FLIGHTLINES In This Issue

President’s

Letter

Change of

Command

March Luncheon

Recap

Book Review

MWR Events

What’s

Happening in

the Wiregrass

Fairy Godmother

Project Recap

Volunteer of the

Month

April Birthdays

Cooking with

Christine

Board Members

Reservation

Policy

Fort Rucker Community Spouses’ Club April 2014

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Thursday, April 3rd

10:30AM @ The Landing

Dress to impress in your TACKIEST outfit.

We will also be voting for the 2014 Executive Board!

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From the FRCSC President

Hello everyone and officially Happy Spring! Hope you are all stocked up on Zyrtec or Benadryl or, at a minimum, tissues. The pollen is crazy right now but, OH the beautiful blooms!

What a success we had with Fairy Godmother Project! Thank you to Katrina Steddum and her daughter LeiLani for all their hard work. Of the 50+ girls that showed up, at least half left with a beautiful gown for prom. Many thanks to all our donors and supporters as this event would not have been possible without you all. Lots of photos from the day can be seen in this issue.

We have only 2 more luncheons for this club year, both of which are sure to be a great time. April will be our Tacky Luncheon where you are encouraged to wear your tackiest, least put-together outfit...but, if you are always well put-together or don’t want to dress up, no worries! Please join us anyway! We will also be playing Left, Center, Right—a fun, very easy dice game. The winner of each table will get a prize in addition to our normal opportunities. In May we will be sporting our loveliest or most outlandish derby hats…

Please don’t forget that we will also be voting on next year’s board at the April luncheon with the induction in May. If you are interested in running for an elected position, or wish to nominate someone, contact Tammi Aid at parliamentarianfrcsc@gmail.com.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Darcy

“Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”…

“It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the

sunshine…”

- Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

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Welcome to Fort Rucker

Brigadier General Michael Lundy

Brig. Gen. Lundy and his wife, Paula,

come to Fort Rucker from Fort

Leavenworth, Kansas. The couple

have two daughters, Kacie (21) and

Sydnie (16).

Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Thom

CSM Thom and his wife,

Samantha, come to Fort Rucker

from the Pentagon. They have

three children: Sarah (23),

Charlie (19) and Jessica (26).

CW5 Allen “Randy” Godfrey

CW5 Godfrey became the

CWOB in November. He is

pictured here with his wife,

Debbie, their son, Jacob (21),

and daughter, Sarah (16).

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Change of Command

March 20 at Howze Field

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A Fond Farewell to Angel Mangum and Jen Thomson

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May the road rise to meet you

May the wind be always at your back

The sun shine warm upon your face

The rain fall soft upon your fields

And until we meet again

May God hold you in the hollow of His hand

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Farewell Luncheon

Bingo

March 13, 2014

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Book Review for Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison Reviewed by Rachel Yorgey Good Reads Score- 3.9 out of 5 Barnes and Noble Score- 4 out of 5

This month the Book Club read New York Times Bestseller

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison. He is the author of five other

novels, all having to do with Asperger’s. This book published in 2007 is a memoir of the

author’s experiences growing up in the 1960’s as an oddball since Asperger syndrome diagnosis

did not yet exist in the United States. His situation was made even more complicated at times by

his neglectful and abusive father and a somewhat crazed mother. After dropping out of school,

he had a sudden fascination with sound engineering and electronics. This led him to many

interesting experiences and jobs throughout his life.

In addition to telling a heck of a good story using humor and wit, Robison does a fine job of

explaining what it means to think like a person with autism. Robison seems to be very open in

communicating with his readers. If you're intrigued, you may want to visit him online. We

enjoyed reading it and many of us learned more about the syndrome that we were not familiar

with. It made us think about our childhoods and people we knew and how the syndrome is

diagnosed today. We would recommend this book to others to read and learn from.

“And now I know it is perfectly natural for me not to look at someone when I talk.

Those of us with Asperger's are just not comfortable doing it. In fact, I don't really

understand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs.”

Next Month: Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup on April 8th @6:30pm

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What’s Happening in the Wiregrass

Wicksburg Fire/Rescue Fundraiser

April 12

Boston Butt, Ribs & Chicken

Proceeds will go to repair a Truck and purchase equipment

Call Chief Wanda Andress for more info (334) 389-3420

40th Annual Piney Woods Arts Festival (Enterprise)

April 5 and April 6

Starts @ 9am

Enterprise State Community College

running track

Arts and crafts, children’s fun center, food and entertainment

Free admission

Tri-State BBQ Festival (Dothan)

April 11 and April 12

Houston County Farm Center

Food, games, activities for kids, vendors and music

Admission: $10 or $5 (with ID); 6 and under are free

TriStateBBQ.com

Ozark Crawdad & Music Festival

April 5

9:30am-4pm

Downtown on the Square

Arts & crafts, children’s activities, food & beverages, live music

Free admission

Health and Wellness Fair

April 15

9am-12pm

Troy University, Dothan campus, Malone Hall

Blood pressure checks, vision tests and body composition

analysis

Free admission

3rd Annual Biggest MayDay Ever: Family Day in the Park

April 24; 2pm-7pm

Peavy Park (Enterprise)

Car show, live performances,

southern BBQ cookout with homemade southern sweet tea

Lawn chairs, coolers, tents, bottled drinks are allowed

Donations accepted for admission

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Fairy Godmother

Project

March 8th

Special Thanks to

Katrina Steddum and her

daughter, LeiLani, for all of

their hard work to make this

event such a success!

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Thank You to all

of the volunteers

and to those who

donated to our

Project!

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April Birthdays

1 April—Martine AuClair

3 April—Kerry Sloan-Blickhahn

8 April—Heather Doig

15 April—Leslie Edens

11 April—Sandi Farrington and Karyn Halverson

17 April—Angelika Singleton

18 April—Nicole Skopek

19 April—Dixie Gengler and Fallon Gibbons

20 April—Rachel Golson

21 April—Michelle English

Volunteer of the Month

Congratulations Leslie Edens!

Thank you for your hard work

volunteering with all of our

events, especially Hollyday

Bazaar and Sweetheart Bingo.

We appreciate all you do as our

FRCSC Advisor!

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Cooking with Christine

Recipes of the Month

Hello Ladies!

Hope this finds everyone having survived Spring Break 2014! With Easter coming up, I thought

I would share a few of my favorite things to do with the kids at Easter. The first recipes are

something that are great if you have younger children/grandchildren still running around. The

last two are wonderful salsa recipes that are great with the upcoming warmer months. Just a

variation on traditional salsa.

Microwave Play Dough

2 Cups Flour

2 Cups Water

1 Cup Salt

4 Tsp. Cream of Tarter

4 TBS. Oil

Food Coloring

Mix first 5 ingredients in Microwave safe container. Microwave on high 3-5 minutes, stirring

every minute. "Cook" until mixture gets so thick it can't be stirred. Let mixture cool. Divide and

knead in food coloring. Store in air tight containers.

Easter Egg Nests

6 oz. Chocolate Chips

6 oz. Butterscotch Chips

5 oz. chow mein noodles or 1 pkg. shredded coconut

Jelly Beans or mini chocolate eggs

Melt chocolate in Microwave safe container for 1 minute. Stir in noodles or coconut. Mound on

Silicone mat or wax paper. Use bottom of spoon to indent center. Place mini jelly beans in next

for eggs.

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Cooking with Christine

Recipes of the Month

Fruit Salsa

1 Red Delicious Apple (cored and seeded)

2 kiwi (peeled)

7 strawberries

1 Tbsp. grape or apple jelly

Quick Chef Way: Place apple in Quick Chef Pro and chop to desired consistency. Add remaining

ingredients and again chop to desired consistency.

Non Food Processor Way: Cut apple up into small “salsa-sized” pieces. Add jelly to keep apple

from turning brown while you chop remaining ingredients the same way as the apple. Mix together.

Serve with graham crackers or vanilla wafer. Can also be served over pound cake, pancakes/waffles

or ice cream

Southwest Mango Pineapple Salsa

½ cucumber, peeled and seeded

1 8 oz.-can of pineapple chunks, drained

1/3 red onion

1 tbsp. Simple Indulgence™ Southwest Chipotle Seasoning Blend (or another southwest seasoning)

1 tbsp. fresh lime juice

1/3 cup cilantro leaves, washed

1 mango, peeled, seeded and diced

Salt and pepper to taste

Place all ingredients except the diced mango in the Quick Chef. Turn handle to chop until you reach

the desired consistency. Add diced mango and turn the handle a few more times to incorporate diced

mango into the salsa. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour tortilla chips in the Chip ’N Dip

container and add salsa to the dip bowls.

Serve salsa at refrigerator or room temperature. Again, as with fruit salsa, if you don’t have a

manual processor, just cut to desired size, and mix together!

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Honorary President Paula Lundy

Honorary 1st Vice President Samantha Thom

Honorary 2nd Vice President Tammy Doerer

Advisor Leslie Edens

President Darcy Lynch

2nd Vice President Lynn VanMeter

Secretary Lynne Boehm

Treasurer Suzanne Buchanan

Parliamentarian Tammi Aid

Fairy Godmother Project Katrina Steddum

Flightlines Emily Glasscock

Hollyday Bazaar Tammy Doerer & Mary Thompson

Hospitality Mary Thompson

International Spouse Liaison Martine Au Clair

Membership Darcy Lynch

Property, Rentals & Assets Shelle Altieri

Publicity Lynne Boehm & Emily Glasscock

Reservations Jami Rameriz

Retired Officers’ Wives Association Liaison Mary Jane Collins

Scholarship Amanda McKinstry & Megan Mark

Student Spouse Liaison Brittany Nyitray

Sweetheart BINGO Tavia Henderson

Ways & Means Beth Selph, Kerry Sloan-Blickhahn & Mimosa Whiting

Welfare Corey Conner

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Reservation Policy

Reservations should be made by the Friday prior to the Luncheon/ Dinner.

Please email reservationsfrcsc@gmail.com.

A monthly “Evite” will also be sent out to our members and you may reply through

that to make your reservation. You may also log onto http://www.fortruckercsc.com

and RSVP through there as well. Please do not call the event location as they do not

handle FRCSC reservations.

Reservations made after the deadline will be placed on a waiting list and seats will be

filled on a first-come, first-serve basis should there be cancellations or no shows. If

you arrive at any luncheon without a reservation you will be required to wait until a

seat becomes available. We will make every effort to seat you. Cancellations must be

made by 4pm on the Friday prior to the event. Members not meeting this deadline

will be responsible for luncheon/dinner fees. No-shows will also be responsible for

luncheon/dinner fees. Members with outstanding fees will be unable to make

reservations for subsequent luncheon/dinner events.

Payments may be made the day of the event with Cash, Check or Credit Card. Please

be aware if payment is made through a credit card there will be a convenience fee.

Permanent reservations are available for your convenience. The main meal is

automatically selected each month. Should you need an alternate meal, please call or

email by 4pm on the Friday prior to the event.

Guests are welcome to attend FRCSC functions. If a guest is eligible for FRCSC

membership, he or she may only attend as a guest to one event, but may join at any

time. Guest reservations must be made by the Friday prior to the event.

Children under the age of six months are welcome at the luncheon/ dinners, but we

ask that you make child care arrangements for children six months and older.