June, July, August 2015 Parker Newcomers Newsletter Sara Woods - Editor: pncnewsletter@gmail.com Parker Newcomers website: www.parkernewcomersclub.com Suggestions are welcome - Email Gail Berger at :cogaberger@gmail.com June Coffee Evelyn Poulo-Chair 1 971-275-3750 Lynn Eisenthal-Co-Chair 720-851-8161 Date: Wednesday, June 3 Time: 10am Hostess: Linda O Brien Address: 20715 Bridlewood Lane Please arrive around 9:55 so the hostess is able to finish preparations for the coffee. We have decided that it is NOT necessary to RSVP as the hostess is getting too many calls. Coffees will be planning on 40-45 people. Cheese Plate: Tina Coakley Cheese Plate: Susan Hooten Fruit Plate: Elizabeth Belisle Fruit Plate: Michelle Woodman Breakfast treat::dawn Massey Breakfast treat: Evelyn Poulo Breakfast treat: Helga Paulding Directions: Parker Road to Hilltop. Go East two lights to Tallman. Turn East at Tallman to stop sign which is Club. Turn right onto Club and go to the top of the hill. At round-about keep right onto Bridlewood Ln. House is on your left side. It is the only ranch style with full red brick front. Parking on a diagonal, at the entrance to the trail (down the street from the house) will accommodate Multiple cars. July Coffee Evelyn Poulo-Chair 1 971-275-3750 Lynn Eisenthal-Co-Chair 720-851-8161 Date: Wednesday, July 1 Time: 10 am Hostess: Connie Meints Address: 5247 Pinyon Jay Rd Please arrive around 9:55 so the hostess is able to finish preparations for the coffee. We have decided that it is NOT necessary to RSVP as the hostess is getting too many calls. Coffees will be planning on 40-45 people. Cheese Plate: Kathy Hill Cheese Plate: (Need a volunteer contact Connie!) 720-851-1542 Fruit Plate: (Need a volunteer contact Connie!) 720-851-1542 Fruit Plate: Mary Ellen Godbey Breakfast treat: Lan Hughes Breakfast treat: Nancy Sammons Breakfast treat: Marilyn Whitcomb Directions:Go south on Parker Road to south Pinery Parkway Road.Turn left and follow up South Pinery to Fox Sparrow, Turn right and the first right onto Pinyon Jay, proceed to 5247 Pinyon Jay. 1
August Coffee Evelyn Poulo-Chair 1 971-275-3750 Lynn Eisenthal-Co-Chair 720-851-8161 Date: Wednesday, August 5th Time: 10am Hostess: Lynn Eisenthal Address:11894 Hitching Post Trail Please arrive around 9:55 so the hostess is able to finish preparations for the coffee. We have decided that it is NOT necessary to RSVP as the hostess is getting too many calls. Coffees will be planning on 40-45 people. Cheese Plate: Cheese Plate: Fruit Plate: Fruit Plate: Breakfast treat: Breakfast treat: (Call Lynn to Volunteer ) Breakfast treat: 720-851-8161 Directions: Go West on Main Street, turn left onto Jordon. Turn right on Bradbury Parkway take 2 nd left onto Hitching Post Circle and 2 nd left onto Hitching Post Trail. House is on the left. Membership Gail Berger: Chair 720-851-5009 PNC membership is 233 members ********************************************* WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBER Rae Anne Schmeda (Hal) 303-979-1811(home) 720-261-8048(cell) 23519 E. Swallow Circle, Aurora, 80016 E-mail: schmeda@comcast.net B-Day: Sept. 21 Hobbies: Bridge, reading,family Our dues drive begins June 1 st for the 2015-16 year. Final deadline to send dues is August 1. If you wish to join/rejoin, please make your check payable to PNC for $20.00 and mail to : Gail Berger, 5353 Pinyon Jay Road, Parker, CO.80134. If you joined PNC paying only $10.00 then you are required, at this time, to pay dues of $20.00 for the upcoming year if you wish to be an active member. If your dues are not received in time, you will not be listed in the new Directory! Treasurer s Report Sharon Tyler - 303-840-9209 Treasurer s Report Beginning balance-4/30/2015 : $5964.66 Deposits: $696.00 Expenses: $ 176.73 General Meetings Will resume in September Balance as of - 5/31/2015 : $ 6483.93 Know Your Officers President: Marilyn Whitcomb 303-847-9601 mbooklover@comcast.net Please use this to contact Marilyn Immediate Past President: Gail Berger 720-851-5009 1 st Vice President: Michelle Woodman 720-542-9955 2 nd Vice President: Ingrid Brown 727-542-7329 (cell) 3 rd Vice President: Sara Woods 303-840-1284 Secretary: Elizabeth Belisle 303-805-9134 Treasurer: Sharon Tyler 303-840-9209 Questions? Call any of us! 2
President s Message Yes! It's finally summer! I decided to do something totally different for the president s newsletter article this time. June is our first month of summer. Ramses II built his temple at Abu Simbel at a specific angle so that the sun on the March equinox could shine on the face of his statue all the way at the back of the temple. So, for those of you building temples or pyramids in your yards, the June equinox will be on the 21st., or perhaps you would rather do something less adventurous and fly our flag on Flag Day, which is on June 14th. In July we celebrate Independence Day on the 4th. As we sit and watch all those wonderful fireworks, we should remember all the women and men both in and out of the military who helped make this country great. My father and all the other males in his high school class received draft notices as they got their diplomas. My father quickly joined the army air corps, and after basic training and flight school (which he missed one-third of because he had his appendix removed), he became a flyboy for bombers. He had asked my mother's dad for her hand in marriage, but her dad said not before he left for the war. So, one day, instead of going to work, my mother defied her parents and took a train from Illinois to West Virginia and married my father the day he shipped out. (I told this story at my mother's funeral, and her relatives were shocked that a conservative young woman like my mother had actually done this!) Subsequently, my father was shot down over Czechoslovakia. After 18 months of being on the run, he reached the coast of France, and with the help of the French resistance, crossed the channel and made it safely back to re-join his wing. He was the sole survivor of his crew. I learned this when I was in high school. I was shocked. My parents were "old and boring." After all they were in their early 40s by then! How could they have done all this? You see, we never know what contributions people have made! And finally we have August, the final month of summer. This is the month for those last backyard barbecues, those last fun days at the swimming pool, the time when the children get ready to go back to school, and the snowbirds start thinking heading south. Have fun and enjoy your summer! Lunch with Guys and Dolls April 2015 3
June, July, August 2015 Birthdays June July 3 Cheryl Larson 4 Linda Purkey 5 Sue Matt 6 Polly Gates 9 Dawn Schildt Geneice Cox 10 Pam Thurman 8 Judie Schkade 11 Ginny Green 9 Debbie Platt 12 Susan Lewis 11 Carolyn Stansberry 13 Bev Mass Jacque Carraway Michelle Workman 13 Elizabeth Belisle 14 Sharon Anderson Helen Reed 15 Barbara Cook 14 Kathy Allen Jackie Hitchins 19 Barbara Noyes 19 Stephanie Baldwin-Ross 20 Mariel Meysenburg 22 Nancy Sammons 21 Toni D Arcy Patricia DeLaSalle 22 Arlene Stevens 26 Judi Prentice 30 Mary Annn Easterday 28 D.Ann Massey Barbara Kujawa 31 Gerri Trantham August 1 Peggy Johnson 3 Marty Gathers 7 Debra Jackson Thank you from the bottom of my heart to my 9 Gwen Stibbards wonderful PNC sisters for all the yummy gourmet 10 Sandy Schwindy you brought us while laid up for a fractured knee. 11 Sharlene Hass J.C. Childers 12 Sheri Roloff 13 Sandi Rock 14 Lynn Kunuth 15 Lynn Farmer 17 Fleta Johnson 18 Patty McNulty 20 Linda Jarrett 21 Joan Loomis 25 Joann Hudson Judy Dvorak 27 Pam Sorrel 28 Katie Wood 29 Lynn Eisenthal Sunshine and Shadows: Mary Ellen Godbey - 303 841-1330 mezflyn@gmail.com We were saddened by the loss of Martha Keister. If you know of someone who is ill and needs cheering up, Please let me know so we can send a card. Chicken Soup Committee: Mary Ellen Godbey-303 840-1330 mezflyn@gmail.com Wishing all of you a happy and healthy summer. 4
Book Buddies Karen Dickey - Chair : 303-805-0505 wdickey4@comcast.net Mystery Book Club Gwen Stibbards - Chair : 303-993-5654 Date: Tuesday, June 30th Time: 1:00 pm Book: Me Before You by JoJo Moyes Hostess: Carolyn Eisenbrandt 5570 Sawdust Loop Parker 80134 Directions: Parker Road south to Bayou Gulch. Right (west) on Bayou Gulch. Left (south) on Craftsman. This is about a mile west of Parker Road, the community pool is at this corner. Take Craftsman to the stop sign. Continue straight and the street becomes Sawdust Loop. My house is on the right just past the mailbox cluster. Discussion Leader: Carolyn No meeting in July or August Reading Ahead: September 29, 2015 meeting at Phyllis Brudos s to choose books for December thru June. RSVP to: Carolyn Eisenbrandt at: 303-482-7888 or ckeisen@live.com June Date: Thursday, June 11 Time: 10am Book to be discussed: Them Bones By Caroline Haines Discussion Leader: Linda Hailey-Zanichelli July Date: Thursday, July 9 Time: 10am Book: No book but Amy Hall from the Library will present new Mystery Books for us to consider August Date: August 13 th Time: 11:00 am Event: We will meet for a picnic at Pauline Lussenhof s home at: 22580 E. Heritage Parkway RSVP: Pauline at 720-870-0589 Reading ahead for September: Surgeon By Tess Gerritsen The Mystery Book Club meets the second Thursday of each month at the Parker Public Library. We meet at 10:00 am in their large conference room. We often go out to lunch after the meeting (optional). Coffee in May at Rebecca Earnest s Home 5
** Directions to Stroh Firehouse #46 for the following 7 activities: South on Parker Rd. to Stroh Road, west.3 miles to firehouse on south side of street. Please remember to RSVP to your hostess by the Monday before the game and be on time. There will be no drinks provided, so please bring your own with a lid for all activities. No smoking allowed on the site. 1 st Thursday #1 Mel DeFellippie - Chair : 303-660-8786 Deanna Loving - Chair : 303-805-7554 Date: June 4: Jo Ann Litvak-303-796-0175 July 2: Georgia Tokar-303-840-2409 August 6: Dawn Schildt-720-851-5865 Time: 9:30 am (Arrive at 9:15 am) Place: Firehouse #46 19310 Stroh Road Cost to play is $3.00 RSVP Hostess by Monday before game 3 rd Thursday #2 Chair: Jo-Anne Strong - 303-902-0220 Date June 18: Judy Dvorak-303-828-7635 July 16: Gail Brookhart-720-851-3085 August 20: Jo-Anne Strong 303-902-0220 Time: 9:30 am (Arrive at 9:15 am) Place: Cost to play is $3.00 RSVP Hostess s by Monday before game 2 nd Saturday Game Night #4 Jan Cadwell Chair: 303-771-3101 Jean Austin - Chair: 720-583-0209 Date: Saturday, June 13 July 11 August 8 Time: 6:30pm Place: Firehouse #46 19310 Stroh Road Let s get together and have an enjoyable evening playing games and making new friends. Learn to play 3-13, a fun card game or hand and foot, a version of canasta. Bring $3.50 (14 quarters) and bring your own drink with a lid. Husbands are encouraged to come and enjoy the fun. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RSVP SO THEY KNOW HOW MANY ARE COMING!! RSVP : Jan Cadwell -303-771-3101 Jean Austin -720-583-0209 #5 Donna Macek-Chair 1-818-836-0015 Date: Every Tuesday Time: 10 am Place: Firehouse #46 19310 Stroh Rd. RSVP : Donna Macek 1-818-836-0015 Claire Klugman 720-851-2518 The cost to play is $4. Please RSVP by the Monday before the game so we have enough tables setup. Card Game 3-13 #3 (2 nd & 3 rd Tuesdays) Chair: Karen Ehrbar 303-841-8825 Date: Tuesday, June 9 Tuesday, June 16 Tuesday, July14 Tuesday, July 21 Tuesday, August 11 Tuesday, August 18 Time: 9:45am, play at 10:00am Place: Firehouse #46, 19310 Stroh Road RSVP: Karen Ehrbar 303-841-8825 (we need 4 people to be able to play so please Call!!!) Cost to play: 14 Quarters ($3.50) 6
NEW!!!!!!!!! Ladies - at this time we have the Stroh Firehouse for the 2 nd and 4 th Thursdays- Jo-Anne Strong is planning on being the hostess (until someone else volunteers), so PLEASE call and let her know if you would like to play over the summer. The dates are as follows: #7 2 nd Thursday: June 11 th July 9 th August 13 th 4 th Thursday June 25 th July 23 rd August 27 th RSVP to Jo-Anne Strong 303-902-0220 so she knows if you are interested in playing!!!! Save the Date Wednesday, October 21 Bunko 1 st Friday #6 Pauline Soloman - Chair : 303-617-3239 This is the date of our annual White Elephant auction and Pot luck luncheon. So as you clean out closets, drawers, and storage areas, set aside items that you don t want but are still useable for this fun day. More Information Later See you all back in SEPTEMBER Out and About Susan Hooten Chair: 303-805-9286 Out and About will return In the Fall. Enjoy this time to explore places on your own with family and friends. 7
Monday Bridge Pam Thurman chair: 303-840-8828 e-mail: Phthurman@comcast.net Date: Monday,June 8-Jane Wilkes-303-699-6936 June 22-Marilynn Miller-303-386-3840 July 13-Pam Thurman-303-840-8828 July 27-Pam Thurman-303-840-8828 August 10-Sheila Boone-720-851-0985 August 24-Pam Thurman-303-840-8828 RSVP to Hostess for the date of the game.. Cost to play: $1 plus $1 for tip Time: 11am, play at 11:30am Place: We are meeting at the Golden Corral at Parker and Arapahoe Rds. Please call Pam if you are interested in joining the group. Thursday Bridge Ginny Green Chair : 303-841-4499 We will resume in September! If you would like to information on our group, please call Ginny 303 841-4499 so she can give you the details. + 1 Edith, Ingrid Brown s 101 year young,sweet, Norwegian born Mother 2 nd Monday Scrabble Pat Kramer Chair: 303-471-5406 Date: Monday, June 8 Monday, July 13 Monday, August 10 Time: 11:30am RSVP: Pat Kramer 303-471-5406 We meet at Panera on Dransfeldt and Twenty Mile Rd. in the town of Parker, on the second Monday of the month, at 11:30 am. Come join this fun group. We welcome new players and we will teach you how to play if you have never tried this great brain-stimulating word game. Lunch with Guys and Dolls Lynn Eisenthal - Chair 720-851-8161 Date: Wednesday, June 10 th - Sams # 3 corner of Parker Rd and Havana Wednesday, July 8- Dora s Mexican Restaurant at 2406 Parker Road and Orchard Wednesday, August 12- The Fresh Fish Co 7800 E. Hampden Time: Meet at restaurant at 11:00 am RSVP: Lynn Eisenthal 720-851-8161 by Monday, May 11 (Please call no later than 8 pm) Dinner Group Lynn Eisenthal - Chair -720-851-8161 Date: Thursday, June 18- Mama Louise Italian Restaurant, southeast corner of Parker Rd. and Orchard Thursday, July 16- Old Blinking Light 9344 Dorchester St. Highlands Ranch Thursday, August 20- White Fence Farms 6263 W. Jewel Ave, Lakewood Place: Time: 6 pm RSVP : Lynn Eisenthal 720-851-8161 no later than Tuesday, May 19 (Please call no later than 8 pm) 8
June Potluck Peggy Hunter Co-Chair 720-544-7837 Jacki e Hitchins-Co-Chair 303-840-4903 August Potluck Peggy Hunter-Co-Chair 720-544-7837 Jackie Hitchins-Co-Chair 303-840-4903 WE thought we did not have a hostess for June but Lynn Eisenthal graciously volunteered. Date: June 20 th Time: 6:30pm Refer to July Potluck information for directions an address. July Potluck Peggy Hunter-Co-Chair 720-544-7837 Jackie Hitchins-Co-Chair 303-840-4903 You are welcome to bring your spouse or a friend to our evening Potluck. This is an informal opportunity to get to know other members. Each member brings a dish,call the hostess and see what she needs. Everyone is asked to bring their own beverage, so mark yours to avoid confusion. There will be coffee, water and iced tea. If your plans change for any reason and you are unable to attend, please call your hostess ASAP. You are welcome to bring your spouse or a friend to our evening Potluck. This is an informal opportunity to get to know other members. Each member brings a dish; call the hostess and see what she needs. Everyone is asked to bring their own beverage, so mark yours to avoid confusion. There will be coffee, water and iced tea. If your plans change for any reason and you are unable to attend, please call your hostess ASAP. Date: Saturday, August 15 th Time: 6:30pm Place:7858 Towhee Road (The Timbers) Hosts: Nancy and Scott Sammons RSVP to Nancy by Monday August 10 303-956-5292 Directions: Go South on Parker Road. Left on South Pinery Parkway (The Timbers). Make a right on Towhee Road. The house will be on the right. Please park on the street. You can not see the house from the street and will have to walk down the driveway. Date: Saturday, July 18 Time: 6:30pm Place: 11894 Hitching Post Trail(Bradbury Hills) Hosts: Lynn and Jeff Eisenthal RSVP to Lynn 720-851-8181 by Monday, July 13, Directions: From Parker Road, go west on Mainstreet. Turn left onto Jordon Road. Turn right on S. Bradbury Parkway. Turn left at the 2 nd left onto Hitching Post Circle and 2 nd left again onto Hitching Post Trail. House is on the left. Marilyn and Lan at Golden Corral YUM!! 9
Member Autobiography Pauline Lussenhof My husband and I moved to Colorado three years ago from Darien, Ill to be near our grandkids. We also have a son who lives in LA and a daughter and more grandkids who live in Singapore. I was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois. I had an awesome career, spanning 40 years, as a PE Teacher and HS guidance counselor. I still keep in contact, on Facebook, with many of the students who I taught over the years. I love biking, swimming, canasta, quilting/sewing, and reading. I am an active member of the Edelweiss Preservation Foundation, PEO, and volunteer at Our Lady Of Loretto. Thanks to Sharon Anderson for introducing me to PNC and the many activities I enjoy with this wonderful group of ladies. (FYI google "German Day in Colorado" for information about this event Labor Day weekend. I need volunteers, LOL!!!) Chair: Marti Acker 720-474-1271 Crafty Friends Group A group for ladies who like to knit and crochet We are now meeting the 1 st and 3 rd Mondays of the month beginning at 10:00 am at my house. Please bring a project to work on and a sack lunch and choice of beverage. Coffee, ice tea and cookies will be provided. This group is open to all skill levels as well as those who prefer to do hand stitching i.e. cross stitch or counted-cross. Space is limited to 25 Date: Monday, June 1 Monday, June 15- Luncheon at Lan Hughes s home 12537 N. Lost Canyon Trail. We will meet at 9:45am at the PACE center and carpool to her home as parking is limited. Contact Lan to see what dish to bring 720-851-1482 Monday, July 6 Monday, July 20 Monday, August 3 Monday, August 17 Time: 10:00 am Place: 22891 BriarLeaf Ave RSVP: 720-474-1271 or marthannacker@msn.com so I know how much seating I need Directions: From Parker Road South turn left onto Hess Road (or if you are heading north on Parker Road, turn right onto Hess). Hess will turn into Hilltop at the traffic light, continue heading east on Hilltop and turn left at Legend High School onto Canterberry Parkway. After 2 nd traffic light (Cimarron Middle School) turn right onto Buffaloberry. Take the first left on Desert Hills, turn left at 1 st stop sign onto Briar Leaf Ave go to cul de sac and turn left to grey/taupe ranch house with green door. 10
June 2015 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur. Fri Sat 1 Crafty Ladies 2 3 Coffee 4 5 6 7 8 Scrabble Bridge 9 3-13 10 Lunch with Guys and Dolls 11 Mystery book 12 13 Game night 14 15 Crafty Ladies 16 3-13 17 18 Dinner Group 19 20 NO Pot Luck 21 22 Bridge 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Book Buddies July 2015 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur. Fri Sat 1 Coffee 2 3 4 5 6 Crafty Ladies 7 8 Lunch with Guys and Dolls 9 Mystery Book 10 11 Game Night 12 13 Scrabble Bridge 14 3-13 15 16 Dinner Group 17 18 Pot Luck 19 20 Crafty Ladies 26 27 Bridge 21 3-13 28 22 23 29 30 31 24 25 11
August 2015 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur. Fri Sat 1 2 3 Crafty Ladies 4 5 Coffee 6 7 8 Game night 9 10 Scrabble Bridge 11 3-13 12 Lunch with Guys and Dolls 13 Mystery Book 14 15 Pot Luck 16 17 Crafty Ladies 18 3-13 19 20 Dinner group 21 22 23 24 Bridge 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Advertising Business card size $5 a month Make check payable to PNC and mail with your ad to : Sara Woods, 43097 London Drive, Parker, CO 80138 by the 5 th of the preceding month. Senior Center Community Picnic Saturday, June 20, 6pm O Brien Park Tickets must be purchased in Advance and are $5 person. This includes a piece of chicken, baked beans, slaw, roll, wedge of watermelon and a bottled water. (No tickets sold at event, purchase ahead at the Parker Senior Center.) Dinner is served at 6pm and the Parker Chamber will be showing Despicable Me for FREE ( Movie starts at dark) No seating so bring your own chairs, blankets. Great way to meet friends or meet new ones. 12
May Luncheon at Golden Corral May 20,2015 13
Wanted Roommate Adult Female Only! Private Entrance Available Interested: Call Lynn Eisenthal 720-851-8161 Parker Newcomers Club 43097 London Drive Parker, Colorado 80138