October Mystery Tour
Saturday, October 26, 2025 * 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Sign up by October 15th with Alana Bunkers or Julie Fiske
We will depart from Target parking lot and take two shuttle buses back in time for an amazing tour and lunch! Your cost will be $30 for the shuttle, and your lunch should cost between $15-$20. The menu will have great wine, cocktail, and beverage options as well. Bring your friends! Here is a tantalizing hint for you to ponder:
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
This Mystery Tour will rock!
Away you’ll go
And this we know:
About it you’ll have lots of talk!
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
To our tour you will not walk.
We’ll take a shuttle
RELAX, no hustle
A Vintage Day – it is “no crock!”
It’s time to pay our dues!
Dues for the coming year are:
$74 Association + $9 State + $10 Branch = $93 total. Please send a check for $93 to Kay Oberle, 50 18th Place NE, Owatonna, MN 55060. Check payable to AAUW Owatonna Branch. (deadline is June 30, 2025)
For the coming year $84 of your annual dues will be tax deductible.
Membership voting concluded and did NOT pass on AAUW Bylaws Change to open eligibility to remove degree requirements for membership. Thanks to all who took the time to vote. Per the AAUW Election page:
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- The open membership initiative did not pass. Changes to AAUW’s bylaws require 2/3 majority (66.6%) to pass. AAUW members voted 65.1% to approve the measure, just shy of passing.
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Our officers for 2025-2026:
President: Mary Schwanke
Co-Program VPs: Alana Bunkers & Julie Fiske
Membership VP: Mary Overlee Olson
Secretary: Sandi Tobin
Treasurer: Kay Oberle
Co-AAUW Funds: Trudy Severson & Shelly Rockman
Finance: Eileen Newhouse
Visibility: Nancy Vaillancourt
Webmaster: Linda Hoffman
Fundraising (Taste): Mary Cronin & Linda Hoffman
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Dues for the coming year are:
$74 Association + $9 State + $10 Branch = $93 total. Please send a check for $91 to Linda Boorman, 1250 Edgewood Place, Owatonna, MN 55060. Check payable to AAUW Owatonna Branch. (deadline is June 30, 2025)
For the coming year $84 of your annual dues will be tax deductible.
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Here are the vendors for this year’s Taste event.
Be sure to thank them for their support – and support them!
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- Basilleo’s Pizza
- Candullo’s Coffee
- Costas
- Grapeful Wine Bar
- Mizuki Fusion
- Mon Ferment
- Old Town Bagels & Café
- Owatonna Eagle’s
- Owatonna Elk’s
- Spare Time Entertainment
- Steve’s Meat Market
- Taqueria Jalisco
- Torey’s
Thanks to Thrivent Financial for supporting some of our Taste-related expenses.
Attendees gather at the Owatonna Eagles for Taste of Steele County, sampling a wide array of offerings from local businesses. (Josh LaFollette/southernminn.com)
Rachel Lee, of Steve’s Meat Market in Ellendale, serves up snacks at Taste of Steele County, an AAUW Owatonna fundraiser that supports scholarships for local women and girls. (Josh LaFollette/southernminn.com)
Jennifer Candullo, of Candullo’s Coffee, hands out samples at Taste of Steele County. (Josh LaFollette/southernminn.com)
Tom Lester from Basilleo’s Pizza dishes up some his delicious pasta at the Taste of Steele County.
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