Friday, April 21, 2017

Join Us for Our Annual Meeting




Have you ever wondered what League of Women Voters is all about? You're invited to join us Thursday, May 11 at Bella Caffe. 

We will start with our annual business meeting at 4:30 p.m. followed by dinner (on your own) with ample conversation about what League is and future programs. We can answer any questions.



Please explore the tabs of this website and find more about us. 

After dinner we will see a program presented by Mark Bridge called "Papa's Cookies". Mark also known as Cookie, is Escoffier trained, a state  registered Cottage Baker as well as a certified food manager. Mark has extensive experience in the restaurant industry, including Perkins Restaurants and Bakeries. Baking has been a lifelong passion (especially the consuming part). A current project has Mark acting as baker for the National Park Service, Grant - Kohrs Ranch National Historical Site to
contemporize the handwritten recipes of Augusta Kohrs. He even acts as an instructor and provides classes in artisan bread, sourdough and Dutch oven baking. You may have seen him talking about chuck wagon history on the Lakeland Public Television show Common Ground, or performing his solo Victorian music show Historical Notes.  


            RSVP for dinner reservations to Sharon Natzel at
                     sorgwweh@aol.com by May 8, 2017. 

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

April 11th: Presentation by Gretchen Sabel and Julie Kingsley

Two years ago IL,WI, IA & MN established an Inter League Organization to pursue protecting the Upper Mississippi River Basin on a Regional level. On April 11th, Gretchen Sabel, chair of Upper Mississippi River Region - Inter League Organization updated us on the progress made by this regional group. Then Julie Kingsley of Hubbard County Soil and Water District gave an update on local programs to keep the watershed clean and protected.  Our watershed flows into the Mississippi River.

If you were not able to attend the program, use the links below to watch the presentations and see the power points.  Please share with others who are interested in helping protect our water. 

 Gretchen used the slide below to get us to think of what we can do.  But in Hubbard County we are so "lucky" to have an active Soil and Water District personnel who know the answers to most of these questions. http://www.hubbardswcd.org/portfolio/watersheds/
HUC = Hydrologic Unit Code - it's like the zip code for your watershed.






















Gretchen's Power Point from Presentation at LWVPRA 2017

Presentation Part 1: Gretchen Sabel

Presentation Part II: Julie Kingsley, Hubbard County SWCD

Link to Enterprise Article