MARDI GRAS

Fat Tuesday is this Tuesday February 22nd, if you're looking to have some fun before the first day of Lent you might want to consider two restaurants with Menasha ties.

The Menasha Grill, a downtown favorite at 204 Main St. hosts its annual Mardi Gras festivities again this year. Co-owner Charlie Cross said it’s the biggest day of the year at the New Orleans-theme restaurant. This year's event starts at 7 p.m incudes a Cajun buffet and the music of Big Daddy’s Dixieland Five Jazz Band. The buffet includes crawfish etouffee, gumbo, red beans and rice, jambalaya and blackened pork chops. Cost: $25 per person for buffet and music make reservations as the venue fills up fast.  722-6873

Spats, 733 W. College Ave., Appleton will be hosting its first ever Mardi Gras night on Tuesday. Menasha residents Bill & Julie Neubert the owners of Spats will be serving cajun specials at both lunch and dinner.  Specials include crawfish etouffee, Bourbon Street shrimp and blackened Cajun catfish. 

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FEBRUARY 11th IS WISCONSIN 2-1-1 DAY IN MENASHA

Looking for a resource ? Call 2-1-1

 

If you need help finding a volunteer mentor, obtaining after school tutoring or are trying to locate quality child care, 2-1-1 is an easy-to-remember phone number which can connect you quickly to a trained resource specialist who has access to a database of community services. United Way’s 2-1-1 service is free and confidential, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

 

Brought to you by the United Way’s from several area communities, 2-1-1 is an information service designed to assist all segments of the population. United Way Fox Cities 2-1-1 manages a community database that consists of health and human service providers, non-profits, educational programs, clubs and community groups, and local, city and county services that serve the residents of a ten county area, which includes Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake,

Manitowoc, Marquette, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara  and Winnebago Counties.

 

United Way 2-1-1 also serves as a hub for community information in time of disaster and host the flu clinic finder website at www.wisconsinfluclinic.info.

 

Call 2-1-1 (or 800-924-5514) or visit www.211now.org to access the resource database.

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VALENTINE SPAGHETTI DINNER

Join your friends for a Valentine spaghetti dinner at the Menasha Senior Center from 12:30-2:30 Feburary 14th.  Sponsors include Island Shores & the Highlands at Mahler Par.  Dinner includes spaghetti, garlic bread, and dessert.  Entertainment by Bob Larson, singer and guaitarist, performing old time country music, county rock and songs from the 50's & 60's.

Call Barb Taylor at the Menasha Senior Center to make your reservation today only $5 -- 967-3530.

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SMITH PARK WINTER GALA

The weather was beautiful for people but not so good for snow at the annual Smith Park Winter Gala.  Hundreds came for a few rounds of winter golf, to paint a spot on the YMCA mural or try their hand at carving a giant block of snow.  By the end of the day some of the sculptures were melting but the enthusiam wasn't as the winners of the coveted awards waited to see who would win.  Thanks to Mihms for gallons of wounderful chili, Manderfields for cookies, Got Java for coffee.  Thanks to Doty Island Development Council for their coordination of the event.

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MENASHA SQUAD DESIGN CONTEST

The City of Menasha Police Department is looking for the community’s involvement in developing a new graphics design for our patrol vehicles. The Department has sadly said goodbye to recent retirees and has welcomed new officers and a new Chief to lead us into the future.  In addition to all of those changes, the traditional Ford Crown Victoria police vehicle was discontinued.  As a result, our patrol vehicle and its graphics design will be changing to reflect Menasha’s journey into the future.  This design contest is open to those who reside or work in the City of Menasha.  Please include a brief description of your design and how it represents Menasha.  The creator of the selected design will be publicly recognized when it is unveiled on the new patrol vehicles.  Please include your name and contact information with your submission.  Design submissions must be received by March 1, 2012.  The design submissions and questions can be submitted to:

Officer Matt Albrecht

430 First Street
Menasha, WI  54952
920-967-3500
malbrech@ci.menasha.wi.us  

The paint scheme for the vehicles will continue to be black and white.  The hood, truck, roof, and front and rear fenders will be black, the doors will be white.  Vehicle outlines, images of our shoulder patch and badge, along with our current squad design are available on the police department’s website.

Here is a list of guidelines that will be applied when considering the submitted designs:

The design should tie the police patrol vehicle to important aspects or history of the community/region.

The police patrol vehicle should have both the symbol of authority and the wording of the authority spelled out, i.e., a replica of the agencies badge or shoulder patch and the word POLICE.

The agency authority, i.e., "POLICE" should be the largest and the clearest of the lettering. The jurisdiction, i.e, "MENASHA," while not necessarily as prominent, must be clear and legible.

The markings of “911”, “EMERGENCY 911”, or statement of service to the community may be placed on the front or rear fenders, however should be less prominent from the authority lettering and must not be visually distracting.

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RECALL ELECTION COSTS

I've received several questions regarding last weeks newspaper article regarding the cost of a potential recall election in Menasha.  Our cost of $31,000 appeared high compared to others on the list.  When our city clerk was asked for the information they were asked to provide information for the November 2010 and April 2011 elections and given one spot to fill in the information.  Therefore the information provided by Menasha is actually the cost of both the April and November elections combined, not a single election.  I am not sure how the other area clerks responded. It’s unfortunate that the survey sent by the GAB which requested the information wasn’t clearer to provide a better picture of what the election would actually cost.

 

We have $82,585 budgeted for elections in 2012.  The budget included an election in February, April, August, November, and one special election.  The average cost would be $16,517 per election.   Being that we are not having a February primary but will likely see two recall elections (primary and general election) we will likely hold the five budgeted elections this year and be within the already budgeted amount.

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