Sunday, December 21, 2014

President's Page - January 2015




Happy New Year 2015 members and friends!

I am writing this with the music ‘Christmas in the Valley’ on the stereo.  It reminds me of the beauty and promise of this season and it’s so nice to share it with family and friends. 

Our Christmas Shine was a wonderful event to bring 2014 to an end and our collective thanks goes out to so many who made it a success in the tradition of the club.  The Seniors’ Centre was beautifully decorated and clean and tidy thanks largely to Lorne and Myrna’s care and attention.  The ‘Slightly Off’ band from Ottawa was great, presenting a variety of dance tunes that got everybody up on the floor.  Mr. and Mrs. Santa did a delightful job in distributing gifts and awards.  It was amazing that this couple (all the way from the North Pole) knew us all by our first names.

This year’s Presidents Trophy was presented to Dawn and Ron Roy in recognition of their attendance and dedicated support throughout the year.  The Crank-of-the-Year was given to Neil and Lori Videto, who always crank up enthusiasm and organize our tour up to Mount St.Patrick and the ACCP float in the Santa Claus Parade.  The Rodeo Cup was won by Marg and Larry Smith who demonstrated precision parking with their 59 Dodge Custom Royale.  The Bonnie and Clyde award goes to Jim Savage for his maneuvering the ’76 Thunderbird through the course and daughter Samatha’s acing the target shoot.  Congratulations and thanks to all of you for your volunteerism and continued support to our Club.

The trophies will be engraved over the next month.  Please bring them to our January meeting and they will be returned to you by the following meeting.  Marilyn Simpson has been most helpful with this task over the past years.  Speaking of Marilyn, our December cover page featured her 1955 Studebaker Regal Champion Coupe, a prize-winner in its own right from Studebaker Club to Oktoberfest.  Great picture!

As we move into our 52nd year, we can look forward to a fun-filled year of touring and activities and we have some prospects for new members.  Already there has been an offer of a horse-drawn sleigh ride venue so at our January meeting on the 7th, we will have the opportunity to discuss this and some ideas to keep the club in good shape, including annual dues and maybe a new approach to our loonie draw maybe updating to a toonie instead.  While money isn’t the objective of our getting together, we do need funds to underwrite the Flying Quail and special events.

Our January 7th meeting will be held back at the West End Kingburger.  Bring your auction items and join us all for a fun-filled evening, starting with social hour at 5:30, meal time and the meeting at 7:00 p.m. Happy New Year to all!                        Delores

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