AT&T Ghostlight Newletter

Premier issue: January 2011

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THe Ghost Light Guiding your way

Happy New Year!

This is the premier issue of our official quarterly newsletter The Ghost Light. The name is significant because as service experts our light always shines bright to guide our patrons to a world class theater experience. It’s our means of communicating important information to you and will feature everything from staff updates, awards, and new policies to any personal news and announcements that you would like to share with the group.

There was so much to be thankful for in 2010. I would like to thank you for a wonderful inaugural year celebration. We enjoyed seeing everyone dressed up and walking the red carpet. The photobooth was a hit and we’ll share some more of those photos with you soon. We spread some cheer with pizza, desserts and holiday spirit on movie night in December. We were happy to award our prize winners with a selection of complimentary shows, gift cards to premier restaurants, posters or Rock of Ages CDs. We know that year two at The Center will be a wonderful experience in patron service.

As you all know, our house team has been everywhere from Austin, Texas to Kansas City touring and researching to make sure that our volunteer and staff experience is the best in the country! And, guess what?

It is. We’re really proud of our team and are ready to implement our new ideas, focus and policies. Photos from our travel adventures and our celebrations are on the AT&T Volunteers Facebook page.

Kelly McCracken, Patron Services Manager Years of Service: 1.5 years Hometown: Seneca, South Carolina Greatest achievement: All-American in Softball Motto: “Life’s too short to complain” Favorite Broadway show: Wicked, San Francisco Favorite Concert: Billy Joel and Elton John at Clemson’s Stadium Favorite Holiday: Christmas - It makes me happy Hobbies: Cycling, running, sporting events, happy hours, dinner with friends and walking my dog

Kelly McCracken, patron services manager, has been involved in performing arts management for more than five years. In her career, she has managed multiple national entertainment venues. She’s a Clemson graduate and moved here from Atlanta, GA, where she managed the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. She lives in the heart of Dallas with her dog Abby.

I’m looking forward to a new theater season with you on our team. Thanks for all that you do. We greatly appreciate it. If you should have any questions or suggestions for our team, please email me at kelly.mccracken@attpac.org.

All my best, Kelly McCracken Patron Services Manager

Save The Date January 2011 Young Frankenstein Brinker Usher Training NTSO

1.4-1.16 1.10 1.24 1.29

8:00 pm 7:30 pm Annie Griffiths 6:00 pm 2:30 pm Toys

Winspear Winspear Winspear Winspear

February 2011 Arsenic and Old Lace Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

2.4-3.13 2.18

7:30 pm 8:30 pm

Kalita Wyly

March 2011 Arsenic and Old Lace

3.1-3.13

7:30 pm

Kalita

*please confirm all data/start times

• Margot & Bill Winspear Opera House • Dee & Charles Wyly Theater • Annette Strauss Artist’s Square • • City Performance Hall • Elaine D. & Charles A. Sammons Park •

Volunteer Spotlight Volunteers of the Month: Thank you 3rd and 4th Quarter winners for all your hard work and dedication to the Center. We commend you for going above and beyond to serve our patrons.

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Sue Brown Usher and Patron Service Rrepresentative Years of Service: 1 year

Charles Moore Usher and Patron Service Rrepresentative Years of Service: November 2009

Motivation: LOVES the arts!

Favorite ATTPAC Performance: Sting Favorite Broadway Show: Fosse Favorite Quote: “What we have here is failure to communicate” Memorable Experience: Finished a marathon in Alaska - cruised passed the glaciers and rafted

Motivation: See shows and give back to the Arts Hobbies: Dallas Cowboys Favorite Broadway Show: Spring Awakening Favorite Quote: “Frankly Scarlet. I don’t give a damn.”

Memorable Experience: NASA Space Camp 2010

Susan Cronin Usher and Docent Years of Service: 1 year

Val Jones Usher and Patron Service Representative Years of Service: 1 year

Motivation: Opening parties with special guest stars Hobbies: Reading - murder mysteries Favorite Broadway Show: RENT! Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving - because its reunion time and we have the same recipes every year!

Memorable Experience: Bob and I got married 40 years ago and I still look exactly the same

Motivation: Free shows and volunteer opportunity Hobbies: Reading - loves a good book Favorite Broadway Show: RENT! Favorite Song: “No Day Like Today, “ RENT! Memorable Experience: The 2006 Breast Cancer 3-day. I still can’t think of that event and not cry for the emotion experienced over 3-days and 60-miles.

Tiffany Pourbahrami Usher Years of Service: 1 year

Perry Thompson Usher Years of Service: 1 year

Tiffany has provided excellent service to our patrons in our inaugural year. Congratulations Tiffany!

Motivation: A chance to see more shows Favorite Holiday: New Year’s. A time to remember, look forward and plan ahead Favorite Broadway Show: I have to list 3: Big River, Les Miserables, and Billy Elliott Favorite Quote: “This ain’t my first time at the rodeo.”

Memorable Experience: Col. Mustard, my most recent onstage appearance, about 2 years ago

The Company We Keep: Meet Bob Forner, Usher of the Year Congratulations to Bob Forner our inaugural Usher of the Year. We are proud to say that with about 300+ hours of service and a volunteer schedule that includes being an usher, docent, ambassador and all around office assistant - he goes above the call-of-duty every week . We thank him for his continued service to our team.

Bob has been active in the performing arts for many years. He was born in Chicago and lived in Madison, WI, where he was active in community theater. He even acted in a show that starred Tom Wopat when he was in college. He worked at various jobs in the travel industry and finally landed at American Airlines in Dallas and he never left.

Here are a few things you might not know about Bob: Years of service: One year. He had usher training on October 21, 2009.

Motivation: I’m retired and love the theater. I wanted to be part of the fun.

Best volunteer experience: Watching Cedric Neal captivate the audience in Midsummer Night’s Dream multiple times Other volunteer work/charity: My church Hobbies: Camping and SCUBA diving Fun times: Reading, watching cooking shows and attending concerts and theater with friends Favorite Broadway show: Man of LaMancha Favorite quote: “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” - Dorothy, Wizard of Oz Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving, with strong spiritual tones, allows me to celebrate with my family of choice.

The Ghost Light: A guiding light left burning overnight on stage to keep friendly spirits illuminated and unfriendly spirits at bay.

House News Volunteers Reap the Rewards - New Changes Make the Experience Valuable Volunteer Reward Program

We’ve made some changes to the volunteer program to enhance and reward your Center experience.

The adjacent tiers and levels are shown to plan for your ranking through the new reward program.

When you work for a show as an usher or ambassador, you have the opportunity to watch a show for free on the night that you volunteer. Every instance of volunteering, whether as an usher, docent, ambassador or office aide, also earns you one point in the Volunteer Reward Program.

Points earn fantastic rewards towards: complimentary tickets, recognition of service, access to door prizes, priority sign up for events, in addition to volunteer appreciation events and private volunteer parties. When asked about the growth of our Volunteer Reward Program, Kelly McCracken said, “It is our pleasure to make the volunteer experience a welcoming and entertaining opportunity for all of our front of house team members.’ ‘We look forward to another wonderful show season offering world-class premium service for our patrons.”

Tier 1 = 1 point Invited to all movie nights and events Tier 2 = 5 points Receive free, official AT&T name tag Tier 3 = 20 points Priority sign up on 3rd Tier 4 = 40 points Priority sign up on 2nd; one pair of tickets per 6 months Tier 5 = 100 points Priority sign up on 1st; one pair of tickets per quarter

AT&T Performing Arts Center Celebrates Inaugural Year with a Special Volunteer Appreciation Event Happy Anniversary team members. We are so proud of all the work that you’ve contributed in our inaugural year. With over 30,000+ volunteers hours of service, your contribution has developed the gold standard for premium guest services. We appreciate all of our ambassadors, docents, patron service representatives, supervisors and ushers.

To honor your contributions, we threw a fantastic Volunteer Appreciation Celebration that included a walk down the red carpet, a fun-filled photo booth, and a grand award ceremony. Jorges restaurant served appetizers and we had a delicious cake with the grand opening photos of the Winspear and the Wyly on them. It was a pleasure getting to see everyone dressed up and ready for some fun. Here are a few of our team members walking the red carpet. To see additional photos from the event, look on our Facebook page: AT&T PAC Volunteers.

Fun Fact: We select 12 Volunteers of the Month and one becomes the Volunteer of the Year

House News Spreading Holiday Cheer In December, we celebrated the holiday season with a movie night at the Wyly Theatre.

The Front of House team provided pizza and everyone was encouraged to bring their favorite homemade dessert along with the recipe to share with the group (Recipes can be found on the insert sheet).

We had a great night watching Elf and spreading our own holiday cheer for all to hear.

Tickets were handed out to every guest to win one of 50 available prizes. The winnings included: Dallas Stars tickets, box seats to Young Frankenstein, tickets to Transiberian Orchestra, $50 to State & Allen, cds from Rock of Ages, and signed show posters to mention a few.

Thank you to all who donated gifts towards our holiday charity. Because of you, we were able to give 50 children and their families a Christmas this year. Here’s to believing in Santa Claus and looking forward to a fun and rewarding new year. Cheers!

News From the Grand Tier Andrew Dees, Patron Service Representative - In September, he joined “The President’s Own” Marine Band in Washington, D.C., playing the clarinet.

Robin Dugan, Patron Service Representative - We miss you and wish you a speedy recovery. Send any well wishes to Robin at gotmim@hotmail.com.

Charles Moore, Supervisor - Congratulations Charles on becoming our newest supervisor team member. Keep up the good work.

Lucy Rochetti, Supervisor - Congratulations to Lucy for passing her Physicians Assistant National Recertification Exam (PANRE)!

Preston Swincher, House Manager - Congratulations on assistant director for Christmas Carol with DTC during your off time. We’re so proud.

Doug Thompson, Supervisor - Fantastic job starting the Arts District volunteer program at North Park. What a great success.

The Blue Man group was at the Center in September. A great time was had by all. The dance party was great fun. As you can see here, The Blue Man group took some time out of their busy schedules to take a group photo with some of our volunteers and staffers.

Share your personal achievements and news with the group at yvonne.anguiano@attpac.org. In the subject line write “News from the Grand Tier.”

Fun Fact: AT&T Volunteers contributed over 30,000+ hours of volunteer time in our inaugural year

House Appreciation Happy Birthday January Alexys Nunez - 02 Laney Allison - 03 Roberta Poznick - 03 Mina Shamsa - 04 Carole McCarthy - 05 Alfreda Rollins - 05 Char Kiick - 06 Diana Hinton - 08 Joyce Hendrickson - 10 Lavenia Balina - 12 Patricia Brueckman - 14 Helen Kenny - 15 Nina Boothe - 17 Michael Mikkelson - 17 Michael Solberg - 19 Jill Weaver - 19 Eva Anderson - 21 Bev Loving - 23 Karina Melrose - 23 Yassir larhrib - 24 Jacqueline Whittington - 25 William Kent - 27 Ann Decker - 28 Karen Jordan - 28 Andrea Eberle - 31 Paul Pecena - 31 February Jim Hampton - 01 Reginald Keeton - 01 Kay O’Neal - 02 David Tinney - 02 Karen Evans - 03 Ronda Skube - 03 Audrey Pinkerton - 06 Stacy Salame - 06 Katie Ellwood - 10 Janice Graves - 11 Joshua Allen - 13 Leslie Boren Katz - 13 Val Jones - 13 Sean McDonnell - 15 Heather Nooks - 15 Kelly Kehl - 16 Tina Cain - 19 Deborah Espie - 19 Lisa Martin - 19 Donny Repsher - 19 Jacob Hughes - 22 Sylvia Molina - 22 An Nguyen - 22 Karen Polvinen - 22 Molly Green - 26 Paul Reese - 27 Richard Hissrich - 28

March Cathy Brannon - 02 Sally Soldo - 05 Elizabeth Henry - 07 Josiah Whistler - 07 David Wyrick - 07 Adelina Chavez - 08 David Gracey - 08 Hayley Webb - 08 Janet Bogdanski - 10 Ed Salamanca - 16 John Bartholomew - 18 Esther Martinez - 18 Joanne Languell - 19 Jeanie Lee - 20 Cheyenne Strynadka - 20 Mylynka Cardona - 24 Chip Brueckman - 25 Kevin Clariday - 25 Melanie Hill - 28 Michael Spain - 14 Ernesto Valencia - 31

Happy Anniversary

Celebrating 1 year in 2010 OCTOBER

Robert McDowell - 02 Laura Adams - 08 Linda Baker - 08 Melicia Brown - 08 Martha Butz - 08 Vickie Christine - 08 Rachel Clarke - 08 Dave Diehl - 08 Kathryn Gardiner - 08 Barry Herbert - 08 Marian Jacobs - 08 Nancy Jenkins - 08 Susan Kaeufer - 08 Becky Magella - 08 Martin Manrique - 08 Rhonda Martin - 08 Karen Mehl - 08 April Miller - 08 Kipton Moravec - 08 Mary Ellen Munzell - 08 Jessica Ochoa - 08 Lexi Schwartz - 08 Bryan Wendell - 08 Kathy Hunter - 08 Jaynne Allison - 09 Laney Allison - 09 Connie Anthony - 09 Debbie Ascenzo - 09 Jill Bach - 09 Lance Baker - 09 Philip Balis - 09 Charles Bass - 09 Katherine Behrens - 09 Janet Bogdanski - 09 Nina Boothe - 09 Kimberly Bowdry - 09 Stephen Brandt - 09 Andrea Burnett - 09 Regina Burns - 09 Carole Campbell - 09 George Campbell - 09 Phyllis Cephas - 09 Jing Chen - 09 Kimberly Cooks - 09 Heather Davis - 09 Sharon Dorsey - 09 Tresa Finley - 09 Gloria Fontenot - 09 Jessica Friedrich - 09 Mickey Friedrich - 09 Tiffany Galik - 09 Diana Garcia - 09 Gloria Gaspar - 09 Frances Gilbert - 09 Paul Giordano - 09 Shallen Gordon - 09 Leigh Hahn - 09 Kay Hardie - 09 Wayne Hardin - 09 Melanie Hill - 09 Heather Jakab - 09 Omar Jimenez - 09 Karen Johnson - 09 Val Jones - 09 Karen Jordan - 09 Stephen Jordan - 09 Brian Kelly - 09 Sara Kitto - 09 Julie Kleinschmidt - 09 Tom Kleinschmidt - 09 Elaine Klobe - 09 Victor Kralisz - 09 Sharon Kurtz - 09 Mike Lalonde - 09 Jennifer Lambert - 09 Joanne Languell - 09 Amy Leasure - 09 Bev Loving - 09 Lanetta Lyles - 09 Marie Martin - 09 Shirley McLean - 09 Debbie Montz - 09 Angela Morgan - 09 Sandra Morton - 09 Lauren Nelson - 09 Ed Nemec - 09 An Nguyen - 09 George Nicolaides - 09 Ixchel Perez - 09 Anastasia Pharr - 09

Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary to our favorite people. Many, many happy wishes to you from your Front of House management team.

Happy Anniversary OCTOBER

Bethany Russell - 09 Beth Scalise - 09 Dennis Scheer - 09 Annette Silver - 09 Josh Storts - 09 Barbara Thomas - 09 Doug Thompson - 09 David Tinney - 09 Sally Unger - 09 Leann Wendell - 09 Gina Whitlock - 09 Haley Wilson - 09 Cindy Clower - 15 Brittnee DeJong - 15 Carolyn Delius - 15 Geisle Gibson - 15 Tatiana Gulakova - 15 Patsy Herron - 15 Paula Johnson - 15 kristin jones - 15 Teresa Molina - 15 Susan O’Brien - 15 Carol Wright - 09 Bob Zak - 09 Mindy Anderson - 10 Patrick Bibb - 10 Ellen Braht - 10 Marianne Burgeson - 10 Dale Burks - 10 Susan Cronin - 10 Laura Cutler - 10 Laura Elkins - 10 Mary Grimes - 10 Martin Guido - 10 KaNetra K - 10 Jim Kline - 10 Veronica Lingow - 10 Charles Lustig - 10 Linda Miller - 10 Van Miller - 10 Robert Reid - 10 Beverly Shaw - 10 Nikki Shimizu - 10 Sandra Thomas - 10 Nancey Tresler - 10 Lucianne Abbondanzio - 11 Yvonne Anguiano - 11 Diana Behannesey - 11 Martin Behannesey - 11 Kathleen Cather - 11 Jeanette Colodney - 11 Carrie Corcoran - 11 Caitlin Hinton - 11 Kyle Holmes - 11 Helen Lazor - 11 Theresa Lee - 11 Deena Monsees - 11 Jeanne Philson - 11 Bruce White - 11 Gail Alexander - 12 Sandra Balis - 12 Dana Banks - 12 Debbie Bell - 12 Diane Buchanan - 12 Jim Buchanan - 12 Christina Chang - 12 LaTonia Cunningham - 12 Ann Decker - 12 Annette Dempsey - 12 Donna Fioretti - 12 Linda Flynn - 12 Gordon Fox - 12 Stephan Galik - 12 Diana Hinton - 12 Tracy Kaeufer - 12 Phyllis Lister Brown - 12 Raquel Lopez - 12 Kelly McCracken - 12 Morgan Morris - 12 Rita Mullins - 12 Sue Routh - 12 Beverly Samuels - 12 Diane Smith - 12 Sonya Spencer - 12 Marla Swandt - 12 Alicia Thornton - 12 Rosanne Uhlarik - 12 Jana Worley - 12 Ron Ackerman - 13 Todd Alberts - 13 Iva Baird - 13 Melinda Boe - 13

Happy Anniversary OCTOBER

James Cisneros - 13 Jack Craycroft - 13 Theresa Fortunato - 13 Todd Goldberg - 13 Ethan Killgore - 13 Sylvia Luedtke - 13 Katie McQueen - 13 Tracy Montgomery - 13 Lourdes Bryant - 20 Vivienne Carter - 20 Amanda ColemanMason - 20 Myrna Gorchoff - 20 Jennifer Hoag - 20 Kimberly Jones - 20 LaBina Lee-Mason - 20 Mary Lopez - 20 Michael Peugero - 20 Tiffany Pourbahrami - 20 Varia Smirnova - 20 Bonnie2 Smith - 20 Walter Soza - 20 Helene Terry - 20 Arlene Wilson - 20 Patrice Briggs - 21 Joleen Chambers - 21 Connor Clark - 21 Sharon Conrad - 21 Randy Duhon - 21 Janell Edwards - 21 Carlos Flores - 21 Mark Gillett - 21 Kelly Gramza - 21 Debra Hanig - 21 Joseph Hanig - 21 Carolyn Harmon - 21 Tom Murphy - 13 Leonard Poznick - 13 Roberta Poznick - 13 Jennifer Pyron - 13 John Shaw - 13 Christopher Short - 13 Herb Ziev - 13 Curtis Bagley - 14 Blanca Cruz - 14 Cynthia DeVies - 14 Patricia Diel - 14 Donna Jenkins - 14 Susan LaRue - 14 Miriam Rea - 14 Deeana Rosiles - 14 Luellen Triltsch - 14 Elsa Vaughn - 14 Sherry Webb - 14 Teresa Pollock - 15 Estelle Saffron - 15 Andrea Spica - 15 Cretora Terzis - 15 Randolph Terzis - 15 Hayley Webb - 15 Irae Yoo - 15 Madhumita Banerjee - 16 Amanda Boozer - 16 Tanne Bratton - 16 Melody Fasoro - 16 Lynn Fisher - 16 Robert (Bob) Forner - 16 Carol Anne Gordon - 16 Lennie Gray - 16 Gloria Guzman -16 Shannon Jenkins - 16 Yassir Larhrib - 16 Elizabeth Limardo Shaver - 16 Sarah Lyman - 16 Emily McDaniel - 16 Larry Miller - 16 Karen Polvinen - 16 Marvin Surles -16 Joan Tillson - 16 Jon Whittington - 16 Earnest Deadwyler - 17 Ron DeVies - 17 Gena Kay Dixon - 17 Ronald Durham -17 Anna Eberhard - 17 Frank Fisher - 17 Robbi Hamida - 17 Harold McKinnon - 17 Margaret Smith - 17 Angela Thornhill - 17 Charles Tyler - 17

Happy Anniversary OCTOBER

Happy Anniversary OCTOBER

Debbie Willis - 17 Mara Bywaters - 26 Nora Chapa - 18 Pamela Carron - 26 Leon Dudley - 18 Barbara Churchman - 26 Karen Exley - 18 Meghan Deathe - 26 Patricia Flynn - 18 Carolyn Hinton - 26 Patricia Gulledge - 18 Ron Knoll - 26 Jeffrey Holden - 18 Debbie McLean - 26 Thresa Jennings - 18 Louie Rocha - 26 Allicia Merritt - 18 Julie Wall - 26 Ed O’Brien - 18 DaSunshine Westbrook - 26 Edmundo Ponce - 18 Christopher Brown - 27 Gabriela Ramirez - 18 Sharon Denton - 27 Brittany Roberson - 18 Laurie Latham - 27 David Scott - 18 Deborah Mabrey - 27 Kevin Sutton - 18 Wellington Mwerenga - 27 Betsy Tovar - 18 Robert Paterno - 27 Waynette Woodard - 18 Eric Powell - 27 Candace Brister - 19 Patti Powell - 27 Mary Ann Campbell - 19 Martha Savage - 27 Aaron Gitelman - 19 Paulette Spencer-Jimenez Janice Graves - 19 - 27 David Harris - 19 Sage Watson - 27 Allen Hart - 19 John Anthony - 28 Chandler Houston - 19 Liane Corinaldi - 28 Lucille Newman - 19 Libby Feller - 28 Judith Patterson - 19 Susan Freeman - 28 Jennifer Richie - 19 Cecilia Gomez - 28 Anita Scott - 19 Lucy Rochetti - 28 Janese Stephenson - 19 Alfreda Rollins - 28 Jeri Stoney - 19 Keven Vicknair - 28 Don Taylor - 19 Susan Hoey - 29 April Trammell - 19 Kris Klein - 29 Elysse Alvarado - 20 Roger Palmer - 29 Betty Balliet - 20 John Smith - 29 Jim Balliet - 20 Andrea Winn - 29 Duane Barringer - 20 Linda Baird - 30 Shirley Barringer - 20 Jim Chambers - 30 Dylan Bean - 20 Yzolde Krummell - 30 Carroline Bowman - 20 Christopher Nolan - 30 Lisa Jackson - 21 Melissa Svoboda - 30 Margarette Jones - 21 Fide Valencia - 30 Jennifer Lark - 21 Litsa Valis - 30 Kendra Liddell - 21 Jonathan Alvizo - 31 Linda Manduley - 21 Snadi Ciarochi - 31 Elaine Martin - 21 Jim Soich - 31 Suzi Scherer - 21 Happy Anniversary Bonnie Smith - 21 november Nancy Smith - 21 Lisa Allen - 01 Mary Stamm - 21 John Dixon - 01 JD Vineyard - 21 Pamela Green - 01 Sheri Wells - 21 Courtney Leasure - 01 Peggy Whitwell - 21 Ben Parlapiano - 01 Kiera Williams - 21 Dorothy Parlapiano - 01 Curtis Anderson - 22 Alexandra Salvador - 01 Roger Fortney - 22 Thomas Branch - 02 Ruth Fortney - 22 Janette Brown - 02 Jay Gewertz - 22 Sharon Caswell - 02 Diane Golden - 22 Fred F. Ciarochi - 02 Lanee Gray - 22 David Clemans - 02 Mark Hanna - 22 Dwayne Fontenot - 02 Monique Kingsbury - 22 Mary Giroux - 02 Sunny Long - 22 Kathy Stiles - 02 Nancy Maresh - 22 Marvilou Walters - 02 Paula Nemec - 22 Patricia Blevins-Hall - 03 Ardith Spies - 22 Kathryn Ovalle - 03 Sheryl Stafford - 22 Emilie McSweeney - 03 KeChester Strain - 22 M Theobald - 03 Natalya Tarasenko - 22 Margaret Wilonsky - 03 Ernesto Valencia - 22 Terrence Finney - 04 Barbara Vance - 22 Michael Goodman - 04 Carlos Vargas - 22 Kimberly Klausner - 04 Callie Weller - 22 Anatoli Raidenkov - 04 Diane Ames - 23 Michael Solberg - 04 Valerie Doty - 23 Marla Janco - 05 John Hay - 23 Kenneth Moore - 05 Tiffany Johnson - 23 Maureen Muncaster - 05 Megan McGee - 23 Betty O’Brien - 05 Norma Pereida - 23 Valerie Parkinson - 05 Tracy Thoman - 23 Elisabeth Zuerker - 05 Judie Arkow - 24 Diane Kirpach - 06 Laura Jasso - 24 Heather Nooks - 06 Ryan Miller - 24 Ruby Frazier - 07 Leon Rubenstein - 24 Charles Moore - 07 Harvey /Judie Wechsler - 24 Valerie Coquelin - 08 Aaron Brown - 25 Rachel Hall - 09 Elaine Chen - 25 Roxanne Pizzetti - 09 Deb Flieder - 25 Geneva Brown - 10 Katherine Freel - 25 Beverlei Colston - 10 Sherry Howard - 25 Michael Crippen - 10 Lynda Parker - 25 Matthew Gius - 10 Holly Tighe - 25 Juanita Gonzales - 10 Lyndee Boyland - 26 Vonda Jobe - 10

Happy Anniversary november

Char Kiick - 10 Sheri Korth - 10 Talynn Otsuki - 10 Carol Coffman - 11 Marshall Pope - 11 Ann Marie Stimpson - 12 Lori Brenann - 13 Karen Evans - 13 Ray Gregory - 13 Kyla McIntyre - 13 Kandice Turner - 13 Deborah Dudley - 14 Jacob Hughes - 14 Kristina Lewis - 14 Diane Montgomery - 14 Imani Suber - 14 Anita Autry - 15 Maureen Begley - 15 Nick Brounoff - 15 Sonya Coleman - 15 Robin Dugan - 15 Judy Duncan - 15 Cheryll Freel - 15 Kelly Garcia - 15 Lorin Riskind - 15 Sherri Riskind - 15 Joan Weltman - 15 Chandler Baggerly - 16 Brian Evans - 16 Sherral Jones - 16 Joshua Lagunez - 16 Denise Lovgren - 16 Michele Petko - 16 Erendira Recovo - 16 Nicole Rees - 16 Angelica Rollins - 16 Katy Sauser - 16 Jonathan Sims - 16 Amy Turner - 16 Ted Wesley - 16 Jacqueline Whittington - 16 Jennifer Young - 16 Stella Cuadra - 17 Deborah Fuller - 17 Paola Garcia - 17 Kelly Groat - 17 Elna Mallari - 17 Carole McCarthy - 17 Linda Moten - 17 Mary Lou O’Brien - 17 Brian Payne - 17 Robert Reta - 17 Lynn Sinclair - 17 Preston Swincher - 17 Cheryl Toman - 17 Jeanne Cohen - 18 Ruth Davis - 18 Susana Gibb-McCarty - 18 Carolyn Hudson - 18 Celeste Kennedy - 18 Cara Reid - 18 Sharon Swenson - 18 Bunny Trahan - 18 Kylar Anderson - 19 Josh Chiles - 19 Deidra Cizon - 19 Allan Edwards - 19 Ibrahim Erturk - 19 Pamela Fitzgerald - 19 Flora Herbert - 19 Louis Layton - 19 Katherine Moore - 19 Susan Selena - 19 Nicole Dane - 20 Joye Davis - 20 Karen Harrison - 20 Stuart Jacobs - 20 Neva Lindell - 20 Jean E Mcintosh - 20 Barbara Shefferly - 20 Micah Woodcook - 20 Jeannette Brashear - 21 Barbara Errickson - 21 Victoria Heintz - 21 Haley Laurence - 21 Maxine Smith - 21 Sarah Stuart - 21 Chris Wilson - 21 Marilyn Forden - 22 Olivia Harris - 22 Kalyn Miller - 22

Happy Anniversary november

Kristina Miller - 22 Laura Duncan - 23 Jess Hanna - 23 Mark Neumann - 23 John Olmsted - 23 Teresa Perdue - 23 Gerald Tramel - 23 Bud Westover - 23 Terri Beckham - 24 Shannon Boyter - 24 Temesxgn Gebrehiwet - 24 Pegine Harris - 24 Shelia Reid - 24 Edna Vargas - 24 Barbara Weinstein -24 Irene Cunha - 25 Randy Jackson - 25 David Russell - 25 Phyllis Somer - 25 Herschel Wilonsky - 25 Angela Moten - 26 Bill St. John - 26 Paula Miller - 27 Susan Thrower - 27 Eva Anderson - 28 Brenda Cole - 28 Chris Hayes - 28 Delynda J Moravec - 28 John McManus - 28 Justin Rapp - 28 Bill Kessinger - 29 Jennifer Terry - 29 Camille Krug - 30 Rita Patterson - 30 Chelsea Wilson - 30 Happy Anniversary

december

Mireya Duran - 01 Janet Hares - 01 Jennifer Nalewicki - 01 Sally Soldo - 01 Felipa Villegas - 01 Leslie Boren Katz - 02 Kevin Clariday - 02 Karen Matheny - 02 Summer Shurley - 02 Liz Smith - 02 Kenneth Davis - 03 Danielle Lamotthe - 03 Cameron McElyea - 03 Barbara Myers - 03 Sarah Ilagan - 05 Darvin McBrayer - 05 Holly Kuper - 06 Shawn Brentham - 07 Gerardo Raymundo - 07 Ronald Atienza - 08 Jill Simpson - 08 Sherry Caillier - 09 George Denton - 09 Susan Mathis - 09 Steven Perkins - 09 Allen Tilson - 09 Angelyn Hesser - 10 Ginny King - 10 Donna Loureiro - 10 Sonja Montgomery - 11 Kenneth Tan - 11 Mia Khedairy - 12 David Gracey - 13 Jan Howard - 14 Barry Brashear - 15 Charles Gilmer - 15 Alisha Hallmark - 15 Kay O’Neal - 15 Roy O’Neal - 15 Dixie Sweeney - 15 Piper Werle - 15 Matthew Crawley - 16 Angela Hankins - 16 Georgie Madden - 16 Christi Badgett - 17 Dietrich Bailey - 17 Suzanne Brasuell - 17 Allyson Cates - 17 Melinda Bellatti - 18 Joyce Brown - 18 Gloria Gross - 18 Margaret Knox - 18 Julie Lanicek - 18

Happy Anniversary december

Kimberly Rinicker - 18 Mina Shamsa - 18 Susan Smith - 18 Tiffany Tran - 18 Becky Adams - 19 Marilyn Roppolo - 19 Jonathan Studstill - 20 Pat Davis - 21 Sara Miller - 21 Yashwant Pavuluri - 21 Lauren Bellatti - 22 Colleen Jewell - 22 Alexandra Ortega - 22 Josh Garrett - 23 Shauna Gillens - 23 Reginald Keeton - 24 Amy Shuffield - 24 Pauline Lai - 27 Vicki Bronner - 28 Erwin Latief - 28 Stacy Salame - 28 Brianna Pacheco - 29 Aaron Fox - 30 Carol Fox - 30

House Appreciation We have so many talented bakers on our team. We wanted to make sure that you were able to get their secret recipe to their favorite desserts over the holiday season. We hope you’ll try your hand at baking and share some with the group!

Chocolate Toffee bar cake By: Cynthia Devries 1 pkg - German Chocolate cake mix (Duncan Hines) 1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand) 1 (12oz) jar caramel ice cream topping 1 (8oz) carton whipped topping thawed 3 (1.4oz) bars English Toffee bars, crushed (I use Heath Bits - 1.5 pkgs) Prepare cake according to package directions and bake in a 9x13 inch pan. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Gently poke holes in top of cake with rounded end of a wooden spoon (wipe spoon clean after each hole).

Combine sweetened condensed milk and caramel topping in a small bowl; pour slowly over cake. Spread whipped topping over cake. Sprinkle with candy bits.

Cover and chill until ready to serve.

Serves: 12 (or more - VERY rich)

Corn chip candy By: Butter flavored cooking spray 1 bag (10.5oz) Fritos 1 cup sugar 1 cup white corn syrup 1 cup creamy peanut butter 11 Hershey milk chocolate candy bars (regular size) Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with butter flavored cooking spray Pour Fritos evenly in prepared dish. Set aside.

At this point, open all the Hershey bars and have them ready.

In a medium sauce pan combine sugar, syrup, cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until mixture comes to a boil, remove from heat, add peanut butter. Stir until smooth. Pour over Fritos. Arrange candy bars over hot peanut butter mixture, spread chocolate over it to melt, as they melt spread with a knife. Let cool over night at room temperature. Next day cut into desired sized squares.

Aunt Patti’s dreamy chocolate layer desert By: Bonnie Smith II Crust 11 x 13” glass or aluminum pan 1 stick of butter or margarine, softened 1 large box of mini Vanilla Wafers 1/3 cup powdered sugar Optional: 1/2 cup chopped pecans or peanuts Filling 1 lrg. block of cream cheese, softened 1 cup powdered sugar 2 large tubs of cool whip 3 small instant chocolate puddings 3 cups of milk Optional: 1/2 cup chopped pecans or peanuts or 1 small package of mini chocolate chips Blend cream cheese with powdered sugar and fold in 1 cup of cool whip. Spread in pan. Make pudding according to box directions. Fold in 1 cup cool whip. Spread over cream cheese mixture - refridgerate to set. Top with enough cool whip to cover chocolate layer. Sprinkle with nuts or mini chocolate chips. Store in refridgerator until time to serve.

Chocolate Nut Bread By: Charles Moore 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup sugar 2/3 cup pecans/walnuts 2/3 cup chocolate chips 1 tsp vanilla 3 large ripe bananas 1/2 cup butter (soft) 2 whole eggs Mix all ingredients together in mixing bowl - bake at 325 degrees for 65 minutes.

Pumpkin Pie cake By: 4 eggs, slightly beaten 1 can pumpkin (16 oz) 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 cinnamon 1 large can evaporated milk (12oz) 1 yellow cake mix (18 oz) 2 sticks butter or margarine, melted 2-3 cups chopped pecans Preheat oven to 325.

PAM (or grease) a 9x13 inch glass baking dish Mix the first 6 ingredients; pour into baking dish.

Sprinkle the dry cake mix over the top of the liquid ingredients (use entire package), and then drizzle the melted butter evenly over the cake mix. Sprinkle chopped pecans over top. Bake for one hour. This can be topped with whipped cream if desired.

Molasses Gingerbread From: Susan Hoey 2 cups flour 2 tsp ground ginger 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces 2/3 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup molasses 1 cup water 1 tsp baking soda 1. Butter a 9-inch round pan and line bottom with parchment paper.

2. Preheat oven to 350.

3. In a large bowl, stir flour and spices together.

4. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Stir in the brown sugar, molasses and most of the water, leaving a couple of teaspoons in the measuring cup. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally.

5. Stir the baking soda into the remaining water.

6. Remove the butter mixture from the heat and pour the baking soda mixture into it.

Add liquid to the bowl of dry ingredients and use a large rubber spatula to quickly fold everything together. Scrap the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.

7. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until it feels firm in the center. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then invert onto a rack, remove parchment paper and let cool completely.