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Circle ‘n Squares Newsletter

April 2011

President:Jim Bossaller Vice-President: Mike Von der Porten

Secretary: Loren Cooper Treasurer: Melissa Stoufer

Club Caller: Steve Minkin

Circle ‘N Squares Hoedown April 9

Caller: Doug Davis Cuer: Bud Gooch

Advanced Tips – 7:00-7:30 PM

Pre-Rounds – 7:30-8:00 PM

Plus Squares 8:00-10:30

Followed by an Advanced Star Tip

Workshop Hosts

April 7th – GW Lawson and Jeanne LovellApril 14th -- Reed and Sue Beaman

April 21st – Ron and Lou Anne PlasseApril 28th – COMMITTEE

Upcoming Events

Circle ‘N Squares Clothing Sale, Mar 31……………………………………………Monroe Hall

Opening Day, April 7………………………………………………………………….Monroe Hall

Circle ‘N Squares Hoedown w/Doug Davis, Apr 9…………………….……………Monroe Hall

Executive Board Meeting, April 11……………………………………………………..Bossallers

General Meeting with Elections, April 14, after Work Shop………….………..…..Monroe Hall

Pie Night, April 28……………………………………………………………………..Monroe Hall

SilverState, May 6-7-8…………………………………………………………………Reno, Nevada

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Editor: Jo Anne Schlegel

Ace Reporter: Patty Green

News of the World and Beyond

Gordon Lewis is scheduled for Pneumonectomy surgery to remove his cancer on March 25, tomorrow. Both Gordon and Marilyn will be in Oakland for two weeks: Gordon will be staying in the Oakland KaiserHospital and Marilyn will be staying at a local hotel. The Hospital address is 280 W McArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA. If you wish to send a card, you’ll need Gordon’s room number, which won’t be available until he checks in. I’ll send it to you Friday or Saturday. Meanwhile, Gordon and Marilyn would appreciate your prayers.

Patty and Dave Green did go to Disney World and Patty walked with Dave the 5K walk around Disney World on her birthday. That was her goal when she first got Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Mike and Elaine Von der Porten joined the Greens on this trip. See article later in Newsletter.

Dancing is on hold for a little while for Lou Ann Plasse who had surgery on her left knee last Friday. Lou Ann had a meniscal tear in her left knee that has been causing her a great deal of pain – making it difficult to square dance and bowl – activities Lou Ann enjoys. Her surgery went well and the doctor was able to repair the meniscus, so now it is just a matter of time for her knee to heal enough to come back dancing. We all wish her a quick recovery and hope to see her back on the dance floor soon!!

Jim & Carole went to San Antonio Texas to visit their Daughter, Son-in-law and two grandkids for a week and then went down to San Jose for 4 days to take care of two grandkids while their daughter and son-in-law attended a friend’s wedding in Texas.

The Azevedos welcomedgrandson #4 with the birth of Noah Issac Azevedo, born March 8th.Nancy needs to learn how to walk as she broke her ring finger on her left hand so her wedding ring had to be removed. Time for a new one maybe? Louie's recovery from shoulder surgery is coming along nicely.

Mary Desideri was treated to a surprise party to celebrate her ninetieth birthday....It was almost a surprise to her family as they had to do some quick thinking to get her to change her plans...... This is one lady who keeps herself busy....maybe keeping busy is her secret to a long productive happy life....Way to go Mary.....Here is to many many more Happy Birthdays.....

You can still join Jo Anne Schlegel, Sandy Stammer and Sue Beaman at Weight Watchers at 10 AM every Wednesday morning. Cumulative we have lost over 25 pounds.

Sandy and Loren Stammer are still hoping for donations for their friends who lost everything in a house fire. They need absolutely everything.

Nancy Azevedo collects the coupons from RedPlum.com. She has a friend who gives them to a source who then gives them to our servicemen to use. Our servicemen can still make use of them even if they have expired.

April is Meeting Month and Elections

We will have an Officers Meeting on April 11th at 7:00 at Jim & Carole Bossaller’s home at 821 Holly Ave, Rohnert Park. (585-2802)

We will have a General meeting on April 14th at about 9:30 after dancing. In this meeting we will elect the new 2011/2012 officers. So far we have Mike Von der Porten for President and Melissa Stoufer for Treasurer. The nomination committee headed by Tom Woodard will be finalizing the names for Vice President and Secretary. Naturally, nominations can be made from the floor during the General Meeting. The new slate of Officers will be installed at Pie night on April 28th.

Square Dance ClothingSale -- March 31 –

Accompanying A "Fun" Night

By Patty Green

March 31 is the 5th Thursday of the month, and we normally make that a "fun" night where we bring snacks and dance to CD's and just have fun.In March we would like to make the 5th Thursday not only a fun night, but a night where we have square dance clothing available for our newer dancers. Many of us have skirts, petticoats, and shirts that we would like to share -- at very low prices -- to get our newer dancers into square dance attire as they are just about ready to start attending hoedowns -- ours and others.

If you have something you would like to include in the sale, please contact Patty at 537-7000 or Melissa at 538-1636 so we can plan our evening. We will have other information available too about square dance clothing, dances, vendors, etc., so plan to join us for this fun evening too!! Eric Henerlau will be calling that night.

Opening Day – April 7

By Melissa Stoufer

Baseball’s Opening Day is approaching. On April 7th let’s celebrate! Wear your team colors and bring finger food snacks and we’ll have a festive time.

SilverState -- May 6,7 and 8

By Patty Green

There is still time to register to go to SilverState in Reno the weekend of May 6, 7, and 8. This is agreat time for our newer dancers to get out and attend a once-a-year eventin Reno and dance to several different callers. There are dance halls for all levels – BASIC, MAINSTREAM, AND PLUS dancing, so there really is something for everyone. There are also vendors there with clothing, accessories, shoes, badgesand much more, so even if you just come to watch – plan to attend. We can carpool, so mark your calendars and ask one of us for a registration form if you need one. We would love to have ALL our newer dancers join us for this weekend in Reno– ya’ll come!!

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to Bruce Barrows (April 4), Rita Minkin (April 12), Sue Beaman (April 21) and Dick Harkey (April 29). No anniversaries this month.

Disney World or Bust

By Patty Green

Well, Patty Green’s hope to compete in Disney World’s Princess Half Marathon for her 60th birthday was lofty to begin with, but after the onset of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, it became a real pipe-dream. So, the new goal was to participate in the “Beauty and the Beast” Family 5K on her birthday. 3.1 miles isn’t the same as a 13 mile half marathon, but it’s still a good goal to strive for when you are learning to walk again and have been using a walker to get around. So … off to Disney World Dave and Patty went with Michael and Elaine Von der Porten as travel companions and cheerleaders.

Up at 4:30 a.m. to catch a 5:15 shuttle to EPCOT was the start of the day. Lots of milling around for the next hour and a half as walkers and runners arrived, stretched, had pictures taken with Beauty (Belle), the Beast, and Gaston. At 6:30 a.m., folks started lining up for the 7:00 a.m. start – with serious runners up front, casual walkers and families, in the middle, and strollers and Guillain-Barre “sufferers” near the end of the pack. And – we were off!! Dave and Patty walked together with Patty pushing her wheelchair in case she got too tired to walk and needed to ride to the finish. The walk circled the EPCOT parking lot before going in a side gate near Mexico in EPCOT’s World Showcase. At that point, Patty was really bringing up the rear, with only about a dozen folks behind her. But, not to worry – she was still walking and not riding – and since she was wearing a “Happy Birthday Patty” pin from the Disney team, all the Disney employees wished her a Happy Birthday as she walked by – really inspiring her to keep walkin’ and keeping her spirits up!

As luck would have it, Disney had characters out along the walking route so folks could enjoy “photo opportunities” with them. So, when others stopped in Germany to have pictures taken with Snow White, Patty and Dave pushed on – making up ground. Yeah! Again, in Morocco, when folks stopped for photos of Aladdin and Jasmine, Patty and Dave pushed further forward, and so it went … no longer at the back of the pack!! But, they didn’t break any speed records for this 3.1 mile walk – it took 1 hour and 6 minutes (+) to complete, but they completed it!! No stinkin’ Guillain-Barre is going to keep this girl down!!

Early in the walk, just before entering
EPCOT’S World Showcase, not many
people behind Patty and Dave.
At the finish (center picture behind the person making the BIG finish) Patty and Dave came through like champs and then posed for Disney with their participation ribbons and tee shirts. Good birthday walk!!