Mad Dogs and Membership
One of the county Farm Bureau presidents and I decided we would spend a day making calls to prospective new members. I seemed to be on this president’s “Buddy List”because he always wanted me to go with him, which I had no problem with. He was an elderly gentleman and needed to use a cane to get around. On this particular day, I learned that the cane had other uses, which he explained to me.
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A Real Case of Courtroom Drama
One snowy evening in January, I was pulling up to a stop sign and the snow plow had just passed through leaving a pile of snow deep enough that if I stopped in the appropriate spot I would surely get stuck. I decided to step on the accelerator and plow my way through. It worked as planned until an officer in a patrol car turned on his lights and pulled me over.
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Are You Dr. Spitzer?
A number of years ago while living in Eau Claire, I was asked by the director of the young farmer division if I would drive to the Minneapolis airport and pick up Dr. Spitzer. He was to give a keynote speech at a conference in Eau Claire.
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Wake Up the Squirrels!
It was not too long ago, before the age of technology, that Farm Bureau relied on a more hands-on, personal means to convey a message or thought. One of those occasions being the WFBF Annual Meeting’s resolutions session.
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Bear at the Board Meeting
The county Farm Bureau board decided to deviate from its normal meeting spot for one month and hold the meeting at a different location. It was decided to hold it at Jump River Roses Bar and Grill just west of Ladysmith.
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Cougars in My Headlights
It was about 10:30 p.m. one summer evening when I was headed home from a meeting in Cameron. I had just turned south off from Highway 8 and headed up the ramp onto Highway 53.
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Bowling Shoes
Our staff met for a meeting in Madison on the day before a commodity conference. Our meeting lasted until about 4 p.m., and then we checked in at a local motel. After supper, we were looking for something to do and someone mentioned “Let’s go bowling.”
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