Monday, July 30th, 2012

THE HISTORY OF July 30th, I'm ___________________.

And I'm ___________________ . Today in 1966: Clarence Triggs of Bogalusa, Louisiana, is shot in the head and dumped on a roadside after taking part in a civil rights march. Two white men, Homer Richard Seale and John Copling Junior will be charged with the slaying.

Testimony during Copling's trial will determine that Triggs was shot when he offered to help the two white men with their disabled car. A jury deliberated less than an hour and found Copling innocent. Seale was never tried.

Monday, July 30th, 2012

It's today’s Action Calendar!

The Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission's Strategic Engagement Committee members invite you to join them for the second Yahara Watershed Initiatives Briefing. The briefing will focus on agricultural runoff control. The Committee is hosting these briefings three to four times a year as an opportunity for those directly involved in Yahara watershed improvement initiatives to share information and explore additional collaboration. This is today at 4:30 p.m. in the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Room 354. Call 224-3764 for more info.

Tomorrow night, the public is invited to attend a special meeting of the Olbrich Botanical Society Board of Directors. Board members, Olbrich staff, and the public will have the opportunity to meet with selected architectural firms who are finalists for the development and preparation of program, designs, and plans for the renovation and building expansion for Olbrich Botanical Gardens. Comments may be submitted to the selection team at the open house. This will be Tuesday, July 31 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Olbrich, 3330 Atwood Avenue. For more information, call 246-4550 or visit olbrich.org.

Madison Street Pulse Newspaper is looking for volunteers to write, interview, edit and fundraiser.  The Street Pulse meets every Sunday at 6pm at the Memorial Union.  Check Today in the Union for room location.  Call 492-1294 or go to madisonstreetpulse.org for more information.