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EVERYBODY GETS ONE TUE 1 .25 $ MON 77 WED 80 FRI 53 THU 79 51 RECORD BREAKERS pg. 7 Your Local State Award- VOLUME 160 | NUMB ER 44 Winning Newspaper MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2019 Sparta Butterfest begins this week Jarret Carpenter THREE SECTIONS | 28 PAGES By NICOLE VIK Staff Writer The 35 th Annual Sparta Butterfest festivities will begin on Thursday when the A&P Carnival opens at 5 p.m. followed by Sponsors Reception the Corporate in the Fest Tent at 5:30 p.m. Fest Tent entertainment will start on Thursday night at a performance from 7 p.m. with Larry and the Drifters. The Pat Watters Band will perform Friday night at 8 p.m., High Mileage beginning performs Saturday night at 8 Dweebs will close p.m. and The out the weekend on Sunday with a performa nce from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday night will night; all active duty be military be given free admissio military will Tent with their military n into the Fest Food vendors will ID. the early evening on be opening in Thursday, mid- day on Friday and througho on Saturday and Sunday. ut the day One big event througho weekend is the softball ut Butterfest tournament, which gets underwa y Friday. Teams from all over Wisconsi the annual tourname n compete in nt that runs all weekend long. Spectators can catch Friday through Sunday the games at Memorial Field. Hours vary based on game schedules; for more information contact Sparta Park and Rec at [phone]. On Friday, Quilt Show registrati on will begin at 3 p.m. at the Barney Center right next to grounds. The show, the Butterfest which is free to enter, features unique be open on Saturday quilts and will 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 from 10 a.m. to to The Arts/Crafts/Flea 4 p.m. Market will open on Friday at 4 be open both Saturday p.m. and will and Sunday throughout the day. Bingo will be sponsore d by the past Lady Butterfes ts 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday on Friday from from 2 to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 3 to near the food vendors 5 p.m. in a tent at the festival grounds. On Saturday, there Pancake and Sausage will be a Breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. at the cheese curd concession stand. The 3 Person Gold at 9 a.m. at the River Tourney begins Run Golf Course in Sparta. BUTTERFEST cont. H ERAL D 77 ACCUWEATHER.COM COM Registration for the Poker Run will begin at 9 a.m. There will be four stops at the Stockyar Valley, Wooden Nickel d in Coon Gasser’s in Viroqua, in Ferryville, Tavern in Leon and Leon Country the at the Butterfest grounds run will end where the best poker hand prize out no later than 5 p.m. will be handed The Fest Tent opens Saturday with entertain at noon on Mike Harris DJ Service. ment from There will be DJ Trivia in the tent from 1 to 3 p.m. MONROE COUNTY THU TUE 56 59 E-EDITION ON MONR OECOUNTYHERALD. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS IN THE WED 4DAY FORECAST FOR SPARTA, WI FROM Stay Locally Informed on pg. 4 2019 SACS honorees will make debut appear anc at Butterfest parade e By NICOLE VIK school,” she said. “It Staff Writer took before it actually sunk a long time in that this is actually happening. The 2019 Sparta I just don’t want Area Cancer this Support (SACS) to stop me from Honorees Jacky want to do. I don’t doing what I Dickman, John and Stefhanie want to put my life on hold.” Greenwell, Carol Leis and Richard “Dick” Yanke will At the age of 18, Dickman make their debut suffered from severe migraine appearance together s, this which weekend landed her in the emergen at the 35 th Annual Sparta Butterfest cy room several times. She saw a Parade. neurologist who told her the migraine The honorees will s were caused not only by hormone represent themselves s. but the many who and each other After dealing with are touched by it for a few years, cancer everyday. The five honorees and Dickman endured a seizure are the epitome found out she had a of perseverance, which strength and Dickman went through brain tumor. each of their individua is evident in of radiation in Rocheste six rounds l stories. r at the Mayo Clinic and This year’s youth honoree, Jacky which ended 12 months of chemo, Dickman, is currently in September. Her and University of Wiscons a student at her doctors did see a studying biomedicine in – La Crosse size of her tumor decrease in the during a recent After she graduates, and chemistry. scan, which is good news. she is planning to attend medical school. Dickman was told her tumor will always To Dickman’s credit, she appears operate be there as the doctors won’t to be an average on it. They did tell her college student. that in the future she will Upon meeting her, probably ever know that she no one would have chemo and radiation have to was diagnosed they again but with a grade II astrocyto don’t know when. ma last year at the age of 21, but She added that her she is not going doctors are hoping there will be to let that define her. a lot of medical advances “I don’t know if it’s every really treated. so that her tumor can be hit me. My daily life normal. I kept working was pretty and going to SACS cont. on pg. 4 I N S E RT S S TA R T I N G AT NEW 9 ¢ 2018 P Jee E p Co R mp P ass I Sp E ort C E I N C L U $ 18 D ,9 I 99 N G PRINTING ! Serious Injur y Accident An early-morning crash resulted in life-threatening person Monday . Sparta Area Fire Protection District injuries to one said his department was Chief Mike Arnold called the scene of the accident on Highway 71 near Janus Avenue at 4:45 a .m . Initial reports indicated that a truck struck a deer and rolled several times, resulting in the driver being trapped in the vehicle . Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to extricate the unidenti fied ambulance to a La Crosse female driver, who was transported by hospital with life-threa Monroe County Sheriff’s tening injuries . The Department, Wisconsin State Patrol and Sparta Area Ambulance Service assisted at the scene . Contributed photo . Butterfest week kicked off Saturday night when 2019 Miss Sparta Hannah Miss Sparta Emily Phillips . Pieper was crowned by There will be a Miss 2018 Wisconsin send off party Saturday in the Fest Tent . for Miss Sparta at 12 Herald photo by J .P . Schaller p .m . . Chrysler 1200 N. Superior Ave., Tomah [phone] • [phone] Search all vehicl es at Brenengen. com 2018 This year’s SACS honoree s are pictured, from left, Greenwell, John Greenwe Carol Leis, Stefhanie ll, Jacky Dickman and Richard “Dick” Yanke . They will make their debut appearance at the Butterfest Parade Sunday . Herald photo on by Nicole Vik . INDEX • Front Wheel Drive MSRP $24,835 • Sport Appearance Package Discount -$3,586 • 6-Speed Automatic Rebate -$2,250 w/OD TRU DISCOUNT PRICE Locals . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . .4 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Sports . . . . . . . . . 7 & 8 Classifieds . . . . 10 & 11 ONLY 1 REMAINING AT THIS PRICE! 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