Syttende Mai Sale
The 3 Old Pickers and Old School Collectibles will hold a Syttende Mai sale at 306 East State Street in Westby on Mat 18-20. Go to the OSC site via the link at the bottom of this page for more info.
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This fiction book is about a veteran journalist who tires of the hype and spin of modern media and decides to seek something truthful in the wilds of Tasmania.
Two chapters also are set in the Driftless area of Wisconsin. Available via www.iUniverse.com, www.amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Or: Order here.
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Westby House Victorian Inn
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Valley Stewardship Network
Our Mission:
Valley Stewardship Network encourages, promotes and helps create opportunities for pro-active stewardship efforts in the Kickapoo River Watershed through education and awareness efforts and by promoting community pride, positive land use, compatible development and communication and coordination among groups in the watershed.
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Welcome to the Kickapoo Valley Reserve:
A Unique Project from All Vantage Points
The Kickapoo Valley Reserve is an 8,569 acre tract of land located between the villages of La Farge and Ontario in southwestern Wisconsin.
Its history, resources, administration, and recreational diversity make it unique - a place like no other.
We invite you to come see for yourself the many wonders of the Kickapoo Valley Reserve. Here sandstone outcroppings tower over the Kickapoo River as you paddle its quiet waters, and native plants and animals abound in all seasons.
Whether you'd like to join us for a scheduled interpretive hike, adventure into the back country on your own, or simply stop and admire the beauty, the Kickapoo Valley Reserve welcomes you! Click here for more.
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Gallery Featured Photos
For galleries of photos from around the Driftless Area and beyond, click here.
For archives of stories done about the area, go to the Message Board of this web site and scroll down.
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To purchase any of the photos in the galleries above, leave a message on this site's Driftless Writers Blog or email gregghof@aol.com.
Driftless Images
In Pixels and Prose
Welcome to Driftless Images, a site that morphed out of the Driftless Writers Blog. into Driftless and now to its present format .
The site still serves as a forum for folks who love the creativity and challenge of using the language in written form.
It doesn't matter whether you are a student, hobby writer or a pro -- or whether you write prose or poems -- you can post your work here. Just use the Driftless Writers Blog Message Board below.
You won't be paid for your writing. Any obscene or libelous/slanderous posts will be removed by the publisher. But, if you can live with those rules, you can use this as a forum to see your work in "print" in cyberspace.
Driftless Images also is the home for The Driftless Area Creative Maps Project, an attempt by this writer/photographer -- Gregg Hoffmann -- to document one of the unique areas of the world in images and words -- thus pixels and prose. Over the next few years, I plan on writing about the people, places and things that make the Driftless area unique. Some of the stories I have done already are on the Message Board.
The Driftless Area is a relative well-kept secret in the southwest corner of Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa and northwest Illinois. Its karst geology makes it unique, gives it beauty and also makes it an environmentally fragile area. We'll document that as well as the characters who inhabit the area and some of the communities and places that give it further identity. We'll also try to capture some of the beauty of the area in online photos.
You also can give us your opinion, or write about your favorite place or person too by using the Driftless Writers Blog message board below.
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Post your writing by clicking below
You can write your piece right on the blog, but it usually is better to copy and paste it into the site from your own computer. All works on this site are copyright protected and cannot be used again without permission from the authors. Feel free to post notices and opinions about community issues.
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Syttende Mai Includes OSC Sale
Westby's annual Syttende Mai celebration on May 18-20 will also include an Old School Collectibles 3 Old Pickers sale at 306 East State Street. More details on that sale can be found by going to the OSC site via a link at the bottom of this page.
A parade on Sunday is the highlight of the annual celebration. For a list of activities and more information, go to http://www.westbysyttendemai.com .
Kwik Trip Goes Natural (Gas)
In the past, many vehicle manufacturers said they would produce more natural gas vehicles if the fuel was available in more places.
Meanwhile, fuel station owners said they'd offer more natural gas if more vehicles ran on it.
Kwik Trip, a La Crosse-based convenience and fuel chain, wants to change that discussion.
"We don't like to hear statements like that," said Chad Hollett, director of Kwik Trip's distribution division. "It can lead to the conclusion that the problem is unsolvable. We don't believe that is so.
"Kwik Trip has decided to take the lead and connect the dots in our tri-state region (Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, where the company is known as Kwik Star). We want to create a functional infrastructure for natural gas." For more of this story, click here.
Wind Turbines Go Up In Cashton
Stages of a turbine construction (L to R): Site prep, tower construction, turbine completion
Both wind turbines in Cashton Greens business park have been constructed by Organic Valley and Gundersen Lutheran Health System.
The two companies formed the first commercial wind partnership of its kind in the state. Once the second turbine is completed, the pair will generate around 5 megawatts of energy for Cashton’s energy grid, enough to power about 1,000 homes.
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Photos of travels beyond the Driftless Area
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