Friday, January 18, 2013
Musical Program - January 17
Dave Midboe and Julia Loiselle presented a musical program for the BCREA when we met on January 17, 2013, in Rice Lake at Bethany Lutheran Church. Dave sang several songs while being accompanied by Julia. About 50 people attended the meeting and were highly entertained.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Letter from the President
Happy New Year to All!
The Barron County Retired Educators will be meeting on
Thursday, January 17th starting with registration at 10 am with meeting to
start at 10:30 am. This meeting will take place at Bethany Lutheran
Church in Rice Lake. Bethany's address is 35 W Messenger Street.
The presentation at the meeting will be a Dave Midboe Musical Program.
Those who attended his presentation at the November 2011 meeting will remember
what a great performer he is. If you missed that program, you will
certainly want to attend this year's program.
The Minutes from the November 1st meeting that took place at
Faith Lutheran Church in Cameron have been posted to the blog. The link
to the blog is at the end of this email.
I still need to get the hours of volunteering the members
did in 2012. You can reply to this email with the total number of hours
you volunteered at various locations in 2012 or you can bring them to the
January meeting. At the January meeting a form will be distributed to
keep track monthly of the hours you volunteer during 2013. I will be
sending the total hours from 2012 to the WREA office following the January
meeting. Remember, all I need is the total number of hours, not where
they were put in or when they were done.
We are always looking for new members to our
organization. If you know someone who was in education, but has not
joined, please encourage them to come to a meeting with you. You can tell
them that first time attendees are eligible for a free meal on BCREA.
I am sorry to report that Byron Dodge died on Friday,
January 4th. Many of our members knew Byron and he will be missed.
Hope to see you all at the
January 17th meeting. Be sure and check the blog for up to date
information and pictures of events. Remember to submit items that you
think should be added to the blog. Pictures of events are really appreciated.
Newspaper Release - January Mtg
The
Barron County Retired Educators’ Association will meet on Thursday, January 17,
at Bethany Lutheran Church, 35 West Messenger St., in Rice Lake with
reservations beginning at 10 a.m. and lunch at noon. A musical program will be presented by Dave
Midboe (New Auburn) and Julia Loiselle (Barron). A special monetary collection
will be taken for Emergency Clothing Supplies for local elementary
schools. All retired teachers,
administrators, and staff are invited as well as their guests. The
cost of the meal is $10. Reservations
may be made by calling Barb Millerman at 715-743-2390 or e-mailing her at bamillerman@chibardun.net no
later than Sunday evening, January 13.
Some
of you knew Bynie Dodge and Janet Campbell (Lloyd's wife) of Barron.
Bynie's
visitation is from 4-7 p.m. today (Tues.) at Rausch & Steel Funeral Home in
Barron; the funeral at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church in Barron on
the corner of West LaSalle Avenue.
November Minutes
Barron County Retired
Educators
November 1, 2012
10:30 a.m
Baron County Retired Educators met
November 1, 2012, at Faith Lutheran Church in Cameron at 10.30 a.m.
The meeting was called to order by our new president, John Osterloth. He introduced
our guest speaker, Tim Jergenson, who presented the program “Agriculture and
the Adoption of Technology”. Tim is the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Horticulture
Agent for Baron County. He has served in Baron County for 29 years. Demille
Richter who is also on the technology team came with him. Some of the
highlights were:
·
1940s
to the 60s, there were great changes from horses to tractors.
·
Today
you see minimum till to save the soil. It keeps it in place.
·
The
newest is robotic milkers.
·
Use
of cell phone for checking on pests.
·
1950-1960’s No soy beans
·
Soy
beans and corn are herbicide crops.
·
Use
of unmanned aircraft to monitor crops.
·
Phosphorous
is a no-no!!!!
60th Farm Technology Days
·
Expect
50 to 60,0000 visitors in July
·
1987-
Sutherland Farm near Cumberland
·
First
show in Wisconsin in 1954 with emphasis on education.
·
Today
it’s the cutting edge in technology with leadership development.
·
3years
ago it was in Pierce County.
·
It’s
July 9-11 2013 at Breezy Hill Dairy, Alex and Mary Olson Farm on County highway
A between and Ridgeland and Dallas.
o
1,200
volunteers involved
o
Economic
benefits for 15,000 people: food, business vendors, etc.
o
485
cows plus young stock
Business
Meeting:
·
Began
the meeting with Pledge Allegiance To The Flag
·
Recognized
one new member
·
Secretaries’
report with one correction made: Dave Bennett is our new executive director.
Motion made to accept the minutes by Karen Schroeder and seconded by Frank Peichel
·
Treasurer’s report given by Sandy with a
balance in the treasury of $1,135.54. Report was approved by Stan Bergum. No
change in the Scholarship Fund
·
Barb
Millerman gave a membership update
·
Donations
were collected for school supplies and those who didn’t give will do so in
January.
·
We
also decided to continue passing the hat for scholarships.
·
Several
people attended the fall district meeting.
o
We
received Unit Of Distinction Award
o
We
also had the second largest symbolic check for recognizing volunteer hours by
our members. ( $222,565.90 volunteer
time)
o
Superintendent
panel : Cumberland and Superior
·
Door
prizes were won by Roberta Neuman and John Osterloth
·
Our
dinner prayer was given by Harold Thorson
Dinner was
served to 49 people. Our next meeting is January 17, 2013 at 10:30 a.m at Bethany Lutheran Church in Rice Lake.
Secretary,
Marie Anderson
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