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Daron Sutton to Speak at May 21 Chapter Meeting Daron Sutton to Speak at
May 21 Chapter Meeting Members interested in doing a half-hour research presentation (which will include 10 minutes for questions) may contact Events Committee Chair Howard Luloff (952-922-5036, hfan77@webtv.net). Howard will be purchasing a block of tickets for the Twins-Brewers game that night, which will feature a pre-game vintage match between the Quicksteps and Cream Citys of Milwaukee. Those wanting a ticket to the game may send a check for $17, made out to Halsey Hall SABR, to Howard at Howard Luloff, 2509 Princeton Court, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416-1982 by April 30. The registration fee of $15 includes the meeting, lunch, and morning refreshments; the fee is $7 for the meeting only. Those wanting to eat will have to contact Howard by May 14.
New Members: Dan Hardy, Jodi Elowitz, and Bob Strauss Dan’s interest in Rice goes beyond the baseball connections. Rice, who died in 1932, is from Willmar, Minnesota, and Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar was built in 1937 from a bequest he left. Dan says that Rice was “a colorful soldier of fortune, Cuban plantation and ranch owner, and Spanish-American War soldier” as well as the “forgotten romantic farm type of Minnesota who F. Scott Fitzgerald said was the spark for Jay Gatsby.” One of the reasons Dan joined SABR was to take advantage of Proquest (which provides access to digitized newspapers) for his research on Rice. Proquest, Dan says, “has been a goldmine.” Originally from Redwood Falls, Dan has lived in St. Paul since 1970. He has a wife, Mary, children Simon (25) and Ellie (17), and two cats who hate each other. Dan shares his May 27 birthday with fellow chapter member Paul Swanson as well as Jeff Bagwell, Todd Hundley, Frank Thomas, Jerry Kindall, Fred Bruckbauer, Jim Holt, Pinky Higgins, Hubert Humphrey, and Hammerin’ Hank Kissinger. As the director of education for a program that helps schools implement diversity-based lessons into their curriculum, Jodi Elowitz designed a program using baseball to teach American history. A Mets fan (who also roots for the Twins, Tigers, and Cubs), Jodi is from New Jersey and other places in the United States. Her mom, dad, and sister live in California, and Jodi now lives in Minnesota with her Pug dog, Mugsy. Jodi played softball as a kid and went to Little League games in her community. “Those were the days when you could walk or ride your bike anywhere without fear and a pick-up game was always available,” she says, adding, “My favorite memories are listening to Tiger games on my transistor radio, which I proudly still have.” The first game she attended was at Shea Stadium with Tom Seaver pitching for the Mets. She also was at the seventh game of the 1987 World Series. “Nothing has been more exciting than that!” she maintains, although a thrill that came close was being at Shea Stadium on the Fourth of July last year to see the Mets complete a three-game sweep of the Yankees. Jodi shares her February 6 birthday with chapter member Gregg Omoth as well as Babe Ruth, Smoky Burgess, Richie Zisk, Dale Long, Glenn Wright, Chad Allen, Richie Zisk, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ronald Reagan, and Fabian. Robert Strauss grew up on the south side of Chicago as a White Sox fan with loyalties extending to the Cubs. The biggest event of his youth was the 1959 World Series between the White Sox and Dodgers, which he “attended by radio.” He moved to Minnesota 30 years ago, eventually adopted the Twins, and attended in person the 1987 and 1991 World Series. Bob is a certified public accountant and an attorney practicing in tax, business, estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, business, and real estate financing. He speaks regularly to other attorneys, CPAs, real estate managers, and developers regarding business and tax issues. He is a past president of the Izaak Walton League and past master of his Masonic lodge and serves on numerous charitable boards. Bob has been married for 28 years and has two sons, Alex and David. He shares his April 30 birthday with Phil Garner and late chapter member Rich Wolf as well as others listed below. Other new members: Jim Fraasch and Tom Hedberg Celebration of Ron Replogle’s Life Friends are still invited to share memories of Ron at the SweetOldRon.org web site.
Cow Chips Chapter Bylines Kyle Eliason has joined the staff of GameDay, an independent program and scorecard sold outside the Metrodome before Minnesota Twins games. He will regularly contribute feature articles and also write series previews of Twins opponents. Several other members—Jim Thielman, Bob Tholkes, and Steve Hoffbeck—have contributed articles that will be printed in forthcoming issues of GameDay. Tom Swift has two bylines in the April issue of Mpls.-St. Paul magazine, one for a sidebar on Johan Santana and the other for a Twins season preview. John Bonnes has relaunched his twinsgeek web log, which was part of the Star Tribune web site last year. It is now called twinsterritory.com, and John welcomes submissions.
April Birthdays Calendar May 14—Hot Stove Saturday Morning, Bakers Square, 66th and Xerxes, Richfield, 9:00 a.m., Mark Johnson: 612-822-9638, mjohn@mr.net May 21—Spring Chapter Meeting, United Methodist Church, Columbia Heights, Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., Howard Luloff: 952-922-5036, hfan77@webtv.net
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