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Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.

Annual golf outing to benefit Boys & Girls Club

The second-annual West Salem High School Alumni & Friends Golf Outing will be held on Saturday, Aug. 2 at Fox Hollow Golf Course in Barre Mills.

Monies raised will go into an endowment fund to help sustain the future operations of the Boys & Girls Club of West Salem Area, and this year there will be a $500 scholarship to a 2009 West Salem senior.

The golf outing will begin with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. with registration beginning at 8 a.m. The cost is $70 per person and includes 18 holes of golf, cart, a lunch and door prizes.

The format will be a best-ball, four-person scramble with payouts for first, second, 12th and last place.

Golfers signing up by July 23 will have their name placed in a drawing to win $70; four names will be drawn before the shotgun start.

In addition, Brenengen’s Auto Group of West Salem and Sparta and GMAC are donating a new car for a par three hole-in-one.

For more information, to register or to donate or sponsor a hole, contact Vicki Miller at Vicki@vsm5.com or call 786-0338.

West Salem Post Office offers passports

While passports are currently not required for travel by land and sea to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, travel agents and cruise lines are strongly urging travelers to get them as soon as possible.

The U.S. Department of State says Homeland Security will begin requiring passports as early as June 1, 2009. That is the revised date for a mandatory U.S. passport or one of the new wallet-sized passport cards. The passport books are good for anywhere outside the United States. The passport cards will be good for land and sea travel to Canada and Mexico.

The West Salem Post Office is currently accepting applications for passports Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. but will adjust these times to meet the needs of customers.

To apply for a passport, an individual will need an original or a certified copy of their birth certificate, a driver’s license, two passport photos and a method of payment; a check or money order has to be sent to the U.S. Department of State.

Cost of an adult passport with photo is $115, which includes the cost of the photo that can be taken at the West Salem Post Office. For those under 16, the cost is $100, and additional information is required.

It will take four to six weeks to process the passport application. A passport application can be expedited for an additional fee.

For more information, call the West Salem Post Office at 786-1710.

Dance, etiquette class offered in Holmen

Julie’s School of Dance in Holmen is offering children the opportunity to learn about ballroom dancing and etiquette through classes in July and August.

July classes are on Mondays, July 14, 21, 28, from 10 to 11 a.m. for 6- to 10-year-olds and from 11 a.m. to noon for children 11 years and older. Instructors will teach ballroom dances such as fox trot, waltz, and swing.

August sessions are scheduled on Fridays, August 1, 8, 15, 22 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for 6- to 10-year-olds and from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for 11 years and older.

The cost is $45 for four classes, with family and group discounts available. Marilyn Wood and Heather Noel are the instructors. Classes will be held at Julie’s School of Dance in Holmen on McHugh Road.

Contact Wood at (608) 386-0605 or e-mail her at mwood322@charter.net.

Kind, Feingold taking applications for service academies

People interested in attending one of the nation’s service academies can send their applications to U.S. Rep. Ron Kind or U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, but they must submit applications by Friday, Oct. 17.

A congressional nomination is required for students wishing to enter the:

U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York

U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.

U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo.

Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York.

The application process is open to any United States citizen who will be a high school graduate and between the ages of 17 and 22 by July 1, 2009, and is unmarried with no dependents. Generally, high school students entering their senior year apply for admittance the following year.

Interested applicants can obtain the necessary forms and information by contacting Mark Aumann (715) 831-9214 or Michelle Murray at (608) 828-1200. Applications are available online at www.house.gov/kind or www.feingold.senate.gov.

MMHS volleyball camps in August

Melrose-Mindoro High School will be conducting volleyball camps this summer for the 27th year.

The camps are open to girls entering grades six through nine next school year and will run Aug. 11-13. The camp will be conducted in a large group for skill work but will be divided into sixth/seventh and eighth/ninth graders for games. There will be three straight days of half-day sessions from 9 a.m. to noon.

Cost of the camp is $20. For more information, contact Deb Schaefer at 488-2201, 857-3417 or schaefer@mel-min.k12.wi.us.

Coulee calendar

July 12 —Friends of West Salem Baseball’s third annual Golf Outing & Banquet to benefit baseball field renovations; golf at 3 p.m. at Maple Grove Country Club, banquet at 5 p.m.; golf and banquet ticket is $45, banquet ticket only is $20; to register or to sponsor a hole, call Tom Holven at 780-7026.

July 20 — St. Joseph Ridge Parish, W2601 Highway 33, La Crosse, will hold its summer picnic at noon at St. Joseph Ridge ballpark; chicken dinner $8, music, games and baseball tournament.

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