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Kalamazoo Area Newcomers Club November 2016 Celebrating 76 Years of Service Kalamazoo, Michigan

November 17th Luncheon The November 17th Luncheon will start promptly at 12noon at Friday’s, located at 5650 W. Main, just east of US-131 on the north side of W. Main. There is plenty of parking in front of and behind the restaurant. Our speaker will be Gloria Tiller of Kazoo Books. Gloria will talk about 'Books for Holiday Gifts", she will bring some books and offer suggestions of others for gift giving and for your own reading enjoyment. Gloria is a local girl. She grew up in Sparta, just north of Grand Rapids, came down to WMU for school and never left. She’s been self-employed in sales most of her life. She spent 18 years in real estate before starting Kazoo Books from 'scratch' in 1988. She helped put the Buy Local Greater Kalamazoo organization together. And she’s not an avid reader. LUNCH CHOICES:

1. $13.00: Bruschetta Pasta Pomodoro, garlic, basil tomato sauce, balsamic glaze. Side: choice of Caesar salad or soup. Price includes beverage.

2. $15.00: Jack Sliders, two small burgers with Jack Daniel’s glaze & provolone, fries. Side: choice of Caesar salad or soup. Price includes beverage.

3. $15.00: Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken, with shaved Parmesan & focaccia

croutons. Side: soup. Price includes beverage. Please send your check payable to KANC to Jane Steimle, 7158 Hickory Point Drive, Portage MI 49024 to arrive by Monday, November 14th. Be sure to mark your lunch choice.

Mail in Luncheon Registration Thursday, November 17th at noon at Friday’s

Make out your check to KANC, and mail to Jane Steimle.

Member_____________________________________________1.______2.______3.______ Guest ______________________________________________1.______2.______3.______

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Happy Birthday to all our November birthday ladies! There will be a combined November/ December Birthday Luncheon on December 7th at 12noon at Red Lobster. If you can attend, please either text or call Kathy Smothers at 615-7054. No email RSVP’s please. Virginia Graham – 11/2 Carol Hutton – 11/13 Linda Vandenberg – 11/15 Carol Padley – 11/18 Lynne Valentine – 11/18 Judy Brewer – 11/19 Jane Vandrè – 11/22 Linda Zeter – 11/24

November Birthdays!

Bear Hugs from Bambi! Our year is underway and I hope you are reconnecting with old friends and on your way to making new ones. The Hospitality Tea was a great time and several women joined that day. We are a wonderful group of diverse women who can share life's experiences. The latest new members are no exception. Step out and say hello. Make them feel welcomed. You will experience a blessing. Your smile just might make their day!!! My sister and I were going into a restaurant the other day and I said hi to an older couple leaving. They smiled and said hi in return. She asked if I knew them and I said no; that I was just making myself friendly. Being friendly to a total stranger costs us nothing, however, it might just be a gold nugget to them.

Joys of Friendship

When the laughter is light and the memories are many but the time is too short...you know you're with a friend. Laughing when they shouldn't be laughing is some of the best laughing friends do.

Bambi Hamming

President

Members ’ Corner Our condolences go to the family and friends of Margie Wolf, who died on October 13th during a medical procedure.

New Members Please welcome our newest members:

• Phyllis Dowell • Patti Lisak • Patricia Litwiller • Irene Smith • Patti Vesey • Janet Wappenstein

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Bunco will be at the home of Eileen Jones on November 2nd at 9:30am. Please contact Eileen by October 30th by either emailing her at jonescande@gmail.com or calling her at 903-2313. Bunco is an easy dice game. We always have a few laughs and you may even win some money! Please join us, everyone is welcome.

Morning Bunco Marilyn Jauch – 372-7751

Out to Lunch Bunch Grace Weaver – 324-5776 Sharon Weaver – 327-4606

Friends, Food and Fun Carol Beckius – 372-6950 Marilyn Jauch – 372-7751

Bruce Nelson will be hosting our November 12th dinner. Plan to arrive at 3675 Cloverleaf Lane in Portage at 6:30pm. Please let him know by November 5th if you can or cannot attend--267-7584 or brucenelson371@gmail.com.

Special Interest Groups

We will meet for lunch Wednesday, November 9th - 12noon at Ten Ten Buffet Grill & Sushi located at 5262 Gull Road. Kalamazoo. Lunch buffet costs $7.69 (all you can eat). The five stations for food are very impressive. Bring your appetite! For reservations: Please call or email by Monday, November 7th to Sharon Weaver --327-4606 email swcats@sbcglobal.net or Grace Weaver -- 324-5776 email gawleo@att.net All members welcome. Invite a friend if you like. We look forward to seeing everyone.

Community Service Bernie Hagon – 623-4115 Elaine Varricchio – 303-6130 Linda Kubinski – 324-3068

Our first project was sewing draw sheets for Kairos Dwelling. Six KANC members gathered at Linda Kubinski's home and sewed twenty-four draw sheets! A big THANK YOU goes to Bambi Hamming, Jane Curtin, Judy Hobson, Elaine Varricchio, Linda Kubinski and Bernie Hagon for their time spent on a very worthy cause! The draw sheets were delivered to Kairos Dwelling and were very much appreciated. In turn, the director and her assistant provided coffee, fresh donuts and cider for the five of us who came to learn more about Kairos Dwelling. If you would like to help in this project, we will be gathering again on the second Tuesday in January. We will be collecting gently used or new backpacks and hotel size toiletries in the month of November for St. Vincent DePaul. An outing to deliver these items and to learn more about St. Vincent DePaul will be held at a later date. A cookie exchange is being planned for the second Tuesday in December. We will be packaging extra cookies for the guests at the Hospital Hospitality House. More info will be in the next newsletter.

Sit & Stitch Charlotte Hosking – 372-2430

We will meet only once in November on Friday, November 18th at 1pm at Charlotte Hosking’s home. We’re planning a session on using Ravelry, the online knitting/crocheting resource. It’s a great way to find free patterns. If you’d like to join us, please email or call me at 372-2430 or cj.hosking@gmail.com.

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Special Interest Groups

Garden Group will meet at Patricia Niewoonder's home at 9:45am on Wednesday, November 16th for a program on Houseplants given by Luba Schram. Business matters will be addressed at 10am with the program beginning at 10:15am. Please RSVP to Patricia (pniewoonder@msn.com OR 207-4270).

Garden Group Patricia Niewoonder – 207-4270 Lois Loeffler – 372-0038

Consumer File Box Lois Loeffler - 372-0038

Afternoon Bridge Judy Hobson – 629-4050

Diners Club Joan Wille – 271-4177

The November Diners Club will be held on Saturday, November 19th at 6pm at Carrabba’s on South Westnedge. Please call Joan at 271-4177 if you’d like to join us.

Bridge normally meets the second Monday and fourth Friday. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday we will only meet on the second Monday. Bridge hostess for Monday, November 14th is Carol Vuillemenot. Sign up to play on that day. Carol will contact you about location and time of play. Subs are always needed and new players are invited to join the group, which has all levels of play.

If you want to line up help with your leaves or, looking ahead, prepare for snow removal seek advice from the Consumers File Box. New business or service provider recommendations are always welcome.

There will be a combined November/December Euchre gathering on Thursday, December 1st at 1pm at Linda Vanderberg’s home. Please contact Linda if you are interested in attending (383-3469 or lkvander@yahoo.com)

Euchre Linda Vanderberg – 383-3469

We call our group hiking, but we are walking, stopping to look at interesting things, and resting if we need to. We will meet on Monday, November 14th at 10am to hike in the Lillian Anderson Arboretum. To get to the arboretum, take exit 38B off US-131 in the direction of South Haven. Continue going westbound in the direction of South Haven, past 9th Street (Meijer’s). The arboretum is located up a small black top, unmarked road just under a mile west of 9th Street on the south side (left) of 43. There is no visible sign from the highway. Look for the white, wood frame Anderson/Langeland house, also on the south side of the road. The arboretum driveway is about 100 yards west of the house (past it if coming from Kalamazoo). Call Carol or Nancy if you plan to attend.

Hiking/Biking/Skiing Carol Beckius – 372-6950 Nancy Kelley – 375-0762

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Marathon Bridge Dawn Rice – 679-4404 Jeanne Shewchuk – 216-3961

Newcomers Marathon Bridge will meet at Fieldstone Grill on Monday, November 21st at 11:30. Before the holiday rush begins, we will enjoy a relaxed lunch with our friends, followed immediately by bridge. If there are questions or concerns, please let us know. If you are interested in subbing, we would love to hear from you!

Special Interest Groups

Since our fourth Saturday in November and December is Thanksgiving weekend and Christmas weekend, we will compromise and play next on Saturday, December 3rd at 7pm at the Bridge Center. Hope you can all make it. Let me know if you can't.

Couples Bridge Linda Zeter – 381-7971

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Special Interest Groups Book Nook

Jane Steimle – 324-9051 President: Bambi Hamming –

375-9871

Vice-President: Jane Vandrè – 614-738-4620

Secretary:

Lois Loeffler – 372-0038

Treasurer: Sharon Weaver – 327-4606

Historian/Publicity:

Mindy Hamilton – 817-705-5572

Hospitality:

Jane Vandrè – 614-738-4620

Luncheons:

Lori Miller – 978-3572 Shirley Wise – 375-0848

Membership/Directory:

Linda Kubinski – 324-3068

Newsletter: Charlotte Hosking –

372-2430

Programs: Carol Hutton – 373-3980 Kathy Walz – 345-8030

Reservations:

Jane Steimle – 324-9051

Special Interests: Rita Achenbach – 353-6832

KANC Board Members

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Book Nook meets the third Monday of each month at Kazoo Books located at 2413 Parkview, Kalamazoo, just west of Oakland Dr. Turn on Book Alley off Barnard Ave. for plenty of parking behind the store. Come join us for great discussions. New members are always welcome! November 21, 2016 We will discuss mysteries. Everyone plan to talk about a mystery you’ve read or an author who writes mysteries. December 19, 2016, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman Discussion leader: Charlotte Hosking Elsa is seven years old and different. Her Grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy, standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother’s stories, in the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. When Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa’s greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother’s letters lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and totally ordinary old crones, but also to the truth about fairytales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other. January 16, 2017, The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson Discussion leader: Lois Loeffler Born in Alabama, Paula Vauss spent the first decade of her life on the road with her free-spirited young mother, Kai, an itinerant storyteller who blended Hindu mythology with Southern Oral Tradition to re-invent their history as they roved. But everything, including Paula’s birth name Kali Jai, changed when she told a story of her own—one that landed Kai in prison and Paula in foster care. Separated, each holding her own secrets, the intense bond they once shared was fractured. These days, Paula has reincarnated herself as a tough-as-nails divorce attorney with a successful practice in Atlanta. She hasn’t seen Kai in fifteen years, until the day her last check is returned in the mail, along with a cryptic letter. “I am going on a journey, Kali. I am going back to my beginning; death is not the end. You will be the end. We will meet again, and there will be new stories. You know how Karma works.” Then Kai’s most treasured secret literally lands on Paula’s doorstep, throwing her life into chaos and transforming her from only child to older sister. Desperate to find her mother before it’s too late, Paula sets off on a journey of discovery that will take her back to the past. With the help of her ex-lover Birdwine, an intrepid and emotionally volatile private eye who still carries a torch for her, this brilliant woman, an expert at wrecking families, now has to figure out how to put one back together.

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November 2016 ! !KANC Calendar of Events Sunday' Monday' Tuesday' Wednesday' Thursday' Friday' Saturday'

! ! 1! 2! 3! 4! 5!! ! ! Bunco

9:30am at Eileen Jones’

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6! 7! 8! 9! 10! 11! 12!! ! Out to Lunch

Bunch 12noon at Ten

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Board Meeting 10am at

Rita Achenbach’s

Friends, Food & Fun

6:30pm at Bruce Nelson’s

13! 14! 15! 16! 17! 18! 19!! Hiking/Walking

10am – Lillian Anderson

Arboretum

Afternoon Bridge

1pm at Carol Vuillemenot’s

! Garden Club 9:30am

Rita Achenbach’s

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KANC Luncheon 12noon at Friday’s

Sit & Stitch 1pm at Charlotte

Hosking’s

Diners Club 6pm at

Carrabba’s

20! 21! 22! 23! 24! 25! 26! Book Nook

10am at Kazoo Books

Marathon Bridge

11:30am at Fieldstone Grill

Happy Thanksgiving!

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