Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Wildlife Forever ATV Club would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their donations during our Fisheree Fundraiser to benefit the River Valley Bar Buddies ] held on February 19 at Trader’s Bar and Grill: A special thank you to the following sponsors for donating items to the kids fishing event:  Kate’s Bait and Sporting Goods for donating the tackle boxes, GC’, s and a special fishing gift basket, Krystal and Terry Askevold for donating fishing poles and cash prizes for kids.    Thank you to businesses and individuals who donated items to our silent auction and bucket raffle prizes:  Ritchie’s Implement, Barneveld, Rookies Food and Spirits, The Shoe Box, Jack and Connie Young, Vortex, Prem Meats and Catering, Hyde Store, Black Earth Lanes, Kwik Trip, Gary Klein, Al Olson, Arena VFW, Tim Evans, Pleasant Ridge Store, Vintage Brewing, Evolve Cannabis Company, Chad Maxwell, Handlebar Performance, Ron Retallick, Hooterville Inn, Scott & Sue Sager, Grave’s Autobody. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time during this event!  You all make it possible to continue this fun event.  The community support for our Wildlife Forever ATV Club has been overwhelming.  We look forward to seeing everyone next year. Diane Halverson Secretary, Wildlife Forever ATV Club Arena   Dear editor, River Valley ARTS (formerly Spring Green Area Arts Coalition) has a long history of supporting the arts in the River Valley area.  In fact, over the years, River Valley ARTS has provided nearly $200,000 of economic support to River Valley area artists, organizations, and students. We are thrilled with the turnout and level of support for River Valley Royals, a drag show with two sold-out performances on Saturday, February 27.  Held at the Slowpoke Lounge and Cabaret, nearly $5,000 was raised, which will be used to fund multiple grant programs and scholarships.  More information can be found here: www.rivervalleyarts.org Sponsors gave money to support the performances, fabulous prizes to be raffled off, food to feed the performers, housing and a myriad of nifty things for swag bags for the performers.  The material support means a lot, but the community’s backing of this new venture means even more. River Valley ARTS extends its profound thanks to the following donors: Platinum ($500 + in goods, services, cash, or in-kind donations):Brewhaha Roasters, Heart of the Sky Fair Trade, Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret, Rob Steffen Photography, The Birdhouse Inn, Valley Sentinel and Wander Provisions. Gold ($250 + in goods, services, cash, or in-kind donations): Arcadia Books, Homecoming, Octagon Barn, Opal Man, Prem Meats and Wilson Creek Pottery. Silver ($100 + in goods, services, cash, or in-kind donations): American Players Theatre, Arthur’s, Convivio, Driftless Kitchens, Prairie Flowers and Gifts, Rural Remedy/Emily Benz, Trillium Print Studio/Bailey’s Screen Printing and Victoria Sterling Antiques. Bronze ($50 + in goods, services, cash, or in-kind donations): Amber Westerman Studio, Brisbane House, Cait Boldt, Future Fruit Farm, Nectar Bakery, Pamela’s Fine Jewelry, Paper Crane, Sh*tty Barn, Six Sons Farm, Spring Green Community Library and Spring Green General Store Steadfast Acres. With deep gratitude, The River Valley ARTS Drag Show Committee, Kyle Adams, Marnie Dresser, D’Anne LaSavage, Kathy Santos, Melinda Van Slyke Spring Green