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Hello Ladies, What an exciting time for everyone as the holiday frenzy begins! We have a fabulous program and luncheon on tap for December 11th. Join us for Jazzy Christmas music in the chapel at the Broadmoor Community Church at 10:00 A.M. Enter through the upper level and proceed to the chapel stopping to check in and getting a door prize ticket. The music will last approximately 1 hour and you are welcome to attend even if you are not attending the luncheon. Lunch will follow at approximately 11:15 A. M. catered by Bon Appetit. A huge THANK YOU to Barbarah Coleman for the food arrangements and LouAnn McKenzie for the table set up and decorations. They put a lot of time and effort into this and we all appreciate their efforts. Thanks also go out to the various groups who elected to decorate a table for this event.
OFFICERS
Co-Presidents
Nancy Allen
719-358-7899
[email protected]
Barbarah Coleman
719-550-8999
[email protected]
Co-Vice Presidents
Linda Ewton
719-659-2342
[email protected]
Lou Ann McKenzie
650-288-5784
[email protected]
Secretary
Barbara Pagano
719-660-1177
[email protected]
Treasurer
Communications Janet Fitzgerald
719-309-8853
[email protected]
NEWSLETTER
[email protected]
CMNC General Meeting is
canceled if D-12 schools
have a delay or
cancellation.
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENTS
www.cmnccos.org Volume 35, Issue 4 December 2019
WE MEET the 2nd
Wednesday of each
month Sept.-May at
9:30 A. M. at the
Broadmoor
Community Church
315 Lake Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO
Reservations close on December 4th but DO NOT WAIT because we only have room at this point for 8 more people. The 4th is also the last day to cancel if you need to as we call in the head count that day. If an EMERGENCY comes up, call Nancy Allen at 850-621-6295 in case we have a waiting list. There will be lots of great programs coming up in the New Year so we hope you can join us each and every month. The activity groups have tons of plans as well. No matter your religious affiliation, your Elected Board wishes each and everyone at blessed Holiday Season! Whether you travel or stay in the local area, be safe and enjoy! May you have good health and happiness in the new year. See you in 2020 after this holiday celebration.
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BECAUSE WE CARE
CHAIR: Lynda DeAngelis-576-5060
TECH NINJAS
CHAIR: Janis Cross 719-930-4445
[email protected]
Date: Monday, December 9th
Time: 1:00 P.M.
Place: Home of Barbara Nisar
UFOs
CHAIR: Barbara Nisar 439-4698
“Too often we underestimate the power of a
touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment or the SMALLEST
ACT OF CARING, all which have the poten-
tial to turn a life around.”
Leo Buscaglia
Ladies, please remember to contact me when
you know or hear about one of our members
experiencing a health problem, surgery, hos-
pitalization, death in the family or any other
life changing situation. I will then send out
the appropriate card on behalf of all of our
members. In some cases, I will follow up
with a phone call to see how things are going
and if any help is needed.
Thank you for your support. . . .It is because
of all of you and many previous members
that we are such a kind and caring group to
include this committee in our organization!
Tech Ninjas is a group designed to help us
learn how to use the iPhone and iPad. This is
an introductory class. Bring your devices for
interactive hands-on classes.
Limited to 12 members!
Meeting Date: 4th Tuesday of the month
NO MEETING IN DECEMBER
Time: 9:30-10:30 A.M.at Kirkpatrick Building,
102 N. Cascade Avenue, Suite 600 (free park-
ing on the lost west of the building.)
The Bill Emery Band with 4-16 players plays with the Bare Bones Trombone Choir and is a
member of Swingin’ Sweeney and the Modly Figs, Southern Colorado’s premier “swing”
band. Playing with Bill on the day of the luncheon are some of Colorado Springs’ best
musicians: Pam Steinberg on piano, Frank Sanchez on Bass, and inimitable Bobby
McGuffin on drums. Bill’s band will entertain us from 10:00 to approximately 11:00 a.m. on
the day of our Christmas luncheon, December 11th in the chapel of Broadmoor Community
Church. Please enter at the upper door leading to the chapel, check-in and get your door
prize ticket, and then sit back and enjoy the wonderful sounds of the season. Following the
music, please proceed downstairs to the meeting room for a fabulous luncheon catered by
Bon Appetit. We look forward to seeing all of you who have made reservations. NOTE: You
may come only for the music if you do not have a reservation BUT reservations are required
for lunch.
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Margaret Brettschneider (also known as author M.J. Brett)
CMNC member since 1995
In 1938, when Margaret was almost three, her mother abandoned her on a Missouri
farm. She lived with the farmer and his wife for more than two years.
“It’s the smell I remember most. It was the most unusual combination of cow manure
and Burma Shave,” Margaret said. Turns out that in addition to farming, the husband also ran
a barber shop in the evenings in the farm kitchen.
Using the Bible, the farmer’s wife taught her to read. The big words were put on flash
cards. Wanting to accelerate her literacy, in the fall of her third year, Margaret climbed onto a
plow horse named Julie and rode to school. “I just followed the lead of the other kids,” Marga-
ret remembers.
At the age of 5-1/2, the farm couple located Margaret’s father and sent her off to live
with him in Southern California. Poor nutrition had caused her to develop rickets, which was
treated through ballet dance therapy. Within two years, her crooked body strengthened and
she later went on to dance for the USO and on hospital ships. “Dance saved my life,” Margaret
recalls.
Margaret, who holds a Master’s degree from the University of California, has known
many hardships, but never lets them hold her down for long. When her first husband died un-
expectedly, the DOD sent her to Germany in 1974 to teach military and consulate children.
Here she experienced first-hand the secret clashing between the United States and the Soviet
Union along the Iron Curtain. Seven years later she moved to Stuttgard, where she met her
current husband, Eric, a Prussian-born pilot. Margaret’s varied experiences in Germany in-
spired many of her 10 historical novels, such as Mutti’s War, and Shadow on an Iron Curtain.
Janet Fitzgerald, Communications Director
After 21 years overseas, Margaret Brettschneider moved to Colo-
rado Springs in October 1995 with her husband, Eric. A month later, at
the urging of her realtor, she attended her first Cheyenne Mountain
Newcomers Club luncheon. There she met Edna Clark, who had just
been appointed chair of “Special Happenings.” Edna drafted her to be co-
chair. Since then, Margaret has held nearly all Board positions, includ-
ing serving as co-president with Kay Hosie from 2005-2006. She has also
chaired many of the special activity groups during her 24 years with the
club. “It’s working with the activity groups that is what is so much fun,”
Margaret said. “It’s surprising I went to that first luncheon at all,” she
continued. “I resisted because I am not the coffee clutch type. But it’s
been a wonderful experience and I have made good friends.”
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This is your invitation for a fun outing with
the Movie Maven’s group. It’s very casual-
singles, couples or your friends can join us.
We always enjoy the movies and the conver-
sation afterwards at dinner. There are
usually several movies to pick from-we all
don’t have to go to the same movie but it’s
fun when we do:)) There are usually several
movies coming out each month hopefully one
that interests us. All those that signed up at
the General Meeting or are on the Movie
Mavens mailing list will be emailed the
Friday after the general meeting. In the
message, we will tell you which theater, show
times, restaurant, and time we are meeting
on the Sunday after the general meeting.
Please RSVP by replying to the message, in-
dicating the number of people attending in
order for us to make the reservations for din-
ner. We will try to meet in the lobby of the
selected theater-details will be in the mes-
sage. We look forward to seeing you at the
movies!
WINE AND FRIENDS
CHAIRS:
Karen Cacy-503-246-4286
[email protected]
Kathy Whiting-301-651-9939
[email protected]
MOVIE MAVENS
CHAIRS:
Audrey McGuire
719-661-3087 [email protected]
Linda Ewton
719-659-2342 [email protected]
.
NO REPORT SENT IN SO
WAIT FOR YOUR NEXT
EMAIL!
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The Weekly Walking Group walks every
Monday at different locations throughout
Colorado Springs. Focus is on gentle or flat
terrain. Meet up is at 8:30 A.M. and we walk
for an hour. The location of each Monday’s
walk is emailed the previous Friday. To add
your name to the notification list, email Pat
at [email protected] . Once you sign
up you remain on the list and will receive the
weekly information. There is no need to
RSVP. Just show up, we’ll walk no matter
the number. Remember to bring adequate
water. Hope to see you outdoors!
WEEKLY WALKING GROUP
Chair: Pat Lewis 713-376-4969
[email protected]
NEW CLUB
LADIES GOURMET CHAIRS:
Gretchen Brewer 248-275-9189
[email protected]
Lou Ann McKenzie 650-288-5784
[email protected]
THERE WILL BE NO ITEMS COLLECTED THIS
MONTH DUE TO THE CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH-
OUT THE YEAR AND SEE YOU IN 2020!
THERE WILL BE NO
LADIES’ GOURMET IN
THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER. SEE YOU IN
JANUARY 2020.
We will have lunch at
Sharon Cotter’s on
Wednesday, January 18th.
Menu to follow.
GLEANERS
Chair: Barbara Coons 719-930-6014 [email protected]
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Day: Wednesday, December 4th
Time: 12:00 Noon
Place: The Cliff House at Pikes Peak
Book: No assigned book this month
Literary Ladies is currently not accept-
ing new members.
Date: December 18th
Hostess: Home of Cheryl Strang
Time: 1:00 P.M.
Book: Make Your Bed by Admiral
McRaven
We will have our Holiday Pot Luck and
bring book recommendations for the
next 3 as will choose.
MYSTERY BOOK CLUB
CHAIR: LouAnn McKenzie-650-288-5784
[email protected]
READERS CHOICE
CHAIR: Daria McClung
432-889-2134 or 719-339-4860
HAPPY BOOKERS
CHAIRS: Lisa Knowles 303-514-5915
[email protected] and Lisa Phelps
317-501-3006 [email protected]
LITERARY LADIES BOOK CLUB
CHAIRS: Barbara Monn 719-576-9173
[email protected] and Sharon Wallace
719-579-7529 [email protected]
NOVEL WOMEN
CHAIR: Sarah Healy-719-344-9363
[email protected] and
Barbara Noble-719-332-1064 [email protected]
Date: Thursday, December 19th
Host: Koffee Klatch to celebrate the holidays
at Black Bear Coffee and Tea Lodge,
6550 S. Academy Blvd. 10 A.M.-12:00
We are open to new members to our
fun-loving group of book readers!
Date: Wednesday, December 4th
Time: 11:30 A.M.
Place: Home of Barb Noble
The 5th annual Potluck and angel making.
Let Sarah know what you are bringing.
Novel Women is not accepting new mem-
bers at this time.
Date: Last Monday of the month
NO MEETING IN THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER.
Time: 1:00 P.M.
Location: The Inn at Garden Plaza,
2520 International Circle, COS
We will meet January 27, 2020. The book
will be selected at the November meeting. If
you did not get the information, see me at the
December luncheon.
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Day/Date: First Thursday of the month
December 5, 2019
Time: 2:00-4:00 P.M.
Place: Home of Merrily Johnson
Topic: FINDING JOY IN HECTIC
TIMES
This month we will discuss:
.How happiness is created by attitude and
intention
.Investing in a richer, more rewarding life
.How to find joy in the everyday through
kindness, generosity, compassion, and all the
other markers of well being.
Pokenno is a card game that is very similar to
bingo. Every participant contributes a dollar
to the pot and also brings a $5.00 gift in an
anonymous gift bag. There is always a lot of
laughter and dessert to satisfy your sweet
tooth. The hostess for the event changes each
month, so if you would like to try out this fun
game, please call Diane Passno at 719-660-
0712 or 719-488-0656, and she will provide all
the necessary information. This group meets
year round on the second Monday of the
month.
NUTURING YOURSELF
CHAIRS: Merrily Johnson 719-633-4679
[email protected] and Valerie Smith
719-213-8685 [email protected]
CANASTA
CHAIRS: Edna Clark 719-527-1519
[email protected] and Lu McCoy 719-540-8681
[email protected]
POKEENO Chairperson: Diane Passno (719) 488-0656 (home)
or (719) 660-0712 (cell)
[email protected] and Mary Hotchkiss
719-473-5030 [email protected]
Date/Time: 2nd and 4th Thursdays from
10:00 A.M.-2:00 or 3:00 P.M.
MEETING PLACE: Cheyenne Mtn. Resort
On Broadmoor Valley Road
We welcome all newcomers to join us to play
the card game, Canasta. We will gladly teach
you if you’ve never played before. You’ll make
new friends and stimulate those brain cells.
The Cheyenne Mtn. Resort is very accommo-
dating. They provide coffee, tea and ice water
while we play. When we break for lunch, we
have a wide choice of soup de jour, salads, cold
cuts for sandwiches, a pasta station and a wide
array of “can’t resist” desserts all for the total
price of $15.00 including tax and tip. If that is
not enough , the resort is beautiful.. So come
and enjoy a few fun hours away from the daily
routine. You will find us in the rear of the
main dining room.
KNITTING
CHAIR: Kate Whiting 301-651-9939
[email protected]
Knit 1-Purl 2 Gals,
Thank you to all who were able to come to
knitting last month! We’re all working on
interesting projects at our different knitting
levels while to know each other, how fun is
that? In December, we will meet Wednesday,
the 4th and Wednesday the 18th, open house
style. Please join us at 730 Paisley Drive,
COS, just off Norad Rd. and Broadmoor Bluffs
from 9:30-12:30.
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Day: 4th Tuesday of the Month
Date: NO MEETING IN THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER
Time: 10:30-11:30 A.M.
Where: Raymond James Office,
102 N. Cascade, Suite 600, 80903
BE PROACTIVE and join us in a nonthreaten-
ing environment for a course in basic financial
management. We will cover stock selection,
mutual fund analysis, long term care insur-
ance, having a money manager, asset alloca-
tion, bond analysis, and other timely subjects.
Bring paper, pencil and questions. We will
meet at the Raymond James Office, 102 North
Cascade, Suite 600, Kirkpatrick Building. For
questions, call Janis at 719-930-4445.
DECORATING DIVAS
CHAIRS: Nancy Price-Weddle 719-332-2644
[email protected] and
Mary Beth Shively 520-631-8522
[email protected]
WOMEN OF WEALTH
CHAIR: Janis Cross 719-930-4445
[email protected]
Double 12 Dominoes & Hand & Foot
Canasta Chairpersons: Carol Banks 817-692-9137
[email protected]
Karen Vlasak 719-635-2852 [email protected]
Day: Saturday-Day change for the Holidays
Date: December 7, 2019
Time: 10:45 A.M.
Where: Swiss Chalet Woodland Park
The Divas will be meeting at The Swiss Cha-
let for another delicious lunch before we head
out for the Annual Tweeds Holiday House
Home Tour in Woodland Park. We will get to
see wonderfully decorated homes and also
shop at Tweeds, which has the most beauti-
ful, unique, and magical decorations in
Southern Colorado. Please join us to get
into the Christmas spirit of the season and
RSVP to MB at the above email. Happy
Holidays!
Nancy and MB
Date/Time: 3rd Monday of the month
Time: 10-2 P.M.
Place: Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Come to play, enjoy lunch, and make new
BFF’s.
Mexican Train Dominoes and Hand & Foot
Canasta definitely, with other games possible
with enough interest and participation.
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Thursday, December 5, 2019
Butte Theatre, Christmas Olio, 139 E. Bennett, Cripple Creek, CO 80813-1:00 P.M.
Lunch prior at Baja Billy’s Casino, 233 E. Bennett Ave.-11:30 A.M.
When you get the December newsletter, we will have already accepted
RSVP’s at the November meeting for this outing, so we hope you are on
board with us for the Olio. Denise and Deb wish you all a very happy
holiday season with friends and relatives and hope to see you at the
CMNC Christmas lunch on the 11th. Just a heads up for the new
year—in January, we will be touring the Olympic Training Center;
have a mosaic class at Who Gives A Scrap in February and in March,
we will tour Trianon (home of the Colorado Springs School) in the
Broadmoor Area. Welcome to Colorado outings for 2020 will be enter-
taining and fun so plan to join us!
WELCOME TO COLORADO
CHAIRS: Denise Lynch 843-540-0348 [email protected] and
Deborah Nelson 473-4925 [email protected]
ADOPT-A-FAMILY
CHAIRS: Lynda DeAngelis 719-576-5070 [email protected]
Valerie Smith 719-213-8685 [email protected]
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN
ADOPT-A-FAMILY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
YOU HAVE HELPED MAKE CHRISTMAS SO
MUCH BRIGHTER FOR SO MANY!
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MAH JONGG
CHAIR: Kris Kasper 659-0901
[email protected]
Day: 1st and 3rd Friday of each month
Date: December 6th and 20th
Time: 1:00-4:00 P.M.
Place: Village at Skyline
MahJongg is an ancient Chinese game that is played
with tiles instead of cards. There are many variations of
this game however we play by Wright-Patterson rules.
MahJongg is such a fun game that we want everyone to
enjoy it. We are happy to teach anyone interested in
learning.
We love to make new friends, so think about joining us.
There is no need to bring anything but your sense of fun.
DIRECTIONS: Turn into Village at Skyline
on Lower Gold Camp Road. And enter the
front gate and veer left. Turn Right on
Veterans Dr. then Right on Patriot Hts. Enter
parking lot E for Building 2, 2335 Patriot Hts.
Enter door with green awning and go left
down the hall to the theater room.
CMNC CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Week 1 UFOs Literary Ladies
Nurturing
Yourself Mah Jongg
Walking
Club Novel Women
Week 2 Walking Club Decorating
Divas General Meeting Canasta
Pokeeno
Week 3
Movie
Mavens
Mexican
Train
Walking Club
Lunch Bunch
Reader's Choice Wine & Friends
Ladies Gourmet Mah Jongg
Week 4
Mystery
Book Club
Walking Club
Women of
Wealth Happy Bookers Canasta
Welcome to
Colorado
Tech Ninjas
The LUNCH BUNCH will be
indulging in a uniquely different fare
in December at the NaRai Siam
Cuisine restaurant located at 120 East
Cheyenne Mountain Blvd. Everyone is
invited to enjoy the delicious varieties
of Asian cuisine with us! To sign up,
contact Gini by email or phone
BEFORE December 17th! Happy
Holidays!
THE LUNCH BUNCH
CHAIR: Gini Dugan 507-319-1700
[email protected]
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Week 1 UFOs Literary Ladies
Nurturing
Yourself Mah Jongg
Walking
Club Novel Women
Week 2 Walking Club Decorating
Divas General Meeting Canasta
Pokeeno
Week 3
Movie
Mavens
Mexican
Train
Walking Club
Lunch Bunch
Reader's Choice Wine & Friends
Ladies Gourmet Mah Jongg
Week 4
Mystery
Book Club
Walking Club
Women of
Wealth Happy Bookers Canasta
Welcome to
Colorado
Tech Ninjas
