CIVICS & SERVICES CALENDAR

This calendar is a place listing (for free) the typical meeting dates for area governmental bodies, and Please email us with these meetings, or use the form on our Community Calendar page — let's build community together: editor@valleysentinelnews.com

January 27:

Meet Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Janet Protasiewicz 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Spring Green Community Center, 117 S Washington St, Spring Green Judge Janet is running to fill the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by retiring Judge Patience Roggensack. Judge Janet will run in the Tuesday, February 21st 2023 non-partisan Primary and the Tuesday, April 4th 2023 non-partisan Spring Election.

February 1: VOLUNTEER: Arena Pine Barrens Workday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Help us care for some of our state's most pristine public lands, State Natural Areas. Encourage native plants and animals to thrive by cutting brush, controlling invasive species, collecting seeds, monitoring rare species, and preparing fire breaks. Contact Jared Urban 608-228-4349 for information.

February 4:

Friends of the Library Book Collection 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Commmunity Room, Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St. Spring Green springgreenlibrary.org The Friends of the Spring Green Community Library will accept donations of gently used books for resale. Friends reserve the right to limit the quantity of items accepted and/or refuse donations that do not meet library needs.

February 6:

MEETING: Spring Green Community Library Board Meeting 5:00 PM . Commmunity Room, Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St. Spring Green springgreenlibrary.org The Library Board of Trustees meets each month, typically on the first or second Tuesday, at 5 PM. Changes to this schedule are posted at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. The meetings are open to the public.

February 7:

Lone Rock Red Cross Blood Drive 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM 214 Broadway Street Lone Rock redcross.org

MEETING: Arena Village Board Meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Village Hall, 345 West Street, Arena villageofarena.net Arena typically holds board meetings the first tuesday of the month.

February 8: MEETING: Village of Spring Green Board Meeting 7:00 PM Virtual event vi.springgreen.wi.gov

MEETING: Plain Village Board Meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 510 Main Street, Plain villageofplain.com

February 10:

VOLUNTEER: Ridgeway Pine Relict Workday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Help us care for some of our state's most pristine public lands, State Natural Areas. Encourage native plants and animals to thrive by cutting brush, controlling invasive species, collecting seeds, monitoring rare species, and preparing fire breaks. Contact Bob

Art Fair applications due February 4

Artists are invited to apply for the Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair, taking place on June 24 and 25, 2023 in downtown Spring Green. The application and fee deadline is February 4, with applications accepted that are postmarked by midnight. Artists are reminded to send separate checks for the jury fee and booth fee.

Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent out on March 15, with image disks returned to accepted artists. For those not accepted, the booth fee check will be returned.

To apply, artists should fill out the application and mail it to the Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair Committee at P.O. Box 96, Spring Green, WI 53588. For any additional information not found on the event website, artists can email the committee at springgreenartfair@gmail.com.

For more information and to download an application, visit www.springgreenartfair.com.

River Valley School District invites community to join facilities task force

The River Valley School District has announced the initiation of a public planning process to assess all building code, maintenance, ADA, security, safety, and space needs required to deliver current and future curricula. The process will involve a significant investment, and the goal is to gather input from the community to determine the longterm vision for the school district and prioritize the necessary investment in a strategic manner that aligns with the Master Plan.

To facilitate this process, the district has enlisted the help of architectural and engineering firm FEH DESIGN. The firm will lead a public engagement process and assemble an Advisory Task Force made up of a cross-section of area residents, business representatives, related institutions, different demographic groups, and community leaders.

The task force will be responsible for: reviewing the Goals for Success that have been drafted by the Core Planning Committee members (School Board & Admin Team), identifying possible needs and solution options to study, developing criteria to evaluate potential solutions, the weighting of the criteria, participating in the planning workshop/ SPARK SESSION, prioritizing needs, and recommending to the School Board the preferred solutions to meet the needs and the community vision.

The public is invited to participate in this process, with the first kick-off meeting planned for February 2nd at 6:00 – 7:30 PM in the High School Cafeteria. Subsequent meetings are planned for February 15 at 6:00 PM, March 14 at 5:00 PM, March 15 at 6:00 PM, and April 11 at 6:00 PM in the High School Cafeteria.

If you are interested in being part of the Advisory Task Force or just want to attend the meetings, please join for the kick-off meeting on February 2nd.

We're excited to announce the soft launch of a semi-regular to regular literary section we've been inspired by other literary compilations to call Lexington & Jefferson

As the pivotal intersection of our community, we envision this as a place that celebrates the cross-section of our greater community. We envision it as a place of curated and submitted prose, poetry and more that showcase the talents of our community.

Introducing Lexington & Jefferson

Each edition we receive submissions of artwork, poetry, prose and other musings that we have trouble placing in the paper on their own and often have to simply hold or regrettably turn down. We hope this becomes a welcome place for them. This space will grow and change, as all things do, and we may eventually work with talented organizations, authors, experts and artists to curate this section - perhaps we'll compile and publish an