3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! January 2015 Newsletter President's Pen In This Issue Save the Date Welcome Coffee December Social Volunteer Opportunities New ROSC Members Welfare Distributions Activities Travel Out & About Recipe News You Can Use Contact Info https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 1/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! Dear ROSC Member, January 2015 Happy New Year, ROSC!!! What a fantastic time of year! I hope your holidays were happy, filled with love, laughter, and great memories. Now it's "out with the old, and in with the new". It's time to make a fresh start, with hindsight from the passing year; a new beginning waits to be made. Here in Germany, the New Year comes in with a bang...literally, as the Sylvester night sky lights-up with booming fireworks and ringing bells. It's thrilling to be part of the excitement, a time for resolutions, recommitment, and reinvigoration! As we all start our new year, my hope is that we make it great! Opportunities abound for 2015, and they wait for the taking. Being at Ramstein offers many opportunities for something new. There are places to travel, groups to join, classes to take, goals to reach, and many new things to try. Whether you take on a new role, learn a new language, discover new places, or do something you've never tried before, embrace it! In ROSC, there are new opportunities, too. There are activities to join, socials to enjoy, commitments to fill, and help to be given. As always, the ROSC will rise to these opportunities to make a difference in our military family. It is my great pleasure to be a part of this amazing organization, one that willingly gives so much to make our community greater. Please join us as we start the new ROSC year, by jumping into the action, finding a place to lend a hand, or trying something new. There are opportunities for everyone to share your talents, abilities, and creative ideas. We'd love to have you come along with us and join the fun! I hope that 2015 finds you healthy, happy and embracing new opportunities. Make it great! Best Wishes, Cary https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 2/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! Cary Robinson President, Ramstein Officers' Spouses Club www.ramsteinosc.org Phone: 06371-44838 January 5 Undecorate the Club 7 General Board Meeting @ O'Club 10 am 14 Bunco @ KMCC 9:30 am 16 Last day to RSVP for January Social 21 January Social New Opportunities (guest speaker from ODR) @ O'Club 26 Book Club @ Woodlawn Golf Course 9:30 am (The Aviators' Wife) Welcome Coffee Let's get better acquainted with one another over coffee! No, it doesn't matter if you've been with ROSC for a few months, years or are brand new, please join us for coffee and conversation. This is a great opportunity to get to know each other better... and there's no better way to do that, than over a great cup of joe! Our next "Welcome to ROSC Coffee" will be on: https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 3/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! January's date not yet set. Please check the ROSC website for date and time. Add your name to the interest list (there's no obligation). January Social Volunteer Opportunities Looking for a volunteer spot? Check out our volunteer page on the ROSC website! Looking for volunteer opportunities? Please send a note to: [email protected]. https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 4/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! USO Cookies & Fruit: The 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Sign up at the Socials or send an email to [email protected]. USO Donations Can be dropped off anytime: Trail mix Peanuts Muffins NEW USO Volunteer Opportunity The Sunday rotator comes in around 1300 they could use: fruit and sandwiches. Many troops arrive are not allowed to leave the terminal and Subway is closed. When dropping items off they will ask you to fill out a short form. Please include your name and ROSC. https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 5/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! You can sign up by emailing Pam at: [email protected] or going to the volunteer page at http://ramsteinosc.org/volunteerform/ Welcome New ROSC Members Jessica Sutherland Jenna Stitzel Brittany Matejka Candi Buell Angela Thomas Welfare Distributions November/earlyDecember 2014 Congratulations to the beneficiaries: Richard Woodruff III MVP Baseball 735 CES We Fix It Booster Club https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 6/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! 86 VRS Booster Club 86 DS Booster Club RHS STEM Team RHS Class of 2015 KHS AFJROTC RHS AP Calculus Club KHS MUN RHS Wrestling RHS Spanish Club Landstuhl Fisher House American Red Cross KMC First Sergeant Council USO Kaiserslautern Toys for Tots ACS Holiday Toy Drive Angel Tree National Military Family Association Air Force Enlisted Foundation Air Force Charity Ball Ramstein Airman and Family Readiness Center 569 USFPS/Guardian Eagles 86 OSS Booster Club 86 MDG 76 AS Girl Scout Troop B821 KMC Scholarship Committee ROSC Welfare Contributions YearToDate $233,943 https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 7/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! See the ROSC Activites Facebook Page for more info and last minute travel opportunities https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 8/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! ROSC Activities Undecorate the O'Club January 5 @ O'Club to undecorate the O'Club! Many hands make light work. See you on Monday! Mah Jong @ KMCC Party Room Monday's & Friday's from 9:30 1:30 Bunco! January 17 @ KMCC Party Room 9:30 am Social 10:00 am Dice Roll 5 Euro to play It's extremely easy to play, so please join us! Please bring a dish to share. Email: Heather at [email protected]. Book Club January 26 @ Woodlawn Golf Course 9:30 am Book of the Month: The Aviator's Wife Email: Linda Hitchcock: [email protected] Tours Stay tuned! We are in the planning stages for this year, check back here for trips and tours soon. https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 9/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! Did You Know? Ramstein Air Base is an example of international collaboration: designed by French engineers, constructed by some Germans but with imported help from workers of Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Turkey (there were very few German men to work on construction projects after World War II) and operated by Americans. The area was nothing more than a swamp that had to be built up by two meters (six feet) in height level over the whole area. A train line was laid out from EinsiedlerhofKaiserslautern in a yoke shape around to the current base and back down to the Landstuhl spur in 1948 by agreement of the U.S. and French Occupational Forces. Trainload after trainload of earth was moved over the line and spread over the base current area to raise it to its current level. The trains ran 24/7 for over a year. Once the ground was level, building construction could begin. A project designed and undertaken by the French Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1949 to 1952. Two bases were laid out. Landstuhl Air Base on the south side and Ramstein Air Station (station, no airstrip) on the north. From 1948 to the opening of the bases in 1953 it was the largest one spot construction site in Europe employing over 270,000 Europeans at one time. https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 10/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! Recipe A Good Luck Dish for the New Year Hoppin' John Soup This humble dish of blackeyed peas and rice makes good use of leftover ham scraps. https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 11/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! From Saveur Magazine SERVES 8-10 INGREDIENTS 1 lb. dried black-eyed peas 1 smoked ham bone or two hocks ¼ cup canola oil ½ cup finely chopped cooked ham ¼ tsp. red chile flakes 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 jalapeño, stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped 1 large carrot, finely chopped https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 12/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 rib celery, finely chopped 1 bay leaf 1 lb. collard greens, ribs removed, leaves roughly chopped 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 5 cups cooked long-grain white rice Chopped tomatoes and scallions, for garnish INSTRUCTIONS 1. Bring peas, ham bone, and 8 cups water to a boil in a 6-qt. Dutch oven. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, skimming foam occasionally, until peas are tender, about 45 minutes. Drain peas, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid along with ham bone; set aside. 2. Heat oil in a 12-qt. pot over medium-high heat. Add chopped ham, chiles, garlic, jalapeños, carrot, onion, celery, and bay leaf and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes. Add reserved black-eyed peas, ham bone, and reserved cooking liquid, along with collards and 12 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until collards are tender, about 1 hour. Stir in vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Spoon rice into bowls and ladle soup over rice and add garnishes. News You Can Use https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1119539948625&format=html&printFrame=true 13/16 3/31/2015 Your ROSC Newsletter for January! 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