January 2011 Volume 4 Issue 10

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1 January 2011 Volume 4 Issue 10 Special Interest Articles: HAPPY NEW YEAR May This New Year be full of blessings to Sertoma and your family. 4 th QUARTER DUES ARE DUE Please pay your 4 th quarter dues. See or drop them off in the box at Rancher s Market. Chili Cook Off Historical Society Individual Highlights: Club Events 2 Community Events 2 National Events 4 Committee Updates 5 On December 18, 2011 at 4 p.m. Steve and Stephanie Fredericks hosted our annual club Christmas party potluck. Their home is gorgeous, warm and inviting. Spectacularly decorated I might add. Steve & Stephanie Fredericks We are all so blessed. Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and have a very Happy New Year may it be filled with joy, happiness and good health... SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! Thank you again to the Frederick's for hosting our gathering - everything was beautiful. Blessings, Ray and Jan Bev Brownfield honoring Barbara Grosskruez Barbara Grosskruez was honored at our Christmas Party as our Sertoman of the Year. Barbara was very moved as Bev Brownfield was reading her biography all she kept saying was, Barbara Grosskruez, Jan Clark and I m going to kill Cathy. She was surprised to find out that her daughter Cathy didn t write the speech, it was her daughter Amy, who lives in Wisconsin, did. This year's SERTOMAN of the YEAR is best described by two words: Care Taker. This baby boomer; the second oldest in a large family, with an ill father and an overwhelmed mother, was responsible for cooking

2 Barbara looks over Her award cleaning and child rearing from the ripe, old age of 9 years old. The responsibilities increased tremendously. Their father passing when this person was still just a teenager. Wanting a better life, he/she attended college for two years in order to become a teacher. Finding out that life had other plans they were married by the age of 20 and had two children by the age of 22. Life was filled with what this person always did best - taking care of others. Working, child rearing, being a good wife, going to dance lessons,participating as a scout leader, a leader in the PTA, a leader in the church community, a great friend and a great confidante. After 19 years of marriage, divorce was inevitable. The love was gone, the trust was broken and it was time to move on. Left saddled with debts which were not incurred by themselves. They forged on; buying a home for the one daughter that was still living at home and worked two jobs. Finding their soul mate at the age of 42, life began again - a fresh start, a new love. A few years into the relationship, cancer struck and in just over a year, plans were darted again. This Care Taker took care of their loved one until the bitter end. If that was not enough, the next day their parent became ill and again, this person stepped up to the plate and took care of their Mother until she also passed away. When one daughter had a child out of wedlock, this Care Taker was called to help care for their granddaughter while their daughter also tried to find a better path. Once this daughter got married and started a new life for herself with her daughter, this Care Taker found they had nothing to take care of. The other daughter noticed that Mom was struggling and she was also struggling, trying to figure out how to raise a family and have a career. Hitting a bit of a depression, life started to catch up to them. This is when our Heroine left a career of 27 years and took a leap of faith and moved to California to begin life anew once again. Moving here to become partners in real estate, help rear her West Coast Grand Kids, she was again in her element of taking care of others! She moved with the Family to Leona Valley and sought out a way to be of value to the community Joining SERTOMA, she has been the Treasurer for five years, has participated in almost every event through volunteering, taking money, cooking, cleaning, setting up and taking down. She participated through her own battle with cancer, through chemo and radiation and through her current situation with thriving with cancer again. Nothing stops this woman. She gives of herself like no other. She is always there for her loved ones and has the best work ethic I know of. She has been a pillar in my life, my entire life and I truly don't know what any of us would do without her. I am very proud to be the daughter of this year's SERTOMAN of the Year... Barbara Grosskreuz An astounded Barbara reacts to her nomination

3 TOM JOYNT SERVICE TO MANKIND RECPIENT Tom Joynt and Bev Brownfield We also presented our Service to Mankind award during our Christmas Party. Tom Joynt has served the Lakes Community since he moved there 16 years ago. While making the presentation to Tom, Bev Brownfield informed him that originally she hadn t voted for him but changed her mind as the nominations were discussed. His wife Linda informed him lovingly, I didn t vote for you. JUST A NOTE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING TODAY S SENIOR DINNER A HUGE SUCCESS WHATEVER THE CAPACITY YOU SERVED IN, ALWAYS KNOW THAT SERTOMA IS GRATEFUL. YOU MADE SO MANY FOLKS SMILE. HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND A BLESSED HOLIDAY. Whether you are a Sertoman or not, REMEMBER Service to Mankind and make someone happy ---- put a little joy in someone s life all year. A special thank you to the Quartz Hill High Chorus and Santa Simply wonderful!!!!! Jan Clark Sertoma Madame President It was very nice to have than turkey this year there was ham and meat loaf. Scramblez graciously prepared the delicious meat loaf. There were 60 seniors that came and enjoyed the free annual Senior Dinner. The Quartz Hill High School Choral Group provided the afternoons entertainment. Tom and Linda Joynt Bev Brownfield reading the presentation to Tom Joynt. Barbara looks over her award as Laurie

4 January Birthdays Mary Thomas -11 Anniversaries Linda Joynt-13 Charlene Moore -19 Ruth Perkins sent a thank you card expressing her gratitude for the Senior dinner. Lancaster Club Update Kim Firman wants to wait until after the Holidays to start a Sertoma Club in Lancaster. If you know anyone that would be interested to be a part of the Lancaster Sertoma Club call Bob Mallicoat bmallicoat@aol.com or Steve Fredericks ssranch1@att.net Two of Kim s children have cochlear implants and Steve s son played football with her son. This project is very dear to her heart. Bob Mallicoat reminds us to be of service and help Kim get this new club going. Date: January 7, 2012 Time: 8 am Location: Scramblez Café in Leona Valley Event Name: Club Breakfast Meeting. Board meeting immediately following Date: January 21, 2012 Time: 8 am Location: Scramblez Café in Leona Valley Event Name: Club Breakfast Meeting

5 Steve & Stephanie Fredericks beautifully decorated home THE LAKES Date: Jan 1, 2012 Time: 4-7 p.m. Location: Lake Hughes Community Center Event Name: Annual Christmas Tree Bonfire There will be food and beverages; the only thing you need to bring is your Christmas tree. Buy your playoff books! LVIA LVIA is trying to plan events for the 2012 and building maintenance. The RedCat system that was loaned by the LiteSpeed company has not been working that well. Rich Thomas will try it out at the Senior Dinner before deciding if it will be returned to the Litespeed company or purchased for community use. 4H No updates ( Santa and a very happy Daniel Smith (don t tell it s his Papa) Green Valley Breakfast with Santa was December 4. Santa was visited by many of the children in the community that came to have breakfast with him. GREEN VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL IN JEOPARDY FOR EXTINCTION Green Valley Charitable Hall lost 4 of its board members. There will be a meeting in January and an election February 11, There will be a flyer in January s Yodeler looking for community support. LVIA Chase Melon, the attorney that represented Leona Valley when they battled with Valley Vineyards has volunteered to look into the matter involving the judgments that may be dismissed by a judge since there is now a new owner of Valley Vineyards property. Lost Valley Ranch Road is scheduled to be closed on 1/1/12, however, maps have verified the roads existence since The proper procedure of closing the road for 24 hours a year to establish precedence has never been followed making this closure illegal.

6 Linda Pearcy & Christy Adams Tom Smith managing the gift exchange HERITGE PARK By Karl Pearcy The Salute to Leona Valley Queens event in November was fun, but a very cold day. Now I've scheduled Sunday January 15th at the Leona Heritage Park for a "Salute to the Leona Valley Woman's club". It ran from the 1950's to the 90's and was a very dynamic organization The event will be from 12:00-3:00 and, as the queen salute, will be a kind of reunion for all who participated or remember those good times. The Community Center is at 8367 Elizabeth Lake Road at the top of the driveway. CHRISTMAS TURKEYS The Duarte family donated 36 turkeys to the community. On Dec. 17 th after our bi-monthly breakfast meeting, members gathered at Ray Mullens and Jan Clarks home to distribute toys, canned goods and turkeys to Code 7 ministries, and other organizations that will distribute toys and food to families in our Lakes and Valleys communities. FIREFIRGHTERS COLLECT FOR THE COMMUNITY On Dec. 10, 2011 at the corner of Leona Ave and Lake Elizabeth Road Fire Dept. # and the Leona Valley Sertoma collected toys and $ which was used to buy gift cards. HOME DEPOT On January 21, 2012 Home Depot of Palmdale will be at the Leona Valley School House to donate their time and manpower to the construction efforts. Jan is hopeful that they will help with the Sertoma containers at the Community Center as well as working on the outside walls of the Leona Valley Community Building. Go Jan! Thank you for all you do. The lock has been tampered with and needs to be rekeyed. The key no longer works in the lock. The basement will be fireproofed and file cabinets will be moved down there for storage.

7 Sertoma Christmas / Holiday Party Kayla Rohaley a 14 year old girl of Leona Valley is recovering from an appendectomy after her appendix ruptured and she became septic. Her ruptured appendix may have saved her life. Tumors on her appendix were found and biopsied. They were found to be cancerous. A cyst was also found on her ovary. Her family was told that it was a very slow growing cancer that is usually never discovered until it s too late. Her infection is being dealt with then the tumors will be addressed. Kayla s family is very blessed that she will be ok., Tom and Linda Joynt Our very own Rich Thomas was visiting his daughter in Vancouver, WA, when he was taken to the hospital suffering from stomach pain. Cysts were discovered on his liver on the size of a grapefruit and one the size of a cantaloupe. His gallbladder was also removed. He was released from the hospital on 12/17. He missed our Christmas party. He was there in spirit. We called him during our gift exchange portion of the evening and wished him and Mary a Merry Christmas. A few days ago, he went back into surgery because his wound was not healing from the inside. They are going to let it heal from the inside then deal with the outside. He will then be allowed to travel. He will be staying a week longer in Vancouver than they originally planned. Lu Boles checks out her goodies

8 DID YOU KNOW A ball of glass will bounce higher then a ball of rubber. Snapple real facts #27 Anyone want to try this? 50/50 Steve Fredericks Missi McCracken ATTENDANCE Jan Clark Laurie Millard FUNDRAISING Chairperson: Juanita Kirkpatrick Contact Info: twomules@rpmwin.com Bev Brownfield Barbara Grosskruez Bob Mallicoat Nancy Mallicoat Mary Thomas Charlene Moore Cathy Toso Jan Clark Steve Fredericks St. Patrick s Day is our next fundraiser. FOOTBALL BOOKS Chairperson:Linda Joynt Contact info: OR CELL # ohbejoyfill@aol.com We have sold 187/300 books WINNERS: 1ST WEEK Patti Kneisel Quartz Hills Sold by Juanita Kirkpatrick Donald Simmons Altadena Sold by Bev Brownfield 2nd Week Allaire Koslo L.H. 3rd Week Norm Judd LH Sold by: Linda Joynt Amanda Blackburn Manhattan Beach Sold by: Linda Lorenz John Carr GV Sold by Laurie Millard 4 th Week Tom Smith Valencia Sold by: Ray Mullins James Beucherie Lancaster, CA 5 th Week Jenn Biehz LV Sold by: John Seymour Susan Imperial Sold by: Christy Adams 6 th Week Wendy St. John Leona Valley Edward Lorenz Tehacapi, CA Sold by: Linda Lorenz 7 th Week Cecila Fanning Lancaster Sold by: Linda Joynt Sylvia Sill LV Sold by: Linda Joynt Richard Kantor Saugus Sold by: Laurie Millard 8 th Week Karen Graham Lake Hughes CA Donald Hobart LV Sold by Don Hobart Sue Welbaum Sylmar CA Sold by Laurie Millard 9 th Week Hemme Sold by Jan Clark 10 th Week Hanks Service Lancaster Sold by Charlene Melody Smith Valencia Sold by Ray Mullins Amanda Blackburn Manhattan Beach Sold by: Linda Lorenz

9 11 th Week Sal Elia Leona Valley Linda Pearcy Sold by Linda Lorenz 12 th Week 13 th Week John Dill Lake Hughes Linda Lorenz Leona Valley Sold by: Linda Lorenz 14 th Week 15th Week 16 th Week HERITAGE/ AMERICAN HISTORY- Chairperson: Cathy Toso Contact info: com Members Don Hobart No update Historian: Chairperson- Chairperson wanted No update HOSPITALITY- Chairperson: Bev Brownfield Contact info: ner.com Laurie Millard A Thank you card was received from Maragite expressing Thanksgiving blessings and gratitude.,media- Chairperson: Christy Adams Contact Info: cell home christy@housesbychrist y.com Lu Bole Christy is listing all Sertoma events in the Cherry Chapters, Yodeler, AV Press and Facebook. MEMBERSHIP- Chairperson: Steve Fredericks Contact info: ssranch1@att.net Cathy Toso Bob Mallicoat Nancy Mallicoat Mary Thomas Rich Thomas Don Hobart Next meeting will be in January 26, 2012 at 6:30. NEWSLETTER- Chairperson: Laurie Millard Contact info: harmnyz@msn.com Fibromyalgia Support Group will be starting in our area the first meeting is on January 15, 2012 at Heart & Soul restaurant in Green Valley at 1:00-2:00. Contact Laurie for more information PROGRAMS- Chairperson: Cathy Toso Contact info cathytoso@roadrunner.com Jan Clark No update SCHOLARSHIPS- Chairperson: Linda Lorenz Contact info: linda 101@gmail.com Steve Fredericks Cathy Toso Barbara Grosskreuz Nancy Mallicoat Charlene Moore Mary Thomas Rich Thomas Linda Lorenz John Seymour Linda Lorenz is retiring December 31. Next meeting will be in January 26, 2012 at 7:30 at Scramblez.

10 SERVICE TO MANKIND- Chairperson: Jan Clark Contact info: or Bob Mallicoat Rich Thomas Bev Brownfield Linda Joynt Tom Joynt was honored at our Christmas Party. (see article) Social-Chairperson: Jan Clark Contact Info: or Charlene Moore Rich Thomas Linda Lorenz See article on Christmas Party. A work party social will be discussed in the near future. SPONSORSHIP Chairperson: Cathy Toso Contact info cathytoso@roadrunner.com Jan Clark Steve Fredericks Cathy Toso Barbara Grosskreuz Bob Mallicoat Mary Thomas Charlene Moore John Seymour Meeting in January The following services, charitable giving campaigns, and funding for improvements are a few examples of Leona Valley SERTOMA's efforts, both on an annual and on an "as needed" basis: HEARING TEST EQUIPMNET upgrades for the Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center for testing of all newborns. SOUND SYSTEMS to aid hearing impaired children at Westwind Elementary School and Hughes-Elizabeth Lake Unified School District (HELUS) PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT for Leona Valley Elementary School Upgrades to the Leona Valley, Green Valley, and Lake Hughes Schools. COMMUNITY CENTERS WELCOME SIGN and community bulletin board for Leona Valley LAKES LITTLE LEAGUE, local 4H CLUBS, and the Leona Valley GYMKHANA QUEEN CONTEST. HOLIIDAY BASKETS for needy families during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays SENIOR CHRISTMAS DINNER program AMERICAN HERITAGE PROGRAM in local schools. KID'S FUN RUN during Leona Valley's annual Cherry parade and festival GOLF CARTS to the Painted Turtle Camp in Lake Hughes SCHOLARSHIPS for high school students as well as junior college students transferring to a four year college Welcome to Leona Valley book Funds, labor, and artifacts for the Leona Valley HERITAGE MUSEUM Annual Fundraisers March-St Patrick s Day Dinner June- Cherry Festival December- Senior Dinner

11 Valley #10649 P.O. Box 723 Leona Valley, CA Chairman of the Board: Charlene Moore President: Jan Clark First Vice President: Linda Lorenz Second Vice President: Steve Fredricks Third Vice President: Mary Thomas Recording Secretary: Cathy Toso Corresponding Secretary: Christy Adams and Lu Boles Treasurer: Sergeant at Arms: Ray Mullins Directors First Year: John Seymour Barbara Grosskruez Rich Thomas We re on the Web! See us at: The Leona Valley SERTOMA Club exists for the purpose of serving others. We bond together in fellowship to provide community services in the form of time, talent, and leadership. Our fundraising efforts are directed toward accelerating progress in health, education, freedom and democracy, and improving the quality of life in our local communities. Through our programs and events we help people to help themselves and encourage personal improvement. The Leona Valley SERTOMA Club exists for the purpose of serving others. We bond together in fellowship to provide community services in the form of time, talent, and leadership. Our fundraising efforts are directed toward accelerating progress in health, education, freedom and democracy, and improving the quality of life in our local communities. Through our programs and events we help people to help themselves and encourage personal improvement. fundraising efforts are directed toward accelerating progress in health, education, freedom and democracy, and improving the quality of life in our local communities. Through our programs and events we help people to help themselves and encourage personal improvement. When you are trying to move mountains, you want and need people on your side who want to move them with you. Jamie Oliver, chef