Pres. Bob Noble started the meeting at am. Terry Adcock and Diana Mead moved and accepted the minutes from last month. Adele Matera gave the Treasurers report and started off by saying “we have money!” Last month we had $6042.61 with deposits of $708.25 and spent $328.12 for a total of $7422.74. We gained .75 in interest! We also have $6550.65 in money market. .Alec Fournier and Ruth Anna moved and accepted report. Bob recognized the coffee committee of two – Tizza Chace and Les Slowik. Thanks for the wonderful goodies and hot coffee! There were no new visitors and no new members today. Linda Ash of We Care left Bob a note to tell us she sent out one card last month to Kennie Ruth Gimple for surgery. Douglas Grodt sprinted up the podium to remind us he is a Colorado native plant master. April 22nd is the wildflower walk in the monument. They will meet at the Devils Kitchen picnic area. We need to get a little rain for the hike to happen. If we don’t get rain he may have to postpone til May. There will be lunch after at La Cabra on Broadway. Ginny Baikewicz talked about the upcoming March 18th alpaca tour. Lunch after will be at 357 Grill in Palisade. Also please bring correct change of $2.00 for the tour. Janet Johnson is taking signups for Highline Lake clean up. She took a hand vote for dates of Mon. May 18th or Tues. May 19th. Tuesday won out. This is our community service event that Newcomers sponsors. They will meet at 9:00 am; give out directions on where to pick up trash etc. A barbeque is followed about noon. She will also need folks to purchase the food and some help at the barbeque. Pres. Bob Noble asked if anyone was interested in running for any Board position. There were no responses so he asked for a proposal to accept the Board as is with the exception of 2nd Vice President which is currently empty. Ruth Anna proposed to accept the Board and Janet Johnson seconded it. All were in favor! Bob talked about the 2nd Vice President role as having two roles- one that orchestrates out of town excursions and one that serves as a Board tie breaker if needed. Wayne McCalla held that position for several years and we appreciate his work very much. Rolf Ganahl has stepped forward to fill that position. Rolf and his wife Donna are fairly new to Newcomers. He started the cross country ski group and has gotten very involved quickly. Bob made the motion to accept Rolf as our new 2nd Vice President and Nancy Hollmaier seconded. The group concurred. Congratulations Rolf! Suzan Fournier reiterated a job well done by Wayne and thank you for all the years you served. Bob introduced the new Exec Director for Museums of Western Colorado, Kaia Michaelis . She is head of Dinosaur Journey Fruita, Cross Orchard, and Museum of the West. She mentioned several things they have coming up: Easter egg hunt at Cross Orchards, Speakeasy happening May 8th, digging for fossils for over 6 yrs. old – you get to dig with a paleontologist and various trips they plan such as going to Santa Fee with Matt Darling the curator. They need volunteers to help with the school tours at the Western Museum. Cross Orchards could use help with victory garden, train, old tractors etc. Some things need some love and care. There is a special exhibit of art works thru the end of this year. The Dinosaur museum will be having an exhibit about the dodo bird. Financial health of the museums is good. They used to get more money from the county but that has been dialed back. There are some maintenance issues coming up that need addressed. They will apply for grants and may do a capital campaign for funds. They are predicting somewhere between $150,000 to $300,000 for the boiler and repairs. Kaia is trained in art history and has decades of experience and several art museums as well as other facilities. Chautauqua is planned for Sept. 5- 12th. This year will be about the 19th Amendment and All That Jazz is the theme. Cowboy Poetry is in early Nov. There will even be a band from Australia this year. It was a very good presentation with a lot of information. Thank you! The raffle was very light but a couple of good concert tickets were donated. Pres. Bob Noble closed the meeting at 11:00 am. Alec Fournier accepted the motion to end and Donald Leche seconded. The club concurred. Meeting adjourned! Suzan Fournier, secretary FEBRUARY 2020 MINUTES2/12/2020 Pres. Bob Noble brought meeting to order at 10 am. Last months minutes were approved by Ruth Anna and Diana Mead. Our new Treasurer, Adele Matera informed us we had $5185.26 in checking, $317.89 in expenses, $1175 in deposits for a total of $6555.81. We have money! The money market is $6555.81. She also reminded the group to get in their membership renewal money. We have about 50% that have not paid. Bob asked for approval on Treasurers report and former Treasurer shot up her hand to accept the report. Donna Ganahl seconded the motion. Bob thanked Les Slowik and Tizza Chace for the goodies for the meeting and coffee. As usual it is delicious! Bob also recognized Feb. birthdays and Anniversaries. Alicia and Terry Adcock had their 20th this month. Ethel Oatman announced we had a few visitors. Thank you for coming! Linda Ash gave the We Care report. She sent out 4 cards this month. Marilyn Grafe’s granddaughter passed away, Ed Hokanson is recovering from a heart attack, Jan McRae’s brother passed away and Madge Buschhorn’s son passed away from ALS. Our condolences to those and speedy recovery to Ed. Carolyn White had no new updates on the newsletter. Jim Hughes reminded us about the March 12th wine luncheon at Chez Lena. Let Jim know if you are interested in attending. They sample about 5 wines and have a wonderful lunch. Douglas Grodt told about the Feb. 19th lunch and tour to Atomic Legacy cabin in Orchard Mesa. They will meet at 10 am at the cabin. Lunch after to follow at Thai Smile. March 18th’s tour will be at SunCrest Orchard Alpaca Farm at 10 am. There is a $2.00 charge so please have correct change. They actually produce the fiber there as well. You can park in front of store. Lunch after will be at Café 357 in Palisade. Armchair Travelers will have a presentation on March 2nd at the Central Library. The speaker Walt Fite has presented before. These are popular events and do fill up. Plan to get there early for a ticket to get a seat. Suzan Fournier reminded the group of the new knitting/crochet group that will meet this Monday the 17th at her house at 1:30. If you are interested let her know. It meets the 3rd Monday of the month. Donna Ganahl gave out some information on the Great Courses the library offers. It is called Kanopy. Donna endorses these classes and says they are wonderful. Rolf Ganahl heads up the cross-country skiing group. They meet on Tuesdays a little before 10 am in Clifton at the City Market. They head up to the Mesa. He works with the beginners and helps to instruct them how to alpine ski. They did about 5 miles. If interested let him know. Bob Noble reminded us of officer elections for next month. We already have elected new Treas. Adele Matera. We do need the 2nd V.P. position filled. Let Bob know if you are interested in running for that position. All positions are open for competition and to get involved in. Don’t be shy! Bob Noble introduced 2 ladies from the Grand Rivers Humane Society. They told us of the history of the volunteer group. Dr. Maruca started this group in 2005 where he felt the need to have more humane treatment for euthanasia of dogs. He founded the thrift store that is in Orchard Mesa as well. That is where the cats reside. It is run by a Board of Directors. They do rely on volunteers for many things – social media, the adoption events held weekly, thrift store help etc. They are growing as is the population here. They will take most any dog or cat the Mesa County Animal Services calls them about. There is an adoption event from 8 to 2 this sat at Petco. They will have 8 dogs needing homes. The animals do undergo behavioral testing to make sure they are adoptable. Dr. Maruko saved over 7,000 dogs and cats in his lifetime. When you buy from Amazon Smile or City Market Community awards they get a proceed from those sales. Give them a call if you want to volunteer to help out! Bob reminded folks to take the leftover cookies or pastries home. Meeting was adjourned by Jerry Norton and concurred by Jack Wheeler. The meeting adjourned at 11 am. jANUARY 2020 MINUTES1/6/2020 Pres. Bob Noble started the meeting at 10 am. Last month’s minutes were approved by Alec Fournier and Martha Potyondy. Susan Norton gave her final Treasurers report after 11 years of dedicated service to the club. As she put it for the final time “We have money!” There is $5125.26 in checking, $6554.97 in Money market and the raffle drew $54.00. Bob Noble presented her with a gift card for her years of service and a thank you card from the club. Susan said she has enjoyed having the job and she was happy to have served. She also mentioned the Holiday Party had a good turnout. It was a fun night withstanding another food issue. She also reminded folks of Stray Grass playing at the Art Center on the 25th. Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door. This benefits the Art Center so please buy a ticket! You can get one from Carolyn White today. Janice Shepherd approved the Treasurers report and 2nd by Jim Hughes. The report was accepted by acclimation. Bob said that Wayne McCalla has decided to step down from 2nd VP position. He arranged day trips out of the area. We need someone to step up to assume this role. Please see Bob for more information. We vote in March for new Board members so please be thinking about it. All candidates will be considered for all positions. Secretary Suzan Fournier said she would run again for Secretary but anyone else interested in this position please let Bob know. Les Slowik will run again as 1st Vice President. However he would step back if someone else wants to run. These positions are open to all. The club thrives on its members volunteering for the many positions the club has to offer. Please let Bob know about any committee, board positions etc. that may be of interest to you. Susan Norton performed her final duties of the raffle. 8 items were up for raffle. It was a solemn moment that Pam Hughes did not win! It’s a first! Bob acknowledged the efforts of the coffee committee Les Slowik and Tizza Chace for the great coffee and awesome goodies. Ethel Oatman announced for once we had no new visitors! Our new members are Michaela and Richard Meyer from Minnesota. Welcome to the group! Ethel also said mailing in your membership dues is helpful to handle the load of paperwork. Linda Ash of the “we care” reported only one card was sent out to Becky Chesnut who had surgery. If you know of anyone that has had medical issues or passed away please let her know so she can send out a card. Also if you want to donate some cards to her they are appreciated. She purchases these cards on her own so donations are welcomed! Carolyn White of the Newsletter committee reminded us she had combined Nov and Dec. She would get back on track with January’s newsletter. Webmaster Jim Hughes said Pam had some issues with her mass email mailings. That seems to be fixed and the emails should be working. Jim also said the next wine luncheon gathering is on Jan 30th at Chez Lena. He has sent out emails to all on his list. If you did not get an email and are interested let him know so he can add you to the list. Martha Potyondy of Lunch N Learn (Tour) said Jan. is the Palisade Peachtree Distillery. Bring correct change of $4.00 per person to help facilitate things. It is on Wed. the 15th at 10 am. Lunch to follow at 367 Bar and Grill in Palisades. Doug Grodt gave us update on Feb. 19th tour of the Atomic Legacy cabin. We have uranium in this area and there was a facility that processed it. There is a log cabin near the museum that they will be touring. Lunch afterwards will be at Thai Smile’s in Orchard Mesa next to the True Value. He said the hiking group is now in the snowshoeing phase. You can buy snowshoes at Sam’s Club for about $89.00 with poles if you need some. Nancy Channell of Armchair Travelers group thanked everyone who visited or sent her cards while she was in the hospital. She said a gentleman by the name of Tom Azura left her a message but the phone number was incorrect. He wanted to do a presentation in Feb. but she can’t locate him. This Monday at 6:30 at the Central Library Rolf Ganahl will be discussing Stalking Wild Mushrooms. Rolf was introduced to mushrooms growing up in Switzerland when he was 5 years old. Donna Ganahl cooks and preserves them for their enjoyment. Be there at 6 pm. To get a ticket for a seat and the presentation starts at 6:30 pm. Les Slowik announced the tables have a $5.00 off coupon from Famous Dave’s. Happy hour will be there on the 30th. He also mentioned he and Tizza drove by the new hotel that is being built on CMU campus by 7th St. He thinks the hospitality is on 4th floor and a big patio will be there for springtime future happy hours. Stan Zygmunt who is a volunteer for New Dimensions left brochures on tables regarding the upcoming classes. They provide short term courses. Winter/Spring registration is starting. The syllabus will be available Jan. 18th online and ends Jan. 28th. Examples of some of the courses are Enstrom candy tour; Brown around town, Jane Quimby retired FBI, D51, and history of mining, rock n roll history and ukulele lessons! Janice Shephard mentioned several people were unable to make her “Hong Kong “presentation in January. She will present again on Jan. 24th at 2:30 at the library. But the good news is you can go from there to Rockslide for $1.50 beers! It’s a very good presentation! She also mentioned that you can buy a $20.00 annual pass for the National Parks which will go towards the $80.00 lifetime pass. You can apply that money at any time. Priscilla Mangnall from the Senior Theatre Group let us know that she belongs to the Historical Society and they have a monthly presentation at the library the 3rd Thursday of the month in the Community room. This is free and open to the public. There was a special presentation by the Grand Junction Senior Theatre. It is for adults over 50 yrs. Old who love the stage. If you want to join give them a call! They performed a cute skit on “daytime TV”. It was a cute funny performance. The theatre group will have a performance about class reunions at the Art Center on March 27th and 28th. If you have been to a class reunion that should be interesting if not hilarious. This work supports their outreach programs for senior facilities and meals on wheels. Suzan Fournier reminded folks of the new knitting/crochet group that will meet on Jan. 20th at 1:30. If you are interested let her know so she can add your name to the emails. Bob reminded folks to take the left over cookies. Les can’t eat them all. Bob asked for motion to adjourn - Alec Fournier made the motion and Terry Adcock 2nd. Everyone enthusiastically concurred. Meeting adjourned at 11:04! December 2019 MINUTES12/11/2019 V. Pres. Les Slowik called meeting to order at 10:00 am. Jerry Norton and Diana Mead approved the notes from last month’s meeting. Treasurer Susan Norton gave the Treasurers report stating we have money! We have $6554.11 in Money market and $6826.22 in checking account. $57.00 was gained in raffle money to help pay for all the goodies Tizza Chace bakes for us. Susan did mention we are going to start paying $100.00 per month to the church for use of the facilities. It accommodates us all and is a good price so we are staying put. She also reminded us of the Stray Grass concert at Art Center on Jan. 25th. $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door. Happy Holidays all! Motion to pass the Treasurers report was approved by David Austin and John Mead. Linda Ash from We Care committee send cards out to Susan Norton who broke her wrist during pickle ball and David Austin whose brother passed away. A thank you card was read from Tanya Davis on the passing of her husband and the support she got. We had 2 visitors today. We also gained 2 new members John and Nelda Partin. Welcome! Les thanked the cookie committee of two – Les and Tizza! Thanks for the coffee and treats! Also since we supply the silverware for our Holiday Party we need volunteers to help collect the silverware to be taken home and cleaned. Jim Hughes reminded us all of the Jan. 31st wine club meeting at Chez Lena. More information to follow on menu etc. I.P. Potyondy reported on the new tour year. Next tour will be at the Peachtree Distillery. Lunch afterwards will be at Bar & Grill 357 in Palisade. You can sign up for wait list. There is a $32.00 fee for the tasting! Sue Slaughter reported on our Holiday Party that is this evening. We have 122 folks signed up. 5:45 is social hour, dinner at 6:45 with entertainment by Les and music by Jerry Norton. We have great centerpieces and looks to be a good time. Our speakers for today were from CMU in the Admin office. They talked about their new hotel going up that is for their hospitality and culinary majors to participate in. It will be a great place to stay for parents etc. They have another residence hall being built because they are at capacity. There is talk of a possible ROTC on campus. Admits in Dec are up compared to last year. There are a total of 11,000 students currently enrolled. They have a great athletic dept. – 26 NCAA sports team and club sports. Their cycling team won first in nationals against Harvard. Only school in Colorado with women’s wrestling. You can get a Master’s Degree, MBA, nursing, education, sports mgmt., and const. mgmt. as well as many 110 majors including West Colorado Community College. They have kept classes small to have relationship with professors to help kids be successful. They have a partnership with CU Boulder in engineering programs. They get a degree from CU at CMU. You can audit classes if interested. They have the lowest growth of tuition fees in past 10 years through foundation and scholarships. They received $72 million in financial aid yearly. Les called for a motion for meeting to end at 10:50. Sue Slaughter made the motion and John Meade concurred. Meeting adjourned! nOVEMBER 2019 MINUTES11/13/2019 Pres. Bob Noble started the meeting at am. Terry Adcock and Diana Mead moved and accepted the minutes from last month. Adele Matera gave the Treasurers report and started off by saying “we have money!” Last month we had $6042.61 with deposits of $708.25 and spent $328.12 for a total of $7422.74. We gained .75 in interest! We also have $6550.65 in money market. Alec Fournier and Ruth Anna moved and accepted report. Bob recognized the coffee committee of two – Tizza Chace and Les Slowik. Thanks for the wonderful goodies and hot coffee! There were no new visitors and no new members today. Linda Ash of We Care left Bob a note to tell us she sent out one card last month to Kennie Ruth Gimple for surgery. Douglas Grodt sprinted up the podium to remind us he is a Colorado native plant master. April 22nd is the wildflower walk in the monument. They will meet at the Devils Kitchen picnic area. We need to get a little rain for the hike to happen. If we don’t get rain he may have to postpone til May. There will be lunch after at La Cabra on Broadway. Ginny Baikewicz talked about the upcoming March 18th alpaca tour. Lunch after will be at 357 Grill in Palisade. Also please bring correct change of $2.00 for the tour. Janet Johnson is taking signups for Highline Lake clean up. She took a hand vote for dates of Mon. May 18th or Tues. May 19th. Tuesday won out. This is our community service event that Newcomers sponsors. They will meet at 9:00 am; give out directions on where to pick up trash etc. A barbeque is followed about noon. She will also need folks to purchase the food and some help at the barbeque. Pres. Bob Noble asked if anyone was interested in running for any Board position. There were no responses so he asked for a proposal to accept the Board as is with the exception of 2nd Vice President which is currently empty. Ruth Anna proposed to accept the Board and Janet Johnson seconded it. All were in favor! Bob talked about the 2nd Vice President role as having two roles- one that orchestrates out of town excursions and one that serves as a Board tie breaker if needed. Wayne McCalla held that position for several years and we appreciate his work very much. Rolf Ganahl has stepped forward to fill that position. Rolf and his wife Donna are fairly new to Newcomers. He started the cross country ski group and has gotten very involved quickly. Bob made the motion to accept Rolf as our new 2nd Vice President and Nancy Hollmaier seconded. The group concurred. Congratulations Rolf! Suzan Fournier reiterated a job well done by Wayne and thank you for all the years you served. Bob introduced the new Exec Director for Museums of Western Colorado, Kaia Michaelis . She is head of Dinosaur Journey Fruita, Cross Orchard, and Museum of the West. She mentioned several things they have coming up: Easter egg hunt at Cross Orchards, Speakeasy happening May 8th, digging for fossils for over 6 yrs. old – you get to dig with a paleontologist and various trips they plan such as going to Santa Fee with Matt Darling the curator. They need volunteers to help with the school tours at the Western Museum. Cross Orchards could use help with victory garden, train, old tractors etc. Some things need some love and care. There is a special exhibit of art works thru the end of this year. The Dinosaur museum will be having an exhibit about the dodo bird. Financial health of the museums is good. They used to get more money from the county but that has been dialed back. There are some maintenance issues coming up that need addressed. They will apply for grants and may do a capital campaign for funds. They are predicting somewhere between $150,000 to $300,000 for the boiler and repairs. Grand Junction NewcPres. Bob Noble started the meeting at am. Terry Adcock and Diana Mead moved and accepted the minutes from last month. Adele Matera gave the Treasurers report and started off by saying “we have money!” Last month we had $6042.61 with deposits of $708.25 and spent $328.12 for a total of $7422.74. We gained .75 in interest! We also have $6550.65 in money market. Alec Fournier and Ruth Anna moved and accepted report. Bob recognized the coffee committee of two – Tizza Chace and Les Slowik. Thanks for the wonderful goodies and hot coffee! There were no new visitors and no new members today. Linda Ash of We Care left Bob a note to tell us she sent out one card last month to Kennie Ruth Gimple for surgery. Douglas Grodt sprinted up the podium to remind us he is a Colorado native plant master. April 22nd is the wildflower walk in the monument. They will meet at the Devils Kitchen picnic area. We need to get a little rain for the hike to happen. If we don’t get rain he may have to postpone til May. There will be lunch after at La Cabra on Broadway. Ginny Baikewicz talked about the upcoming March 18th alpaca tour. Lunch after will be at 357 Grill in Palisade. Also please bring correct change of $2.00 for the tour. Janet Johnson is taking signups for Highline Lake clean up. She took a hand vote for dates of Mon. May 18th or Tues. May 19th. Tuesday won out. This is our community service event that Newcomers sponsors. They will meet at 9:00 am; give out directions on where to pick up trash etc. A barbeque is followed about noon. She will also need folks to purchase the food and some help at the barbeque. Pres. Bob Noble asked if anyone was interested in running for any Board position. There were no responses so he asked for a proposal to accept the Board as is with the exception of 2nd Vice President which is currently empty. Ruth Anna proposed to accept the Board and Janet Johnson seconded it. All were in favor! Bob talked about the 2nd Vice President role as having two roles- one that orchestrates out of town excursions and one that serves as a Board tie breaker if needed. Wayne McCalla held that position for several years and we appreciate his work very much. Rolf Ganahl has stepped forward to fill that position. Rolf and his wife Donna are fairly new to Newcomers. He started the cross country ski group and has gotten very involved quickly. Bob made the motion to accept Rolf as our new 2nd Vice President and Nancy Hollmaier seconded. The group concurred. Congratulations Rolf! Suzan Fournier reiterated a job well done by Wayne and thank you for all the years you served. Bob introduced the new Exec Director for Museums of Western Colorado, Kaia Michaelis . She is head of Dinosaur Journey Fruita, Cross Orchard, and Museum of the West. She mentioned several things they have coming up: Easter egg hunt at Cross Orchards, Speakeasy happening May 8th, digging for fossils for over 6 yrs. old – you get to dig with a paleontologist and various trips they plan such as going to Santa Fee with Matt Darling the curator. They need volunteers to help with the school tours at the Western Museum. Cross Orchards could use help with victory garden, train, old tractors etc. Some things need some love and care. There is a special exhibit of art works thru the end of this year. The Dinosaur museum will be having an exhibit about the dodo bird. Financial health of the museums is good. They used to get more money from the county but that has been dialed back. There are some maintenance issues coming up that need addressed. They will apply for grants and may do a capital campaign for funds. They are predicting somewhere between $150,000 to $300,000 for the boiler and repairs. September 2019 Minutes |
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