November 2017

The annual Green County Land and Water Conservation Poster Contest is underway. There are five categories of students: ages K-1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. The contest is open to public, private, and home school students.
The contest rules are as follows:
Any media may be used – paint, crayon, colored pencil charcoal, stickers, paper or other materials on regular posters.
Poster size must be 14” x 22”.
Poster should be packaged so they remain flat when sent for judging.
All posters must be created by an individual student rather than a team of students.

Many consumers open their hearts and wallets during the holiday season, donating generously to charities. Unfortunately, the season of goodwill opens the market to scammers who use high-pressure pitches to gather funds through fake charities. Two state agencies ask consumers to do their research on charities before making a contribution this holiday season and to be leery of pushy phone- and internet-based requests for payments. 

The New Glarus girls basketball team played at Darlington on Friday, November 17th. Coach Kim Burton commented, “Despite losing 69-81, the Lady Knights showed a lot of heart and perseverance throughout the game. Darlington came out and played an aggressive 1-3-1 defense, and a very uptempo game and shot an outstanding percentage.”
The Lady Knights were down 30-51 at halftime, but clawed their way back within nine points with four minutes left in the game.

The Monroe Avalanche Co-op hockey team, which is comprised of seven school districts from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin and includes two players from New Glarus, played their first game of the season on November 18th, at Sparta. The Avalanche lost, 2-4.
The Avalanche was first on the scoreboard on an EV by Colton O’Connor assisted by Jared Cline. Sparta scored three goals in the second period before Travis Edmunds, assisted by Colton O’Connor scored on an EV in the third. Sparta then scored their fourth goal shortly afterwards.
Goalie Heath Bear had 21 saves.