Trick of treating for canned goods

La Crescent Middle and High School students will be trick of treating for
canned goods again this year for the La Crescent Food Pantry. Have your
non perishable gift ready at the door on Halloween. Local churches sponsor this event each year. The students will meet at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in La Crescent at 3:00pm on Saturday.

Halloween Fun

Saturday is Halloween. Here is a way to make homemade face paints.

1tsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. cold cream
1/2 tsp. water
a drop or two of food coloring

Stir together cornstarch and cold cream until well blended. Add water and stir. Add coloring, one drop at a time to desired color is achieved. Store covered. Remove with soap and water. Hint: Orange = 2 drops of yellow, 1 drop of red. Turquoise = 3 drops of blue, 1 drop of green. Violet = 2 drops of blue, 1 drop of red. Have fun with your homemade face paints. Adult supervision for little ones is always a good idea.

Flu Flu is it the Flu?

H1N1 Flu web cast may help answer your questions. Gundersen Lutheran experts will answer questions and concerns about H1N1 and seasonal influenza form 6:30 to 7pm tonight. To join the Web cast, go to gundluth.org/flu and click on the "Live Flu Web cast" link.

Start To Save Money Today

A free workshop on Becoming Coupon Savvy will be held tomorrow at 6:30pm at Family Resources, 1500 Green Bay Street. Child care is available for attendees. Registration is required by calling 784-8125 ext. 229. This sounds like a fun and productive way to save some money.

Interesting Weather Fact

Did you know that is is possible to see snowflakes falling with temperatures that are above the 32 degree mark? This does happen when there is a thin layer of above freezing temperatures near the ground. If this layer of air is too shallow for the snowflake to melt then it will make it to the ground.

Thank You

Thursday, Friday and Saturday was three exciting days at the La Crosse Radio Group. The CMN Radiothon was a great big success. Thanks to your generous donations the Radiothon did raise almost $53,000.00 for our area families. We do thank you very much.

Downtown is where the action is

Did you know that the Saturday, October 10th is the 14th annual Historic Downtown La Crosse Day? We have a link at cc1063.com for you. The Chili Cook Off is also part of the one day celebration. This is a day to take your time and walk in the downtown area to look at historic La Crosse in a slower pace. Did I mention that shopping is great in downtown La Crosse???

Today's Rumble

We have a good chance of rain and even maybe a rumble of thunder today. Did you know that the island of Java in Indonesia has more thunderstorms than any other region? The island has an average of 322 days of thunder a year. Now that is a lot of noise!

First Time Ever

Weather was the cause for the first time ever cancellation of the Torchlight Parade.
Heavy rain and lighting last night doused the Torchlight parade for the fist time in 38 years. The parade would have lit up La Crosse's North Side. The parade was called off at 6pm last night. An indoor walk around parade was held at the North Side Fest Ground as an effort to uphold tradition.

Parade Night

I am not sure how you could forget the most fun evening parade of the year. But just in case you did....here is a reminder. At 7:00PM tonight the Oktober Fest Torchlight Parade will step off on La Crosses North Side. You may need some rain gear however. There is a strong chance of rain all day and night. Just remember some years we have had temps in the 60's and some years rain or even snow. See you at the parade. The tradition continues.