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North Lima Presbyterian Church - Lima Center, Wisconsin - Annual Beef Dinner
This entry was posted on 4/27/2010 1:48 AM and is filed under Church Dinners, Special and Seasonal Eats.
In the interest of disclosure, I used to attend North Lima Presbyterian Church when I was a kid...before I went into the Army. Back in those days they had a Thursday fish fry about once a month during certain seasons. But nowadays, for the last 30 years they have endeavored to have an annual Beef Dinner in April of the year.
I had an extra block of time so I gathered up mother-in-law and we headed for my home area last Wednesday night. The rural church has survive at least since the Civil War in some respect or another. Each generation has put its own signature on that church up the hill from my family farm. Before my childhood friend's dad took over mowing the big church lawn permanently, a bunch of us kids and dads spent quite a few lawn mowing sessions on that old property over the years. I don't get out that way much nowadays. When I returned to college at UW-Whitewater I would take a slow ride down the winding Lima Center Road from time to time on my way back to Janesville.
It is interesting to see some people there that left the church at one time or another in their lives and then migrate back to participation in their later lives. I even saw an old college history professor of mine from UW-Whitewater who specializes in history. "Of course," I thought. "It is a perfect event for Professor Richard Haney, who aside from history at large, is an expert on local Southern Wisconsin history."
The dinner, is consummate family style. You find a seat in the basement hall, somebody will bring your plate of eats to you. Like a lot of church dinners, the kids are recruited to help. I used to help with the fish frys back in the day.
There was a couple of good slices of thick and tender beef; a generous side of mashed potatoes (real ones); a tasty side of corn; and a dandy dinner roll. The gravy came in a coffee carafe...don't get confused I am thinking. There was a rich, pink cake with whipped frosting for dessert. Milk and coffee was the beverage choices.
It was a good time and a good meal. North Lima Presbyterian Church is still cool with Cool Dadio. Try to make it out there next year. This year cars were parked out on the road there were so many followers of the event. The whole experience set each of us back nine Bucks.
Find North Lima Presbyterian Church at Fire Number 9233 North Lima Center Road in...Lima Township. Call (262) 473 - 5236 for more information on next year's Beef Dinner.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan
Sergeant First Class Matthew R. Kading, 32, of Madison, Wisconsin, died on Monday, October 31, 2005 of wounds he received from a roadside bomb. He was under care at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, at the time of his death. The device that caused his wounds went off by his convoy vehicle while traveling near Tikrit, Iraq on October, 19. Kading, was a member of the Army Reserve's 983rd Engineer Battalion, based in Monclova, Ohio. He was a construction engineering supervisor for that unit while in Iraq. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted Matthew attended Madison East High School from 1987 to 1991. He joined the Army Reserves after graduating in 1991. About a year later Kading joined the Regular Army for about 10 years and spent time as an electrician for them in South American duty stations. After his stint in the Regular Army, he returned to the Reserves. The Journal Sentinel went on to say Matthew was an avid Fantasy Baseball League enthusiast - even keeping up with the interest from Iraq. According to an obituary found on answers.yahoo.com, Matt enjoyed baseball, collecting baseball cards and bowling. The Yahoo posting also went on to mention that at the time of his death, Matthew was survived by parents, Ron and Karla Kading of Madison; sister, Melissa "Missie" Kading (Jay Umhoefer) of Madison; and fiancee, Lindsay Sayles of Genesee Depot. Matthew Kading was the 48th Wisconsin Military Service person to be killed in Iraq since Spring 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
95,965 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,448 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,395 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1041 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
681 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,778 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
5,629 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
102 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
18 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
140 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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