The Kentucky Honk

From The MLG…

Blue Goose Officers

2014-2015

Angie Gabbard Most Loyal Gander

agabbard@collinsandco.com

Shannon Seebert Supervisor of the Flock

shannonseebert@yahoo.com

Kristi Vaughn Custodian of the Gosling Kristi.Vaughn@ascrisk.com

Tara Kaskocsak Guardian of the Pond

Tara.K@mail.rainbowintl.com

Kristi Vaughn Keeper of Golden Goose Egg

Kristi.Vaughn@ascrisk.com

Don Greeno Permanent Wielder of the Pond

donkgreeno@gmail.com

In This Issue:

MLG’s Report

Fun Events & News

Initiation of New Members

A Word From Our Charities

A Visit From The Home Nest

Annual Spring Golf Outing

2014 National Convention

Member News, Upcoming Events & Did You Know…

Dear Fellow Ganders:

Thanks to all who attended our New Member Initiation, and welcome, to all nine of our new Ganders, we are very happy to have you as part of our Pond. As we enter another quarter, I’d like to encourage each of you to continue doing good for your Pond and for your community. Also, remember the next new member contest drawing will be held at our golf outing on Monday May 12th, which will be here before you know it, so make sure you bring a new member and get your name in the drawing!!!! Also, save the date to attend, I’m sure everyone needs some sun and fun as much as I do! I’d like to announce that Felicia Snyder and Diane Verhalen are in the very early stages of creating a Lexington Puddle. If you have friends or colleagues in the Lexington area that may be interested in helping them,

please bring them to the next meeting to become acquainted with our group. Before closing, I’d also like to extend a very special thanks to Ron Sheffer with Sheffer Law Firm for generously hosting our day at the track. We certainly had a great time. Thank you Ron!! Please be on the lookout for further information about our upcoming CEU luncheon to be held on Thursday, April 10, 2014. Topic and location TBD. I look forward to seeing everyone there. Your MLG, Angie Gabbard

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Ron Sheffer Sheffer Law Firm PLLC

101 South 5th Street

National City Tower, Suite 1600 Louisville, KY 40202

www.shefferlawfirm.com

502-582-1600

!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST BLUE GOOSE MEMBERS !!!

On Monday, February 24th, we held our Annual Dinner and a Formal Initiation of 10 new members. We are so excited to have each of these new Ganders in our Kentucky Pond! We

look forward to their participation and contribution in continuing to help us grow our membership and continuing to improve our dedication to our charities in the community.

WWEELLCCOOMMEE AABBOOAARRDD

Karen Dahlem Kerry Greeno

Todd Hale Brian Moore Brittany Parrish Jennifer Reid

Sandra Self Rob Shrader Felicia Snyder Diana Verhalen

Kentucky Pond Annual Dinner & Initiation of New Members Monday, February 24, 2014

Roosters Restaurant

place

Kentucky Pond Supporting Our Chosen Charities

Thank You letters received from the

Kentucky Pond’s three signature charities following our donations made to each of their respective organizations last year.

These donations were made possible because of the fundraising done during the Annual Kentucky Pond’s Spring Golf Outing

held in May 2013.

Help Kentucky Pond make a difference AGAIN this year… May 12, 2014!

UUppccoommiinngg EEvveennttss ffoorr MMeemmbbeerrss && PPrroossppeeccttss

Saturday, March 1st 3:00 – 5:00pm

Wine Tasting Event Millanova Winery

Mt Washington, KY

Thursday, April 10th 12:00noon

W.C. CE Class & Lunch TBD

Monday, May 12th 11:30am

Annual Charity Spring Golf Scramble

Polo Fields Country Club

August 2014 Date & Time TBD

P&C CE Class Lunch

In January, we had the pleasure of hosting Linda Meik, Grand Guardian of the Grand Home Nest. The Texas Pond is her home and she flew up to spend 2 snowy, cold days with the Kentucky Pond. Our Kentucky hospitality in-cluded: Transportation & Dinner at the Bristol with Don & Kerry Greeno

on Sunday, January 19th

Tour of downtown, The Galt House & Hadley Stoneware on Monday, January 20th

Dinner with a small group of KY Blue Goose Ganders at Uptown

on Monday, January 20th

Blue Goose Lunch Meeting at Mimi’s Café on Tuesday, January 21st

Linda spent her time here educating us on the ins and outs of the Blue Goose and her experience over the years. Linda has served as the Permanent Wielder of the Texas Pond for the past 11 years and has attended 16 Annual Conventions. She strongly believes that the best way to truly “know the Blue Goose” you need to attend a conven-tion. The southern region of the Blue Goose, for which the Ken-tucky Pond is a part of, will be hosting the convention in 2017. We will have a lot of opportunities to support this effort! Upon her return home, Linda wrote back to us to tell us how much she enjoyed her visit (except the cold & snow). She had many wonderful things to say about us, including: “What was so inspiring for me with the folks I got to meet, is your desire to go forward and do it right. The sincerity and dedication to pick up the reigns from Don and others and build a dynamic organization is wonderful. Working to build not only Louisville, but a Puddle in Lexington is what will make us strong. As I say over and over again… The South will rise again… one by one...two by two.!”

KENTUCKY POND’S ANNUAL CHARITY SPRING GOLF

SCRAMBLE

MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014 AT

POLO FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB

11:30AM -- REGISTRATION & BOX LUNCH PROVIDED

11:30AM – 12:30PM -- PUTTING CONTEST

1:00PM -- SCRAMBLE SHOTGUN START

AWARDS & DINNER TO FOLLOW GOLF SCRAMBLE

Prizes: 1st & 2nd Place Overall Teams Closest To The Pin Winner (men & women)

Longest Drive (men & women)

DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION IS MAY 7, 2014

This is a scramble format w/ 4 player teams. Single entry will be assigned to a team. $90/player or $360/team.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

FOR OFFICIAL FORMS TO REGISTER TO PLAY GOLF or TO SPONSOR,

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.BLUEGOOSEKY.COM OR CONTACT DON GREENO AT DONKGREENO@GMAIL.COM

$1000 Major Sponsor Includes play for 4 golfers; rec-ognized with banner; recog-nized at opening announce-ment & dinner.

$600 Beer Cart Sponsor (2 needed) (Price includes costs of beverages)

Acknowledgement sign on beer cart; 1 person from company can ride in cart.

$500 After Golf Dinner Sponsor Acknowledgement sign & rec-ognition at dinner.

$200 Putting Contest Sponsor Signage on the Tee Box

$100 Hole Sponsor (multiple sponsors needed)

Signage on the Tee Box

$150 Vendor Showcase Spot at Tee Box Note: Any/all alcohol used for distribution must be purchased from the course. Personal snacks can be distributed.

Set-up at Tee Box; signage in-cluded.

Monetary donation OR Door Prize for Dinner/Awards Ceremony

“SAVE THE DATE”

Kentucky Pond’s

2014 Annual Charity

Spring Golf Scramble

Monday, May 12, 2014

Polo Fields Country Club

Louisville, Kentucky

2014 Committee Chairs:

Don Greeno

Tom Elders

The proceeds raised from this

event are being distributed to

two of Kentucky Pond’s

signature charities:

2014 HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BLUE GOOSE NATIONAL CONVENTION UPDATE

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MMMEEEMMMBBBEEERRRSSS NNNEEEWWWSSS Annual membership dues will be billed

soon. Keeping in line with the other

ponds, our dues will increase to $50

annually. Your Pond operates on your

dues to pay bills, so please pay promptly.

You will receive an email invoice, so your

speedy remittance of dues is greatly

appreciated. If you have any questions

regarding dues, please contact Kristi

Vaughn at kristi.vaughn@ascrisk.com

Please make dues payable to H.O.B.G.I. Congratulations, Happy Birthday &

Happy Anniversary to all of our special members this quarter!

ANNIVERSARY DATES Jerry Boyett 26 years on 05-01-2013 James Davis 11 years on 04-30-2013 James Lamb 31 years on 05-31-2013 BIRTH DATES Jim Dissell February Jason Givens January 1 Don Greeno February 27 Tara Kaskoscak February 26 James Lamb March 2 Gwen Runner February 26 Greg Scheer February23 Rob Shrader March 13 RETIRED LIFETIME MEMBERS Don Grott 42 years February 1, 2013 Don Greeno 40 years February 1, 2013 Gregg Allgeier 40 years February 25, 2013 Charlie McBride JOB STATUS CHANGE Brittney Parrish is now with Preferred Medical Networks.

HIGHLIGHTING NEW MEMBERS My name is Sandi Self and I am a Workers’ Compensation Claims Adjuster at Collins and Company Inc. I graduated from Sacred Heart Academy and attended the University of Louisville. I am married to my best friend Roy and have three wonderful sons, Ryan, Evan and Kyle. I enjoy gardening, reading, spending time with family and researching family history. Many things have changed in my 25 years in the insurance industry; but we can always count on our insurance family community of friends and colleagues in any situation. I truly thank all of you for allowing me the honor of being part of the Blue Goose My name is Diane Verhalen and I grew up in Lexington, KY where I continued my education at the University of Kentucky and completed a Bachelors degree in both Accounting and Finance. I attended Bellarmine University for a Certificate in Financial planning and went on to pass the Certified Financial Planner exam and am a practicing CFP with GCH Wealth Management. I currently reside in Lexington with my two dogs Bella and Jax. I enjoy travelling, going to see live music, UK sporting events and adventure of any kind. Felicia A. Snyder is the founding member and owner of Snyder Law Office, PLLC. She represents Kentucky businesses and insurance companies in Workers' Compensation and Federal Black Lung claims. Felicia grew up on a farm in Wilkinson, Indiana where her family raised swine, cattle and crops. She attended Ball State University and received a Bachelor degree in Political Science and Telecommunications. She received her Juris Doctrine in 2005 from Appalachian School of Law. Prior to the start of her career in Kentucky, she clerked at the Marion County prosecutor’s office in Indianapolis, Indiana. In her free time she enjoys gardening, scuba diving, kayaking, reading, running as well as hiking through the Red River Gorge with her dog, Ginger.

ATTENTION ALL NEW MEMBERS

The Kentucky Honk would like to feature new members each quarter to give all members an opportunity to get to know

them. If you are new, PLEASE submit a brief description about yourself (name, company afflation, personal points of interest

and why you joined the Blue Goose) to Angie Gabbard at agabbard@collinsandco.com.

If you are interested in supporting the Kentucky Pond by advertising, please contact Don Greeno at donkgreeno@gmail.com .

Place your company’s logo here. Help us make our advertising page BIGGER!

Payable in advance, $25 one-time, $40 two-times,

or $75 for a full-year for a business card size advertisement. JPG format required.

This newsletter is published quarterly and is also posted on our website.

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DDiidd YYoouu KKnnooww……

Question What are male and female geese called?

Answer One male is a gander. More than one male are ganders. One female is a goose, and more than one female are geese.

An Adult Male Goose is called a “Gander”

An Adult Female Goose is called a “Goose”.

A Young Goose (of either sex) is called a “Gosling”