The Halloween Party at Barb and John Elam’s was another fun event, and we want to thank them for all their planning, work, and great decorations. About 40 of us attended, enjoying good food and fellowship. Some of the costumes were wild.
We had a beautiful day to tour Tall Timbers. Jim Cox and Curtis did a wagon ride around the property, and Juanita Whiddon gave us an interesting tour of the Beadel House. We (28 of us) also enjoyed having a snack on the porch overlooking the lake.
December 8, we will have our Holiday Reception at the Dorothy B. Oven Park House. Please see item in this newsletter.
Calvin Zongker says that the financial status of the club is in great shape, and that the membership is higher at this time than it was last year. We now have 175 paid members, and I would like you to assist me in meeting my personal goal of having 200 paid members. We can do it with your help in reaching out to new and former members.
Please read the newsletter for information on all the great interest groups and programs that are offered. Thank you to all the board members and interest group chairs for all their hard work.
Save these future dates:
Saturday, January 19 – Billy Bowlegs 5k and 1 Mile Walk
Sunday, February 10 – Lucy Ho’s Chinese New Year Dinner
Thursday, March 13 – Tour of FSU Film School
Wednesday, April 16 – Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
I hope to see you December 8, and I wish you a very special holiday season.
Joannie Poulson
Memberships
Thanks to all who have joined the Club this year. Please keep us informed about changes – especially to your FSU e-mail accounts – and forward corrections and/or additions to the enclosed roster to Fred Leysieffer to fleysieffer@fsu.edu.
Holiday Happening!!!
Saturday, December 8
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dorothy B. Oven Park
Main House
3205 Thomasville Road
Please join us for our annual holiday celebration party and come enjoy the holidays with friends in a lovely location. A committee is providing delicious food, and the club is providing wine, beer, soft drinks and warm mulled cider. A special treat is the location at Dorothy Oven Park where the holiday lights are spectacular. Parking is available near the main house. Overflow parking is in the office building lot at the end of the Oven Park drive.
Co-Chairs: Diane Stuart (893-3466) and Carol Weissert (297-0111)
Billy Bowlegs 5k Run & 1 Mile Walk
Saturday, January 19 – 9:00 a.m.
GWTC Grand Prix Race
Billy Bowlegs Brunch – 10:00 a.m.
Extra Brian Bachman mugs for Faculty Club winners
We challenge you to join us for the Billy Bowlegs Race to benefit returning, undergraduate students at FSU. This is our 24th year. Come walk or run with us before heading across the street to the Seminole Clubhouse for a delicious and congenial brunch in the Renegade Grill. The Brunch is free to Faculty Club members, who are either race participants or volunteers, and $6.00 for members and others who only attend the Brunch. All proceeds go directly to the scholarship fund. Look for the flier in the January newsletter. If you are interested in volunteering, please call Annelise Leysieffer at 893-1272. Members are needed to man the race course.
Table Française & Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Sunday, December 9 – 7:30 p.m.
At the home of Fred & Annelise Leysieffer
Come practice French, German, English, or any other language that suits your fancy, in a festive setting.
Please bring your favorite holiday treats to share with members.
RSVP to Annelise (893-1272) or to aleysieffer@gmail.com.
Book Discussion Group
Monday, December 10 – 6:30 p.m. – Potluck !!! & Vote!!!
Home of Beth Wright. Please call Beth at 385-5915 to let her know you are coming and to get directions to her house.
If you would like to help select the books
for February, 2008 through January,
2009, please send your nominations
to either Bonnie Armstrong
(bonniearmstrong@comcast.net) or
Diane Olsen (olsend@dor.state.fl.us)
ASAP. Please include author, title,
an attention-getting blurb about the
book, and number of pages (if possible).
Check the website to see previous years’ selections.
Our January book for discussion is Saturday, by Ian McEwan, led by our own professor and poet Audrey Wilson. We will meet at the home of Barbara Elam on January 21, 2008.
Lunch Bunch
The group generally meets the second Tuesday of each month. Call Denise Ellingson at 907-9992 to let her know if you are interested in joining us in Havana tentatively scheduled for December 13 or 14.
Globetrotters
Saturday, January 12 – 8:00 p.m.
Progam by Marietta & Ed Schroeder
Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Ceske Krumlov and Vienna
Presented at First Christian Church on High Road
Co-Chairs: Diane Olsen, Diane Stuart & Jane Waggaman
Check out the website regularly for updates:
Website: http://facultyclub.fsu.edu
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.