Vista Friends and Newcomers

September is the start of my favorite time of the year—Fall and Winter.  While it’s not cool yet, I know it’s coming : )  September is also International Women’s Friendship month—the perfect time to celebrate Vista Friends & Newcomers, some of the nicest friends I’ve had the pleasure to meet.  We have so much fun to look forward to this month with a luncheon, movies, and crafts, plus lots of fun games!  Finally, I am happy to report that the research and selection of a Membership Meeting location has been successfully completed.  We will be meeting at the Broken Yolk Cafe in Oceanside on the 2nd Thursday of the month until further notice.  Hurray and many thanks to Gail Michaels, Elizabeth DeBoer, and Maria Lawler for their hard work.

Hooray for August!  I’m so happy to put July behind us and am eagerly looking forward to starting another year of fun activities.   We have some new Board Members and Committee Chairs that we hope will bring fresh ideas and energy, and compliment the wonderful experience and thoughtfulness of our existing members.  Carolyn Jewell will be helping Sandy Stevens plan and organize luncheons and Happy Hours.  Janet DeSantis is our new VP of Programs, and will be working with Mary Dahlberg to bring interesting and informative programs to our Membership meetings.  Linda Mueller and Elizabeth DeBoer are intensely busy putting together our new Directory, which will be published very soon.  Judith Ernst is continuing to record the decisions and plans of the Board and creating the collective memory as our Recording Secretary.  Jill Bronk and Chris Zoch have already transferred the Treasurer’s role and the power of the checkbook to Jill. Many of you have already “met” our new Corresponding Secretary, Nancy Tubbs, who has been busy keeping in touch with Birthday cards and other greetings.  Finally, my special thanks go to Judy Beaumont for helping to guide me and the Board  as our Past President and Parliamentarian.

I will share more information about our Committee Chairs in the next Newsletter, but two timely bits of news that I know will interest you are:  Trudy Snell is planning our much anticipated first tea outing for August 26th.  And, we’re heading back to the movie theaters!  Bonnie Armstrong will be planning movie outings to local theaters.

Happy Summer!  Happy 4th of July!  Happy New Year!?  July is the start of the business year for Vista Friends & Newcomers.   Membership dues for the year are $30 and are due by July 1st.  We have a new Board of Directors and we have several new members to welcome: Jan Duff, Barbara Graves, and Cordula Specht.  This month we will vote on the place where our monthly meetings will be held, so please join us at the Broken Yolk on Thursday, July 14th at 9:30 for the monthly membership meeting and breakfast.  See you all soon—Shirley

Happy June!  We have so much to look forward to this month: the Board installation on June 9th, which will be officiated by Judy Patterson;  High Tea and a live performance of Pride @ Prejudice (based on a novel by Jane Austen) at the Grand Tea Room in Escondido on June 19th; and, for the crafty, making greeting cards using a die cutter with Carolyn Jewell; plus all the usual fun that happens every month.