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Social Time 9:00 Meeting starts at 9:30 www.coniferneighbors.org email: conifernewcomers@yahoo.

1 Social Time 9:00 Meeting starts at 9: October2013 Welcoming new members to the Greater 285 Corridor through social & civic activities Volume 25 1#7 There are no strangers here, only friends who haven t met. President's Message Do you, like I, refuse to acknowledge the summer is winding down? As temperature drops every mid-september the following exchange occurs in my household: "I'm going to turn the heat on", says my husband. "Absolutely not, it's still summer!" I answer with a deep conviction. That goes back and forth for days. In the meantime to get warm I drink lots of hot tea which, of course, results in often going to a bathroom. And while I'm there I deploy another tactic to keep warm: I use a hair dryer... on my icicle feet. Over the years I've perfected the routine - take the slippers off, take the socks off, turn the hair-dryer on high and blow the hot air on my feet, then into my socks, then into my slippers, then the last blow on my feet as they are cold again and quickly put the socks and slippers back on. Balmy...for about 30 minutes, after which I go over the whole thing again. All that, but still a flat-out NO to heating the house because it's still summer! After several days like that I wake up in the morning dreading to get up to a cold house when I realize it's warm! I'm really thankful, but pretending otherwise, for my spouse's decision to go against my wishes to prolong the summer. By the time you read this we'll have all acknowledged the summer s over. The days might be colder, but with Aspens turning color there is another opportunity for enjoying our beautiful mountains. Speaking of enjoyment please come to the October meeting to chat with your colleagues and friends (my favorite part of the meeting) over coffee, tea and snacks provided by the Hospitality Committee. Some of our colleagues wish to retire from leading special interest groups or committees. Barbara Voth of the Wednesday Hiking Group has provided thoughtful planning and led us on some of the most spectacular trails these last two years. Randi Brattin of the Pedal Pushers Group has raced ahead of the CN&N peloton for many years and will gladly help the new person to "hop on the bike" and lead the group. Thank you Barbara and Randi! Theresa Garin, our Historian, has been thinking of transferring her role, but as we all appreciate her work and admire the CN&N annual scrapbooks we hope she'd reconsider. The Holiday Boutique is to be held on the 2 nd of November and the preparations have already begun. This is THE EVENT for our organization, so please consider participating. No matter what you contribute your efforts to (baking, bake sale, cash, credit, wrapping, advertising, greeters, runners...) you'll help making the Boutique a success and have fun doing it! At the meeting chairpersons of various Boutique functions will have sign-up sheets for you. Refreshments CN&N Hospitality Please remember to bring your own coffee cup. Oct. 4 CNN meeting Oct. 5 Wine Tasting Oct. 11 Scrapbooking/Crafting Oct. 11 Touring Lunch Bunch Oct. 18 Gourmet Lunch Oct. 21 Jewelry Making Oct. 25 Garden Club Oct. 28 Book Talk Red indicates a change in normal meeting day Lastly, don't forget to renew your membership ($20) by the end of the meeting. Hope to see you all, Alicja Stanczak

2 Conifer Newcomers &Neighbors Page 2 THANK YOU Thank you for all of the loving care and concern for Sharon Sears and her family at her passing. Conifer Newcomers & Neighbors provided Sharon with new friends in Colorado that helped her to integrate into the area and community. Those friendships gave her much pleasure and purpose. You have a great organization that provides so much to the community. The Sharon Sears Family CNN NEWS Our thoughts and prayers go out to Pat Snow and Alissa Skildheim (mother & daughter) who both recently had heart attacks. CN&N EXECUTIVE OFFICERS POSITION PERSON PHONE President AlicjaStanczak alicjabo@gmail.com 1 st Vice President 2 nd Vice President Debbie Grisham tarbuff@aol.com Secretary Jodi Hummel jhummel@q.com Treasurer Charlene Hahn cvhahn@comcast.net COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON PHONE Fundraising Eleanor Kulin ekulincol@gmail.com Shirley Hamer shirley.hamer@gmail.com Historian Theresa Garin jimandtree@me.com Hospitality Shirley Walters dance.allnight@yahoo.com Camille Jochimsen joch4@q.com Membership Beth Kramer bkramer1619@gmail.com Newsletter Kathy Dierks lkdierks@yahoo.com Programs Caroline Harrison carolineaharrison@gmail.com Publicity Cindy Steadman csteadman33@gmail.com Sunshine Jan Swenson janswens@gmail.com Suzanne Trezise jtpilotservice@msn.com Website Kathy Dierks lkdierks@yahoo.com CN&N Clubs/Special Interests WINE TASTING Susan Lavin susan@snomagic.com Meets the 1 st Saturday of the p.m. Wine tasting meets the first Saturday of the month at 6:30 PM. Attendees are asked to bring either an appetizer or a dessert to share. Cost is $10.00 per person. You do not have to drink wine to enjoy socializing with fellow CN&N members nonalcoholic beverages are also provided. The October Wine Tasting will be on October 5 at Jan and Mike Swenson s home. The November Wine Tasting will be at the home of Bonnie and Dick McAtee on November 9 (one week later due to the Boutique). Sign-up sheets for wine tastings will be at the CN&N meetings, wine tastings or you may contact Susan directly by phone or (above). I am also looking for hostesses for the months of December and January. Please your preferred month if you are able to host. TOURING LUNCH BUNCH Ellen Weissmann (303) or (720) Meets the 2 nd Friday of the month We will be going to the Shawnee Tea House on October 11th. We will carpool from Aspen Park and Ride at 10:15; the Mountain View Park and ride at 10:25; and the Pine Junction park and ride 10:35. Our high tea reservations are at 11:00am. We are limited to 20 people. This is a prepay lunch. The cost is $22.50 per person, and that includes tax and tip. Please come with your ideas regarding our outings for the next year. Also, wear sturdy shoes. If weather permits, we will walk over to the waterfalls. Payment must be received by the October 4th general CNN meeting.

3 CN&N Clubs/Special Interests Page 3 JEWELRY Kris Hilker or kris@ladidoodles.com Meets the 3 rd Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m. Jewelry group will be meeting on the 4 th Monday this month, October 28 th at 1:00. Our September group got washed out, so we ll be making that jump ring and bead bracelet. The cost for the project is $40. Be sure to let me know if you will be joining us so I can have enough supplies for you. BOOK TALK Susan Lapidus Susanlap@gmail.com Barbara Voth bdvoth@msn.com Meets the 4th Monday of the month at 10:00 a.m. Book Talk will meet at Cheri Lepro's house on Monday October 28 at 10:00 a.m. Book of the month: THE REBELLIOUS LIFF OF ROSA PARKS by Jeanne Theoharis GOURMET LUNCH Beth Musick Musickbs63@gmail.com Meets the 3 rd Friday of the month at 11:30 am Gourmet Lunch will be on October 18th at 11:30 at the home of Bettiann Witulski. Bettiann lives at 7101 S. Andrea Lane, Morrison Co You can contact Betiann by at Betiann@Witulski.net or by phone The theme for October lunch is Harvest or your favorite dish. There will be a sign up sheet at the October general meeting. SCRAPBOOKING/CRAFTING Theresa Garin Jimandtree@me.com Meets the 1 st Monday of the month Get an early start on making those Christmas cards or knitting those Christmas presents! Scrapbook/Crafters will meet Friday, October 11th from 10-2 at Theresa Garin's house. Please RSVP to Theresa. BRIDGE GROUP Jerry Gregory (303) buffansjerry@aol.com Meets every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Bridge meets each Thursday at Brooks Tavern in the King Soopers Shopping Center at 10:30. Call Jerry for information or to reserve your spot. All levels welcome. SKING Randi Brattin randib59gmail.com Meets on Tuesdays, depending on ski conditions! Remember we are skiing Copper and Winter Park again this year. More info when the snow flies. PEDAL PUSHERS BICYCLING Randi Brattin randib59gmail.com Looking for new leader. Old one is getting lazy!!! Hiking Group with Dogs Lydia Brown Lbrown205@msn.com or or The hiking with dogs group meets every Tuesday morning, weather permitting, to hike. s are sent out each Sunday to announce the hike, hike details, meeting place for carpooling to the trailhead and the time to meet. No need to have a dog to hike with the group but you must like dogs. Well-behaved spouses are also welcome to join us on the hikes! Contact Lydia Brown. MAH JONGG Jan Dietzenbach dietzenbach@comcast.net Meets every Monday, usually at 11:30 a.m. Mah Jongg will meet at 11:30 a.m. on Mondays. Those that are interested in playing and/or learning the game can call or Jan to find out where we are meeting that week to play and have lunch. Snow Shoeing Marlene Schulte or mountainmar4@wildblue.net Snow shoeing will begin on Wednesdays once the snow starts falling and sticking on the ground. Will meet at 10:00am but at different locations, depending on which hike we do. Contact Marlene if interested. If interested contact Marlene.

4 CN&N Clubs/Special Interests Page 4 HIKING Joyce Dickey joyceey@msn.com Treva Hotter muchhotter42@gmail.com Meets every Wednesday October Hiking Schedule (Tentative, weather permitting). Meet at the Aspen Park N Ride at 9:00 AM for all hikes or at the trailhead. October 2nd Reynolds Park October 9th Maxwell Falls October 16th Meyer Ranch October 23rd Flying J October 30th Alderfer/Three Sisters East Parking Lot Business Resource Group Sabina Clemens, conifercars@gmail.com We are a group of business owners within CN&N who meet to support one another through training, education, problem solving, resource sharing, networking and referrals. We welcome anyone looking to market e.g. artists, job hunters and sales people. We also maintain the business directory and a display board for members. If you want to receive meeting notices please send your to: pinecone@coniferbusinessnetwork.com GARDEN CLUB Cheri Lepro Randi Brattin Meets the 4 th Friday of the month The October Garden Club meeting will be a visit to Hudson Gardens with lunch at a local restaurant. Contact Joyce Dickey if you plan to attend: Dickey Joyce joyceey@msn.com MEN S OUTDOOR GROUP Jesse Young at jessedyuoung23@gmail.com The Men s Outdoor Group is both a social and outdoor activity group. Our activities include biking, hiking, skiing, jeeping, camping, shooting, and fishing, to name a few. We also have regular social events, and meet on the 2 nd Tuesday of the month, 6:00 pm, at Brooks Place Tavern in the King Soopers Shopping Center. If you are interested in our summer activities, to include our hiking schedule, contact us for details. Spouses and guests are welcome at all MOG events. You do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. (James 4:13) Sharon Sears, who had been elected to be the CN&N President, died of a cancer on August 27, Her sudden death has left us stunned and saddened. Sharon was very involved in activities of our organization: a member of bridge, garden, touring lunch bunch and gourmet lunch groups. She was also the chairperson of a very successful Holiday Boutique in Sharon s many friends remember her as a friendly, spirited and caring person. I d like to share with you fragments of memories of Sharon contributed by Her CN&N friends: Sharon was supportive when I had cancer, helped start the bridge group, was a slow walker with me at the Crested Butte trips and a very good friend. I have a newspaper clipping that Sharon handed me when I saw her last. It tells of a new exhibit at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden she thought would be a great Touring Lunch Bunch trip. It has been lying on my desk since she gave it to me and I will keep it there, for a while, to remind me of Sharon and how much she enriched my life. Sharon was always my roommate at Crested Butte, since we were both "snorers", we always teased each other about who could snore the loudest!! I miss her terribly! Tap dancing through life with a beautiful smile & friendly demeanor! Sharon had the ability to laugh at herself in awkward situations & yet always maintained her elegance. She was a picky eater, a reluctant hiker & a dear friend who will be missed by all who knew and loved her! On Saturday, September 7 th several of Sharon s friends and colleagues from the CN&N attended Memorial Services held in her memory. We gave donations collected at the September meeting to Sharon s husband, Jerry. The donations will help with building the stone bench that the family wants to dedicate to Sharon in one of the open spaces. Also, as we decided at the September meeting the Coins-for-Causes donations collected throughout the year will be given in Sharon s memory to an organization that we ll choose at the later time. We will very much miss Sharon, but I believe that with her down-to-earth attitude Sharon wouldn t have liked us to grieve for too long, but to go ahead with enjoying our lives and friendships as much as she d had when she was with us. Let us remember her fondly. With Sharon s untimely death I assume the duties of the CN&N President. I'll do my best to fulfill that role to your satisfaction and with your help we ll continue making CN&N the friendly place for old and new members. Regards, Alicja Stanczak

5 OCTOBER 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday CNN meeting Wine Tasting Mah Jongg Hiking Dogs Hiking Business Group Bridge Touring Lunch Bunch Scrap booking Mah Jongg Bike Riding Hiking Dogs MOG Hiking Bridge Gourmet Lunch Mah Jongg Bike Riding Hiking Dogs Hiking Bridge Garden Club Jewelry

6 2013 Holiday Boutique Taking Shape With the arrival of the fall season, members of CN&N s annual Holiday Boutique organizing committees are moving from the planning into the action phase. Exciting news is that we will have the maximum number of vendors that the high school space will allow, according to Joanne Gregory, Chair of this year s Artisan Committee. We are full up, she added. Earlier this summer, Joanne s committee members evaluated over 110 applications, reviewed each for the quality and type of products sold and price range. In addition, they worked to select a good balance of past and first-time vendors to ensure the Boutique remains fresh and of interest to our customers. Through this jury process, Joanne s committee selected 78 different vendors, offering a full range of unique arts and craft items from pottery, woodworking, jewelry, quilts, etc. As per the Boutique policy, only items hand crafted by the vendors themselves will be sold with no prefabricated objects allowed. This restriction adds to the prestige of the show and sets it apart from many other area holiday fairs. In addition, it is a testimony to the Boutique s reputation for quality products and efficient operation, built over the 36 previous years, that so many area and out-of-state vendors apply for an opportunity to be at the show. At the same time, Debbie Grisham and Randi Battin are working in tandem organizing the Bake Sale. They want and need all members to...start your ovens. Whether you are a baker or not or whether you are volunteering to work in another capacity for the Boutique, your contribution to the Bake Sale is critical. We generally never have enough pies, cookies, squares or brownies to meet demand. The more tempting goodies we have available to sell, the more money to the CN&N bottom line. If you can t or don t have the time to bake yourself, a contribution of $20 or more will help defray overhead costs. Remember, the CN&N earns only 10% of vendor sale revenues, but 100% of monies earned by the Bake Sale accrue to us. Finally, the success of the Boutique as always rests on the hard work and full participation of CN&N s amazing members. If you have not already volunteered to work with one, or two, or three different committees, please be sure to do so, NOW! The names and contact information of all Boutique committee chairs are printed elsewhere in this newsletter. Each chair or co-chair would be pleased to answer any questions and add your name to a volunteer lists. Working together we can make the 2013 CN&N Holiday Boutique a fun and worthwhile event for all CN&N Holiday Boutique Committee List

7 Chairman: Eleanor Kulin Co-Chair: Marlene Schulte Cash Chair: Susan Lavin Co-Chair: Kathy Dierks Signage Chair: Donna Povich Co-Chair: Christie D Amico Bake Sale Chair: Debbie Grisham Co-Chair: Randi Brattin Home cell ekulincol@gmail.com mountainmar4@wildblue.net susan@snomagic.com lkdierks@yahoo.com bodopov@gmail.com kadpad7@gmail.com tarbuff@aol.com randib59@gmail.com Volunteers: Catherine Hefferman cheffer278@hotmail.com Co-Chair: Suzanne Trezise jtpilotservice@q.com Artisan Chair: Joanne Gregory tucson2co@yahoo.com Co-Chair: Lyn Lewis lyn.woody.lewis@gmail.com Accounting Chair: Michelle Hamilton Co-Chair: Kim Swanson michellecnn@dcvrhoa.com xxlltt@aol.com Advertising Chair: Treva Hotter muchhotter42@gmail.com Co-Chair: Shana Schubert shana.schubert@comcast.net Credit Chair: Brenda Neyman bbneyman@aol.com Co-Chair: Kitty Stevens kitty.stevens@mac.com Decorating Chair: Cheri Lepro CLMountain@msn.com Co-Chair: Location Chair: Cheri Lepro CLMountain@msn.com Co-Chair: Dan Lepro Laura Penland penlandl@evcohs.com Office Chair: Lydia Brown Co-Chair: Ellen Weissmann Lbrown205@msn.com ellenw8421@gmail.com Ornaments Chair: Jan Swenson janswens@gmail.com Co-Chair: Susan Lapidus susanlap@gmail.com Traffic/Transportation Chair: TBD Co-Chair: Silent Auction: (Janet Shown consultant, jansho@yahoo.com)

May 2014

Social Time 9:00 Meeting starts at 9:30 www.coniferneighbors.org email: conifernewcomers@yahoo.com May 2014 Welcoming new members to the Greater 285 Corridor through social & civic activities Volume 25