Driftless United Athletics Soccer Opportunities – Viroqua

Join Driftless United Athletics for the following soccer opportunities in Viroqua!

Click the image for the link to DUA’s summer soccer page!

 

TETRABRAZIL SOCCER CAMP
Hosted by Driftless United Athletics
AUGUST 1-5, 2016
9 am to noon for ages 13-18
Polo and Ebbetts Baseball Fields
Ben Lawton Dr. and Johnson St., Viroqua

TetraBrazil Soccer Camps offer American players the opportunity to experience first-hand the kind of soccer training that has made Brazil the most successful soccer nation in the world. The TetraBrazil Soccer Academy will teach your child more than just techniques and tactics. Each member of the TetraBrazil coaching staff will bring an authentic taste of the flair, passion, and creativity of Brazilian soccer to our camps. Typical sessions include: Brazilian Warm Ups, Fast Footwork, Individual Skills, Combination Plays, Brazilian Moves, 1 v 1 Attacking, Speed Training, Crossing & Shooting.
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE AT WW.CHALLENGERSPORTS.COM
Or, print a registration form here: http://driftlessunitedathletics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-Tetrabrazil-flyer.pdf

 

DRIFTLESS UNITED CAMP
(also led by TetraBrazil Coaches, along with local coaches!)
AUGUST 8 –12, 2016
9:00 to 11:00 am, ages 5-9
9:00 to 12:00 noon, ages 10-13
8:00 to 9:00 am, additional optional skills intensive for ages 10-13
Registration Form

FALL PRACTICE BEGINS August 15, 2016
Join a team now! NO REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED AFTER August 1^st

*NEW in Fall 2016–U8 Teams for ages 6-7
U8 to U14 (ages 6-13) Registration Forms

High School Registration Forms ***Register by August 1st to SAVE $15.

Questions?
Contact DUA’s new administrator, Sofya Hundt, at hundt@frontiernet.net.

See you on the field!

Driftless United Athletics
http://driftlessunitedathletics.org/

 

 

Home Educators Book & Resource Fair, May 8th in Viroqua WI

Share the flyer!  Help spread the word!

Last Call for Participants!

Home Educators Cooperative
Book Fair
Friday, May 8th, 2015,
4 pm to 8 pm
The G.Y.M.
(next to Cornerstone Academy, S3655 Duncan Lane,
Viroqua WI 54665)
just off Highway 14 & County Road Y,
between Westby and Viroqua

Besides the mounds of used books, curriculum, and educational materials for sale, a new addition to this year’s Book Fair will be Student and Family Business Sales Displays.

Come to see (and buy) comic books, handmade baby items and cards, plants, handcrafted jewelry, cartoon drawings, Usborne Books, and fine handmade gifts.

Printable Flyer – Share This!

Make your plans to attend,

but time is short if you wish to participate…

 

Last chance to get in as a used book seller/ student or family business exhibitor: Registration closes on April 23rd.
Contact: HomeEducatorsCooperative at gmail. com to request selling space.

 

Interested in participating as a featured organization at the Book Fair?

Do you have something to share that is unique, exciting, and of special interest to homeschoolers?

Here’s an option that may work for you:

We feature items of interest in our Book Fair Welcome Bags, Information Resources Booth, Door Prize Giveaways, and on the Book Fair Website.

You may be able to provide flyers, brochures, business cards, a promotional item, discount offer, or other web-based / physical materials.

Contact: SwiscHomeschools @gmail. com to find out if you are eligible to provide information or materials and be featured at the Fair.

Jump in now and be part of this growing regional homeschool event.

Hope to see you there!

Home Educators Cooperative Book & Resource Fair

Book & Resource Fair

Book Sales, Fairs, and Conferences – This Week!

All of these have free admission and are open to the public. We have more information listed on our Book Sales, Fairs, and Conferences page.

Hillsboro Area Homeschoolers First
HOMESCHOOL BOOK & ITEM SALE

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
3:30-7:00pm
Open to the public
Hills Manor – Community Room (next to Dollar General) in Hillsboro

Home Educators Cooperative is hosting the
Annual Homeschool Book Fair and Used Curriculum Sale

Friday, May 8th, 2015
4 pm – 8 pm
The G.Y.M. (next to Cornerstone Academy, S3655 Duncan Lane, Viroqua WI 54665)
just off Highway 14 & County Road Y, between Westby and Viroqua

Discounted seller registration ends March 23rd.
Please email  homeeducatorscooperative@gmail.com to request selling space.

Chippewa Valley Annual Book Sale & Kid’s Craft Sale
Sponsored by HomeStars (Homeschool Ministry of Bethesda Lutheran Church)

Sat., March 28^th
9 am to noon
Bethesda Lutheran Church, 123 W Hamilton Ave., Eau Claire, WI 54701

Spring Book Sale
Sponsored by Friends of Bekkum Library
Sat., March 28^th
9 am to 1 pm
Bekkum Memorial Library, 206 North Main Street, Westby, WI 54667 (in the Westby Community Room downstairs)

Remembering Ben Logan…

“Once you have lived on the land, been a partner
with its moods, secrets, and seasons, you cannot leave.
The living land remembers,
touching you in unguarded moments, saying,
‘I am here. You are part of me.'”
~Ben Logan (1920-2014)
The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and Its People, 1975

GAYS MILLS – Ben Logan, the author of the memoir “The Land Remembers,” died very peacefully on Sept. 19, 2014, in Viroqua. He also wrote “Christmas Remembered,” “The Empty Meadow,” and other works.  “Ben was born in Seneca in 1920. He grew up on a ridge top farm his mother called “Seldom Seen.” He spent most of his life away from Wisconsin, but carried Seldom Seen and the people who were part of it with him wherever he was. In his writing, Ben brought the stories and feel of a place he loved to many thousands of readers. It was his hope that readers could carry this feeling beyond one small corner of Wisconsin, to build a broader appreciation and care for the land and its people.”

“Ben’s writing about the land had a touch of romance – but it was never sentimental. He had the hard, honest insight of someone who grew up knowing how a falling tree limb could kill a person, how the wind bit on a long winter day of working outside. There is a small valley – Ben called it Lost Valley – running southeast from the farm house at Seldom Seen. Ben often told the story of a time when he was wandering there as a boy, hearing the distant cry of a wolf, finally seeing it loping across the valley, paying him no attention – raw, solitary, majestic nature. And so the boy, who saw the last wolf through the blowing snow down in Lost Valley, is going home for the last time. ”   Read more

“Ben Logan leaves a legacy of both words and actions.  That legacy will live on in the land and farm he worked to protect. And it will live on in the stories he told of the family farm and stories told by the generations to come who will farm the land.  In his obituary, Logan’s family writes that his connection to the land and his community were two things that helped him survive his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. When he was in college, Logan studied under the preeminent conservationist of the time, Aldo Leopold, who Logan said bristled against his emotional attachment to the land.”  Read more.

The family suggest memorials be made to Valley Stewardship Network .
Services will be held Oct. 26, 2014 at the Gays Mills Community Center. Visitation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m., when a celebration of life begins.

Seldom Seen Farm, the beloved ridgetop landscape in Wisconsin’s southwestern corner that was the setting of the “The Land Remembers,” will be forever protected as part of an agreement signed with the Mississippi Valley Conservancy.

‘The Land Remembers’ still resonates with readers

Caroline Beckett, publisher with Itchy Cat Press of Blue Mounds, said her organization became the eighth publisher of the book in 2006. “‘The Land Remembers’ continues to interest and affect readers from all over,” she said. “We get many orders from book clubs, bookstores and individuals curious about life on Seldom Seen hilltop farm in the Kickapoo River valley of southwestern Wisconsin. Logan’s connection to the land and nature’s rhythms are a welcome relief to today’s wired and jangling world.”  Read more.

 

Living Books for Education

“The Land Remembers” is what educator Charlotte Mason would call a “living book”.A living book is a “whole” book,  one rich in thoughts and nutrition – with ideas that reach out to you.   A living book feeds the spirit, without having to be highly spiced or  dumbed-down for the masses.

A few years ago, we used “The Land Remembers” in our homeschool studies in a unit on local Wisconsin history.  I have since heard that local high schools used it in their Literature classes.

Maybe it’s time for us to pull it back out and give it another reading.

Some friends of ours hiked down to Lost Valley four years ago when it was put in the Mississippi Conservancy, and met Ben Logan there, even took photos of him with their kids…
For those of you near Seldom Seen Farm, relish your part of the land and the memories.And please be gracious in directing strangers looking for it’s location.

It may be just a homeschool family on a field trip finding their way to Lost Valley to be immersed in the land.

The Land Remembers by Ben Logan Book Photo: Stock Image

“The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and its People” by Ben Logan is the heartwarming autobiographical story of Logan’s early life in the 1930s on Seldom Seen Farm, located on a hard-to-reach ridge near Gays Mills in Crawford County. The book, originally published in 1975, has an eighth edition released in 2006 with an afterword from Logan.

The New York Times Book Review:
“What drew me so irresistibly through The Land Remembers?… You feel nostalgia when the details of the world are so precisely concrete and right that by the time the author tells you his own reactions to that world you feel you already know it just about as well as he does. . . . It’s not nostalgia for my own past that The Land Remembers made me feel; it’s nostalgia for a world he makes me wish I’d known.”

Hoard’s Dairyman Book Review: “This book creates an urge to go back to the time that author Ben Logan references. Logan grew up in the southwest Wisconsin hill country. After a strong career writing in New York City, he returned to his home and now resides in Viroqua at the age of 90. The Land Remembers explains what life was like in the “driftless area,” where the glaciers were unable to flatten the land to resemble neighboring Iowa and Illinois.”

Book reviews of The Land Remembers were originally posted in 2011.

Driftless Folk School and the Pump House Upcoming Classes Announced

Driftless Folk School offers experiences in agriculture, natural history, arts and crafts, and traditions of rural Wisconsin and other cultures. DFS presents educational opportunities and inspiring lifelong learning for individuals and families. Class sizes are small. Registrations are limited.

DOWNLOAD THE CURRENT CATALOG

Next 2 weeks at Driftless Folk School:

DIY Photovoltaics – Jon Passi
Sunday Morning Clay – Maureen Karlstad
Illuminated Lamp Making – David Moss
Trout Fishing and Water Quality – VSN
Natural Horsemanship – Michelle Rasmussen
Zero-Energy House – Jon Passi
Copper Chimes with Martha Buche
Scything with Rice Spann
Introduction to Forest Garden Design: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Perennial Crops with Erin Schneider
Food Drying with Attitude with Mary Bell
New From Chick to Chopping Block – Class One: Chickhood with Julie Tomaro

Register and pay for Driftless Folk School classes online.
See all courses here –> http://bit.ly/1blUblZ

 

The Pump House Regional Arts Center in La Crosse

Summer 2014 Workshops –

Saturdays, June 14 – July 26 (*No class July 5th)

The Elements of Drawing:
Explore the basic styles and techniques of drawing.
Instructor: Ben Alberti
Ages: 8 – adult; all skill levels welcome

Clay Hand-building Workshop: Create with hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling, pinching, and using molds. 
Instructor: Angela Goede
Ages: 8 – adult; all skill levels welcome

Wednesdays, June 11 – July 23 (*No class July 2nd)
Advanced Elements of Drawing:
Explore several techniques and styles of drawing, while also gaining a more detailed understanding of its more complex elements. Each session will begin with a 20-30 minute demonstration, followed by work-time and individual guidance by the instructor as needed.
Instructor: Ben Alberti
Ages: 16-adult

Cost: $60 (Includes all materials and six studio sessions with an instructor.)

Register online. 

 

Books and Speakers and Prizes. Oh My!

By now, hopefully you have heard about the Home Educators Cooperative 2014 Book Fair that’s happening this Friday, May 9^th from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the G.Y.M. in Viroqua.

But did you know that there is more going on than just a used book sale?

Here’s a few highlights…

Register here (it’s free!)

This year, they have Welcome Bags  for everyone (courtesy of Village Market) which contain goodies from: Math Essentials, Notgrass Company, American School of Correspondence, Classical Scholar – and a special gift coupon from The Old Schoolhouse.

You can attend the Workshop sessions and enter to Win a Special Prize.
5:00 pm Homeschool Q and A – A panel of experienced homeschool moms will answer your questions.
5:45 pm Are Your Cleaning/Beauty Products Dangerous? – Heidi Hein, Nature’s Scent Body Care will talk about ingredients in products and show how you can make healthy changes in your home.
6:30 pm Eat Naturally, Eat Healthy – Rebecca Felton, Earth Hands Therapies will show how herbs,  raw food, juicing and smoothies can start you on a journey to better health.

You can tour around more than 35 Sales Tables and chat with exhibitors. Many are homeschool parents who have experience with the various books and curriculum that they have for sale.

You can look over the Resource Information Table for Samples, Catalogs, Brochures, Special Offers and more!

You can enter to Win Door Prizes — Three Math workbooks for grade 4 through high school level from Math Essentials, “Trivium Mastery” By Diane Lockman, The Classical Scholar; Map Trek: Atlas and Outline Maps of History By Knowledge Quest ; Four Certificates (each valued at $75) for English and Social Science Courses via email for Grades 7^th -12^th taught by Dr. David Byers, Leadership For You; a digital copy of The Writer’s Jungle ($79 value) from Brave Writer; Exploring World History: One Year of History, English, and Bible for High School from Notgrass Company ($99 value)

So, really if you have the chance, don’t miss this (not so little) Book Fair!

Contact: homeeducatorscooperative@gmail.com
Website:http://homeeducatorsbookfair.wordpress.com

To register, click here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/home-educators-cooperative-book-resource-fair-tickets-11259807387

The goal of Home Educators Cooperative is to support, educate and encourage homeschool parents and  families while encouraging homeschoolers of all backgrounds/styles to work together as a community for the benefit of our children and homeschooling.

Can’t Get To A State Homeschool Convention This Year? Try This Growing Regional Book Fair!

Regional Southwest Wisconsin Area Homeschool Book & Resource Fair May 9^th

The Home Educators Cooperative 2014 Book Fair will take place on Friday, May 9^th from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the G.Y.M. in Viroqua.

The Book Fair, which began more than 8 years ago as a way for homeschool moms to sell their used books and curriculum at the end of the school year, now includes displays, prizes, and breakout sessions.  It is considered the largest annual homeschool event in southwestern Wisconsin; pulling from the growing homeschool community in the five county area including Vernon, Monroe, La Crosse, Richland, and Crawford Counties.

“In the last 3 years we’ve added vendors, doubled the number of sellers, added workshops, added door prizes, extended the hours and increased advertising as well as public awareness for homeschoolers”, said Book Fair Coordinator, Saunnia Huggins.

Moving the Book Fair location again this year, came late in the planning process which delayed getting support from many homeschool curriculum companies.  One of the Book Fair organizers, Cathie Barton said, “We are blessed that Dave and Kathy Clark, the owners of The G.Y.M. stepped in to allow us the use of the building. They are very supportive and gracious to the needs of families, children, homeschoolers, and the community.  Additionally, an unexpected gift ($137 value) from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine has been donated, which all families attending the Book Fair this year will be eligible to receive. “

While the focus is on homeschooling, the Fair has information and resources for anyone interested in education and learning. The 2014 Home Educators Book Fair will feature:

* more than 35 individual sellers and 3 breakout sessions;
* giveaways, catalogs, and samples  from more than 15 companies;
* special gift from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine for all families attending this year.

Breakout sessions this year include:

>  5:00 pm Homeschool Q and A – A panel of experienced homeschool moms will answer questions. You may submit questions at the Fair or in advance by email to homeeducators@gmail.com.

> 5:45 pm Are Your Cleaning/Beauty Products Dangerous? – Heidi Hein of Nature’s Scent Body Care in Hillsboro will talk about the ingredients in products you normally use and show how you can make healthy changes in your home.

> 6:30 pm Eat Naturally, Eat Healthy – Rebecca Felton of Earth Hands Therapies in Cashton will show how herbs, raw food, juicing and smoothies can start you on a journey to better health.

The Home Educators Cooperative Book Fair, is organized every year by parents.  The goal of the event  is to strengthen the homeschool community and provide a way for current and prospective homeschoolers to be encouraged and get information — a way for them to see curriculum, ask questions, and talk to others who support home education.  The Book Fair is open to the public. Admission is free.
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Visit the website at  http://homeeducatorsbookfair.wordpress.com where you can find more information, or contact: homeeducators@gmail.com

The G.Y.M., is located on Highway 14 and County Road Y, between Westby and Viroqua, next to Cornerstone Christian Academy.

The goal of Home Educators Cooperative is to support, educate and encourage homeschool parents and  families while encouraging homeschoolers of all backgrounds/styles to work together as a community for the benefit of our children and homeschooling.

Homeschool Events Coming in May

Coming in May: Wisconsin Homeschool Conference, SW Wisconsin Book Fair, Homeschool High School Formal and Fun Event…

WPA’s 30th Annual Home Education Conference

Homeschooling Simplified

May 2 & 3, 2014

Join us May 3 – 4, 2013 for Wisconsin Parent’s Association 30th Annual Home Education Conference held at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh campus.

The conference features:  78 workshops (47 new), Curriculum Fair, Used Book Sale, Family Folk Dance, Graduation Ceremony, Opportunities to Meet Other Homeschoolers, and more . . .

47 New Workshops, 78 Total. Here’s a sampling:

Learn about Media and Scientific Literacy
Build LEGO® City
Decide How You Want to Homeschool
Learn About MOOCs and More
Build an Experimental Aircraft
Do Taekwondo
More listed here: http://homeschooling-wpa.org/conference/

2014 Home Educators Cooperative  Annual Book Fair

Not Just a Homeschool Used Book Sale… 2014 Home Educators Cooperative  Annual Book Fair Featuring: Used Book Sale Exhibits and Resource Information Breakout Sessions & Demonstrations Door Prizes Friday, May 9th, 2014 4:00 to 8:00 pm Viroqua Church of Christ Free Admission For all homeschool parents and anyone interested in home education resources. FOR MORE INFO, please visit: http://homeeducatorsbookfair.wordpress.com/

Homeschooled High School End-of-the-year Formal and Fun Event!

Attention Homeschooled High School Students, their friends – and Parents :

We are planning a fun filled weekend of activities, expressly designed for home educated high schoolers and their friends (in the area of Vernon County and beyond) …

The idea is to start on Friday May 16th with a Semi Formal Banquet (maybe throw in a Senior Showcase/Display or something fun for good measure), then carpool down to the Formal Dance in Gays Mills.

On Saturday May 17th we could have a Road Rally/Scavenger Hunt during the afternoon and a Bonfire later.

The actual specifics along with the time-table and all locations are yet to be determined.  (The only part that is set is the Dance in Gays Mills.)

Contact Driftless Homeschool to be included or to express interest.

Your ideas and help in making this a memorable event for homeschoolers and their friends is encouraged and  needed!

We’re looking for students and parents to help put this together and make the idea a reality.  What do you think?  Contact.

~ This message was posted to the Driftless Homeschool Network, a private members website group providing information to homeschool families. Are you interested in joining? Contact Driftless Homeschool Network to find out more: driftlesshomeschool – at – gmail – dot – com.

More Homeschool & Community Happenings
in and around Southwest Wisconsin are on our GOOGLE CALENDAR… HERE !

2014 HOME EDUCATORS COOPERATIVE BOOK FAIR

This is THE Big Annual Homeschool Book Sale for the 5 county SW Wisconsin area.

2014 HOME EDUCATORS COOPERATIVE BOOK FAIR

Here’s the preliminary announcement for those of you who wish to sell your books, curriculum, and educational materials.

More information on information sessions, prizes, vendors, etc. will be coming!

You’ll notice a few changes again this year =)  Please read carefully. Any questions/comments can be emailed to our new dedicated email address: homeeducatorscooperative@gmail.com
Feel free to forward this email to others that may be interested as well.
See you at the sale! =)

A)This year’s Book Fair will be Friday, May 9th 2014 at the Viroqua Church of Christ (behind the Fairgrounds). The address is: 825 Nelson Parkway Viroqua, WI. The sale will be open to the public from 4pm to 8pm. Flyers will be sent out later for everyone to print and post in their own communities.

B)This year we need help with prep work, set-up and tear down. Some wonderful families were very generous with their time and help after the sale last year which was much appreciated. This year we need actual commitments from some families or some father/son “teams” to help with set up, tear down and collecting the outdoor signs. Without cooperation the booksale won’t continue to be successful.

C)Set up time will start at 1:00pm. Please do NOT arrive early. Seller’s privilege sale will befrom 3pm to 4pm. The booksale will open to the public promptly at 4pm.

D)Any seller not checked in by 3:30pm will have their table passed to another on the waiting list unless special arrangements have been made. No refunds will be made.

E)Each seller will break down their own table and clean up their own area. All sellers (or family members) will help clean up public areas. We need to be out no later than 9:30pm. We are privileged to have this space to use so please clean up carefully. (Sanctuary, library and kitchen are off-limits.)

F)Some tables are older, well-used tables so please bring a tablecover/cloth if you wish to use one. We will be using a combination of round and rectangular tables. If you have a preference please let me know and I will try to honor it on a “first come, first served” basis.

G)One table per registration. 3 people per table may share. Any more than 3 people sharing a table will have an additional fee for supplies or will need a separate table. Additional tables, if available, maybe requested after May 1, 2014. Any additional tables will be charged at the same rate as your original table.

H)Table fee is $4.00 for table to sell your used books until March 18, 2014 (postmarked no later than 3/18/14). Please send an email to: homeeducatorscooperative@gmail.com with the words Book Fair 2014 and YOUR NAME in the subject line to request a table and you will receive an email with further information/instructions. After March 18, 2014 used book tables will be $8.00. Registration closes April 20, 2014.

I)All money/fees from the Book Fair will be used for supplies,advertisement, seminar costs or building/custodian fees only. We can accommodate as many as 40 plus sellers. In 2013 we had 39 sellers register for tables.

J)Hand delivered payments/registration/requests will not be accepted. All payments and due dates will go by the date the envelope is postmarked.

K)If you would like to participate as a business that is specifically related to homeschool education (teaches classes or sells educational items) or benefits/encourages home education/training please contact me at: homeeducatorscooperative@gmail.com . We are starting a list of homeschooling family businesses in the area. If you’d like to be a part of that list, would like to display business flyers for the 2014 Book Fair or be a part of the Book Fair in the future, please let us know via email.

*The goal of Home Educators Cooperative is to support, educate and encourage homeschool moms and their families while encouraging homeschoolers of all backgrounds/styles to work together as a community for the benefit of our children and homeschooling.*

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‘Munch’ food celebration to be held in Viroqua Feb. 19

MUNCH, a mid-winter, open-house celebration of local food and related activities, will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Food Enterprise Center, 1201 N. Main St., Viroqua.

The MUNCH event will feature tastings of food grown in the region, beverages made in Viroqua, cooking and gardening demonstrations, a winter farmers market, children’s activities, tours of the Food Enterprise Center, live music, and information on wellness and other health topics.

Sylvan Meadows, Snow Pac Foods, Austin’s Rush Creek Farm, Small Family CSA Farm, Dragonfly Pepper Company, Fizzeology, Sugar Shack, Kickapoo Coffee and Wisco Pop will offer food and beverages.

Fifth Season Cooperative will offer samples of its new frozen blend products for institutional food-service markets, plus master gardener Roger Reynolds will give a demonstration on lasagna gardening.

Also, area musicians Bob Hill and Jay Hoffman will provide entertainment, and information on Growing Gardeners Initiative, LuSa Organics and other food, health or wellness-related organizations will be available.

Sue Noble, executive director of Vernon Economic Development Association, said, “We want to get community folks out to celebrate food and wellness. Learn more about businesses in our area. Bring your friends and family to meet local producers who will be sampling and selling wonderful local products.”

Fifth Season Cooperative, Growing Gardeners Initiative, Viroqua Chamber Main Street, Viroqua Food Coop, and Vernon Economic Development Association are organizing the event.

Admission is free. For more information, call (608) 638-8332.