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D-8 La Crossa Tribune, Wednesday, September 23, 1998 Hometown TCI Cable adds WB By STEVE CAHALAN Tribune business editor COULEE REGION 9 Library information a phone call away Patrons of the five La Crosse County Library branches, located in Bangor, Campbell, Holmen, Onalaska and West Salem, can find out the latest information about library programs and services 24 hours a day by calling the University of Wisconsin county extension's "InfoSource" telephone information service. Three numbers are available to the public with library information. To access the information, dial the InfoSource number at 785-5575. After entering a "1" from the menu, the choices for library information are as follows: Dial 1145 for library locations and services; Dial 1146 for general Library Youth Services; Dial 1106 for calender of Library Programs for Youth, which is updated periodically to give specific information on no-school day programs, storytime themes, special celebrations and more. Book sales will help groups During the dates and times listed below, the presentation of an authorized book fair voucher at any Barnes and Noble register ensures that a portion of sales will be donated to the corresponding non-profit group scheduled.

This month's community book fair recipients include: 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 1, Western Wisconsin Counties Against Violence 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 4, La Crosse Area Quilt Guild 5 to 9 p.m.

Oct. 8, West Avenue Emergency Resources 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 11, La Crosse County Medical Society Alliance 1 to 4 p.m. Oct.

18, Great Rivers Independent Living Services 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 22, Stoddard Elementary P.T.O. 1 to 4 p.m. Oct.

25, Riverfront Inc. Red Cross schedules blood drives The American Red Cross will conduct blood drives at the following locations in the Coulee Region in the upcoming weeks: 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, United Methodist Church, La Farge Noon to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Viroqua 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sept.

30, Westby Coon Prairie Church, Westby 2 to 7 p.m. Oct. 5, Fest Building, Spring Grove, Minn. 1 to 7 p.m. Oct.

6, Municipal Auditorium, Caledonia, Minn. Noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 7, American Legion, La Crescent, Minn. 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 14, Armory (Hwy. 54 west of town), Black River Falls. DRMO at Fort McCoy plans sale FORT McCOY, Wis. The Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office at Fort McCoy, building 2184, will conduct a cash and carry sale from 9 a.m.

to 1 p.m. Saturday. All items are sold as is and have to be removed the same day by 1 p.m. Items offered for sale include military shirts, trousers, field jackets, sleeping bags, field packs, duffel bags, cold weather boots, sleeping mats, parkas, holsters, cameras, helmets, tow bar, hoist, computers, tents, radio equipment, empty boxes, office and household furniture and more. The DRMO will accept payment by cash, Visa, MasterCard or Discover.

No checks will be accepted. For more information, call Marjean Christy at (608 388-3719. i ffjART) AW i i A 'Jl jT pj Fj I 'l ''l '''P I A IS VVA with Ur YlV coupon, TCI Cable of La Crosse has started carrying The Warner Brothers Television Network on cable channel 11. TCI subscribers in La Crosse and Winona, (where it's on cable channel 15) began receiving the new local station, WBCZ, when it went on the air Monday. The new station is an offshoot of WXOW, an ABC television affiliate in La Crosse.

WXOW has entered a local marketing agreement with TCI Cable to provide Warner Brothers programming on the new cable channel, said Chuck Roth, WXOW vice president and general manager. WXOW also hopes to enter an agreement with Marcus Cable, which serves Onalaska, Black River Falls, Sparta and Tomah, Roth said. "We hope that Marcus comes on line," Roth said. "At this point in time, they're looking at it corporately, and they have not yet While WXOW remains the local ABC affiliate, Roth said, "We are also in a sense joining with Warner Brothers, and we're partnering with local cable systems." Warner Brothers has been approaching stations about affiliating with what also is known as The WB Television Network and creating local marketing agreements with cable TV companies. A new division at WXOW will be responsible for selling advertising and ensuring that advertisements and promotional spots run when they are supposed to on the new Warner Brothers channel.

That probably will create three to four jobs, Roth said. Roth said Warner Brothers is the nation's fastest-growing television network and features such programs as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Dawson's Creek." It also offers the show "Friends" six days a week and "E.R." on weekends. Employees approve Woodman's merger Woodman's Food Market which operates seven food stores in Wisconsin, including one in La Crosse, said its 1,800 employees on Tuesday unanimously approved the merger of its retail operations with the Woodman family real estate corporation. By merging the two corporations, Woodman's Employee Stock Ownership Plan has become the owner of and controls all of the real estate and buildings from which Woodman's operates, creating a 100 percent employee-owned company. Woodman's is headquartered in Janesville, Wis.

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