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Moose Lodge 197 - Janesville - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 1/28/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
Straight away, it must be mentioned the Friday fish fry at the Janesville Moose Lodge 197 is open to the public a couple or three times a year. The idea is that proceeds go to Moose charities. They do however have a weekly fish fry for their members. I was in the "new" Moose building in Janesville only once before this recent visit to the open-to-the-public fish fry. Way back in 1992, my uncle invited me to partake in the fish fry there. That was only a year after the present building was built. I remember walking in and taking pause at one of the biggest bar-rooms I have ever seen. It's still there as I can attest as per our recent visit. Heide and I met up with a good mutual friend this time around for our fish fry so we got to hear another voice in regards to the Moose fish offering this night. The place is quite inviting and pleasant for a newish structure. They have enough room to have a couple large events at once, and they can cordon off various sections of the banquet and activity areas. The faithful pilgrims that put on the fish fry were very friendly. The fish fry is set up as a buffet presentation. There was a good crisp salad section with one of the fix'ns being chopped boiled eggs - one of my favorite salad bar treats. There was four large pots of cheesy broccoli and clam chowder soups - two pots each. I opted for the broccoli - it was excellent. There was a mini bar in the eating area to get some drinks with the meal. Our waitress brought a pot of coffee to our table for me. Of course there was deep-fried Cod. They also offered baked Cod, as well as fried chicken. There was both baked potatoes and French fries offered up. I thought the French fries were prepared good considering it is a bit hard to keep them crisp on a buffet setting. They provided a large basket of holiday dinner rolls. The tarter sauce came in a big bowl at the buffet table. There is something about tarter sauce prepared in a big bowl that makes it better. The Moose Lodge 197 is cool with Cool Dadio. Keep an eye out for their next open-to-the-public fish fry. Find them at 2701 Rockport Road, Janesville, Wisconsin. Call (608) 752 - 0809 for more information. They also have a local Web site at http://lodge197.moosepages.org . Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Army Sergeant Joshua Charles Brennan, 22, Ontario, Oregon, and McFarland, Wisconsin died on Friday, October 26, 2007 in Asadabad, Afghanistan. He was wounded the day before in Korengal Valley, Kunar province while in combat with Taliban fighters. Brennan was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team out of Vicenza, Italy. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted the military mission was called Operation Rock Avalanche. The paper went on to say Joshua was the oldest child of Mike Brennan, a Madison, Wisconsin police officer who was in an Army military police unit in the first war with Iraq. Josh's mother lived in the state of Oregon at the time of his death. Josh Brennan grew up in Oregon with his mother; he would spend summers with his father in Wisconsin; and, he attended school in McFarland, Wisconsin between the ages of 8 and 10. While in Wisconsin he was said to have enjoyed water skiing, tubing, and wake-boarding on Lake Monona. While at Ontario High School in Oregon he ran hurdles in track and played football. Sergeant Brennan was in his second tour in Afghanistan when he was killed. He earned three Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts.
The Web site afghansitan.pigstye.net a data base for military casualties mentioned Brennan was due to end his military service in September 2007 but he was extended another year under the military's stop-loss policy to retain troops. Joshua had hoped to go to college in Madison after his military obligation was up and perhaps join the Madison Police Department, like his father.
The Web site militarytimes.com noted via information from the Associated Press that Army Specialist Hugo V. Mendoza was also killed in the same battle. The site also mentioned Sergeant Brennan was shot in the leg in August of 2007 and returned to duty after his recovery. Josh was remembered as a dedicated, dependable man. He was a 2003 graduate of Ontario High School in Oregon. He was known to hunt elk with his grandfather. The Web site corroborated Brennan intended to attend college and pursue a career in forensic science or criminology after his service. Brennan worked a part-time job at a print shop as a young man in Oregon. In Wisconsin forty Madison police officers served as honor guards for Sergeant Brennan's funeral services and he received full military honors.
The Web site legacy.com posted an obituary from the Idaho Statesmen which notes Joshua Brennan was born May 30, 1985 in El Paso, Texas. Joshua is survived by his mother, Janice (Jason) Gates; father Michael (Michelle) Brennan; brother Robert; sisters Jessica, Brooke, and Courtney of Oregon; sisters Christina and Brittany of Wisconsin; and, grandparents Chuck and MaraLee Stoffers, Victor Baker, Mary Ellen Brennan, Diane Richel, and Jim (Ann) Richel.
It is important to note the significant event connected to Sergeant Brennan's death: On the day of the battle, then Army Specialist Salvatore Giunta while pushing forward to repel the enemy assault, saw two Taliban fighters dragging the wounded Brennan away. Giunta killed one fighter and wounded the other. Giunta immediately moved Brennan to cover and began first aid. Brennan was evacuated to Asadabad, Afghanistan, where he died of his wounds the next day. For his actions, Giunta became the first living United States military service person serving in an ongoing conflict to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. Now a Staff Sergeant, Giunta was presented the Medal of Honor by President Obama at the White House on November 16, 2010 for his actions on the battlefield.
Sergeant Joshua Brennan was the 10th Wisconsin military service person to die in Afghanistan since October 2001.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
99,383 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,828 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,436 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1462 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
841 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
32,127 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
10,140 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
103 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
27 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
145 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; www.defense.gov/news/casualty.pdf; and, icasualties.org.
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