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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