Next Week - February 3, 2004 -At the Edgewater, as usual. And the weather will probably be cold, as usual. That shipment of cold and snow that the skiers ordered in November has arrived, but don't let it get you down. There's plenty of warmth in our Lion meetings, so come and participate. We will be celebrating Lion Birthdays for February, and will hear from DAVE MIES about the work of our Sight Conservation Committee. This committee delivers our direct service to our community, and we should all know about, and take pride in, what we do.
At our last meeting, President DICK POMO presided as usual, from the newly shrunken podium. The TT had found the microphone working, unfortunately, (his humor was dry - in fact, arid) but we went forward from there. LINDA BERGREN led the singing of "America", after our usual averaging process on the pitch of the first line, and ALEX WONG gave the invocation. We had one guest - Shanti Weclew-Faynick, Sales Manager of the Radisson Hotel, with CHUCK BASFORD. They met at the Chamber of Commerce Business Card Shuffle, and she came to see what Lions were all about. CHUCK has obviously mastered Rule One of the new member search - "JUST ASK!" Now the rest of us need to follow his lead.
WALT PRIDHAM showed how to defeat the weather, arriving in his splendid Icelandic sweater, and HAL OTTERBACK can now be said to have been present as usual. He says that he feels better than he has for three years, which is good news. Now all he has to do is find his putting stroke, and he is going to Florida in March to look for it.
There was some bad news - MARK LARSON's father passed away a day or two ago. We send our condolences and sympathy to MARK and his family.
The funeral will be in Manitowoc:
Visitation at Pfeffer Funeral Home on Sunday 2/1 from 1:00 - 4:30;
Funeral will be at St Johns United Church of Christ on 2/2 at 11:00,
with lunch at the church at noon.
Pfeffer Funeral Home
928 S 14th St
Manitowoc, WI 54220
St John's United Church of Christ
1501 Marshall St
Manitowoc, WI 54220
JOHN JENSON had the final report on our participation in the District Bowling Tournament. Our team of JERRY HODDINOTT, JERRY MILLER, SAL AL-ASHKAR, DON NEVIASER, and JOHN JENSON finished sixth overall and won $35.00. JOHN was trying to figure out a way to hijack the prize check for the TailTwister.
President DICK let us know that he was going to be on a beach somewhere warm next week, and so Vice President LINDA BERGREN will preside. Hope one of our song leaders can make it back - she's having to do just about everything but cook the lunch as it is.
The regular Board of Directors meeting will be on Feb. 17. Place not yet announced.
The Club received a donation of $300 from Nedrebo's for our Sight Conservation program, which provides eye exams and glasses for those who need them and can't afford them. That's part of what DAVE MIES will be talking about.
Directory Corrections: GREG MILLER's home phone is 238-7918. His office address is: 1855 S. Jackson St. Janesville, WI 53546-2931 and the office phone number is (608) 373-0229. E mail addresses are: at home, bubba06@charter.net and at work, gamiller@border-states.com.
Barbara Thompson has resigned from membership.
We had two speakers from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Patrick Geoghegan gave us some facts and figures on our dairy industry, such as the fact that about 2 farms a day go out of business, but we still have 25% of the total dairy farms in the US located here, about 16,000. People have tended to forget that dairy farming is still one of the major contributors to our state's economy, doing about $18 billion in sales each year. Wisconsin cheesemakers, who produce over 350 varieties of cheese, actually have to import some milk - not enough cows left in Wisconsin to meet the need. Milk prices are governed by extremely arcane legal formulas in Federal regulations which don't favor our producers. (Editor's comment: Face it, we don't have much political clout in Washington.) Dave Leonhardi then distributed six different varieties of cheese for us to try, from a mild specialty Swiss to a Romana with peppercorns. They illustrated the different flavors and intensities, which are produced by variations in fat and moisture content, starter cultures and aging time. Generally, the older the cheese, the more intense the flavor. Serve at room temperature but store clean, cold and covered. Cook with aged (sharp) cheddar. Fat or sodium is needed to deliver flavor. Consumer taste varies with location-easterners want cream colored cheddar, and Wisconsinites want orange. Both to eat and to wear. As HAL would say, "good, interesting program."