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I’ve covered quite a few stories in my two and a half years with Second Supper, but few of them were more fun than the one we did this weekend.This one had everything — historical intrigue, bushwhacking, scenic beauty, nice weather — and I didn’t have to do any of it. Our cover story was a real team effort this week and, not coincidently, I think it’s one of the coolest things we’ve ever published. Although a number of historic documents were consulted in our geographic treasure hunt, this story was actually broken by our publisher, Mike Keith, whose work on this newspaper is rarely credited. An avid eBayer, Mike was the first one to get a look at the cave — in the form of a nearly 100-year-old postcard someone had put up for bid. The black and white image showed picnickers posing in front of the gaping “Oehler’s Cave, La Crosse, Wis.,” but Mike was unfamiliar with such a landform — which would be a pattern. He went off to the historical society to investigate, and nobody had heard of it there either. Still, he dug and dug into the historic record, and like some kind of modern day Indiana Jones figured out the location of Oehler’s Cave. Then he handed the story off to us. On Sunday afternoon, Emily Faeth, El Jefe, and I embarked with the sun burning hot in the sky. Emily will weave the rest of that tale beginning on page 7, and she does a wonderful job of it, especially on deadline. You may have already been taken in by El Jefe’s powerful cover photo, and as an editor, few things make me more proud than to see my staff working at its peak. In other words, I got to take it easy that afternoon, splash in the water and gaze into perhaps the most stunning landform in La Crosse County. What happens next — well, that’s out of our hands. Personally, I’d like to Oehler’s Cave held in some kind of public capacity, and it would be great if this issue could help advance that discussion. But if not — hey, it’s still a cool story, right?

WHAT: Coulee Kennel Dog Show and the Coulee Cat Club "Litter-ary Cat" Show WHERE: La Crosse Center and the Onalaska OmniCenter WHEN: This Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the dog show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the cat show FEE: Dog show is $5 for adults, $3 for children, $15 for a family pass. The cat show is free to the public.

— Adam Bissen

Table of Contents This page ................................................3 Foliated Cross ......................................4 Trappist Tripel .......................................5 Tinfoil+Raccoon .................................. 6 Oehler's Cave ,,,,,,,............................... 7 More cave ............................................. 8 A fair like no other ...............................9 Big Man Japan ........................................10 Crossword .......................................... 11 Community Service .......................... 12-13 Rock Out! ........................................... 14 ..........

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Whether you're a cat person or a dog person, it won't matter this weekend as La Crosse and Onalaska will be hosting the Coulee Kennel Dog Show and the Coulee Cat Club "Litter-ary Cat" Show, respectively. The Coulee Kennel Dog Show will have K9s from all over the Midwest competing for Best In Show through an obedience trial and a rally trial, in which the dogs will be judged over a variety of tricks. In Onalaska, we have the Coulee Cat Club presentation of the "Litter-ary Cat" show, which is asking people to donate books for a children's hospital. Events will feature a costume-party style judging, and a litter box decorating contest on Saturday. If you love animals, then be sure to check out these two events this weekend. It's sure to be a purrrrfect day! — Ben Clark

Season highlights from our softball team 1. Mitch's walk-off grand slam 2. Ansel's mom coming to our games 3. Treating Ron Kind's team like the Blue Dogs they are 4. Turning more double plays than any other team (unverified) 5. Beating the jailers 6. That one game where we had a bunch of rowdy fans 7. Never caring that we went 3-10 Things you find in a cave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Barney Rubble Overenthusiastic tour guides Osama Bin Laden (unverified) Translucent worms Chester Copperpot Guano A good time

Things to do in a bar when you can't smoke cigarettes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Bitch about not smoking cigarettes Re-wear clothing Eat more pretzels Smell more B.O. Chew Breathe fresh air Quit smoking

Social Networking NAME AND AGE: Alicia, 25 BIRTHPLACE: Waukesha, WI CURRENT JOB: I'm in the insurance field. DREAM JOB: Travel show host LAST THING YOU GOOGLED: Kickapoo Country Fair IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD IT BE? A nice place in the woods, with some type of water source and room for a garden WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE? LIVE!

TELL US A JOKE An elephant walks up to a naked guy and says, "How do you breathe out of that thing?" IF A GENIE GRANTED YOU THREE WISHES, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK FOR? A long vacation... I want to spend an entire summer backpacking around Europe. FIRST CONCERT YOU WENT TO: 311 WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? Wine and watermelon

WHAT IS YOUR BEVERAGE OF CHOICE? Wine

WHAT'S IN YOUR POCKETS RIGHT NOW? iPod

CELEBRITY CRUSH: Owen Wilson

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF SECOND SUPPER? Well, it used to be the section on roadies and such, but I haven’t seen that as of late. What's up with that? (Editor's note: Sorry. See p. 14. )

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING? The Tao of Willie (Nelson) TELL US YOUR GUILTIEST PLEASURE: Tomato and cheese omelets

HOW DO YOU KNOW HOLLY? I'm convinced we met in another life, on another planet...

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Freshening up

BEER

Business Peaberry's peters out

Trappist Tripel Brouwerij Westmalle Westmalle, Belgium

Review

While it’s always sad when a local beer-selling establishment closes its doors, you just gotta love those Going Out of Business sales. To the right of this review you can read an account of the closing of Peaberry’s, an eclectic coffee shop that also has one of the best beer selections in La Crosse. I suppose that sentence should read “had,” because their remaining stock was 50 percent off this week … and I already bought it all! Just kidding, but I did purchase a lot of discount brews — West Coast beers I rarely find, German beers I’d never seen, Canadian ales I want to cellar — yet the style I stocked up on most were Trappist ales. Brewed by monks in exactly seven Trappist monasteries across Europe — mostly in Belgium — these recipes are centuries old, and their complexity and kick have made them a Holy Grail for beer snobs. This Westmalle Trappist Tripel is often listed among the finest ales on the planet, and while I don’t often have the finances to make my own comprehensive rankings, this bottle sure tastes like heaven to me. Poured into a glass, this tripel screams “winner!” at first sight. A golden-straw brew bubbles beneath a rocky white head, its body cloudy and unfiltered, swirling with particles of yummy goodness. And the aroma — ohmygosh! I’ve rarely encountered a smell so com-

plex, where apricots swirl with cloves, pepper, Appearance 10 cotton candy, grapefruit, yeast, caramel, white Aroma: 10 chocolate, and booze. The taste also evokes Taste: 8 myriad flavors, but it hits with a surprising bite up Mouthfeel: 9 front. The flavor begins lemony at the tip of the Drinkability: 8 tongue and warms as it goes down, alternately introducing sweet and Total: 45 roasted malts. Befitting its monastic roots, the flavor is ultimately earthy, like wet hay or dry nutmeg, but some smart hopping leads to easy drinkability. This is a high-alcohol beer so there’s a bit of bubblegum-y sweetness, but it still goes down much slicker than it really ought to. I’ve often written about brewermasters being inspired, but the monks behind Brouwerij Westmalle were clearly working for a higher purpose here. It’s too bad Peaberry’s had to go down for me to get so many of these Trappist ales, but I will be holding on to them for as long as humanly possible.

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berry’s since January 2007. “From ‘How is this possible?’ to ‘I thought you were doing OK,’ to ‘Where am I going to get my coffee/beer/wine/ food?’” Peaberry’s opened in September 2006 as one of the first tenants of Three Rivers Plaza, a mixed-use development adjacent to Festival Foods. The second phase of that project is currently being developed, but its owners would not comment on rumors of future tenants. That news was of little comfort to Amanda Harke, a UW-La Crosse student who gasped when a barista told her that Peaberry’s would be closing. “I just liked the environment,” said Harke, who said she came to Peaberry’s two to three times per week to study. “They have really good coffee here, really good food. I can stay here for hours and be just fine.” She wasn't sure where she would study next.

— Adam Bissen

"Fair" trade Last weekend, I went to the Kickapoo Country Fair, and early Sunday morning, the first place I went was the Kickapoo Coffee tent where I received a most satisfactory mug of an Ethiopian Sidamo, which was organic like pretty much everything else at the fair. A snapshot of this coffee: medium body, refreshing brightness, citrus notes, beautiful sweetness, floral aroma, and a clean finish. Amazingly, these fellas were running a mighty fine coffee bar out of a tent. Never before have I seen such good coffee come out of such a rustic situation. I caught up with one of the roasters and co-owners, Caleb Nickoles, and asked him how much of a circus it is to pull off such an event. He described the first year as a little…hectic, but they’ve gotten the hang of it over the years. Thorough documentation of each year’s sales have helped them reach a comfortable level of organization, and there's a key to making a coffee house rise up out of a tent: “It’s all about staying two steps ahead of yourself,” said Nickoles, and one way they accomplish that is by making huge batches of iced drinks — coffee, tea, mocha and a specialty, iced maple lattes — ahead of time. The iced maple latte was a gem of a drink — I usually don’t go for anything

photos by Ashly Conrad Every coffee shop has its own appeal, and Peaberry’s was the place to go for good food and quiet conversation. But after the Copeland Avenue business closes its doors Friday evening, regulars must fan out and find a new place to get their fix. “I’m a big fan of coffee shops and reading and writing,” said Matt, who didn’t want to give his last name but was reading a Ken Kesey novel outside the restaurant Tuesday afternoon. “This is a nicer place. It’s a little bit quieter, and a little bit off the beaten path.” Perhaps it was too quiet for the owners of Peaberry's, a group of local investors who could not be reached for comment. Although the coffee shop’s closing leaves 12 employees without jobs and the north side of La Crosse without a place to get a decent cup of Joe, the future of the space at the north end of Three Rivers Plaza is unknown. “I have gotten almost unanimously negative responses,” said Renee Cannistra, an assistant manager who has was worked at Pea-

sweetened because lots of places overdo it, but when the coffee is cold-press and the maple syrup is local and organic, you gotta give it a try. It was perfect, certainly not too sweet as to offend the coffee portion of the drink, but just enough pure maple flavor to tickle the taste buds. Even the iced tea was something special: a jasmine green with fresh mint and local honey. On a hot, fair-going day, what could beat that? But in a situation like this one, why bother with all the fancy stuff? Nikoles described their mission as one of being “committed to creating a new and interesting tasting experience,” and they sure did succeed. While iced coffees need to be made in advance, hot coffee definitely shouldn’t be, a fact that the Kickapoo folks don’t overlook in interest of time.They grind all of the hot coffee on-site because they’re simply “not willing to compromise quality” in an effort to simplify. Overall, the fair was tons of fun and the coffee was fantastic. I can’t wait to hit them up next year for another maple latte!

— Amber Miller

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A Day in the Life of a Librarian By Rochelle Hartman

rochelle.hartman@secondsupper.com One of my goals for writing for Second Supper was to get away from writing so much about libraries. In that regard, this week's piece is a big ol' bucket of fail. I had started another piece — it was about going to my first library conference after taking a break for a couple years. I just couldn't get it to gel, so I put it aside. Not to worry! It's still in the hopper because I know you are dying to hear about why tech support IS reference and how my friend, Steve, stalked Neil Gaiman until he got close enough to chuck a zine at him without getting arrested. This week I am participating in the Second Annual Day in the Life of a Librarian. As if librarians don't talk enough about their jobs as is, once a year they feel the need to broadcast their labors to the larger world. What follows is an abbreviated version of a typical day. In at 8:15 after dropping off daughter at TC. Check weekend mail, 90 percent of which is spam. (I know, I know! If only I'd incorporate Acai Berry into my nutritional regimen, my life would be transformed — My skin would clear up, I'd drop 40 lbs and start pooping magic, fruit-flavored rainbows.) Realize I forgot my lunch and my Ritalin. Back home I go. Start of day, take two: Say hi to staff and settle in. Try to remember my login/password to our new Web interface. The fact that I cannot remember means that I have not worked on my pages recently. *Shame* Finally, I remember. One less dumb question I have to ask Web Guy. (You know how librarians say there's no such thing as a dumb question? It's a lie. Especially when it's from a librarian who should keep better track of her multiple log-ins.) A coworker who follows me on Facebook asks if I got my Second Supper article done, as I mentioned my impending deadline a few times over the weekend, including a status update that said, "Rochelle Hartman is not so sure about this piece she's writing that's due tomorrow." Before co-worker leaves office, she asks, "What is Second Supper?" Ouch! So, I school her and will hand-deliver the next issue to her desk. One of the three Rons stops by my office. My office is right next to the public computers, so patrons will sometimes stick their head in to ask for help, rather than go to the reference desk. As a result, I have made friends with three guys named Ron — I seldom have a Ronless day. This is one of the best parts of my job. Working at the public library is a lot like Cheers, only with books and computers. Well, and no beer (except during Oktoberfest when library staff have been known to get a contact buzz from Festers checking their email). Put in a call to the County Crisis team about doing a welfare check for patron we've been concerned about for a couple weeks. Work on content for new Web site. Shhhh. Do you hear that? Nothing! That's the sound of the end of children's summer

reading program last week. It's been a tantrumfree library so far today. Social worker looking for person we're worried about. He wasn't around, but she said she’d come back. Lunch in my office with door closed. Patron comes in to ask what our policy is on watching "naked porn" on the computers. The policy is "no.” Afternoon on the Reference Desk: * 11 laptops checked out and in * 1 disk drive checked out * 4 computer log-ons * Take money for prints * Troubleshoot printing software * "Is season 6 of 24 ready for me?" * "How do I check my email?" * "Can I use your phone?" * "Can you get this book for me?" * A complex question! Market analysis assignment for student. * IM patron wants to know status of her job application * “Can you verify a phone number on this Web site? You are always really nice when I call. Are you single?” * “Do you have an almanac I can check out?” * Talk to IT guy about printing problems * Email from Webmaster at another library asking for help in finding stuff to help him write a Web site accessibility policy * “What does it mean when the card catalog says an item is a 'Web resource?'” * "Do you play Internet games? Do you play Gangsters on MySpace?" (Sorry, no.) * One of the Rons stops by to say hi. * Crisis Team member returns and we identify patron who has been the cause of concern. She’ll observe for awhile. * “I still can't log in.” * Shush moment: Can you please turn your music down? * DVDs about coffee and Ethiopia — not related — for kids. Nothing on coffee — suggest YouTube. * “Do you have a cord for my camera?” (No) “How about an SD card reader?” (Yes) * 2006 issues of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar * "Can you find the address for editor of the St. Louis Post Dispatch?" * "Can you find the phone number for the lady who does the Bucket List speech?” Oh no! Someone broke the Internet (Runescapers, I’m looking at you!)! Staff and patrons twitching with anxiety. OK — it’s just me. Back in 10 minutes. Can stop hyperventilating. Last check of email and tomorrow’s schedule. 5:34 p.m. Home time and Secret Life of the American Teenager. (Don’t judge! I work hard for my low-brow entertainment.) If you’d like to know what other librarians’ days look like, check out this page: http:// librarydayinthelife.pbworks.com/

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Cover story Over the years, Oehler's Cave has yawned over a Morman settlement, a grain mill and a popular picnic grounds. Lost to time, it still stands — practically untouched — on La Crosse's south side. We found it.

Hidden History By Emily Faeth

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The turn-of-the-century postcard showed a line of settlers standing on a sand bar, dwarfed by a gaping maw, a yawning opening in the stone rising above a thick body of water. The women's white aprons were reflected clearly in the water at their feet. It was a striking scene. The photograph of Oehler's Cave — serendipitously discovered by an eBay search for the term "La Crosse" — would be the starting point of an adventure that would take us through almost 200 years of La Crosse's history, and would help us begin to uncover a forgotten treasure of the Driftless Area's haunting beauty. It's funny to me that many people are often surprised to learn that Mormon Coulee Road, the main drag on La Crosse's South Side, is indeed named after members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Perhaps the road's name is simply one of those phrases which we repeat so often in our lifetimes that it begins to lose any meaning beyond what the street signifies to us. But in fact, in 1844, a group of Mormons traveled from Nauvoo, Illinois and settled in the area near what is now the Highway 14/61 exit. According to Laura Godden, a recent graduate of the history program at UW-La Crosse who wrote her senior capstone essay on the Oehler Mill site, “The party of Mormons who traveled to La Crosse consisted of 20 families; they built about 25 to 30 log houses to prepare for winter.” Godden adds, “One member of the party, Effelender Gressmen, wrote a letter to Levi Moffett encouraging other Mormons to join their settlement, saying their land possessed 'the best mill site I ever saw.'” However, the Mormon settlement did not last long. After only one winter, the group traveled south to Texas. Before leaving Wisconsin, though, the group destroyed much physical evidence of the settlement by burning their cabins to the ground. The reason for this remains unclear, though what is clear is the remaining impression the Mormons had on the area, leaving the Mormon Coulee and Mormon Creek as their namesakes.

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I admit I'd never heard of Mormon Creek, so when my editor, Adam; our photographer, El Jefe, and I traveled down Mormon Coulee Road in search of Oehler's Cave and the old mill site, I wasn't surprised to note that the dusty county lane we turned off on was one I'd never visited in the 23 years I've called La Crosse home. We traveled to the heart of the coulee, to the base of the steep ridge above us, and parked with Adam's Jeep facing a lovely but careworn brick farmhouse. The site seemed partially abandoned, but we nevertheless proceeded with caution — we were, after all, still on private property. As I later learned from archival evidence from the La Crosse Public Library, the redbrick farmhouse had indeed been the home of the Oehler family. Brothers Valentine and Gottfried Oehler, immigrants from Germany, moved to the site in 1854 and apparently made the same observation as Mormon settler Effelender Gressmen regarding the creek as a possible mill site. The Oehler Mill, constructed in 1857, was “a two-story stone structure. The mill was originally intended to be a sawmill, and was switched to a 'grist and flour' mill in 1858,” according to Godden. Farmers in Mormon Coulee transported their grain to the mill by horse and cart, and the mill's proximity was of great convenience to local farmers. In addition to its convenience, Godden reports that the Oehler Mill attracted farmers with its natural beauty: the site featured a tourist park, various caves, rock formations, and fresh spring water for visitors. For many decades, the Oehler Mill site was a popular picnicking spot for families and farmers alike, and countless large parties were held at the pavilion which once stood near the site. There was no sign of this once vibrant scene when Adam, El Jefe, and I exited the Jeep. On our leisurely drive down the country road, we'd passed only one other vehicle, and now the sounds were limited to the chirping of birds, the scuffling of our shoes on the gravel, and the gentle rustling of small animals in the woods which surrounded us. We made our

way cautiously toward the creek; we'd been told the easiest way to reach the cave was to wade through the water about 200 yards upstream. By 1922, hard times had fallen on the Oehler family and the mill was foreclosed upon. The family was forced to move into the now bustling town of La Crosse. Over the next few decades, the property changed hands several times, finally being sold to Robert Swing in 1950 by Mrs. Anna Betz for the paltry sum of “$1 and other considerations,” according to Godden. But with the new owners came a resurgence of popularity at the old mill: the Swing family held numerous large picnics and affairs for local clubs, businesses, and churches on the property in the early years of their ownership. The site continued to draw visitors with its breathtaking natural charms. But as we made our way through the decades of silt built up on the bottom of the creek, our legs occasionally sinking several inches as mud gave way beneath us, it was clear that very few people had made this trek in recent years. No longer was there a well-worn path along the side of the creek as there once was; instead, we were faced with thick brambles and overgrown brush on both sides. We struggled to keep the creek bed from swallowing our tennis shoes.The sloshing and splashing sounds rendered any conversation impossible. Instead, I focused on the incredible scene unfolding around me. After struggling for about 100 yards, the scenery began to change. Instead of a steep bank of ivy and milkweed, the south side of the creek stretched itself into a vast stone wall; the rock curved sensuously out of the water, and electrifyingly bright green and blue algae tattooed the wall. Small inlets in the rock face displayed the entrance point of many small springs trickling down the stone into the creek. The rock curved and bubbled, its corners softened by millenia of rain, floods, and wind. The scene was beautiful, prehistoric; the intense beauty of this place was so strange and so different from any of our city's other treasured spaces that I

felt somehow transported to another time and another place. Before Adam had even rounded the curve in the creek approximately 20 yards in front of me, I heard the awe in his voice. "Oh, daaaamn," he exclaimed, and I hasted to catch up, wanting to catch sight of our quarry as quickly as possible. I slogged ahead, and finally reached our destination. I was momentarily breathless. The photograph of the settlers framed by the cave's opening could not have done justice to the sight in front of me: The rock mouth stretched several stories upward; the cave itself was cathedral-like in its height and breadth. Adam was partway into the cave, and I scrambled up the small hill into the entrance, not realizing that what I took for a solid stone foundation was actually centuries of accumulated silt and sand. It took a few moments, but I finally made my way into the cave itself. While our journey to Oehler's Cave had betrayed no signs of the once effervescent life of the property, the walls of the cave displayed whispers of the past. The sandstone walls were soft to the touch, and had obviously beckoned to the seemingly intrinsic urge of man to leave evidence of his existence for future generations. Carvings dated 2007, 1970, 1954, and even 1893 populated the walls. One Ed Moutis had apparently holidayed at the site: He had carved his name, along with 7/4/1925, into a far corner of Oehler's Cave. I didn't have long to ponder the engravings on the cave's walls; indeed, I was somewhat relieved when I heard Adam calling me over to inspect another "discovery." A vision of the sandstone walls caving in had appeared to me, so I hurried over to see what had attracted Adam's attention. What I saw was equally as exciting as the cave. While the two-story stone building was gone, remnants of the old mill still stood a short distance up the stream; a dike spanning the river was partially submerged under the cold, swiftly running water, and a tunnel

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Oehler's Cave, continued stood to the dam's left. According to Godden, "The limestone rock around the Oehler dam site was, surprisingly, carved out by hand. The Oehlers carved out a tunnel to allow water to flow past the dam when needed. The dam built up stream from the mill, sped up the rate of the creek, and increased the waterpower used to turn the mill wheel. The natural mill site was as perfect as the earlier Mormon settlers thought. The dam the Oehler brothers built could raise the water level up to forty feet higher than the surrounding land." Standing inside the tunnel, the incredible amount of manpower required to carve the space was immediately apparent. Sharp markings from where the men's tools had collided

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with the ceiling still stood out brightly; the tunnel itself was quite large, standing perhaps 8 feet high and 8 feet wide, and about 20 feet in length. Though I'm terrible at making estimations, it was plain to see the amazing amount of work the Oehlers had put into their mill. The base of the tunnels was had succumbed to the elements, and the curving natural form of the lower portion of the walls stood out strongly against the precise elimination of the ceiling and walls above. After many years of hosting events on the property, Robert (now deceased) and Lucille Swing donated dozens of acres surrounding the site of Oehler's Mill to the CatholicDiocese of La Crosse. Since then, another area attraction â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the $25 million Shrine of Our Lady Of Guadalupe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has been built on the land. However, access to the Oehler's Mill and Cave site remains restricted. A phone call to the Shrine elicited little information; a representative was unable to assert whether the Shrine plans to open the mill and cave site to visitors. However, the potential of the site as an historic landmark is clear. In fact, in 2002, the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation put the Oehler Mill on its list of the Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties. Still, it remains unclear what, if any, plans there are to restore the site. We spent the rest of the warm summer's afternoon splashing around in the pool that had collected at the base of the dam, then lounged for a spell on the soft sand just inside the cave. I was spent; an afternoon of trudging through thick, sticky mud and silt had obviously taxed my body. But my mind was working over-

time. I stared at the mud and sand beneath my feet, and understood, perhaps for the first time, the endless value of earth, of soil. Did Native Americans seek shelter from harsh weather in this cave? Did they, too, harness the power of the swiftly running creek in front of me? The Mormons had seen the worth of this piece of earth, as had the Oehler family, and the farmers who came to do business here.The families who picnicked on these banks saw the value in the beauty of the trees and the rock formations, and historians now see the value of preserving this patch of earth, presumably in order

for people of the present and the future to see the beauty that's been nestled deep in Mormon Coulee for so many generations. After a while, we decided it was time to make our way back to the Jeep. The sun was setting, spraying sparks of color all along the muddy creek. We left the cave reluctantly, not wanting to leave behind this bit of magic we'd so recently discovered. But none of us carved our names in the walls. Perhaps we all came to the same conclusion: that history is best left for the future to discover for itself.

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A fair like no other in Kickapoo Country By Jacob Bielanski

jacob.bielanski@secondsupper. Comfortable, bucolic surrealism is the closest thing I could come up with when describing the 6th Annual Kickapoo Country Fair. One part agricultural expo, one part music festival, a dash of family fun and just a pinch of a dreamscape concocted by Salvador Dali, you don’t know from one moment to the next if the Fair is a Woodstock reunion, a rural ice cream social or Rupert T. McSweeney’s Farm-atorium Extravaganza. It was surreal. It was rural. It was definitely authentic, unadulterated fun. To even begin to understand this Festival/ acid trip, one must first agree on the standard definition of a “Fair” (be it the Interstate, state, county, or city variety). First, there is always the “Food Court” — a place where, in a traditional fair, one would be bombarded by mélange of deep-friend delicacies, using any variation on the time-tested ingredients of batter, sugar, “meat,” “flavoring,” cheese and Twinkies. The Kickapoo version yielded neither a single fryer, nor any gallon-sized jugs of Canola. Attendees were bombarded with veggie wraps, kim-chi (a spicy, fermented, Korean cabbage), coconut curry, berry smoothies, and — my personal favorite — burgers (thank you, Lions Club of La Farge). This was merely the food you paid for — the Kitchen/Pantry booth provided constant gratis hors d’oeuvres , the results of either free samples of Organic Valley products (the “Pantry”) or the fruits of a host’s recipe demonstration (the “Kitchen”). Every fair must include entertainment

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for the children — where else will you offload your progeny whilst tossing back a few Miller Lites™? In a traditional fair, this is where the carnival rides are set up: rickety, rusty devices of inertia, assembled and manned by ex-convicts who are probably paid solely in prize tokens and cartons of Old Gold Full Flavor cigarettes. Encircling these Cold-War era devices of high-speed “fun” are often money draining “games,” where children use luck and the illusion of throwing, casting, shooting, or shoving their way to worthless prizes; the children acting simply as a proxy from which to sap the now-buzzed parents’ hard-earned cash. The Kickapoo version didn’t have any rides. Instead, children were invited to do beeswax sand candles, family face painting, natural craft activities and juggling clinic. Frankly, I’d even skip the beer for a juggling clinic. One doesn’t need to choose between beer and juggling (though one should — for safety reasons) because the alcohol was not relegated to a cordoned-off section. This is in contrast to the usual “beer tent” found at most fairs, where desperately thirsty adults pay money to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a tent, united only in there desire to grab a drink, while a '50s-, '60s-, '70s- and '80s cover band regales you with the pop songs you love — or not. Many people walked through the fair in a dignified manner, holding a cabernet or any number of the Sand Creek Brewery’s (Black River Falls, Wis.) delightful barley-based offerings. I’ve always felt that alcohol — when consumed with relative moderation — is not a filthy habit that should be hidden, but a neces-

sary nectar that turns otherwise insufferable people into worthwhile conversationalists (myself included). These people should be free to meander throughout the masses and infect others with their unrequited glee. Then there’s the flea market; a space typically occupied by the same 15-20 vendors who travel to every extravaganza, hocking Confederate flags, Zippo-knockoffs, bootleg concert T-shirts, inflatable hammers, “Get ‘r Dun” baseball caps, tattoos (note: if you’re thinking that a carnival is the best place to get your next tattoo, don’t breed. Please.) and — for some reason — the music of Peruvian pan-flautists, set to the “Mamba” track of a Casio CT-655. The Kickapoogians do away with this nonsense and instead bring a plethora of fascinating and useful vendors — from “paint your own pottery” tents and “Green” building technologies vendors, to homemade maple syrup makers and book stores. The Kickapoo Country Fair enters realms in which most fairs cannot begin to compare. Take, for example, the “Word Tent,” which featured regular poetry and literature readings from various Midwest-based authors, on a variety of Midwest-based topics. Free workshops were regularly held that taught everything from organic gardening techniques and farm finance to symposiums on renewable energy systems and water quality. This is a far cry from Bingo tents and “Miss City/Town/County/State” contests. Then there was the music, which included local choirs of old men belting out patriotic tunes, three female accordion players doing a

Jamie Peacock polka rendition of Bob Marley’s “Everything’s Gonna be Alright”, and — on the “kid’s” stage — George Gershwin’s “Summertime” (from Porgy and Bess) done on the acoustic guitar. Each day, two stages were filled with surprisingly good acts. Of course, maybe it was unfair day to judge the festival. We were treated to white, puffy clouds meandering lazily over the bluffs of the Kickapoo Valley. The field of sunflowers — which Organic Valley apparently grows for the creation of biodiesel — waves in a gentle breeze. I feel as if I’ve taken some kind of drug or that I’m asleep, desperately trying not to wake up. I’ve never had an experience like this at a fair before, while sober. And I probably won’t again — until next year.

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Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto Cast: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi,Taichi Yazaki Writers: Hitoshi Matsumoto and Mitsuyoshi Takasu I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "Oh, man, I want to watch a movie that's both a superhero film and a Japanese monster flick, and in addition to being funny as all get out, it would be extra-bossanova if it were a mockumentary." Before last Tuesday, most people would call you crazy, but fortunately for you, Big Man Japan is finally available on DVD. Only in Japan could this kind of half-schlock, half-dark comedy be committed to film. Only in Japan is there a unique sensibility for something this absurd and unthinkable. Are the special effects corny? Damn right. But that's part of the fun. Big Man Japan knows its role, promising nothing but exaggerated goofiness and over-the-top camp, succeeding in every way and then some. Telling the story of Tokyo-based "superhero" Daisatô (Matsumoto) (aka Big Man Japan), the film exists in a world in which giant skyscraper-sized monsters rip the city apart on a regular basis. The sixth of his kind and employed by the government, Daisatô can grow to enormous heights when electrocuted in two very sensitive body parts. But work is scarce for Big Man Japan. We learn that there just aren't as many monsters as there used to be. Because of this, the government barely pays him, and Japan's citizens collectively believe he's

more of a nuisance than a hero. He doesn't have parades thrown in his honor or supermodels by his side, and his estranged wife does everything she can to keep him from seeing his daughter. And despite the public's hatred for him and the crushing inevitability that he hasn't produced a son to protect the next generation of Japanese from monsters, Big Man Japan forges on. He surely doesn't care that he's the laughing stock of all Japan. He's depressed and lonely and out of money, and then gladly battles a monster whose power is to fart green clouds of gas that engulf several city blocks. He carries out his job with the same cluelessness as the great mockumentary subjects Spinal Tap. Hitoshi Matsumoto, a comedian by trade, works the subject matter for maximum jocularity, especially in cases where he makes you feel bad for Big Man Japan and then blindsides you with an outrageous gag. Rest assured, this is hilarious new territory for superhero films and comedies in general. If only I lived in Japan, then things as crazy as this would be commonplace. (Big Man Japan is now available on DVD)

Placebo always struck me as the sort of too cool to be cool alternagentsia that would appeal to those who found “My So-Called Life” hip and edgy. Poring through the titles features in the band’s “Covers” album doesn’t do much to dispel that prejudice; aside from a beautifully understated rendition of Kate Bush’s “Running Up that Hill,” that album features covers of the Smiths, '90s-era Depeche Mode, and the one Pixies song that — thanks to the Fight Club movie — everyone knows, “Where Is My Mind?” Throughout, the would-be Bowie frontman Brian Molko warbles and preens, his voice one squelch away from crossing over into the Billy Corgan dark side. “Battle for the Sun” takes that Molko vanity and ties it to lazier songcraft, the end result being a repetitive work of apathetic mystique. Musically, this album is at its best on “Breathe Underwater” and “Devil in the Details.” The former runs on machine gun hi-hats, bolstered by a solid guitar section and the occasional bowed instrument, finally breaking

down in a coda of explosions. The latter, while boasting some of the album’s most cyclical vocals, takes its notes through dramatic rock rumblings, keyboard cresting in the second half and plummeting to earth. Following that song, however, is one of the album’s worst, a numb, saccharine bit of pop rock human interest that shoots for epic and settles on boring. The lyrics to “Bright Lights” aren’t much better than its sonics, with trite masochism like “a heart that hurts is a heart that works” holding up the sloganeering. The rest of the album sticks fairly close to the party line: bland, suburban rock, the occasional electronic augmentation, and Molko’s androgynous, masochistic, repetitive, contrived romance, delivered with all the ennui of an orgy veteran. “Battle for the Sun” is as by-thenumbers boring to listen to as I’d assume it was to make.

Oh hi, right now I am listening to some audience recordings a friend sent me via sendspace.com from the PDX POP NOW festival that happened from July 24-26. Before I get into the festival, I gotta give it up for Sendspace, and sites like it, which allow large files to be uploaded and then emailed from one person to another, in this case, large audio files of entire concerts. Technological badassery like whoa. Now back to the festival. PDX POP NOW is an annual three-day music festival that takes place in Portland, Oregon every summer since 2004. The purpose is for local Portland bands to give a little something back to the music loving city that supports them, as the entire festival is free, volunteer run, as well as being an all-ages event. It also draws a lot of music press, as Portland has been one of the hotbeds for indie music the past decade, and many past performers have gone on to be known nationwide. Originally started as a non-profit group with the purpose of “celebrating, promoting, and enhancing Portland’s vital and diverse music community,” this homegrown event gives Portland music fans and bands a sense of community you can’t fuck with.To pay for this event, a two-disc compilation album is released that sells at numerous record stores around the city, or can be ordered off their Web site at pdxpopnow.com. Bands who have appeared on these compilations in the past include The Decemberists, The Shins, Sleater-Kinney, M. Ward, The Blow, Menomena, Lifesavas, Mirah, The Thermals, and Helio Sequence to name some of the more well known, as well as numerous

bands who are Portland favorites that haven’t blown up yet. As a person who used to live in that city and worked alongside many of these bands both with managing and DJing at a community radio station and working at a local music venue, I became well versed in these bands. The thing I find somewhat alarming about the recordings I’m listening to is that the majority of these bands I am completely unfamiliar with. It only took me two years living away from there to be out of touch with the scene, le sigh. Just because I’m not familiar with these bands doesn’t mean that I’m not liking what I hear though. The Web site lists a schedule of all the bands who performed, with a link to their MySpace profiles for you to sample this music for yourself. I’m willing to bet several of these bands will become Pitchfork darlings in the next couple of years and hyped by hipsters nationwide. This is your chance to get in on them on the ground floor. There is something special about that city, as musicians and the like flock there from all over. It’s by far the most affordable city on the West Coast, a bohemian lifestyle is well entrenched, and microbreweries and cafés exist on just about every corner where it’s common to see many a musician hanging out. All of those factors create a fertile environment for a badass music scene to prosper. They’ve given us a blueprint, La Crosse,. Anybody want to help create our own local music celebration?

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Tuesday Wednesday

closed

$1.00 SHOT OF THE WEEK $4 DOMESTIC PITCHERS 1 LB WINGS = $1.25

Sunday Fun Day ~ Wristband Night

closed

$1 Domestic Taps & Rails 1/2 price Tequila

$2 Double Rails & All Bottles

223 Pearl st.

123 3rd st.

Pettibone Boat Club 600 S Pettibone dr.

Players

$1 off fried chicken

Kids eat free with adult

Price by Dice

2 for 1 Happy Hour ALL NIGHT LONG

214 Main St ,

Ralph's

In John's Bar 109 3rd st. N

Ringside 223 Pearl st.

Schmidty’s 3119 State rd.

Chef specials daily Mighty Meatball sub $6

CLOSED

breakfast buffet $9.95 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

BBQ Sandwich

Karaoke @ 10 p.m. 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 - 10 AUCD Rail mixers @ 10 p.m.

Karaoke @ 10 p.m. 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 - 10 $1 Pabst cans, Dr. shots @ 10 p.m.

chicken parmesan sub $6

Italian sandwich w/ banana peppers and parmesan &6

open 4-9

Top Shots 137 S 4th st.

Yesterdays 317 Pearl st.

LA CRESCENT

Crescent Inn 444 Chestnut st.

WINONA Godfather’s 30 Walnut st.

July 30, 2009

Wristband Night & Beer Pong Tourney BBQ Night $1 off 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 - 10 $2 Capt. mixers $1.75 domestic beer, $1.50 Rails, $1 Pabst cans @ 10 p.m.

Southwest chicken pita $5

HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM cheeseburger HOOP DAY!! MAKE YOUR SHOT AND YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE!

$3.00 JUMBO Svedka Mixers $2.50 Corona bottles $2.50 Cuervo shots

$2 Jonestown shots

$3 Bacardi Mixers & Jumbo Long Islands

$3 Three Olives Mixers & Jumbo Long Islands

Pettibone Fish Fry

Prime Rib

2-4-1 Happy Hour 3 - 9 Best Damned DJ'S @ 10 p.m.

2-4-1 Happy Hour 3 - 8 Best Damned DJ'S @ 10 p.m.

Chicken salad on rye w/ lettuce, tomato, onion $5 $6.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR LUNCH, $7.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR DINNER, $9.99 ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY ALL DAY

happy hour all day long! $1.00 OFF WILD WINGS, $1.00 PHILLY STEAK AND CHEESE.

LUNCH BUFFET $6.95

Buck Burgers

801 Rose st.

601 St. Andrew st.

AFTER COMEDY: PINT NIGHT $1 PINTS OF RAILS MIXERS AND DOMESTIC TAPS $2 PINTS OF CALL MIXERS AND IMPORT TAPS $3 PINTS OF TOP SHELF MIXERS

Chili Dogs

Tacos

Fish Sandwich

12 oz. T-Bone $8.99

Fish Fry $6.95

All day (everyday!) specials $3 Double Captain & Cokes $2 Double rails $1 Cans of beer

Sports Nut

Train Station BBQ

double $6.50

Tacos

120 S 3rd st.

1019 S 10th st.

$6.99 AUCE Pasta

2 for 1 Burger Night

Shooter’s

Tailgators

Saturday

Shots of Doctor $1 all day, everyday

324 Jay st.

The Library

Friday

$2 domestics and rails, 4-8

The Joint Legend’s

Thursday

happy hour all day

$4 domestic pitchers

Tacos $1.25

15 cent wings

HAPPY HOUR 10 AM - 12, 4 PM - 6 PM $2 Bacardi mixers

$2 Spotted Cow & DT Brown pints

Bucket Night 5 for $9

closed

11-3: Extra side with sandwich 4-9: $1 off rib dinner

Special varies

11-3: Barn burner $7.95 4-9: Hobo dinner (serves 2) $30.95

$1.75 light taps and Dr. shots

$1.50 Bud/Miller Lite/ PBR taps all day $1.75 rails 10 - 1

$2 domestic bottles 7 - 12, $2.50 Skyy/ Absolute mixers 10-1 $2 Dr. drinks

$1 Point special bottles

$2.50 pints Bass & Guinness

$1.75 domestic bottles

$2.25 Pearl st. pints $1.50 PBR bottles

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday

$2 Rolling Rocks $2 domestic beer

8 - CL $1.50 rails $1.75 Bud cans

$1 shots of Dr. $2.50 Polish

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday

ask for great eats

Fiesta Night 7 - 12 $2 tequila shots $2.50 margaritas

family buffet 5 -8 kids under 10 pay .45 cents per year of age

$1 domestic taps $3 Jager Bombs

5 domestic bottles for $10, $2 Bacardi mixers, $1.50 rail vodka mixers 10 -1

$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers 11-3 $7.95 Chicken on fire 4-9: Bones & briskets $13.95

$2 Long Islands, PBR bottles, Captain mixers

15 cent wings

$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers 1/2 Chicken 3 bones $12.95

$2.75 deluxe Bloodys ‘til 7, $5 lite pitchers 7 - 12

$1.75 rails $1 PBR mugs

Thursday

Friday

$2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish

$2 u-call-it (except top shelf)

Thursday

Saturday

Friday

Saturday

any jumbo, large, or large 1 topping pizza medium pizza up to 5 $9.99 toppings: $11.99 (get 2nd large for $5)

Entertainment Directory 7/30 - 8/5

Thursday, July 30

August1, continued

Cruz-In Adam Palm