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Oakley-Union Soup Day savors taste of past this Saturday “We have support of Schoep’s Ice Cream of Madison and Pan of Gold Bakery in Fort Atkinson. Hormel donates hotdogs. “We count on the support of surrounding communities in our county to come out on event days the most. If we don’t do this at Union Soup Day, we won’t survive.” A goal of the benefit for several years was to refurbish the basement fellowship hall’s ceiling, upgrade its lighting and electricity. That goal, in the basement dug with pick axes, shovels and Tony Ends photo wheelbarrows in the 1950s, has The loyal threesome relax in their church, one week ahead of Union Soup Day, which helps been met. maintain the historic meeting place and house of worship, year to year at the corner of GerFurnace, fellowship hall wall ber and Union roads. refurbishing and annual operating budget needs are on this By Tony Ends Methodist member Corie Gros- baking in this church. Editor and Staff Writer sen, who started attending in “My mother in-law Florence year’s benefit meal list. Union Soup Day tickets have JUDA — Country churches 2002. That was shortly after she was famous for her mashed been selling for $7 to adults stand tall and silent, like farmers and husband Gary sold Prairie potato donuts,” mused Jan Lad- ($7.50 at the door); children ages wig, Oakley-Union Methodist’s in fields at the end of long, hard Hill Cheese Cooperative. “I feel the same way about church secretary and Sunday 10 and under eat for $3 ($3.50 at days. the door). Children ages 5 and With their school houses, rural this church that I do about Juda school teacher. “She also made under can eat for free. churches for centuries embodied School. It’s small, close. There’s pies, rolls and breads for Idle Oakley-Union Church is at a lot of individual help and sup- Hour Mansion in Monroe, which mind and soul of farm country. W2388 Gerber Road in the Juda Here farm families rested. port,” Corie said, in an interview became Ludlow Mansion and community, corner of Gerber with two other members at the finally, just The Mansion. Here they drew apart to think, “She taught classes in baking and Union Roads. Steeped in hislisten, sing, pray. Here they left, 144-year-old church last week. Union Soup Day, which runs through Blackhawk Tech, and tory, the church in the 1860s was hopeful and encouraged to conwhere Union soldiers practiced tend with those long, hard days. Saturday late morning into the she was instrumental with her army maneuvers in preparation No one’s ever understood a evening, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., husband Walter in the church for engaging in the Civil War. sense of place better than stew- brings more than the last 35 organization. I married into this ards of soil. They innately know members of the church together. church in 1974; my husband Since 1993, more than 200 Jerry, now 74, has been a part of when they lose places held in common for worship and learn- people have come to the day-long this all his life. There were more benefit for socializing, talking, than a hundred members when ing, they lose their community. Oakley-Union United Meth- re-connecting to the surrounding we were married.” By Tony Ends Jan now has five young people odist Church – high on its hill 10 area and its past. They drive over Editor and Staff Writer minutes south of Juda – is one from Rockford, Dubuque, Free- in Sunday, 10 when Deb Myers of those country churches that port, Madison, and they don’t go brings her grandchildren. TOWN OF DECATUR — “All the families in the church still draws people together, still away hungry. Supervisors unanimously adoptMenu for the come-and-go donate soup, baked goods, paper ed measures to protect health and celebrates community. Its annual Union Soup Day, meal includes chili, vegetable products,” Deb said. “They safety from concentrated animal scheduled this Saturday, March beef soup, chicken noodle soup, donate time, too, taking shifts feeding operations last week. 5, invites the public to come and hot dogs, cheese sandwiches, serving, selling baked goods, A work of several months, experience a country church, desserts. There will be crafts and crafts and jellies.” much legal scrutiny and town “These last few years some discussion, the new rules prohibit come and help keep it standing baked goods for sale, too. New this year is a pie auction, huge businesses not located in center pivot irrigation of manure tall on the countryside. “You come here, and you feel starting at 2 p.m., and it testifies Green County have stepped in to and provide enforcement and at peace,” said Oakley-Union to a long tradition of renown help this little church,” she said. stiff penalties for violators. Chapter 30 Manure Application and Transportation Ordinance is now posted in a word Every Wednesday document that can be viewed or 7:00 pm printed from www.townofdecatur.com It can also be obtained BINGO! from the town hall on Brodhead’s west side across from 02 Kuhn International. 7 2 48The rules also require live2 stock producers who apply ani815 Corned mal manure lagoon wastewater Beef in the township to incorporate it Cabbage Play for Prizes - FREE into the soil with disc or knifing Fundraiser Donated by Local businesses & within 24 hours of application. Hogs & Hydrants The ordinance sets up a perThursday March 17 mitting system, restrictions and March 4 & March 18 St. Patrick’s Day governance for transporting ani8:00 pm All Location Share mal wastes with hoses and pipes in Progressive Jackpot in the Town of Decatur. Under the new ordinance, the Largest Jackpot town board or its maintenance $ Awarded 10,000 staff may also impose special or seasonal weight limitations on transporting animal manure on town roads to protect roads from damage. Neither Todd Tuls, whose family operates two mega dairy operations in Nebraska and a third in Rock County, nor the family’s attorney, was on hand

Well versed in that church history were Clyde and Margaret Davis, who first brought home the idea for Union Soup Day from a vacation up north and attending a church that held a similar fundraiser. Frank and Rosalie Leopold, Hasel Wilson and Dan and Bef Kopfenstein all got behind the idea to volunteer. Clyde’s passing in his 90s in January leaves Oakley-Union Methodist both an emptiness and sense of importance to carry on the annual event he and Margaret inspired. Their daughter Jan Sullivan is credited with continued help in planning, as well as crafts-making for the church benefit. The church is easy to find, south off State Highway 11, through Juda on County Highway S to a first stop sign south of Juda. Turn left at that intersection to follow Union Road, which winds and turns until you can see that country church, high up on its hill. It’s not too much more than 15 minutes’ drive from Monroe or Brodhead, 10 minutes from Juda. Pastor Vicki Brantmeyer and the entire church community welcome all to attend.

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last Tuesday for the ordinance’s adoption. Tuls and an attorney from Michael, Best and Fredrich of Milwaukee had been attending Town of Decatur meetings for months. Their presence followed announcement last summer of intentions to build Pinnacle Dairy in the Town of Sylvester 4 miles west of Brodhead. Green County Land and Water Conservation has been waiting ever since for the Tuls to produce signed contracts for spreading up to 95 million gallons of manure annually on 7,000 acres in the Pinnacle plan. Tuls family members and their crop advisors from the DeLong Co. based in Clinton had been soliciting land owners for signed permissions to apply manure in Decatur and Sylvester townships. Sylvester passed similar health and safety protections from liquid manure nearly half a year ago. The town amended the ordinance in mid-February with stronger spreading setbacks and prohibitions from features and conditions that leave water sources vulnerable to pollution. Both a volunteer team of scientists and a citizens study committee for the Town of Sylvester recommended the stronger setbacks. The science team’s 124-page report on environmental and health impacts of concentrated animal feeding operations may be viewed at the Green County Defending our Farmland website, or by emailing the Sylvester clerk, Jacqueline Witt.


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