Cashton Community Series

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Cashton Village Office

Contributing researchers: Arturo Acosta

Gavin Anderson

Brayden Barner

Julia Boisen

Logan Christianson

Zack Flick

Lana Gretebeck

Mira Mellen

Marcos Mendoza

Yair Sanjuan

Jack Schlesner

Blake VonRuden

Alannah Welda

Sondra Winchel

Copyright @2012. Cashton Elementary Press

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Table of Contents

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Goods or Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What You Can Find / See . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What If You Worked Here? . . . . . . . . . . 10

Interesting Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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History The village of Cashton started in

1892. A man named Mr. Cash

built buildings here because the

railroad ran through.

The building used to be a bank. It

has a vault in it. There are a lot of

old books in the vault.

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Goods or Services? The village office provides ser-

vices to residents of Cashton.

People can go there to:

• Pay water bill

• Pay tax bill

• Ask questions about Cashton

• Contact police

• Attend meetings

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What You Can See? • Police officer’s desk

• Police officer’s talking cookie jar

• Big meeting table

• Many radios for the police

• Lots of papers

• Map of Cashton

• Old books

• Voting machine

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Photos and Captions

The old safe now contains books and records

for the Village of Cashton. The fireproof

room still has a safe door that must be

locked every night.

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Using Math • figuring out water bills

• keeping minutes for

meetings

• Keeping track of tax bills

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Reading

and Writing • Read about laws

• Read about elections

• Write minutes for

meetings

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What If You Worked Here?

• Arturo would be a policeman.

• Gavin would be a policeman.

• Brayden would help people

vote.

• Julia would be a policewomen.

• Logan would be the boss.

• Zack would be a policeman.

• Mira would be a policewomen.

• Marcos would be the mayor.

• Jack would be a policeman.

• Alannah would like to work on

the computer.

• Sondra would like to work on the

computer.

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Interesting Facts • 50 people a day come in to pay

their utility bills • In December and January 100

people a day come in to pay

their taxes • There are 1105 people who live

in Cashton • They have meetings to make decisions about Cashton

• Cashton became a village in

1892

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Map

The Cashton Village

Office is located on Main

Street in Cashton.

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Glossary Village: a place with few homes;

smaller than a town.

Vault: a safe room or compartment

to keep valuables or money.

Residents: people who live in a par-

ticular place.

Elections: the act of choosing or

electing. The election to choose the

next President is in November.

Utility: a service that is provided to

the public. Telephone, water, and

electricity main utilities.

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About the Project

The Cashton Elementary First Graders

visited many places in order to learn

about the goods and services our com-

munity provides to the people who live

here. A huge thanks to all of the busi-

nesses we contacted who graciously al-

lowed us to visit and learn. If you have

questions about this project or would

like to be included in the future, please

contact one of the following teachers

at the Elementary School (608-654-

7377).

Rachel Huntzicker

Beth Lee

Dawn Stalsberg