5-17-2011

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

Present

Board Members

Deanna Jackman-Steggall             Steve
Robe                         Gerald Ptacek                    Gordy Smith

Bart Mason                                         Randy Havlik                      Deb Rassler

Absent:

Cindy Ek                                               Doris
Olson

Welcome New Board Members Present

Tom Whiting                                      Heather  Sexton

Non Board Members Present

Deb Ptacek                                         Matt
Tyc

Minutes of Last
Meeting

Minutes from the April 19^th 2011 Board meeting were accepted

June Newsletter Deadline:  May 16th 2011

Newsletter articles should be sent in an e-mail if possible to Deanna Jackman-Steggall.  Any article NOT received by this date will
not be in the newsletter!

Deanna’s
Expectations

Keep it Positive

Treasurer’s Report

Treasure report from 4/1/2011 through 4/30/2011 was received by Steve
and accepted unanimously. The beginning balance as of 4/1/2011 was $8,662.83.
The total expenses were $1,630.49. The total income was $704.28, with the ending
balance of $7,736.62.

Steve handed out a report from 6/1/2010 to 4/30/2011 and also redid the last year’s
reports from the 1^st of the Month to the 1^st of the next
Month so they all end and start with the same amount.  Steve also gave a report of the Charity
Activity from 6/2010 until 5/2011.

The Iowa City Animal Shelter and the Free Community Health Center have not had
a representative available to come to our meetings yet to receive their
check.  All the Board agreed that they
need the checks sent to them. Steve will mail the checks out Friday to both
places so they can be paid.

Deanna gave receipts to Steve from the Club Birthday Party in the amount of
$274.69. All the Board approved the fee’s and for her reimbursement.

Membership Report

The club currently has the same amount of members as the previous month,
167.

Deb requested more flyers that he has made up about our Island Fever Phlocking
to place on the band merchandise table at upcoming events.

Club Events

Gordy followed up with the Freedom Festival to see if our club can do anything
to help them out.  We will consider
earlier next year due to the times left and slots open. The Freedom Festival
will donate $250.00 to the charity of our choice after volunteering.

We had no volunteers sign up to help The Irish District on June 11^th.

Bart agreed to wear JB for the Tanager Place on June 4^th between
3:30 and 8:00 at the Rockwell Parking lot.

Deanna has our club signed up to pour beer at the 1^st shift for Uptown
Friday Nights on July 29^th, the same night as the CIB is playing.  Decided the equal amount of tickets to trade
for their fee would be 16 to 20. All agreed.

Spring Highway pick-up was completed and went well on May 15^th.

The Club Birthday Party went well.

The Houby Day Parade had 8 club members participate and received a 2^nd
PLACE TROPHY as a walking unit.

Steve will chair the 4^th of July Parade in Coralville.

Discussed with Tom and Heather the Newsletter Articles and went over their
dates with them to make sure that was fine with them.

Deanna has the May Baskets in process.

Deanna asked about Relay for Life. We discussed that the club has no volunteers
since they moved it away from Coe College so all agreed that we would not
participate this year.

Alzheimer’s Memory Walk:

Randy will have a signup sheet for the next club meeting.

ISLAND FEVER PHLOCKING OCTOBER 1^ST

Next Core Meeting is at Tammy Maneely’s residence on the 25^th of
May.

Bart has the club down for the option of 1^st Right of Refusal
for 2012 for the same venue.

Discussed places for next year’s Board Meetings.

May 31^st Deanna

June 14^th To be announced

July 12^th Steve

Aug 16^th Gordy

Sept 13^th Deb

Oct 18^th Bart

Nov 15^th Tom

Dec-NO BOARD MEETING: Deanna

Jan 17^th Randy

Feb 14^th To be announced (Valentine’s Day)?

March 13^th Gerald

April 17^th Deb

May 15^th Bart

The club had 6 members volunteer for the 7^th Annual Benz Fest. The
club received a nice thank you from the Benz Beer Fest that benefits the
American Heart Association.

Alpine Club Tickets

The check was mailed

Chili Challenge

All the Board discussed and approved that we will stay with the same
charity for 2012 that we had for 2011. This will be The Free Medical Clinic.

Family Picnics

1st will be held June 1^st at Jones Park

2nd is on July 6^th at Cherry Hill Park

3^rd is on August 3^rd at Noel ridge Park

4^th picnic is on September 7^th at Thomas Park

Gerald will pick up the meat for the picnics

50/50 raffle

 4^th Quarter (March,
April, and May) is to benefit Johnson County Humane Society. $150.00 was
raised.

Next Monthly
Meeting

June 16^th 2010 at The Fieldhouse Downtown is our Homeport.

The remaining monthly meetings are reserved for the Downtown Fieldhouse for the
rest of the year except for December (the club xmas party).

Next Board Meeting

The next Board meeting will be held at Deanna’s residence on May 31^th
2011. Deanna proposed that the Board meet again May 31^st for the
annual minutes and then again on June 14^th to organize the next year
agendas.  All approved.

Respectfully Submitted: 5-30-11

Deb Rassler

Secretary

IIPHC

5-31-2011

 ANNUAL BOARD MEETING
MINUTES

Present

Board Members

Deanna Jackman-Steggall, President       Gerald
Ptacek, Vice President

Deb Rassler, Secretary                                   Steve
Robe, Treasurer

Bart Mason, Membership Director           Randy
Havlik, Social Director

Gordy Smith, Member at Large

Absent:

Cindy Ek                                               Doris
Olson

General Membership Present

Tom Whiting                                      Deb
Ptacek

Call to Order

Deanna, President of the Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club
called the meeting to order at 6:55pm. Motion seconded by Gordy Smith and Steve
Robe.  Minutes taken by Deb Rassler.

Treasurer’s Report

Steve presented the Treasure report.
The Club account has a balance of $2,976.42, effective May 25^th,
2010. Within the Treasurer’s report, Steve provided a list of the Itemized
Categories from May 25^st, 2010 through May 31^th 2011. The
Club account has an ending balance of $1672.62. The Community Partnership Fund
has a balance of $308.12. The Annual Treasurer’s report was presented and
approved by the board members. This report is filed in the Secretary’s records
for future reference and sent to our club attorney.

Format Regarding Club
Business

Deanna Jackman-Steggall, President, asked the Isle of Iowa board
members if they felt a need to change any policies. It was unanimously agreed
not to make any changes at this time.

Election of Officers

Nominations for board positions were taken through February
15^th. The By-Laws were followed and since there were no positions
being contested ballots were not sent out. The officer’s that were elected by
the club members will have their term effective, starting on June 1, 2011, for
the length of a 1 year time period, ending May 31^st 2012.

President – Deanna
Jackman-Steggall

Vice President – Gerald
Ptacek

Secretary – Deb Rassler

Treasurer – Steve Robe

Membership Director – Bart
Mason

Social Director – Randy
Havlik

Member At Large – Heather
Sexton

Member At Large – Tom
Whiting

Member At Large – Gordy
Smith

Additional Club
Buisiness

Deanna, President, asked board
members if there was additional club business that needed to be addressed,
regarding the Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club. It was noted that the 990 IRS form
was taken care of by Steve Robe.  This
report will be given to Jeff Clark our club attorney.

Motion to Adjourn

Gordy Smith, Member at Large, motioned to adjourn the meeting and seconded by
Deb Rassler, Secretary, at 7:32pm.

This concludes the minutes of the Annual meeting, held May 31, 2011 for the
Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club.

Deb Rassler

Secretary, Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club

Submitted 6-9-11

Plum Good Eating

They range
in color from green and yellow to red, blue, purple, and almost black.  Grown on every continent except Antarctica, plums have been around for thousands of
years.  The ancient Chinese were the
first to cultivate the plum, with much success.
Early European explorers, upon tasting the sweet, juicy Asian plum,
triumphantly brought it back home, where it has been enjoyed ever since.

Plum pits
traveled to the New World with Europe’s first
settlers.  Until the pits were planted
and the trees bore fruit, the settlers were forced to turn to the wild, native
American plum.  With anticipation, they
incorporated the plums into a feast that was to be the first American
Thanksgiving meal.  Unfortunately, this
untamed plum proved to be a disappointment.
Rather than eat the inferior fruit, the pilgrims simply did without  until their prized European plums became
established.  Luckily for us, today’s
plums are plentiful and delicious.  A
splash of color in any salad or dessert, the juicy plum is just plum good
eating.

Origin and History

            The plum is native to ancient China and western Asia.  The story of the plum is thousands of years
old.  Grown in ancient Egypt, they
were devoured as fresh fruit.  Dried as
prunes, plums were also found in the tombs of many important Egyptian citizens.

Plums were
also appreciated by the Romans, who lauded their sweet flavor and gratefully
acknowledged their laxative virtues, which are located in the skin of the
plum.  At the height of the Roman Empire, the populace could pick from no less that
300 varieties of plums.

In the
Middle Ages, the word plum was used to mean any dried fruit, including
raisins.  Hence traditional English plum
pudding contains raisins and dried currants and even suet.  It did not, however, contain any actual plums
at all.  To this day, traditional plum
pudding is made with out any trace of a plum.

Health Claims

            Plums:

• Are high in antioxidant content (phenols,
  specifically neochlorogenic and chlorogenic acid
• Are rich in vitamins A and C
• Contain a respectable amount of heart-healthy
  potassium
• Are a good source of Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
• Are  high
  in insoluble fiber
• Promote intestinal and digestive health
• Help reduce the risk of colon cancer
• Are a good source of copper, needed for energy
  production

During 2010, the Isle of Iowa was
able to donate $8619.68 to charities.
Our monthly raffles provided $100 for the Ronald McDonald House, $55 to
the Community Free Medical Clinic, $196 to the Johnson County
Crisis Center, and $291
for HACAP, for a total of $642.

Our major events provided $3427.46
for the Community Free Medical Clinic from the Chili Challenge and $4550.22 to
Waypoint from the Phlocking, for a total of $7977.68.

During the last club fiscal year
(June 2010-May 2011), we donated $5300.33 to charities.  The monthly 50/50’s provided $196 to the Johnson County Crisis Center,
$291 to HACAP, $159 to the Alzheimer’s Association, and $150 to the Iowa City
Animal Shelter, for a total of $796.

Our major events provided $3427.46
for the Community Free Medical Clinic from the Chili Challenge and $4550.22 to
Waypoint from the Phlocking, for a total of $7977.68.

Thanks to everyone for your
continued help and support of our charities.
They are the purpose for our parties!

Steve

Lemon Zest

With the
dog days of summer upon us, there is nothing more refreshing than an icy glass
of fresh-squeezed lemonade.  Packed with
a full day’s supply of Vitamin C, this sunny fruit is too tart for most of us
to eat on its own.  Still, the lemon
deserves to be appreciated as more than the wedge in your iced tea and the
juice on your grilled fish.

The word
“ascorbic”, as in ascorbic acid (the name for Vitamin C), means “no
scurvy”.  Hundreds of years ago, people
suffered from a “spring disease” whose symptoms were bleeding gums, loose
teeth, aching joints, red spots on the skin, and decayed flesh.  The disease, of course, was scurvy.

Sailors
traveling long periods at sea without fresh fruit and vegetables were
particularly susceptible to scurvy.  Not
until the last part of the eighteenth century, when the holds of English ships
carried barrels of lemons on their voyages, did the sailors’ disease
miraculously “disappear”.

Join us as
we learn more about this summery citrus wonder fruit.

Origin 

            Although the exact origin of the
lemon is unknown, it is believed to have been first cultivated in the Indus Valley,
judging from an earring found there in the shape of a lemon dating to 2500 B.C.

History

            Lemons first arrived in Europe
in the 11^th century, brought by Arab traders from Spain.  Returning Crusaders, having found lemons
growing in Palestine, are credited with
spreading lemons across the rest of Europe.  Before that time, lemons coming from Spain
were so expensive only the very rich could afford them.

Christopher
Columbus is responsible for bringing lemons to the new world on his voyage to Haiti
in 1493.  In 1565, Spanish explorers
established a colony is St. Agostino,
Florida and planted many lemon
trees there.  Early Spanish missionaries
planted the first lemon trees in California
in the 1730’s.  The popularity of lemons
in California
exploded with the influx of people settling there during the 1849 gold
Rush.  Since 1950, California
has produced more lemons than all of Europe
combined.

Health Claims

• Lemons are an excellent source of Vitamin C.
• Lemons contain limonoids, which have been shown
  to help fight cancers of the mouth, skin, lung, breast, stomach, and
  colon.  Scientists from the US
  Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have shown that our bodies can readily
  absorb and utilize a very long-acting limonoid called limonoid that is in
  citrus fruits like lemons.
• Because of their high vitamin C content, lemons
  may provide protection against a form of rheumatoid arthritis called
  polyarthritis.
• Lemons contain unique flavonoid compounds that
  have antioxidant and anti-cancer properties.
• Are  high
  in insoluble fiber

Our charity for the quarter just
ended (June, July, August) was the Cedar Valley Humane Society.

Thanks to you r generosity in
purchasing 50/50 tickets, we were able to donate $229 to them!

Cedar Valley Humane Society-A part
of the Cedar Rapids community for over 100 years, the Cedar Valley Humane
Society is dedicated to creating a quality and humane environment for all
animals.

Upcoming events:

Drives for Lives Golf Outing

Location:
Hunters Ridge Golf Course, Marion

Starts: September 09 2011 @ 12:00 PM

The
fee for a foursome is $300, which includes 18 holes of golf, cart rental, and
dinner. Don’t have a foursome? Register as an individual for $75, and we’ll
pair you up. Don’t forget to bring extra green to purchase raffle tickets and
those all-important mulligans! We’ll have top team prizes and lots of friendly
competitions throughout the course. Register
today!

For
more information, contact Jan Clarke at (319) 362-6288 or jan.clarke@cvhumane.org.

Adoption Event at Old Navy

Location:
Old Navy, 345 Collins Road NE,
Cedar Rapids

Starts: September 10 2011 @ 10:00 AM

Ends: September 10 2011 @ 01:00 PM

Adoption
Event at PetSmart

Location:
PetSmart, 4810 First Ave NE,
Marion

Starts: September 24 2011 @ 11:00 AM

Ends: September 24 2011 @ 02:00 PM

Thanks to everyone for your
continued help and support of our charities.
They are the purpose for our parties!

Steve

After a quick beverage there, off we headed to the park for Uptown Friday Night.  They ID everybody at the gate. They should hire one of those Carnies that guess your age. He*l all he has to do is look at me and see I’m over the legal drinking age. The band playing was The Swing Crew. Nowhere did I see a swing. It looked like it was one half of the Smothers Brothers with two guys he picked up off the street. The drummer was one drum away from just beating on a box. Had a great time and saw a lot of fellow Isle of Iowa PHC members that I hadn’t seen in a while.

After Uptown Friday Nights, the rest of the evening, was spent with friends drinking and keeping the guy in the booth next to us entertained.

Saturday, I did the usual and put my wife’s love for me to the test. After a day of running around, we headed down to Cajun Fest at the Amanas. Ate some gumbo and jambalaya, and drank a few beers. Here we are listening to some Zydeco music when low and behold they were having a beer belly contest. My wife looked at me and could see that gleam in my eye. She did her best to hold, me back, but the cell phone rang and she had to go outside to talk. Like a flash, I was gone. After all they were giving away free cozies to all entrants. It was a tough contest, but thanks to the audience support I came out the winner. For my victory I came away with a couple cans of automotive products and a shirt that is way too small. The rest of the evening as we walked around, I was greeted by
people who recognized either me or the belly. Thank god for a loving wife that puts up with my antics.

Well the rest of the weekend was pretty uneventful. Smoked some ribs and pork loin on Sunday and finally got the hot tub cleaned out and some yard work done on Monday.

Have a great month and I’ll be back next month.

Rhubarb Strawberry Coffie Cake
3 C flour

1 C sugar

1 C butter

Crumb Topping:

3/4 C sugar
1 t soda

1 t Baking Powder

1 t salt

1/2 C flour
1 C buttermilk

2 eggs beaten

1 t vanilla

1/4 C butter

Recipe filling:

3 C unsweetened rhubarb
16 oz pkg frozen sweetened strawberries (thawed)
Cook friut covered, for 5 minutes

Add 2 T lemon juice.

Combine 1 C sugar and 1/3 C cornstarch. Add to fruit mixture.
Cook and stir another 4 to 5 minutes until thick and bubbly.
Cool

Stir together 3 C flour, 1 C sugar, soda, baking powder & salt.
Cut in butter until it looks like fine crumbs. I add 1/4 t of  cinnamon.

Beat together buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and add to dry ingredients.
Stir until moisten. Spread 1/2 batter into greased 9 x 13 pan.
Spread cooled filling over batter. Spread remaining batter in small mounds atop filling. Combine crumb topping, sugar and flour and cut in 1/4 C butter to make fine crumbs. Sprinkle atop batter.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.

The original recipe doesn’t call for cinnamon, but I like to change things up a bit (if you know me . Makes ya feel like your in Jamaica. Hey I mean the Cinnamon they add to a lot of recipes, not anything eles.

Hope you like. Now you need to go dance it off this Saturday with the CIB from 1 to 5 in Marion. Hope to see ya there!

Deb Rassler

The birthday party was a lot of fun and thanks to those who made it to help us celebrate another milestone! At the Birthday party several
members were recognized for their valuable contributions to this club, big or small it is greatly appreciated. Those recognized were: David Becker, Ed &
Julie Nealson, Robert & Tracy Witcraft, Stacy Wellington-Stiffler, Garry Joseph and Steve Douglas. We also named our Parrot Head of the Year! It was exciting
to announce this person and watch the expression on their face, not only were they surprised but extremely appreciative and proud to have this honor! An
honor, this person has earned through their hard work in the club and a dedication to moving the club forward. I am pleased and proud to announce that
Parrot Head of the Year for 2011 is Bob Randklev!

Congratulations and thank you Bob.

Now I am happy to announce the new Board of Directors for the Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club 2011-2012:
Deanna Steggall ~ President

Gearald Ptacek ~ Vice President

Deb Rassler ~ Secretary

Steve Robe ~ Treasurer

Bart Mason ~ Membership Director

Randy Havlik ~ Social Director

Heather Sexton ~ Member at Large

Gordy Smith ~ Member at Large

Tom Whiting ~ Member at Large

This should prove to be another great board in a long list of great board! I look forward to working with all of these individuals and keeping this
club on the forward path.

As always here is My final thought: always remember to *SMILE*, It’s contagious and makes the world a brighter place and remember to Keep It Positive!!