April 2022 Co-Presidents Letter - Tri-Lakes Women's Club
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P.O. Box 669, Monument, CO 80132
Volume XXIX / Issue 9 / April 2022
April 2022 Co-Presidents Letter
Welcome to Spring! We’re looking
forward to more hours of sunshine, more
time outside and more time with friends.
We hope you have lots of plans for the
warmer weather too. Just make sure you
plan it all between snowstorms.
At the March luncheon/business
meeting, we danced our boots off learning
to line dance to country music with Cindy’s
Dance Factory. The Program committee
did a wonderful job decorating with a
cowboy theme and many of our members
dressed the part.
2022-2023 Executive Board. Plus, we’ll be
Also, at the March luncheon, the entertained by a wonderful local musician, so
CIA committee collected gift cards, home don’t miss it! Registration ends Sunday the
baked cookies, and thank you cards to 10th.
give to our area’s first responders. Then
they personally delivered them to area fire Thank you to the members who have
and police departments. We’ve heard from donated funds in lieu of our Spring Show bake
the committee that all of the first sale. So far $3,422 has been raised to add to
responders were so appreciative of both the funds available to our Grant committee for
the gifts and the thought. In fact, we just this year’s Grantees. Donations continue to be
received a thank you note from the accepted so if you still want to contribute, just
Monument Police Commander himself. mail your check to PO Box 669, Monument,
See below. CO 80132 or go onto our website and click the
“Make a Donation” button.
At the April luncheon/business
meeting, the Nominating Committee will Your Co-Presidents,
present their nominations for TLWC’s Cindy Beley and Billie Healy
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Yeehaw - Line Dancing Lessons
At Our March Luncheon
TLWC April Luncheon/
Business Meeting
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 If you were unable to attend our
March Luncheon, you missed a lot of
11:00 - Social Time Yeehaws and Cotton-Eyed Joes! We were
11:30 - Lunch maybe a bit tired from all the line dancing,
but we sure had a great time learning new
Wedgewood Black Forest steps and waving our red bandanas. There
12375 Black Forest Rd., Colorado Springs, CO were lots of western boots and cowboy hats
on the dance floor.
Program
Part 1 The lessons were courtesy of Cindy
Jaime Garcia (Dir. of Development) and Melissa
Swift of Cindy’s Dance Factory, who has
Evans-Bagnall (Board of Directors) of Silver Alliance,
been teaching dance for over 30 years.
one of our grant recipients, will share some exciting
happenings at the Senior Center.
Part 2
We’ll present a video by Jonathan Lowry, a talented,
new local musician. He’s from Texas and attended
Texas State University, majoring in Music Education.
He plays many instruments, including the piano since
the age of 5. His favorites include the piano, guitar,
trombone, and mandolin.
Menu
Grilled Chicken with Pesto Cream Sauce
Assorted Salads and Veggies
Gluten free option is available.
(Please contact Maureen Kral
if you need this options)
Hot Coffee/Tea Beverage Station (Self Serving)
Deadline for Reservations
Sunday, April 10, at 6pm
Reservations for members and guests can be
made by emailing: reservations@tlwc.net
or contacting Maureen Kral: 719/661-7607
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Luncheon Reservation Payment Options
1. Cash or check made out to TLWC at
the luncheon - $35 2
2. Credit card at the luncheon - $37
Our Tri-Lakes Cares Food Drive Thanking Our Local Heroes
Partnership Continues TLWC’s mission to thank local police
departments and firefighters for their service with
Tri-Lakes Cares is so appreciative of our our personalized thank you cards, gift cards, and
efforts to collect much needed food and house- cookies was a resounding success.
hold items for the less fortunate members of our
community. TLWC will hold our second of two Our members generously donated over
such drives at the April 20th luncheon. If you are $1,200 in gift cards plus dozens of cookies for
unable to attend the luncheon, you may drop our faithful and tireless servants. Additionally,
items at the Monument Park n Ride the day after each department was given a large ‘thank you’
the luncheon, April 21, from 5 pm - 6:30 pm. card signed by our members. The donations
Monetary donations (checks only) are always were collected at our March luncheon and at
greatly appreciated in lieu of listed items. Serrano’s. Judy Sawyer and Sandra Sciadini
visited the stations to personally express our
Here is a list of their most needed items appreciation and deliver cards and cookies.
Shelf-Stable Milk Alternative
We are grateful for all our members who
Instant Potatoes
donated to the success of this outreach in honor
Spaghetti Sauce
these local heroes.
Canned Beef Stew
Canned Chicken
Skillet Dinner Kits
Honey
Pancake Syrup
Pancake Mix
Boost/Ensure
Bottled Juice
Coffee
Vegetable Oil
Applesauce
Youth Snacks-Pudding, Goldfish, etc.
Chicken Stock/Broth
Canned Mixed Vegetables
Pinto Beans
Paper Towels
Kitchen/Trash Bags
Multi-Purpose Cleaner
Dish/Laundry/Hand Soap
Shampoo/Conditioner
Body Wash
Deodorant
Flushable Wipes
Diapers (Sizes 4-6)
Baby Wipes
Current Overstocked Items
Toilet Paper - Dog Food - Canned Beans & Corn
Nancy Pokorny & Pam Cutcliff
Co-Presidents Elect 3
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Salvation Army Charity Providing Lunches for the
Fashion Show Working Homeless
We are approaching our second year of
providing lunches for the working
homeless. Every month a group of
hardworking ladies assemble and deliver
around 50 bag lunches to the Springs
Rescue Mission. Sandwiches, chips, fruit,
TLWC helps our community in many ways, drinks, and cookies give these men and
and we also assist other dedicated non- women a tasty lunch to enjoy.
profits to better the lives of others.
Thank you to all our friends for being so
The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary held a generous with donations and time.
Charity Fashion Show Event at The Pinery at
The Hill in Colorado Springs on March 19.
TLWC had sixteen members attend to
support this wonderful non-profit that provides
programs for families in need. Everyone
found it nice to attend a full-on event following
the last two years of isolation.
Before lunch we were able to browse the
silent auction items and make some fun
purchases. Lunch included a fashion show
from Macy’s followed by a live auction. It was
a lovely day assisting another non-profit Win a $25 Gift Card to
organization. Starbucks
Read this issue of the Pine Cone
and find the answer:
Q. Which of our members was an
outrigger canoeist?
Email your answers to:
jan_mckinley@msn.com
and you’ll be entered into the drawing.
The winner need not be present when
her name is drawn at our April 20th
luncheon.
Good luck & enjoy this issue
of the Pine Cone.
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Stitch ‘N Chat The Garden Club Participates
in a Learning Tour of
YWAM Emerge
The Garden Club recently had an interesting
tour at YWAM Emerge in Black Forest. Ture
Rider provided an in-depth tour of the
greenhouse facility, their history and vision.
YWAM Emerge has a passion to help grow
food sustainably and support job creation
through aquaponics. They have a 22,000 sq.
ft green house with several different
aquaponic systems producing thousands of
heads of organic lettuce each month which
We’re Back! they sell to local restaurants to fund their
charitable programs and give to local food
The Stitch 'n' Chat group meets on banks. .
the 4th Monday of the month from 1 pm -
3:30 pm to work on sewing or quilting We’ve never seen this much lettuce!
projects. On March 28 we resumed a quilt
project that started back in 2019, before
our unwelcome break for Covid.
It's great to be back at our machines
and to be among friends who share an
interest in using beautiful fabrics to create
one of a kind sewn items. The inspiration is
endless; smiles and laughter abound.
We're a small group at present,
Come join! Just go to your member
profile online at tlwc.net, click on 'edit
profile', and add Stitch 'n' Chat to your list
of interest groups. You'll then begin
receiving our monthly meeting reminders.
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Nominating Committee, STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
consisting of Pam Cutcliff, Nancy Pokorny (Appointed by the Co-Presidents)
(Co-Presidents Elect), Kathy Wentzel
(Committee Chair), RaeJean Claybaugh, Grant Committee
Charlie Ann Hayes, Lori Marriner and Jan Anne Campbell
McKinley, are pleased to announce the
proposed slate of officers for the TLWC Interest Groups
2022-2023 year. Judy Crusius
Membership
At the May 2021 Business
Kathy Sera-Budney
Luncheon, Pam Cutcliff and Nancy Pokorny
Susan McGinnis
were elected as Co-Presidents Elect and
will serve as Co-Presidents for 2022-2023. Newsletter
Jan McKinley
Upon election by the membership,
the following slate of officers have agreed to Public Relations
serve in 2022-2023. Sue Leggiero
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reservations/Communications
Maureen Kral
EXECUTIVE BOARD
(Elected by the Membership) Web Administrator
Cindy Beley
Co-Presidents Elect
Pam Perry SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Shelley Pruett (Appointed by the Co-Presidents)
1st VP–Programs Historian/Propery Manager
Pam Sherfesee Robbie Larson
2nd VP-Charitable Events Nominating
Nancy Pfohl Millie Town
Treasurers SOS/Caring in Action
Charitable Events Treasurer: Geri Bush Ann Cook
Operating Treasurer: Pam Acuff Charlie Ann Hayes
Secretary Club Activities
Billie Healy Lori Forman
Diana Heckethorn
Paliamentarian
(Appointed by the Co-Presidents) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Marsha Cook
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Koko Pavich
Penelope Allen
If you were in Europe, would you want to It would take a book, not a short article, to tell
spend your time pet sitting? Well, for Koko Penelope Allen’s story. Penelope spent her
(Karla) Pavich, she did exactly that while her early years in China, where her father, who
husband was stationed in Germany with the spoke several Chinese dialects, was
Air Force. She tended cows in Scotland, stationed. She attended a
chickens in Spain, and cats in Switzerland. Taiwanese/American bilingual school there,
Obviously, Koko, is an animal lover, so much although she admits that languages aren’t
so that since she has recently lost her family her forte. When the Air Force Academy
cat, she is hoping to pet sit for others. opened, her dad moved the family to the
Monument area and took a position as a
Koko was born in Bentwaters, England where physicist there.
her father was stationed in the United States
Air Force. Like most military kids, Koko and Penelope attended Denver University and
her three siblings moved frequently. Little did completed her education with a Ph.D. from
she know that she would meet her husband, the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has
an ROTC scholarship recipient with plans to since worked at every level as a teacher and
enter the Air Force, in Utah where she was principal for District 11 and Professor of
working as a paralegal. Once again, Koko Education for the University of Colorado at
along with her husband and two daughters, Colorado Springs. Besides her career,
found herself traveling the world. This time Penelope and her husband, who met when
spending three tours in both Germany and they were both teachers, have three
Arkansas. Their last assignment was Hawaii sons One is now an engineer, the second is
where Koko was a hospice nurse, a hiker, and a local realtor, and the third works for the
an outrigger canoeist. (An outrigger canoe is State Department. They in turn have given
a type of canoe featuring one or more lateral her four grandchildren.
floats known as outriggers which are fastened
to one or both sides of the hull.) Despite her long and successful career in
education, Penelope’s first love is with the
Koko and her husband moved to Monument animal kingdom. She was Director of the
in 2019 to be near their two daughters; Sara, Colorado Wildlife Association for 45 years
a thirty-year old nurse in Denver who was and still runs what she calls an assisted living
recently married, and Samantha, a twenty- home for her eight aging chickens, who have
seven-year-old HR worker who plans to be mostly stopped producing eggs.
married in the fall. Despite being busy with
Penelope has belonged to TLWC for longer
wedding plans, Koko still has time to play the
than she can count and is an active member
piano, garden, and hike. She is currently the
of at least five interest groups of which the
Chairperson of the Membership Committee
garden club and book club are her favorite.
and is happy to be a part of TLWC.
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The mission of Tri-Lakes Women’s
Club is to support the Tri-Lakes
community charitable and educational
endeavors. TLWC raises and
distributes funds to assist qualified
organizations and promote the
education of its members and the
community through instructional
programs.
Our club is a non-profit 501(C)3
organization and that designation
makes us all about charity and
education. However, we like to
accomplish our mission by having fun
and making new friends. Please
volunteer for one of our many positions
and find out how this works.
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