AmeriCorp VISTA Positions Available
The Sauk County 4-H Youth Development Program is currently recruiting one individual to serve a in a year-long AmeriCorp VISTA position. The year-round position is open until filled, but a preferred application deadline is May 15th. For more information, please view the documents below and contact Jessica Jens, 4-H Youth Development Agent, at (608) 355-3255 or jessica.jens@ces.uwex.edu. For general information on the federal AmeriCorp*VISTA program, check out their website at www.americorps.com
- Year-Round VISTA Position Description
 
- Year-Round VISTA Recruitment Flyer & Interest Form
YEPS is a program for ALL youth, families, and youth organizations of Sauk County. The goal of YEPS is to provide an opportunity for youth and families to participate in environmental stewardship service-learning projects. Participants have an opportunity to help plant prairies, collect acorns, build rain gardens in local cities, build nature trails, collect prairie seeds, and much more! Visit the YEPS website for more information and to see how YOU can get involved!
 SAUK COUNTY INSTITUTE OF LEADERSHIP ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
If you live or work in the Sauk County area and you are interested in bettering yourself and your community, the Sauk County Institute of Leadership (SCIL) may be for you! SCIL is now taking applications for the Class of 2008-2009. Sauk County Institute of Leadership (SCIL) is a nine-month leadership development program consisting of an initial two-day retreat which will be on September 11-12, 2008, followed by one-day workshops and a graduation dinner. The SCIL sessions are held throughout Sauk County on the second Thursday of each month from 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM from October to May. Each session will focus on a different aspect of community leadership including: Leadership Concepts and Team Building; State and Local Government; Community and Economic Development; Justice, Civil Liberties and Security; Family and Community; Education; Health Care; Agriculture and Natural Resources; and a Celebration of Leadership. Additional information and nomination forms are available online, at the Sauk County UW Extension office, or at your local chamber of commerce. All applications must be postmarked no later than July 15, 2008. Please contact Jenny Erickson at (608) 355-3250 or at Jennifer.erickson@ces.uwex.edu if you have additional questions.
Building Community Wisline Series -
You’re invited to join other Sauk County leaders as we explore how to best position our community to succeed in the 21st Century economy. This web-based conference will highlight both the process of developing a good local economic development strategy and some of the key ingredients to making that strategy work for you. Sponsored by Sauk County UW-Extension and the Sauk County Development Corporation, this ten-session web conference will be held at the Sauk County Extension Office, 505 Broadway in Baraboo on the second Friday of the month from 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. from September 2007 - June 2008. There will be no fee to participate. Please register with Lynn Zick at (608) 355-3250 if you would like to attend any or all of the sessions.
April 11, 2008, 10:00 - 11:00 A.M.
Entrepreneurship: Small Business Startups and More!
UW-Extension Professor Greg Wise addresses entrepreneurship as a community development solution to enhancing our communities’ quality of life. How important is entrepreneurship to our communities and what are the essential ingredients of successful entrepreneurship development efforts? Best practices will be shared and the national “eXtension Community of Practice on Entrepreneurship” project will be highlighted as we answer those and other important questions.
 Wisconsin Bookworms ™ is the new name for our statewide HCE reading program, formerly known as First Books. The name was changed in response to copyright issues, but comes at a time when the state is celebrating the 10th anniversary of this wonderful literacy program. For the 2007 - 2008 school year, Sauk County HCE purchased 200 sets of books (8 books per set) to share with children throughout the county. Wisconsin Bookworms ™ readers volunteer at Sauk County Head Start classrooms. Each month the readers share a story and do an activity with the classroom children. Then each child is given a copy of the book and a take-home activity to share with his or her family.
The book list for this year includes:
Alphabeep by Debora Pearson, illustrated by Edward Miller
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault and Bill Martin, illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Fish is Fish by Leo Lioni
Pocket Full of Kisses by Audrey Penn, illustrated by Barbara Gibson
Naughty Little Monkeys by Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Henry Cole
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Ryland, illustrated by Stephen Gammeli
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
A special thank you to our Wisconsin Bookworms ™ Coordinators, Lerna Mae Wiese, Elaine Dunse and Sylvia Kriegl, the Bookworms volunteer readers, and all HCE members who support this program through donations and fundraising. You make this program a success!
2007
Farm Connect Guide
This special listing ties together Wisconsin's largest industry
- agriculture - with another of its top segments - tourism. You
don't have to be a Sauk County visitor to locate area farmers
who directly market their products to discerning consumers - everyone
is welcome to shop at these local agribusinesses and, in the process,
put more money into the pockets of the area's family farms.  2007
Farm Connect Guide (16 pages, 150 KB)
 Sauk
County Map & Events
Did you know that in 1884, five Ringling brothers started a circus
in Baraboo, Wisconsin, which would become "The Greatest
Show
on Earth"? Did you know that Wisconsin Dells is named for
the unique geological features on the Wisconsin River? These
and
other items of information can be found on the free
Sauk County map which is distributed by the Sauk County
UW Extension office. Please contact the office at 608-355-3250
or by e-mail at lynn.zick@ces.uwex.edu
to have a copy mailed to you
Download
this brochure and find out about all the great events in Sauk
County!
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