OAKMONT WOMEN’S CLUB GOOD WOMEN. GOOD FRIENDS. GOOD DEEDS. FEBRURARY 2014 Love was in the air as our group members braved the weather to arrive early, with cookies in hand, and ready to help prepare Valentine’s Day baskets. The baskets were beautiful and prepared in time to hand out to our local firemen, police department, and City employees scheduled to attend later in the meeting. Not only did our guests arrive to accept our gifts of appreciation, the representatives of each department had interesting bits of information to share about our community. Look for these tidbits of information on a separate page in this newsletter. The most intriguing involved the changes coming to Debra Walthall, Chief of Police, pictured left Rachel Roberts, Officer, pictured right The group was literally thrilled when we learned that Officer Rachel Roberts, pictured above, not only lives in Oakmont, she is an OWC member! She moved here from New Hampshire last year and settled in Oakmont. She joined the group soon after but has been unable to attend a group meeting. This
I35E and how that will affect our comings and goings for the next 2-3 years. This month’s Newsletter includes information on:
Updates from The Board Valentine’s Day Gift Basket Presentation Women’s Book Club Review Weekly Tea on Thursdays Walking Club Third Annual Tea in May
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February Door Prize Winners:
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Free Alteration, One Garment: Mary Williams Peach Cobbler: Sandy Harrison One Dozen Roses w/Vase: Bellann Hyten
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Valentine’s Day Baskets In attendance from each department were: From left to
Chief Chad Thiessen, Chief of Police Debra Walthall,
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Our president, Linda Eden, presented the Fire Department and Police department with a $500 check
The 35Express project extends approximately 30 miles,
for each of their departments. Connie Prendergast
through nine cities and two counties, from US 380 in
presented them with cookie-filled Valentine’s Day
Denton County to I-635 in Dallas County. The project
Baskets which were warmly received. Each
has been divided into three segments North, Middle and
department assured us they had a hungry staff eagerly
South. Oakmont is located in the North Section of the
awaiting their return to their respective departments.
project. The Northern segment of the project extends from US
The club members had several questions from the
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group but the most intriguing were about construction
Phase 1 of the project, motorists will have additional
on Post Oak Bridge. Construction on Corinth Street
capacity along the bridges at North Texas Boulevard,
bridge will soon be underway which will likely lead
Corinth Parkway and Post Oak Road. The interstate will
traffic to Post Oak Bridge. This closure is projected to
travel over Corinth Parkway. In this area, the 35Express
last 18 months. Once Corinth Street Bridge is
project will have three lanes of traffic in each direction.
complete, then construction on Post Oak Bridge will
To learn more visit: www.35express.org
No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart. -
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FEBRUARY Updates From The Board Club President, Linda Eden made several announcements from January’s Board Meeting: New committees were created to assist with two upcoming projects: 1) Nominating Committee for this year’s officers due to be installed in May, and 2) By-Law Committee to review and update our by-laws as needed. If you are interested in participating in these committees please contact one of the following members. Nominating Committee: Lou Hayden, Lynn Schafer, and Jackie Russell By-Laws Review: Sheila Herald, Mary Williams, JoAnn Wheeler, and Lou Hayden It was also announced that the Board nominated and approved Bellann Hyten as 1st Vice President. She will be in charge of Newsletter, publicity, and other duties as designated by the President.
Corinth’s New City Manager – Rick Chaffin Rick Chaffin began serving as City Manager for the City of Corinth on December 2, 2013. The City Manager is the Chief Executive Officer of the city and reports directly to the Mayor and Council. Rick has more than 20 years of experience in city government. Immediately prior to joining us in Corinth, he served as Deputy City Manager in McKinney, Texas.
Request for Pictures It is also time to update the website. Linda asked if you have pictures of OWC functions from previous years; please forward those to Shelly to update the website. Please include the names of those in the picture along with dates. If you don’t remember the dates, please give the year.
Rick has been married to Lisa for 23 years and they have two teen daughters.
Important Calendar Activities:
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
March 11th – Nomination of Officers March 11th - Changes to By-Laws presented for review April 8th – Election of Officers April 8th – Vote to accept By-Law changes
Mary Williams, 6th Debe Booker, 10th Jane Dunham, 17th
Kay O’Keefe, 8th Donna Wiley, 15th Sandy Harrison, 26th
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Women’s Club Book Review Mary Williams updated us on activities for February’s Book Review Meeting. This month will be all about the opera! Professor Tim King will provide a 20-30 minute discussion about opera. Mary assures us that it’s very interesting and entertaining. Join the ladies on February 27th at 11:00 a.m. Women’s Club Building, 610 Oakland in Denton. Be sure to make reservations prior to the luncheon at 940-272-0772.
Thursday Tea at the Club Reminder that we meet each Thursday at the Club for tea. The ladies meet from 2:30 – 4:30 each week. Last week Dolores Barkley drove up from Rockwall. It was great to see her looking fabulous (as always) and doing well as she continues to get resettled. Don’t hesitate to come join this group as we have a lot of fun and still
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Walking Club Several of our group members meet each morning, Monday – Thursday, for a nice walk inside the mall. They meet at Golden Triangle Mall at 8:00 a.m. then head over to the McDonald’s at the Wal-Mart for coffee and a chat. For details contact Sue Irland at 940-4980272
Third Annual Tea
manage to squeeze in club business. Call Norma
Tina Henderson announced additional details for our
Alltop at 940-321-9692 if you would like to learn
Third Annual Tea. The date is Saturday, May 3rd from
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1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $25. More
Chick Flick This month’s Chick Flick is going to be held later in the month. This month’s regular meeting date fell on
information will be provided at we get closer to the date. There will be a hat contest so get to looking for an award winning hat! Contact Tina at 940-326-9797.
President’s Day and the theaters are usually packed on
People often say “Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder” and I say the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that YOU are the beholder. – Salma Hayek
FEBRUAY 2014
March Meeting Guest Speaker Peggy Watson, from Select Rehab in Denton, is a practicing speech-language pathologist with more than 20 years of experience working with the geriatric population. She is a returning guest speaker, well known and respected in her field, and will be educating us about Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Board of Directors President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Eden 1st Vice President . . . . . . . . . . Bellann Hyten 2nd Vice President . . . . . . . . . Jo Ann Wheeler Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Schafer Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connie Prendergast Parliamentarian . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Henderson Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila Herald and Lou Hayden Communications . . . . . . . . Esther Heidtbrink Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharon Conroy
NEXT MEETING: March 11TH SOCIAL TIME begins at 9:30 MEETING begins at 10:00 A.M. LUNCH AT CLUB AFTER MEETING WWW.OAKMONTWOMENSCLUB.ORG