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VOL. LXVIII,

Issue XI

December 2010 “Lifeline to the Community”

EPPING FOREST NEWS

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Board Meeting 3rd Wednesday

7:30 pm

Chapel Services 2nd & 4th Sunday

9:30 am

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Send your community news to eppingforestnews@

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In this issue:

Cheers p. 2

Tree Lighting p. 3

Christmas Service p. 4

Farewell, Chef Jeff p. 4

Pageant p. 5

Turkey Trot p. 6

Outdoors Epping p. 7

Names to Know p. 8

Epping Forest News, December 2010

Cheers to...Cheers to...

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Wayne Booth and Lecke Gassman for putting the lights on the tree at the circle. They used a

cherry picker to reach the higher limbs and installed NEW lights. It is beautiful!

Christine Evans and helpers for decorating the gate and the circle with greens.

Steve Ballman and Rick Gehringer for decorating the trees at the Chapel with lights.

Jeri May and her helper, Danny, for leading the singing at the tree lighting.

Santa for making an early trip from the North Pole to visit the tree lighting.

Michael, Caroline, Patrick and Emily Harper for the beautiful music at the Christmas Service

on Sunday at the Chapel.

Nancy Fulmer for organizing and Craig Biddle for conducting the Christmas Eve Service and

Pageant at the Chapel.

To nominate someone for

CHEERS, please contact

Florence Mulhern at 410-

849-8210 or Kathy Anderson

at 410-849-5812.

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At The Tree Lighting

Jewel Barner and Leah Johnson

Jeri May leads the singing


Farewell to Chef Jeff

On December 17, a large contingent of Foresters gathered at the Clubhouse to thank

departing Chef Jeff Lamrouex for his six years of outstanding service to Clubhouse

Food and Beverage and to wish him well in his future endeavors. Attendees enjoyed

a varied buffet of hors d’oeuvres specially prepared by Jeff—his departing gift to

those who have enjoyed his cooking over the years. Although Jeff is looking for a

change of pace in his activities, we were all encouraged to learn that he is not leaving

the area and that we will be seeing him on a regular basis. He was the first to register

for the 2011 season of Tuesday Night Volleyball.

Sunday Christmas Service in the Chapel

Caroline, Michael and Patrick Harper

Emily Harper singing

Kathy Anderson with Grace and

Annaliese Gehringer


Christmas

Pageant

Minister Craig Biddle and Zander

Zoe Dirks

“Angel”

Olivia Booth and Maddy Duffy

The Vetters reading

“The Night Before Christmas”

Pageant featuring Broadlee Vetter as Baby Jesus

Photos by Cindy Helgeson

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Here are the results of the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot (by age category):

Shea Whittaker—1st place (18-24)

Greg Vetter—2nd place (25-36) while pushing the youngest participant

Broadlee Vetter (2 1/2 weeks old)

Bob Berry (37-44)

Sherry Schaaf (45-54)

Dick Shea (55-64)

Donna McDonald (my mom) over 70

Other participants included:

Michael Powell, Jeff Whittaker, Claire Bowersox, Teresa Vetter,

Meghan Schaaf, Hailey Schaaf, Jessica Wooster, Sara Sandel,

Dick Morgan, Kerry Gehringer, Annaliese Gehringer, Grace Gehringer,

Scott Obici, Ben Pagac, Madison Evans, Gannon Berry,

Anna Helgeson, Luke Mueller, Kerry Mueller and Danny Mueller

We would like to thank Patti Berry, Kerry Gehringer, Jon Mueller,

Dave Dirks, Matt and Chris Schaaf for volunteering to help with the

race.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Teresa Vetter

Turkey Trot

They’re off!

Meghan Schaaf

Jessica Wooster and Sherry Schaaf

Scott Obici

Anna Helgeson

Sara Sandel and her father

Four generations of Vetters

Kid participants

Organizers Kerry Gehringer,

Patti Berry, Teresa Vetter

Adult category winners Photos by Cindy Helgeson


Since there was no Epping Forest Board meeting in December, the approved minutes for the

November Board meeting were not available. They will be published in the January Newsletter.

The editorial staff of the Epping Forest News invites all Foresters to submit

their thoughts on issues of interest to the community to a “Letters to the

Editor” feature, beginning in 2011. Letters should be signed, but names

may be withheld for publication at the request of the writer. Submissions

can be made by email to [email protected] or sent to

Sue Oberthaler, 350 Sherwood Trail.

In the early morning hours of December 21, 2010, Foresters were treated to an event that hadn’t occurred

since 1638— a total lunar eclipse on the Winter Solstice. The eclipse lasted for 72 minutes, from 2:40 to

3:52 A.M. Luckily, it was a clear, cold night, so all you had to do was wake up, bundle up and look up into

the sky toward the west.

When the moon was entirely covered by the earth’s shadow, it took on a dark reddish glow. Scientists say

that is caused by a smog of sulfuric acid in the upper atmosphere that is created when the sulfur dioxide from

volcanoes combines with water vapor.

If you slept through this eclipse, you may get another chance for a good view of total lunar eclipse on

January 21, 2019.

By Sue Oberthaler

Total Lunar Eclipse


Epping Forest on the Web:

www.theeppingforest.com

To contact the webmasters, email Brad Mudd at

[email protected] or Jamie Gorski at

[email protected]

Community Names to Know

(410)

Boat Club:

Email:

David Moses

efboatclub@

gmail.com

849-3331

Chapel: Kathy Anderson 849-5812

Florence Mulhern 849-8210

Jeanette Mudd

Jeri May

849-3817 849-2342

Clubhouse: Jim Denora

jjdenora@yahoo.

com

410-279-

6819

Clubhouse

Reserva-

tions:

Robin Machande

rmachande@

msn.com

849-2124

Garden

Club:

Kathy Anderson 849-5812

Volleyball: Steve Duffy 849-8988

Curt Clifton 849-5369

Water-

works:

Brad Mudd 849-2296

YFO: Debbie Lawrence 849-3545

Franchise Chairpersons

President Teresa Vetter 849-5510 [email protected]

Zone 1 Randy Schneider Regulations & Zoning 849-2680 [email protected]

Zone 2 Dan Sandel Treasurer 849-7143 [email protected]

Zone 3 Wayne Booth Safety & Environment 849-2240 [email protected]

Zone 4 John Baker Finance 849-2629 [email protected]

Zone 5 Sharon Boettinger Membership/PR 849-2943 [email protected]

At Large Craig Schwartz Roads 353-3722 [email protected] At Large Danny May Community Property 849-2342 [email protected]

At Large Maureen Van Besien Safety & Environment 849-2194 [email protected]

At Large Cory Cinque Legal/Vice President 849-2928 [email protected]

At Large Christine Schaaf Recorder 849-2234 [email protected]

Board of Directors

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Editor, Sue Oberthaler—410-849-2682

Co-Editor, Danalee Henkart—410-849-5343

Contributing Editor, Linda Smith

Treasurer, Janet Gartrell—410-849-8842

Thanks to all our contributors!

Photos by Sue Oberthaler and Jim Oberthaler,

unless otherwise noted.

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