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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016
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Scotch Hill hosts workshops and farm tour in Soil Sisters event
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The Stateline Trailblazers regularly work closely with law enforcement. Here, club members meet with the Wisconsin DNR, who provides funds for the Sugar River and Badger State Trails. As a token of appreciation toward the DNR and all other Wisconsin law enforcement, the Trailblazers are providing free ice cream now through July 31 at the Monroe Dairy Queen.
Trailblazers give back to local law enforcement By Siara Schwartzlow EDITOR
All Green County law enforcement officers are invited to enjoy a free ice cream treat at Dairy Queen in Monroe now through Sunday, July 31. The treats, paid for by the Stateline Trailblazers, are tokens of the club’s appreciation and support for local law enforcement. “We wanted to let our local officers know that we are behind their efforts, 100%,” said Darren Roth, the club’s Trail Boss and groomer operator. “I think law enforcement is a pretty thankless job. Nobody wants to see those lights behind you when you are
going a little too fast, but they always get there as fast as they possibly can when you need them.” Any officer working within the state is welcomed to a treat. He or she need only show a badge to receive free ice cream. The Stateline Trailblazers Club was established over forty years ago and now has more than 200 members in the Green County area. In addition to setting and removing trail signs, brushing trails, and building bridges, the Trailblazers groom over 130 miles of trail from the Illinois state line to Monticello, back to Brodhead, and to Monroe.
Scotch Hill Farm will host two Saturday workshops and a Sunday farm tour during the Soil Sisters weekend, August 5 to 7. Organic vegetable grower Dela Ends will step out of the garden into the kitchen to teach “Baking Best Buns” at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 6. She’ll then team up with daughter in-law Miranda Ends to teach “Do-it-Yourself Body Care Products” at 1 p.m. the same day. The farm tour Sunday runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Scotch Hill. Two miles north and a mile east of Brodhead, the farm is one of the four oldest Community Supported Agriculture farms in central Wisconsin. Growers Dela and Tony Ends started raising and selling 60 varieties of fresh vegetables by subscriptions in 1994. They also helped 8 other dairy goat producers develop farmstead soap and natural ingredient skin care enterprises. Their son Micah this year renovated a century-old barn on the farm into a Grade A goat dairy, producing milk for specialty cheese-maker Anna Landmark. Dela will also join five other speakers in talks on “Start-up Strategies for Women Farmers” at Inn Serendipity in Browntown, 10 a.m., Friday, August 5. The program includes a lunch of local foods and costs $50. “Knowing what’s in food and body care products is important to people concerned about health and safety,” said Dela, a board member of Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, a Soil Sisters sponsor. “Making what we eat and apply to our skin with natural and organic ingredients gives us the greatest
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Miranda Ends leads a group through a Do-it-Yourself Body Care Products class last year.
assurance of that,” she said. “It helps us regain control over essential things we do for ourselves and our loved-ones.” Baking lessons with Dela will include cinnamon rolls and light Italian bread. Participants can take home samples from the class, which costs $35. Skin care product-making will feature a new roll-on deodorant recipe, shower scrub, lip balm and all-natural ingredient insect repellent. Participants can again “make and take” from the class, which
costs $40. Sign up on line or the day of the class at Scotch Hill Farm. Either way, participants should register in advance. Lesson hosts want to ensure sufficient ingredients for each session. Contact dela@scotchhillfarm. com or leave a message with contact information for each registrant at 608-897-4288. Driving directions to the farm, 910 Scotch Hill Road, Brodhead, WI 53520, can be found at www. scotchhillfarm.com.
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