Barb Trimble
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2014 11:45 am
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March 10, 2014
Over the weekend Ray and I made a trip to the library. I had to get some landscaping books to satisfy my cabin fever which is now getting out of control. I am sketching out ideas for the yard and Ray is sighing heavily each time I show him my ideas.
When we were at the Rotary Pancake Breakfast I learned of a new place to get plants and my fellow Rotarian Sue Halembeck was kind enough to tell Ray we were going to take a trip to get plants as soon as the weather was permissible.
Ray quickly sought me out to tell me he knew my scheme. I just acted innocent (well, as much as I can) and said it was Sue’s idea and smiled.
The breakfast was a huge success and thanks to all the Rotarians, volunteers and the Jazz Band for making this such a wonderful event! Our leader this year was Laurie Krueger who gave much of her time to the event even though she opened a brand new Forever Yours Jewelry store in Prairie Lakes.
With April right around the corner, Ray and I are happily planning on attending the wedding for our adopted granddaughter, Destiny. We met Destiny the very first time we ate at Buck Honey’s. Ever since that time, almost two years now, we have had a wonderful friendship and we told her she was our adopted granddaughter. We don’t have any girl grandchildren and with her dark hair and eyes she could easily be my grandchild.
By now you are aware of the awards The Star and Hometown News won at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. I am very proud of our team and hopefully sometime in the future we can bring home the General Excellence award.
Friday I had the pleasure of meeting with Justin Doherty, Associate Athletic Director for External Relations for the UW Athletic Department and Kevin Kluender the Assistant AD for Marketing and Promotions.
It was a joint meeting with The Daily Cardinal (UW’s daily newspaper) and Hometown News. We recently have entered into a partnership with The Daily Cardinal for internships, advertising and editorial content.
More will be coming on this topic in the near future, but on Friday we got the nod from Justin Doherty to share all communications from the Athletic Department with The Daily Cardinal and Hometown News. We will now have up to date sports news from the university!
One last thing: Remember when I said you didn’t want to be related to the Trimble’s because of the problems our two girls had with their cars?
Well, last week I told Ray the car was acting up but every time he went to drive it, the car acted fine.
Sunday morning we were finished helping at the Pancake Breakfast and Ray tried to start the car and nothing happened, nada, nothing. The car was totally dead. He tried many times to start the car and finally he couldn’t turn the key at all.
I calmly got out of the car and was going back into the building to seek out a ride when Tom Hebl saw me and asked what was wrong. I explained the car had died and Tom was very kind to offer us a ride home. Thanks Tom for helping us out!
So, now we wait and see what this Trimble bunch will be facing. The only thing I can tell you is that I am glad the car died on Ray’s shift and not mine. I always get blamed that I did something to it rather than it was just fate that it happened when I was driving the car. Ladies, ever have that happen to you?
Maybe the Trimbles should take up bike riding or in the winter snowshoeing — just a thought!
Trimble is Hometown News general manager; reach her at (608) 478-2518.
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