Just down the street from Monterey Staduim football field near the Rock River is Slick's Bar and Grill. If you are a gonzo golfer with a one-iron, you might be able to zing a ball into the parking lot of the old GM plant from Slick's roof. 

    This is a neighborhood bar in the spirit of Wisconsin-esque lore. It reminds me of the ones I have been to in Madison and Milwaukee. There on a residential street, tucked between two neighboring houses is...a tavern. 

    There is a bit of a story of course. The owner of the now long-gone Slick's Tavern on Milton Avenue bought this current bar on Rockport Road and named it Slick's Bar and Grill. After a few years he sold it to the current owner and former bartender. Said not-so-new owner's name is hard to pronounce and remember so everyone just calls him Kud. He is a pleasant fellow, and chatted with me a bit as he sat at his own bar. 

    They have a neat little one dollar burger special on Thursdays. Another Buck will get you some fries with the deal. They should also be able to rustle you up some chicken and fries for around five dollars; and, on Friday get a fish sandwich for $4.50. A can of Miller Lite will set you back a couple Bucks or so. I think after all was said and done, with my burger, fries, adult beverage, and tip, I got out of there for about six Bucks.

    Slick's Bar and Grill is cool with Cool Dadio. Find them at 309 Rockport Road, Janesville, Wisconsin. Call (608) 754  -  3544 for more information. 

             Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
    (each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan) 

    This week's Wisconsin soldier to remember is Army Sergeant Andrew L. Bossert, 24, of Fountain City, Wisconsin who was killed when a car bomb detonated near his work area in Ramadi, Iraq, on March 7, 2005. He was in Company C, 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Bossert's unit had spent over two years in South Korea before being sent to Iraq. Bossert arrived in Iraq with his engineer battalion in August, 2004. One of the unit's jobs was to search for buried explosives at night. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described Andrew as a tall, muscular man that had played basketball for Fountain City. He also liked riding motorcycles. He had spent a semester at the University of Wisconsin-Stout after graduating from Fountain City High School. The Journal Sentinel went on to say Andrew's family said he had hopes of studying architecture after serving in the Army. Bossert's wife is from Russia and they met in South Korea and had been married for two years. Sergeant Andrew Bossert is the 36th service member from Wisconsin to die in Iraq since spring, 2003. 

                                    As of this blog entry's posting date:

    95,062 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
    
    9,363 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.

    4,376 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003. 

    956 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.

    317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.

    624 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001. 

    31,620 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003. 

    4,786 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001. 

    101 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.

    17 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.

    139 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.

    17 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.

Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.