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Neighborhood opposition to a proposed Walgreens on Monroe Street ultimately led to a project that benefits not just the neighborhood but the whole city.
Ken Kopp just wanted to retire. He wasnât planning to destroy the near west side.
In the winter of 2002 I attended a crowded neighborhood meeting in the West High cafeteria. Ken Kopp had announced that he was closing his iconic neighborhood grocery store on Monroe Street and was planning on selling the property to a developer. So, a meeting was set to hear about their proposal.Â
Basically, they were pitching a small group of stores anchored by a Walgreens drugstore. I wasnât crazy about the idea, but my neighbors were at their entitled worst. They were rude and sarcastic. There was much clucking and many deep sighs. You would have thought the proposal was for a toxic waste dump and a stockyard.Â
(12/16/2020)
Dorothy Twesme, retired Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (G-E-T) English teacher and librarian, has named the Old Main Historical and Community Arts Center in Galesville in her will to receive a bequest that will fund the “Twesme Family Past and Future Horizons Award” to a graduating high school senior who writes a paper that encourages reading about the past to envision the future.
The paper will recall that George Gale who founded Galesville, Galesville University, and Trempealeau County read Sir Walter Scott’s nine volume autobiography at age 16 and continued reading as the foundation for his later work. The paper will also review the biography of someone important to the award candidate and offer a vision of what the candidate would like to accomplish in the future. The award will be a scholarship in the amount of $750. G-E-T students who desire information about the award may contact high school guidance counselor, Abby Fernan Harker. The competitiv