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The Hub
August 2012
The Official Newsletter of the Farm-City Hub Club—Promoting Agriculture & Agri-business in the New Ulm Area
FARMFEST HELP NEEDED
please sign up!
With this year’s Farmfest dates—August 7-9—conflicting
with both the Brown and Nicollet County Fairs, it’s important
that available Hub Club members volunteer to work.
Foodstand help is needed the week before Farmfest, the day
before, and each day of the event:
• Thursday, August 2, 5:00 p.m., peel and slice potatoes
at the St George Parish Center. (Eat before you come; no meal
will be served.)
• Monday, August 6, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., set-up and
serve workers at Farmfest grounds.
• Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, August 7, 8,
and 9. Two shifts—7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 11:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.
If you can help at any of these times, please call Gail LeGare
at 507-217-9058 (cell) or 228-8521 (home).
Farmfest gate tickets will be mailed to those working.
Bavarian Blast a huge successs
Bavarian Blast 2012 is over and was a huge success. The
final count for our food booth is not in yet, but we way exceeded last year and other years—probably comparing with
the first year at German Park—though our expenses will be
higher than that year.
We received many, many compliments on our food from
guests and the Bavarian Blast board of directors.
Thanks to each and every one who helped in any way.
Special thanks to Mary Jane Beranek and Arline Klingler
for cooking extra sauerkraut Saturday—we would have run
out by late Saturday evening—and to the people who made
potato salad (400 pounds of potatoes were cooked).
Special thanks to Hub members coming in on Sunday when
we were short on help and to the members who stayed
longer that day. Thanks to the people who built a kitchen on
a piece of grass! Thank you to Tony Guggisberg and River
Creek Nursery for lending us evergreens to decorate our
food tent. And special thanks to Jerome for creating a very
unique drainage system!
We were very proud of our Hub Club members and the
Nicollet County Pork Producers who kept smiling on some
very hot days!
Thank you again!
Kevin & Beth Fluegge, Jerome, Alma & Jim Forst
The Hub Club owes a HUGE thank you to Alma,
Jerome, Jim, Kevin & Beth for all their hard work, building a kitchen out of nothing and organizing everything!
Next Monthly Meeting
There is no Hub Club meeting in August. The next meeting will be Tuesday, September 4, at 5:15 p.m. at Upper Midwest Management. Everyone is welcome!
Hub Club sign will be replaced
The Hub Club will replace its sign in the lot used by Mankato
Implement, New Ulm Location (formerly Potter’s) with a new
sign and new landscaping. Help will be needed to remove the
old sign and block.
If you are available to help, please contact Michele Schroeder
at 354-1829. The sign may be kept, but the block needs to find a
new home. Anyone interested in the block is also asked to contact
Michele. Removing the sign and block might be done on an
evening in early August or mid-morning Saturday, August 11.
Local leadership programs
In action taken at the July meeting, the Hub Club allocated
up to $300 toward a club member attending one of the local
leadership programs—Bridging Brown County, Connecting
Nicollet County, or Network New Ulm. If you’re interested in
taking part in one of these programs which meet one day a
month from September to May, please contact Hub Club President Don Sanderson or secretary Ruth Klossner. Sign-up deadlines are usually in early August.
Scholarship thank you
A thank you note has been received from another of the recipients of $750 Hub Club Scholarships. It follows:
Thank you for choosing me to be a recipient of the New Ulm
Farm City Hub Club Scholarship. I plan to use the scholarship
money to help pay off my college tuition at South Dakota State
University. I plan to attend SDSU for four years, majoring in General Agriculture. After college, I plan to go back to our family
farm and help raise turkeys and crops with my father and uncle.
Again, thank you for choosing me. It was deeply appreciated.
Sincerely, Kyle Miller
Newsletter emailed and mailed...
The newsletter is being emailed to all members who have
email addresses on record. Copies are mailed to those who
don’t have email. If you change your email address or get
email, please contact the secretary at [email protected] or [email protected].
Contact info for 2012 Hub Club Officers
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Membership Chair
Don Sanderson – Phone: 354-8524; Email: [email protected]
Joe Maidl – Phone: 507-228-8743; Email: [email protected]
Kerry Hoffman – Phone: 354-7268; Email: [email protected]
Ruth Klossner – Phone: 507-240-0048; Email: [email protected]
or [email protected]
Doug Schottle – Phone: 359-2004; Email: [email protected]
Randy Schroeder –Phone: 507-249-3988; Email: [email protected]
Meeting Minutes
Monday, July 9, 2012 Farm-City Hub Club Minutes, UMMC
Officers and members present: Don Sanderson, president;
Doug Schottle, treasurer; Ruth Klossner, secretary; Randy
Schroeder, membership director; and Dan Asleson, Alma Forst,
Jerome Forst, Kevin Yager, Michele Schroeder, Christian Lilienthal, and Stephen Brandel.
The monthly meeting was called to order by president Don
Sanderson at 5:15 p.m.
The agenda was approved on a motion by Alma, second by
Michele, with all in favor.
The June secretary’s report was presented by Ruth and approved on a motion by Alma, with a second by Kevin; motion
carried.
Doug presented the financial report. Jerome motioned and
Randy seconded to approve; motion carried.
Randy presented the membership report. Two members
have dropped their membership, one new member has joined,
and another is expected to sign up soon. Alma motioned and
Michele second to approve the report; motion carried.
Kevin reported that the pancake breakfast at the Southern
Minnesota Youth Dairy Show June 16 went well. Numbers and
donations were up a bit. There were enough volunteers to make
the event run smoothly.
Ruth asked about placing an ad in the Brown County Fair
tab issue of the Journal, as the club has in the past. Alma motioned
and Dan seconded a motion that the club sponsor the ad, at a cost
of $65.00. Motion carried
OLD BUSINESS
Club Sign at Potters. Michelle presented additional information, including that reflective lettering will add $75 to $100
for each side of the sign. After considerable discussion, Michele
motioned and Alma seconded a motion to approve Sign 1B on
the sketch (white background with larger lettering) at a cost of
about $1,600 (including the reflective lettering); motion carried.
A second motion by Jerome, with a second by Kevin, approved up to $2,000 (give or take 10 percent) for landscaping
around the sign; motion carried. Michele will check on the need
for a permit to replace the sign on the site, and also with the Highway Department.
Tour to New Sweden Dairy. Ruth reported that the tour was
cancelled because not enough people signed up.
Float. Michele reported that she had made contact with the
company that built the club float in the late 1980s. Because of
the cost of fiberglass, the items that should have been with the
cornucopia were never completed. Because of concerns on where
to store the float, bad tires, and costs, a motion was made by
Jerome, seconded by Doug to dispose of the float, if we can get
something for it, and not have to pay to dispose of it. (The float
company indicated that it might know of someone who is interested.)
Bavarian Blast. Alma reported on plans to date. She asked
that an additional email be sent to members, to ask for help, as
not many had signed up. Root beer floats are “iffy” because of
the need for freezer space for the ice cream. A stove from Forsts’
shop will be used; a water heater may have to be purchased.
Transportation of equipment from and back to Farmfest must be
arranged. A 20x40’ tent has been ordered. Some menu items will
be eliminated because of space issues. All prices will be multiples
of a dollar, as tokens will be used for payment. Potato salad will
be made Tuesday, July 17 at St. George. The “kitchen” will be
built Wednesday and/or Thursday.
Farmfest. Doug reported that the two new steam tables have
arrived but need to be set up; rewiring will need to be done. Jim
Thomas is ordering all the food. Beans and potato salad will be
made Thursday, August 2 at St. George, starting at 7:00 a.m. Gail
LeGare will line up the work shifts; volunteers will be sought.
NEW BUSINESS
Fall Social. Tying this in to the 150th Anniversary of the
U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 is being considered. If there’s food left
from Farmfest, it could possibly be grilled, or the food could be
catered, as it was the last time the group met at the Brown County
Historical Society. Michele will look back to see how arrangements were made that time.
Leadership Programs. After discussing whether to sponsor
a member to each of the three programs (Bridging Brown County,
Network New Ulm, and Connecting Nicollet County), Randy
motioned and Kevin seconded to allocate up to $300 toward a
club member attending one of the programs. Motion carried.
Farm Show. Don reported that he is looking for a new Farm
Show chair since Michele has stated that she will not head it
again.
Thank you notes from three scholarship recipients were
read.
The meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m. on a motion by Michele
and second by Randy.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday, September 4; there
is no meeting in August.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth Klossner, Secretary
From peeling potatoes Tuesday evening, to clean-up
Sunday night, Hub Club members turned out in force.
Bavarian Blast was a blast!
July 20-22, New Ulm
Hub Club and Nicollet County Pork Producer members worked side-by-side at the
Bavarian Blast food stand Friday through Sunday. In spite of the heat, it was a very
successful weekend, with virtually all the food used up or sold by the time things
wrapped up
Sunday night.
Now it’s “on
to Farmfest,”
with workers
needed for all
jobs.