FLY FISHING 101
Saturday, July 3, 2010 from 9 AM – NOON
Fontana West: 231 Junction Road, Madison
Join us any Saturday in July and learn fly-fishing basics, FREE. If you've ever had a desire to learn the sport of fly fishing, now is the time. All ages and skill levels are welcome. The event will kick off in July 2010. Here's an itinerary of activities and events!

• We'll be offering FREE fly-casting classes and FREE classes on rigging your own fly rod and reel outfit - including leader and knot-tying demonstrations.
• Upon completion of the courses, every participant will receive a $15 Orvis savings card good toward Orvis product purchases on the day of the event.
• Each participant will receive a FREE one-year trial membership to Trout Unlimited - a $35 value. During a year of TU membership you'll receive four issues of Trout magazine, a 16-month fly fishing calendar, and membership in your local TU chapter.

Space is limited in these classes, Please RSVP to Craig Amacker at 608.833.9191 or craig@FontanaSports.com to reserve your space.

Scuba Open Water Certification Course
Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Fontana West: 231 Junction Road, Madison, WI
Fontana Sports is a PADI 5 Star dive center with over thirty years of experience. Our program includes the necessary class time, scuba gear, pool time, check-out dives, personal logbook, scuba textbook with digital dive computer, certification card with picture and is a lifetime certification. Students are required to have their own mask, snorkel and boots since these pieces need to be custom fit. Fontana offers specials on the purchase of these pieces and will spend time making sure that you find what you need to make your class a success. To sign-up or for more information please call Dave at Fontana Sports West at 608.833.9191.

FLY FISHING 101
Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 9 AM – NOON
Fontana West: 231 Junction Road, Madison
Join us any Saturday in July and learn fly-fishing basics, FREE. If you've ever had a desire to learn the sport of fly fishing, now is the time. All ages and skill levels are welcome. The event will kick off in July 2010. Here's an itinerary of activities and events!

• We'll be offering FREE fly-casting classes and FREE classes on rigging your own fly rod and reel outfit - including leader and knot-tying demonstrations.
• Upon completion of the courses, every participant will receive a $15 Orvis savings card good toward Orvis product purchases on the day of the event.
• Each participant will receive a FREE one-year trial membership to Trout Unlimited - a $35 value. During a year of TU membership you'll receive four issues of Trout magazine, a 16-month fly fishing calendar, and membership in your local TU chapter.

Space is limited in these classes, Please RSVP to Craig Amacker at 608.833.9191 or craig@FontanaSports.com to reserve your space.

ART FAIR ON THE SQUARE
Saturday, July 10 & Sunday, July 11, 2010
Capitol Square, Downtown Madison
Art Fair on the Square features music, entertainment, and outdoor dining, as well as fine works of art in mixed media, ceramics, drawings, graphics, prints, fiber, leather, furniture, glass, jewelry, metal, paintings, photographs, sculpture, 3D mixed media, and wood. Approximately 450 artists were chosen to participate this year from a pool of 1,650 applicants. Selected artists come from across the country, and nearly 30 percent will be exhibiting at the fair for the first time. Stop by our new downtown location on your visit - 216 N. Henry Street!

Maxwell Street Days

Friday, July 16 from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 17 from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Sunday, July 18 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Downtown Fontana: 216 N. Henry Street, Madison & All of State Street
Great bargains & fabulous food downtown on State Street. This annual sidewalk sale and community event showcases Madison's State Street and Capitol Square shopping district. More than 80 shops, boutiques, galleries and restaurants - many locally owned - offer great bargains on clothing, jewelry, gifts, artwork, food, drink and more. Fontana will have some of the best deals of the year at this event!

FLY FISHING 101
Saturday, July 17, 2010 from 9 AM – NOON
Fontana West: 231 Junction Road, Madison
Join us any Saturday in July and learn fly-fishing basics, FREE. If you've ever had a desire to learn the sport of fly fishing, now is the time. All ages and skill levels are welcome. The event will kick off in July 2010. Here's an itinerary of activities and events!

• We'll be offering FREE fly-casting classes and FREE classes on rigging your own fly rod and reel outfit - including leader and knot-tying demonstrations.
• Upon completion of the courses, every participant will receive a $15 Orvis savings card good toward Orvis product purchases on the day of the event.
• Each participant will receive a FREE one-year trial membership to Trout Unlimited - a $35 value. During a year of TU membership you'll receive four issues of Trout magazine, a 16-month fly fishing calendar, and membership in your local TU chapter.

Space is limited in these classes, Please RSVP to Craig Amacker at 608.833.9191 or craig@FontanaSports.com to reserve your space.

Tuesday Night Dive
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Devils Lake – South Shore
Tuesday night dives are fun, free, planned and organized dives for the beginner and experienced diver alike. We meet at 6:00 pm at the dive site. Fontana offers a $30.00 complete rental for these dives (with the exception of a flashlight and watch). If you need to rent gear you must go by Fontana West (231 Junction Road, Madison) and pick it up no earlier than the Monday before the dive at noon. Come join us and make new friends, enjoy local diving, advance your diving skills and explore new places with our group. RSVP to Weston Ledford at Weston@madisonscuba.com. Call Dave at 608.833.9191 with questions.

FLY FISHING 101
Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 9 AM – NOON
Fontana West: 231 Junction Road, Madison
Join us any Saturday in July and learn fly-fishing basics, FREE. If you've ever had a desire to learn the sport of fly fishing, now is the time. All ages and skill levels are welcome. The event will kick off in July 2010. Here's an itinerary of activities and events!

• We'll be offering FREE fly-casting classes and FREE classes on rigging your own fly rod and reel outfit - including leader and knot-tying demonstrations.
• Upon completion of the courses, every participant will receive a $15 Orvis savings card good toward Orvis product purchases on the day of the event.
• Each participant will receive a FREE one-year trial membership to Trout Unlimited - a $35 value. During a year of TU membership you'll receive four issues of Trout magazine, a 16-month fly fishing calendar, and membership in your local TU chapter.

Space is limited in these classes, Please RSVP to Craig Amacker at 608.833.9191 or craig@FontanaSports.com to reserve your space.

Tuesday Night Dive
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Lake Monona - MG&E Outlet - 835 Spaight St, Madison
Tuesday night dives are fun, free, planned and organized dives for the beginner and experienced diver alike. We meet at 6:00 pm at the dive site. Fontana offers a $30.00 complete rental for these dives (with the exception of a flashlight and watch). If you need to rent gear you must go by Fontana West (231 Junction Road, Madison) and pick it up no earlier than the Monday before the dive at noon. Come join us and make new friends, enjoy local diving, advance your diving skills and explore new places with our group. RSVP to Weston Ledford at Weston@madisonscuba.com. Call Dave at 608.833.9191 with questions.

FLY FISHING 101
Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 9 AM – NOON
Fontana West: 231 Junction Road, Madison
Join us any Saturday in July and learn fly-fishing basics, FREE. If you've ever had a desire to learn the sport of fly fishing, now is the time. All ages and skill levels are welcome. The event will kick off in July 2010. Here's an itinerary of activities and events!

• We'll be offering FREE fly-casting classes and FREE classes on rigging your own fly rod and reel outfit - including leader and knot-tying demonstrations.
• Upon completion of the courses, every participant will receive a $15 Orvis savings card good toward Orvis product purchases on the day of the event.
• Each participant will receive a FREE one-year trial membership to Trout Unlimited - a $35 value. During a year of TU membership you'll receive four issues of Trout magazine, a 16-month fly fishing calendar, and membership in your local TU chapter.

Space is limited in these classes, Please RSVP to Craig Amacker at 608.833.9191 or craig@FontanaSports.com to reserve your space.

Scuba Open Water Certification Course

Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Fontana West - 231 Junction Road, Madison, WI

Fontana Sports is a PADI 5 Star dive center with over thirty years of experience. Our program includes the necessary class time, scuba gear, pool time, check-out dives, personal logbook, scuba textbook with digital dive computer, certification card with picture and is a lifetime certification. Students are required to have their own mask, snorkel and boots since these pieces need to be custom fit. Fontana offers specials on the purchase of these pieces and will spend time making sure that you find what you need to make your class a success.
To sign-up or for more information please call Dave at Fontana Sports West at 608.833.9191

Wild Utah: America's Red Rock Wilderness with speaker Clayton Daughenbaugh
Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 7 – 8 p.m.
Fontana West: 231 Junction Road, Madison

Join us for a slideshow documenting citizen efforts to designate public lands in southern Utah's spectacular canyon country as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. This 15-minute journey through red rock splendor invigorates and motivates viewers to participate in the movement to protect these unique lands. It will be shown in conjunction with a presentation on the current status of the Utah wilderness movement by Clayton Daughenbaugh, Midwest Regional Organizer for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. "These are spectacular public lands owned by all Americans. As citizens we have a great opportunity to act to protect these special places," Daughenbaugh said. Daughenbaugh is also the Chair of the Sierra Club's National Wildlands Committee and author of "Common Sense Democracy: How to Complete the American Revolution in Your Neighborhood."

The North Face Never Stop Exploring Speaker Series: featuring TNF Athlete Mark Synnott
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Orpheum Theater, Madison, WI
After graduating from Middlebury College in 1993, Mark Synnott had no idea where he was going or what he would do for work. He just knew he wanted to climb. He ended up finding work as a carpenter, since it was conducive to a transient lifestyle. ("Build a house, climb a wall. Build a house, climb a mountain.") Then, in 1996, Mark spent 39 days living on the side of the 4,700-foot north face of Polar Sun Spire, a rock tower rising from a frozen fjord in Canada's Baffin Island. The ascent changed his life and started him on his quest to climb some of the biggest walls on the planet. He said goodbye to his carpenter job and never looked back. Many, many big-wall and alpine climbing adventures have transpired since, taking Mark to places like Patagonia, Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Tibet, the Alaska Range, the Amazon, West Africa and Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. As passionate about skiing and ski mountaineering as he is about climbing, Mark appeared in the 2001 Warren Miller film Cold Fusion, skiing off Mt. Waddington and Mt. Combatant in British Columbia. More recently, he snagged the first descent of a 5,100-foot couloir on Baffin Island's highest peak, Mt. Odin. He's also a successful freelance photojournalist and a senior contributing editor at Climbing magazine. His articles and photos have appeared in many publications in the U.S. and abroad, including National Geographic Adventure, Men's Journal, Outside, Skiing and New York magazine. Mark is the owner and operator of Synnott Mountain Guides, a climbing school based in his hometown of Jackson, New Hampshire. Of all his adventures, Mark sees getting married and having a family as the greatest one yet. He lives at the end of a dead-end dirt road in the White Mountains with his wife, three children and two dogs. More event details to follow