Village Voice-February 2021
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FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE FREE What’s Rockin’ in Rocketville! By Mike Endreas District Admin./School District of Spencer he LuCille Tack Center truly ap- T preciates the many kind individu- anuary 15 marked the end of our first als, businesses and organizations that J semester and I am very pleased with support programs that bring creativity the work our staff and students have and entertainment to our area. One of done to make it a successful one. We Lion’s Floatthose we’re especially grateful for is have managed our way through a lim- Spencer’s Village Voice with its sweet- ited number of positive cases and quar- heart of an editor, Steve Pilz. Being al- antines to this point. We understood going in with our lowed a monthly forum to share infor- cohort groups in the MS/HS along with the virtual mation and ideas is truly a gift and, we Wednesdays that we were limiting educational oppor- hope, a benefit to the readers! THANK YOU, Village tunities for our kids but have found in the long run Voice! have created more opportunities in comparison to oth- er schools in the area due to the fact of the low number So what’s the latest from the Tack? Unfortunately, of students having to quarantine. If interested we keep there’s nothing to get real excited about, at least in a Covid 19 dashboard on our school website. terms of events coming to the stage. At its December meeting, the Tack Board of Directors made the deci- District wide we 1st Choice Recycling Lindsey H. leads R+R sion to postpone all events through the month of continue to be excit- March. Between anticipated COVID-19 levels and per- ed about the building former travel issues in February and March, the pro- project. The Dome is verbial plug was pulled and tickets taken offline. definitely the buzz in the area and it was However, a lack of events doesn’t mean a lack of exciting to see it in- forward momentum. Indeed, the Tack’s latest project flated and now how Not a replica this time but the real dome is the writing of a grant that would enable the Tack to it is progressing just outside the right field foul pole. help host a National Endowment for the Arts BIG since then. I was READ right in our own backyard. Perhaps you’ve pleased that all of our students were able to go in and heard of BIG READs taking place in other areas. This tour the dome prior to too much going on. I am sure it nation-wide program seeks to help broaden under- will be a memory they will have for years to come. If standing“Band of Shell our” communities and ourselves through you are interested in seeing pictures of how the project the joy of reading a good book, sharing inspirational is progressing we do also have a section on our conversation and discovering the world around us. webpage. Overall the project is on track for an open Yep! ALL of us reading the same book and talking date of September 1 for next school year. We are cur- about it! It’s kind of a GIANT book club with a variety rently accepting bids for the project with a projected of happenings designed to pull together a wealth of bid approval date of Feb. 3. I am excited about the en- ideas and connections. ergy and excitement this is creating for our community and coupled with the work the Village has done in In order to participate in this program, which is lim- providing housing options for new homes, Spencer is ited to 75 communities across the country, the on an upward trajectory. See TACK on page 6 See ROCKIN’ on page 4 FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE Quality High Speed Wireless Central Wisconsin 205 W. 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Box 20 Spencer, WI 54479 www.cbsloyal.com Phone: 715-659-5159 Member FDIC Toll Free: : 800-599-8399 Phone: 715-368-1144 Page 2 Village Voice illage Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer Paul installed in December, followed by the pouring of curb V Hensch sent me a pair of up-dates for this and gutter by the first week of May. Asphalt paving and month’s newsletter. The first is the new sub-division final site restoration are to be completed after that. where the Graupner farm was when I was a kid. Earth Inc. took advantage of some great fall/winter weather Housing construction will begin late this Spring and to put a big dent in a huge project. I took the picture lots are currently for sale through the Village. Single the other day and while it my not look like a lot in family lots run from $12,000 to $15,000 and multi-family black and white, the people seeing this on a computer lots run from $12,000 to $27,000. The Village is also cur- will notice that those residents will enjoy a serene sun- rently negotiating with some larger developers to build set. larger scale multi-family apartments in the subdivision. The other story is an up-date as well from a piece I shared with you last month. I was there the other day If anyone has questions or is interested in purchasing to take some photos and they were flooding the rink a lot, please contact Paul Hensch at 715-659-5423. right then. Some near zero temps the past two nights n December a resident ap- can’t hurt. I also met the anonymous resident, as Paul proached the Village Board stated, (proving once and for all that he does exist, yes, I in asking permission for him it’s a man...whoops) so there goes any conspiracy theo- building a small ice rink in Li- ry. Real nice anonymous resident. We shared an icy ons Park. The Board thought story or two while he pounded some restraints into the that it was a great idea. frozen ground up against the wooden rink walls as Ron He started fundraising, and there was a huge out- Draeger showed up to lend a hand. Doesn’t he always? pouring from the community in both interest and finan- Thanks Paul! cial support. Because of all of the community support, the ice rink will be his Fall, Earth Incorporated made tremendous bigger than originally T strides in the completion of the new Village sub- planned. division. With the mild weather, they were able to work The resident, who until December 18th. At this time all water, sanitary wishes to remain sewer and storm sewer pipes and structures are in the anonymous, has been ground. The North and South retaining ponds have working with volun- been constructed. Base aggregate has been installed for teers to build a 60’x110’ rink south The new ice rink being filled looking west of the tennis courts. and north behind the Catholic church. Donors include Land O’ Lakes, the Spencer Woman’s Club, Spencer Kids Group, Central Wisconsin Power Washing, Wayne Frome, Kasandra and Jon Justman, a donation in memory of Robert Endreas, Anderson Electric, Daniel and Nancy Hill, and Todd and Kristen Rueth. The Village is also ...and this one looking south and east to- working with Excel ward Land O’ Lakes. Happy skating! Energy to set up the streets, and site grading is 90% complete. lights around the Earth Inc. plans to come back as early as possible next rink so it can be used at night as well. Through every- Spring to finish the work. They will begin with making one’s hard work, we expect ice skating to start the week any final preparations to the base aggregate that was of the 25th. 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