MINUTES OF THE BARNES AREA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING

OF JUNE 19, 2008

 

President Dave Pease called the meeting to order at 9:07am. The meeting was held at the VFW Hall.

 

Members present: Helen Ruprecht, Quentin Ruprecht, Dave Pease, Carol Pease, Ariel Amend, Bob Oberstar, Linda Oberstar, Kaitlin (granddaughter of Amend’s) and Lu Peet. It was established that a quorum was present.

 

Lu Peet gave a copy of the minutes of the last meeting to all members. Motion (Helen Ruprecht / Quentin Ruprecht) to approve the minutes as presented. Call for discussion. Motion carried.

 

Linda Oberstar gave the Treasurer’s Report for both May and June as follows:

Checkbook Balance as of 4/19/2008                                                    $          7,610.33

Memberships (2)                                                                                  $               40.00

Centennial Book Sales (3)                                                                    $               81.20

Department of Regulation and Licensing                                                $              (15.00)

Lu Peet-Stamps                                                                                    $              (87.58)

Post Master-Stamps                                                                             $              (16.40)

Linda Oberstar-Accountant Consultation                                               $              (35.00)

Maki’s Restaurant-Breakfast for guest speaker                         $                (8.71)

Department of Administration and Gaming                                             $               (25.00)

Checkbook Balance as of 5/17/2008                                                    $          7,543.84

 

Checkbook Balance as of 5/17/2008                                                    $          7,543.84

Centennial Book Sales (3)                                                                    $               75.00

T Shirts (9)                                                                                           $               63.00

VFW bought BAHA beef                                                                     $               80.00

Hartman Garage Sale                                                                            $             974.15

Ertel Garage Sale                                                                                  $             566.55

Checkbook Balance as of 6/19/2008                                                    $          9,302.54

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CD One for $11,035.09 matures on February 2, 2009, at 4.50%

CD Two for $10,829.52 matures on January 6, 2009, at 4.75%

CD Three for $3,367.77 matures on December 27, 2008, at 4.75%

CD Four for $8,124.91 matures on September 28, 2008, at 5.25%

Linda also reported that the final profit on the BAHA Big Cash Winterfest was $4,599.27.

 

Motion (Lu Peet / Bob Oberstar) to approve the Treasurer’s Report as presented. Call for discussion. Motion carried.

 

There was discussion on sending $15.00 to the Council for Wisconsin Local History. This organization is very good to have for information. Motion (Quentin Ruprecht / Lu Peet) to approve sending $15.00 to the Council for Wisconsin Local History. Call for discussion. Motion carried.

 

Old Business:

  1. VFW land issues and offer- Duke Marten will have to do the surveying as he is from Bayfield County and there seems to be a problem using surveyors from other counties, Dave Pease said. Duke will get back to Dave on when he can do this.
  2. Authors and Artists event and Riverfest-There was discussion on the fact that there was too much going on at one time and several of the events were so long that the people couldn’t attend other events. There was also discussion on possibly changing the date to later in summer as June has many schools still in session and many graduations, etc. The rain garden was well attended. BAHA’s events went well, but we could have had more people coming to our events. The people who had displays were pleased with what we had. They had a chance to meet the other local artists and authors. Carol Pease asked if BAHA might be able to get a copy of Jim Hardy’s book for the BAHA collection of local authors. Lu Peet will check with Mr. Hardy.
  3. BAHA Status with the Wisconsin Historical Society-We have not heard from Jan Seymour on or status in the Wisconsin Historical Society. Lu Peet will contact Jan this next week.
  4. The raffle tickets have been ordered and picked up. Lu Peet will get the tickets distributed to the members when she sees them. We no longer will send them by mail.

 

New Business:

  1. Flea Market at the Town Hall July 12, 2008-Pie and Ice Cream Social-Lu Peet will get the food for the event. There will be a list of all who will donate time and pies, etc. We need about 24 pies.  The Flea Market and Pie Social will run from 9:00am until 2:00pm. We will ask the members to work packing up the items at the Pease’s on Friday afternoon and also setting up outside on Friday night the 11th and also to work the flea market sales on Saturday. The kitchen crew will be called and we will need someone to do the pie sales as well as books, etc. inside. Lu Peet will call the members on this. Carol Pease will get the change for the outside sales and Lu Peet will get the change for the Pie Social.
  2. There will be another flea market on July 19th at the VFW. This was not originally scheduled as one of our events this year, but if we have a lot of stuff left over from the 12th sale we will participate in that one.

 

There was discussion on the contamination site on Highway 27 and the Lake Road. There was discussion if this land would be for sale. This will be looked into.

 

Quentin Ruprecht asked if we had sent a thank you note to the Hartman family. Lu Peet reported that she had sent out thank you notes to both the Hartman’s and the Ertel’s.

 

Lu Peet will send a copy of the new 2008 spreadsheet for hours donated to all members, when the minutes are sent out.

 

Motion (Quentin Ruprecht / Bob Oberstar) to adjourn the meeting. Call for discussion. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20am. The next meeting will be held on July17, 2008 at 9:00am at the VFW Hall.

 

Respectfully submitted,



Lu Peet

BAHA Secretary

 

Dated July 9, 2008