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)
June 15, 2008
We hope to see you at the…
Barbecue
& 
Ice Cream Social with live music presented by Don Coenen! Come
join the fun… July 12th noon
Yes, Don Coenen will provide us with live music
so come join the fun. Please bring your own meat to cook and a side dish to
share, and the Club will provide ice cream and accompaniments. We need
some ice cream making volunteers! If you can help us out by making ice
cream, setting up or ?, please call the coordinator, Virginia Temmer, at (303)
697-7272.
$5.00 per adult, $2.00 per child.
Pig
Roast at the Lamb School August 9th noon
Nothing marks summer's end like the annual Pig
Roast! Please bring a dish to share and be prepared for fun, good food,
and great companionship.
Coordinators: Bryn Shepeck and Glick Bishop
(303) 697-4414.
$7.00 per adult, $3.00 per child.
Canyon Clean Up September
6th 10:00 am
This fall, the Canyon Clean Up starts at 10:00
am. This is the "tidy up the road" event: fill an orange bag with
trash from the road. Please bring a pair of gloves, a hat, and sunscreen.
If you can help for an hour or two, please call the coordinator, Virginia
Temmer, at (303) 697-7272.
The Parking Lot: No Longer a Pool!
In our December 15, 2007 issue of the Squeaky Squirrel, we printed the following article. "Thanks to a few skilled volunteers and the May, 2007 work done on Sampson Road, our parking lot is no longer a pool of water or mud! With a laser-beam tool, a dozer, and plenty of expertise, the parking lot was given a V-shaped trench to release pooling rain and snow water. Our next step, late spring, 2008, will be to bring in a few loads of recycled asphalt and have it spread in the parking lot."
Now we would like to update you: the parking lot has been improved using crushed asphalt. It looks wonderful and the days of mud and standing pools of water are long gone!
If you missed…
…the Mountain Mama Breakfast, you missed
being seated by our headwaiter, Kevin Temmer, then having your breakfast brought
to you by one of our charming waitresses, Kimberly and Heidi Albrecht and
Michelle Temmer. Then you missed eating mouthwatering blueberry pancakes
and ham or sausage, scrambled eggs, refreshing fruit salad, and delicious
hash browns prepared by our chef Nelson Gustafson. You also missed the heavenly
fragrance of fresh roses that were given to every Mom.
…Garage Sale Mania, you missed buying artwork,
do-dads and knick-knacks, tools and treasures and some other wonderful stuff.
You also missed eating some mighty fine hot dogs and chips, and joining
in on some good old-fashioned chitchat.
Electronic Mail
Board
Members
Would you like to receive the President,
Virginia Temmer (303) 697-7272
Squeaky Squirrel electronically? Vice
President, Kevin Temmer (303) 697-7272
Please contact Mitch Tanenbaum Treasurer,
Bob Vick (303) 697-0954
at mitch@mtanenbaum.us Secretary,
Chris Foster (303) 470-1190
Craft Fair! Ya, this November 15th & 16th! 
Crafters, thread your needles and start your machines 'cause we're gonna have a Craft Fair! We already have a few crafters signed up and they told us that they will be selling handmade dolls, jewelry, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations, and beautiful gift baskets.
If you'd like more information or would like to register to secure your table, please call one of the coordinators, Chris Foster (303) 470-1190 or Dee Lee (303) 697-2558. Early set-up will be available on November 14th. We need all crafters to register with one of the coordinators by October 15th.
Is There A Dollhouse In Your Closet?
...or the closet of your mind...or a vignette suitable for a dome or "room box"...to commemorate a special occasion or live a fantasy. I do not build dollhouses, or fine furniture, (only the kind for children to play with), but I love to brainstorm other people's projects and give a bit of free advice. I also stock some building materials, wallpaper, and LOTS of (dollhouse) miniature accessories. I teach making polymer clay food and dollhouse landscaping, as well as kit assembly, and I have kits for furnishing an office or a workshop, plants and planters, foods...and lots more. Our house décor is a testimony to how much I love to create miniature scenes…the reality of workshops, greenhouses, shops to sell tea, Asian arts, Car repair service, cat accessories, etc., etc....and celebrate holidays as well as transport myself into a fantasy world of improbabilities...where cats decorate their own home and watch birds on TV. There is also a gardener's shed in a watering can and the fix-it man works in a paint can...and MUCH MORE. Call me to stir your creative juices, to help you plan a dollhouse or other miniature scene, for supplies, finding sources for materials...or share your creations with me. My business name says it all: it's all real, and it's all reproduced in scale. I'll also tell you about our favorite Museum.
Contributed by Pat Vick, GENUINE IMITATIONS ® 12123 S. Maxwell Hill Road, 303-697-0954 or giminispat@msn.com
Hogwarts School Sessions 
The May 31, 2008 "Hogwarts Spring Session" was tons of fun and a great success. Excited and enthusiastic students had a wonderful time learning about Broomstick Making, Talisman Shielding, and Tea-leaf Reading. They also all participated in Quidditch, a quick moving game dependent on skill and keen eyesight. The students were able to play Quidditch thanks to Professor Sniggleworth who revised the original rules.
Three games each were played between the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor Houses then three games played between the Hufflepuff and Slytherin Houses. The six games were played in order to determine which Houses would play in the Championship Quidditch tournament. In this first set of games, Raven-claw won with 320 points and Gryffindor came in at 180 points then Hufflepuff won with 450 points and Slytherin came in at 20 points. The Championship game, between the Ravenclaw and the Hufflepuff Houses, was extremely quick moving and quite exhilarating to watch! Even the Professors participated in the games. Professor Wanderoso was the sport's commentator and the other Professors officiated as the referees! The winner of the Championship Quidditch Tournament was the Ravenclaw House with 190 points over the 30 points earned by the Hufflepuff House.
After a delicious feast of chicken, potatoes, corn, and rolls, the House Cup was awarded to the Ravenclaw House because they earned 250 points throughout the Spring Session. And, as per tradition, the students of the winning House were the first students allowed to indulge in dessert: the chocolate fountain.
The House Cup awards now stand as such: 2007 Summer Session, the Hufflepuff House; 2007 Fall Session, the Ravenclaw House; the 2008 Winter Session, the Hufflepuff House; and 2008 Spring Session, the Ravenclaw House. Congratulations to the winning Houses!
To look at all of the superb pictures of the
Hogwarts events, please visit www.sampsonclub.org, the club's website. The
photos of the 2008 sessions are on the Current Year's Photo Album page.
The photos of the 2007 sessions are on the 2007 Photo Album page in the Photo
Album Archives. 
to…the
Lee's and the Volkman's, for firewood donations.
Don Baker, for painting the club's new building sign and for weatherproofing the picnic tables and the benches by the front door.
Chris Foster, for carrying out your duties as Secretary of the Sampson Community Club.
The Garage Sale Mania crew: Dee & Mike Lee, Eleanor, Heidi, & Kimberly Albrecht, Robert Manzanares, Virginia Temmer, and our sellers, Rich Albrecht, Pat Bowling, Jed Kelly, Dee Lee, John Lewless, Linda McGill & Ken Heller, Diane Neil, and Jennifer Volkman.
The Hogwarts Spring Session crew: Eleanor,
Heidi, & Kimberly Albrecht, Diane Anthony, Dee & Mike Lee, Gordon
Maness, Robert Manzanares, Shelley White, and Kevin, Michelle, & Virginia
Temmer.
Dee Lee, for writing both the Squeaky Squirrel
& script for the Sampson Community Club's website.
Mike Lee, for maintaining the Club's website.
Robert Manzanares, for clearing the Quidditch playing field and for photographing the Hogwarts Spring Session event.
The Mountain Mama Breakfast crew: Chris & Steven Foster, Nelson Gustafson, Robert Manzanares, Eleanor, Heidi, & Kimberly Albrecht, and Kevin & Virginia Temmer.
The Squeaky Squirrel Prep crew: Dee & Mike Lee, Robert Manzanares, Virginia Temmer, and Pat Vick, for preparing the newsletter for mailing.
Mitch Tanenbaum, for printing the Squeaky Squirrel and e-mail blasting the Club's announcements and the E-Squeaky Squirrel.
Kevin Temmer, for carrying out your duties as Vice President of the Sampson Community Club.
Virginia Temmer, for carrying out your duties as President of the Sampson Community Club and putting together the Hogwarts Spring Session event.
Bob Vick, for carrying out your duties as Treasurer of the Sampson Community Club.
The
Squeaky Squirrel, a quarterly newsletter, is published on the 15th
of March, June, September and December. Deadlines for ads and submissions
are the 27th of February, May, August, and November. If you have a story,
an idea or a suggestion, please contact Miss Dee at (303) 697-2558,
e-mail her at missdee001@earthlink.net or drop a note in the Sampson Community
Club's mailbox: 16150 Sampson Road, Littleton, CO 80127. Please include
your evening phone number.
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Need a place to rent for a special occasion? The Sampson Schoolhouse is available. Call Virginia Temmer (303) 697-7272.