March/April Fox Talk
Digest
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 3 2002
Deadline for Submissions:
1st of each month
Editors:

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Events:
EUCHRE
PAST EVENTS
FUTURE EVENTS
SENIOR - GAMES

Social:
April Smile
CRAB ROUNDS
FASHION
IN TOUCH

Notices:
Insurance
Zehrs tapes
PHONE BOOK
BULLETIN BOARD

SPRING HAS SPRUNG.....OR HAS IT?

March! The month Spring arrives. Comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion! Well, this year was pretty close. For those of us who stayed home over the winter, it was certainly one of the warmest in memory. For some of us who went away, the weather was very different depending on where we were. Panama City in February was not nearly as warm as it has been in the past. March at Foxwood was typically predictable in its diversity...a number of relatively warm days, one which hit 20 degrees, and some with hurricane force winds which reached their peak of 138 km/hr on the Baden hill. And snow! What's a March without snow?

Now that April has arrived, many of our Snowbirds have returned, and our community is beginning to awaken from its winter hibernation. No longer are we just waving from the car as we drive by someone we know, but we're out walking more frequently, and stopping to talk to others who have the same idea. The smell of Spring is always sweet!

It really feels good to see our residents out in their gardens, planning what needs to be done before the season goes any further. Our tulips and crocuses which came up in March, might even make it into full bloom in the coming weeks. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

What will this season bring? More work on our Recreation Centre, more wonderful get-togethers with our friends and neighbours, and more reasons to enjoy what we have here at Foxboro. Someone I know very well continues to refer to our community as "camp for adults", and so it is. Now that we are moving more quickly toward total amalgamation as a community, we are looking forward to being truly "one".

It is with sadness and individual thoughts that we remember those who are no longer with us. But this is a season of renewal, and with it come feelings of hope and expectations of the best, which is yet to come!

PAST EVENTS
Marg Mcdonald
VALENTINES 2002

What a celebration we had! On a dazzling winter's day, the most beautiful and sunniest day of this winter, we travelled into the glorious Ontario countryside in search of our Valentine meal. At Hawksville, Marian, of Marian's Country Cupboard, cooked up a feast for our forty hungry folk: turkey and dressing, beef with horseradish, salads, veggies, fresh hot rolls and more. One of the highlights at Marian's is her wonderful cream cheese-jelly salad, which just melts in your mouth. And oh, her desserts! In honour of Valentines we had cherry/raspberry cheesecake. As this is such a popular event, we will plan a fall luncheon so that our snowbirds can share the experience.

ST. PATRICK'S CELEBRATION

On the 17th of March, 62 Foxboro residents, clad in green, gathered to celebrate St. Pat's. For the first time, this was a totally catered event with a delicious meal of corned beef and cabbage. We started with a choice of 6 salads, accompanied by a whole salmon, followed by the main meal which also included scalloped potatoes with cheddar cheese, and hot rolls. The desserts were the "icing on the cake", a selection of wonderful cakes and pies. Celtic dancers then entertained with jigs and reels, setting everyone's toes a-tappin'. We thank Bob of Village Caterer, New Dundee for a wonderful meal. Gord Gardner took terrific pictures which have been on display in the mailroom and which will ultimately enrich our Foxboro archives. A big thank you to our amiable host for the evening, Chip Hovey. A good time was had by all!

FUTURE EVENTS
Marg Mcdonald
We are working on plans for several events in the next two months. As everyone returns from our southern climes, our priorities turn to our gardens so we will keep our social events light. We are exploring the possibility of another Shunpiking day with Warren Stauch and another Community Dance, obviously on different dates.

Happy Hours will continue as usual. We, the committee, are asking for volunteers to be responsible for Happy Hours. These are very easy events as we just need a few tables set up for drinks, ice and nibbles, for name tags and the 50/50 draw. The clean-up is usually done by everyone present. The organizers need to coordinate the clean-up, making certain that floors are free of nibble crumbs. A sign-up sheet will be posted. If you attend Happy Hour, please help out by signing up.

Mark your calendars now for our next major event on Monday July 1st.... the Canada Day BBQ. This is our most popular event with involvement of about 75% of all residents in the "sports", the evening BBQ and the entertainment. This year we have booked The Village Caterer to look after the dinner for the 200 residents we expect will attend.

KEEPING IN TOUCH
Marg Macdonald
We welcomed Heather and Bud Olsson to our Community in March .

Several residents had hospital experiences in the last two months, and we have acknowledged them on behalf of the community with visits and cards. Also, Marilew West received some spring bulbs, Bill Balcombe a fruit basket, Henri Bertrand maple syrup and cashews, Donna Fixter a plant, and Ada Jenkinson a plant. We all send them our best wishes.

Community sympathies were extended to Sven Orem on the loss of his wife Helen, a friend to many of us. A donation was sent to the Cancer Society in her memory.

Harriet Denstedt lost her father. In his memory, we gave Harriet a small plant.

Ted Tibbles lost his mother in February. We have sent a donation to the Nithview Home where she resided for about two years.

Zehrs tapes
Audrey Darbyshire
A REMINDER A reminder for those of us who have not thought about this for awhile, and also for those who are new to the community: There is an envelope in the mail room for Zehrs tapes. If you wouldn't mind donating your tapes, our community collects them, and Nancy Arbuckle collates them, in order to purchase items for use by our members. In the past we have purchased such items as tables and chairs which are used at our many functions.

PHONE BOOK
Geri Soloman
THE VILLAGE PHONE BOOK PHONE BOOK:
Add:
Olsson, Bud & Heather - 5 Sun Valley - 634-1082

E-MAIL:
Add:
Sandy [email protected]
Bob [email protected]
Pat & Ted Tibbles - [email protected]

AMALGAMATION UPDATE
Graham Macdonald
As you all have seen from the chart on the bulletin board, we have reached our goal of the required 90% of consenting owners! This happened on February 12, about 4 weeks before the deadline. We are now moving ahead with the process leading to registration of the combined condo. This includes an application for exemption from Planning Act requirements, final editing of the documents, and a survey of the lots and the common elements. These tasks are now underway and you will be seeing the survey crew around the site during the next few weeks.

The final assessment to cover the costs of amalgamation has been approved by the Board of the Association. You will receive a copy of the committee report and instructions for paying the assessment. This is due to your condo treasurer by May 3, 2002.

Registration may well be delayed because the strike of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union is backing up work at the registry office. Mid-summer is the latest guess as to when we can complete our process. This means that the first meeting of owners to elect directors will probably not take place before August or September. In the meantime there is preparatory work that can be done to canvass for candidates for director positions and to organize the owner meeting paperwork. The committee will be assisting the executive in this.

The mandate of the Amalgamation Committee ends with registration, but the members will continue to assist with the transition to the new Board of Directors. I will be stepping down from the Chairmanship in May and my place will be taken by one of the other members. Margaret and I will be travelling for most of this summer. I have been gratified by the thanks and support received from our residents. I also thank my committee members, Brian McKelvey, Hanne Pedersen, Peter Soloman, and Peter Schmidt for their hard work and solid advice without which our goal would not have been achieved. The support and encouragement of Theresa Tewfik and Craig Robson has also been invaluable.

SENIOR - 2002 - GAMES
Ted Tibbles
THE JACK PEARSON MEMORIAL SENIOR - 2002 - GAMES Waterloo - Wellington District 26

May 27th - 30th and June 3rd - 6th

Euchre Darts Lawn Bowling Horseshoes Swimming Cribbage Carpet Bowling Tennis Golf Solo Walking Contract Bridge Line Dancing Slow Pitch Scrabble Duplicate Bridge Crokinole Snooker Floor Shuffleboard 9 Ball Bid Euchre Bocce 5 Pin Bowling 10 Pin Bowling

For more information, contact Pat or Ted Tibbles.

SAWMILL UPDATE
Geri Soloman
For those of you who may have missed the article in the Kitchener Record, the proposed Sawmill on a Nafziger Road farm is on hold pending a noise-level study. The complete article is posted in the Mail Room.

Your April Smile
Audrey Darbyshire
A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack. "Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday.

Pattie looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay because he knows the bank manager. Pattie explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral. The frog says, "Sure, I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain elephant about half an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.

Very confused, Pattie explains that she'll have to consult the bank manager and disappears into a back office. She finds the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and wants to use this as collateral." She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?"

The bank manager looks back at her and says.....

"It's a knick-knack, Pattie Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Peter Schmidt
On the advice of Legal Council, The Board has decided not to pursue further proof of individual insurance.

RECIPE CORNER
Geri Soloman
HOT CRAB ROUNDS 400 Degree Oven

8 oz. Cream cheese
1 can crab
1/2 tsp. Dry mustard
2 tbsp. Green onion
1 tbsp. Milk
1/4 tsp. salt dash cayenne pepper
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1 pkg. English Muffins (halved)
paprika
Soften cream cheese, then beat till fluffy. Add milk and dry mustard to cheese and beat until mixed. Add the remainder of the ingredients from the first list, and mix thoroughly.

Spread on English muffins, then sprinkle with paprika. Place on baking sheet, and put in 400 degree oven for 10 - 12 minutes. Cut each piece in halves or quarters, and serve as appetizers.

BULLETIN BOARD

There are many members of our Foxboro Community who occasionally wish to sell items of their own to our community. These items may be used, new, or in some cases represent a charity. Frequently, these items have been posted on the bulletin board in the mailroom where they can be seen by our residents. Unfortunately, not everyone takes the time to read these bulletin boards, and often miss such items.

As a service to our community, we will begin to include an area in each Fox Talk which will be called Community Bulletin Board. If you wish to include an item in our next edition, please send your information as an attachment to an e-mail to: [email protected] by April 25th (N.B. Community members only)

FLYING HIGH WITH FASHION
Maureen Wills
What do an Experimental Test Pilot and a Fashion Show have in common? Both are being featured at Christian Women's Club in Stratford on Tuesday, April 23rd.

Jennifer, from Zacks Westmount in Waterloo is dong a fashion show for the Stratford Morning Coffee group at the Victorian Inn with a number of Foxboro ladies as models. We are also privileged to have Jan Searle, a Stratford flautist, provide special music. Corrie Hubert, a Medical Technologist, with some 20 years of experience as a public speaker will share her story with us. Invitations and sign up sheets are in the mail room.

That same evening, the combined morning and evening groups of the Stratford CWC are sponsoring a special event to which men are also invited. We have the unique opportunity to hear Russell O'Quinn, one of the top ten Experimental Test Pilots in the world. He is internationally known both as a test pilot and an aircraft designer. After serving in the U.S. Airforce, he joined Douglas Aircraft Company in 1956 and became their far-eastern representative on a classified Reconnaissance Jet Bomber program based in Japan.

Ten years later he established the first civilian flight test company in the U.S., acquiring a fleet of jet fighters and converting them to high performance test beds to provide flight test programs for the nation's aerospace industry and the Department of Defence. The news media has referred to him as "owner of the world's 14th largest jet air force."

The U.S. State Department asked him to develop and head the U.S. food airlift to Biafra during the Civil War in Nigeria. He and his crew flew more than 1,000 relief missions there under combat conditions. In '72 he performed a similar program in Bangladesh. Living near Edwards Airforce Base in southern California, he is still under contract to the U.S. Government.

For more information about Russell O'Quinn who has "Lived Life to the Limit", see the bulletin board. Invitations (blue) are in the CWC file folder. This special event will be a Dessert Coffee, held at Arden Park Hotel in Stratford, at 7 p.m. Tuesday April 23rd. For more information, or tickets ($8:00) contact Bill or Maureen Wills.

EUCHRE
Sandy Moore, Janice Long & Archie Watt
Everyone's Welcome! Where else can you have hours of fun for $1.00? Where else can you win valuable prizes? Where else can you socialize and get to know your neighbours for a few hours on a wintery Tuesday afternoon? Where else do you get free popcorn? Of course, it's Euchre at the Rec Centre!! Since the first week in February, progressive Euchre has been played at the Rec Centre each Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. until approximately 4:00 p.m. Having started out with a modest 3 tables, we now have at least 8 or 9 tables playing each week. (Pretty smart, those tables!)

Prize money is awarded for high score, most lone hands, most euchres and a 'surprise' prize each week. Recent winners from the last 3 weeks are Isobel Smith, Brian McKelvey & Rosanna Olsson (weekly high scores); Paul Snell, Sandy Moore, & Jean Goodard (most lone hands); Carol McKelvey, Bill Goddard & Jim Brody (most euchres) and our surprise prize this week went to Wally Morrison. Each winner can only collect one prize per week.

We hope to continue the weekly euchre games until the last Tuesday in April and then start up again after Labour Day. However, if there's sufficient interest, the euchre games could continue throughout the summer. The maximum number of card tables available to us is 11, so if you're interested, be sure to sign up early on sheet posted in the mailroom. ( NB: If you sign up and later find you will be unable to attend, please immediately remove your name from the signup sheet or call Janice Long 8825 or Sandy Moore 5504. This helps us to ensure we have the necessary number of people in attendance to round out the tables.)

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