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Contact: Gary Stone Paddleboard Specialists 5495 Catfish Ct. Westport, WI 53597 Phone: 877-473-1199 info@paddleboardspecialists.com All day event will include lessons, clinics, demos. races and Wisconsin movie premiere of “Destination 3º (Degrees)” with net proceeds benefiting the American Family Children’s Hospital. Madison, WI, June 15, 2011: PaddleBoard Specialists, the Madison, WI. based retailer of Standup Paddleboards and accessories is sponsoring the first Midwest Standup Paddle Festival...

CONTACT: Jackie Koch, 612-423-9820 MADISON - Pixie Dust was magic for a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison food science graduate students in New Orleans last weekend. That's the name of the drink mix that earned them first place in a Disney-sponsored food product development contest at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual meeting in New Orleans. The contest invited...

CONTACT: Ronald Kalil, rekalil@wisc.edu, 608-262-4903 MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison has established an integrated dual-degree program in neuroscience and law that offers students the opportunity to earn a Ph.D. in neuroscience and a J.D. in law. The new program will be the first anywhere in the country to educate students in neuroscience and law. It plans to enroll its first...

Contact: Ashley Huibregtse, 608-224-5002 MADISON – Summer is here bringing warm weather, vacations, and fair season. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced today the 2011 Wisconsin Fairs Entertainment Schedule. Wisconsin is home to more than 75 county fairs, three district fairs, and one tremendous state fair. Fairs offer fun entertainment for the entire family at a...

Contact: Jim VandenBrook 608-224-4501, jim.vandenbrook@wisconsin.gov MADISON – New online tools can help Wisconsin farmers know when conditions are right to spread manure on their land, so it stays on the fields to fertilize the soil instead of risking pollution of streams and groundwater. The web-based Wisconsin Manure Management Advisory System is comprised of two mapping tools that help farmers manage both...

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) will continue after the Senate rejected a measure to end the credit for ethanol blenders today. It’s good news for Wisconsin’s ethanol producers and the hundreds of workers the industry employs throughout the state of Wisconsin, but WBIA members are concerned that Wisconsin’s senators were split in...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison – Today Governor Walker released the following statement regarding the announcement that Biddy Martin would be leaving Wisconsin: First and foremost I would like to thank Biddy for her personal friendship. Beyond that, I respect the tremendous courage she exhibited by being a strong leader of our state’s flagship university and showing independence from the...

CONTACT: Amy Friese Fitness for EveryBODY, LLC P: 414-810-7276 E: Fit4eBODY@gmail.com Milwaukee, WI, June 14, 2011 – Fitness for EveryBODY will offer a free one-hour workout on Saturday, July 2, 2011 from 7:00-8:00am at Cupertino Park in Bay View. This full body strength training and cardiovascular workout is designed to kick start your metabolism on a holiday weekend when most of us tend...

The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has formed a 12-member advisory board comprised of leaders from industry, business development groups and research organizations who will provide guidance to the institute as it shapes priorities and works to transfer new technology from the laboratory to commercial use. Board members include UW-Stevens Point alumni Ed Buehler,...

For more information contact: Janice Stark – Rivers Edge Marketing, LLC 920-422-0583 Since 1996, the Wisconsin Family Business Forum at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has been working with families and their businesses to foster their continued health through programs, information, networking, resources, research, and life experiences. Housed in the College of Business at UW Oshkosh...

Media Contact: Gabriel Cranley 608-283- 2178 gcranley@retirement.org Capitol Lakes is the only retirement community in Wisconsin to offer a new geriatric rehabilitation option, OmniVR™, in its Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Madison, WI) – June 15, 2011 – Capitol Lakes, a Continuing Care Retirement Community in downtown Madison (http://www.retirement.org), is now using the world’s only virtual rehabilitation system specifically designed for seniors...

Contact: Laurie Andres Marketing & Public Relations Specialist
 laurie@fullcompass.com
 voice: 608-831-7330 x 1305
 fax: 608-237-2361 Madison, WI – Full Compass Systems, a national leader in professional audio, video, A/V and lighting, hosted the 9th Annual “Golf Carts for Wisconsin Arts” tournament on May 21st. The event was held at The Meadows at Six Mile Creek in Waunakee, Wisconsin, an eco-friendly course highlighted as...

LITTLE CHUTE, WI - Greg Borchard has been named director of business development at Little Chute-based Avastone Technologies. He was most recently director of business development with the Revere Group, headquartered in Chicago. A 20-year veteran in the information technology industry, Borchard will be responsible for growing Avastone’s web, software and business intelligence clientele. Also at Avastone, Russ Langel recently...