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The Greater Piedmont Area
February 2009
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
First meeting is March is the Election of Officers. Support your chapter and hold an office this year. It is a rewarding experience and your chapter needs you.
Our Chapter is Us
This is our chapter. We make it what it is.
It will be friendly if each of us wears a friendly face.
It will produce great results if we each work hard to achieve our goals.
It will total great losses if we each strive to lose.
It will bring other people to TOPS success, if we first invite them to join.
It will be a chapter overflowing with loyalty, fearlessness and faith if
we, who make it what it is, cultivate these qualities in ourselves.
Therefore, with the help and strength we receive from one another, let’s
dedicate ourselves to the task of being all the things we want our
chapter to be.
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AREA CAPTAIN THOUGHTS
With spring close by time will go fast and it will soon be time for SRD. I hope that you are planning on attending the festivities. It will be a fantastic experience as it is every year. It’s time to start planning for a spring walk. I hope you’ll let me know when you chapter has a walk or open house. I would like to be a part of the activities,
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KOPS KORNER
KOPS Honor Society #8 meets at Panera Bread across from Concord Mills
On the 2nd Saturday of the Odd Months - Next meeting Mar 14
KOPS Honor Society #17 meets at American Restaurant in Mathews
On the first Saturday in March, June, Sept and Dec. Next meeting is March 7
KOPS February Anniversary
Betty Campbell TOPS #NC 12, Concord
Lib Smith TOPS #NC12, Concord
Ann Wilkins TOPS #NC16, Statesville
Erika Felz TOPS #NC445, Concord
Peggy Lewis TOPS # NC452, Mount Pleasant
Sophia Douglas TOPS # NC532, Rockwell
KOPS March Anniversary
Deanna Pickens TOPS #NC387, Charlotte
Sonya Strader TOPS #488, Indian Trail
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RECIPES
Vegetable Pizza Squares
Low Calorie Recipe
Ingredients:
One (8 ounce) package refrigerated reduced fat crescent rolls
One (8 ounce) package fat free cream cheese, softened
One (1 ounce) package Ranch-style dressing mix
Two carrots, finely chopped
1/2 cup chopped red bell peppers
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup fresh broccoli, chopped
1/2 cup chopped green onions
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375-degrees.
Roll out crescent rolls onto a large non-stick baking sheet. Stretch and flatten to form a single rectangular shape on the baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Allow to cool.
Place cream cheese in a medium bowl. Mix cream cheese with 1/2 of the ranch dressing mix. Adjust the amount of dressing mix to taste. Spread the mixture over the cooled crust. Arrange carrots, red bell pepper, broccoli and green onions on top. Chill in the refrigerator approximately one hour. Cut into bite-size squares to serve. Recipe makes 24 bite-size squares.
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories: 75
Fat: 5g
Cholesterol: 15mg
Sodium: 162mg
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INSPIRATIONS
May the sun bring you new energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being,
May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life.- Apache Blessing
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Tops NC452, Mt. Pleasant held their awards for the month of January on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.
Best Loser and receiving a charm, was Daphne Moore.
Runner-up was Krystal Faggart, with two weeks free dues.
There was no Kops award.
Alice Faggart received a charm for having perfect attendance and Rebecca Moore was our Shining Star.
There were no awards for the holidays, which ran Thanksgiving through New Year’s.
We had a contest called The Snowman Contest and Daphne Moore was our Tops winner and Myrtle Love was the Kops winner.
Dot Faggart was our Division 3 winner and Krystal Faggart was Division 2 winner.
Congratulations to all our winners.
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Dates to Remember
May 1-2, 2009 SRD at Sheraton Imperial Hotel Research Triangle Park, NC
July 16-18, 2009 TOPS IRD Orlando, Florida