Friends Of Cadiz Springs 

State Recreation Area News                 July 2009 

HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE PIER PROJECT  

                             COMPLETED 

What a great accomplishment!  A special thank you to Mike Scott and Larry Kranig, the project                                                                 chairmen, for all their hard work and efforts!  We also appreciate the Green County Conservation League, which donated the materials for the handicapped picnic tables, and to Emerson Wells for building them.  Thank you also to all the volunteers who worked hard on the landscaping and painted the tables.  The DNR finished the project by paving the parking area, painting the lines and putting up the signs.

WAL-MART DONATES $1000  

On June 8, Monroe Wal-Mart manager Ron Fager presented a check for $1000 for the new playground project to chairpersons Sharon Buri and Lucy Roper.  We are very grateful for such generosity!  The new playground will make the park more enjoyable for families and will be an asset to the entire community.  Contributions to this project may be sent to Friends Of Cadiz Springs, PO Box 36, Browntown, WI 53522.

Painful and debilitating injuries are often caused to wildlife–like this Canada goose–when they become entangled in fishing line left on the ground at Cadiz Springs.  Please be careful to properly dispose of all fishing line. 

We are grateful for these area businesses, which                                           

have been very generous with their help in making                           

improvements to the park:

Kranig Excavating used a mini-excavator to remove stumps and brush

from the Zander Lake dike and near the beach.        

Jeff Voegli Landscaping gave us the use of a dump truck for that project. 

Mike Scott of D & M Homes has given a lot of his time and the use of his bobcat.

Mike Connors of Connors Plumbing And Heating also loaned us a bobcat.

Brad Bader from Carousel Farms let us use a trailer.   

CADIZ SPRINGS FRIENDS OF THE PARK TRAIL RUN

Saturday, August 29   9:00am

5K Trail Run and

2 Mile Narrated Fun Walk

For more information, see the enclosed flyer, or go to www.cadizsprings.com

Friends Of Cadiz Springs and Monroe Youth Hockey are putting on this event to raise funds for both groups.  Business sponsors are Monroe Sign Design and Brennan’s Market.

You can help by making copies of the enclosed flyer and distributing them to your friends, or posting them in businesses in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. (Shoe stores and sporting goods retailers are especially good locations.)

Thank you to everyone who helped support our Spaghetti Supper! $330 was raised for park improvements!  We appreciate those who donated desserts, who helped serve the food, and to all who came and ate spaghetti.  A special thank you to Lucy Roper and Sharon Buri for organizing the event, and to the Monroe Pizza Hut for doing the cooking.

We are grateful for being able to use the beautiful Browntown Civic Center.  And a big thank you to the following businesses and organizations for their generous donations:

Swiss Colony

Swiss Valley Farms

SevenUp/American Bottling of Madison

Green County Ag Chest      

In May, the DNR Fisheries Division stocked 800 northern pike fingerlings in Beckman Lake.  The objective is to reduce the population of green sunfish and prevent overpopulation of small panfish.

Many thanks... 

...to New Life Press for donating the printing of our Friends Of Cadiz Springs brochures.

...to the dedicated volunteers who have picked up trash, mowed the grass, cut weeds, scrubbed restrooms, cleaned up the beach, and rescued birds entangled in fishing line.

..to volunteers Bryan, Sharon, April and Adam Buri, and Lucy Roper, who put together a great display with activities to promote the park at the Balloon Rally and at Browntown Day. 

...to Larry Kranig and Monroe sign Design for cleaning the brass commemorative plate for Beckman’s Lake, and for the use of their two tents at the Balloon Rally and Browntown Day.

...to Dale Hoesly of the Trailside Inn for allowing us to meet there all winter.

...and to Adam Bansley of Ideate Ink for setting up our new website.  Great job, Adam!

                 Friends Of Cadiz Springs

                  State Recreation Area

                        P.O. Box 36

                  Browntown, WI 53522

                 www.cadizsprings.com

Our next two meetings will be August 10 and September 14 at 6:30 PM at the east shelter in the park.  Meetings are the second Monday of every month.  We meet at the Trailside Inn at Browntown when the weather gets cooler.                           Please join us!