Golden Anchor, Volume 15, Issue 12 December Events Please join us for the annual GCL Squadron Christmas Party on 13 December at the Western Carolina Sail Club. Attitude adjustment starts at 1800 (BYOB). The squadron will provide water and soft drinks. The main course will be pulled pork. We ask that members A-M bring a salad or side and N-Z bring an appetizer or dessert. If you have depleted some of your stash of Terri Lynn nuts over Thanksgiving, there are still some replacements left. Contact Kitty Dunn at dunnjkamen@aol.com or 864 944 1973 or 609 602 8910. Bring a toy for our Toys for Tots drive and a wrapped gift for the gift exchange (one gift per family). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Marite or John Ozols at 864 973 4691. DEC 2015 We look forward to seeing you there! The Hartwell Christmas Parade will be Sunday, 13 December. The parade starts at 1500. Helpers should be there at 1400. The theme this year is Magic of Christmas. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to help, please call Ben at 706 436 0640 or benandruth2@gmail.com www.gclsaps.com The Fair Play Christmas Parade will be held on Saturday, 12 December. We line up at noon for a 1300 parade start. Please contact Teri Zahn if you d like to participate tlzahn@bellsouth. net or 864-972-1982. Page 1 3 GCL EXCOM 12 Fair Play Christmas Parade 13 Hartwell Christmas Parade 13 GCL Christmas Party & Membership Meeting 24 Ed & Libba Lashley Drop-in December 2015
New Member Orientation Karen Hublou Nine guests attended our New Member Orientation and complimentary lunch at The Lighthouse Restaurant in October. In attendance were Bruce & Andrea Schober, Elizabeth Lashley, Sue Dragoo, Tom Wippermann, Nancy & Jim Hackett, and Patty & Skip Wharton. Also in attendance were Ed Lashley, Ron Osburn, Brian Hackley, Teri Zahn and Jim & Karen Hublou. These presenters provided information as to the different benefits and facets of our organization. We welcome our newest members and hope they found the orientation both helpful and enjoyable. www.gclsaps.com Page 2 December 2015
Change of Watch A Night of Fun, Ceremony and Awards Jim Hublou, AP The Magnolia Manner in Walhalla was the venue for our squadron s 14 th annual Change of Watch. Our co-hosts, Kathy Redford and Karen Hublou did a great job and as the saying goes a good time was had by all. The new Bridge was sworn in by D/Lt/C John Ozols and the old Bridge thereafter dismissed (even though many members of the old Bridge are on the new Bridge). Ed Lashley, after immediately changing out his name tag from Commander to Past Commander, presented the following awards: Catch the Spirit Ron Osburn Certificate of Educational Proficiency Marv Bromley Order of the Mariner Kathy Redford VSC Award Ron Osburn Holzhauer Award - Ron Osburn Commander s Cup- Ben Bee NOAA Co-op Charting Honor Roll: GCL Squadron - #3 Nationally Individuals and their national ranking on the Co-Op Charting Honor Roll: Ben Bee #12 Horst Boettge #14 Temple Meek #37 Ed Lashley #38 George Schiller #56 Ruth Ann Bee #107 Kathy Redford #147 Susan Meek #151 John Ozols #156 AG Caldwell #167 Don Redford #169 Jim Snowden # 196 Marlyn Stroven #201 Pam Stroven won drawing for free night at Magnolia Manor. Congratulations to all of you, and we wish you the best in the forthcoming year. The festivities and eating continued on Saturday with the Commander s Brunch at the OLLI Cheezem Education Center. Though we were without lights, it was still a good time. (pictured) Ed Lashley is happy to get his Past Commander s flag! www.gclsaps.com Page 3 December 2015
Change of Watch Congratulations to Award Recipients Top left: Marv Bromley receives Certificate of Educational Proficiency Middle left: Ron Osburn receives Catch the Spirit Awards Top right: Ron Osburn is the recipient of the VSC Award Bottom left: Ben Bee is awarded the Commander s Cup Bottom right: Kathy Redford receives The Order of Mariners www.gclsaps.com Page 4 December 2015
Change of Watch RIGHT Top: Jessie Bee and Marge Boettge Middle: Marv & Roni Bromley, Barb Osburn, Lyn Geiben Bottom: Kitty Dunn, Karen Hublou, Marite Ozols, Teri Zahn LEFT Top: Steve Leslie and Lyn Geiben Bottom: Teresa Kunkel and Pam Stroven www.gclsaps.com Page 5 December 2015
Commander s Brunch Left: Kathy Redford and Ron Osburn On Right: 1. clockwise: George Schiller, Nancy Hackett, Ben Bee, Don Redford, Horst Boettge, Jim Hackett 2. Karen Hublou, Ed Lashley s guest, Ed Lashley, Teri Zahn, John Ozols 3. Marite Ozols, Pam Stroven, Kathy Redford, Ron & Barb Osburn 4. Marlyn Stroven, Betty & Jim Snowden, Gail Wilshire www.gclsaps.com Page 6 December 2015
Bridge Reports Safety Report Safe Boating As We Age As boaters, we need to be ever mindful of traits or conditions which might impede our boating skills such as forgetfulness, vision impairment, slowed reaction times, unsteadiness and hearing issues. To ensure safe boating, you might need some new boating habits, altering the boat or repositioning the gear. Some examples of some smart solutions are as follows: Always use notes and checklists for shutting the boat down, starting her up and for all important procedures aboard, especially for operating infrequentlyused equipment. Always bring a mate along to be your ears in hard-to-hear Mary Ann Caldwell, P situations and someone who can operate your boat if need be. Reduce long trips. Leave earlier. Arrive earlier. Add extra handholds so you can grab for every step you take on a pitching boat. Add safety lines, rails, or higher rails. Add nonskid surfaces. Wear your life jacket. The most important thing is to stay in shape. Boating does not get more difficult as we age, we just do everything slower. Be safe and enjoy boating for many years to come! Education Report The GCL plans two ABC-3 classes the first half of 2016. Class One: When: Five Thursdays, 7, 14, 21, 28 Jan and 4 Feb Where: Oconee Room, Oconee Memorial Hospital Time: 1630 to 1830 Class Two: When: Five Thursdays, 31 Mar; 7, 14, 21, 28 Apr Where: Oconee Room, Oconee Memorial Hospital Time: 1630 to 1830 Marlyn Stroven, SN Cost: $30 for the manual (no charge for the class) which can be shared by family members. Pre-registration required two weeks in advance. Contact: Marlyn Stroven 864-985-0788 or mjstroven@bellsouth.net Please pass this information to any friends and neighbors who may be interested. www.gclsaps.com Page 7 December 2015
Bridge Reports Executive Report Ron Osburn, SN The arrival of winter brings colder, shorter days in the months ahead. Our boats have been put to bed for a long winters nap and the only water we will get in is our hot tub. Reflecting back, we have had a very good, fun-filled productive year. Serving as the Executive Officer has been an honor. I appreciate the efforts, leadership and dedication of my committee chairs. Public Relations Penny Barrow VSC Ben Bee Co-op Charting George Schiller Safety Mary Ann Caldwell Homeland Security Jurgen Kleinau We will have some challenges in the coming year with several positions yet to be filled. Our world is changing. The tried and true methods of growing our membership do not work as well as they used to. We must adopt new strategies. Bringing in new members and retaining the members we have are still priorities in USPS. Weather Class Wrap Up Gene Kunkel, SN Five students enrolled in this year s elective Weather course. The course was offered through the OLLI program for non-usps members as well as squadron members. One student was from GCL and four attended through OLLI. Three students took the final exam; and all passed, with one having perfect score. Look again next August for another offering of the Weather course. www.gclsaps.com Page 8 December 2015
Miscellaneous Congratulations to Merit Mark Recipients Congratulations to the following who, through their time and services, are recipients of the 2015 Merit Mark awards. Bee, Ben and Ruth Boettge, Horst Caldwell, Augustus and Mary Ann Chengrian, Mike Clark, Ellen Dunn, Jim and Kitty Eskew, Dan Geiben, Nick Glover, Bill and Wanda Gulbrandsen, Bob Hackley, Brian Holzhauer, Bill Hublou, Jim and Karen Kleinau, Jurgen Kunkel, Gene Lang, Ron Lashley, Ed and Libba Leslie, Steve Mayeur, Joe Meek, Temple and Susan Moore, Rita Osburn, Ron and Barb Ozols, John Rapp, Ron Ray, Jim Redford, Don and Kathy Schiller, George Snowden, Jim and Betty Stroven, Marlyn and Pam Weiland, Jeanne Welch, Harvey Zahn, Steve and Teri SQUADRON BRIDGE 2015-16 Commander Ron Osburn, SN ozbrn@bellsouth.net 864-972-2434 Educational Officer Executive Officer Brian Hackley, SN hackley1@gmail.com 864-973-4889 Administrative Officer Betty Snowden bettysnowden@bellsouth.net 864 653-6709 Secretary Robert Gulbrandsen, S morningstar804@charter.net 864-933-1688 Treasurer Ron Lang, SN lang868@bellsouth.net 864-868-0005 Assistant Secretary Jeanne Weiland edwland@bellsouth.net 864-723-9032 Assistant Treasurer Ron Rapp, P rrapp@bellsouth.net 864-882-0137 Past Commander Ed Lashley, SN lashleye@nctv.com 864-985-9523 www.gclsaps.com Page 9 December 2015
December 2015 3 GCL EXCOM OLLI Patrick Square Ron Osburn GCL Bridge and Comm. Meet 12 13 13 24 Fair Play Christmas Parade Hartwell Christmas Parade GCL Christmas/Holiday Party and Membership Meeting Ed & Libba Lashley Drop in Fair Play, GA Hartwell, SC Western Carolina Sailing Club Ed & Libba's house- Clemson Ben Bee Teri Zahn Marite & John Ozols Ed & Libba Lashley We have a float and need all members to help out. How often do you get a chance to be in a parade??? Great way to end our great year Great party, great food, everyone's invited January 2016 5 Seneca Newcomers Meeting 7 GCL EXCOM TBD Membership Meeting - Typically fun awards meeting - MC Ron Osburn St. Mark in Seneca OLLI Patrick Square Clemson TBD XO/AO Ron Osburn TBD GCL Volunteers attend to promote Public Boating Class and Squadron GCL Bridge and Comm. Meet All members plan to attend this fun event! February 2016 2 Seneca Newcomers Meeting 4 GCL EXCOM St. Marks in Seneca OLLI Patrick Square Clemson XO/AO COMMANDER 6-7 GCL Ice Breaker Glen Ella Springs? AO and SEO 15-21 21-28 USPS Annual Meeting USPS National Cruise Orlando, FL Western Caribbean GCL Volunteers attend to promote Public Boating Class and Squadron GCL Bridge and Comm. Meet Planning for 2016 and Seminars GCL will have representation As noted above, the United States Power Squadrons holds its Annual Meeting in February in Orlando. The meeting will be followed by a Caribbean cruise. For information click here. Editorial Staff of the Golden Anchor Editor - Rita Moore Webmaster - Jurgen Kleinau Advertising Manager - Ron Lang Photographer - Steve Zahn Official Publication of the Golden Corner Lakes Sail and Power Squadron. All articles for the Golden Anchor are due on the 18th of the month preceding publication. Articles should be sent directly to the editor: Rita Moore at ritagardenia@yahoo.com www.gclsaps.com Page 10 December 2015
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