Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

THE HISTORY OF August 1st, I'm___________________ .

AND I'm ___________. Today in 1917: During a prolonged conflict between miners and copper companies in Butte, Montana, a vigilante group drags "Industrial Workers of the World" leader, Frank Little --broken leg and all --from his boarding house and hangs him from a railroad trestle.

As a warning to others, the lynchers pin the old vigilante numbers, 3-7-77, to Little's clothes. Authorities will make no attempt to find the assailants.

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

It’s Today’s Action Calendar!

This afternoon, get free, one-on-one coaching sessions for writing projects of any kind, including school assignments, resumes and cover letters, personal letters, applications, forms, newsletters, articles, memoirs, poems, and absolutely any other kinds of writing. This is at the Pinney Branch library, 204 Cottage Grove Road from 3:30 to 6:30 pm today. Call 224-7100 to set up your one-on-one hour appointment. Drop-ins are also welcome.

The Clean Sweep Hazardous Waste Site has new summer hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 7a.m. to 2p.m.  The site is located on 2302 Fish Hatchery Road.  During reconstruction of Fish Hatchery Road, please use the Badger Road entrance. More info at danecountycleansweep.com

The Women, Infants and Children Nutrition program offers a wide variety of services, including food and nutrition information, to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children less than five years of age healthy and strong. For details call 267-1111.

Prevent Child Abuse before it starts. Volunteers are needed with Canopy Center to co-facilitate groups of youth, teens, and adults that have experienced abuse and hardship within the family. Contact Sarah, Volunteer Coordinator, at 729-1130 or visit canopycenter.org.