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

"APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS" Hello To Everyone, The Friday, April 5, 2013 General Meeting of Conifer Newcomers and Neighbors will be the last regular meeting of the 2012-2013 season.

On Friday, April 5, 2013 at the General Meeting, membership will vote on the nominees for the new Executive Board. The newly elected will then be installed at the Spring Luncheon.

1 Social Time 9:00 Meeting starts at 9: April 2013 Welcoming new members to the Greater 285 Corridor through social & civic activities Volume 24 #6 There are no strangers here, only friends who haven t met. "APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS" Hello To Everyone, The Friday, April 5, 2013 General Meeting of Conifer Newcomers and Neighbors will be the last regular meeting of the season. Remember there is NO June 2013 meeting. The season will culminate with The Spring Luncheon on May 3, Details of the Spring Luncheon are included in this Newsletter. On Friday, April 5, 2013 at the General Meeting, membership will vote on the nominees for the new Executive Board. The newly elected will then be installed at the Spring Luncheon. Program Chair Caroline Harrison will have another great Program for us to enjoy. The meeting will continue with regular CN&N Business, announcements from Special Interest groups, and end with Members Bulletin Board. I hope to see you at the meeting. Stop and say Hi. President Terry Jarvis = Refreshments Member #121-end on Page 4 of the roster Please remember to bring your own coffee cup SPEAKERS APRIL - Robert Fuchigami Talking about his experiences in a Japanese Internment camp in southern Colorado during WW II. Apr. 5 CNN meeting Apr. 6 Wine Tasting **Apr. 8 Touring Lunch Bunch **Apr. 8 Scrapbooking/Crafting Apr. 15 Jewelry Making Apr. 19 Gourmet Lunch Apr. 26 Garden Club Apr. 29 Book Talk **Indicates different day than usual

2 Conifer Newcomers &Neighbors Page 2 CNN NEWS Nominations are still being accepted for next year's speaker meetings. Our guidelines prohibit speakers from businesses who want to promote their businesses. We also discourage speakers on political or controversial topics. If members have something to offer, they should feel free to nominate themselves, but to please include information on their topic. Speaker suggestions can be ed to Program Director Caroline Harrison at carolineaharrison@gmail.com. Suggestions will be accepted through March 27 Please have your Group pictures to me no later than April 1st. You can either bring them to the April meeting, me the pictures or mail them to me at P. O. Box 232 Morrison, Please put the names and event on a note or on the back of the pictures. These are the Groups that I still need:, with Dogs, without Dogs,, Wine Tasting, and Business Resource. Pick out your favorite events and not all of your pictures as the pages in the scrapbook only hold so many pictures. Thank You. CN&N EXECUTIVE OFFICERS POSITION PERSON PHONE President Terry Jarvis tjarvis303@aol.com 1 st Vice President Treva Hotter hotter42@msn.com 2 nd Vice President Kim Swanson xxlltt@aol.com Secretary Suzanne Trezise jpilotservice@q.com Treasurer Charlene Hahn cvhahn@comcast.net COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON PHONE Fundraising Sharon Sears ssears45@msn.com Eleanor Kulin ekulincol@gmail.com Historian Theresa Garin jimandtree@me.com Hospitality Shirley Walker dance.allnight@yahoo.com Beth Kramer bkramer1619@gmail.com Membership Kris Hilker kris@ladidoodles.com 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 non-alcoholic beverages are also provided. The April Wine Tasting will be at the home of Shirley and Dave Hamer on Saturday, April 6. May is a Kentucky Derby Party at Mary and Tom Sosnowski's home on Saturday May 4-3:30 PM; Fancy hats and string ties. Sign-up sheets for both wine tastings will be at the wine tastings and CN&N meetings or you may contact Susan directly. TOURING LUNCH BUNCH Terry Jarvis or cell tjarvis303@aol.com Meets the 2 nd Friday of the month ALERT: Change of Day Monday April 8, 2013, a Pre-Paid Non-refundable Tour of The American Museum of Western Art with lunch at Trinity Grill located next to the Museum. THIS EVENT IS COMPLETELY BOOKED. I will have a waiting list for cancellations. Those who have pre-paid please meet at Twin Forks P&R to car-pool at 9:00 AM. The Tour begins at 10:00 AM. The Museum is located at 1727 Tremont Place in Denver. Schedules future outings: May 10, 2013 Dusty Rose Tea room in Georgetown w cochairs Nancy Picton and Valerie Grant June 14, 2013 Denver Zoo w co-chair Treva Hotter July 12, 2013 Hiiwan Museum w co-chairs Nancy Stackhouse & Susan Rush August TBD w Terry Jarvis September 13, 2013 Winery Tour w co-chairs Charlene Hahn, Chris Leonard, and Judy Schneider

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 April 15 th. We will be making super cute seed bead earrings. BOOK TALK Susan Lapidus Susanlap@gmail.com Barbara Voth bdvoth@msn.com Meets the 4th Monday of the month at 10:00 a.m. April 22, meet at 10:00 a.m. at Nancy Pfohl's home Kings Valley East. Please RSVP to Nancy or nancypfohl@msn.com. We will discuss parking issues/carpooling to Nancy's at the March meeting. Book of the month: THE GREATER JOURNEY by David McCullough BRIDGE GROUP Jerry Gregory (303) buffansjerry@aol.com Meets every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. meets each Thursday at Brooks Tavern in the Safeway Shopping Center at 10:30. Call Jerry for information or to reserve your spot. All levels welcome. GOURMET LUNCH Beth Musick musickpa@hotmail.com Meets the 3 rd Friday of the month at 11:30 am Gourmet Lunch will be on April 19 th at the home of Kathy Dierks. Kathy lives at Tall Pines Lane, Conifer. Carpooling is recommended. There will be a sign up sheet at the March meeting. You can contact Kathy by phone (303) or lkdierks@yahoo.com The theme for the April lunch is "Mexican". SCRAPBOOKING/CRAFTING Theresa Garin Jimandtree@me.com Meets the 1 st Monday of the month Scrapooking/Crafters will be held on Monday, April 8th which is the 2nd Monday of April, at Theresa Garin's house from Please bring a sack lunch and drinks will be provided. This is a change from our normal crop day of the 1st Monday of April. You can me an rsvp if you would like to attend. SKING Randi Brattin randib59gmail.com PEDAL PUSHERS BICYCLING Randi Brattin randib59gmail.com Start getting your bike in riding condition!!! We will ride the bike trails in the Denver Metro area on Mondays when the weather is suitable. We usually ride between 15 and 20 miles with a stop for lunch in between! Contact Randi if you would like to ride. Meets on Tuesdays, depending on ski conditions! We continue to ski every Tuesday at Winter Park or Copper Mountain. Contact Randi (Randib59@gmail.com) if you would like to join us. The slopes usually close around the third week in April so we are winding down. It's been a pretty good year! Group with Dogs Lydia Brown Lbrown205@msn.com or The with Dogs group hikes area trails with our dogs, weather permitting. Need not have a dog to hike but must like dogs. Wellbehaved spouses are also welcome! A weekly is sent out to notify of time and meeting place as well as the hike. MAH JONGG Charlene Hahn cvhahn@comcast.net Meets every Monday, usually at 11:30 a.m. will meet at 11:30 a.m. on Mondays. Those that are interested in playing and/or learning the game can call or Charlene to find out where we are meeting that week to play and have lunch.

CN&N Clubs/Special Interests Page 4 HIKING Barbara Voth bdvoth@msn.com 303.670.7158 Meets every Wednesday Weather permitting hikes are year round.

4 CN&N Clubs/Special Interests Page 4 HIKING Barbara Voth bdvoth@msn.com Meets every Wednesday Weather permitting hikes are year round. Sunday s provide meeting times (7:30 AM to 9:00 AM), meeting locations (trailhead and/or carpool site), and a brief description of each hike. Beautiful vistas and seasonal wildflowers are parts of each hike. Four day trips in the summer or fall to places like Steamboat, Ouray, or Winter Park are wonderful get aways and opportunities to further develop friendships. GARDEN CLUB Cheri Lepro Randi Brattin Meets the 4 th Friday of the month On April 26 the Garden Club will visit Long's Iris Nursery in Boulder with lunch at Dushanbe. Please Sharon Sears (ssears45@gmail.com) if you would like to attend and/or sign up at the April general meeting. More details will be available at that meeting. 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 MEN S OUTDOOR GROUP Jesse Young at jyoung@wispertel.net / The goal of the Men s Outdoor Group is to explore the outdoors through biking, hiking, skiing, jeeping, camping, shooting, fishing, etc. We also have regular social events. The MOG meets every month on the 2 nd Tuesday of the month, at 6:00 pm at Brooks Place Tavern, Main Street, Lower Level, Conifer, : The purpose of the gathering is to meet fellow MOG members, and to discuss and coordinate activities. Contact us to receive a calendar of events to include our ski calendar. Spouses and guests are welcome at all MOG events. DENIM & DIAMONDS EXOTICA FASHION SHOW May 3, :00 to 2:30 Willow Ridge Manor Tickets available at the March and April CN&N Meetings Or xxlltt@aol.com Only 70 seats available! Get your tickets today! Members tickets $5.00 Non-members $15.00 *our way of thanking you for your volunteer time during the CN&N Holiday Boutique*

booking **Touring Lunch Bunch Business Group 14 15 Jewelry 16 MOG 17

5 APRIL 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday CN&N meeting Wine Tasting **Scrap booking **Touring Lunch Bunch Business Group Jewelry 16 MOG Gourmet Lunch Garden Club Book Talk

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