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VOLUME 22, ISSUE 9 APRIL 2012

VILLAGE OFFICIALS Kurt Wood, President 534-6822 Trustees: Joan Koelbl Tom Scherr Bob Stellpflug Lois Taylor Stacy van Beuzekom Cindy Wegner Village Office 534-6034 534-6665 534-6266 534-5008 534-6026 534-6286 534-6434

ADMINISTRATORS NOTES
The Village Board and Employees would like to congratulate Todd Lakey on receiving the Wastewater System of the Year award presented at the Wisconsin Rural Water Associations 24th Annual Technical Conference held in Green Bay on March 28 th! Nominations for WRWA awards come from Todds peers in the water and wastewater industries. Wastewater System of the Year is one of the highest honors a system can receive from WRWA and shows Todds high level of dedication and service to the Village of Trempealeau. Congratulations Todd! Travis Cooke, Village Administrator costs, said William S. Haas, Focus on Energys program director. The Focus on Energy, Wisconsin Appliance Recycling Proutilities' statewide program for gram offers an easy way energy efficiency and renewable for Wisconsin residents to energy has announced the make a difference in their launch of a new Appliance Re- homes energy efficiency cycling Program. Designed to while contributing to a encourage Wisconsin residents process that takes pressure to get rid of their old, inefficient off the power grid and creappliances, the program offers ates local jobs. customers a $30 incentive and Appliances scheduled for complementary appliance repick-up must be in working moval. order, clean and empty, That older refrigerator or with an inside measurefreezer in the garage may be ment of between 10 and 30 convenient, but it can consume cubic feetstandard size up to four times more energy for refrigerators and freezthan newer units and cost up to ers. Following pick-up, $150 more a year in electrical they will properly disposed of at Focus on Energys new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-approved facility, located in Franklin, Wis. This facility added 18 new green jobs to the local economy. It relies on semi-robotic technology to safely disassemble outdated, energywasting refrigerators and freezers, returning approximately 95 % of appliance components to the manufacturing stream. In addition, foam insulation is safely incinerated to generate electricity, returning energy back to the grid. To schedule a pickup or learn more about the program, please call 1-855-398-5226 or visit www.focusonenergy.com

Travis Cooke, Administrator admin@trempealeauwi.com Vicki Freeman, Clerk clerk@trempealeauwi.com Village Police 534-6875 Rick Niedfeldt, Chief of Police tremplopolice@centurytel.net TMU Electric Kim Ganz Superintendant Sewer/Water Todd Lakey Superintendant (608)792-1735 (608)386-3731

POLICE BLOTTER
Trempealeau Police Department Statistics for March
Total Calls for Service: 62 Assist Other Agency: 7 Domestic Disturbances: 2 Open Door: 3 OWI: 0 Suspicious Activity: 2 Traffic Accident: 1 Traffic Stops: 37 Community Oriented Policing: 111 Check Businesses Residential Security Check Check for Open Doors Monthly Statistics Breakdown: 37 Total Traffic Stops Reason for the Traffic Stop Defective Brake Lights: 2 Defective Headlight: 6 Defective Taillights: 1 No Plates on Vehicle: 1 Speeding in Fixed Limits: 26 Windshield Violation: 1 *Out of those 37 traffic stops, the following was the disposition.

EMERGENCIES ONLY
534-6388 534-8370

Electric Total Citations Issued: 8 Sewer/Water Total Warnings Issued: 35 *Note: Some Operators warned for speed, but cited for Schedule of not having their insurance card STCSWC or no proof of insurance Re-Organization ($10.00 ticket) Public Safety Citations 1. Operating after Revoked Library Board COW 2. Seatbelt Violation Parks & Rec 3. No Proof of Insurance Regular Village Board 4. Speeding 5. No Proof of Insurance 6. Speeding 7. No Proof of Insurance 8. No Proof of Insurance

Meetings
Apr 9, 6:30 pm Apr 17, 5:15 pm Apr 17 , 5:30 pm Apr 16, 5:30 pm Apr 24 , 5:30 pm May 7, 6:30 pm May 7, 7:00 pm

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SHIRLEY M. WRIGHT MEMORIAL LIBRARY 534-6197 http://www.wrlsweb.org/trempealeau/

The library board is looking for a new member. Responsibilities are to attend board meetings which generally meet once a month. The candidate needs to be a village resident, as we already have our limit of 2 township residents on the board already. Please write or call the library if you wish to be a candidate. Thanks in advance. Also, there will be possibly 2 more openings for the board in the near future. April 27th and 28th will be the librarys book sale! Please check with us and get some great reads! The hours are Friday 11-6pm and Saturday 9am-noon. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY The library is selling about 25 pieces of flag stone for $5 a square At the March 20 meeting Friends of the Library donated $2,000 to the Library foot. If you have asked before or for programming. The Spring Book are now interested, please call the Sale in the community room on April library and leave your name with 27-28 during library open hours will be how many stones you would like. The Library Board meets on April 16th at 5:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. The Friends of the Library will meet on April 17th at 5pm. The Foundation Board will meet on April 10th at 9:30 am.

TREMPEALEAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

1) Trempealeau Lions Club thank you for supporting the Annual Spaghetti Dinner that was held in March. Part of the proceeds went to Vocal Point for their trip. We appreciate your continued support. 2) Trempealeau Chamber of Commerce presents Chef "Chopped" Challenge Sunday, April 29 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm at Wason's Supper Club $15.00 Ticket includes: appetizers, challenge meals and 1 (beer, wine or rail drink) Participants are: Hungry Point, Mrs. Sippy's River Town Bistro, Beedles and Wasons PROCEEDS GO TOWARDS NEW TREMPEALEAU WELCOME SIGNS

hosted by the Friends. Help is needed on Thursday for setting up, during the sale on Friday and Saturday, and at the end of the sale on Saturday to pack up remaining items. If you are willing to volunteer a couple of hours to assist with any of this please contact the library by April 17. Two new styles of book bags in a variety of colors have been ordered. The next meeting will be Tuesday, April 17, 5:00 pm at the Library. Charitable organization status, new book bags, and final plans for the book sale are on the agenda. Please join us if you can.
Great things can happen when good Friends get together!

SIZZLING SENIOR NEWS

People have asked, When did the Golden Youth Exercise Group start? It seems no on remembers (but we are senior citizens, you know.) We know Sylvia Severson started the group in the early 1990s. In 1996 Sylvia carried the torch for the Atlanta Olympic Games at La Crosse. We all attended and cheered her on. Our next leader was Helen Enters and she did a great job. She not only choreographed the dances and she also made CDs of the music we use today. She was always there for us until she died of a heart attack. She is sadly missed. Margaret Wood took over after a brief time of searching for a new leader. We have talked about a scrap book to record the history of the group. Joanne Hayter gave us some pictures of the early days. If you know of anyone that has pictures or articles of the group we would like to include them. Please call Margaret Wood at 534-6386. Our Snowbirds are slowly returning. It is good to see them. We look forward to a good group for the Spring-Summer-Fall months. Our group is open to anyone that would like to exercise and do a little line dancing. We use stretch bands on Thursdays and hand weights on Tuesdays when we meet from 910 am in the Community Center. No dues or attendance is taken. Just an hour to meet with friends and strengthen our bodies. Hope to see you soon!!

FRESH DONUTS AND BAKE SALE 8 am until gone Saturday, April 28th At United Methodist Church

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THIS MONTH IN THE VI LLAGE

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Bear Den 5:30 pm STCSWC 6:30 pm 9 Mahjong 6:30 pm VFW Auxiliary 7 pm Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am Garbage & Recycling 10 Pick-Up Girl Scout Leaders 6 pm 11 Garden Club 7pm YOGA 5:30 pm Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am 12 Trempealeau Sportsmans Club 7 pm 13 Trempealeau Can Collection Brownies 5:30 pm Mahjong 6:30 pm 16 Library Board 5:30 pm
Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am U-Care Meeting 1:30 pm Garbage & Recycling Pick Friends of the Li17 brary 5 pm

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

18 YOGA 5:30 pm Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am 19 Chamber of Commerce 7:30 am 21 Good Neighbor Day VFW Post #1915 7 pm 23 Bear Den 5:30 pm Mahjong 6:30 pm Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am Garbage & Recycling 24 Pick-Up Tiger Cubs 6 pm 25 YOGA 5:30 pm Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am Heritage Society 1:30 pm American Red Cross Blood Drive 26 STCSWC Spring Clean Up 14 pm Village Rummage Sale Donut & Bake Sale at United Methodist 28 Church STCSWC Clean Up 8 am to Noon 29 Chef Chopped Challenge at Wasons 30 Mahjong 6:30 pm Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am Garbage & Recycling Pick-Up

Thursday

Saturday Sunday Monday

MAY
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Thursday 1 2 YOGA 5:30 pm 3 Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am Breakfast at the Post & Bake Sale 8-11 am 5 VFW Post #1915 7 pm 7 Village Board Mtg 7 pm Mahjong 6:30 pm 8 ELECTION Garbage & Recycling Pick-Up 9 Garden Club 7pm YOGA 5:30 pm Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am 10 Trempealeau Sportsmans Club 7 pm 11 Trempealeau Can Collection 12 Sizzling Seniors 9-10 am

Attention! Scouting Can Collection Site Needs a New Home!

Recycling of aluminum cans is one of the ways that Pack 101 and Troop 101 support Scouting activities. Due to the sale of the old Budget Mart, the Scouts need a new site for the can collection cage within the Village of Trempealeau. The Toads Cove location will remain unchanged. If you are able to help out, please let us know by calling Assistant Scout Master Rob Hirschboeck at 769-7174.

SOUTHERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY SOLID WASTE COMMISSION SPRING CLEAN UP Offering you a chance to dispose of appliances, computers, old furniture and miscellaneous garbage! Discounts on appliances and bulk items! We also buy aluminum cans. Thursday April 26th 1 pm4 pm Saturday April 28th 8amNoon For large quantity disposal and questions please call 582-4710 for additional information.

Trempealeau Fire Department

is currently taking applications for new members. If you would like to be a part of the community as a volunteer firefighter please visit tour website: http://trempealeaufd.com/ to download and complete an application for membership. We are interested in persons who want to be a part of their Community, who are dedicated and willing to give of their time to the Trempealeau Fire Department.

Hazardous Waste & Chemical

Disposal will be Saturday, June 9th
STCSWC, W21488 State Road 54, Galesville

from 9 am to Noon

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