PRESS RELEASE
SOLON SPRINGS- Governor Scott Walker has approved a $66,843 runway
electrical design project at the Solon Springs Municipal Airport in Douglas
County.
The Governor’s action releases $1,671 in state funds for planning and
design work.
The town and village of Solon Springs are contributing $1,672, with the
Federal Aviation Administration providing $63,500.
According to Stacey Miller, airport engineering specialist with the
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the project will develop plans and
specifications for more intense runway lighting which is necessary for
nighttime navigation.
The project planning and design is scheduled to begin in November and
should be completed in the spring.
Facilities at the Solon Springs Municipal Airport include a 3,100 foot
paved runway.
The airport accommodates more than 3,000 aircraft take-offs and landings
each year.

St. Croix Writers are a Midwest version of Las Vegas. What goes on during a
meeting stays at the meeting — at least until it’s published. The
close-knit group swaps more than words during their weekly Tuesday
gatherings. They share laughs, honest emotion and lives.

The writers have been meeting since 1989 in Solon Springs. Their work
encompasses every genre you can imagine. The ranks swell to more than 30
during the summer, with a smaller gathering during the winter. And the
group is not just a bunch of amateurs.

Newcomers are always welcome.
Anyone can join the sessions, which run 9:30-11:30 a.m. every Tuesday at
the Solon Springs Community Center.

Shelves full of published works by St. Croix Writers — everything from
chapbooks to children’s books — are showcased in the entryway of the Solon
Springs Community Center as part of the Rural Arts Voice North (RAV’N)
display case.

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RAV’N, is a non-profit group that promotes and supports local artists.
“RAV’N wants to show arts in all their forms,” said Hensolt, group
president. RAV’N hosts a spring student art show, art and craft fairs in
the spring and fall and musical events over the fall and winter. A
traveling art exhibit sponsored by RAV’N last year was so successful that
the group plans to hold a juried art show, the Upper St. Croix Art
Exhibition, from July 13-22 in the Solon Springs Village Hall. Artists from
Douglas, Burnett, Washburn, Sawyer, Ashland and Bayfield counties can
submit two pieces of original artwork in any media created within the last
year. The theme of the show is “Happiness, within, without, and all
around.” For more information or entry forms, contact Mary Lu at (715)
378-2728 or mary338@centurylink.net.