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)
September 15, 2009
Spiritfood, by Miss Dee
Full Circle
"There is no beginning or end. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift." Author Unknown
You might want to take a moment and think about the above statement and here's why. Yesterday is gone. Was it a good day? Did the expectations or the fears you thought about manifest?
Tomorrow is a mystery. You can make tomorrow a good day by focusing on what you desire to have or on what type of person you want to become. A thought about tomorrow is this: we only have the moment we are in right now. At this very moment you are thinking about or creating with your magic wand something that will manifest minutes, hours, tomorrow or days from now. So, monitor your thinking!
Today is a gift. Today you are being, experiencing and/or receiving what you thought about, meditated on or focused on yesterday. :-)
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,
open office
Office of the Secretary
The Secretarial Office on the Board of Directors is still open and the Board is truly in need of another pair of hands! The secretarial duties include attending 4 (approximately) board meetings per year and taking notes of those meetings, assisting with some of the yearly events, managing the membership list, and e-mail usage experience. The Board does much of its correspondence via e-mail. If you can help, please contact Virginia Temmer at either (303) 697-7272 or virginia@broadspoke.net
Thank You!
Thank you, members, for renewing your Sampson Community Club membership! If you still need to pay your $20.00 yearly 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 listed above. If you have questions, please call one of the Board Members listed on page 1.
On Your Calendar?
Hogwarts Fall Session October
10th 2:30
- 8:00 p.m.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
will hold their fall session at the Sampson Schoolhouse. "Students,"
ages 8 and above, will be sorted into their houses, take classes, join together
at Hogsmeade for Wizard's Chess, and attend a final banquet dinner at 7:00
p.m. in the great dining hall when the Wizard's Chess Championship Cup and
the House Cup will be awarded. Wizardry attire preferred, but not required.
Tuition: $15.00/student. Registration begins promptly at 2:30 p.m.!
For additional
information, please call Virginia, Kevin, or Michelle (303) 697-7272.
Haunted House October
30th & 31st 7:00
- 10:00 p.m.
Kevin needs volunteer spooks and goblins to
help create the Haunted House! Please give him a call.
The traditional Potluck dinner begins at 6:00
p.m. on Saturday, October 31st.
Coordinator: Kevin
Temmer (303) 697-7272.
$3.00 per person
to go through the Haunted House.
Annual Membership Meeting/Thanksgiving
Dinner Nov. 21st 5:00 p.m.
Please bring a dish to share and join us for
Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, at the annual membership meeting,
renew your membership or become a member, share your feedback or suggestions,
and cast your vote for Vice-President and Treasurer.
Coordinator: Virginia
Temmer at (303) 697-7272.
Deer Creek Challenge by Virginia Temmer
The Deer Creek Challenge bicycle ride was
proposed for September 13, 2009. Jefferson County regulations require
any special permit that includes Deer Creek Canyon Road to be approved by
the county commissioners. The ride could have attracted an additional
3,000 people, including bicyclists, volunteers, and emergency staff on the
one day, but the permit was denied by the Jefferson County Commissioners.
Deer Creek Canyon is very popular with bicyclists
because of the same reasons we live here. The drive/ride up the canyon
is close to Denver, and picturesque. In some areas the road is too narrow
to be safe for two bicyclists (one going up, and one going down, in accordance
with the law), and two vehicles, (again, one going up, and one going down).
Safety in the canyon is the most important issue here. Changes to the bicycle laws were effective the first part of August, and we need to meet to discuss the impact on Deer Creek Canyon. We also need to analyze the most dangerous parts of the canyon, and recommend to the county how to address these dangerous parts.
Thanks to the group of residents that pitched in their time to analyze and organize the information about this ride to help the Commissioners vote for safety in the canyon on September 13, 2009.
Hogwarts
School Sessions
The 2009 Spring Session, June 13th, introduced the students to Hagrid's Garden, Edible Flowers, Egg in a Bottle and Talisman Shielding.
Professor Wanderoso launched this session by introducing the students to Hagrid's Garden. He explained what varieties of vegetables Hagrid had planted and how big the vegetables could get then gave the students the Rules of the garden. There was a pop quiz on the colors of the vegetables recently planted by Hagrid followed by a "Gigantigous" spell placed on the garden by all students and Professors.
Following the Introduction to Hagrid's Garden, the students learned about Edible Flowers from Professor Wysard. A beautiful variety of edible and non-edible flowers were shown to the students followed by an Herbal pop quiz. Willing students sampled a small piece of Cinnamon Basil as they walked to Potions class.
Professor Snuckle's Potion class was as fun and as educational as ever! This session, the students got hands-on experience with getting an egg into a bottle. Following Potions class were the Quidditch matches. After the matches but before the Championship Quidditch Tournament, Professor Wondyle and his assistant, Herb Green, instructed the students in Talisman Shielding. The students had to assemble an item they had not seen, a protective chain, by following Professor Wondyle's instructions. It was intriguing watching the students "listen to & follow instructions" then see the protective chain each had made.
After a delicious feast of chicken, potatoes, corn, and rolls, the Championship Quidditch Tournament Cup was awarded to the Ravenclaw House. They also won the House Cup! As per tradition, the students of the winning House were the first students allowed to indulge in the chocolate fountain.
The winning House Cup standings are 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; the 2008 Fall Session, the Slytherin House; the 2009 Winter Session, the Hufflepuff House; and the 2009 Spring Session, the Ravenclaw House.
The Championship Quidditch Tournament awards now stand as such: 2008 Spring Session, the Ravenclaw House; the 2008 Fall Session, the Gryffindor House; and the 2009 Spring Session, the Ravenclaw House.
And the Championship Wizard's Chess Tournament, played during the 2009 Winter Session, was skillfully won by the Slytherin House.
The many outstanding pictures of the Hogwarts events are on the club's website, www.sampsonclub.org. The 2009 Sessions are on the Current Year's Photo Album page and the photos of the 2007 and 2008 Sessions are in the Photo Album Archives.
Unfortunately,
due to medical emergencies, the Hogwarts Summer Session, "Wizard's Game
Day," Aug. 22nd, was canceled. The Hogwarts '09 Fall Session is scheduled
for Saturday, October the 10th.
From the Board
The Sampson Community Club greatly appreciates
the donations of money, supplies and volunteer time. Everyone must understand
the Club is tax exempt as a 501(c)(5) organization. 501(c)(3) organizations
are the only ones that your donations are tax deductible on your personal
income tax. However all donations to the Club are not tax deductible
by the donor, according to IRS.
To…
Don Baker, for weatherproofing the picnic tables and the benches by the
front door and for weed-whackin' the grass around the schoolhouse.
The Barbecue & Ice Cream Social crew: Brian & Janie Lambert, Barbara Asprey, Lisa Bauer, Nancy Behrendt, Jan Clawson, Dave George, Terri Gummere, Tami Martin, and the Music crew: Don Coenen and Tom Tamburello.
The Flowerbed crew: Dee & Mike
Lee.
The Hogwarts '09 Spring Session crew:
Eleanor, Kimberly, & Heidi Albrecht, Erin Collard, Dave Evenson, Dee &
Mike Lee, Gordon Maness, Robert Manzanares, Jeff Schanno, Julia Slatter, Virginia
& Kevin Temmer, and Jason Tussey.
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 photographing the Hogwarts
Sessions and recoating the blackboards in the schoolhouse.
The Pig Roast crew: Glick Bishop, Bryn Shepeck, and to the many chefs & volunteers who helped make the Pig Roast a great event.
The Squeaky Squirrel Prep crew: Dee & Mike Lee 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 all Hogwarts Session events.
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. This year, the Annual
Membership Drive took the place of the March issue. If you have a story, an
idea or a suggestion, please contact Miss Dee at missdee001@earthlink.net,
(303) 697-2558 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.