February 2009 www.NRHeritageCenter.org Volume 25, No. 1
Antique “Show & Tell”
Sunday, June 7th from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Pavilion at the Heritage Center you can bring your antique or collectible items for evaluation by show dealers. Each person may bring one or two items of interest to present to our panel of experts for their opinion of the value of each item. The dealers, lead by Mark Cellotti of Deer Park, have a wide variety and years of experience behind them. Bring in items you want more information on or items that just have you stumped – lets see if we can challenge our panel with some mystery items!
This is a fun event and free to all. Bring in an item for evaluation or just to watch to the fun and see who comes and goes. Coffee and cookies will be available for sale.
The Farmstead Flea Market…
continues to receive donations throughout the year. At this time we can accept your contributions on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00 a.m. until noon and on Saturdays, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please know that 100% of your donation goes to support the Heritage Center museum and programs. Your donation to the Farmstead Flea Market is deductible and you will receive a statement for the IRS for your gift when you sign in.
Membership List Corrections
My apologies for missing so many of our current members when we last published our list! The following are current members in good standing and should have been included at that time:
Sarah Ketcham |
Donna Ryan |
Dick & Jodi Simma |
Vern & Donna Skoglund |
Martha Smith |
Jim & Donna Tilly |
Janet & Arnold Tjelta |
Wayne & Joan Tubbs (Lifetime Member) |
Beth Utecht - The Jewelry Shop |
Tom Vande Berg |
Ronald Wittstock |
Irene Woll |
Thank you for your continued support,
Amy Kavaloski
Executive Assistant
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eritage Center is Celebrating Museum Month!
May is National Historic Preservation month. It is also the month in which we celebrate Wisconsin Museums Week – May 16th through the 24th. We are offering free tours through the end of this month so come and take a closer look at your Heritage Center!! |
Coming Up This Summer….
Farmstead Flea Market
Join us in the big diary barn of the Heritage Center each Saturday from 7:30a.m. to 2:00p.m. and Sunday from Noon to 4:00p.m. for some of the finest flea market shopping around! Our volunteers work all week long to fill the shelves with recycled items such as kitchenware, clothing, books and magazines, movies and music, antiques, furniture, bedding, sporting goods, home décor items, craft supplies, holiday decorations, jewelry and more. The stock is continuously turned over so the items on display change weekly. Don’t miss your chance to find that treasure you have been searching for or that much needed replacement of an ordinary item. One of my favorite lines from a long-time volunteer worker: “If you can’t find it in the Barn – just wait!”
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Parking Lot Farmers Market
Each Saturday from July 4th through October 24th, beginning at 7:30 the parking lot on the south side of the Heritage Center will be filled with vendors selling the fresh produce of local gardens! If you are looking for good home-grown vegetables or plants and flowers this is an ongoing sale you won’t want to miss! Prices are competitive and selection is endless so be sure to stop in for a fresh, healthy, tasty treat that your family will love. |
Heritage Hillside Series
Every Wednesday from July 8th through August 19th from 6:30 to 8:00p.m. the Heritage Center
will be the place to “see and be seen.” The lineup this year is excellent and every performance is
different than the last or the next! The following is the schedule of those events:
July 8 Pig’s Eye Jass Band
Original Style American Jazz
Sponsored by First National Community Bank
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July 15 Ten Mile Creek
Local group, playing favorites from over the years
Sponsored by Westfields Hospital |
July 22 Pickin’ Up Steam
Folk, Bluegrass
Sponsored by Liquid Waste Technology
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July 29 Trigger Happy
Country Music
Sponsored by Bremer Bank |
August 5 Jason Huneke
Comedy! Juggling! Family Night!
Sponsored by WESTconsin Credit Union
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August 12 The Sun Mountain Fiddler
The best fiddle music around
Sponsored by Anchor Bank
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August 19 Café Accordion Orchestra
French Bistro, Cajun Music!
Sponsored by Fantastic Sams |
Special Thanks for Special Donations to the Heritage Center
A very special thanks to those of you who thought of your Heritage Center at a time of loss or a time of celebration. The following people made a financial donation in Memory or in Honor os someone, or in Celebration of a special event in 2008:
Curtiss & Elaine Anderson |
John Helling |
Jane Kruschke |
Tony & Joan Rosenow |
Fern Anderson |
Don & Shirley Holmberg |
Herb Kunkle |
Irv & Mary Sather |
John Beebe |
Jessie Minaker |
Robert & Kecia Law |
Dorreen Schmit |
Mark & Kathie Cellotti |
Mark & Carol Johnson |
Earl & Anne Olson |
Keith & Nancy Swiggum |
Mona Flanum |
John & Jacque Johnston |
Tom & Betsy Otteson |
Willys & Fran Thomson |
Lois Hatch |
Knutson Family |
Beverly Peirson |
Evelyn Ziegel |
Robert Heebink |
Thomas Koop |
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Thank You St. Croix Valley Community Foundation!
In 2006 the St. Croix Valley Community Foundation offered a “Partners for the Future Initiative” challenge match grant to non-profit organizations. The Heritage Center became a Partner with a $25,000 award at that time. The following is a description, as a reminder to you of that program, taken from their website:
“The St. Croix Valley Community Foundation’s Partners for the Future initiative is a $2 million dollar challenge in which SCVCF will match – dollar for dollar – funds that participating nonprofits raise and invest in a permanent fund at the Community Foundation. The goal of this exciting initiative is to help nonprofit organizations identify new resources that, in the long term, will provide ongoing support to local organizations within the St. Croix Valley.
“Partners for the Future will be a tremendous resource for selected nonprofits,” noted David Griffith,(then) SCVCF President. “Permanent funds give nonprofit organizations a stable and growing source of income dedicated to their operations or specific programs. These funds are managed like an endowment – it gives an organization annual income yet it also preserves and grows principal. As a result, the organization benefits today and for generations to come.”
SCVCF raised $1 million to offer matching grants for this purpose. Over the next (then) three years nineteen nonprofit organizations will raise a total of $1 million dollars. Each organization’s board of directors has its own fundraising goal. The Foundation will provide training and coaching assistance to ensure each organization’s success.
Many generous donors may want to make a contribution to an organization, knowing their gift will double in value. For more information, please contact Jill Shannon, Director of Community Partnerships at the Foundation.”
The initiative would run from November 15, 2006 to November 15, 2009, allowing each of the 19 organizations that were chosen, 3 years to raise the funds that each was awarded. The Heritage Center was awarded a $25,000 match at the start of the project. Your enthusiasm in helping to meet the original goal of raising $25,000 allowed the Heritage Center to not only reach, but to exceed that goal within the first year. Our thanks to all who heard the call and responded so promptly!
Now, in the third year of the Initiative, St. Croix Valley Community Foundation has awarded an additional $3,000 to be matched, again, by the Heritage Center – by this November 15! We are once again asking for your support in order to double the award and make it a total of $6,000 for our historic preservation work. When considering a gift please remember that a little goes a long way around here. Even a small financial donation will be worth twice as much and will go into our Long Term Legacy Fund with St. Croix Valley Community Foundation.
Thank You!
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