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THE EDITOR Blueberries, butterflies, and more Dana Kelroy, Editor

Each year, millions of monarch butterflies make their way across Wisconsin on their migration corridor to Mexico. But since 1990, 970 million monarch butterflies have vanished. On page 8, we unveil a program to rebuild monarch habitat, and Wisconsin’s electric cooperatives will be pitching in to help. On page 6, Oakdale Electric Cooperative’s Bob Hess is honored for his work with the endangered Karner Blue butterfly. On page 20, blueberries abound, with recipes courtesy of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council. We’ve only published a fraction of the recipes available on blueberrycouncil.org. So if you have a bumper crop of these delicious little berries, or just had a “fruitful” day at a local U-Pick berry farm, we’ve got you covered. This month we also take a look at how consumers rate their power providers, and how co-ops go the extra mile in “The Summer of Our Discontent” on page 10. Generally, cooperative power providers are rated more favorably than other providers, and they add a boost to local economies, regardless of the economic environment. On page 13, we encourage readers to “Wash the energy waste out of your laundry.” Take advantage of July’s hot and breezy days to use nature’s clothes dryer—the clothesline. Finally, plan a trip to Neillsville to celebrate our country and those who fought for it. On page 24, Mary Erickson previews Operation Persian Gulf Welcome Home, an event at The Highground honoring those who served in the Persian Gulf region. Stay cool!

July 2016 Vol. 77 No. 1 The Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News (Formerly Wisconsin R.E.C. News) has been published monthly and distributed since July 1940 to members of Wisconsin’s non-profit, consumer-owned rural electric cooperatives. It is available to non-members for $10 per year or $28 for three years. Published by the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association, 1 S. Pinckney St., Suite 810, Madison, WI 53703. Steve Freese, president & CEO. USPS number: 688-480. Postmaster: please send address changes to Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News, 1 S. Pinckney St., Suite 810, Madison, WI 53703. Periodicals postage paid at Baraboo, Wis. Send correspondence to Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News, 1 S. Pinckney St., Suite 810, Madison, WI 53703. Phone (608) 258-4400. Web site: www.wecnmagazine.com. Co-op Members: Please send address changes to your local electric co-op. Contact information can be found on page 18. Steve Freese Dana Kelroy Mary Erickson David Hoopman Ann Bailey Tina Walden Geri Miller

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He coordinated statewide Karner Blue population monitoring and secured financing including a $500,000 State Wildlife Grant to support habitat restoration in Wisconsin and Minnesota. FWS Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius said Hess’ work “has directly contributed to an increase in available habitat and has led to increased Karner Blue butterfly populations.”

NUKE DECOMMISSIONING PROGRESS REPORTED Dairyland Power Cooperative has obtained federal regulatory approval of a temporary license transfer for its La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) until decommissioning of the Genoa nuclear plant is completed. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the transfer to La CrossseSolutions LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Solutions LLC specializing in decommissioning and waste disposal. Wisconsin’s first and by far smallest nuclear plant, the LACBWR was built in 1967 as

FORMER STATEWIDE DIRECTOR PASSES Funeral services were held May 21 at Menomonie for Robert Trainor, who served in multiple positions as a director of Wisconsin electric cooperatives and co-op organizations. He was 92. A 1944-46 U.S. Army veteran, Trainor was first elected a director of then-Dunn County Rural Electric Cooperative in 1973 and retained a seat on its board (now Dunn Energy Cooperative)

a demonstration project with the Atomic Energy Commission, and has been shut down since 1987. The license will return to Dairyland after decommissioning is completed. Dairyland retains ownership of the site throughout, along with the title and responsibility for the spent nuclear fuel removed from an on-site storage pool and placed in dry cask storage, also on-site, in 2012. Low-level waste was removed from the site and shipped to South Carolina for disposal in 2007.

until 1992. In the meantime, he served as a director of Dairyland Power Cooperative from 1981–92 and represented Dairyland on the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association board in 1986, ’87, and ’91. He also served as a director of Westconsin Credit Union. Trainor, who is survived by Mary, his wife of 61 years, died May 17 at Menomonie.

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rowing up on our family farm in rural Hazel Green, there were things we just took for granted. When I was a boy I’d go out to the pasture to bring the cows in for milking and would always see an abundance of Brown-eyed Susans, daisies, and milkweed throughout the pasture and along the fencerows. There would always be blue and yellow butterflies, bumblebees, and monarch butterflies everywhere. Little did I know as a boy the relationship monarch butterflies have with milkweed. Monarch reproduction is dependent on milkweed, the only viable food source for the butterfly’s larvae. Today, modern land use and management actions, weather, and habitat loss have reduced milkweed’s presence to a fraction of what it was when I was a boy. And the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has reported the grim statistic that since 1990, about 970 million monarch butterflies have vanished. Only Steve Freese WECA Manager about 30 million remain, and the FWS has been petitioned to list the monarch under the Endangered Species Act. When I think of endangered species I think of whooping cranes or the extinct ivory-billed woodpecker, not the monarch. Your statewide electric co-op organization is pitching in to help. Most readers of this column live in a unique location,

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because we are in the heart of the monarch’s migration corridor from Mexico. Beginning in April through the upper Midwest and in southern Canada by early June, several monarch generations breed until the southward migration begins by September. The first monarchs reach Mexico by late October. The dramatic decline in their numbers is a major conservation concern but fortunately, unlike many other species, monarch populations can respond very quickly to habitat improvement. Sand County Foundation is focused on enabling private landowners to realize their full potential as conservationists and profitable stewards of the natural resources in their care. Through its partnerships and initiatives, Sand County Foundation works to ensure a future in which private landowners have the inspiration and freedom to improve the environment while responsibly producing food and fiber for a growing population. Now, the foundation is assembling a partnership bringing together right-of-way holders, private farmland owners, science and conservation groups, and state and federal agencies. This partnership will build a network of habitat patches that, taken together, can help reinforce the eastern monarch butterfly migration corridor. I’m pleased to say the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association is a partner and throughout this year will be working with Sand County Foundation to see how we can help restore monarch habitat. We’ll work with your local electric cooperative to see how we can make a positive difference. We envision habitat being created around coop service centers, community solar gardens, solar farms, utility rights-of-way, landscaping at co-op facilities, and much more. We’ll seek to bring in more partners to help create each habitat location. Groups like local FFA chapters can provide the manpower on land provided by the cooperative or its members. Have a look at your own fencerow to see if you could plant milkweed and help the monarchs bounce back. And please stay tuned to the progress of this partnership as we’ll cover it in this magazine going forward. We hope to help assemble all the resources necessary for interested members to play a part in this important habitat restoration, at their local cooperative or in their own backyard.

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The Summer of Our Discontent Co-ops try harder in trying times

he dynamics of the 2016 political season tell the story clearly enough: Almost regardless of party preference, nationwide discontent blends with a heavy measure of urgency. With conﬁdence in long-established institutions under a cloud—indeed with open questions about the very competence of some institutions to meet their responsibilities, it’s perhaps unsurprising that not only as citizens but also as consumers, Americans are registering diminished satisfaction with providers of needed services. Energy utilities, for instance. If there’s a silver lining, maybe it’s that the nation’s electric cooperatives, on the whole, continue to hold their customary lead over other types of electricity providers in terms of customer satisfaction. More sobering is the fact that the whole industry has slipped when it comes to keeping customers satisﬁed, prompting questions: Why are co-ops doing better, and to what extent are fundamental problems within the capability of energy providers to address?

A Troubling Trend While electric cooperatives maintain their edge in outperforming other types of providers, no segment of the energy utility business has escaped the long-term trend of declining customer satisfaction conﬁrmed this spring by the newest American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Based at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the ACSI conducts some 70,000 consumer interviews every year, using the information to produce periodic reports on more than 40 industries across the U.S. economy. The survey results announced in mid-May reveal a third straight year of downward-trending satisfaction with energy utilities, ACSI reported. Across all utility sectors, customer satisfaction over the past year dropped 3.2 percent to a score of 71.9 on a scale of 0 to 100, ACSI said. Various categories of utility performed differently. For instance, large, investor-owned, “combined” utilities— meaning the regulated utilities owned by shareholders and offering both electric and natural gas service—fell 2.7 percent to an ACSI score of 72. It’s worth noting that the combined utility with the greatest number of Wisconsin customers, Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group, appeared in the ACSI survey for the ﬁrst time. With its 2015 acquisition of Integrys Energy, WEC now includes WE Energies, Wisconsin Public Service Corp., and natural gas utilities serving parts of Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois. WEC Energy outperformed its category by three points, scoring 75. Meanwhile, Xcel Energy, with its immense service area stretching across the western plains and including many Wisconsin customers, underperformed the investor-owned, combined utility category, scoring 71 10

compared with 72 category-wide and its own rating of 76 just last year. Virginia-based Dominion Resources, formerly a player in Wisconsin with its acquisition of the Kewaunee nuclear plant from Wisconsin Public Service—and then the plant’s closure in 2013 with 20 years left on its operating license—slid to 74 points from 78 in 2015. But if investor-owned utilities (IOUs) were still on the downslope, it was municipal utilities, as a group, that took the hardest hit, falling to a score of 68—a 6.8 percent decline from a year ago, driven, ACSI said, by “a sharp decline” in satisfaction with the smaller municipals that dominate the category. Although their score slid to 76—from 80 in 2015— cooperative utilities overall led the pack in consumer satisfaction. ACSI noted that Touchstone Energy-afﬁliated co-ops held an additional one-point edge, scoring 77 compared with last year’s 80.

Probing for Answers Claes Fornell, ACSI founder and current chairman, sifted through possible explanations for diminished consumer satisfaction. “Utilities customers are sensitive to two things: price and disruption,” he said. “Disruption” should, if anything, be a minor factor. Energy utilities rate higher on providing reliable service than on any other aspect of their performance, ACSI numbers show, with an industry-wide score of 82 on reliability. Nevertheless, Fornell says his organization’s data “suggests that consumers have reduced conﬁdence in utilities’ ability to respond and recover from outages.” Fingers crossed: The next severe thunderstorm could throw all of this out the window, but one after another Wisconsin co-op annual meeting this spring included reports of reduced outage times, and ongoing deployment of advanced metering technology should help continue the trend. Call it worrisome or simply frustrating, one aspect of Fornell’s analysis suggests the affected businesses may be limited in what they can do to address consumer unrest in that a signiﬁcant reason for growing dissatisfaction lies largely outside the control of the utility sector. Fornell pointed to prolonged economic stagnation combined with expenditures that can’t be deferred, putting the squeeze on consumers. “Demand for energy is inelastic and nondiscretionary, meaning consumers have little choice but to pay regardless of price,” Fornell said. “While energy prices have been stable and have not increased dramatically, wages remain stagnant and monthly energy bills are a constant drain on disposable income.” A Co-op Difference

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start-up venture costs including, but not why cooperative utilities are viewed local commerce in small rural communilimited to, financing fixed assets such more favorably than others within an ties. When a member who is owed these as real estate, buildings, equipment, or environment of general discontent, one “capital credits” can’t be located, after working capital; business expansion and explanation might be the economic facthree years their funds become eligible technical assistance. tors Claes Fornell cited in his analysis for donation as scholarships or charitaIn an era of taxpayer exasperation of the ACSI findings. Those economic ble contributions. over federal loans to private busifactors might reasonably be stretched to Co-op members participating in a nesses that have disappeared without include overall quality of life, an area voluntary program called Operation a trace, the REDLG program has been in which the co-op community typically RoundUp (and other names locally) a decades-long success story. When takes an active interest. round their monthly bills up to the next the question of reauthorizing USDA The seventh of seven principles that even dollar amount, and every penny financing for federal loans to electric ideally guide the day-to-day operations goes to assist community services, civic cooperatives comes before Congress, of all co-op businesses is “Concern for endeavors, and individuals coping with co-op lobbyists are able to truthfully Community,” meaning the cooperatives personal calamities. remind lawmakers that repayments on seek to advance community developTo attempt listing every Wisconsin rural development loans are consistently ment for co-op and non-co-op members co-op’s community service would be a net-positive contributors to the federal alike. foolish undertaking because someone treasury. This happens through programs would surely be overlooked. But a quick approved by the membership—“demreview found one of the state’s smaller Community is the Key However ocratic member control” is cooperative electric cooperatives sponsoring 23 effective, federally-assisted economic principle number 2—so the programs community organizations and annual development isn’t the core concept of and services offered will vary from one events. concern for community. Smaller things co-op to another, but the one thing that’s This spring’s ACSI report makes it count too, and they happen every day. certain not to be found is an electric obvious that the entire energy utility inAs not-for-profit businesses, U.S. cooperative with no involvement in dustry has work to do, even as it suffers electric cooperatives return $600 million community service. along with its customers in a sluggish in revenues annually, directly to their For larger-scale activities, co-ops economy. But the ACSI numbers also members. Spread across the whole that are established borrowers in the suggest the nation’s electric cooperatives country, the amount is modest. But in U.S. Agriculture Department’s Rural have found at least a partial answer to the hands of co-op members it promotes Development program can leverage their our mutual woes. —Dave Hoopman deep involvement in local communities to bypass an often-criticized aspect of government assistance: the top-down, Change in Real Median Household Income: remote-control management style of 2005-2009 to 2010-2014 throwing money at a problem from a safe distance. Through the USDA’s Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program, participating co-ops can obtain funds on behalf of communities they already know and serve, providing low-interest loans to help spur economic expansion. Acting as an intermediary between the ultimate loan recipient and the USDA, the local co-op applies for funding support on behalf of specified local projects. There’s a compelling incentive Change by county for project participants to follow through Increase No change Decrease and deliver on their proposals: Loan approvals aren’t guaranteed and the USDA funds aren’t issued to the intermediary until the project is completed. The host of eligible activities includes business incubator projects; facility and equipment purchases for Over a recent five-year period, household income remained unchanged or declined in every Wisconsin county except education and training of rural residents; two. Co-ops serve counties with lower per-capita income, making their community involvement all the more important. AK

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machines; however, front-loading machines are generally more water and energy efﬁcient, helping offset any additional upfront costs. ENERGY STAR dryers use 20 percent less energy than standard dryers. Visit ENERGYSTAR.gov for more information about estimated water and energy use of all of their certiﬁed products.

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efﬁciency in the laundry room is to stop using hot water. Almost 90 percent of the energy consumed by your washing machine is used to heat water—but most loads of laundry can be just as easily cleaned with cold water. Using cooler water is also easier on your clothes. If you need to use hot or warm water on a particularly dirty load of laundry, a well-insulated water heater will help decrease the costs of using warmer water.

Do fewer loads! When possible, wash a full load of clothes. However, when you must do a smaller load of laundry, remember to adjust the water level settings on your machine. Help your dryer out: One of the best ways to reduce the amount of drying time is to get as much water out of the clothes as possible in the washing machine—use a higher spin setting to wring the extra water out of your laundry. When you are ready to dry, remember not to overﬁll the dryer so there is enough room for drying air to reach the clothes. Use your dryer’s features: If your dryer has a mois-

ture sensor, use it rather than guessing how long each load of laundry will need to dry. A dryer’s cool-down cycle uses the residual heat to ﬁnish drying your clothes, without using as much energy.

we do a lot of laundry—it never ends! What are some ways we can reduce our energy use in the laundry room?—Frank

Dear Frank: The average American family

washes about 300 loads of laundry per year. All that laundry uses a lot of energy! However, there are some easy ways to reduce your energy use in the laundry room.

Consider purchasing more efficient appliances:

One of the biggest changes you can make is to purchase a new ENERGY STAR-certiﬁed washer and dryer. Washers with this certiﬁcation use about 40 percent less water and 25 percent less energy than standard washers. ENERGY STAR washers can be top-loading or front-loading

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Dear Pat: We have two kids, which means

Dry like with like: Heavy fabrics, like towels and blankets, should be dried separately from lighter fabrics, like T-shirts. When using a dryer’s moisture sensor, the dryer will keep running until the wettest (and probably heaviest) item is dry. Rather than one towel extending the drying time for each of your loads of laundry, dry the towels together.

Without regular cleaning, a dryer duct can become clogged with lint, making your dryer less efficient and putting you at risk of a fire.

Live lint free: Clean the lint trap on your dryer regularly to help air circulation. Periodically use a vacuum nozzle to clean the area under or behind the lint filter, where lint can also get caught. If you use dryer sheets, scrub the filter clean about once a month—dryer sheets can leave a film on the filter that reduces air flow. July 2016

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Going “old-fashioned” and air drying your clothes will definitely reduce your energy use! You can also tumble dry clothes until damp, then line dry them until fully dry—taking this step can prevent the “crunchy” feeling that line dried clothes can sometimes have. There are many ways you can wash the energy waste out of your laundry routine. Try a few of these simple tips, and “load up” on the savings! This column was co-written by Pat Keegan and Amy Wheeless of Collaborative Efficiency. For more information on how to make your laundry room efficient, please visit: www.collaborativeefficiency.com/ energytips.

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room extends from the back of the dryer, down the dryer duct and all the way to the end of your dryer vent. Inspect your outside dryer vent regularly to make sure it is not blocked, and periodically work with a professional to clean your dryer ducts. Making sure the duct and vent are clear not only helps your dryer work more efficiently, but can also prevent a fire—more than 15,000 fires per year are sparked by clogged dryer ducts and vents. If possible, move the dryer closer to an exterior wall to shorten the length of the dryer duct and make sure the duct is as straight as possible—this helps reduce the opportunities for clogging and increases efficiency.

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Remember safety: Your laundry

1. Front-loading washers clean clothes well and spin fast, helping your dryer work more efficiently. 2. Your solar-powered dryer: a clothesline! 3. Take it easy—wait to do laundry until you have a full load.

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Wave the Flag Cupcakes 1 package yellow cake mix 1/3 cup applesauce 3 egg whites 1-1/4 cups water 3 cups fresh blueberries, divided 8 oz package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 roll red-colored rolled fruit snack

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, beat cake mix with applesauce, egg whites, and 1-1/4 cups water for 30 seconds on low speed; then 2 minutes on medium speed. Spoon batter into 24 aluminum- or paper-lined mufﬁn cups. Evenly divide 1 cup of blueberries onto tops of batter, do not stir. Bake cupcakes following package directions. Remove to a wire rack and cool completely. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Spoon mixture onto cooled cupcakes. Unroll fruit snack and with a sharp knife, cut into strips 1/8-inch wide by 2-inches long. On half of each cupcake, arrange strips, trimming each to ﬁt. Arrange remaining 2 cups blueberries on the frosting on other halves of the cupcakes, about 10 blueberries per cupcake.

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Gluten-Free Blueberry Banana Loaf 1/2 cup blueberries 4 bananas, sliced (ripe bananas are best) 4 eggs 1/2 cup almond butter 1/4 cup agave syrup 3 Tbsp coconut oil, melted 1 tsp lemon rind 3 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup coconut flour 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with coconut oil. Rinse and thoroughly dry blueberries; set aside 1/4 cup large berries. In a blender combine bananas, eggs, almond butter, agave syrup, coconut oil, lemon rind, lemon juice, and vanilla; mix well. In a medium-size bowl, stir together the coconut flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Add banana mixture and stir just until dry ingredients are incorporated. Fold in all except reserved blueberries. Transfer batter to prepared pan; this will not rise as much as a regular loaf so don’t worry about filling it too high. Arrange reserved blueberries on top and press gently into batter. Bake 55–60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cover loosely with a sheet of aluminum foil after 40 minutes to prevent over-browning. Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack. Cool 10 minutes before slicing.

Blueberry Watercress Salad 4 Tbsp olive oil 2 Tbsp orange juice 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar 2 tsp grainy mustard 2 tsp honey 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion 1/4 tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper 2 bunches watercress, trimmed 1-1/2 cups blueberries 1 green apple, cored and sliced 1/2 cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans

3 cups coarsely chopped Romaine lettuce 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese In a small bowl, combine oil, orange juice, vinegar, mustard, honey, onion, salt, and pepper. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine watercress, blueberries, apple, and pecans. Arrange romaine lettuce on a large serving platter. Just before serving, drizzle vinaigrette over watercress mixture; toss to combine. Arrange watercress mixture on top of romaine lettuce. Sprinkle with blue cheese; serve immediately.

Blueberry-Almond Butter Smoothies 1 banana, peeled 1 cup frozen blueberries 1/2 cup almond butter 1/2 cup plain yogurt 3/4 cup almond milk 3 dates, pitted and quartered

1 cup ice, or as needed Combine all ingredients in a blender; purée on high speed until smooth. Add a few ice cubes and blend until it reaches your desired consistency.

Blueberry Sparklers 1 cup large fresh blueberries 1 cup white chocolate chips 1 tsp vegetable oil 2 Tbsp multi-color candy sprinkles 10 bamboo skewers

On each of the 10 bamboo skewers (8-inches long), spear 8 blueberries. In a perfectly dry microwavable cup, stir chocolate chips and oil. Microwave on medium power for 30 seconds; stir. Microwave 20–30 seconds longer; stir until the chocolate is smooth. Transfer melted chocolate to a resealable plastic bag. Snip a very small corner off the bottom of the bag. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the skewered blueberries and immediately roll lightly in sprinkles.

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Sour Cream Raisin Pie

1 yellow cake mix 15 oz can crushed pineapple 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 3 bananas 1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding 1 container Cool Whip 2 cups milk

2–3 bunches cauliﬂower and broccoli cut into bite-size pieces 4 slices of bacon, fried and crumbled 1/2 red onion, diced 1/2 cup golden raisins 1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp vinegar

1 cup raisins 1 cup sour cream 1 cup sugar 1 raw pie crust (top and bottom)

Combine mayonnaise, sugar, and vinegar. Mix well. Pour over vegetables, bacon, and raisins. Refrigerate for 2–3 hours or overnight before serving.

Hummingbird Cake

Diane Scherbarth, Oak Creek

Prepare cake according to the directions on the box. Boil together sugars and the canned pineapple for a couple of minutes. Spread onto the top of the cake while it’s still hot and refrigerate. Beat 2 cups of milk and instant pudding mix until thick. Cut and place bananas on top of cake. Pour pudding mixture on top of the bananas. Top with Cool Whip.

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Miracle Whip Cake Marlene Young, Colfax

2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1-1/2 tsp baking soda 4 Tbsp cocoa 1 cup cold water 1 cup Miracle Whip salad dressing 1 tsp vanilla 3/4 cup chopped dates 1/2 cup chopped nuts Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda and cocoa. Add Miracle Whip, water, and vanilla, mix well. Add chopped dates and nuts, mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 9x13-inch pan. Bake for 30–35 minutes at 350 degrees.

Eskimo Cookies

Mary Bloomquist, Hayward

1-1/2 sticks of butter, melted 3/4 cup sugar 1 Tbsp water 1/2 tsp vanilla 3 Tbsp cocoa 2 cups oatmeal Powdered sugar Mix all ingredients (except powdered sugar) well and refrigerate overnight. Roll into balls, and then roll into the powdered sugar. Keep in refrigerator.

Grilled Brussels Sprouts Teri Scott, Pardeeville

1 lb Brussels sprouts, as uniform in size as possible 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp minced garlic 1 tsp dry mustard 1 tsp smoked paprika 1 tsp kosher salt 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper Heat grill to medium temperature. Cut off the stem end of the Brussels sprouts and remove any yellowing outer leaves. Place the Brussels sprouts into a large, microwave safe mixing bowl and heat in the microwave on high for 3 minutes. Add the olive oil, garlic, mustard, paprika, and salt; toss to combine. Allow the sprouts to cool until you can handle them. Skewer 4–5 Brussels sprouts onto each metal skewer with the stem ends facing in the same direction, leaving at least 1/2-inch between sprouts. Place the skewers onto the grill with stem end closest to the ﬂame. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Turn the skewers over and continue to cook for another 5 minutes. Serve as is or for additional ﬂavor, remove sprouts from the skewers, return them to the original mixing bowl and toss with any of the remaining oil and garlic mixture before serving.

Bessie Batten, Camp Douglas

Mix all ingredients together, pour into bottom pie crust, and cover with top pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Margaret Disrud, Dodgeville

3 cups ﬂour 2 cups sugar 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 3 eggs 1-1/2 cups vegetable oil 1-1/2 tsp vanilla 1 cup chopped pecans 8 oz can crushed pineapple, undrained 2 cups chopped banana Mix all ingredients together, do not beat. Bake in a lightly greased and ﬂoured 9x13-inch pan at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until done.

Frosting:

8 oz pkg of cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup margarine 16 oz box powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla Blend all frosting ingredients and spread on cooled cake.

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The population of Neillsville—a village of just under 2,400 people on an average day—will swell considerably in mid-July as up to 20,000 people are expected to visit The Highground Veterans Memorial Park during a weeklong celebration dedicating the park’s new Persian Gulf Tribute. These seven days will be anything but average. Set for July 19–25, Operation Persian Gulf Welcome Home will honor all military personnel who served in the Persian Gulf region as well as all families and friends who support these veterans. Described as a week of healing, recognition, and 24

remembrance, the event will be filled with military reunions and special activities and programs, culminating in the Persian Gulf Tribute Dedication Day on July 23. That’s when The Bootprint, the newest of the park’s permanent outdoor tributes honoring the sacrifices made during our nation’s military conflicts, will be dedicated. Among the organizations supporting this event is Clark Electric Cooperative, which serves power to the park. Through its Adler-Clark Electric Community Commitment Foundation, established in 2004 to support programs and events that enrich

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the lives of people living in Clark County and surrounding communities, the coop is one of the event’s 5-star sponsors. “Clark Electric has been a supporter of The Highground for many, many years,” said Tim Stewart, CEO of Clark Electric Cooperative. “We’re very pleased and proud to contribute to The Highground, which means so much not just to our own community, but also to the many people who visit from throughout the state and beyond.” Set amidst 140 acres of woodland and glacial moraine criss-crossed with four miles of peaceful walking trails, The Highground Veterans Memorial Park is a place of healing and education. In addition to The Bootprint, the park has tributes to veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, plus women and Native American Vietnam veterans. The Gold Star Tribute and Fountain of Tears honor the families that have supported and lost loved ones. There’s also a Dove Efﬁgy Mound, a United in Service Tribute, a Meditation Garden, and a Learning Center that hosts monthly exhibits and military reunion/education nights. The Highground is also host to a variety of special events throughout the

year, including this month’s Operation Persian Gulf Welcome Home. “We expect this to be our largest event in number of days and ceremonies and also in information out there for the whole week,” said Theresa Hebert, Highground event coordinator. Preceding the official event on July 18 will be a 245-mile escort of the “Wall of Remembrance,” a nationwide traveling memorial wall honoring all who have lost their lives and served in the Global War on Terrorism and all citizens and emergency personnel who died during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The escort, which is open to anyone, will begin at Harley Davidson in Madison and stop in Green Lake, Tomah, Mauston, and Black River Falls on its way to Neillsville. The Wall of Remembrance will be on display for the entire week. Operation Persian Gulf Welcome Home will officially open with a Welcome Home Ceremony on July 19, followed by a week of speeches by veterans of the Persian Gulf conflicts, different color-guard units, and special music, including bagpipe music at sunset each evening. Throughout the week, guests can explore The Bootprint. This unique

memorial resembles the impression of a bootprint in the sand of the desert-like conditions of the Middle East conflicts. According to Highground literature, the impression of the bootprint symbolically recalls the impression the men and women who served in the Persian Gulf have made in the world. The shape is also a metaphor for marching forward in the Global War on Terrorism. The perennial flowerbeds planted in the deepest impressions left by the boot symbolize “the seeds of hope, the seeds of new life, the seeds of healing.” The perimeter of The Bootprint is covered with 12x12-inch granite tile honor stones that have been purchased in remembrance and recognition of personnel who served in the Middle East. These honor stones will be recognized in two ceremonies on July 23. Other features that help form the bootprint shape include 16 concrete Jersey and Texas barriers similar to the Jersey barricades used overseas as well as 18 reflection benches. Barriers and benches have also been purchased in honor or memory of men and women who served in the Persian Gulf. Placed down the center of The Bootprint are four granite star bases with a

1. Volunteers place an honor stone at the Persian Gulf Tribue. 2. The Wall of Remembrance, a national traveling exhibit, will be on display for the entire dedication week. 3. Statues at the Persian Gulf Tribute (here and on the facing page) depict various scenes that can be interpreted in different ways. (Photos courtesy of The Highground Veterans Memorial Park)

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Members of the Army National Guard visit The Bootprint, shown at right as seen from a nighttime sky view, during construction.

statue placed on each one. In the heel of the boot is a star with a battlefield cross statue. Another star holds a figure of a soldier in full combat mode. The other statues are purposefully vague in their design, leaving guests to interpret their meaning. “We don’t put a lot of hard details on what they’re supposed to be. Some of this is up to the people who are looking at them,” Hebert explained. “For example, one statue is of a young gentleman in civilian clothes staring off thoughtfully, so you don’t know if he’s thinking of serving or maybe is just coming back. Another is of a family that maybe has a loved one overseas.”

Official dedication of the tribute will be held at 5:30 p.m. July 23. The following day will be Family Day, with bounce houses, games, a picnic, music, and an outdoor movie. The event will close with a Candlelight Memorial on July 25. In keeping with The Highground’s mission to educate, a key part of the entire Persian Gulf Welcome Home program is recognition that many veterans need help as they return to civilian life. Hebert said a counselor from the veteran’s center will be on the grounds each day, and The Highground’s plaza will be filled with information on employment, education, health care, housing assistance, and post traumatic distress

syndrome awareness. Everything at The Highground— the tributes, services, programs, and events—is made possible by volunteers and contributors. It’s a true cooperative effort, resulting in a place to “remember our fallen, honor our veterans and families, and provide the assistance and information to heal and move forward.”—Mary Erickson The Highground Veterans Memorial Park is located at W7031 Ridge Road, Neillsville 54456. It’s open daily, year-round. For more information about Operation Persian Gulf Welcome Home or other park events, visit thehighground.org or call 715-743-4224.

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1. Emmett helps on the farm by bottlefeeding Chip. Emmett is the son of Chad and Danika Sedelbauer, members of Jackson Electric.

2. Emmit the Labradoodle and 5-yearold Kiley exchange roles of musher and sled dog. Photo submitted by Kiley’s grandparents, Robert and Kim McCarty, members of Adams–Columbia Electric. 3. Julia can hardly contain her excitement over a newly hatched chick. Julia’s dad, Mike Tennessen, a member of Scenic Rivers Energy, sent the photo. 4. Madelyn and Lacota determine whose grass is greener. Photo submitted by grandparents John and Jeanne Easterson, members of Eau Claire Energy.

Send photos of kids with animals, along with a brief description, to WECN Magazine, 1 S. Pinckney Street, Suite 810, Madison, WI 53703. Please include the name of your electric co-op. Photos will be returned. If in good-resolution, electronic format, photos may also be submitted via email to tina.walden@cooperativenetwork. coop. By submitting, sender implies that he/she has rights to and owns the image, and grants WECN permission to use the image. By submitting, the parent or legal guardian also authorizes us the right to publish the image.

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WISCONSIN EVENTS 2 Walking Tour—Portage. Historic Downtown, 10 a.m. 608-742-6242.

8, 9 Brat Stand Fundraiser—Lake Delton. Walmart, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. 608-253-5600.

2 Independence Day Celebration—New Miner. 715-886-4754.

9 Ranger Rally—La Crosse. Colgan Air Hangar, 4–10 p.m. Rally button $4 in advance and $5 at the door.

19–25 Operation Persian Gulf Welcome Home— Neillsville. The Highground Veterans Memorial Park.

9 WaDuShuda Days Pie Auction—New Lisbon. Riverside Park.

20 Ice Cream Social—Menomonie. St. Katherine’s Lutheran Church, 4–7 p.m.

9 Triathlon—Pardeeville. Chandler Park, 6:45 a.m. transition opens with race beginning at 8 a.m.

20–23 Int’l Edsel Club Rally Convention— Portage. Best Western. 414-640-4810.

2 Road Trip Band—Pardeeville. Chandler Park, 7:30–11:30 p.m. 2 Concert in the Park & Fireworks—Portage. Pauquette Park, 7:30 p.m. 608-742-6242. 2 Raising the Roof—Mauston. Veteran’s Memorial Park, 8 a.m.–10 p.m. 608-847-7939. 2 Craft, Vendor & Used Book Sale—Augusta. Senior & Community Center, 9 a.m.– 2 p.m. 715-286-2953. 3 Independence Day Celebration—Bagley. Parade, 10:30 a.m. and numerous events throughout the day. 3 4th of July Fireworks Display—Iola. Taylor Field, dusk. 3, 4 4th of July Festival—Rock Falls. Offutt Park, bean bag/kickball, parade, more. 715-456-5587. 3, 4 July 4th Celebration—Pittsville. Various locations throughout town. 4 Scholarship Breakfast—Pardeeville. Village Parking Lot, 7–10 a.m. 4 July 4th Celebration—Columbus. Downtown, parade at 12 p.m. 4 July 4th Celebration—Pardeeville. Downtown, parade at 12 p.m.; ﬁreworks at dusk in Chandler Park.

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9 Brat/Burger Fry—Friendship. A-F County Market, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 9 Black Hawk Folk Music Festival—Mt. Morris. Town Park, 10:30 a.m.–7 p.m. 9 Pig Roast—Stone Lake. Red Schoolhouse Wines, 5–8 p.m. 715-634-3000. 10 Ice Cream Social & Antique Tractor Show— Gillett. Museum, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. 920-846-4717. 15 Beer Walk—Portage. Numerous downtown locations, 6–9 p.m. 15 Relay For Life—Portage. High School, 6 p.m. 608-697-5532. 15, 16 Used Book Sale—Necedah. Public Library, Fri. 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 16 Flea Market—Portage. Veteran’s Memorial Field, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. 608-742-2178. 16 Scottish Fest—Montello. Downtown, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 920-428-2137.

4 July 4th Celebration—Jump River. Village Park, parade 11 a.m.; tractor pull 12 p.m.; ﬁreworks 10 p.m. 715-668-5220.

16 Worship at the Lakeshore—Lake Holcombe. Wayside Park, 4:30 p.m. Potluck picnic. 715-382-4191.

6, 13, 20, 27 Concerts—Portage. VFW, 6:30 p.m.

16 Antique & Tractor Expo—Phillips. Price Co. Fairgrounds, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 715-339-3652.

7, 14, 21, 28 Farmer’s Market—Black River Falls. Diploma Dr., 2–6 p.m.

16 Car & Truck Show—Oxford. Village Park, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. 608-408-8216.

7–9 Iola Car Show—Iola. Car Show Grounds, 6 a.m.–4 p.m. daily.

16 Fun Days—Oakdale. Fire station, Sat. 8 a.m.–11 p.m. 608-374-4453.

7–10 Lodi Agriculture Fair—Lodi. 7–10 Marquette Co. Fair—Westﬁeld. Fairgrounds.

16–31 Scottish Diaspora Tapestry Exhibit— Montello. Vaughn Hall, Mon–Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun. 12–4 p.m. 608-369-1073.

7, 14, 21, 28 Thursday Night Concert—Iola. Main Street, 6–8 p.m.

17 Otter Lake Benefit—Stanley. Otter Lake Day Use Area, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

17 Hymn Sing and Barbershop Quartet—New Hope. Church, 2 p.m. 715-824-2509.

22, 23 Party on the Pond!—Wild Rose. Roberts Park. Food, fun, ﬁreworks! 22, 23 Rummage Sale—Onalaska. St. Patrick’s Church, Fri. 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m.; Sat. 7:30 a.m.–3 p.m. 23 Spiritual Health & Wellness Fair—Augusta. S7280 State Road 27, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. 23 Truck and Tractor Pull—Granton. Behind the ﬁrestation, 7 p.m. 24 Garden Tour—New Lisbon. Library, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $10 per person, tickets may be purchased at the library. 24–31 Hometown Festival—Platteville. Various locations throughout town. 26 Summer Speaker Series—Portage. Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago, 6 p.m. 608-742-6362. 27–31 Columbia Co. Fair—Portage. Fairgrounds. 30 North Coast Car Show—Washburn, North Coast Coffee Shop, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. 715-682-2489. 31 Sno-Blazer’s Pancake Breakfast—Rio. Silver Springs Campgrounds, 8–11 a.m.

Send us your August events by July 8. Wisconsin Events is a public service for our readers. Submissions should be received by the first of the month prior to the month in which the event will occur. Due to space limits, we may need to eliminate details, so be sure to include a phone number (with area code) where callers may obtain more info. If we receive more listings than space allows us to print, we reserve the right to select those we believe will be of interest to the greatest number of readers. Send listings to: Events, WECN, 1 S. Pinckney St., Suite 810, Madison, WI 53703 or to

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