February 2019 President’s Corner: From the Vice-Presidents: Elaine Barthelemy 952.454.7200 Cindy Menas 952.212.0254

Mary Gerenz 952.985.0647 Happy Valentines Day! Awfully quiet at my place without the laughter and DAKOTA COUNTY AND conversation of my sons who were here for the EARLY HISTORY holidays, but I am enjoying their Christmas gifts. A Matt Carter, the Executive Director of Dakota white noise machine helps me doze off to ocean County Historical Society (DCHS), will present a waves or a rainstorm, while a weighted blanket program on Dakota County and early Minnesota quiets my restless legs. The tricky part is crawling History at our January meeting. Dakota County out from under that heavy cover when the sounds was one of the nine original counties established of water inspire a trip to the bathroom. in the , and many of the im- portant people, places, and things related to Min- What a great turnout we had at our January meet- nesota early culture can be traced back to it. ing! Not only did our speaker Mike Lynch give an entertaining talk, but he also accepted our invita- The mission of the DCHS is “To preserve, inter- tion to join us for lunch at the Fireside giving mem- pret and promote the history of Dakota County.” bers more time to chat with him. Special apprecia- To that end DCHS operates three sites: LeDuc tion this month goes to Vice-Presidents Cindy Historic Estate, Lawshe Memorial Museum, and Menas and Mary Gerenz for booking speakers Sibley Historic Site, as well as offering tours, ex- who are enthusiastic and informative and to Mary hibits, camps, and many interactive programs that Lempke for all of her hard work as Member- cover all manner of topics including the Civil War, ship Chair. the Dakota People, Minnesota as the original “Silicon Valley” of the world, traditional agriculture, Kudos to those who submitted their Member Inter- food processing, and market gardening, Mississip- est Surveys. In case you’re worried that you for- pi, Minnesota, and Vermillion River histories, got, the good news is that you can still turn it in at quack medicine, politics, and much more. Please the February meeting. The nominating committee, join us — Mr. Carter has many topics from which which includes three board members as well as to choose for his presentation! three ladies from the general membership, will meet in February. If you would like to serve on the Matt Carter has served as Executive Director of nominating committee, please contact Myrna Do- DCHS since January 2016. He holds a Masters cherty or me. Degree in Public History from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and has done extensive Although predictions indicate that this could be the research on various topics related to both Minne- mildest winter in a while, I bet we will have enough sota and Wisconsin. cold/snowy days for our snowbirds to justify head- ing south. Wherever you are, I hope your Valen- tines of all ages and sizes are good to you. Monday, February 4

Your POTNS — Elaine Board Meeting* - 8:30am General Meeting - 9:15am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Business portion begins at 9:30)

: If School District Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church Winter Weather Policy 14401 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley 196 is closed or running two hours late, our Board Board Meetings are open; All members have “Voice” and General Meetings are cancelled. New Sociables: Bloom Where You Are Transplanted!

50/50 Greeter/Callers Roni Nelson 952.432.3164 Claire Ramsay 952.432.8496 Joan Rockvoy 651.485.7778 Nancy Swoverland 651.628.9464

At each general meeting we sell raffle tickets: 5 We welcomed 7 visitors at our January meet- for $1. The winning ticket is usually drawn by our ing. Diane Meyer and Carol Deal have volun- speaker. The winner gets half the total amount teered to mentor our guests in February. collected; the other half goes to the New Socia- Please consider signing up to wear the daisy bles General Fund. If the Memorial Fund needs sash and help welcome visitors at a general additional money, it comes out of the 50/50 re- meeting. (And thank you to all of the regular ceipts. (Please have dollar bills or small bills to members who shepherd visitors, especially make the “half & half” division easier - thank those who come on their own.) you!!)

Members, please be sure to pick up your As in the past, we will not sell tickets during the nametag when you arrive and return it to the break so be sure to buy them before the meeting! box when you leave.

Congratulations to

Pat Lynam

who won $34.50 at the Hospitality January meeting Pat Beseman 651.688.0242

Mary Vogtman 952.898.1599

Linda Kirkey 651.587.5067

Lewis House Regular and decaf coffee, tea, water, and Diane Kouba 651.332.2118 snacks will be available for your enjoyment at Kristy Harms 612.802.0801 the general meetings. In January snacks will be Spread a little love this month and donate Valen- provided by Judy DeNardo, Myrna Docherty, tines for the children residing at Lewis House to Gayle Gulbrandson, and Joan Rockvoy. share with their classmates. (You might include a Please look for the sheet by the snack table Valentine for a child to where you may sign up to provide goodies for give to Mom; we all the following month’s general meeting. need a Valentine,

sometimes!) For the sake of our environment, we are again suggesting that you bring your own coffee cup Your donated Valen- to the meeting. tines can be placed in

the blue bin at the back

of the room at the Feb-

ruary meeting. In keep- Membership ing with school re- Mary Lempke 952.693.6605 strictions about edible

treats, please limit your To date we have received membership dues donations to paper Valentines. (Stickers, erasers, from 183 women for the 2018-2019 year. pencils, etc. are acceptable.) Please remember,

all donations must be unused and unopened. Additional Membership Directories are now available for $2.00. Please contact Mary if you As always, thank you for your generosity. The would like to purchase one (preferably by email residents and staff at Lewis House are grateful for at — [email protected]. - 2 - all that you do each month! location where they are held), and copies of our newsletter for handy reference.

There is also an update page con- taining any updates/changes that may have been emailed by Deb after the monthly newsletter was Lunch with the Bunch published. No more searching for lost or deleted Lola Hanna 952.432.1414 emails or monthly newsletters. Check it out on Susan Dentinger 651.423.6132 your computer, tablet or smart phone. Chris Johansen 952.894.3726 Activity chairs, please use the webmaster link After the February general meeting we’ll be going on the home page to notify Cindy of any perma- to the Market Grille located in HyVee at 16150 Pi- nent changes that occur throughout the year, lot Knob Road, Lakeville. Join us for good food, such as leaders, time, locations, etc. fun, and great conversation!

Sunshine Carol Turcotte 952.423.2864 Kathy Steen. 651.882.9760 February

The purpose of this group is to aid members when special needs arise Activities and to provide appropriate assistance, e.g. rides to medical appointments following surgery. Any member who 500 has such needs should contact Carol Mary Knoblach 952.884.5713 or Kathy. Maxine Abeln 952.881.5683

When possible, it would be helpful if those 2nd Wednesday, needing transportation would contact us at February 13, 11:20 - 3:00 least a week in advance. This will enable us to Players meet at Rascal’s Res- give our volunteers notice for planning their taurant in Apple Valley on the schedules too. second Wednesday of each month. We have lunch at We have just a few new volunteers so far this year 11:20 and play 500 until about and would like to remind our past volunteers to 3:00. A $1.00 playing fee will be collected from sign up again if you are still interested. We could everyone, which is returned as a prize to the win- use your assistance and wish to thank you all for ning scores. There will be a signup sheet at the your help. general meeting or you can call Mary Knoblach or Max Abeln if you would like to be added to the playing list. www.newsociables.org

New Sociables Website Cindy Menas 952.212.0254

Our New Sociables website is FULL of infor- mation. Check it out! You will find links to board members & activity chairs, descriptions of our many activities (for directions - just click on the - 3 - Book Group Judy Rau 651.451.7215; Deb Lingen 952.686.7333 NORMALLY 4th Thursday — Special Event: Thursday, February 14; 9:30am—Carpool, 10:30am—Curtain Time

On Valentine’s Day we’re attending the play “Stewardess” at the Minnesota History Theatre, 30 - 10th Street East, St. Paul. Curtain time is 10:30. For background, a companion book is Femininity in Flight by Kathleen M. Barry (available as an e-book from the website of the same name, or in paperback from Amazon.) .

We encourage you to form your own carpools, however those who have not done so may meet up at the Regal Eagan 16 Theaters, 2055 Cliff Road. Due to the possibility of inclement weather we will depart there at 9:30. Please pay your driver $2.00 and share the cost of parking. Also, please contact Judy if you are planning to drive separately.

It is difficult to find a single restaurant to accommodate our numbers so we ask you to decide within your own carpool group if you would like to go to lunch together, and make your own choice of restaurant.

REMINDER: Because the date of the play conflicts with the normal meeting day for Crafts the two ac- tivities will switch dates: Book Group will meet February 14th and Crafts will meet on February 28th.

NOTE: For February & March, Lynda Freund will be the contact for Duplicate Bridge as well as Party Bridge

Lynda Freund 952.683.1718

Bridge - Duplicate Bridge - Party Lynda Freund 952.683.1718 4th Monday, February 25, 10:00 Duplicate bridge is played the fourth Monday each 3rd Monday, February 18, 10:00—3:00 month throughout the year. We meet at 10:00am New Sociables Party Bridge meets the third Mon- at Casper’s Cherokee of Eagan, 4625 Nicols day of each month at 10:00 a.m. at Casper’s in Road. We play a couple of rounds, eat lunch, and Eagan. We take a break for then complete the rounds. A sign-up sheet will be lunch and resume play until available at the general meeting. An email will be 3:00 p.m. There will be a sign sent in advance to those who have signed up. If -up sheet at the general meet- you sign up to play, please commit to coming that ing as well as a separate sign- day. It is very difficult to get subs at the last mi- up sheet for those who wish to nute. We’re looking forward to fun! be on a sub list.

Bunco Linda Neubauer 952.432.8516

2nd Tuesday, February 12, 11:30 The Bunco group meets monthly at Rascal's in Apple Valley, 7721 147th Street. We have lunch first and then play. Bunco is an easy dice game: we all help each other and we have a good afternoon of laughs. All are welcome! Sign up at the general meeting, call, or contact Linda at [email protected].

- 4 - Crafts (Knitting, Stitching, or Whatever? then continue playing until all Susan Larson 952.432.7527 tables have completed the four Cindy Manwarren 612.201.5784 rounds. $1.00 will be collected from everyone, which is then NORMALLY 2nd Thursday divided and returned as a prize SPECIAL DATE: to the winning scorer at each 4th Thursday, February 28, 10am— 3pm table. See you there! Crafts is a gathering of ladies who enjoy doing handwork whether it is quilting, knitting, cross stitch, needlepoint, or whatever. On February 28 Lunch Adventure we will be working on our own projects at the Judy Rau 651.451.7215 home of Joan Rockvoy, 695 Brentwood Lane in Lunch Day 651-600-5813 (cell) Eagan. Joan’s cell phone number is Joyce Huff 952.495.4111 651.485.7778. Susan Marlow 952.953.0877

A highlight of the day is a great 3rd Wednesday, February 20, 11:00am potluck lunch of soup, salad, Plan to meet at Mall of America for our February bread and dessert (only one of Lunch Adventure, which will be at Benihana. The each). Feel free to come and restaurant is located on the 3rd Floor at 358 go, as you like. South.

At the February 4 General About Benihana Meeting there will be a sign-up sheet for this Feb- What does teppanyaki mean? It means, quite lit- ruary craft gathering. erally, broiled on a steel grill, which is the defini- tion of Japanese teppanyaki-style cooking in its REMINDER: Because the date of the play for most simple form. However, exactly when tep- Book Group conflicts with the normal meeting day panyaki-style first came into use is a bit more for Crafts the two activities will switch dates: Book complicated. Some believe the tradition began Group will meet February 14th and Crafts will over 200 years ago when families would prepare meet on February 28th. food together on small hibachi grills. Others be- lieve it began in the early 1900’s with teppanyaki chefs introducing Cribbage the style, along with Nanci Peterson 651.686.6386 their intricate knife skills, to diners. 1st Wednesday, February 6, 10:00 Cribbage is held on the first Wednesday of each Regardless of which month. We will play on February 6th at Starbucks story is true, tep- Coffee located inside the panyaki has evolved greatly over the last hundred Kowalski's Market in Eagan. years, moving from food that was simply “broiled The time is 10am to about on a steel grill” to something of an art form — an noon. No lunch is required art form Benihana restaurants first introduced to but available if desired. You America in 1964. Today, teppanyaki chefs are may sign up at the next performers as well as skilled cooks, delighting General Meeting. diners daily with mouthwatering flavors and jaw- dropping knife skills. A truly amazing show, with vegetarian choices to top steak, or even sushi or . sashimi. Hand and Foot Pam Miller 651.344.3224

3rd Thursday, February 21 , 11:15 Hand and Foot meets at Ole Piper, 16604 Cedar Avenue. There is no need to sign up, but please be prompt: we organize our tables and will start the games at 11:15. We play a while, have lunch, - 5 - year. Heartfelt thanks to those who helped.

Newsletter Deb Lingen 952.686.7333 Please note that it is not necessary to commit to going every time; your effort will be appreciated Please submit items for the no matter how often you can join us— You make MARCH ISSUE by February 10th. a difference. Send information to Deb Lingen at: Share a Recipe [email protected] Ruth Ann Miller 952.882.1297

(Please notify Deb if you change your Jan Matulka 651.322.4363 e-mail or mailing address.) 4th Wednesday, February 27, Noon Share a Recipe will be hosted by Lynda Freund

this month. Her address is 16292 Equestrian Trail Mah Jongg in Lakeville and her telephone number is Vani Phelps 952.898.0966 952.683.1718. Sue Hoagberg 612.597.5102

Lynda has chosen a theme of "Soup-er 1st Thursday, February 7, 11:00 - 3:00 Man!” (Join us and perhaps you’ll find recipes 3rd Tuesday, February 19, 11:00 - 3:00 that are faster than a Mah Jongg is held at speeding bullet to prepare, the Carbone’s on or perhaps so nutritious 160th and Cedar in they make you feel more Lakeville. We start at powerful than a locomo- 11:00, play for a bit, tive— and maybe even so order and enjoy delicious you’ll want to leap lunch, and than play tall buildings in a single some more. Car- bound!) bone’s does not require reservations so there is no need to sign up. All levels of players are wel- There will be a limit of 14. Please sigh up at the come. Please join us for a fun day! general meeting.

Tours

Judy Rau 651.451.7215

Joyce Huff 952.495.4111

Anna Barnard 952.898.5445

NORMALLY 2nd Friday, Service Opportunities: Volunteer! There will be no Tour in January Deb Lingen 952.686.7333

2nd Monday, February 11, 9:30 - 11:30

Please join us in packing meals at Feed My Starv- ing Children, 990 Lone Oak Road, in Eagan. As always, friends, spouses, children, and grandchil- dren are welcome to lend a helping hand. Deb will Membership Directory send a reminder email asking for volunteers. If Updates you wish to be added to the list please contact her at the number listed above. Please make the following correction:

In January 11 volunteers joined others for a pack- Kathleen Milligan ing session that produced 188 boxes of food, rep- Phone — 320.492.7707 resenting 440,608 meals, or enough to feed 112 starving kiddos a nutritious meal each day for a - 6 -

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