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MONDAY, March 16, 2009 A5 lacrossetribune.com TODAY IN YOUR BACKYARD HOMETOWN HISTORY Forum to host high court candidates Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and Jefferson County Circuit Judge Randy Koschnik are At ft LA CROSSE PUBLIC LIBRARY ARCHIVES' PHOTO THE WAY IT WAS: This circa 1900 photo shows the rather fancy entrance to the old Hill View Farm, which was located just east of La Crosse's Myrick Park and was owned by La Crosse entrepreneur Jason Easton. Retired from a career in banking and railroad commerce, Easton had experimented with stock farms along the Root River before coming to La Crosse in 1882. Easton built an extensive estate in the 1300 block of Cass Street, which was razed in 1953 to make way for the Bethany Lutheran Home on Cass. In 1890, Easton built Hill View Farm, where he bred hundreds of animals, particularly horses. Easton died in 1901 and is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery mausoleum.

Anyone having additional information about this photo or wishing to donate other pictures of the Coulee Region can contact the La Crosse Public Library Archives at (608) 789-7136. DID YOU KNOW? French Island school dates to 1954 ners. 6:30 p.m., for intermediates, Doerflinger building. 400 Main $5, (608) 789-9664. Clogging lessons with Tim Blumentritt, 6 to 7 p.m.

for beginners, 7 to 8 p.m. for advanced, Concordia Ballroom, 1129 La Crosse $6, (608)786-0185. Bingo, 7 p.m., La Crescent American Legion, 509 N. Chestnut (608) 895-4595. SALESSHOWS Winter Film Festival: "Land of the Eagle: The First and Last Frontier," 1 p.m., Effigy Mounds National Monument, 151 Hwy.

76, Harpers Ferry, Iowa, free, (563)873-3491. Movie: "Foul Play," 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Public Library. 800 Main (608) 789-7127. SPEAKERSPROGRAMS Reception for photographer to 8 p.m., Marie Heider Center for the Arts, 405 E.Hamlin West Salem. Planetarium show: Stellar Extremes, 7 p.m., Cowley Hall, Room 20, UW-L, children and senior citizens, free for UW-L students with ID, (608)785-8669.

E-mail submissions to calendarlacrossetribune.com. PLEASE CALL THEATRE OR VISIT US ONLINE FOR MOVIES AND SHQW1MES PBtmiUHtUCWItllT 1 kftbefiance 7:20 Nightly W5H Bedtime Stories pg 5:25 Nightly WiTS! Milk 9:55 Nightly E3 Uninvited PG-13 9:55 Nightly RiSSS Twilight EU PG-13 7:30 Nightly (Except Sun) Tale Of BTtirrr uespereaux 5:30 Nightly (Except Sun STADIUM SEATING I $4.00 $3.00 $2.00 Adults btudentswiu Matinees M0VIELINE: 785-2058 strap 35 SILVER FUN PACKS 10 TICKETS 5 (OMPUWNMY POftOUKi 0l SSS Tlit Last Housa on tha loft 1:30 4 30 7:15 935 Mill March 1:45 4 40 7 20 9 25 Ran to Witch Mountain 12 00 2:15 4:35 7:00 9:15 Watchman 30 2 00 4:00 5:30 7.25 9:00 Ha Just Not That Into Ifou kh I 10 3 50 545 9 20 New in Town 12 05 2:20 4 40 7 20 9 25 Hotat for Dogs fQ 12 10 230 450 Paul Blart: Mill Coo lia I JS 4 45 lift IB r. CRITIC'S CHOIC1 Slumdog Millionaire 1:15 .3:55 0 55 9 20 Gran Torino 710 930 ThsRaadsrK 1 05 3:45 635 9:10 I'll' H' Ml the Upper and Lower French Island schools in half a day. The school was formally dedicated Nov. 9, 1954- Dustin Wilson was the principal at Summit.

Teachers at the school during the first year were Cecile Jones, sixth grade; Daniel Webster, fifth grade; Greeta Schmalz, fourth grade; Marjorie Bollinger, third grade; Lila Hahn, 'second grade; Eunice Wajlen and Inga Olson, first grade; Kathryn Doty, kindergarten; and Alice Guzman, special education. Howard Blank and Harry Adams were the custodians. Source: La Crosse Public Library Archives. For additional information, please contact the Archives at (608)789-7136. ing methods of the day and fourth -grade textbooks.

When schools opened in September 1954, the new Summit Elementary School was not yet ready for occupancy. Students were temporarily housed at the Upper French Island School, which is now the site of the Campbell Community Center; the Lower French Island School, which was located at Caroline and Dorn streets; and Jefferson Elementary School on La Crosse's North Side. Summit, which was so-named because it was built on the highest spot of land on French Island, finally opened for use in October 1954, thanks in large part to the school district's janitorial staff who moved all of the equipment from On March 20, 1954, a ceremony was held on French Island to mark the laying of the cornerstone for the new Summit Elementary School, which was built to replace the Upper and Lower French Island schools. Because the event was held on a Saturday, teachers and students from the old Upper and. Lower French Island schools were able to attend the ceremonies.

Those in attendance saw Henry Rebhan, the French Island representative on the La Crosse City School District Board of Education, seal up the cornerstone, which contained signatures from students and teachers from the two French Island schools, newspaper stories about the new school, articles on teach ENTERTAINMENT Hootenanny with Mike Caucutt, 7 to 10 p.m., Houghton's, 1002 Jackson free. Open jam with Abbey Lane, 9 p.m., The George Street Pub, 1728 George St. Open jam with Christian "Chubba" Stahley, 10 Dei's Bar, 229 N. Third St. Shawn's open jam with Up and Coming, 10 p.m., Popcorn Tavern, 308 S.

Fourth St. FAMILY Shamrock story time, 10 a.m., Barnes and Noble, 3800 Hwy. 785-1337. Game On for kids, for children in preschool to grade 5, 2 to 3 p.m., La Crosse Public Library children's room, 800 Main (608) 789-7127. OUTDOORS Wisconsin DNR hunter safety education course, 7 p.m., Sparta Senior High School, Sparta, (608) 343-3327.

Wisconsin DNR hunter safety education course, 7 p.m., Holmen Road and Gun Club, Holmen, (608) 526-3912. RECREATION Clogjam clogging lessons, 5:15 p.m. for advanced begin- Central finishes third among Midwest's best La Crosse Central's Grand Central Station brought home the second runnerup trophy Saturday in a competition featuring some of the best show choirs in the Midwest at the. Wheaton-Warrenville, 111., Choral Classic. Grand Central Station was given the people's choice award for the audience's favorite show choir.

Central's show band won the the best band trophy for the fifth time this season. Central finished behind grand champion Sound Check of Waubonsie Valley High School (111.) and first runnerup Elite Energy of Eisenhower High School in Decatur, 111. Grand Central Station finished ahead of three choirs in the finals On Stage, Hershey High School sixth place; Soundsations, Petal, fifth place; and Swingers Unlimited, Marysville, Ohio, third place. ON THE WEB For more show choir news, go to www.lacrosse tribune.comshowchoir. 's '1 expected to take part in a state Supreme Court can-d i a forum Thursday in La Crosse.

The 12:15 p.m. forum will be part of the noon meeting of the Rotary Club of La Crosse at the Abrahamson Koschnik Radisson Center. The League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area will moderate and is a co -sponsor along with the La Crosse County Bar Association and the Rotary Club. For more information, contact Lyn Sheffer of the Rotary Club at rotary laxcharter.net or (608) 526-4491. Swans topic of Audubon meeting A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources researcher will speak about trumpeter swans in the state at Wednesday's meeting of the Coulee Region Audubon Society.

Pat Manthey of the DNR's Bureau of Endangered Resources will present a program on the status of the swan reintro-duction program that began 20 years ago. Trumpeter swans were found in Wisconsin until the l88os, when market hunting and feather collecting almost drove the species to extinction. The state brought in eggs from Alaska starting in 1989 to re-establish the birds. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Ho-Chunk Nation building, 725 Main La Crosse.

The public is welcome. IN THE SERVICE Completed training Air Force Airman 1st Class Stephen Darling, son of Jeff and Judi Darling of Lansing, Iowa, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Darling Antonio. Darling is a 2007 graduate of Kee High School in Lansing. LOTTERIES Sunday's numbers: Wisconsin SuperCash: 1415-23-35-36-37 Wisconsin Pick 3: 118 Wisconsin Pick 4: 7-7-7-9 Wisconsin Badger 5: 3 12-13 16-26 Minnesota Daily 3: 49-7 Minnesota Northstar Cash: 415161719 Iowa Pick 3:8 4 1 Iowa Pick 4: 19 1-4 DISCOUNT to the Irish for St. Patrick's Day Onalaska man gets probation for stealing from rod, gun club Maximino Gonzalez, 30, was sentenced by Damon after Gonzalez pleaded guilty to felony charges of dealing cocaine and methamphetamine in Independence and Eleva, Wis.

Damon ordered Gonzalez to receive alco hoi and drug abuse treat ment while in prison and credited him for 319 days already served in county jail. Trempealeau County Circuit Judge John Damon ordered Baardseth to pay $675 restitution and agreed to stay five days of a jail sentence if Baardseth does 40 hours of community service work. In other court news, a Durand, man has been sentenced to five years in prison for dealing drugs in Trempealeau County. By DAVID LBROMMERICH For Lee Newspapers An Onalaska man involved in stealing shotgun shells, beer and candy from a rod and gun club in Ettrick, was sentenced to 35 days in jail and two years of probation. Jesse A.

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