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Clarence "Junie" Nelson
We are sad to report that Clarence "Junie" Nelson, a member of the Stewards since 2008 died on January 27. We send our love and sympathy to his widow, Shirley.
Fish
Gather up your friends who like to fish and bring them to our February 24 meeting at Kilbourn Public Library at 7 PM. Our featured speaker will be Jim Steyer who has more than 20 years of experience fishing the Wisconsin River at the Dells. We'll be approving our annual budget and hearing reports on Riverfest and Art Contest plans at this meeting as well.
Riverfest
We are enjoying some extraordinary support for our Riverfest event (APRIL 17) in the form of $1,000 from the Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District (BID) and $500 from Jesse Defosse of the Showboat Saloon in downtown Dells.
Riverfest volunteers are signing up—we have seven of the 50 we need now. Please recruit some friends to help with the bike and running races and send me their names and email addresses.
All volunteers will be treated to a House of Embers lunch on a Dells Boat Tours trip on the Upper Dells when the festivities end at noon.
You can volunteer online or fill out a volunteer form and snail-mail it to me.
Narrows No Wake Zone
Our state assembly representative Fred Clark has begun a legislative process which will create an Emergency Ruling No Wake Zone in the Narrows this summer—a temporary safety measure—while the bureaucratic process moves at glacial speed with hearings and a final decision probably coming in November.
The Wisconsin Dells City Council will consider a resolution supporting the Emergency Rule at its Monday night (2/15) meeting at 7:30 PM. Bill Federbusch has written a letter to share with the council, and I will attempt to articulate the Stewards' position on your behalf.
Film Festival
This year’s Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour will feature a slate of short films featuring stories of watershed restoration, the impact of agriculture on rivers and the challenges of being a picnicking bug! Hosted by the River Alliance of Wisconsin, the Festival will take place at the Majestic Theatre on March 9, 2010 at 7pm.
Visit the River
When you get especially tired of winter, I suggest you hike, ski, snowshoe or drive to the river to relearn its lessons of peace.
Debbie Kinder
President
Stewards of the Dells of the Wisconsin River
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