Sampson Community Club
On this page is our quarterly newsletter, the "Squeaky Squirrel." For your convenience as well as information, it has been reprinted, in part, here.
The Squeaky Squirrel
A
newsletter about and for our Mountain Community by Miss Dee, published
author (a.k.a. Dee Lee)
Dec. 15, 2005
We had a great time…
…at the Canyon Clean Up. We grabbed our orange bags and gloves then tidied up the road.
…at the Harvest Potluck Picnic Dinner - Sweet Tooth Bake Sale which, by the way, was held during the harvest full moon! The cold fried chicken, hot apple cider, and a variety of salads were delicious and many folks contributed to our Building Fund by selecting goodies from the Bake Sale table.
…at the Halloween Potluck Dinner/Haunted Cabin. Yummy food was abundant, candy was everywhere, and small children in costume reminded adults of their childhood. And all of this before the Haunted House! Bezmerelda, the Haunted House guide, lead us through long, dark hallways into rooms filled with body parts, ghouls, spooks, and the living dead.
…at the Thanksgiving Dinner/Annual Membership Meeting. Never a bigger feast could anyone want!!! The turkey melted in your mouth and the side dishes were heavenly. The Officers added one new event to the Club's calendar and the membership elected a new Vice President and Treasurer as well as two new Junior Vice Presidents and one Junior Treasurer.
…at the Craft Fair. We shopped 'til we dropped!!!
A Special Thank You to…
The Basement Electrical Wiring and Light Crew: Richard Hardy, Ted Nowak, and Kevin and Virginia Temmer.
The Calling Committee Crew: Janet Clark, Regina Cunningham, Janie Lambert, Dee Lee, and Dave Pettus, for volunteering your enthusiasm and your time when making reminder calls to our members.
The Canyon Clean Up Crew: Brian, Janie, Audrey, and Liam Lambert, Tamie Martin, and Virginia Temmer.
Jan Clawson, for donating a new and large (!) coffee pot and helping tidy up after the Halloween Potluck dinner and the Thanksgiving Dinner.
The Harvest Potluck Picnic Dinner - Sweet Tooth Bake Sale Crew: Barbara Asprey, Dee and Mike Lee, Dave and Sami Pettus, Virginia Temmer, all of those great folks who donated goodies for the Bake Sale and all of those great folks who donated money to the Building Fund.
The Haunted House Crew: Barbara Asprey, Kyle Becker, Melanie Bjarke, Dee Lee, Robert Manzanares, Dave and Sami Pettus, Alyssa and Betty Strietelmeier, Mitch and Sam Tanenbaum, and Michelle and Virginia Temmer, for donating your energy, expertise, and time to set up the Haunted House.
The Haunted House Party Crew: Janie Lambert and Dee Lee.
The
Haunted House Party Clean-up Crew: Jennifer Volkman.
The
Haunted House Spooks: Barbara Asprey, Kyle Becker, Chaz Bunce, Don Coenen,
Garrett and Val Cukr, Karen George, Brian Lambert, Robert Manzanares, Rod and
Tamie Martin, Dave and Sami Pettus, Katie and Sam Tanenbaum, Michelle Temmer,
Taylor Volkman, and all the other spooks.
The "Squeaky Squirrel" Prep Crew: Dee and Mike Lee, for preparing the newsletter (folding, inserting flyers, taping, labeling, and affixing stamps) for mailing.
Mitch Tanenbaum, for printing the "Squeaky Squirrel" as well as the event fliers and e-mail blasting the club's announcements.
The Thanksgiving Dinner Crew: Barbara Asprey, Jan Clawson, Brian and Jamie Lambert, Dee and Mike Lee, Robert Manzanares, Dave and Sami Pettus, and Kevin, Michelle, and Virginia Temmer.
The Craft Fair Crew: Val Cukr and Candy Vallado.
And thank you, members, for paying your $20.00 yearly dues. If you still need to pay your dues, please mail them to the Sampson Community Club mailbox, 16150 Sampson Road, Littleton, CO, 80127. And if you would like to join the Sampson Community Club, please mail your $20.00 membership dues along with your name and telephone number to the Club's mailbox. If you have any questions, please call one of the Board Members listed below.
Electronic Mail Board
Members
Would you like to receive
the President,
Dave Pettus (303) 697-8780
Squeaky Squirrel electronically? Vice
President, Virginia Temmer (303) 697-7272 Secretary,
Dee Lee ( Miss Dee) (303) 697-2558
Please
contact Mitch Tanenbaum at
MTanen@prolynx.com.
Brian
Lambert as Treasurer (303) 697-8933,
Sami
Pettus and Michelle Temmer as Junior Vice Presidents,
and Kevin Temmer as Junior Treasurer.
From the Board
We would like to welcome aboard the Sampson Community Club's new Board members and introduce them to you.
Treasurer, Brian
Lambert (303) 697-8933, 11972 Maxwell Hill Rd., Brian_Lambert@dpsk12.org
Brian bought his property in Deer Creek Canyon back
in 1991. He moved to Colorado in 1997 from Redondo Beach, California with
his wife, Janie, and daughter Audrey. The family has since grown with the
addition of son Liam. In 2000, the Lamberts added 2000 sq. ft. on to their
500 sq. ft. cabin. The process took 3 1/2 years as they did most of the
work themselves.
Having been an avid surfer for most of his life, skiing has now taken the place of the ocean. Brian and his family spend most winter weekends skiing. During other seasons, traveling, bicycling, hiking and climbing "fourteeners" (14,000 ft. mountains) are other passions. Brian has been an 8th grade math teacher for 16 years, the first 7 spent in South Central Los Angeles and the remaining at Lake Middle School in Denver.
Brian and Janie became involved with the Sampson Community Club back in 1991, on a part time basis. They spent summers here at their cabin, returning to work in California at summer's end. Having enjoyed the small town feel the Sampson Community Club provided, they got more involved when they returned here to live.
His goals for the Club include improvements to the
Sampson school, to build club membership, and bring back members who were once
more involved or not attending events anymore for one reason or another.
Junior
Vice President, Sami Pettus
Samantha Pettus
is an eighth grader at West Jefferson Middle School. She plays the flute
and likes drawing, karate, and basketball. She was born in Australia along
with her two older brothers. When she was just a baby, Sam flew to Atlanta,
Georgia, but did not stay for very long. Shortly after, her family moved
to Colorado, where they stayed in an apartment for a little bit, then moved into
a house in Arvada.
In the summer of fourth grade, she was moved to a house in Critchell, where she and her family raised over 15 farm animals. They purchased three horses, one alpaca, two dogs, two cats, and many fish. From various trades and preg-nancies, they now have five horses, eight alpacas, two dogs, two cats, one bird, and no fish. Sam is responsible for three of those animals. The lovebird, Tangerine, sits in her room, and her horse Crystal gave birth to a filly named, Shadowstar.
Junior Vice President, Michelle Temmer
I
was born in Denver in 1994 and moved to the foothills the next year. I like
pizza. I go to Parmalee Elementary School and I am in the fifth grade.
My favorite subject is Social Studies. My favorite word is "UM"
because it's unique.
My plans for the community club are: to make the Sampson Community Club more kid-friendly, to encourage having the Junior Board again, and to have an annual petting zoo.
Junior Treasurer,
Kevin Temmer
My name is Kevin Temmer and
I was born in Denver, Colorado. I am 14 years old and in the ninth grade
at Conifer High School. My hobby is remote control cars. I am the
new treasurer for the Junior Board. I am also a good skier if anyone needs
a ski buddy.
Editor's Notes
The
Squeaky Squirrel, a quarterly newsletter, is published on the 15th of March,
June, September and December. Deadlines for ads and submissions are the
28th of February, May, August, and November.
The Greenhouse
Corner 
After
life settles down from the holidays, please take some time to start some plants
or plant cuttings for the 2006 "Gardener's Cache - Plant and Seed Swap!"
Foods to Share
If you sampled Sami Pettus's "Chinese Chicken Salad" this year at the Ice Cream Social and the Harvest Potluck Dinner - Bake Sale or tried her "Fruit Pizza" at the Haunted House, you know why I'm sharing her recipes with you.
Fruit Pizza (serves 4-5)
Day 1: Make cookie crust from the following ingredients: ½ roll refrigerated, sugar cookie dough and PAM spray
Directions:
1. Spray pie pan with PAM. Preheat
oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spread cookie dough evenly in pie pan. Bake
for about 10 minutes or until the dough is slightly browned.
3. Remove
from oven and cover with foil.
Day 2: Cream cheese topping and
fruit from the ingredients, ¼ cup softened cream cheese, ¼ cup powdered
sugar, ¼ cup cool-whip, and assorted fruit, washed and cut in bite-sized
pieces
Directions:
1. In small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese,
powdered sugar, and cool-whip together with electric mixer.
2. Spread
the mixture evenly over the cookie crust and top with fruit pieces.
3. Cut
with a pizza cutter and serve immediately. Enjoy!
Chinese Chicken Salad (Serves 4-6)
10 ounces cole slaw mix, 1 pkg. chicken flavor ramen noodle soup, 1 chicken breast, 1 T. cooking oil, 2 T. sliced almonds, 1 T. sesame seeds, ½ cup mandarin oranges (optional)
Dressing: Flavor pack from soup, 2 T. vinegar, ¼ cup oil, and 2 T. sugar.
Directions:
1. Brown chicken breast in oil in small skillet (medium heat). When
cooked, cut into thin slices.
2. Pour cole slaw mix in large serving
bowl. Crush ramen soup noodles in the package and pour over slaw mix. Reserve
the seasoning packet for dressing. Sprinkle almonds and sesame seeds over
the mixture.
3. Mix the ingredients for the dressing and drizzle over
mixture in the bowl. Toss to coat all ingredients evenly.
4. Arrange
chicken slices and mandarin oranges (optional) over salad in large bowl. Serve
on plates or in bowls.
Coming Events… New Year's
Eve Kids' Party, December 31st at 6:00 p.m. and Kids' Mystery Party, March 10th
at 6:00 p.m.
Need
a place to rent for a special occasion? The Sampson Schoolhouse is available.
Call Virginia Temmer (303) 697-7272.
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