CENTERVILLE, Wis. – Four months after fire destroyed the abandoned Centerville curling rink, jagged metal studs and charred aluminum quonset siding remain an untouched eyesore along U.S. Highway 35. The scrap heap — some rusting, most crushed beyond recognition — is sandwiched between the tidily maintained Citizens First Bank, Stevens Transmission shop, and Toad’s Cove convenience store. Curlers, meanwhile, have been unfazed. They gave a new rink a couple blocks away.
Does anybody care? Hardly Centerville’s prettiest face to the world. Hello, civic pride. Where are you? Image: Steve Lunde