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The Gathering Place - Milton - Friday Night Fish Fry ( Fri / 12 Aug / 2011 )
This entry was posted on 8/26/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Special and Seasonal Eats, Friday Night Fish Fry.
In the interest of full disclosure, my Mom spoke highly of The Gathering Place in Milton, Wisconsin. The general timbre of their shtick is that the place is a hangout for older adults, but, a lot of joints don't actually come out and say "old" these days. Case in point, the office I worked in at UW-Whitewater in support of older students called itself The Adult Resource Center. I should also mention that one of the first places I gave a presentation after I got back from my second trip to Iraq was The Gathering Place.
Be the aforementioned information as it may may, this day we talk fish. And, the folks at The Gathering Place put on a good one. Word at the event was that although the place has been around for years, this was only their fourth or so adventure into the family style fish fry.
I hit the makeshift bar and got a Spotted Cow beer since it was all three Bucks regardless of label. They had a chow buffet set up so I rousted myself in line and loaded up the ol' plate.
They had those good homemade mashed potatoes like your mom might have made. I loaded up some fried chicken and fried Cod. I have to admit that I did not notice if they offered baked Cod or not. The cole slaw was that good family reunion style like something a favorite aunt might cook up. Rich very dark bread accompanied the meal.
I planted myself at a table with an old guy name Charles and had a good conversation about local lore. Then I ran into an old classmate who had brought his mom to the meal. Sounded like he was in town all the way from San Diego. That's why it is important to drop in on these things once in while - you never know who you will meet or what you will learn.
Hopefully they will have another fish fry in the near future.
The Gathering Place is cool with Cool Dadio. Call (608) 868-3500 for information on their next fish fry and other activities; or, visit their Web site at www.gatheringplacemilton.com .
Note: You can find a chronological list at the Cool Dadio Media Fish Fry Page of these fish frys as we have visited them. The list presents the most recently visited fish fry at the top, in lieu of alphabetical order.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Army Reserve Corporal Justin David Ross, 22, Green Bay, Wisconsin, died Saturday, March 26, 2011, in Sablughay, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. He was killed when his unit was attacked by small arms fire. He was assigned to the 428th Engineer Company, 863rd Engineer Battalion, 372nd Engineer Brigade, out of Wausau, Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that Justin graduated from Bay Port High School in 2007. He was the son of a Green Bay pastor. Ross' Reserve Unit was deployed in August of 2010.
The Web site for WLUK-TV station channel 11 says Ross actually lived in the Village of Howard, Wisconsin which is in the southern part of the Green Bay metropolitan area.
The Green Bay Press Gazette notes that Corporal Ross' Engineer unit specializes in "route clearance." Combat Engineers are often the first soldiers to enter an area to clear land mines and booby-traps before other units move in.
The Web site legacy.com notes Ross was a Green Bay native. He had joined Army Reserves in 2006, a year before graduating from high school. He graduated from Universal Technical Institute in 2009. Ross was posthumously promoted to corporal.
The Web site gorapidsobituaries.com mentions Justin was born on September 14, 1988, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. At the time of his death Army Reserve Corporal Justin Ross was survived by his parents Reverend Ronald and Debbie Ross; brother and sister-in-law Nathaniel and Kristi Ross; brother Collin Ross; nephew Joshua Ross; paternal grandparents the Reverend Robert and Roberta Ross; maternal grandparents David and Ruth Freeberg; and girlfriend Caitlyn Lewerenz.
Army Reserve Corporal Justin D. Ross was laid to rest which full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington Virginia. Army Reserve Corporal Justin Ross is the 29th Wisconsin military service person killed in Afghanistan since October of 2001.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
102,174 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003 (actually documented).
10,125 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,478 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1745 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
939 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
1 American/Coalition casualty in Libyan "Operation Odyssey Dawn" since March, 2011.
32,172 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
592 Wisconsin Service persons have been wounded in Iraq since Spring 2003.
13,316 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
192 Wisconsin Service persons have been wounded in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
107 Wisconsin Service persons have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
34 Wisconsin Service persons have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
3 Wisconsin Service persons have been killed in the U.S. related to "The War on Terror" since September, 2001.
149 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since September, 2001.
5 journalists (regional and independents) have been killed in Libya since March, 2011.
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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