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Presidents’ Message. We hold four (4) Board meetings during the annual July-June cycle. There is a meeting in early January. If anyone wants a particular issue addressed to the Board (suggestions for changes or additions to our normal format, new activities or programs, etc., whatever), please let us know as soon as convenient, so we can figure out how best to present such matters to the Board. And please remember the MEMORIES section of the Newsletter. We’ve had very good support so far and we’d like to keep the flow going. So, could we encourage each other or ourselves to sit down and share some of these memories, either as fact or filtered as fiction, or even in the form of poetry. Someone could come forward each month and provide a piece of his/her life for the Newsletter. Prentice Adler contributed this month; you will find it interesting. As we write this, the air STILL has the deep chill feel of oncoming snow. The reports say we will be spared for another week or so. Enjoy it while you can and best wishes to all during the holiday season Kit and Mike Sullivan
NOVEMBER VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN BOSTON
DECEMBER 2018
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES FOR DECEMBER 2018
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6TH: MONTILIO’s Bakery Tour
Let’s go behind the scenes to the famous Montilio’s Bakery plant in Brockton. We will carpool from the Bobby Byrnes Parking Lot at 9:00 AM and arrive at the bakery; 134 Spark St., Brockton at 10:00. Ernestine Montilio will take us through the production rooms, where we will see how the decorators create special cakes; pastry chefs build mile-high pastries and tortes, and other holiday baked goods. Optional: We will be able to decorate a gingerbread house to take home after the tour. The cost of the gingerbread house kit will be $18.00. (good for 1 or 2 people) We should be finished by noon. We can decide upon a lunch spot once we have responses.
SPECIAL NOTES REGARDING THIS TRIP:
(1) When responding, please advise if you will be partaking of decorating your personal gingerbread house and whether you will be joining us for lunch.
(2) There is the potential for a side trip after the bakery tour (with or without lunch): The Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak Street, Brockton (a 6-minute drive from Montilio’s Bakery) expands its Museum shop across its entire upper gallery space and transforms it into the holidaySHOP full of artist and handcrafted merchandise offered especially for the holiday shopper. On this date and every Thursday during the holidaySHOP,
shoppers can enjoy seasonal drinks and shortbread cookies. The remaining galleries will be full of current exhibits to enjoy. Carol Darling sells her kimono wraps at the museum. Learn more about the Fuller Craft Museum at fullercraft.org.
Please RSVP regarding any of the above to Marie Luck [email protected] Call or text-508-631-2541 Include your cell phone number.
Christmas Holiday Dinner Party: Saturday, December 15th at 6:00 pm
This is our fourth Newcomers Christmas Party at the Sandwich Hollows Golf Club. SNN is paying for 50% of the complete dinner (appetizers to dessert) so the cost for our members is only $15 per person. There will be a cash bar and music will be provided
by local DJ Ron Larrivee ….so wear your dancing shoes!!
A copy of the dinner menu follows. If you have any food allergies or special dietary needs,
please let Kit Sullivan know at [email protected] and she will notify our caterer.
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Menu: SNN Holiday Party
Cheese and Cracker Display
Buffet
House Salad ~ consisting of mixed greens, English cucumbers, vine ripe tomatoes, Spanish
onion, grape tomatoes with balsamic vinaigrette, ranch dressing and croutons on side.
Chicken Marsala~ sautéed breasts of chicken served with a mushroom Marsala sauce on side.
Roast Beef ~ rolled med-rare roast beef. Topped with an onion Au Jus.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes ~Yukon Gold
Fresh Seasonal Vegetables ~ consisting of summer squash, zucchini, cauliflower, asparagus
and red bell peppers.
Warm Assorted Dinner Rolls
Coffee Station ~ Decaf and Regular
Dessert Table ~ From Montilio’s Bakery
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If you would like to attend, please RSVP by December 3rd to Anne Sayer at
[email protected] or call Anne at 774-413-5242. Please mail your check payable to “SNN”
to Anne at 4 Beach Plum Circle, East Sandwich 02537.
NOVEMBER ACTIVITIES
MEN’S POKER GROUP
AKA: PENSION REDISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER WINE SOCIAL
THE TOUR OF HIGHFIELD HALL IN FALMOUTH
Activities The Women’s Daytime Book Club meets 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10:00AM. New members are welcome. Coordinator is Patty Williams , ([email protected])
Men’s Poker Group meets first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 PM . Coordinators are Paul Pronovost ([email protected]) and Henry Jablecki ([email protected])
Girl’s Night Out: Ladies go to early movie, and then supper at local restaurant. Contact Anne Sayer, ([email protected])
Special Events (maybe with lunch or dinner): Contact Marie Luck with any of your ideas.([email protected])
Mah Jongg: If interested in playing Mah Jongg and forming groups, please contact Jennie at ([email protected])
Kayak Caucus: Sliding Quietly through the Cape’s bays, ponds, marshes and rivers. All levels of Kayaking welcome. Please email Coordinator Ed Houlihan at ([email protected]) to confirm you want to be included on the Kayak Caucus list. Please include your email address and the phone number where you can be reached on the day of the scheduled kayak trips.
Biking: Riding the pathways and the rail trails of the Cape, lunch at a local favorite. Patty Williams, Coordinator, ([email protected])
Fishing: Surf casting for blues and stripers in the bay or the canal. Welcome to beginners or experienced anglers. Seeking a new Coordinator.
Guy’s Get Together: Guys meet for coffee-breakfast and discussion of issues, large and small. 2nd and 4th Wednesday every month at the Marshland Too . Coordinator: Wade Sayer, ([email protected]) or 774-413-5242 Next up: TBA by Wade. Stay tuned.
Walking/Hiking Group: Discover new walking trails in the streets and backroads of Sandwich. All levels of walkers welcome! So far, we have explored Shawme Pond, Boyden Farm Conservation, the Game Farm, Green Briar Nature Center, and downtown Sandwich. Members who show up are encouraged to plan the next excursion. Currently we are walking at 9:30 am on Fridays, weather permitting. Emails to all members with planned routes are sent out weekly. Step away from that boring treadmill and enjoy the fun of socializing while exercising!
Coordinator Candice Murphy, contact Candice at [email protected]
PRENTICE ADLER HAS PROVIDED A PIECE FOR OUR SERIES ABOUT MEMORIES THIS LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE A SEQUEL OR TWO
Another Tool for the Tool Box
Throughout my life I have always referred to the constant collection of experiences, both large and small, as “tools” in my tool box that I can use as future references. Everyone does it. We fall back on previous encounters to make a judgement on how we will handle today’s problem. Some tools are small, like learning short cuts on a computer, and others can be awesome, like learning how to sail a boat. The reason I consider them as tools is that once you learn one, it may have other uses in the future. Then you have the opportunity to reach into that tool box for a solution.
Upstate New York has a large area called the Catskill Mountains which isn’t a mountain range at all but a dissected plateau. I grew up on the northern edge of this area. A typical feature of this type of geology is the abundance of limestone caverns. I had classmates that had caves in their back or front yards. Local farmers would use them for dumps or fill them in because they were a hazard to the cattle, another prominent feature of upstate NY. “More cows than people” was the local motto. About a quarter of the local population of people just learning to shave and deciding if they wanted to, were looking for new adventures. Some of us could go into the back yard, move a few chunks of rusted farm equipment and go
underground. We all hung around together and would share stories, experiences, and pointers about the local caves. They all had their unique features. One was called Ice Cave because the snow from the last winter would still be at the entrance in the middle of August. Another was Ball cave for the guy who found it, just like Howe’s Cave, the commercial operation. All the caves were a toasty 55˚F all year long, had walls as hard as iron, and the walls and floor were moist. We weren’t professional “spelunkers” so our equipment consisted of heavy clothing and two flashlights. Years later I would discover other important things like: hard hats, ropes, coveralls, and leaving someone outside in case of emergency.
Berne Knox cave was well known in the area and had a unique feature called the “gun barrel”. If you can imagine a 60 foot long tube that wasn’t perfectly round but tapered on the top and bottom. The bottom of the taper was filled with hard pack mud. Limestone is light grey when it’s dry and dark grey when it’s wet. Same for the mud.
My friend Kip and I were 16 years old at the time and this was our first attempt at this cave. After exploring the rest of the cave, which was quite large, we decided to go for the “Gun Barrel”. All we had was information from others our age and the courage of our youth. I went first.
It’s difficult to know how far you’ve traveled in a tube when your face is one inch away from the wall. The position you start in is the position you are committed to after you enter. I chose hands above my head. I did notice after about 10 minutes that my breathing and heart rate had sped up. PANIC. There is a feeling that you have to get to the end immediately. At this point I told myself I had panicked and convinced myself that I had all day to get to the other end of the tube. Backing up was not an option and anyways my friend Kip was behind me. He wasn’t able to back out. My solution was to turn out my light, tricking my mind to disregard the closeness of the wall to my face. It worked. If you haven’t been in a cave with no lights you don’t know what dark is. It’s total blindness. I pressed on as my breathing and heart rate slowed and got to the end without any more thought. I was rewarded with a chamber so large the flashlight couldn’t pick up the other side. Kip came out. The Gun Barrel had been conquered . We went back after a short visit with a new experience under our belts. Unbeknownst to me, the new “tool” I picked up would serve me well in two future incidents that I would not have survived; one under the ice and another 1000 feet above the ground. The tool I learned was recognizing panic.
Prentice Adler
Board of Directors
Co-Presidents: Kit & Mike Sullivan. [email protected] [email protected]
Vice President, Ed Collupy [email protected]
Secretary, Marge Foster [email protected],
Treasurer, Jack Sample [email protected]
Publicity, Candice Murphy [email protected]
Special Events, Marie Luck [email protected]
Membership, Annie Adler [email protected]
Newsletter, Prentice Adler [email protected]
Wine Socials, Anne Sayer [email protected]
