyllis Gilbert outstanding farm couple
Walter and Phyllis Gilbert of Stevenstown La Crosse County win FHA’s first outstanding farm couple award. They farm 335 acres with 20 Jersey cows, grew crops for sale, built silos and barns, and follow soil conservation. They raise Arabian horses and belong to Tri-County Riding Club.
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The
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
la Crosse County
Walter Gilbert
Phyllis
Stevenstown
Gilbert
Farm Security Administration
Henry Young
Gilberts
Jersey
Walter
Tri-County Riding Club
City committee narrows scope of Country Club takeover hearing
La Crosse Common Council highways and properties committee plans hearings on the Country Club dispute but limits discussion to whether the city should take over the club. Deputy City Attorney Sauer notes costs are off the table per council resolution. The prospect of breaking a lease two years early was raised after a rejected 99 year lease request and a council study of takeover.
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la Crosse Common
William J. Sauer
Denzer Donation Funds Viterbo Speakers Series
A $20,000 grant from La Crosse Cooler Co. funds the Romeo and Florence Denzer Symposium and Lecture Fund at Viterbo College to attract national lecturers in science art industrial management and economics. Rev J Thomas Finucan notes the gift will boost cultural welfare and attract high quality speakers with three national figures under consideration for fall opening remarks. Roy P Alexander Jr says the fund honors Denzer’s quiet community contributions.
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la Crosse Cooler Co
Viterbo College
Romeo and Florence Denzer
Denzer
Cooler Co
J. Thomas Finucan
Viterbo
Roy P. Alexander Jr
la Crosse
Finucan
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Wisconsin Board of Natural Resources
Department of Natural Resources
Bruce Rodger
Stanton P. Helland
Wisconsin Dells
L. P. Voigt
D. K. Tyler
Phillips
Roger Minahan
Harold Nelson
Leffin
Roy Marcus
Lorenzo D. Williams
State
Pearl Streets
Charles Pearsall
Joseph Addis
10Th Dist
la Crosse Area
Addis
Addis and Sauer
Grant
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