November - Puget Sounders Chapter

Chapter of FMCA
November 2014
Pres: Bill Chambers * VP: Tom Kunst *Sec.: Melanie Kenney * Tre: Mike Parish * Nat Dir: Jim Matthew *Alt. Nat. Dir: Ron Bredl
Brookhollow– Kelso
A grand total of 11 rigs made their way to
Kelso for the last rally of our 2014 season. This
time of year finds some heading south for the
winter and the temps at this rally proved why.
Friday evening we gathered for social
chatter and appetizers at 5pm. The weather was
beautiful but very cold finding many hustling
back to their coaches to settle in for the night.
Many disconnected their hoses and put drop
lights in the compartments so the water would
not freeze.
Saturday temps were in the
BRRRRRRRR 20’s. A hot breakfast
of pancakes, bacon, scrambled
eggs, fruit and juice got us ready
for the day. Lots of free time in the
afternoon to take a walk in the
crisp sun, go for a drive or to the
store or just relax. Allyn’s took a
run up to Toutle River RV to check out the club
house for next year.
Evening festivities started at 5pm happy hour and
dinner at 6pm. The hosts, Chambers, and cohosts, Allyn’s, served Turkey, gravy and members brought sides. Three different stuffing's for
the tasting along with homemade cranberry
sauce. A feast for sure. Dessert of Lemon Pie,
Pumpkin Pie and Apple Cake capped off the evenings dinner.
President Bill Chambers reminded everyone about volunteering for the Coos Bay Rally in
June with more information forth coming during
the winter months.
After dinner and announcements the
members joined in the clubhouse for a fun round
of Card Bingo. Kathy Smith was the big winner of
the evening.
Muffins, juice, fruit and hot beverages
greeted us for Sunday departure. Some stayed
until 10 am visiting before our long winter break.
See you all at spring thaw.
Happy Thanksgiving Blessing You Way.
President’s Corner
Greetings, Our 2014 Rally Season was concluded with our outing at Brookhollow RV Park. A
personal thank you to our host
and co-hosts, Dana Chambers,
Kelly and Tom Allyn. We all enjoyed breakfast, the turkey dinner, games and time spent together, but not so much the 23
degree weather at night.
As mentioned before, this past year was successful with lots of good memories and interesting
locales. A note of appreciation to all hosts and co
hosts for the past year. Your hard work and commitment ensured the success of each rally.
Reviewing the rally schedule for the coming
year shows that we have host and co hosts already signed up for all but one rally at the Leavenworth Icicle River Park in July. Anyone interested
in hosting this outing should contact Tom Allyn
our new Wagon Master. We also are still looking
for an Alternate Wagon Master to assist Tom when
needed. If you need any info on the duties you
can ask Tom or any of our prior Wagon Masters.
As of today we still do not have a definite day to
call FMCA headquarters in Cincinnati to register
for the NW Area Rally in Coos Bay, Oregon in June
2015. I will be sending out an email when we
have a specific date to begin calling in, which I
presume will be in December.
To our snowbirds and those of you who are in
Dunedin, New Zealand, stay safe and know that
the rest of us will be thinking of you as we endure
the expected cold winter weather here, lol. Dana
and I wish you all a good Thanksgiving and Holiday Season, and look forward to seeing everyone
in the New Year.
As Always wishing you safe
travels and good health.
Bill Chambers
Note Of Thanks From Bobbi Radford
Dear Puget Sounders,
On behalf of the Neil Radford family, I would
like to thank the Puget Sounders Chapter for the
generous donation made in Neil’s name to the
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Donations like this
will help find a cure for Metastatic Prostate Cancer.
During Neil’s treatment at the Seattle Cancer
Care Alliance, knowing early on what his outcome would be, he entered himself in a number
of studies to help gain more knowledge about
this horrible disease. He made his mess his message, reaching out to many patients and giving
them his support in their fights.
Neil lost his battle on May 2, 2014 knowing full
well he had contributed to the fight and hoped a
cure would be found soon, so no one would have
to suffer from this disease.
Wagon Master
To sign up for the any rally
during our 2015 Season
please contact
Wagon Master, Tom Allyn
tkallyn@comcast.net
Cell Phone 253-576-0553
Again, Thank You for your donation.
Bobbi Radford
Puget Sounders 2015 Schedule
April 17-19
Harmony Lakeside RV
Mossy Rock
May 15-17
North Whidbey RV
Oak Harbor
June 19– 21 Lewis & Clark Golf RV
Astoria, Oregon
July 17-19
Icicle River RV Resort
Leavenworth (hosts needed)
August 14-16 Howard Miller Steelhead RV
Rockport
September 18-20 American Sunset RV
Westport (Chili Cook Off)
October 16-18 Tootle River RV Resort
Castle Rock
November 13-15 Cedars RV Resort
Ferndale
FMCA NW 2015 Area Rally
June 25th-28th The Mill Casino
North Bend Oregon
Cathy Matthew –Editor—firebell@msn.com
Keeping In
Touch
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Treasure Report
Mike Parish
Reported September
balance of
$4170.50
Countess of Commerce
Secret Sheriff
Dick Hoskinson
Collected
$1.00
Puget
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Contact Kelly Allyn
tkallyn@comcast.net
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Ph # 253-576-0553
Contact Your
Sunshine Person
Gretchen Bonadore with
your cares & concerns
Keeping all those with
Challenges in
Our Thoughts & Prayers
(Please keep in touch through the
winter with your requests… we
care all year long)
Cathy Matthew, Dana Chambers
Carol Hoskinson, John Dawson
Gretchen Bonadore
Cell 360-794-4579
gredetchen@comcast.net
Celebrations
November Birthdays
7th– Jo Ann Lowe
8th– Bill Boice
19th– Helen Harmon
26th– Larry Lambert
28th– Jackie Goedde & Mike Schoenfeld
December Birthdays
5th - Rick Murphy
6th– Bob Fite
9th– Susan Jordan
13th– Dennis Kitchens
15th– Jim Smith
18th– Kelly Allyn
22nd-Pennie Burns
26th– Bill Chambers
November Anniversaries
23rd– Tom & Kelly Allyn
29th– John & Vicki Hurst
December Anniversaries
3rd– Gary & Gale Radecki
10th– Ed & Gretchen Bonadore
22nd– Pat & Mona Damron
27th– Wally Hockly & Kathleen
Etherington
Bill & Linda Henderson
Brookhollow Rally Pictures
Rally Hosts the Chambers & Allyn’s