May June 2015 Newsletter

Route 66 Parrot Head Club
The St. Somewhere Times
A club with a community service problem
May/June 2015
We are a non-profit inclusive social club whose purpose is to
bring together like-minded folks infused with the tropical spirit of
Jimmy Buffett as well as his kick-back lifestyle, music and
writings. We desire to leave things a little better than we found
them while having a BLAST doing it. We like to party with a
purpose as we perform community service projects
and donate to charities.
Happy Hour & “Bored” Meetings every 2nd Thursday
Join us! Happy hour starts at 6:00 p.m. Meeting at 7:00 p.m.
What’s inside...
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Front Page
Letter From The Prez
Birthdays
Club Events
Crawfish & Shrimp Boil
Charity
Get To Know Me
A Bit Of Trivia
Rendezvous Pictures
10 Jimmy Buffett Concert
11 MOKSARK
12 Kelly On The Lake
13 Benefit Golf Tournament
14 MOTM 2015
15 St. Louis PHC Events
16 Clinton County PHC Events
17 Your Board
18 Dime
A Message From Our Prez...
The St. Somewhere Times
PHins up from the Prez
Route 66 PHC President
Mark Fuchs
president.route66phc@gmail.com
Hello PHriends! The weather is here! It's what we've all been waiting for! I hope you are all out
enjoying the sunshine!
Our Crawfish & Shrimp boil event is coming upon us! Please help us get some of the community
to attend! I know our scribe challenged you each to sell one ticket to a friend, co-worker or family
member. This event is for a great cause. All proceeds will go to Russell House! Please help make
this a successful! We have only sold 55 tickets.....our goal is 100 and we only have a couple weeks
to go! This is YOUR club, so please help make it the great success I know it can be! We need everyone's help! Also, Colleen is still accepting booze for the "Cooler of Booze" raffle we will have for
this event!
Our Krew had a GREAT time at Rendezvous in April! The weather was a little rocky, but that did not
keep the parrothead nation from having fun! We listened to great music, danced, had our toes in
the water and our asses in the sand, ate Cheeseburgers in Paradise and gumbo and partied with
old and new phriends on the beach for three days! There may have even been a little bit of alcohol
involved too!! I highly suggest you try this event next year. I promise it will not disappoint!
Remember that we do not have a Charity Director this year! If you want to chair a charity and have
an event, let me know and the Board and I, will help and support you in any way you need!!
Fins up!
Mark, The Prez
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Growing Older But Not Up...
May/June
Jodi Rutz 5/1
Jane Reed 5/10
Mitch Jackson 5/11
Judi Pierre 5/19
Jeff Palazzolo 5/29
Mark Fuchs 6/2
Richard Sheleski 6/5
Pam Ray 6/6
Clifford Gossage 6/16
Peggy Kramer 6/18
Gary Hoover 6/26
Craig Brown 6/28
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ROUTE 66 PHC - 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
May
May 14 - Monthly Meeting - Public House, St. James
May 22 - Steve Bowles - Belmont
May 23 - Terry Beck at Skippy's
June
June 4th - Jimmy Buffet Pre-Concert Tailgating Party
June 7th - MoDot Trash Pick-up - 1:00 p.m.
June 11 - Monthly Meeting - Skippy's
June 13 - Steve Bowles - Skippy's
June 20 - Crawfish & Shrimp Boil (Russell House)
July
July 9 - Monthly Meeting - TBD
August
August 8 - Relay for Life, Sullivan
August 13 - Monthly Meeting - TBD
August 31 - MoDot Trash Pick-Up - 1:00 p.m.
September
September 4 - Jumbo Shrimp at Belmont
September 10 - Monthly Meeting - TBD
September 19 - Winery Bus Trip
October
October 3 - Boots and Bling Ball (Cuba Animal Shelter &
HALO)
October 8 - Monthly Meeting - TBD
October 17 - Cuba Fest
November
November 12 - Monthly Meeting - TBD
November 21 - Christmas Party
December
December 10 - Monthly Meeting - TBD
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Jane Reed of the Route 66 Parrot Head Club volunteers at the Cuba, MO
Animal Shelter by taking photos of the dogs and cats, editing the photos, and
creating flyers for the shelter’s Facebook page. The shelter likes to show the pets
in a positive light so that people can imagine them as their pets. Reed also walks
the dogs and does a little socializing with the pets. This particular shoot involved
taking photos of 8 boxer mix puppies that had been abandoned and neglected.
It was a wild afternoon, and one of the dogs captured Reed’s sunglasses. Visit
Cuba, MO Animal Control on Facebook to see the pets needing homes.
Donnie Kerksieck will be in charge of picking grapes this year for Belmont Winery. The
proceeds will be split between the Cuba and Sullivan Backpack Program.
We were able to present a check for $260 to Earth’s Classroom from our Flamingo
Painting Party.
Pop Tops - Please bring your collected pop tops to each meeting for Ronald McDonald House!!
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Get to Know a Trop-Rock Musician
donmiddlebrook.net
Don Middlebrook
Most of us have met him already! He has performed on Route 66 for us two times, and
hopefully again next year. Yes, you guessed it...the one and only, Don Middlebrook!! We
even named him our "Official" Club Band! Here is a little back- story on this extremely
talented song-writer, musician and entertainer!
Don studied music at Michigan State University, where he was also a third-string Quarterback. The story I hear, is he learned to play guitar trying to avoid football practice
at MSU. About a year later, he was a member of the MSU Jazz Band. He was first chair
and only chair, and the first guy to play the guitar in the MSU Jazz Band. They have
kept that position in the band ever since! Don started writing songs at the age of 20 and
has been Trop Rockin ever since!
As a native of the cold north, Don reminds us that any coast can be home to the sounds
of the sea. What started out as a musical vacation turned into a lifestyle, as Don and the
crew (Tropical Soul) began touring up and down the Michigan coastline in 1991. Almost
twenty-five later, over a dozen albums, and one stolen Jimmy Buffett TV Guide later, the
vacation is still going strong.
Don has opened for many famous musicians throughout the years, including The
Doobie Brothers, Hall and Oates, Jefferson Starship, Meatloaf, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He
also teamed up with Greg "Fingers" Taylor, the long-time harmonica player for Jimmy
Buffett. Don's songs are great stories and adventures of the world with a tropical twist!
Written by: Colleen Fuchs
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Some trivia...
1. Where did the term “Parrothead” originate?
New Orleans
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Key West
2. What is the name of Jimmy Buffett's Fan Newsletter?
The Margaritaville Star
The Key West News
Fins
The Coconut Telegraph
3. Jimmy's favorite charity is:
Florida Conservation Society
Free Boat Drinks
Save the Manatee
The Red Cross
4. What two cities was "Feeding Frenzy" recorded in?
New Orleans & Cincinnati
Los Angeles & New Orleans
Atlanta & Cincinnati
Atlanta & New Orleans
5. There are only five Buffett albums that have a one-word title, one is "A-1-A," another is "Volcano," there's
"Biloxi", a fourth is "Fruitcakes", what is the fifth?
6. What is the name of Jimmy's keyboard player?
Bob Mann
Michael Utley
Dave Grusin
Mac McAnally
7. In the song, "The Captain and the Kid", the "Captain" was Jimmy's father.
True
False
8. How does Jimmy like his Cheeseburger done?
Medium Rare
Medium Well
Well Done
Rare
9. "Grapefruit, Juicyfruit" is based on a evening he spent at a drive-in with some girl he had just met.
True
False
10. What was the name of Jimmy's first boat?
Answers somewhere else in the Newsletter. (Just a way of making sure you are reading this...)
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RENDEZVOUS 2015
A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!!
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JIMMY BUFFETT “IT’S MY OWN DAMN FAULT”
CONCERT - JUNE 4TH
There will be a St. Louis Parrot Head Club Parking Lot
Tailgate Party. The details are coming together.
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Jimmy Buffett Concert!
Thursday, June 4th H 12pm - 8pm
Sauce Food Truck Row will line up and start serving beginning
at 3pm. Then from 3:30 - 7, Rock the Boat will perform live!
It’s all going down in the Hollywood Casino parking lot.
Shuttles will be available to and from the concert next door.
HollywoodCasinoSTL
HollywoodSTL
WWW.HOLLYWOODCASINOSTLOUIS.COM/ENTERTAINMENT
Hollywood Casino St. Louis | 777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043 | 1-855-STL-GAME
Must be 21. Gambling Problem? In Missouri, call 1-888-BETS-OFF or visit 888betsoff.org.
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8th Annual
Moak-say-roak?
Moc-sar-ok?
Huh?
No, Crabby, it’s
Mock-sa-Rock!
MissOuri, KanSas, ARkansas, and OKlahoma
Diamondhead Resort
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
June 12th – 13th
Each member must make
their own reservations!
--10 New FULL Hookups right next to the
Friday Night
“Campfire Acoustic Jam”
bandstand
$25 per night
--19 Electrical Hookups
$20 per night
Tent Sites
$15 per night
Prices Subject to change!
--Rooms and Bunkhouses Available
Visit http://www.diamondheadresort.us/
Or Call 800-722-2411
--Rafts and Canoes Available
--Meals also available on site
Entertainment By:
Rick Lamb & The Phin-Addicts
“Formerly Cruize Control”
Saturday, 8 pm to 12 pm
A Couple Stipulations…
 Spaces available on “First
Come, First Served” basis.
No blocking off areas.
 If you stay in the full
hookups or in the hotel,
you must float with them.
Wow!
Make your
reservations
today!
http://phin-addicts.com
6 Mile Float Starting At
10:00AM
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Featuring The Incredible Music of Kelly McGuire
www.redfishisland.com
All proceeds to benefit The Placencia Humane Society (Belize)
www.placenciahumanesocietybelize.org
Date:
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Location: The Palapa Bar on the Sea of Centralia
2217 Rainier Lane, Lake Centralia
Time:
1pm Welcome
2pm Lunch—bring a dish
3pm Entertainment begins
****Please bring a dish, lawn chairs & BYOB
(meats will be provided)
Limited tickets on sale now!
Tickets
Dave & Kris Ruff 548-1405
$25 per person
Ken & Suzie Reinhardt 233-6515
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Tournament Sponsor Form
Mid-Ozark CASA
4th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament
All Proceeds given to CASA Program for Abused & Neglected Children
3 Person Scramble - Fri. Aug. 28, 2015
10:00 am Registration/Check-in 11:00 am Lunch 11:30 am Shotgun Start
Sullivan Country Club
Sponsor
Name: _________________________________________________________________________
(Print carefully. This name will be used on signage at the tournament.)
Address: _______________________________________________________________________
Street
City
State
Zip
Contact Name: _________________________________________________________________
Phone
Ask about Champion for Children Tax Credits.
Hole Sponsor:
________ $100
Corporate Sponsor:
Platinum ________ $1500
Gold
________ $1000
Silver
________ $500
Bronze ________ $250
Grand Total ________
More information Call: 573-259-4433
Ask for Janet
Make Checks Payable to: Mid-Ozark CASA Program
Send checks and forms to:
Mid-Ozark CASA Program
PO Box 260
Cuba, MO 65453
jpjlk@fidmail.com
midozarkcasa.com
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Hey Parrot Heads!! Are you still thinking about signing up for MOTM 2015? Stop thinking about it and let’s get it done!
The Casa Marina is almost sold out and the musicians are raving about being back at MOTM 2015!! We need YOU
there! Registration will close this year on September 15th!
Again…The Casa Marina Resort ALMOST SOLD OUT!!! There are literally six rooms left as I talked to the staff on
ground zero yesterday. THANK YOU to all who are helping sell the hotel out!! The CASA IS THE PLACE TO BE FOR
MOTM!!!
Here is your link to register for MOTM 2015:
http://www.phip.com/motmregistration
THERE ARE ONLY 66 DAYS BEFORE THE CASA MARINA FREE ROOM DRAWING!!
If you register for MOTM and BOOK YOUR ROOM at the Casa Marina Resort prior to June 30, 2015 you will be put
into a drawing for FOUR NIGHTS in a Casa Marina OCEAN FRONT 2 BEDROOM SUITE!! This is the third year
running for this contest and there is nothing better than winning a fabulous suite at the Casa and staying for FREE at the
parrot head event of the year!
Here is the online link to book your room at the Casa Marina Resort:
http://waldorfastoria.hilton.com/en/wa/groups/personalized/E/EYWCMWA-ZZPAR7-20151101/index.jhtml
If you are booking on the phone the special code for our Parrot Head Rate is: ZZPAR7
The Casa Marina phone numbers are: 888-303-5717 or 305-296-3535.
The 2015 MOTM dates are on the PHiP web site for use in booking your rooms right now!
http://www.phip.com/meeting
Given the Casa Marina will likely sell out in the coming days I want to make sure you know that we will maintain a waiting list for rooms. There is a 60 day cancellation policy for the Casa Marina during MOTM and we may have people who
will change their plans as the event nears.
If you contact the Casa Marina via the online links or by phone and get a SOLD-OUT message be sure to contact the
Reach Resort and book there. We will add you to a wait-list to be moved over to the Casa Marina if cancellations occur!!
We were successful with this plan in past years and always try to make sure we make sure the hotel is completely full of
Parrot Heads!! To get on the waiting list for the Casa Marina be sure to email our Director of Registration Rick Fyffe at
rjfyffe1@ymail.com
As the Casa fills I will add information on how to contact the Reach Resort.
http://www.reachresort.com/About-Reach-Resort
REMEMBER: The Casa Marina Parrot Head rate is significantly less than the standard Waldorf Astoria Casa Marina or
Reach Resort rate as we book the entire hotel each year to get the best deal for the folks attending Meeting of the Minds.
The lower rate will not apply at the Reach but you will have a chance to move over to the Casa if vacancy occurs.
Are you going to MOTM for the first time? Have you been going for years and want to help your fellow Phriends out
with questions? Do you have questions about Key West or MOTM? Do you want to share a room or a ride? Well there is
a new place for you to talk to the entire Parrot Head nation about MOTM. It is the brand new online MOTM forum. Go
join and check it out! This is a place for everyone to help each other, ask questions, and make the whole MOTM experience even better. Here is the link:
http://motmforum.phip.com/
Until next time, I’ll see you, down the road…
Andrew
Andrew Talbert
Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc.
PHiP Director of Conventions
Meeting of the Minds 2015
"A Salty Piece of Land'"
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Club Events
STLPHC
Club Events
May 1 & 2 - Microfest
May 3 - Tres De Mayo At Fuzzy’s Taco’s on Watson Road
May 16 - Night At The Races
June 4 - Jimmy Buffett in STL - Tailgate Party TBA
June 27 - Boatload Of Concern At Manchester Walmart
July 18 - Tropical Night With The Grizzlies
August 22 - Beach Party (Guaranteed to be a HOT time)
September 26 - Great River Road Trip
October 24 - Pirate Party At ???
November 7 - Meeting of the Left Behinds
December 5 & 6 - Holidaze Party and Bloody Mary Brunch
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CCPHC CALENDAR
MARCH
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7th – PhotRB – Triva Night @ Rolling Hills Golf Course (6pm)
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13th – CCPHC Social – Carlyle FD Cosmic Bingo (Carlyle KC 7pm)(Todd has table reserved for 12)
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14th – CCPHC – Highway Cleanup
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14th – SIPHC - 8th Trip Around the Sun with Southern Drawl Band ($25 per person, 8pm-midnight)
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19th-21st – CCPHC - Stars Fell on Alabama w/ Beach Social & Plunge
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28th – CCPHC Social - Under Janet’s Wings 9 Pin No Tap – (V&H)
APRIL
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12th – STLPHC – 25th Birthday Bash @ 612 Kitchen & Cocktails
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24 – CCPHC/STLPHC/PHothRB – Conch Republic Bowling Tournament (Bartelso Bowl 2pm)
?????
MAY
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2nd – CCPHC – Community Link Buddy Walk
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16th – STLPHC – Night at the Races (Fairmont Park)
JUNE
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4th – Jimmy Buffett Concert in St Louis
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6th – CCPHC Golf Scramble @ Bent Oak
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13th - CCPHC – Highway Cleanup
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20th – Route 66 PHC – Crawfish Boil (Sullivan, MO) with ????
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27th – CCPHC – Party on Centralia Lake w/ Trop Rock Legend Kelly McGuire
JULY
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3rd – STLPHC – Trop Rockin Da Ridge II with ???
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11th – STLPHC – Tropical Night with the Rascals
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11th – CIPHC – 4th Annual Leather & Leis River Run and Party
AUGUST
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1st – EIPHC – CU in the Prairiebbean
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7th – CCPHC – Relay for Life @ Central HS
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22nd – STLPHC – Beach Party
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22nd – CCPHC – Bartend for Little Pig Cookoff
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Tropical Night with the Grizzlies ????
SEPTEMBER
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12th - CCPHC – Highway Cleanup
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26th – CCPHC/STLPHC – Great River Road Bus Trip
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27th – CCPHC 5K @ Hazlet
OCTOBER
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17th – CCPHC Birthday Winery Bus ?????????
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19th – CCPHC Birthday
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24th – STLPHC – Pirate Party
NOVEMBER
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4th-8th - Meeting of the Minds in Key West FL
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28th – CCPHC - Christmas Party and Parade
DECEMBER
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5th – STLPHC – Holidaze Party w/ BMB
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12th - CCPHC – Highway Cleanup
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Your 2015 Board
Mark Fuchs
President
president.route66phc@gmail.com
Donnie Kerksieck
Vice President
Marion Laskowitz
Treasurer
par8head@centurytel.net
Laura Palazzolo
Ways & Means Director
lplashes24@gmail.com
Pam Ray
Membership Director
route66parrothead@gmail.com
Trudy Bowles
Social Director
tbow@charter.net
Lisa Hoover
Webmaster
lisa@delrio-design.com
Peggy Kramer
Newsletter
peggykr@swbell.net
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Colleen Fuchs
Secretary/PR Director
secretary.route66phc@gmail.com
This newsletter
comes to you for
the low, low price of
10¢ per copy, (that’s
one dime
)
payable to Mark
Fuchs, President,
Route 66 Parrot
Head Club.
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Trivia Answers
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Cincinnati
Coconut Telegraph
Save the Manatee
Atlanta & Cincinnati
Floridays
Michael Utley
False (His grandfather - As a son of a son of a
sailor...)
8. Medium Rare
9. True
10. Euphoria
If you got them all correct, you do NOT have to give
Mark Fuchs a dime for this newsletter.
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