CommunitySATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019

8ACOMMUNITY CONTACT DAN HOLTZ dan.holtz@ecpc.com • 715-833-9207

CHIPPEWA VALLEY PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS

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Staff photo by Steve Kinderman

Rose Dolan-Neill, visual and literary arts manager at the Pablo Center at the Conflu-ence, speaks to a tour group this week from DeLong Middle School in the Center’s James W. Hansen Gallery.

LEARNING THE ARTS

Staff photo by Steve Kinderman

Dancing in O’Claire participants perform last weekend at North High School during the 13th annual Irish Dance Show produced by Janelle’s School of Irish Dance. The two-act dance show was a highlight of the O’Claire Irish Festival that also featured vendors, kids activities and raffles, with proceeds donated to the Compassion Inter-national charity.

MUSIC OF THE IRISH

FUN NIGHT: The Chippewa County Adult Special Olympics 33rd annual Fun Night fundraiser will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Chippewa Falls High School gym.

The event will include a basket-ball game between Chippewa adult Special Olympians and the Chippewa Falls Police Department. The Special Olympians are 32-0.

The event also will include a bake sale, concessions and a raffle.

• • •RETIRED TEACHERS: The Eau

Claire Retired Educators will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, April 1, at Lake Street United Methodist Church, 337 Lake St.

Steve Betchkal will present “Wis-consin Birds and Migration.”

The cost of the brunch is $10.RSVP no later than Thursday by

email at lager7801@gmail.com or by phone at 715-836-7801.

• • •BOOK AND GIFT SALE: The

Volunteer Partners of HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital are hosting a book and gift sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, April 1, and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in Bishop/Treacy Halls on the hospital’s lower level, 900 W. Claire-mont Ave.

A percentage of sales will sup-port the Volunteer Partners’ tuition assistance grant program and other ongoing hospital projects.

• • •ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURES:

The UW-River Falls history and phi-losophy department will host two free public lectures in April by William Cronon as part of the Walker D. and Helen Bryant Wyman Visiting Profes-sorship in History.

Cronon’s teaching and research focus on the environmental history, landscape history and historical geog-raphy of North America.

Cronon is the Frederick Jackson Turner Professor of History, Geog-raphy and Environmental Studies at UW-Madison, having served for more than a decade as a member of the Yale history department.

The first presentation, “A City-Country Journey: Local Land-scapes as Pathways to History,” is from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in the Kinnickinnic Theater in UW-River Falls’ University Center. A reception preceding the event begins at 4 p.m.

Cronon will take attendees on a driving tour from the State Capitol in Madison into the rural landscapes of southwestern Wisconsin to show the ways we can learn to see environmen-tal changes.

Cronon’s second presentation, “The Portage: Reflections on Nature, His-tory and Storytelling in the Making of an American Place,” will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at the River Falls Public Library, 140 Union St. A reception preceding the event begins at 6 p.m.

The lecture is based on the open-ing chapter of Cronon’s newest book about the history of the Wisconsin city of Portage.

For more information, visit uwrf.edu/hist/events/wymanhist.

• • •SCHOLARSHIPS: The Edwin E.

and Janet L. Bryant Foundation is seeking applicants for scholarships up to $12,000 each.

Application deadline is April 15.Candidates must be postsecondary

undergraduates or high school grad-uates.

Candidates must plan to enroll or be enrolled in part-time or full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or technical school for the 2019-20 school year.

Candidates must also have graduat-ed from either Arcadia High School, Black River Falls High School, Bloom-er High School or Neillsville High School.

Preference is given to non-tradition-al students who did not go directly to college after high school.

Applications are available at sms.scholarshipamerica.org/bryantfoun-dation.

From staff reports

AROUND TOWN

Dunn CountyAmy L. Berryman, 45,

Anthony J. Berryman, 40, both of Knapp.

Liza J. Erickson, 41, Gregory K. Erickson, 46, both of Elk Mound.

Randall R. Johnson, 53, Menomonie, Sandra L. Johnson, 51, Ashburn, Va.

Heidi M. Young, 37, Boyceville, Travis L. Young, 41, Colfax.

Anne M. Iehl, 28, Boy-ceville, Derick D. Iehl, 28, Clear Lake.

Marcia J. Kuenne-Schul-tz, no age listed, Menom-onie, Frebert D. Schultz, no age listed, Pepin.

Kellie L. Zey, 52, Eau Claire, John C. Zey, 50, Elk Mound.

Tammy J. Liddell, 41, Menomonie, Frederick M. Liddell, 55, St. Cloud, Minn.

Judith A. Gifford,69, Asheville, N.C., Loren E. Gifford, 69, Menomonie.

Leslie A. Hulbert, 47, Robert J. Hulbert, 50, both of Menomonie.

Donald J. Arvold, 55, Colfax, Beth A. Arvold, 54, Menomonie.

Ricky J. Christopher-son, 34, Boyceville, Heath-er L. Christopherson, 32, Menomonie.

Erin L. Mittelstaedt, 32, Steven D. Mittelstaedt, 33, both of Menomonie.

Misty L. Pierce, 34, John D. Bierbrauer, 45, both of Menomonie.

Candace P. Flores, 28, Menomonie, Andrew M. Flores, 32, Green Bay.

Shannon R. Cook, 41, Menomonie, Anthony R. Cook, 43, Colfax.

Larry N. French, 69, Ta-mara A. French, 57, both

of Menomonie.Kelsey E. Tireman, 26,

Duluth, Minn., Andrew L. Tireman, 26, Ridgeland.

Maryann K. Westbrook, 66, David L. Westbrook, 63, both of Menomonie.

Kelsey K. Wolf, 30, Eau Claire, Andrew J. Wolf, 31, Elk Mound.

Lori B. Koehler, 61, Eu-gene R. Koehler, 65, both of Colfax.

Amber M.D. Shipley, 33, Jason D. Shipley, 42, both of Ridgeland.

Kong Thao, 29, Bao Hang, 26, both of Menom-onie.

Dustin D. Link, 30, Amber L. Link, 32, both of Menomonie.

John B. Weissinger, 35, Durand, Kari J. Weissing-er, 38, Wheeler.

Heidi M. Skillings, 48, Ronald D. Skillings, 50, both of Menomonie.

Jill C. Halfen, 50, Charles E. Halfen, both of Eau Galle.

Eau Claire CountyAlexandra L. Prissel, 30,

Joshua M. Prissel, 33, both of Eau Claire.

Amy S. Mettler Knep-per, 50, Eau Claire, Scott M. Knepper, 47, Altoona.

James R. Promer, 76, Lynn M. Lorenz, 78, both of Eau Claire.

Jill A. McFarlane, 41, Chad M. McFarlane, 44, both of Eau Claire.

Michael F. DeRosa, 69, Eau Claire, Sherry R. DeRosa, 72, Irvine, Calif.

Heidi S. Johnson, 29, Robert L. Johnson, 43, both of Eau Claire.

Kayleen M. Myren, 55, Bryan D. Myren, 56, both of Eau Claire.

Andrea M. Steffen, 42, Fall Creek, Michael J. Stef-fen, 50, Eau Claire.

Richard W. Lossmann Jr., 43, Kim C. Lossmann, 43, both of Eau Claire.

Sally J. Beckfield, 68, Eau Claire, John H. Beck-field, 73, Salem, Ore.

Amy L. Vance, 52, Sam-uel N. Vance, 57, both of Eau Claire.

Xiong Johnson, 32, Jameson D. Johnson, 31, both of Elk Mound.

Andrea L. Juester, 31, Altoona, Daniel D. Kuester, 30, Eau Claire.

Jean M. Watson, no age listed, Mark E. Galde, no age listed, both of Eau Claire.

Kathy S. Bennington, 59, Eau Claire, James A. Ben-nington, 63, Ladysmith.

Kyle W. Anderson, 44, Eleva, Debra A. Anderson, 43, Eau Claire.

Brandie A. Williams, 37, Fall Creek, Garett F. Williams, 29, Chippewa Falls.

Emily I. Klammer, 38, no address listed, Luke S. Klammer, 39, Mankato, Minn.

Rebecca R. Thurman, 57, Cadott, Darryl R. Thurman, 57, Winsted, Minn.

Lisa M. Larson, 41, Corey B. Larson, 42, both of Altoona.

Jack T. Doroff, 25, Brit-tany J. Bertsch, 23, both of Eau Claire.

William L. Van Vleet, 63, Aiden P. Tang, 53, both of Mondovi.

Matthew E. Jones, 37, Chippewa Falls, Cynthia L. Billingsley, 44, Toronto.

Daniel E. Gunderson, 47, Kristina L. Gunderson, 35, both of Eau Claire.

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