| January 2009 ATFC Newsletter |
DOUBLE THE FUN ON A WINTER’S EVENING January 24th, 2009 - 5:30 p.m. 1) Enclosed with this newsletter is a registration form for the big event. We have scads of amazingly great donations for both the silent and live auctions. What we need now is YOU! Please sign up for the auction - only $25 for a gourmet dinner (prepared and donated by Pasta Piatti), a glass of fine wine, music, and lots of fun. 2) PLEASE INVITE YOUR NON-ATFC FRIENDS TO COME!!! And, as we'll be dining on the tennis courts, please wear sneakers and remind your friends to do so, as well! 3) Raffle Update: Many of you have turned in your ticket stubs and checks - thank you! If you haven't yet turned in yours, please do so as soon as possible. Also, if you've decided NOT to sell them, please return the unsold tickets right away so we can try to sell them. If you'd like to sell more tickets, please pick them up at the front desk! 4) Pre-Auction Item - Dick and Mary Mastain have generously offered the use of their 2-bedroom cottage on Granite Street. It is available from now through February 14. Do you have any out-of-town-guests who might need a great place only a hop, skip, & a jump from the Plaza? It typically is rented for $100/night. All proceeds (except cleaning fee) will go to the Club. Please see Jo or Alan if you would like more information. 5) Thank you if you have already brought in a bottle of wine for the raffle; if not, please drop off a bottle of nice ($15) wine at the front desk. Thank you. CENTURY TOURNAMENT - January 23-25 It's time to sign up for the tennis event of the year!! Men's, Women's, and Mixed with three divisions in each. Grab a partner or two and join in the fun! Combined ages of each team must be at least 100 (as of 2009 birthdays). At least one person in each partnership must be an ATFC member. SIGN UP TODAY ON THE TENNIS BOARD. CENTURY FITNESS Keep an eye on the Fitness Board to see what events Rox has in store for you over the Century Weekend! USTA SEASON Intent to form teams must be submitted to USTA by January 10th. Please see Leo, Alan, or Jo if you intend to captain a team. JANUARY TENNIS EVENTS Ladies Day: January 14th from 12-1. Fun and games with Leo and Ari. All levels welcome. Free for members! Saturday Tennis Clinic: Saturdays 9:30-10:30. This is a clinic for 3.5– 4.0 men and women. Check the Tennis Board for details. Junior Winter Program: January 5th - March 27th. Sign up at the front desk. Special 6 week pre-season prep for Grizzlies. Century Weekend: January 23-25. Century Doubles tournament, Century Fitness Events, Silent Auction, Live Auction, Gourmet Dinner, Music and Raffle Drawing. NEW MEMBERS Please give a warm welcome to our newest members: Beth Jandernoa, John Minor, Michele & Steve Mitzel, Kay Hilton, Molly Gramley, James Faircloth, Adam Stamper, Walt Eschtroth, Buzz McClay, Ilana Rubenfeld, Patty Farrell, Lynn Resnick, and Alexis Kumari Nelson. WINNERS Congratulations to Marianne Jessop: you have a won a can of tennis balls. Phyllis Norris: you have won a $5. punch card. Congratulations! You may pick up your prizes at the front desk. LET’S SUPPORT EACH OTHER Please see Jo if you would like your business or service included on a list which will be posted on the Community Board. NEW CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM We have developed a new program and brochure for corporate members. Thanks to Jim Lindow and Dan Ralls for advancing this idea. Please see Jo or Alan if your would like more information. GIVING TREE You are an amazingly generous group of people, having swiftly taken children's tags from the tree and replaced them with vast amounts of clothes, bikes, and toys. It is a pleasure to work among such good folk! Thank you for your part in making the holidays brighter for many local needy kids. Special thanks to Patty Knapp for making it easy for the rest of us to give. JANUARY 20TH REMINDER As of January 20, ATFC will no longer be providing paper cups for water. We will continue to sell water by the bottle; in addition, we will soon be selling BPA-free water bottles with an ATFC logo. Thanks for adjusting to this change - how great that we'll be helping the environment by eliminating more than 3,000 paper cups/month from being put on the garbage heap!! INTERESTED FRIENDS??? If you have a friend or neighbor with a serious interest in joining ATFC please see Jo or Alan to arrange for a free one-week pass for him or her. MS. MARTINA MANNERSTILOVA Dear Possums: Over the holidays, Cousin Arnold told me a sad story. Apparently when he was growing up in Austria his neighbor, Bernard "the Bod" Buttendorf, began taking down every sign he found about upcoming body- building competitions because he didn't want other kids to know about them. Well, Bernard was very successful, pulling down flyers almost the moment they were stapled onto the telephone poles! All over Vienna little gym rats were in tears because no one would get to see their fabulous biceps - there were simply no competitions. Meanwhile, "the Bod" was winning trophy after trophy. One day, though, he woke up and realized it just wasn't fun any more - a big part of the experience of showing off was sharing it with other vain little kids. "But how does this relate to us, Ms. Manners? We already know Marius would win the Mr.ATFC title?" some of you are asking. Well, I have learned that there has been a bit of "Bernard" going on at ATFC! Apparently, some club members are taking down flyers about your amazing Double the Fun on a Winter's Evening dinner and auction from kiosks around Ashland! Yes, they're slinking around at night! The reason: they know that the evening of January 24th is going to be quite fabulous and they don't want to share it with people who aren't ATFC members. Possums, this is not cool!! Instead of keeping townsfolk AWAY from the auction, we need to INVITE them! They will have fun, they will purchase great items, the Club will benefit, AND they'll get a great introduction to ATFC. So, invite all of your friends and the person who brings the most will get a special prize from Ms. Martina.... Affectionately, M.M.M. |
