The September Reception was a great success and a lot of fun. There was much activity around the interest group tables, and many hugs, much visiting and greetings going on throughout the Alumni Center ballroom.

Thanks to Carol Weissert and her committee for all they did and to Jan Thomas for again doing the lovely decorations this year. We are grateful to the members who brought the delicious food and drink and to Tom Hunt from the Alumni Center for all his help and cooperation. It was great to have Cal Zongker with us and thanks to Cal and Fred Leysieffer for manning the dues and membership tables. Neil and Beth Charness did a great job with the slide presentation of our many activities.

Alice Nichols presented 6 scholarships, and all the recipients were introduced. Please read Alice’s article on the scholarships.

Annelise Leysieffer was presented a “Guiding Light” award for all she has done for the club over the past years.

October 27, we again look forward to Barb and John Elam’s Halloween Party. If you haven’t previously attended, come have fun this year. You won’t believe the decorations.

On November 10, we have a field trip to Tall Timbers Research Station. The Beadel Family lived there and many kinds of research and collecting take place on this beautiful property.

I hope that you are enjoying the various events and interest groups. If you have not already done so, please pay your dues. The dues are inexpensive, but are far reaching, and please get a friend involved in this great club. I hope to see you soon.

Joannie Poulson

The Couples Bridge group was accidentally omitted in the year- book. Please call Bill Weissert at 297-0111 if you are interested.

El Club Español is off and running and will be meeting again on Monday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Carol Lynch Brown. Please contact Diane Olsen at 386-5797 or at olsend@dor.state.fl.us if you are interested in attending.

The membership is already at 3/4 of last year. We thank you for being so prompt. Please continue to forward changes to Fred Leysieffer to his new e-mail address: fleysieffer@fsu.edu and send newsletter information to Annelise to aleysieffer@gmail.com

Come celebrate Halloween with the Elams

Saturday, October 27   —   6:30 p.m. until …..

Join us for a festive and fun-filled evening at the home of Barbara & John Elam at 3204 Brookforest Drive off Lakeshore Drive. Barbara will provide you with two main dishes of Goblin Delight and Vampire Stew. Come devour her culinary surprises!!!!! She asks that you bring an appetizer, salad, bread, dessert or other goodies.  Beverages (wine, beer and soft drinks) will be provided by the Club. We encourage you to come dressed in costume to add zest to this fun evening. Please call Barbara Elam at 385-9856 or e-mail her at ble@neuro.fsu.edu to let her know if you plan to attend and what you plan to bring. Although there is no absolute deadline, please let Barbara know by Wednesday, October 24, for planning purposes, to give Barbara and her committee a general idea of how many people to expect.

Tall Timbers Research Station & Tour of the Beadel House
13093 Henry Beadel Drive
Saturday, November 10 – 1:30 p.m.

Meet us at 1:30 p.m. at the Tall Timbers Research Station and Beadel House. Juanita Whiddon will give us a tour of the Beadel House followed by a tour of the grounds by Jim Cox. Following the tours, stay for refreshments on the lovely Beadel House porch. A modest charge of $5 per person will cover a donation to Tall Timbers and the refreshments. Hope to see you there. Background on Tall Timbers and directions may be found at: http://www.talltimbers.org

Please RSVP to Joannie Poulson (brittjoan@comcast.net) or call her at 385-8028 by Monday, November 5th. You can give Joannie your $5 donation at Tall Timbers.

Directions: Go north on Thomasville Road to State Road 12. Turn left, go approximately 2 miles and take the second left. Henry Beadel Drive is directly past Iamonia Landing Road. If you come from Meridian Road, go about 2 1/2 miles on State Road 12 and turn right on Henry Beadel Drive.

University Club Scholarship

Alice Nichols sends grateful thanks for all of your cards, visits and prayers during her ordeal in the hospital and at Hospice House. Through it all, Alice has continued her search for new scholarship recipients. Having received several names of highly qualified and deserving part-time students, we have deviated from the norm of usually supporting full-time, undergraduate students thirty years of age or older and have instead given only two full scholarships @ $500 in addition to four @ either $400 or $200. The six recipients attended the Welcoming Reception with their spouses. We hope you got to meet them. They are all extremely grateful for the financial assistance.

Tamara Cowell – senior – majoring in actuarial science. Her baby was born September 19. Mother and child are doing well, and Tamara is planning to take a full course load next semester.
Karen Debardas – junior  – majoring in accounting. She works full time while attending school.
Jason Kitchen – senior – majoring in mechanical engineering. He works full time, and he and his wife have a baby.
Jeffrey Martin – junior – majoring in physical education. He wants to become a high school coach and wants to be a positive influence on young boys. Both Jeffrey and his wife are students, they work full time and have two children.
James Mogel – senior – majoring in political science and geography. He will graduate in December and plans to begin in a masters’ program in the spring.
Andrea White – junior – majoring in human resources and business management.
We thank all of you for making these scholarships available. Since 1994, we have given out seventy-six full-time scholarships. We encourage donations made as memorials. Sue Edelson and Bert Davis have both recently passed away, and gifts in their memory would be welcome. If you plan to add to the scholarship fund, please send donations to the treasurer Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

More Interest Groups information

Gourmet Sampler
Friday. October 12 – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Clifton Quinly – 3370 West Lakeshore Drive
Please bring either an hors d’oeuvre or dessert to share and contact Marie Cowart at 893-2966 mcowart@mailer.fsu.edu to let her know if you are coming and what you are planning to bring.

Outdoors Explorers
We will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 13 at the Gulf Specimen Aquarium at Panacea for a 3 – 4 hour eco-tour. The group will have a guided tour of the Aquarium, an hour-long session on “the Living Dock” and then pull a drag net to see what we can find on Fiddler’s Point. We will break for our bag lunch after the first two sessions, either at the Skofronick kids’ cottage, or we can eat and rest on the grounds of the Aquarium. Those who wish to work with the net may like to change into shoes and clothes that can get wet. Then we can carpool to nearby Fiddler’s Point. We will have Jack or Anne Rudloe as our guides, or both if the group is large. There will be a $12.00 charge per person, payable that morning. Please register if you can go since the Skofronicks need a head count for planning at the Aquarium.
Call or e-mail Dot & Jim if you need directions, have questions or wish to register at 222-8544 or dsjs@embarqmail.com

Globetrotters
Saturday, October 13 – 8:00 p.m. – Westminster Oaks
We are off and “touring” for our 34th year and look forward to another great series of sharing travel experiences!
Fred & Annelise Leysieffer will be sharing their Peruvian adventures! Come see the treasures of Peru, including Cuzco, Machu Picchu. the Nazca lines, Lake Titicaca, Trujillo, markets, mountains, llamas, weavings, etc.  It will be a visual treat!
Contact Diane Olsen 386-5797 or at olsend@dor.state.fl.us for more information or to offer your help for the 2007-2008 year.
Saturday, November 3 – 8:00 p.m. – Place TBA

Thailand and Cambodia by Dale & Diane Olsen

Come see the inspiring, sparkling temples, impressive rivers, mountains, “James Bond Island” and other bay scenery, the working elephants of Thailand as well as the magnificent temple complexes of Siem Reap, Cambodia, including Angkor Wat. You may also hear some samples of the musical traditions of the area!

Restaurant Roulette
Wednesday, October 17 – 6:30 p.m. – The Wharf
Tuesday, November 13 – 6:30 p.m. –  Gill’s Tavern
Call Al Trezza, 878-5551 if you would like to attend.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Friday, October 19 – 7:30 p.m.
Fred and Annelise Leysieffer will share their Peruvian summer trip in the Kenilwood Clubhouse in Killearn – 3007 Shamrock North
Contact Bettina Téson at 385-2092 or raui_30@hotmail.com

Book Discussion Group
Monday, October 15 – 7:30 p.m.
Emma, byJane Austen
Host: Kathy Scott – 386-1930
Discussion leader: Donna Meredith
An intriguing picture of turn-of-the-19th century England, this novel portrays Emma as bright, willful, and rather spoiled by her rich, widower father. Having little to do to amuse herself, Emma takes up the hobby of matchmaking, “the greatest amusement in the world.” Unfortunately, her sophistication in the social graces does not extend to insight into other people, nor into herself!
Monday, November 19 – Wings of Fire by Charles Todd
Call Bonnie Armstrong 893-6141 or Diane Olsen 386-5797
Please send  your book suggestions for the coming year to Bonnie Armstrong bonniearmstrong@comcast.net or to Diane Olsen olsend@dor.state.fl.us to be voted on December 10.

La Table Française
Friday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Jo Stepp-Greany. Please contact Jo at jstepp@mailer.fsu.edu or 383-3970.

MEMBERSHIP DUES $20/$15 per household

Membership is open to faculty, administrative and professional staff, retirees, visitors, former members of this Club and similar clubs at other universities, religious directors, members of the University’s Board of Trustees, spouses of all of the above, and friends who support the aims and activities of the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU.

All interest groups are part of the Faculty & Friends Club. Membership dues are due now for the 2007-2008 school year from ALL attendees except from the occasional visitor. Please fill out the form provided here and bring it together with your check made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU to the Annual Joint Welcoming & Newcomers Reception on September 7 or mail to the treasurer, Calvin Zongker, 601 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee FL 32312.