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Community Fund helps numerous organizations

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By Ted Pennekamp

 

The Crawford County Community Fund presented nine awards totaling $7,500 to various organizations during the Crawford County Board meeting Tuesday morning.

Catholic Charities of La Crosse received $500 in support of the Crawford County Domestic Abuse Program. Couleecap got $500 in support of the Homelessness Prevention Program. Mississippi Valley Conservancy received $500 in support of their 2019-2020 Trail Trek Challenge and specifically to promote hiking on trails in Crawford County. The Prairie du Chien Area School District received a grant for $500 for the 2019-2020 sixth-grade outdoor education program. The school district also received $1,000 in support of the district’s Arts Midwest World Fest (specifically for the March 2019 appearance of a performing group from Norway. The Crawford County 4-H Horse Project was given $1,000 for the construction of a new horse barn at the fairgrounds. The village of Gays Mills was given $1,000 for the village’s comprehensive public-private tree safety and restoration program. The North Crawford School District received $1,200 to further their Strong Bodies Initiative. The Seneca School District and their SHARE Youth Leadership program received $1,300 to assist with their 21st annual Holiday Gift Basket Program which will serve approximately 300 households this season.

In other business, the board voted down a resolution, 9-7, that would have asked for a cost benefit analysis and more information about the proposed Cardinal-Hickory Creek project that may bring a 345-kV high capacity transmission line through Crawford County.  The line has already been approved for Grant County.

Rob Danielson, the secretary of the Energy Planning Information Committee (EPIC) of the town of Stark, told the board that a big company such as ATC wants these transmission lines because they are guaranteed a 10 percent return. Danielson said energy use and demand continues to drop in the state and there is no need to expand. He said the county and the state needs rather to spend their money on maintenance of existing power infrastructure and energy efficiency that would also reduce CO2 emission.

“We need a system that is affordable that meets our needs,” said Danielson. “It’s foolish to spend eight times more money and have no performance testing for these lines.” Danielson explained that performance testing is not required by the state. Danielson also said Crawford County needs clear, easy to read comparisons of impacts upon average residential, commercial and industrial utility bills with and without high voltage transmission in service. Danielson said high-profile transmission lines have the potential to reduce property values and slow economic development due to their prominent visibility and perceived negative health effects.

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