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Famous beer-promoting horses hit Monona streets

Submitted by Tabatha Wethal, Channel3000.com Community Reporter

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 6:18pm

Famous beer-promoting horses hit Monona streets

Monona police said Wednesday afternoon the famous Budweiser Clydesdales made a trip through town to deliver a case of beer to a Monona resident.

Mike Darcey snapped these photos of the horses getting prepped with their hitch team and red wagon for the trip from Monona Drive to Panther trail.

Police said the trip was courtesy of Wisconsin Distributors. A Monona man had been chosen through a drawing to receive a case of beer delivered by Budweiser's famous horses.

The team of eight Clydesdales and a red sleigh were unloaded from semis and assembled in the parking lot at Licali’s Market & Spirits on Monona Drive, police said.

Dan O’Brien, assistant manager at Licali's, said at its height, the crowd numbered about 300 and people were excited to see the well-groomed beer ambassadors.

"They were beautiful," O'Brien said. "They had ribbons and their tied and their tails were all tied up nice."

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Hospital celebrates nurses week with singing competition

Submitted by Catherine Showers on Monday, May 13th, 6:01 am

On Thursday St. Mary's staff participated in their own version of "American Idol" to celebrate Nurses Week.

Organizers said eight staff members mustered the courage to step onto the stage and into the spotlight much to the delight of those watching in the cafeteria.

After Thursday's event, employees will vote for their favorite performer and then the top vote-getter will be crowned the St. Mary's champ and receive a prize, the hospital said.

Katie Davis sang the Journey classic "Don't Stop Believing" to close the Idol event.

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Mother’s Day live show to feature local writers

Submitted by Tabatha Wethal, Channel3000.com Community Reporter

Sunday, May 5th, 2013, 4:34pm

‘Listen to Your Mother’ founded by Madison blogger, humorist

A Mother’s Day-themed production will feature local writers discussing the "real experience" of motherhood in their own words.

Fourteen local women will take the stage at the Barrymore Theatre Sunday for a performance the "Listen to Your Mother" group calls "giving Mother’s Day a microphone."

Listen to Your Mother is a live show with Madison-area writers reading their words founded by Ann Imig, a Madison blogger who describes herself online as a "stay-at-home humorist."

Tickets are $15 with a portion of proceeds supporting the Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, a Madison-based non-profit organization working against domestic violence.

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UW students launch discrimination exhibit

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, May 3rd, 6:08 pm

University of Wisconsin-Madison students are taking a closer look at their campus climate through the "Silenced Stories" exhibit.

The exhibit will highlight stories of harassment and discrimination that students have experienced on the university’s campus through artwork and other forms. The stories, taking place in classes, during sports games and in university housing, will focus on race, sex, gender and other discriminations.

"Silenced Stories" will open May 9 at 5:30 in the School of Social Work, with refreshments available, according to a statement.

The Disability and Advocacy in Multicultural Settings Field Unit launched the exhibit to raise awareness for discrimination on campus, the statement said.

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Cardiac arrest survivor wants others to learn life-saving skill

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, May 3rd, 6:01 am

Survivor: '[I was] clinically dead, and I was that way for 20 minutes'

Sudden cardiac arrest kills 1,000 people a day in the U.S., which is roughly one person every two minutes. Would you know what to do if you saw someone collapse in front of you?

Channel3000.com and WISC-TV are proud to partner with St. Mary’s Hospital on Saturday for Hands on Hearts -- a community-wide event offering free compression-only CPR .

COCPR is a hands-only technique to help those in sudden cardiac arrest. The constant compressions are performed 100 times a minute to the center of a patient's chest. The compressions keep oxygen-rich blood flowing to the heart and brain. Mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths are not needed.

When compression-only CPR is used on a victim of cardiac arrest, the chance of surviving increases greatly.

Wagner said if he had died in 2008 when he had a cardiac arrest and he was pulseless for 20 minutes, his daughter Shaylee, left, would never have been born. His wife Theresa gave birth to Shaylee in 2009, nearly one year after Wagner's brush with death. Also pictured is Wagner's son, James.

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Dane County Humane Society to hold annual garage sale

Submitted by Grant Hermes on Friday, April 26th, 8:08 pm

The Dane County Humane Society will hold its annual garage sale again this year.

The sale will feature everything from home decor and books to clothing and games. All of the contributions support the efforts of DCHS.

The sale will be held at the Four Lakes Wildlife Center off Voges Road in Madison. It will run from Friday to Sunday. Doors open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. Saturday, but will only be open until noon on Sunday.

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MSCR offers Madison lakes event

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, April 26th, 6:27 pm

Madisonians can learn more about what treasures lie at the bottom of their community lakes from a local diving expert this weekend.

Madison School and Community Recreation will hold a public conversation with Rick Krueger, a diver with more than 22 years of experience with exploring Madison’s lakes. The event will cover topics ranging from a Lake Mendota cave where Chief Black Hawk once hid to sunken boats and cars that now rest at the bottom of Lake Monona.

The event will take place April 27 at 9 a.m. at the La Follette High School. The fee is $5.

Anyone interested in registering for the talk can visit www.mscr.org and use the course number 42295 to sign up.

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