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GORDON GLIDDEN FROM INLAND LAKES INSPECTION SERVICES
HOW DID YOU BECOME A CLIENT WITH FINANCIAL ARCHITECTS? I met Mike in 1996 when we both joined the Bloomfield Hills Optimist Club. I became Mike’s client in 2003. We had the same investment philosophy. We expanded my portfolio in 2008 when Cort came onboard and again in 2011. TELL US ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS AND WHAT HAS MADE IT SUCCESSFUL? I have been a residential and commercial building inspector for 22 years. I’ve been in nearly 10,000 homes and get paid to look in people’s closets. Real estate is a people business, and the most important marketing is word of mouth. Referrals from Realtors are the way I get work. My success can be traced to treating the customer right and providing services they want at a cost they can afford. I like working with first-time homebuyers because I can teach them things they can use. I lower the angst that is part of nearly every real estate transaction. My job is to get the well-disclosed, well-informed buyer to the closing table. YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE TRENDSETTERS WHEN IT COMES TO ROTISSERIE/FANTASY BASEBALL. HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT? In spring of 1949, my uncle Germain G. Glidden sent a sealed envelope to his brother, Nathaniel F. Glidden Jr., with the following note: “Enclosed in the sealed envelope is a list of 10 major-league batters whose sum total average will bat higher than any 10 you can name by the deadline of May 9. Also enclosed is a 10 spot. If you like the idea, pick your 10 tigers and then, at the end of the season, we’ll see who won.” Nat liked the idea so much that he told Dick Mullowney about it, and by the May 9 deadline, four others joined the fray, and the Three Hundred Club was born! The following year, a sterling Tiffany bowl was engraved with the winner’s name and batting average, and this became a yearly tradition. We added additional contests: pitcher’s wins (1957), homers hit (1967), most RBIs (1982), most stolen bases (1994), and the Dimaggio prize (1999) is given to the member who comes closest to guessing the longest hitting streak of the year. We added a weekly contest (2004) for the member with the highest batting average for the week. In 2020, we will be adding another contest for OPS. All results are posted at our website 300club.org. 2018 was the last year that the original bowl could be engraved. We bought a new bowl, and the tradition will continue. We added a smaller pewter bowl for the winner to keep. We have clubs where members get together for more contests among themselves. Frank DeFord, longtime Sports Illustrated sportswriter and friend of Germain Glidden, did research and, while being interviewed on NPR Radio in 2015, determined that, yes, the Three Hundred Club was first. That is why we call the Three Hundred Club “the oldest continuously active contest in sport.”
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SAUERKRAUT
INGREDIENTS • 2 lbs cabbage • 4 tsp fine sea salt EQUIPMENT
• Jar • Lid with airlock • Something to weigh down cabbage, ideally made of a nonreactive material like glass
DIRECTIONS
1. Remove outer leaves from cabbage. Slice very thinly. 2. In a large bowl, combine cabbage and salt. Let stand for 20 minutes. 3. Squeeze cabbage to release juices. Let the cabbage continue to soak and release juices for another 20 minutes. 4. Transfer to a jar and press down cabbage until completely submerged in its juices. Weigh down cabbage. 5. Seal jar with airlock. Let cabbage sit at room temperature and away from sunlight for one month. Once fermented, transfer to the fridge. Sauerkraut will keep for six months to one year.
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