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Valley Sentinel email newsletter — June 9, 2021

THE RESULTS ARE IN!

After a nearly two month long process, we want to formally welcome you to the results of the 1st Annual Best of the River Valley reader poll for the Spring Green area!

Saw it in print? There are exclusives online you won’t want to miss!

Please forward and share with your friends and let’s celebrate what makes the Valley so great! Winners will be getting an email this week with certificates and the coveted winners ribbon burst to display and use.

QUOTABLE

“From the beginning the goal has been to support our food & farming communities in both our town and our state.
I think we’re off to a pretty good start.”

-Kyle Adams, owner, Wander Provisions

Adams introduced her new business, Wander Provisions, to the Valley a few weeks ago. The business offers hand-curated, locally sourced snacks, picnic options and vintage recreational items.

Before you go “up the hill” or go enjoy a day (or evening) on the river, don’t forget to get your provisions.

NOTABLE

Judge allows investigation of potential bias in Cardinal-Hickory Creek decision

A Dane County Judge is set to potentially overturn permits for the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission lines, if environmental groups can prove at least one out of the three approving Public Service Commission (PSC) regulators held a conflict of interest when approving the project.

River Valley Class of 2021 cross the stage towards the future

River Valley High School’s Class of 2021 graduated in an outdoor ceremony on May 29.

“Your community is what helps you through something like a global pandemic, your community is there to help when things get hard, and even though we were six feet apart, it took all of us — students, staff , small businesses and community members to come together as one to help keep our community moving forward,” shared Class of 2021 Secretary Anna Deibert in her senior speech.

Village of Plain to see colorful, community oriented art installation

At it’s monthly board meeting, the village of Plain heard from leaders at the Wormfarm Institute about an interactive, community oriented art project being constructed in the village over the summer.

Wormfarm Institute is responsible for hosting Fermentation Fest and the Art’D Tour, which is an art tour throughout the state that aims to capture rural communities and farming culture through art.

The festival had an art stop in Plain for the first time last year, and will now be returning to include the village in installations the organization is calling “Test Plots” which are interactive, site responsive art installations created by architects.

American Players Theatre 2021 season is underway, capacity upped

American Players Theatre’s (APT) in-person season began May 14 with Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop in the 201-seat indoor Touchstone Theatre. The first performance of James DeVita’s world premiere of An Improbable Fiction took the Hill Stage on May 27.

Seats have been added to performances within the 25% capacity cap.

ICYMI: Our community calendar is changing! We’re creating a central calendar for all events

We’re building a print and online community calendar that we hope will become your go to for planning out your weekend or seeing what events are happening this evening in the area.

Most publications don’t list paid events in their community calendar, we want to flip that script and create a community calendar that is comprehensive, including every event in one place.

While we transition please use the linked form.
An online calendar will be live in the next week or two.

Waterfowl go for a stroll near Wilson Creek Pottery

Last, but not least: Lucy and Poncho, a duck and goose duo from a neighboring farm went for a stroll down Highway WC near Wilson Creek Pottery a couple of weeks ago.

The waterfowls are new to the Valley and were captured and returned to their owners. The duo got their names from a follower of Wilson Creek Pottery.

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