By Trina Adler Barno, Program Leader — Health & Nutrition
Many of you know that I was born, raised, and currently live in Eau Claire, WI. This fact provides never-ending opportunities for my Minnesota-centric co-workers to give me a hard time about life over the border. I have endured painful references to my IQ dropping as I drive over the bridge into Hudson, heard inquiries about the amount of cheese that is clogging my arteries, and let’s not even talk about the per-capita-beer-consumption comparisons. In response, I take every opportunity to boast about the wonders of Wisconsin and the greater Eau Claire area in particular (Menard’s, Justin Vernon, and Bush’s Beans to name but a few).
Many of you know that I was born, raised, and currently live in Eau Claire, WI. This fact provides never-ending opportunities for my Minnesota-centric co-workers to give me a hard time about life over the border. I have endured painful references to my IQ dropping as I drive over the bridge into Hudson, heard inquiries about the amount of cheese that is clogging my arteries, and let’s not even talk about the per-capita-beer-consumption comparisons. In response, I take every opportunity to boast about the wonders of Wisconsin and the greater Eau Claire area in particular (Menard’s, Justin Vernon, and Bush’s Beans to name but a few).