Packing the Caddy for 2014
As this message
is being prepared we are only one week away to Christmas Day. This season reawakens those traditional
values of our collective past - Christmas card exchange, Santa Claus parades, carol
singing, Sunday school concerts, baking and decorating our homes for the
festivities. We should not lose sight of the real values of the season, mainly
how valuable our family and friends are.
By the sounds of
things, our Christmas Shine was enjoyed by all. It was great seeing some of our
newest members join in with some of the longest-standing members. Our thanks
goes out again to Lorne and Myrna for dedicating many hours in making the
Seniors’ Centre “feel like home”. Thanks
to Neil and Lori, Ron and Dawn, Jeff and Kathy, Mae and Bob for assisting with
the decorations and preparations for the band. Thanks to Kathy, for preparing
the punch and thanks to Gale and John for their tasteful selection of door and
spot-dance prizes. Once again, Gerry
Binhammer kindly donated to the cause and the vocal and keyboard musical
talents of Kay O’Gorman, fine fiddling by Dean Lapierre and percussion by Dan
Hewitt added so much to round out Car Tunes band’s presentation of music for
the evening. Nashville here we come! And thanks to Santa whose Ho Ho Ho we’ve heard before.
The President’s Trophy was presented this year to Myrna and Don
Stresman in recognition of their attendance and support throughout the
year. The Crank-of-the-Year was
given to Pam and Dan Hewitt, who cranked up the start of our anniversary year
with the tour to the Tackaberry collection and hosting the Rodeo that so many enjoyed
at Lake Dore Park and tours in between. The
Rodeo Cup was won by John and Gale Hanson who demonstrated precision
parking with their ‘76 Mercedes. Bonnie
and Clyde, aka Donna and Jim Savage, were presented with a token for Jim’s
maneuvering of the ‘76 Thunderbird through the pylons and Donna’s target
shooting that was second to none. Congratulations and thanks to all of you for
your volunteerism and ongoing support to our Club.
The trophies
will be engraved over the next month. Please bring them to our meeting in
January and they will be returned to you by the following meeting. Marilyn Simpson has been helpful in this task
for years.
Our new
executive will be installed at this meeting.
It will be exciting to plot our course heading into the new year and I
look forward to being part of this team.
As we move into
our 51st year, I know that we can make it another enjoyable journey
in our old car hobby. Please give
thought to taking on a tour or event, maybe with another couple. It’s your club, let’s enjoy!
Our January 8th
meeting will be held at the west end Kingburger, starting with social time at
5:30, dinner at 6:00 and meeting starting at 7:00. Since we have a number of investors with our
auction sale, please bring the items that you feel will move during this time
of year for another fun-filled evening.
Happy
New Year!
your outgoing and incoming president... Delores
