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The Charting the

Course Kickoff for our

NL year is just around the

corner. I am anxious to

get started on another

great year for Newcomers

Longtimers. There are

many great aspects to our

organization. The one

aspect I look forward to

the most every year is

meeting so many great

new friends, both New-

comers and Longtimers.

The social activities our

group provides can make

the Lake area feel like

home for new arrivals and

provide much more fun

to those looking for more

to do. Pick and choose

the activities you enjoy.

After enjoying the social

activities for the year, we

then wrap up the year

with the Home Tour to

give back to the commu-

nity. There are opportu-

nities for both large and

small involvement, but we

will need everyone to help

with the home tour. Our

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Sue’s View—Charting the Course

In just a few short weeks,

NL will be kicking off the

upcoming season – one

that promises to offer

wonderful new activities

and opportunities to ex-

pand our reach through-

out the lake community.

The kickoff will take place

from 4-6pm on

September 28 at the Osage

Beach Elk’s Lodge. This

year’s theme is “Charting the

Course,” which is reflective

of NL’s vision to move for-

ward, with the help of all of

the great ladies in the or-

ganization, in ways that

will continuously improve

what we offer to both our

members and our com-

munity.

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NL Kick-Off Charting the Course

September 2017

Sue’s View (cont’d.) 2

NL Kick Off (cont’d) 2

Ladies Luncheon 3

Cards & Games 3

Membership 3

24th Annual Home Tour 4

Getting to Know the Board

5

Katie’s Kards 6

September Birthdays 7

Dining Out 8

Total Eclipse of the Sun 9

Inside this issue:

Newcomers

Longtimers

News & Views

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combination of work and

play makes a great group.

I encourage you to get

involved in NL this year.

Come and check out NL

in an open house format

at the Kickoff. I suggest

you pick one activity you

have not yet tried or give

it a second chance. If you

don’t have someone to go

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would love to introduce

you to the activity. If I

am not able to attend, I

will find someone who is

attending, that can show

you the ropes. If you

have a new activity that

you think fits our group,

tell a board member. We

are ready to Chart the

Course for new adventures

for NL.

Sue’s View—Charting the Course (cont’d)

have, so we appreciate

your help in spreading the

word!

We also encourage every-

one that attends to make

a particular effort to reach

out to those ladies who

are new to the organiza-

tion, or who are visiting

for the first time, and wel-

come them into the NL

sisterhood. We can all

remember how intimidat-

ing it can be to walk into

a roomful of strangers, so

let’s be sure to let them

know we are excited to

have them as part of our

organization and help

them “chart their own

course” as part of NL.

Please contact Karen

Robinson if you have

any questions, at

stlgirl@charter.net or

573-692-3544.

NL Kick-Off Charting the CoursE (cont’d))

Please join us and feel

free to bring spouses,

guests, friends, neighbors,

and especially anyone that

is new to the lake area to

see what the 2017-18 sea-

son has to offer, sign up

for activities and offer

suggestions for new

ones! We have lofty

membership goals this

year to enable us to con-

tinue supporting our

community as we always

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First Luncheon of the New Season at Lake Valley Golf Club

Welcome to the new sea-

son of activities from the

"lunch lady"! Luncheons

will start October 19 at

the lovely Lake Valley

Golf Club. The menu in-

cludes salad, grilled pork

tenderloin filet wrapped

in bacon, potatoes au

gratin, Tuscan vegetables,

and cheesecake. Since it is

our first luncheon, and

we may have "newbies"

who sign up at the kick-

off, we will be playing

"getting to know you"

games. Let's make every-

one feel welcome! I think

we will learn some inter-

esting things about each

other! Look for more de-

tails in the Evite I will be

sending the end of Sep-

tember and in next

month's newsletter. Re-

member, I must have the

reservations by the Sun-

day before the luncheons.

The fun starts at 11:00!

Hope to see you there!

Lake Valley Golf Club

367 C.C. Blair Drive

Camdenton, MO 65020

Cards & Games on October 5 Reservations through Evite are required or call Jane Ferris at 816-456-9799. The menu will consist of breakfast pas-tries. For lunch, spaghet-ti, tossed salad, garlic bread and homemade desserts. Lunch provided by the Disciples Women.

The first Cards and Games for the 2017/18 year will be on October 5, 2017 at Community Christian Church in Cam-denton, 1064 N Bus. Rte. 5. Please arrive no later than 9:45 a.m. to start playing at 10:00 a.m. The cost is $16.00 per person.

Charting the Course—Membership

All members should be looking for-ward to our upcoming Kickoff! We hope you will invite your new neighbors, friends or those ladies that have been here for years but never taken the opportunity to be-come members of Newcomers Longtimers. The Board is planning a full fun filled year for us! Those of you that have not yet done so, don’t forget to renew! If you have changes to your contact

information, please let us know. If you need a picture or a new picture for the directory let us know at the kickoff and we can take it then. We are wanting to grow our mem-bership, so if you know someone that would like to join, the mem-bership registration form for new members is on the web-site: http://www.newcomerslongtimers.com/

Please make your check payable to Newcomers Longtimers. Dues of $20 can be mailed to : Mary A. Overkamp 1675 Torino Cir Osage Beach, MO 65065 maryoverkamp@att.net

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One of the first things new members learn about Newcomers/Longtimers is that not only is it a social

organization made up of a group of fun outgoing ladies, but an organization that transforms lives

through financial donations to lake area charities and scholarships for college students.

It takes a group of dedicated Newcomers/Longtimers members to make the Home Tour into a suc-

cessful reality. You can be part of this proud tradition—donating a few hours of your time on

Saturday, May19, 2018.

Volunteers are needed to act as pseudo tour guides and house sitters in some of the most premier

homes the lake has to offer. Shuttle drivers are also needed to help transport volunteers to their as-

signed house.

To volunteer for the 24th annual home tour please contact Nancie Boland at 417-998-5057, by email

at Nancie.Boland@yahoo.com or sign up at the Home Tour table at the Kick Off Party on

September 28.

24th Annual Home Tour

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I would like to introduce you to our board by featuring a few ladies in each news-

letter this year. I hope this will help you learn more about the wonderful ladies vol-

unteering their time to make this organization great. It should also help you to un-

derstand the board positions, in hopes that you will consider volunteering for a po-

sition in the future.

Claudia Thomas is our First Vice President or as she refers to herself, “the lunch lady”.

She makes arrangements for the monthly luncheon meetings-location, food, programs and entertainment. She

performs the duties of the president in her absence. Please remember to thank Claudia for the hard work and

planning that she has put into the luncheons.

Claudia hails from West Union, Iowa. The song that cheers her up is the Hawkeye fight song, a true indication

of her Hawkeye fanaticism. Since 2015 Claudia and Mike have retired and called the lake home along with Bo-

gey, their spoiled rotten, two year old Portuguese Water Dog. At this point, Bogey almost has Claudia trained.

She cooks more for Bogey than Mike, which she claims makes both happy. Claudia retired as a child psychia-

trist. Her favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird. She lists the lake as her number one favorite place she has visited,

after all they did move here, but loves any place that has water. If you want to cook for her Italian would be a

good choice.

Favorite Quote: It is better to ask forgiveness than permission. (This will serve her well as a board member)

Jane Ferris is our Second Vice President. She is responsible for Cards and Games. She

will choose the location, menu and oversee the event itself. Remember to be appreciative of Jane’s great efforts

to make this fun happen and also be sure new members feel welcomed to play with you.

Jane grew up as a farm girl in Wellington, MO. She and her husband Murry have lived at the lake for twelve

years. They had three children and lost one tragically in a car accident. They have three grandchildren to enjoy,

along with two cats. Jane can be described best as friendly, sincere and loyal. If she has time to waste, why not

on “stupid daytime soap operas”. Her favorite book is the Bible, which may be the reason she is still walking,

not to mention snow skiing and wave running, after breaking her back in a boating accident ten years ago. She

loves the hustle and bustle of New York City and would love to visit over the 4th of July. That just goes with her

sparkling personality and wardrobe.

Jane’s advice for someone moving to the lake: Get involved with the community.

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Charting the Course Getting to Know the Board

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Susan Akscin is our Newsletter Editor, the title of this position pretty much explains itself. She puts the

newsletter together for our enjoyment and makes it so visually pleasing with her graphic skills.

Susan is from St. Louis and her husband of forty three years, John, is from New York. They have one daughter

and one grandson who is starting his first year of college. John and Susan have been lake residents full time for

two and half years. They have two older, rescued Yorkshire terriers, Haddie and Havie. Susan likes to study graph-

ic design, shop for clothing (which shows in her really great wardrobe), read, and garden. She enjoys Happy Hour,

especially if it involves a summer ride with the convertible top down. She loves Sun Valley, Idaho for its beauty

and her childhood memories were renewed with a surprise birthday trip there in 2011. She is a creative, animated

and innovative lady who survived her most embarrassing moment of a costume malfunction on stage in St. Louis.

Unknown fact about Susan: Her great-great uncle, Chris von der Ahe, founded the St. Louis Browns in 1882. His

picture hangs in the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum.

We are so blessed to have these ladies on the board. Please show them your appreciation and kindness.

Sue Bleigh

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Charting the Course Getting to Know the Board (cont’d.)

Katie’s Kards

June

Julie and John Beecher---Julie's sister passed away

July

Carole and John Olivarri---Home fire

Debbie Clayton---her finger was severely injured

Lynda Hartwick---Foot surgery

Mary Lee Mayfield---Problems with broken ankle

Good News---Alane Frankenfield's marriage to Chris Col-ter (Congrats to the new Mr. and Mrs. Chris Colter)

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August

Iris and Ron Wright---Ron's brother passed away

Nellie Jo Hasselbring---in ICU due to Sepsis in her blood stream

Joan and Mark Browning---Mark's sister passed away

Lee Baumgartner—Husband, Ken, passed away

Thanks to all of you that have let me know of illnesses or sadness in one of our NL lives. We want them to know that we care! I would really appreciate any of you letting me know.

Katie’s Kards (cont’d)

Cathy Kramer Liz Kelley JoAnn Slead Suzanne Gazaway

Betty Cravens Norma Schneider Marybell Darr Bernice Jaycox

Rosemarie Losito Christine Roberts Gayla Derks Jan Reinhart

Sherry Schube Lilli Heinrich Suzy Layden Sharon Sallens

Nellie Jo Hasselbring-

Tarr

Debbie Clayton Renee Loesche Dee Long

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It's our first Dining Out for this Newcomer's season on Tuesday, October

10th at HK's in the Lodge of Four Seasons. The first of what I hope will be a

fun year of restaurant exploration as we chart our course around the lake. The

full list of restaurants for this season and menus for the first four venues will

be available at the Kick-Off at the Elk's in Osage Beach September 28th. How-

ever, since our kick-off is a bit later this year, it would be a good idea to get

your reservations and payment in for our dinner early.

If you haven't been to the Lodge lately you will see some welcome renovations

and changes. HK's is offering a much more varied menu and pricing and a really great Happy Hour, too. We can

enjoy Happy Hour at HK's bar from 5 to 6 pm. At 6 we will go to the traditionally decorated Escollo Room for

dinner.

Our all inclusive dinner offer's house salad with choice of Ranch or Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing.

Entrees are

Chicken Picatta sautéed in a mushroom lemon caper butter sauce,

Atlantic Salmon char-grilled with a port wine reduction,

London Broil marinated and then grilled

Pork Loin with ginger teriyaki sauce.

Entrees are accompanied by a vegetable and starch, rolls and butter, coffee or tea and chef's choice of dessert. As

always price includes tax and tip, as well.

Pricing for this dinner is $38.00 per person. An Evite will be coming shortly. Be sure to click reply when respond-

ing. You should then get an email confirming your reply. No computer? Feel free to call me, Donna Steele, at 1-

702-328-4505. Reservations and checks must be made out to and mailed to me at 4675 Harbor Heights

Lane, Osage Beach, Mo. 65065, by October 3rd.

I know many of you flee to warmer climates for the winter and are only able to attend the October, April or May

Dining Outs. Happily the lodge can accommodate as many as wish to attend including couples, singles and mem-

ber's invited guests. It will really be good to see everyone and catch up on all the summer happenings.

First Dining Out of the New Season

The Lodge of the Four Seasons!

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Total

Eclipse

of the

Sun

August

21,

2017

What a glorious sight, to witness the total eclipse. Jane Wright, our Special Activities Chair, planned a won-derful day at Redfield Gold Course in Eugene for the special day. We had over one hundred people in attendance. Jane showed off her teacher prowess with a few quizzes and demonstrations while waiting on the eclipse to reach totality. Everyone had so much fun, we talked about having a “No Eclipse” party next year!

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www.newcomerslongtimers.com

Ladies Bunco September 28

11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Golden Corral

Annual Kick-Off September 28

4-6 p.m.

Elks Lodge

5161 Osage Beach Pkwy

Osage Beach

Cards & Games October 5

10 a.m.—3 p.m.

Community Christian Church, Camdenton

Dining Out October 10

5-8 p.m.

HK’s at Lodge of the Four Seasons

Ladies Luncheon October 19

11 a.m.—1:30 p.m.

Lake Valley Gold Club

Camdenton

Ladies Bunco October 26

11 a.m.—1:30 p.m.

Golden Corral

On The Board

Sue Bleigh President

Claudia Thomas 1st Vice President

Jane Ferris 2nd Vice President

Katie Kirn Corresponding Secretary

Karen Robinson Hospitality Chair

Mary A. Overkamp Membership Chair

Donna Steele Dining Out Chair

Nancie Boland Home Tour Chair & Webmaster

Susan Akscin Newsletter Editor

Contributors to

This Newsletter