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Car fi firre on Hwy. 8
Art Medley opens Monday at Webster WEBSTER The Frederic Arts 2012 Art Medley exhibit consists of three panels like this one (photo at right), displaying 96 artists’ framed works each limited to 6-inch square. The show opens on July 23 at the Fresh Start Coffee Roasters coffee shop on Main Street in Webster. The artwork is for sale. - submitted
CCC history at park and library ST. CROIX FALLS - Civilian Conservation Corps Company 633 and Company 4610 lived and worked at Camp Interstate, located within Interstate Park, between the years of 1935 and the start of World War II. These young men developed Interstate Park by
building roads and trails, shelters and reservoirs, parking lots and a park office. Their hard work is still visible, used and appreciated by hundreds of thousands of visitors to Interstate Park every year. Although little evidence remains of Camp Interstate, there are traces and locations—clues—of the bustling activity that took place there 75 years ago. At 2 p.m. on Friday, July 20, join park naturalist Julie Fox for an auto tour and short hike to follow in the footsteps of the CCC boys of Camp Interstate. Meet at the Ice Age Center to view photos of the projects and the men at work as they made history at Wisconsin’s oldest state park. Drive your vehicle and follow Fox to view stone buildings and structures, and see the camp area as it looks today. Walk a portion of the old park entrance road, and wander along an old service road down to a quarry used by the CCC. The tour will be repeated at 2 p.m. the following day on Saturday, July 21. Please come prepared for travel on trails not maintained for public use; wear appropriate footwear and bring mosquito repellent. At 7 p.m. on Friday evening, July 20, Michigan-based author Bill Jamerson will present a music and storytelling program about the Civilian Conservation Corps at the St. Croix Falls Public Library. Jamerson’s presentation includes performing original songs. “Dollar-A-Day Boys! A Musical Tribute to the Civilian Conservation Corps” is co-sponsored by the Friends of Interstate Park. The program will be held outside and people are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets. In the event of rain, the event will be held inside. For more information call Fox at 715-4833747. - submitted
A fully engulfed vehicle fire sent folks scrambling on Saturday, July 7, as this blaze was very near a large supply of motor fuels. The call came in to 911 at 12:19 p.m., concerning a fire at 1961 Hwy. 8, east of St. Croix Falls between The Kassel Tap tavern and the former Wayne's Polk Plaza station. Both the St. Croix Falls and Centuria fire departments were dispatched to the scene, due to the fuel tanks nearby. Details behind the cause of the fire or the vehicle owner were not available at press time. Photos by Cora Olesen
Cop cooling
Members of the Centuria Fire Department risked getting a ticket for disorderly conduct, or in this case, orderly conduct, as they acted in perfect unison to spray down “Dan” the police officer with water at the conclusion of the Memory Days parade on Sunday, July 15. Drenched, but relieved from the 90-plus degree temperature, the officer chose not to press charges. - Photos submitted
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