April 30 -- Many of you remember the Dane County Sanitarium/Asylum and Poor Farm located in Verona as you came in from Madison on Verona Road, but did Verona also have a Leper Colony? You'll find out when the president of the Verona Historical Society, Jesse Charles, presents the program.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
May 7 – Jacob Burks will tell us all about Wisconsin High School Rodeo Contests. Yes, a program where high school boys and girls compete in a real live sanctioned rodeo. These high schoolers compete in bucking bronco riding, calf roping contests, queen of the rodeo pageant, belt buckle prizes, parades, college scholarships and more. It's big. The Wisconsin rodeo has been held for many years in Richland Center. Don't miss this unique program that many of us didn't even know existed.
May 14 – Mary Beth will tell us about our largest annual charitable fund-raising event, The MWT-M Rotary Golf Outing. We set a record last year and maybe we can even raise more money this year. Everybody needs to chip in. Mary Beth and the committee will enlighten us.
May 21 -- Michelle Grindle from Waste Management (WM) will tell us what her company does for our community, our country and beyond. Find out what is trash and what is not trash and how this giant company makes recyclables into useful products. Ever wonder what happens to the garbage that you put out on the street, where it goes and how you can help? You'll find out on May 21.
May 28 – No Meeting. Memorial Day.
June 4 – Awarding of High School Scholarships, funded by the Club
June 11 -- Our own Dennis Zitnak will present a program on SPAM--- that's right SPAM. Everybody makes fun about SPAM including Monte Python skits. Even the name SPAM has morphed into computer language meaning trash or junk. But SPAM was an essential food product for our US and Allied troops in World War II. The product was created in 1937 and is sold in 41 countries on 6 continents. Hormel, who makes this canned pork meat concoction, has its headquarters in Austin, Minnesota (Dennis's hometown). Dennis even worked there while going through school. The narrator of our program today is employee Jeff Johnson who will tell us about the fascinating SPAM museum.
June 18 -- Judy Levine from Madison Breakfast Rotary Group 7 Assistant Governor highly recommended this local speaker, Mike Gomoll who will talk about the scourge of epilepsy. Epilepsy affects 1 person out of every 26. Wisconsin has 65,000 people who have epilepsy. That is more that Muscular Dystrophy, Multiple Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis, and Cerebral Palsy combined, yet epilepsy remains a mystery to the general public and misunderstood by and large. Mike's mission is to raise awareness and funds in the battle against epilepsy. His topic is entitled "Joey's Song" who lost his life of this disease at the age of 5.
Yes, Middleton’s Good Neighbor Fest is back along with Rotary Bingo! That’s great news after a very long time of being cooped up. We plan to run bingo throughout the festival that will be held August 27-29, 2021. Make sure to mark your calendars and start talking up this community event. Along with our fundraising, we have had a great opportunity to showcase Rotary to the Middleton market.
A highlight of the festival is entertainment. This year attendees will be able to roam freely from all venues including the beer tents, entertainment stage, and of course, BINGO! Get ready for a wide variety of the best entertainment in the area including:
Friday night – The Jimmies
Saturday afternoon – Red Hot Horn Dogs
Saturday night – Love Monkeys
Sunday afternoon – Pacific Coast Highway
We are looking for any ideas to add some talent to fill a couple of spots (Friday, August 5-7 and Saturday, August 4-7). Contact either Matt Loch or Kevin Moran with any suggestions.
Our MWT-M Golf Outing is scheduled for June 28, 2021. However, the Silent Auction will begin at 3 pm on Monday, June 21, and go until 8 pm on Monday, June 28. It will again be an online auction giving you and your friends ample opportunity to bid high and bid often. The online link will be sent to everyone in a short while. The Silent Auction Committee is asking MWT-M members to donate to the auction. The success of the auction truly depends on your participation. Here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing:
GIFT CARDS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES! Very popular and avoids any pain in thought or shopping! Last year we had gift cards to grocery stores, restaurants, jewelry stores, Target, Kohls, Nevada Bob’s. Other gift card ideas include REI, Madison Children’s Museum, Noah’s Ark, Brew Pubs, your favorite bakery or bakeries, movie theatres. Everyone enjoys state parks and a one-year membership is a low cost or the Aldo Leopold Nature Center.
Thank you to those members who have stepped up already with their donations:
Roxanne Brazeau/BMO 4 Tickets to Overture’s “Come From Away”
Cory Recknor/Aprilaire Air Purifier
Stuart Herro 3 Foursome’s to Blackhawk Country Club
Doug Coerper Foursome to Lake Wisconsin Country Club plus 4 Fish Fry Dinners
Matt & Sue Loch Florida Condo
Greg Blum Weekend Getaway in Wisconsin Dells
Peder Moren Food Fight Gift Cards
Leo Edelstein Wine from Total Wine
Thank you for your generous donations! The Silent Auction Committee: Abby Benbow, Deb Dieter, Jeannine Desautels, Ruth Domack, Leo Edelstein
Join our MWT-M Rotary Boys & Girls Club bike ride Saturday, July 17, 2021. I registered our team at www.bgcdc.org/move4bgc. To join the team, choose Rotary Club of Madison West Towne - Middleton, register for $35 before May 1, the price goes up after May 1. To skip the ride, but donate, choose to DONATE below "join a team." Choose amount. Below see "Would you like to credit this donation to a specific fundraiser or team?" Thanks, Leo 608 333-5731
This is a significant Club fundraiser and a carriage full of fun. 7732 Riverside Rd, Verona, WI 53593 with Training, Preliminary and Intermediate level divisions with an added Tandem Class this year!
Our show is a go! Judge Keith Angstadt from Massachusetts, our Technical Delegate Rebecca Jones Gutierrez from South Carolina and a learner judge this year Stephanie Van Den Hurk from Florida.
We will have an expanded marathon track, great dressage and cones and fun for everyone. Volunteers have been Rotary club members from the “coolest” Rotary club in the world - Madison West Town Middleton Rotary Club along with horsey supporters and friends.
Marathon course designer we hope to have Dr. Jennifer Thompson of Lodi, WI (USA National Advanced Level CDE Champion) back along with cones designer Leslye Sandberg of Paris, Kentucky. Nancy Nelson of Westfield, WI will be show secretary. We are honored to have these wonderful people support our show.
Come compete, watch or volunteer. We guarantee a fun day!
We need volunteers for our Adopt-A-HWY project. Our section of HWY clean-up is the south right-of-way of the Beltline between Whitney Way and Gammon Road. This is approximately 1.3 miles long. It usually takes 2 hours to pick up the trash.
Volunteers are to meet at the Vitense's parking lot between 4 and 4;30 pm. Any latecomers will need to catch up with the crew on the right-of-way.
Transport cars will be parked at the Gammon Road end to ferry the crew back to Vitense. Yellow safety vests and trash bags will be provided bring good footwear and work gloves. Family members snd friends are welcome.
Yes, Middleton’s Good Neighbor Fest is back along with Rotary Bingo! That’s great news after a very long time of being cooped up. We plan to run bingo throughout the festival that will be held August 27-29, 2021. Make sure to mark your calendars and start talking up this community event. Along with our fundraising, we have had a great opportunity to showcase Rotary to the Middleton market.
able to roam freely from all venues including the beer tents, entertainment stage, and of course, BINGO! Get ready for a wide variety of the best entertainment in the area including:
Massachusetts, our Technical Delegate Rebecca Jones Gutierrez from South Carolina and a learner judge this year Stephanie Van Den Hurk from Florida. 
