.
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.
Bangor music students plan Harvestfest
The Bangor Middle/High School music departments along with the Bangor Music Backers will host their annual Harvestfest on Friday, Nov. 14, in the high school gymnasium.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the band and choir concert beginning at 7 p.m., followed by festivities including a cake/pie walk, kid’s games, door prizes, bake sale and cash raffle giveaway. Concessions, including hot dogs and barbeque will be available before and after the concert.
Admission is $1, and advance raffle tickets can be purchased from any music student.
WSHS schedules winter sports meeting for Nov. 3
The West Salem High School winter pre-season sports’ meeting will be held on Monday, Nov. 3, in the Heider Center auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. This meeting is for those athletes interested in participating in boys’ or girls’ basketball, wrestling, gymnastics, hockey, skiing, winter cheerleading and winter poms, and their parents/guardians.
The 7 to 8 p.m. general session is only for those parents and athletes who did not fulfill this obligation at the fall pre-season meeting. At 8 p.m., all athletes and parents are expected to attend the break-out session with the coaches of their respective sports.
From 6:30 to 9 p.m., there will be stations set up in the lobby to check the necessary paperwork requirements of each athlete. All paperwork must be completed before beginning practice.
For more information, call athletic director LeRoy Krall at 786-1220, ext. 2353.
Some rec programs have room for more
Room is still available several West Salem Recreation Department programs, including the following:
Pee-wee and rookie league basketball; registration due by Nov. 3.
Traveling basketball; registration due by Oct. 24.
Halloween party at Hazel Brown Leicht Memorial Library (Wednesday, Oct. 29, 6-7:30 p.m.); onsite registration is available.
More information on programs and registration can be found in the fall recreation brochure, available at West Salem schools or at the recreation office at Village Hall. Brochures also can be downloaded from the village Web site at www.westsalemwi.com.
Lakers basketball starts up on Friday
The Neshonoc Lakers girls basketball club will begin its fall season with a practice for all interested seventh- and eighth-graders at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the high school.
The Lakers provide additional basketball opportunities for girls in grades 7-12, with an emphasis on skill development, sportsmanship and team play.
The fall program is associated with the Great Norwest Basketball League and the Amateur Athletic Union. Cost is $50, which includes AAU fee, insurance, coaching and jersey.
Details are available at West Salem Middle School, Christ-St. John’s School or from Melody Schmitz at 786-1521.
Bangor High School to host flu shot clinic
There will be a community flu clinic at Bangor High School on Nov. 18, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the school district board room. The cost is $20 per shot. For more information, call Lori Schwarz at 486-5250.
Center for Women open house is Oct. 26
On Sunday, Oct. 26, an open house will celebrate the opening of the new Avery R. Gundersen Center for Women in Onalaska.
The event will run from 3 to 5 p.m., with a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting on the fourth floor of the Gundersen Lutheran Onalaska clinic.
The Center for Women was named in Avery R. Gundersen’s honor, a strong advocate for women in the community.
There will be tours of the new center and classical music, in addition to light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments after the dedication ceremony.
AAUW to meet at country club Nov. 8
The La Crosse branch of the American Association of University Women meets Saturday, Nov. 8, at the La Crosse Country Club, 300 Marcou Road, Onalaska.
The program will be on the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health, presented by alliance director Sara Finger.
Registration is at 9:30, brunch at 10 and program at 10:30. Brunch will be chicken hash (roasted potatoes, peppers, chicken), fruit cup, juice or coffee.
AAUW is open to any person with an associate or equivalent degree or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Undergraduates may join as students. For membership information, contact Pat Staupe at 788-7439 or attend the meeting.
For reservations, call Jane at (608) 534-6330 by Nov. 5.
Auditions planned for ‘Yes, Virginia’
La Crosse Community Theatre will hold auditions for its production of “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus” on Oct. 27-28 by appointment beginning at 7 p.m., at the theater, 118 Fifth Ave. N., La Crosse
Virginia is an 8-year-old girl wondering if Santa Claus is real. She writes a letter to the editor of the New York Sun in 1897. Based on real events, the play is narrated by the editor of the Sun and aims to make the audience believe that Santa Claus “exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist.”
The cast will be made up of 10 men (ages 17-50), four women (ages 20-70), two boys (ages 8-12), and four girls (ages 8-12).
Auditioners should be prepared to read from the script and perform movements on stage.
Performances start Dec. 12. For more information, call 784-9292 or log onto www.lacrossecommunitytheatre.org.
Carthage orchestra to play at OHS
Onalaska High School is one of the stops on a regional tour by the Carthage College Wind Orchestra. Based in Kenosha, Wis., the orchestra is marking its 135th anniversary this year and will perform on Tuesday, Oct. 28, starting at 7 p.m. in OHS’s Claude C. Deck Performing Arts Center.
The concert is free and features soloist Kenton Rauwerdink, a senior music and biochemistry major who will perform the Concerto for Bassoon by Hungarian composer Fryges Hidas.
Other music to be performed by the 45-member orchestra includes Andrew Boysen Jr.’s “Ovations,” Percy Grainger’s “Now O Now I Needs Must Part,” Howard Hanson’s “Triumphal Ode,” up-and-coming composer Jonathan Newman’s “Moon by Night” and “Avenue X” and several songs by beloved American composer Charles Ives combined in a nostalgic setting called “Old Home Days.”
The Carthage Wind Orchestra is under the direction of James Ripley, director of instrumental music activities and chairman of the music department at Carthage College.
Sierra Club talk focus to be ANWR
The Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in the basement of the Ho-Chunk Three Rivers House, Eighth and Main streets, La Crosse.
Kay Rutherford, a La Crosse resident who once lived on Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, will speak on, “Why NOT to Drill on ANWR!” She will show slides, share artifacts and bring her retired sled dog, Sasha. All are welcome.
Retired educators group to meet Nov. 3
The La Crosse Area Retired Educators will meet for lunch at River Jack’s restaurant in La Crosse at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 3. Everyone who has retired from Wisconsin public schools is invited.
Lunch will be followed by a short meeting and a program on “Changes Occurring in Public Education. Cost of the lunch is $9.50. For reservations, call Karen Braodhead at 788-2485.
Youth club seeks variety of donations
The West Salem branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse is seeking donations of a number of items, including:
Snacks, such as pretzels, crackers, sandwich cookies, cereal, hot dogs, peanut butter, popcorn, mac and cheese, fruits and veggies, juice
Art supplies such as markers, color pencils, crayons, water colors, tempera paints, stickers, glue, pencils, colored paper and coloring books.
Miscellaneous items including gently used furniture and rugs, PG- or G-rated DVDs, Playstation or Xbox games, board games, sports equipment, Band-Aids, Clorox wipes and seasonal decorations.
For more information, call Deana Protz, the club’s site director, at 786-1392.
Craft fair, pancakes set at WS school
West Salem Elementary will host two events on Saturday, Oct. 25 — a craft fair and a pancake breakfast.
The West Salem Lions Club will serve up pancakes, sausage, applesauce, juice, coffee and milk from 7:30 to 10 a.m., with tickets going for $5 or $2 for preschool-aged children.
The craft fair, which has free admission, will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Deadline for entries to the craft fair is Oct. 15. Booth spaces are $25, with tables rented for $10 each. To register or for more information, call Peggy Green at 786-1962.
Clinic plans mouthguard fitting day
The Gundersen Lutheran Department of Dental Specialists in conjunction with the La Crosse Area Family YMCA is offering sports participants the chance to have custom-made mouthguards for a minimal charge.
Dental Specialists staff members will take mouthguard impressions from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Dental department of Gundersen Lutheran’s main campus. Participants can choose from a variety of colors for their mouthguards, even in their favorite team colors.
Mouthguards are $15. Appointments are preferred but walk-ins are welcome. For an appointment, call 775-2617.
Duck identification brochure released
“Waterfowlers Know Your Ducks” is the title of a new brochure printed by the La Crosse County Conservation Alliance in partnership with other local conservation organizations and La Crosse Graphics.
The brochure shows the distinguishing characteristics of canvasback and scaup. The reason is because there is no canvasback hunting season this year and the scaup bag limit has been reduced.
The Alliance also converted a VHS video “King of Ducks,” a 16-minute duck identification video, to DVD format.
Both the DVD and brochure are available online at www.Briceprairieconservation.org
Also available at the website is an online version of “Ducks at a Distance,” a waterfowl identification field guide by Bob Hines USFWS.
Paper copies of the brochure also are available.
Fort McCoy gun permits available
Fort McCoy is making available a seven-day permit for the 2008 Gun-Deer Season. The permit will be valid from Monday, Nov. 24 n Sunday, Nov. 30.
This new permit option will allow additional hunting opportunities, as well as help manage the installation deer population. This permit is not valid during the opening weekend of the nine-day season, Saturday, Nov. 22 n Sunday, Nov. 23. Permits valid for the entire nine-day season, which runs from Nov. 22-30, already have been issued.
The application deadline is Friday, Oct. 24. Applications can be mailed or hand carried to the Permit Sales Office, building 2168 South 8th Ave. at Fort McCoy. Applications can be downloaded from the Fort McCoy Public Web site www.mccoy.army.mil, requested by email at mcco.dpw.permitsales@conus.army.mil, or picked up at the Permit Sales Office.
Contact the Permit Sales Office at (608) 388-3337 or the Wildlife Program at (608) 388-5374 for further information.
Crafters sought for Lakeview bazaar
Crafters are needed for a holiday craft show and bazaar planned for Nov. 15 at Lakeview Health Center in West Salem.
The show will be open to the public with free admission. Booths are still available at $10 each.
The Lakeview Auxiliary also will be having a bake and lunch sale. For more information, call Rebecca at 786-1400, ext. 133.
Senior advocate volunteers needed
The Wisconsin Board on Aging is seeking volunteers to train as advocates for older adults living in La Crosse County nursing homes. For more information, call Karen Price at 789-6366.
.
Advertisement 
Advertisement 
