Valley Sentinel - 06-30-2022

Spring Green, Wisconsin

Thursday, June 30, 2022 | Vol. 3, No. 16 FREE, Single-Copy

Inside this edition

Legal Analysis: What Dobbs does, doesn’t do

Community Calendar: Live music, exhibitions, lectures

The Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair from above

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Sh*tty Barn Sessions announces lineup for the second round of the season On June 24 the Sh*tty Barn Sessions (506 E Madison St, Spring Green) announced the lineup for the rest of their season.

The announced dates and performers are as follows: 8/3 - Radio Free Honduras 8/10 - Frank Catalano 8/17 - Kiss The Tiger // Joshua Powell 8/24 - Panchromatic Steel 8/25 - Seratones 8/31 - Lissie 9/7 - Haley Heynderickx 9/14 - Gaines & Wagoner // Three Hours

9/21 - Night Moves // The Nunnery 9/23 - Ben Mulwana - SG Musician in Residence 9/28 - The Deslondes // David Quinn 10/5 - Shane Leonard // Abigail Zimmer 10/14 - John Moreland // Caroline Spence Organizers also recommend reaching out to Wander Provisions (136 Albany St, Spring Green), who will be catering most sessions.

Tickets go on sale Friday, July 1, at shittybarnsessions.com.

Photo via The Shitty Barn Sessions

River Valley Commons unveils 2022 Morrill Lecture Series events Stef Morrill, River Valley Commons Welcome back to the 2022 season of the Morrill Lectures. This year, we will be trying some new things — a book discussion, a film screening, and a workshop — along with 3 lectures at the Octagon Barn.

Here’s a summary of the full line-up: July 11, 6:30 p.m.

Bridging the Civilian and Military Divide Doug Bradley & Leanne Knobloch Octagon Barn This year, we will be doing a series of events around veterans. We’ll kick it off

with this lecture on July 11. Leanne and Doug will share stories and research to honor those who have served and to educate civilians about the challenges facing veterans and how to help.

Dessert reception and time to learn more about available resources for veterans will follow the lecture.

July 27, 6:30 p.m.

Book Discussion: Learning to Stay Erin Celello Zoom & Arcadia Books

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Photo via River Valley Commons

Annual Wisconsin River Canoe Race slated for July 10th Muscoda Lions Club The 57th annual Wisconsin River Canoe & Kayak Race will be held on Sunday, July 10th. The finish line will be at Victora Riverside Park in Muscoda where the Lions Club will serve food and refreshments. Races will begin

from Spring Green and Gotham. Event co-sponsors are the Wisconsin Canoe Racing Association and the Avoca-Blue River-Muscoda Lions Club.

In addition to the highly competitive 21-mile race, the Lions Challenge features a special race with the voyageur

replica canoes used by the Riverway Board for guided tours of the lower Wisconsin River. One canoe will be piloted by Mark Cupp, Executive Director of the Riverway Board, and the other boat will see Gotham resident James Schneider in the stern. Cupp

and Schneider are members of the local Lions Club and have a longstanding rivalry in the canoe race. The 8-person crews will include members of the Lions Club, family members and folks from

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Commentary/Opinion/Lte

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Thursday, June 30, 2022 The (not so) Plain and Simple Correspondent: Contribute Katie Green, Columnist The other day I received an email from State Senator Marklein inviting me to make a contribution to his reelection campaign. Well, I might consider that – should Hell freeze over, or he promised to restore to the taxpayers of this state all he has personally squandered in pretending that President Biden did not win the last election. Or if he repented of collaborating in licensing immense dairy farms that pollute groundwater, air, and thus deprive adjacent landowners of viable homes and incomes. Or if he promised to restore funding to urban and rural clinics that used to provide infant and maternal care and provide family planning options. Or if he suddenly demanded an end to gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Or getting big money out of politics. Or crusaded for sensible gun control. This is the short list of what he and his ilk need to do to pry even a penny out of me.

Speaking of “contributions”, a very decent man in our extended family just died. He would insist that he was an ordinary guy, but his contributions were almost too numerous to list. He was an Army veteran who served this country as a medic in a nasty foreign war. He named veterans' causes

as favorite recipients for possible memorial gifts in his memory. As the oldest child in a family of five children, he was the rock that loved, encouraged, bailed out, covered for, the younger siblings and a very wide circle of other relatives and friends. If your rusty pickup broke down miles from home, Jeff was the one you called. He loved to cook, loved to eat, and made sure no one he knew –or even strangers he heard about– went hungry. He was also known from childhood as Nature Boy and worked hard to protect the integrity of the natural world. He was part Native American, proud of it, and knew first hand about being the target of prejudice from fearful, insecure people who weren't yet convinced of our common humanity. He lived exuberantly and loved incessantly.

These are the sort of “contributions” I admire and respect, Senator. Tear a leaf out of Jeff's play book, follow it to the letter, and the heat your voting record currently generates in my brain will no longer set my hair on fire.

My disappointment in the Howard Markleins of this world is boundless.

No matter where one lives, their choice to be self-serving and offer carte blanche to big business at the expense of the 99% increases the heavy burdens ordinary people carry

just to survive. It's curious. I ask myself, what enables some people to be able to extract positive lessons from even a miserable childhood, youth, and on through the phases of adult life and be all of a piece, ethical, thoughtful, compassionate, and caring to the last? And what makes others, some with great advantages, vulnerable to corruption by money and power and the seven deadly sins along the way and never fall to their

Katie Green knees to ask for forgiveness?

As I listen to the January 6 hearings on the radio, it is striking to see which officials took the Constitution and their oath of office seriously

regardless of political party and which did not. On the Sacred Honor meter, the rankings are clear. We who try our darndest to be worthy of even a middling position on the honor meter need to redouble our efforts.

A good first step is to vote out of office the Howard Markleins in our political system. I am not without faults, heaven and those who know me well know, but I am committed to continuous improvement, to finding out what is best for the most in our society. It is obvious that the folks at the bottom need a hand up. As Elizabeth Warren and others keep stressing, we are all in this together and the country is only as strong as the weakest links. Please, don't just stew about all the craziness around us. Remember the power of the ballot. Get to the polls, badger your elected officials, run for office, knock on doors, give rides to the polls. And leave your guns at home.

Katie is an author that, until recently, lived in Plain that has been writing for fun and profit, mostly the former, since childhood. Her writing is self described as opinionated, but meant to be in the interests of a more loving, better functioning world for all. She may be reached at: greengal2@charter.net.

Legal Editor's Column — An analysis of Dobbs, what it means, doesn't mean Gary Ernest Grass, esq., Legal Editor On June 24, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the basis and core holding of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that found a Constitutional right to choose to have an abortion.

In the wake of the ruling, I for one have seen a lot of bad argumentation and analysis reflecting myths and misconceptions about the ruling, the law, the court, and more. Some people have been stating things with complete certainty that are uncertain or at least partially untrue. Some of these consist of legal propositions that haven’t really been tested in the courts. Moreover, a lot of solid legal ground could turn to quicksand in a second under the touch of this court, which recently has not shied away from instigating seismic shifts in the law. Abortion services have stopped here, but not because abortion is illegal: they have stopped because no one can say for certain whether an abortion performed today will be declared later to have been illegal now.

So what did the Supreme Court just do? Some people think it declared abortion illegal -- it didn’t. It’s not precisely accurate to say it took away the right to choose an abortion either, and even saying it overturned Roe v.

Wade is a little misleading.

The 1973 Roe decision overturned a

On the cover "Spring Green Arts and Crafts Fair" (2022) Photo, by Taylor Scott

Texas criminal law that outlawed most abortions in that state. It found that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment implicitly created a right to privacy that needed to be balanced against state interests. It set out a framework for evaluating whether an abortion law intruded too much on this right.

In 1992, the Supreme Court decided Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. The court by 1992 had changed a lot. Wisconsin’s own Bill Rehnquist, one of the two dissenting votes on Roe, had become Chief Justice, and conservatives were in the ascendancy. After years of the court chipping away at Roe, many expected it to overturn Roe completely. In fact, a good deal of Roe was scrapped. Nevertheless, a third of the court, representing its ideological center, felt that Roe was too settled for it to be jettisoned outright. The right to choose would still exist, but the original framework constructed around that right would be no more. Since then, we really haven’t been living under Roe. We’ve been living under Casey.

The Dobbs decision has eliminated the last of the rights which were first announced under Roe and which survived Casey. The doctrine of privacy as a part of substantive due process was abolished. Many people refer to this as underlying “the right” to abortion, but there are many sources of reproductive rights. Most people have those rights because their state laws protect them.

At least one state constitution has an independent right to privacy that is not in the U.S. Constitution, and other states are free to interpret their state

constitutions differently from the way the U.S. Supreme Court interprets the federal Constitution. One major source of legal protection has been taken away. It’s been there for generations, so many of the possible back-ups have gone untested for a long time.

Abortion remains legal throughout much of the United States. In fact, it’s fair to say that most abortions remain legal, and even many of the abortions that are not technically legal will be impossible to prosecute. Many of the states we think of as deep red and which do have some of the most restrictive abortion laws nevertheless do allow abortions early in pregnancy, enough so that the vast majority of women can still obtain abortions there.

This is partly because in 2022, unlike 1973, a slight majority of abortions are not surgical but pharmaceutical.

The pre-Roe era or the Gilead of A Handmaid’s Tale may provide useful insights into possible futures on the horizon, but to say we are already there should be understood as hyperbole.

In Wisconsin, we have a criminal law on the books since 1849 that treats abortion as a species of homicide.

From 1973 until last week it could not be enforced in a way that would have violated Roe. With Dobbs it apparently sprang back into force.

It has been widely reported that the 1849 law bans all abortions, or nearly all. This is not exactly true, or at least it is unclear. Section 940.04 does make it a felony to “destroy the life of an unborn child,” punishable by up to 15 years for a “quick” fetus (generally starting from 15-20 weeks gestation), or 6 years otherwise. But there are

exceptions, both written into the law and derived by the courts.

First, the felony applies to anyone “other than the mother.” Likewise, a separate statute, section 940.13, passed much later, explicitly immunizes mothers for seeking to end their pregnancies. Assisting a mother to do this is not abetting, because to abet a crime there must be a crime in the first place to abet. (This kind of law provides a lot of protection, but even in states with similar laws, women have been prosecuted. We may strive to be governed by laws, but laws do not implement themselves, and so long as people are involved, injustices will occur.)

There is an exception for the life of the mother as well, but the exception does not require a woman’s life to be in actual peril. If two physicians sign off on it, the procedure is legal. There is a long history of sympathetic physicians signing off on almost any request to terminate a pregnancy. There is still the risk of maternal death in childbirth, a risk of suicide, and a risk that the mother, if denied a safe and legal abortion, will attempt a risky illegal procedure. Nothing in the law suggests physicians would be in any jeopardy for assessing any requested abortion as necessary.

We are almost ready to discuss State v. Black, but first: On June 28, Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit, seeking to have the 1849 law ruled unenforceable. There was not time before deadline for me to read the

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The minority now rules Submit your artwork or photography for cover consideration: editor@valleysentinelnews.com Cover graphic image traced and edited by Julianna Williams

Dear editor, Don't be fooled: The government that bans abortion can also force you to have an abortion if they decide the country is becoming overpopulated.

Remember China's "one child policy"?

They could also force all men of a certain age to have a vasectomy, or outlaw same-sex marriage, which has already been hinted at. Maybe if men had to bear the resulting children from unwanted partners things would

be different. One wonders if Clarence Thomas might have a problem if banning multi racial marriage is also discussed?

Kay Ziegahn Richland Center, Wisconsin

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Our Social Dilemma — Part 9: The Human Spirit - Soon Beverly Pestel, Columnist “Our Social Dilemma” is a series of thought-provoking columns by retired local professor Beverly Pestel exploring a description and explanation of our current social, cultural and political tensions — looking at solutions and means of learning to accept one another.

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I began my exploration of our social dilemma several years ago with the book, “Healing the Heart of Democracy” by Parker J. Palmer.

As it turned out, much that I found in the book was put into context by everything I read subsequent to that.

So it is fitting to finish this series with Parker Palmer while we all still struggle with the horror of Uvalde.

It seems clear that the core of our social dilemma is the hierarchical system of culture and caste. A system defined by the stories we tell ourselves of “us” and “them.” It is a history of the struggles of the “them” to realize equality and the “us” to keep their position of privilege. It is also a struggle of the “us” suspicious of and fearing the “thems”. Much of this has spilled out into the political arena, and understandably so. A democracy cannot survive in the absence of the pursuit of equal rights.

It always comes down to stories. Like Harari (Part 1), Palmer talks about stories and myths. Palmer refers to the first few lines of the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be

self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among them are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

He then proceeds to explain how this national myth has shaped our social conflict.

“On the one hand, the people who wrote those words, and the nation they founded, fell far short of their own declaration. The founders excluded many men and all women from the “blessings of liberty,” and in this sense, America’s founding myth is a flat-out lie. On the other hand, the myth expresses an aspiration without which America would not be the nation it is.”

It is the stories within castes (Part 3) that keep us from realizing our aspirational national story of being “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” We must learn to merge these castes into one comprehensive community, not uniform in identity, but accepting and comfortable in its diversity. Robert Wright in his book “Nonzero” addresses the difficult nature of this. “…when any…group surrenders its autonomy, submerging its identity …to a central authority, some natural resistance has been overcome.” We need to start doing the hard work of overcoming.

Driftless Grace — When life gives you...

Grace Vosen, Columnist I never carry cash, but I felt guiltier than usual about it the other day when I walked past dueling lemonade stands. The two tables were set up across from each other on a silent back street. If they were relying on foot traffic, I would be their only visitor for a while.

As I pondered what to do, I was approached by the advance guard. A boy rode up to me on his bike from the stand on the south side of the street.

He asked if I wanted some lemonade.

“How much is it?” I replied, thinking there might be a neglected quarter in my wallet. But a cup of lemonade runs for a dollar these days – inflation,

y’know.

When I told him I didn’t have a dollar, the enterprising kid said, “Or it’s 75 cents.” I informed him that I didn’t have that either, but that I would come back later with the money.

He returned to the stand and relayed this information to his family. Not wanting to leave anybody out, I said something similar to the girl on the north side of the street.

Now I had a decision to make.

Dinnertime was coming on. If I stayed home much longer, I’d be breaking the promise I had made to those kids.

This might convey the wrong lesson about adults and honesty. On the other hand, going back might teach them to trust people too willingly.

Palmer maintains that the path to building community begins with a heart that is broken-open. This broken-open heart is created when we add intelligence to our emotions which

Beverly Pestel Daniel Goleman defines as emotional intelligence (Part 6). So, the solution to our social dilemma begins not with “them” but with “us.” As Palmer states, “At the deepest levels of human life… [w]e need insights into ourselves and our world that can help us understand how to learn and grow from our experiences of diversity, tension, and conflict.” These insights into our world are what this series of columns have attempted to reveal: from equal rights (Part 2) to castes (Part 3), to resentments (Part 4), to a non-zerosum world (Part 5), to emotions intelligence (Part 6), to exclusionary castes (Part 7), to conspiracy theories (Part 8).

The broken-open heart has the ability not to suppress conflict, but to convert

It was a complicated question (the complications, of course, all stemming from within myself).

In the end, I did go back. The northern stand sold me a chocolate

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it to social progress. To those looking for techniques to use on others to solve our social dilemma, look elsewhere. I cannot put it better than Palmer. The broken-open heart… “…is where we can learn how to “think the world together,” not apart, and find the courage to act on what we know.

If you hold your knowledge of self and world wholeheartedly, your heart will at times get broken by loss, failure, defeat, betrayal, or death.

What happens next in you and the world around you depends on how your heart breaks. If it breaks apart into a thousand pieces, the result may be anger, depression, and disengagement. If it breaks open into greater capacity to hold the complexity and contradictions of human experience, the results may be new life…hearts [that] have been broken open, not apart, help us hold our differences creatively and use our power courageously for the sake of a more equitable, just, and compassionate word.”

So, it comes down to facing the stories we choose to tell ourselves based on the condition of our heart. If those stories come from the imagined reality of superior and inferior castes rather than an inclusive story of community,

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chip cookie, but the other family had packed up and gone inside. I guess that’s just how life works sometimes.

What I can say, as a former kid myself, is that the young entrepreneurs won’t remember anything their customers did or said. They’ll remember waking up with the need to have a lemonade stand, sitting outside on a beautiful day with their siblings or on their own, and eating and drinking away their profits while just being kids.

Grace Vosen is a writer and conservation educator living in Spring Green. She blogs about both the human and nonhuman communities of our region at DriftlessGrace.com.

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Thursday, June 30, 2022 Chris Hardie's 'Back Home' column

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Technology glitch provides wishful glimpse

A Father's Day flood

Chris Hardie, Columnist

Chris Hardie, Columnist

The pandemic may eventually go away but virtual meetings are here to stay.

While many have returned to the office, the option of working remotely using video conference tools will continue. A report from Upwork said that 25% of Americans worked from home in 2021 and by 2025, 36.2 million Americans will work remotely, an 87% increase from pre-pandemic levels.

More than half of companies allow for remote work and many are using it as a recruiting tool to attract employees from all over the country. We now live in a world where you can live anywhere and work anywhere.

Not everyone, of course. You can’t remotely frame a house, assemble goods in a factory or serve a meal.

And in order to remotely connect with others, you need a fast and reliable internet connection to be the most effective.

My connection is slow and unreliable.

My internet is the same. But I overcome my personal slowness and that of my technology by being resourceful, creative and inventive. Sometimes that involves tapping into my equally slow and unreliable companions – me and myself.

Recently I had a Zoom meeting that I had scheduled. Many days while working at home I use my desktop computer because it has a large 20-inch screen and I find it easier typing on the keyboard.

But the desktop does not have a camera or microphone – which is great for the other virtual participants because they don’t have to see or listen to me. So I normally have my laptop set up as well, which has a camera and a microphone.

The problem with my laptop is that it is seven years old and I bought it used.

So it’s old and sluggish – like me. And I don’t completely power it down often enough, which makes it slow waking up

When it rains, it pours; especially when I have three different browsers when you push your luck. and dozens of windows and programs This mashup of adages is what operating. popped into my mind when I So while my laptop was acting like me discovered water pouring across the trying to get out of bed in the morning floor of our basement. It wasn’t raining after a long day of cutting wood, I outside but our water heater was figured out another way to participate spraying streams like a sprinkler. in the meeting. I started the Zoom The perfect way to begin Father’s Day. meeting from my desktop computer The water heater is an expensive (where I had my password saved) and quick recovery, 100-gallon commercial then joined it from my phone. Had unit that was installed in 2006 when I remembered my password, I could we opened our bed and breakfast. It is have just used my phone. designed to crank out lots of hot water All of this finagling resulted in the when guests are filling whirlpool tubs.

Zoom screen showing a static photo of Expensive can be a relative term, so me from the desktop and I participated here’s some perspective. In 1986 I with video and audio from my phone. bought a brand new That dynamic duo Ford Escort car for was working fine $6,500, which is the until the laptop same price we paid finally woke up and for the water heater. there was a third Both of them lasted photo of myself about 15 years. showing up on the We knew we were screen. For a brief pushing our luck, as moment, there were the average lifespan three Hardies in the of water heaters is meeting.

7 to 12 years. But I was fine with it, we had hoped that but the additional the Cadillac water digital presence of Chris Hardie heater would keep myself didn’t sit well percolating along with me as there and not blow a gasket. was a conflict with two video and audio I shut off the main water valve to feeds. So I had to cut the laptop feed to stem the tide before locating the valve spite myself, leaving just the two of us that feeds the water heater. The circuit to complete the meeting. panel on the heater was flashing all All of these Hardie digital sorts of lights and codes that could doppelgangers were a little confusing to my Zoom participant, but I promised be translated into “you are totally screwed”. I turned off the power switch him that we – or was that me – had it in case the unit was going into launch all under control. At least that’s what I mode. told myself.

I then spent the next hour vacuuming This electronic wizardry only edged up the water, which amounted to about me slightly closer to getting my work 25 gallons, and realized that we were done and actually cost me some pretty lucky. valuable time. If only there were a way Lucky that we were home. Lucky that to divide myself into thirds and share we discovered the leak after only a few the workload. minutes. Lucky that we hadn’t just left WE'RE LOOKING FOR INTERNS AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS for our three-week trip to Scotland. A little bit of damp is nothing compared Looking for a challenge? to what could have been a serious flood.

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Summer memory gets warm reception.

We recently had our first bigtime taste of summer heat with a temperature hitting close to 100 degrees. I posted on social media part of a column that I wrote a few years ago and in a few days it had more than 4,400 reactions, nearly 700 comments and more than 850 shares. This is part of what I wrote: “Yep, it’s hot today. Before you complain, think of what it would be like working in 100-plus degree temperatures for eight hours and then squatting for more than two hours between a bunch of bovines.

Baling hay and milking cows were chores that continued despite the weather. And it always seemed like the hotter the day, the more hay to bale.

Our family did not have air conditioning. We also had only three TV channels and we didn’t have dangerous weather alerts that make it seem like you’re going to die if you step outside. We drank lots of water and dealt with it.

Sometimes we’d gather with our cousins and build dams in our springfed creek or go swimming in our neighbor’s pond. In later years my cousins had a small above-ground pool and we couldn’t wait to finish the night milking and jump in the water.

Yep, it’s hot today. But I’d gladly take a day of sweat to take a trip back 50 years.”

I clearly struck a chord with many folks who shared similar memories and stories of haying in the summertime, as the comments poured in.

Mike Thom of Markesan summed it up nicely. “I’d have to say all of us that experienced the joy of being in a haymow or on a wagon in the sweltering sun and then took a break to get out of the sun between the cows for milking all turned out to be pretty darn good humans!”

Gary Towner of Trempealeau added: “The greatest thing grown on family farms, not the crops or the livestock … it’s the people. Honest, hardworking, respectful, neighborly assets to our communities. This is what we will miss the most as farm families dwindle in number.”

Good old-fashioned hard work didn’t hurt us any.

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Legal Editor's Column — An analysis of Dobbs, what it means, doesn't mean continued from page 2 filing, but from other media accounts it seems a little odd to me.

Reportedly, the suit argues that a 1985 statute regulating abortions in accordance with Roe v. Wade functioned to repeal the 1849 statute.

They also reportedly argue that the law is just way too old, and lacks the consent of the voters. (It was passed when not even all white men had the franchise.) They reportedly expect to nullify the law.

What makes this seem peculiar to me is the case I mentioned above, State v. Black. Black was accused of assaulting his wife and killing the child they expected to have within the week. When he was charged under the statute, he made the same argument that it was impliedly repealed by the 1985 abortion law. The Wisconsin Supreme Court, 5-2, rejected this argument. It said that new statutes are presumed not to repeal the old ones so long as they can be reconciled. They decided that the old law clearly was intended to apply to violent acts and not to consensual medical abortions.

So under the current understanding, the 1849 law does not really make abortions illegal at all!

Nevertheless, I can see why one would want assurance that this ruling would actually stick, or that the old law would be deemed repealed.

Other recent developments include

the governor promising to give clemency to anyone convicted of providing abortions that would have been constitutionally protected before Dobbs. There is a widespread notion that a pardon somehow requires an admission of guilt. The opposite may be true: at least in many jurisdictions, a pardon establishes legal innocence for all legal purposes, and insulates the recipient from other forms of liability.

Some county district attorneys have said they will not prosecute abortions under the 1849 law. Some governors have pledged to remove such DAs. It is uncertain whether this would really be legal. The discretion of prosecutors to refrain from enforcement has been described as “nearly absolute.”

Declining to prosecute providers of reproductive care probably would not furnish the “good cause” required by statute for a governor to act.

The assurances of a friendly district attorney might be more stable than reliance on a pardon, because the state as a whole is very purple, while some counties are deep deep blue. Criminal venue generally depends on the county where the alleged offense occurred, so it would generally be under the control of the parent seeking reproductive services.

However, there would be legal ways to get around this. Wisconsin allows private prosecutions when a district attorney refuses to act.

Finally, it should be noted that

when abortion shifts from being a Constitutional right to being a criminal act, there are issues other than prosecution to be concerned about.

Calling a woman who seeks to end a pregnancy a criminal would not be defamatory. Obtaining an abortion may become a legal basis to deny employment or other opportunities.

It may become evidence in parental rights hearings. Law enforcement may investigate this crime even though it is unlikely to be prosecuted, obtaining warrants to search for clues regarding one’s sexual and medical actions. If the father of the unborn child lives in another state which treats life as beginning at conception, the mother could conceivably be sued for wrongful death in a civil action. States that outlaw abortion may file criminal actions against out-of-state providers based on their long arm jurisdiction, and it’s not absolutely clear they could not legally succeed.

Well, it feels like I’ve just written a short book, so I’ll leave it there. If you’ve read all this way, congratulations and thanks.

I know there are a lot of questions I haven’t addressed: Should the court be more responsive to majority views? Is it functioning properly? Can justices be impeached for misleading senators at their confirmation hearings? Are there other strong Constitutional grounds for attacking anti-abortion laws? Should we expand the court? Should we limit

judicial review? Can Biden allow abortion on federal lands by executive order? Can Congress preempt the states to make abortion legal everywhere, or illegal everywhere?

Are there ways to reduce the need for abortion without infringing on basic rights? Is the right to bodily autonomy the same in the abortion and vaccination debates? Is there a eugenic basis for some wanting more or fewer abortions? How committed is the national Democratic Party to choice? Do men in Congress honestly not know how menstruation works? Is the reason why forced birth advocates want to adopt your unborn baby but will not adopt from among the tens of thousands of existing orphans because they secretly want to eat your baby and babies start to lose their flavor about a week after birth?

All good questions. Maybe next time.

Gary Grass graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2003 where he was on law review and won several awards for scholarship and writing.

Specializing in appellate advocacy since 2007, he has argued cases before the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, won numerous reversals of convictions and other lower court rulings, and made law in published opinions that have expanded the legal rights of criminal defendants.

Our Social Dilemma — Part 9: The Human Spirit - Soon continued from page 3 conflicts are inevitable. If we cannot summon the emotional intelligence to see the world as win-win rather than zero-sum, conflicts are inevitable. If our story comes from a heart broken apart, we will be plagued with jealousy, envy, depression, and resentment.

The real danger to our society, however, comes from those castes who see themselves as exclusionary. If the heart is so broken apart that it cannot see beyond self-interest and denies the value of others, the story becomes one that is intractable and destructive, filled with distrust, anger, and too often, violence. These castes are our

greatest danger and our greatest challenge because these broken hearts may be beyond repair.

For the rest of us, once we know our own heart, and have seen it broken open, we may be able to see into the hearts of others. Only then can we have the conversations with others that we need – and your heart will tell you what those conversations should be only then can we hope to see a change in the world.

Writing this series of columns has been an engaging and clarifying journey for me, I hope you have found some value here. I end with the story I choose to believe in, it is my imagined

reality, one I hope will become an objective reality. It is the story of “Someday” set to music by Celtic Woman.

Someday, when we are wiser When the world's older When we have learned I pray someday we may yet Live to live and let live Someday, life will be fairer Need will be rarer And greed will not pay Godspeed, this bright millennium On its way, let it come someday

There are some days, dark and bitter Seems we haven't got a prayer But a prayer for something better Is the one thing we all share One day, someday...soon.

Beverly is a retired professor. She lives in a remodeled farmhouse and tends 40 acres of woodland in Richland County. When not in the woods she spends her time reading, writing and enjoying the beauty of the Driftless Area.

The Battle for Better Broadband Continues Senator Howard Marklein, (R-Spring Green) The Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) recently announced the awards for the most recent round of Rural Broadband Expansion Grants. They awarded 71 grants worth $124,967,392 out of the $125 million I fought for in the state budget.

The 17th Senate District received four awards worth $16,601,447. These projects are in Juneau, Richland, Grant and Lafayette counties. Only 16% of the applications submitted by communities in the 17th District were selected. There were 20 other projects that did not receive awards.

I am happy for the communities that received awards. They will each have a significant impact and reach new households that have been waiting for connections. But I am frustrated by the PSC’s direction and dismissal of several important projects. There were five projects for rural Grant County, proposed by TDS Telecom, that were denied for the second time. After the last grant round, TDS revamped the projects, per the recommendations by the PSC, but they were passed over again. These

Senator Howard Marklein communities are desperate for service and continue to wait!

This is not to say that the 17th Senate District hasn’t had tremendous success utilizing the Rural Broadband Expansion Grant program. Since the program started in 2014, we have received funding for 42 projects worth $39 million in grant funding with a $43 million match. In total, we have invested $82 million in broadband in our communities. This funding has created or improved connections for 81,874 households and 6,848 businesses in the eight

years since the program started!

But I know there is still work to do.

We must find a way to reach the areas that are tough to reach and very expensive to finance. This was clearly illustrated by the 20 projects that did not receive funding this cycle.

I believe that the Rural Broadband Expansion Grant program needs to be overhauled and adjusted to reach the households, communities and businesses that are still not connected.

I am working on a proposal that I plan to bring back to the legislature in the new session to achieve our goals.

I have been fighting the battle for better broadband since 2014 and I am not done yet.

Thank you to all of the community leaders, telecommunications companies and individual champions who have worked so hard to expand rural broadband into our communities. You have made a tremendous impact, but there is still work to do. I am here with you – all of the way.

The 17th Senate District projects that received funding in the most recent grant cycle include: LaValle Telephone Cooperative

– Juneau County – Fiber to the premise to reach five business and 285 residential locations in the towns of Lindina, Plymouth, Summit and Wonewoc. This includes 290 currently unserved locations. (Award: $2,931,908, Match: $1,578,788) Ma LaValle Telephone Cooperative – Richland County – Fiber to the premise to reach three business and 457 residential locations in the towns of Ithaca, Richland, Rockbridge and Willow. This includes 460 currently unserved locations. (Award: $3,529,430, Match: $2,352,950) LICT Corporation (aka – Cuba City Telephone) – Grant and Lafayette Counties – Fiber to the premise service to reach 117 business and 1,604 residential locations. This includes eight currently unserved locations. (Award: $7,955,000, Match: $7,955,000) LYNXX Networks – Juneau County – Fiber to the premise to reach 20 businesses and 862 residential locations in the towns of Lemonweir and Lisbon. This includes 100 currently unserved locations. (Award: $2,185,109, Match: $2,896,541)

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

COmmunitycalendar Events for July 1 - July 14 Friday, July 1 OUTDOOR LIVE MUSIC: Wine Down Fridays – Corey Mathew Hart 5:00 PM . Wild Hills Winery, 30940 Oakridge Dr., Muscoda . wildhillswinery.com . coreymatthewhart.com . audiences. “The human voice is such wonderfully complex instrument. So often, words can fail to portray the whole meaning or idea you are trying to get across, but in song you can convey more emotion and add more depth and dimension to the written word,” says Hart. And he does just that with a voice and songs that win awards.

SOLD OUT: LIVE MUSIC: Shitty Barn Session 262: Riley Downing / Nikki & the Phantom Callers 7:00 PM . 506 E Madison St, Spring Green . shittybarnsessions.com .

Doors open at 6 . Come enjoy this boot-stomping, alt-country and jangly indie-rock that weaves a series of stories exploring a beautiful darkness in stark contrast to their predominantly sunny tonality; a Southern Gothic study of grief soundtracked by country-tinged ‘60s pop. Advance tickets sold out. That sald, tickets often come up that people can't use. Check website or socials for the latest detalls about ticket availability.

Saturday, July 2 Spring Green Farmers Market 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM . S230 E. Monroe St., Spring Green . Spring Green Farmers Market Is a year-round outdoor market oTering seasonal produce, local meats, baked goods and many other wonderful items. Held outside the Spring Green Communitv Public Library every Saturdav morning. Pre-orders are recommended. Visit our Facebook or Instagram page or email SGFarmersMarket@gmail.com for a list of participating vendors and their contact into.

Car-B-Que in the Park 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM . Kaul Park, WI-130, Bear Valley/Lone Rock . 11 AM: Arrival of classic cars and trucks. No entry fee and no judging. 12 PM: Chicken BBQ: ½ chicken, potato salad, beans, and dinner roll $12. 12:30PM: Registration for bean bag tournament. $10 Per 2 person team. 100% payback. Please No Pets And No Carry-ins.

LIVE MUSIC: 3 SOULS 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM . Wisconsin Riverside Resort, S13220 Shifflet Road, Spring Green . www.wiriversideresort.com . Join us for live music outside on the river stage! Drinks specials, great food and even better views!

Sunday, July 3 Sundays in July - THE ROYCROFTERS, ELBERT HUBBARD, AND ME 11:00 AM 12:00 PM . Unity Chapel, 6557 County Hwy T, Spring Green . unitychapel.org . The Roycrofters of East Aurora, NY are one example of a creative community that embodied the "Head, Heart, and Hand" moto. Stef Morrill will share some history of the Roycrofters and their colorful leader, Elbert Hubbard, and how she came to discover and embrace their world and work.

LIVE MUSIC: Janna and the Junkyard Dawg - Monthly Jam at Trader's Bar & Grill 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM . Trader's Bar & Grill, 6147 US Highway 14, Spring Green . wisconsincanoe.com . Calling all musicians and music lovers! It's the first Sunday of the month, which means it's time for our monthly jam at Trader's Bar & Grill! Come on out and get a good dose of music! It's for the soul.

LIVE MUSIC: BIG NIGHT OUT 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM . Wisconsin Riverside Resort, S13220 Shifflet Road, Spring Green . www.wiriversideresort.com . Join us for live music outside on the river stage! Drinks specials, great food and even better views!

Monday, July 4 LIVE MUSIC: Keg & Kettle 4th of July Party – 3 SOULS 9:00 PM . Keg & Kettle Bar,104 S Oak St, Lone Rock . We are back on the Keg & Kettle patio to celebrate the 4th of July. For more info search Keg & Kettle Bar on Facebook.

Lone Rock 4th of July Celebration: Music, Dancing, Family, Food, Fun 7:00 AM 7:00 PM . Firemans Park . Entertainment by Docs DJ Service . LoneRock4thofJuly.org .

7 AM - 1 PM: MARKETPLACE - Local vendors & farmer's market open Garrison Park.

Hwy. I3U. Space still avallable . 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PARADE REGISTRATION - All parade participants need to register in front of the one Rock Community Library . 11 AM: PARADE BEGINS - Highway 130, Lone Rock. Live parade coverage by WRCO Radio .

AFTER PARADE: EMS CHICKEN BBQ - Dinners on sale at the Lone Rock Fire Dept. bring your extra canned goods to donate to the local food pantry LONE ROCK FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH CHICKEN BBQ Dinners on sale at Fireman's Park CELEBRATION OPENS Fireman's Park Concession stand opens with hamburgers, brats, hot dogs, chips, soda, Gatorade, candy, beer & kettle corr Kids activities and face painting. MusIc & dancing between events . 2 PM: TUN*INGO - A musical alternative to bingo. Games are fun, games are free and prizes are great, but space may be limited. Donatons accepted . 4 PM: MEAT PADDLES - We have a terrific assortment of &meat packages this year we'll be raffling off! . 7 PM: RAFFLE DRAWING - Tickets will be sold up until the time of the drawing. Winners will be announced at the time their tickets are drawn . GRAND PRIZE - Blackstone Adventure Ready 2-burner 28 Griddle Cooking station + many more prizes. Buy tickets from a dealer near you including these Lone Rock locations: Royal Bank, D & Ls, Lone Stop Shell, Lone Rock bistro & laproom & he woods. Spring Green Prem Meats and Baron Brook's.

LIVE MUSIC: Annie Louis Birthday Bash with The Zach Pietrini Band 7:30 PM 9:30 PM . Slowpoke Lounge, 137 W Jefferson St., Spring Green . slowpokelounge.com .

It’s Annie Louis’s birthday, and we’re celebrating! Join us this special birthday show, sponsored by Annie herself, featuring one of our favorite performers, Zach Pietrini and his band. At the forefront of the Americana resurgence in the north country, Pietrini quickly distinguished himself with his fearless vulnerability, prolific writing, and dynamic live show. “Pietrini’s skill is crafting the kind of Americana that gets right into you with a beguiling friendliness” (88Nine Radio Milwaukee).

Tuesday, July 5 Toddler Storytime 10:00 AM . Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St. Spring Green . (608) 588-2276 . Join your friends for a fun and interactive storytime!

You can expect songs, stories, rhymes, puppets, crafts, and more. Activities are geared toward children aged zero to two, but all are welcome!

Summer Family Storytime 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM . Plain Kraemer Library and Community Center, 910 Main St, Plain . kraemerlibrary.org . Join us on Tuesday mornings until August 9th for our Summer Storytimes. Programs are geared toward children ages 3-5, but siblings and friends are always welcome. All children must attend with an adult. For info contact Brittany at bsorg@kraemerlibrary.org. Open to all ages.

Children under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Popcorn and/or snacks included.

Open Play 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM . Plain Kraemer Library and Community Center, 910 Main St, Plain . kraemerlibrary.org . Children 6 and under along with their caregivers are welcome to come to the library for an open play time on Tuesdays. Meet up with friends old and new. Various toys and space for unstructured play provided. Think of it as a play-date where no one has to clean their house! Open to all ages. Children under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Popcorn and/or snacks included.

Tuesday, July 5 cont.

Ocean Canvas Art 1:00 PM . Plain Kraemer Library and Community Center, 910 Main St, Plain . kraemerlibrary.org . Kids ages five and up can discover their inner artist, and get a little messy, by creating their own Ocean Wave canvas painting. Painters will use brushes and their own fingers to complete this fun art project. Sign-up is required. Call or stop in today!See less Tutoring and Snack With Grandma Pat 6:00 PM -7:00 PM . 234 N. Broadway St, Lone Rock. . lonerocklbrary.wordpress.com . Open to River Valley k-2nd Graders who need extra help keeping up academically in the summer. Receive one-on one tutoring with local volunteers and a yummy snack!

Rec Adult Softball Games 7:00 PM . Spring Green Municipal Park, Park Dr, Spring Green . Every Tuesday at the North Park. This is just a relaxing, for fun adult softball game to meet people, stay in good physical health, and to enjoy life. Bring your glove, a ball, bat if you have one, helmet if you desire, and an awesome personality. Hope to see you there. For more info search “RV Adult Rec Sports” on Facebook.

Wednesday, July 6 Summer Storytime 10:30 AM . Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St. Spring Green . (608) 588-2276 . Join your friends for a fun and interactive storytime.

You can expect songs, stories, rhymes, puppets, crafts, and more. Activities are geared toward three to six-year-olds, but all are welcome.

Whippoorwill and Words: An Evening on the Lower Wisconsin River 7:30 PM9:30 PM . E9974 State Rd 60, Sauk City . $45 . RSVP is required . Adults only. Read the words of August Derleth, famed Sauk City writer while we wait for Whippoorwills to sing. Ferry Bluff State Natural Area is great place to hear the elusive Whippoorwill.

Please contact Diane Schwartz at getkidsoutside@gmail.com 608-358-8314.

THEATER: Talk Backs - Hamlet and The Brothers Size 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM .

American Players Theater, 5950 Golf Course Rd, Spring Green . americanplayers.org .

Stay after the play to chat with the cast. Free for ticketholders after the show.

Thursday, July 7 Summer Storytime 10:30:00 AM 11:30:00 AM . 234 N. Broadway St, Lone Rock. . lonerocklbrary.wordpress.com . Join us at the Lone Rock library for summer story time and crafts! Activitie will be geared toward ages 3-7, but all are welcome! First three Thursdays of the month from June 9th through August 18th.

Summer Teen Time - Escape Room! 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM . Spring Green Community Library, 230 E Monroe St, Spring Green . springgreenlibrary.org . Join us for teen events every Thursday in July! Come see if you can get through our Sunken Ship Escape Room!

Programs will be designed for middle and high school students.

Stitch and Bitch 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM . Spring Green General Store, 137 S. Albany St. Spring Green . springgreengeneralstore.com . The Spring Green General Store’s Stitch and Bitch handwork group meets Thursday afternoons weekly. All are welcome.

Yolanda Peterson & Mary Jones Memorial 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM . Llittle Diamond: 3rd & 4th grade BOYS BASEBALL 5:30 PM & 7 PM. Big Diamond 5th & 6th grade GIRLS SOFTBALL 5:30 PM & 7 PM. Concessions available. Donations accepted at: Arena Cheese, Arena BP gas station, Crappie Shop or mailed to: 240 Sharon st., Arena Wine & Yoga 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM . Wild Hills Winery, 30940 Oakridge Dr., Muscoda . wildhillswinery.com . Come for the wine specials...stay for a peaceful and rejuvenating yoga session with certified instructor Lara Carpenter. All sessions are held outdoors in our vineyard. Yoga sessions are $10 cash only.

Knit Night at Nina’s 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM . Nina’s Department Store, 143 E. Jefferson St. Spring Green . ninasdepartmentstore.com . Every Thursday from 6 to 8 pm. All knitters and crocheters are welcome. Store closed after 5:30 pm.

Friday, July 8 Ridgeway Pine Relict Workday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM . Ridgevue Road, Ridgeway .

Ridgeway Pine Relict State Natural Area is known for its large, quality wetlands and spring complexes. With prescribed burning and brush control, DNR crews and volunteers have increased efforts to improve this site. For questions or to RSVP to attend this workday, contact Mary Kay Baum at marykbaum@gmail.com or 608-935-5834.

LIVE MUSIC: Friday Evening on The River with Acoustic Mike McClain and The Junkyard Dawg 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM . Trader's Bar & Grill, 6147 US Highway 14, Spring Green . wisconsincanoe.com . Acoustic Guitar and Upright Bass Duo. LIVE MUSIC: John Gay 5:00 PM . Wild Hills Winery, 30940 Oakridge Dr., Muscoda . wildhillswinery.com . Singer-Songwriter, John Gay’s, gritty contemplative sound ripened in prison while he served a nine year sentence for marijuana thatstarted in 2011.

During his initial confinement of over five years when he wasn’t on his bunk with his bible, John was in a storage closet at Fox Lake Correctional Institution with his guitar writing music, singing and praying.

Yolanda Peterson & Mary Jones Memorial 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM . Llittle Diamond: 3rd & 4th grade BOYS BASEBALL 5:30 PM & 7 PM. Big Diamond 5th & 6th grade GIRLS SOFTBALL 5:30 PM & 7 PM. Concessions available. Beer tent. Fireworks after home talent ~ 9:30pm SOLD OUT: LIVE MUSIC: Shitty Barn Session 263: The Yawpers / Wise Jennings 7:00 PM . 506 E Madison St, Spring Green . shittybarnsessions.com . Doors open at 6 .

Through their first three albums, the group divined a signature style—what Pitchfork described as “an expansive vision of rock ‘n’ roll, one that cherrypicks from various folk traditions: punk, rockabilly, blues, whatever they might have on hand or find in the trash.” Advance tickets sold out. That sald, tickets often come up that people can't use. Check website or socials for the latest detalls about ticket availability.

Saturday, July 9 Spring Green Farmers Market 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM . S230 E. Monroe St., Spring Green . Spring Green Farmers Market Is a year-round outdoor market oTering seasonal produce, local meats, baked goods and many other wonderful items. Held outside the Spring Green Communitv Public Library every Saturdav morning. Pre-orders are recommended. Visit our Facebook or Instagram page or email SGFarmersMarket@gmail.com for a list of participating vendors and their contact into.

Yolanda Peterson & Mary Jones Memorial 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM . Llittle Diamond: 3rd & 4th grade BOYS BASEBALL 9 AM, 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM. Big Diamond 5th & 6th grade GIRLS SOFTBALL 9 AM, 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM. Co-ed stand volleyball 9/10am START. Parade 10 AM. Home talent on big diamond 6:30pm. Fireworks after home talent. DJ 8pm-MIDNIGHT. Beer tent and concession stand available.

THEATER: THE BACKSTAGE SERIES 12:00 PM . American Players Theater, 5950 Golf Course Rd, Spring Green . americanplayers.org . Hear from the Experts $5.00 | Free with APT Insider's Card Inside Join American Players Theatre's resident production design experts for a backstage look at crafting the season.

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Community Events for July 9- July 14 Saturday, July 9 cont.

LIVE MUSIC: Bluegrass Jam 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM . Spring Green General Store, 137 S. Albany St., Spring Green . 608-5880-707, karin@springgreengeneralstore.com, SpringGreenGeneralStore.com . Free event. All ages welcome! Bluegrass Jams will be held on the second Saturday of each month. While the weather permits they'll be held on our back deck. Bring your instrument and play along or come to listen; all are welcome.

LIVE MUSIC: NO END IN SIGHT 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM . Wisconsin Riverside Resort, S13220 Shifflet Road, Spring Green . www.wiriversideresort.com . Join us for live music outside on the river stage! Drinks specials, great food and even better views!

LIVE MUSIC: The Honey Pies 4:30 PM - 8:00 PM . Witwen Park & Campground S9855 State Highway E, Witwen . honeypiesmusic.com . The Witwen Summer Concert Series will take place at the historic Witwen Campground, beginning July 9 and continuing the following Saturdays, July 16, 23, and 30.This concert features Art Stevenson & High Water (Bluegrass).Gates open at 4:30 pm; music begins at 6 pm and ends at 8 pm. Free parking on site,Beer is not served at Witwen, but carry-ins of adult beverages are allowed. Please bring your own lawn chairs.

Trivia Night 5:00 PM . Wild Hills Winery, 30940 Oakridge Dr., Muscoda . wildhillswinery.com . Join Wild Hills Winery every second Saturday night for TRIVIA NIGHT! Movies, music, history, culture, geography–you never know what the categories will be! Grab a friend or grab a team. Minimum of two people, max of 8 per team. No reservation required, but space may be limited so come and sign up early. Compete for Wild Hills Winery gift cards, free wine, and other goodies! Best part, trivia is FREE! Sign up starts at 5 pm. Hosted by Aaron Murphy-Lopez

Sunday, July 10 LIVE MUSIC: Two County Lines @ Wisconsin Riverside Resort 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM .

Wisconsin Riverside Resort, S13220 Shifflet Road, Spring Green . www.wiriversideresort.com . Join us for live music outside on the river stage! Drinks specials, great food Cowboy Church 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM . Little Brown Church of Bear Valley 29864 Brown Church Dr. Lone Rock . joanne022648@gmail.com . "Cowboy Church" features Monty Berger of the Country Gold Band. He will play a variety of patriotic and old time gospel

Monday, July 11 Free Family Flick 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM . Plain Kraemer Library and Community Center, 910 Main St, Plain . kraemerlibrary.org . All ages are invited to a free, family- friendly flick at the library! This Week's showing will be of Flipper. A teenage boy sent to spend the summer with his eccentric uncle on the Florida coast befriends a remarkable dolphin and takes on local bad guys who are polluting the water. Children under 6 must have parent or caregiver present. Popcorn and beverage provided. PG 1h 35m.

Morrill Lecture Series: Bridging the Civilian and Military Divide 6:30 PM .

Octagon Barn, E4350 Horseshoe Rd, Spring Green . stef@rivervalleycommons.org .

Doug Bradley & Leanne Knobloch Octagon Barn. This year, we will be doing a series of events around veterans. We’ll kick it off with this lecture on July 11. Leanne and Doug will share stories and research to honor those who have served and to educate civilians about the challenges facing veterans and how to help. Dessert reception and time to learn more about available resources for veterans will follow the lecture.

LIVE MUSIC: The Ploughman 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM . Slowpoke Lounge, 137 W Jefferson St., Spring Green . slowpokelounge.com . Join us for a reading of The Ploughman, by Eric Schabla. After an accident with their combine, a family of Wisconsin soybean farmers seeks the help of an Amish community in a bid to save their harvest. A play about rural life in the modern world and our fading regard for craftspeople. With Nate Burger, Colleen Madden, Jim Ridge, Marcus Truschinski and Kelsey Brennan, and Directed by Leia Squillace. Special thanks to River Valley Arts, for supporting this project with a Eureka Grant. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door LIVE MUSIC: Iva & Satoko - Rural Musicians Forum Summer Concert Series 7:30 PM . Performing Arts Pavilion, 116 Bordhead St., Mazomanie . ruralmusiciansforum.org . Extraordinary Flute/Piano Duo with our very own Artistic Director, Iva Ugrcic

Tuesday, July 12 Toddler Storytime 10:00 AM . Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St. Spring Green . (608) 588-2276 . Join your friends for a fun and interactive storytime!

You can expect songs, stories, rhymes, puppets, crafts, and more. Activities are geared toward children aged zero to two, but all are welcome!

Summer Family Storytime 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM . Plain Kraemer Library and Community Center, 910 Main St, Plain . kraemerlibrary.org . Join us on Tuesday mornings until August 9th for our Summer Storytimes. Programs are geared toward children ages 3-5, but siblings and friends are always welcome. All children must attend with an adult. For info contact Brittany at bsorg@kraemerlibrary.org. Open to all ages.

Children under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Popcorn and/or snacks included.

Open Play 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM . Plain Kraemer Library and Community Center, 910 Main St, Plain . kraemerlibrary.org . Children 6 and under along with their caregivers are welcome to come to the library for an open play time on Tuesdays. Meet up with friends old and new. Various toys and space for unstructured play provided. Think of it as a play-date where no one has to clean their house! Open to all ages. Children under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Popcorn and/or snacks included.

Ocean STEM Explorers 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM . Plain Kraemer Library and Community Center, 910 Main St, Plain . kraemerlibrary.org . Each week a new set of STEM projects will be available for kids to explore. This week: Life in the Deep!

BOOK CLUB: Arcadia Book Club discusses "Sea of Tranquility" by Emily St. John Mandel 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM . Virtual Event . readinutopia.com/events .There is a mystery at the center of the Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel's entrancing new novel. It involves a flash of darkness, some notes on a violin, a whooshing sound, a forest, and the echo of a vast interior space (train station? cathedral?), all compressed and overlaid in a moment. It is deeply frightening to the three people who experience it: Edwin St. John St. Andrew in 1912, Vincent Smith in 1994, and Olive Llewellyn in 2195.

Tutoring and Snack With Grandma Pat 6:00 PM -7:00 PM . 234 N. Broadway St, Lone Rock. . lonerocklbrary.wordpress.com . Open to River Valley k-2nd Graders who need extra help keeping up academically in the summer. Receive one-on one tutoring with local volunteers and a yummy snack!

Rec Adult Softball Games 7:00 PM . Spring Green Municipal Park, Park Dr, Spring Green . Every Tuesday at the North Park. This is just a relaxing, for fun adult softball game to meet people, stay in good physical health, and to enjoy life. Bring your glove, a ball, bat if you have one, helmet if you desire, and an awesome personality. Hope to see you there. For more info search “RV Adult Rec Sports” on Facebook.

Thursday, June 30, 2022 Page 7 Wednesday, July 13 Summer Storytime 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM . Spring Green Preserve, Angelo Lane, Spring Green, . (608) 588-2276 .Join us for a story read by Ms. Grace and a nature walk afterwards to learn about the plants and animals in the area!

THEATER: Talk Backs - The Rivals 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM . American Players Theater, 5950 Golf Course Rd, Spring Green . americanplayers.org . Stay after the play to chat with the cast. Free for ticketholders after the show.

Thursday, July 14 Summer Storytime 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM . 234 N. Broadway St, Lone Rock. . lonerocklbrary.wordpress.com . Join us at the Lone Rock library for summer story time and crafts! Activitie will be geared toward ages 3-7, but all are welcome! First three Thursdays of the month from June 9th through August 18th.

Stitch and Bitch 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM . Spring Green General Store, 137 S. Albany St. Spring Green . springgreengeneralstore.com . The Spring Green General Store’s Stitch and Bitch handwork group meets Thursday afternoons weekly. All are welcome.

Summer Teen Time - Game Night! 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM . Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St. Spring Green . (608) 588-2276 . Join us for Teen events Thursdays in July! We will have video and board games set up as well as snacks!

Programs will be designed for middle and high school students.

Wine & Yoga 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM . Wild Hills Winery, 30940 Oakridge Dr., Muscoda . wildhillswinery.com . Come for the wine specials...stay for a peaceful and rejuvenating yoga session with certified instructor Lara Carpenter. All sessions are held outdoors in our vineyard. Yoga sessions are $10 cash only.

SOLD OUT: LIVE MUSIC: Shitty Barn Session BBS12: Kelsey Waldon7:00 PM . 506 E Madison St, Spring Green . shittybarnsessions.com . Doors open at 6 . On her new album No Regular Dog, singer/songwriter/guitarist Kelsey Waldon shares a gritty and glorious portrait of living in devotion to your deepest dreams: the brutal self-doubt and unending sacrifice, hard-won wisdom and sudden moments of unimaginable transcendence.Advance tickets sold out. That sald, tickets often come up that people can't use.

Check website or socials for the latest detalls about ticket availability.

Knit Night at Nina’s 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM . Nina’s Department Store, 143 E. Jefferson St. Spring Green . ninasdepartmentstore.com . Every Thursday from 6 to 8 pm. All knitters and crocheters are welcome. Store closed after 5:30 pm.

WHAT’S HANGINg ? ongoing art exhibitions

SACRED SPACES: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT X ANDREW PIELAGE Open Daily 9:00 AM 5:00 PM . Taliesin Preservation, Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center, 5607 County Road C, Spring Green . taliesinpreservation.org . The show features over thirty photographs of Andrew Pielage’s work from a dozen Wright sites, with pieces selected to highlight the use of light, texture, and composition to create sanctified space. The exhibition is curated by New York-based architectural writer and curator Sam Lubell. Meet the Photographer: Artist Speaker Salon: Andrew Pielage Sunday, August 7, 2022 5-7 PM at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. Registration Required.

Local Art at the Library: Sue Johnson and Paula Washow Hours Vary . Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St., Spring Green . Throughout July, Sue Johnson is exhibiting her paintings in the Community Room Gallery and Paula Washow is exhibiting her assemblage sculpture in the Glass Case Gallery at the Spring Green Community Library during regular library hours: Monday-Thursday: 10 AM - 7 PM .

Friday: 10 AM - 5 PM . Friday: 9 AM - 1 PM . “The origin of my eclectic art interests is the need for unnecessary pottery. Creating functional, utilitarian pieces of pottery is both practical and enjoyable. After my friends and family members’ cupboards were full of bowls, cups, spoons, plates, teapots and vases; creative sculptures spoke to me.

Sculptures allowed me the freedom to explore, design and express clay in a playful, creative way. Giving myself permission to create non-utilitarian art led to learning to make handmade paper from retired clothes/fabric in a Hollander mixer, which led to watercolor painting on the paper. The endless universe of creating art revealed itself.”

Taliesin Preservation Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center, 5607 County Road C, Spring Green. Open Daily 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. taliesinpreservation.org

Local Art at the Library: Sue Johnson and Paula Washow Spring Green Community Library 230 E. Monroe St.

Spring Green

Open month of July

“The good stuff.”

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COVID-19 Dashboard Wisconsin Summary Cases as of 6/29/2022

1,516,062 Positive Cases +65,526 from 6/18

13,121 Deaths +162 from 6/18

Updated: 6/29/2022

Vaccine Summary Statistics

covid case activity level

Updated: 6/29/2022

Updated: 6/29/2022 This map shows the current CDC COVID-19 Community Level for each county in Wisconsin. Community levels measure the impact of COVID-19 illness on health and health care systems in communities.

COVID-19 community levels can help communities and individuals make decisions based on their local context and their unique needs. Community vaccination coverage and other local information can also inform decision-making for health officials and individuals.

5,619,432

9,570,420

Pfizer doses administered

Total doses administered

1,190,097

2,060,393

Total boosters administered

Pfizer boosters administered

3,603,909

347,079

Moderna doses administered

Johnson & Johnson doses administered

844,632

25,664

Moderna boosters Johnson & Johnson administered boosters administered

Vaccine Data These two core measures are measures of herd immunity in Richland, Sauk and Iowa County.

We do not yet know what level of vaccination leads to herd immunity for COVID-19, or how current or future variants might affect herd immunity. We know based on other diseases that herd immunity is likely at least 60%, and if more transmissible variants become more common, that threshold may become higher, so the current target range is 60-90%. -Adapted from Madison Public Health and Dane County

county level weekly statistics Richland County 4,190 Positive Cases

+36 from 6/18

51 Deaths

+1 from 6/18

Richland

Target Range

Sauk

59.7%

65.5%

Percent with at least one vaccine dose

Iowa County 5,808 Positive Cases

+75 from 6/18

30 Deaths

+0 from 6/18

Percent with at least one vaccine dose

62.6%

57.6%

Percent fully vaccinated

Percent fully vaccinated

Sauk County

Target Range

Iowa

17,543 Positive Cases

+229 from 6/18

138 Deaths

+2 from 6/18

Updated: 6/29/2022

Target Range

70.4% Percent with at least one vaccine dose

67.9% Percent fully vaccinated

Cases per zip code

Percent of Wisconsin residents ages 5-11 who have received at least one dose by county

Cases as of 6/29/2022

Updated: 6/29/2022

Lower %

Higher %

Richland County Ages 5-11

19%

Iowa County Ages 5-11

Percent of Wisconsin residents who have received at least one dose

32.8% Sauk County Ages 5-11

Ages

26% Dane County Ages 5-11

Graphic by juliAnna Williams

59.6%

Updated: 6/29/2022

5-11 12-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Data From: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/index.htm

28.4% 62.1% 60.9% 64.7% 69.6% 71.9% 78.3% 85.3%

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Thursday, June 30, 2022 Page 9

Home talent baseball Plain A's grab lead in eighth inning to defeat Ashton The Plain A's Home Talent baseball team nabbed the lead late in the game in a 6-3 victory over Ashton on June 24.

The game was tied at three with Plain A's batting in the bottom of the eighth when Logan Morris singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run.

Ashton evened things up at three in the top of the sixth inning when Shane Adler singled on a 1-2 count, scoring two runs.

Ryan Klein pitched Plain A's to victory.

The righthander lasted five innings, allowing five hits and three runs while striking out five and walking one. Daniel Yanke threw four innings in relief out of the bullpen. Yanke recorded the last 12 outs to earn the save for Plain A's 2022.

Matt Ballweg took the loss for Ashton.

The bulldog surrendered three runs on five hits over three innings, striking out five.

Foster Milanowski, Zach Cady,

Morris, Cole White, Will Jewell, Jack Meixelsperger, and Quinten Bruno each managed one hit to lead Plain A's 2022.

Ashton totaled six hits. Brady Ziegler and Adler each racked up multiple hits for Ashton.

The next night the Plain A's fell 0-4 at Waunakee.

They play at Cazenovia (0-7) next on

July 3 and on July 4 they are hosting Black Earth (5-3) for a special holiday game in Lone Rock during the 4th of July celebration. The game will follow the 11:00 a.m. parade at 1:00 p.m. on the ball diamond at Firemen's Park in Lone Rock.

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Photo contributed by Brock Mahoney

River Valley Commons unveils 2022 Morrill Lecture Series events continued from page 1 Join us for a community read and discussion of the book Learning to Stay

by Erin Celello. Learning to Stay tells the story of the military experience from the perspective of a wife whose husband returns from Iraq with a traumatic brain injury that has turned him from a thoughtful, brilliant, and patient man into someone quite different.

Free (though donations are appreciated!) copies of the book are available at libraries in Clyde, Lone Rock, Plain, and Spring Green. We'll have a discussion with the author on July 27th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Arcadia Books will be a host site for the Zoom discussion if you don't want to do Zoom yourself.

2022

August 8, 6:30 p.m The culture of agriculture: Family, farms, and farming in a changing world Daniel Smith, James Ridge, Sarah Day, Kal Maxwell, Yvonne Brown, Joy Kirkpatrick Octagon Barn During this special event, James Ridge and Sarah Day will present poems from ANCESTRAL by Daniel Smith.

Farmers Kal Maxwell, Dale Clark, and Yvonne BrownVon will share their stories in a panel discussion moderated

by Joy Kirkpatrick. Daniel Smith’s ANCESTRAL draws from the thirty years he farmed his family’s dairy farm.

It explores a family’s deep attachment to the land, the physical work of farming, and the emotional disruption one endures when such a life is no longer sustainable.

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Being the change: Getting from concern to action Rob Greenfield Octagon Barn There's a lot to be concerned about in our world. The daily grind of issues and worries can feel overwhelming and impossible to change. But you can make a difference. You can, as Gandhi encouraged, "be the change you want to see in the world."

Rob Greenfield, activist, humanitarian and Wisconsin native, will share how he began his transformation from "drunk dude" to "dude making a difference." He'll share what inspired his move to action, what obstacles he encountered and how he overcame them, and how he maintains his resilience and energy in our world.

Looking for the full results?

Results were announced in print in our last edition.

Full online results, with commentary, honorable mentions, editor picks, popular nominees that didn't appear in print and more will be available shortly.

Businesses that won will be receiving their certificates and ribbon bursts by email in the next week or two.

Thank you to everyone who voted!

To see the results go to: www. valleysentinelnews.com/best-of

October 3, 6:30 p.m.

A Decent Home: screening and conversation Film by Sara Terry; Conversation with Candi Evans Gard Theater The evening will begin with a screening of A Decent Home, a feature length documentary film that addresses urgent issues of class and economic inequity through the lives of mobile home park residents who can’t afford housing anywhere else.

Candi Evans, Iowa park resident and activist for manufactured home park issues, will share her experiences after the screening.

More information is available at: rivervalleycommons.org/morrilllectures-home

arts

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SPRING GREEN ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR

A unique view and a Q&A with the organizers Following the Spring Green Arts and Crafts Fair June 25 and 26, Valley Sentinel asked the Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair committee to share their thoughts on how the event went after a hiatus of two years due to COVID. Valley Sentinel: How does it feel coming back after needing to cancel for two years due to COVID? Diane Baryenbruch: June 25 & 26 was a very exciting weekend to be back on the street with artists, members of our community, and visitors for the return of the Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair! The time was right to welcome artists and visitors back to our amazing community!

VS: Do you have an estimate for attendance?

DB: It's impossible to offer an estimate of the number of attendees.

We truly believe thousands of visitors attend the Art Fair. With so many entry/exit points to the Fair we've always just "guessed" thousands attend.

VS: Do you have a total number of artists/vendors?

DB: The number of artists juried in to this year's Fair was down from our numbers in Fairs prior to Covid as the number of applications received were down.

We had 160+ artists on the street on June 25 & 26. Not surprisingly, but unfortunately, we had cancellations on Friday the 24th due to artists testing positive for Covid and not being able to attend.

VS: Was anything different this year compared to prior years?

DB: For the most part, the Fair remained very much the same as it was prior to Covid.

Some differences: The Spring Green Publics Work Department, Chief of Police and members of the police department are all new since we last had a Fair.

They all worked really hard and did an excellent job working with the Fair committee to help in making the Fair successful.

We are most grateful for the extra work they did to ensure all went well.

We did have two new food groups join the Fair this year: The Spring Green Community Gardens Group took over the Ice Cream Stand and the Spring Green Community Church Youth Group took over the Hot Dog food booth.

Also new this year, Michelle Mack opened the Fair on Saturday morning with the trumpet fanfare her dad, Hank Dedrick, had played for the majority of the years the Fair has been held. Mr. Dedrick passed away earlier this year.

VS: Did the rain keep anyone away on Saturday? What did you think of the crowds?

DB: We were very pleased with the number of people who braved the rain and drizzle on Saturday and came out to join us at the Art Fair.

Saturday's crowd appeared lighter than a typical Saturday crowd but it was a nice crowd, in spite of the weather.

The crowd on Sunday was most impressive - the street was packed with people from Fair opening to Fair closing.

Photo by Taylor Scott, Managing Editor A view of the Spring Green Arts and Crafts Fair looking west down Jefferson Street June 25, after the rain cleared.

"I was at the Spring Green Art Fair, it was really cool because there were so many different kinds of art, and all kinds of different people and cultures all together.

I think the pictures I got were some pretty cool ones, the first ones are about 50-70 meters in the air, and I took a shot of the road straight on.

Photo by Rowan Kauss

All the tents from high up is pretty cool to look at, I had a really good time looking at art and hanging out with friends and having different reactions from people seeing the drone was pretty cool, it's awesome to me when people come up to me and ask me about it, because I like telling people about it and it feels good when they are interested in it.

The second photos are from 120+ meters up. I opted for a different angle, looking straight down, so I had to fly up more. These were my favorites.

Photo by Rowan Kauss

I took some of some local kids making some money from getting people to try free samples and encouraged tips of course."

—Rowan Kauss

Rowan Kauss, 13, a teenager going into 8th grade here at River Valley, took the photos at left and above with his drone, a DJI Mavic mini 2, of the Spring Green Arts and Crafts Fair during the last weekend in June.

Photo by Rowan Kauss VS: Please feel free to add anything else.

DB: It truly takes a "village" to hold the Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair! We are most grateful to all those who helped - whether directly or indirectly - to the hosts/ hostesses, announcers, judges, food

groups, the Spring Green Village Board, the Spring Green Police Department, the Spring Green Publics Work Department, the Spring Green Dolphins Swim Team, local businesses, family members of committee members.

Anyone interested in helping

organize the Fair is invited to contact Diane Baryenbruch at 608-588-2307.

It is an honor to welcome artists and visitors to our amazing community.

We look forward to June 24 & 25, 2023 - the date of next year's Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair - always the last full weekend in June!

Community/Outdoors

Thursday, June 30, 2022 Page 11

The Sauk County Gardener Pass-along plants Jeannie Manis, Wisconsin Certified Master Gardener

“It's exciting to see things coming up again, plants that you've had twenty or thirty years.

It's like seeing an old friend.”

- Tasha Tudor I was excited to see my white peony bush finally bloomed this year. It was a piece of a peony that our former horticulture educator, Phyllis Both, gave me the summer before she passed away. It came from the plant that originally was a division of the peony bush her grandmother brought over from Poland. This is an example of a pass-along plant – one that is easy to propagate from seed, cuttings, or divisions and typically hard to kill.

The idea of the pass-along plant is not new. Most gardeners dislike tossing a perfectly good plant into the compost pile if they have too many; they’d rather “pass along” those plants

with others. Pioneer women would bring seeds, cutting, and bulbs from home to help them establish their new gardens and to remind them of home.

During the Civil War, Southerners had to rely on pass-along plants due to the blockade the North imposed on the Southern ports. For many of us today, a pass-along plant in our garden is a reminder of a particular person.

I have numerous pass-along plants in my garden. I have evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa) in my garden and every time it blooms, it reminds me of my grandmother – the one who first introduced me to gardening. The purple iris that smells like grape bubble gum are from my mother-in-law. Master gardener friends from Missouri gifted me with a Black Gamecock Louisiana Iris, pink Japanese Anemone, and several unique daylilies. I have daffodils and beautiful lavender mums from my sister, Shelly. My friend, John, gave

July’s arrival creates a new gardening to-do list Jeannie Manis, Wisconsin Certified Master Gardener

"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it."

- Russel Baker It was a busy weekend at our house – at least from a gardening standpoint.

I wanted to finish planting my cutting garden, so I ended up working in the rain all Saturday afternoon. I haven’t been happy with our front perennial bed for quite some time, so I just decided to tear the whole thing out and started over. It’s all planted and mulched, now I just have to keep it watered. Let’s hope this second attempt does better.

It’s not like there isn’t enough other gardening tasks that I had to go looking for a new project. With July’s arrival, there are more new things to do. It’s time to mulch the peonies and remove the seed pods. Doing so will help keep them looking like a nice shrub in the garden. Pinch back new growth on late-blooming mum

a half inch to encourage bushiness and prevent flopping over. I didn’t get some of my sedum pinched back in time and now one has flopped over, leaving the center exposed. The plant isn’t damaged, but it doesn’t look as nice as it could. Remove infected leaves from hollyhocks to control rust. The chicory is starting to bloom alongside the roads so the Japanese beetle scouts should be arriving soon. Inspect your plants daily, especially those that are susceptible to the beetles (my cannas) and be prepared to pick and toss them into a bucket of soapy water. I like to do my inspection in the morning – I walk around my garden with a cup of coffee in one hand, a bucket of soapy water in the other, and search for beetles. Hopefully, the beetles hit the bucket and not my coffee cup.

It's a busy time in the vegetable garden. My lettuce is just about done, my spinach has started to bolt, and my peas need to be picked. If you grow garlic, cut off the scapes so they

me numerous huge cannas that are planted throughout my garden. I have a huge blue-green Hosta that was passalong to me from my friend, Kent. Of course, the white peony is a reminder of my dear friend and mentor, Phyllis Both. As I don’t know exactly what the variety is of the Hosta or the peony, I simply named those plants Kent and Phyllis. These are just a few examples of the pass-along plants in my garden.

Every time I see those plants, it reminds me of those people who I share a love of gardening with me.

I’m not just the recipient of passalong plants; I also like to share my plants with garden visitors. It’s not unusual for me to walk through the garden with a shovel and pail in hand, ready to dig something my visitors have admired. Last year, I passedalong a piece of an orange iris to my daughter, that was originally passedalong to me from a fellow master gardener. It bloomed beautifully this year for my daughter, she called it her “crown jewel”. Mine didn’t bloom; it

was too crowded by the yellow false indigo (Baptisia) and Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta).

There are some “rules” to follow regarding pass-along plants. If you receive a pass-along plant, you shouldn’t say “thank you” or the plant will fail to thrive. Instead, you promise to take good care of the plant. If you are the one passing along a plant, especially to newer gardener, be careful not to pass along something that is considered invasive or aggressive in the garden. That makes me think of spider wort, clustered bell flower, or trumpet vine. I know their nature, so I’m very careful not to share them with “newbies”. Also refrain from sharing plants if your garden is plagued with jumping worms or other problems.

If you visit my garden during the Sauk County Master Gardeners Association’s 2022 Annual Garden Tour on July 30th, who knows – you just might get a pass-along plant as well. To purchase tickets, visit Eventbrite.com and search for SCMGA Garden Tour.

produce larger bulbs - added bonus, scapes are delicious. Throughout the month, harvest potatoes, onions, and garlic when the tops start to shrivel. After harvesting these early crops, plant lettuce and spinach for fall. Pre-germinate them on a moist paper towel or simply plant them just a little deeper than you would have in the spring and mulch lightly. You can also plant collards, kale, and even cucumbers for fall harvest. Replace any mulch that has broken down and keep weeds in check, so they don’t go to seed. As for garden pests, be on the lookout for the dreaded squash vine borer. I try keeping my stems near the base of my plant wrapped so they can’t easily attack my plants. The imported cabbageworm moth made its appearance in my garden, so I had to break out the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki).

Keep an eye on your rain gauge. Newly planted trees, fruit trees, and grass need about an inch of water a week during hot summer months. Apply mulch around tree bases to help retain moisture – just don’t put it right up against the tree. Mow no shorter than

two inches and fertilize around July 4th if you follow the holiday schedule (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Halloween.) Remove suckers from fruit trees and remove old canes from summer-bearing raspberries after harvest is complete.

The Sauk County Master Gardeners Association’s 2022 Annual Garden Tour is fast approaching. For only $10, visit ten local gardens on July 30th.

Visit Eventbrite.com and search for 2022 Annual Garden Tour to purchase tickets. Have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend!

Annual Wisconsin River Canoe Race slated for July 10th continued from page 1 area communities. The Lions Challenge takes place on the 8-mile course from Gotham to Muscoda with race time at 11:00 and canoes crossing the finish line at noon or a little after. Spectators are invited to cheer on the racers as they cross the finish line at Muscoda.

The Lions Club will serve a delicious pulled pork sandwich plate prepared

by Chef Michael Ernst. Sides include potato salad, baked beans and coleslaw.

The cost of the meal will be $10 and will be served from the shelter east of the Veterans Memorial from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Eat at the shelter or carry out. Cold beverages also will be available. Proceeds from the food stand will support a variety of Lions Club projects.

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Outdoors & Recreation

An Outdoorsman’s Journal Mark Walters, Columnist

no matter what the conditions, bluegill fishing and camping, walleye fishing on Hello friends, Green Bay, turkey hunting and last year Before I write this week’s column bowhunting.

I have to tell you something so that Michelle had never been introduced to you understand what is likely going to hunting or fishing before we met but she happen until early August. Tragedy has would do her research, buy the best gear struck in a horrible way, my beautiful and away we went. partner in life Michelle Chiaro died Last year was her introduction to unexpectedly on June 15th from Sepsis bowhunting. A very good man gave her a which is a bacterial invasion of the crossbow, I built her a permanent ladder body. stand next to the house and she shot her I am a wreck, my family has come crossbow with great regularity. On our from all over the country and my “rock” food plot I sat with her 22 times and she my daughter Selina came home from did connect on a large doe which was her Montana to help for a week. Here is first deer. where I need your help, please bare After Michelle moved to Necedah with me for a few weeks. Together with (she purchased a house one mile as the several of my papers and Selina we crow fly’s from mine) she insisted that have chosen some really good columns once a week we had a “date night.” Long from the 1732 that we had to choose atv rides, campfires, slow “just idling” from to cover me for a month. Each truck rides in the nearby refuges and week I will give an update and a brief state public lands and an absolute ton of description, take care of business and laughter were the norm. grieve.

When we first met, Michelle did not Michelle and I first spoke on know a tomato plant from a potato plant the phone in March of 2017, our but she had a desire to learn and an conversation was a blast, Michelle incredible work ethic and by last summer had 40-acres and horses near Horicon was a fantastic helper both growing and and was an ICU nurse at a hospital in putting up food.

Hartford. What stands out from that When we camped, she insisted on call is that 15 minutes into it she said doing all of the cooking and most of the she had a requirement and that was task of taking down camp, every second that I drove a full size pickup truck and of our camping trips was as good as it would I please go out and take a picture gets. of it. I did and I was in like flynn.

Socially every doctor, nurse, high The first two years of our time school friend, neighbor, and family together Michelle would spend one member would say she was the most or two nights a week at my house, we positive and interesting person that you would garden, ice fish, cut wood, she could meet, she simply could not go would sit in a stand next to me as I negative. bowhunted and her favorite of all was Technologically I am not well versed, to run the bear baits.

I have some sort of mental issue with it Just as important was about four and anything I did not understand, which trips a year that she would go on such is lots, Michelle simply took care of. as winter camping and ice fishing, Michelle loved me like there is no

Michelle, The Best of the Best

Photo contributed by Mark Walters Michelle Chiaro’s first deer put a beautiful smile on her face

Photo contributed by Mark Walters No matter how cold it was Michelle Chiaro loved ice fishing and winter camping!

Photo contributed by Mark Walters Michelle Chiaro and Mark Walters on a bowhunting and camping trip near Durand last fall.

tomorrow, from day one she named me “My Hot Dish” on her phone and told me that she was my retirement, she was 11-years younger than me and though our relationship was a work in progress, she never faltered.

When tragedy struck on June 14th the ambulance took her to Mile Bluff Hospital in Mauston, I was told that she was very ill, she was put in a coma and med flighted to Meriter Hospital in Madison.

The doctor on the helicopter called me and told me it was not good, the incredible staff at Meriter did their best and her children Colby, Kylie, Sophie, Johnny, and myself were with her. Twelve hours after she arrived, her parents Vince and Tony Chiaro arrived from the Little Rock, Arkansas area after driving straight though. Vince and Tony are in their mid 80’s and not in good health but Michelle held on for them.

I sat next to her, held her hand, rubbed her, and cried almost constantly, most importantly I talked to her.

This experience lasted for 24 hours at Meriter and the staff really tried to save her and I marveled as I thought what they were doing is exactly what Michelle did for 26-years.

I drove home literally through the Mauston tornado and had no cares if it killed me. It has been 8-days and I am as lost as I was when her heart quit beating.

My family stays with me, I garden, sit by the fire, run the bear baits, go for atv rides, and am never fully happy. I think I can swing this as literally billions of people have before me.

Please just give me a few weeks to figure it out!

I love you Matilda! Mark

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