OFFICERS President Mark Schultz HCSC Southern California Senior Vice President --- THE FOUNDERS CLUB --Honor, Confidence, Service, Cooperation Secretary Larry Noble Assistant Secretary Virginia Stoops Treasurer Ross Willour VP Communications Larry Noble VP Membership Ron Rhoads Assistant Membership Alan Rogers VP Activities Ron Salzetti Assistant Activities VP Hospitality Stan Newton Assistant Hospitality Gerri Burt VP Publicity/Historian Frank Fitzpatrick Assistant Publicity Tony Zarifis Webmaster Wayne Burt Past President Frank Fitzpatrick National Club Rep Howard Wiese National Club Director Alan Rogers National Club Director Larry Noble HCSC Foundation Rep Paul Simons Dear Members, I wanted to take a few minutes to update you on our recent and upcoming events for your Southern California HCSC social club and allow you to block out the dates for the events you would like to attend. We held our Partners Picnic on the 13th of September and outside of a little warm weather all had a good time with lots of outstanding food, beverages and socializing. Too bad we can’t control the weather yet, it’d make things so much easier. Anyway our next and final event of 2014 will be the Southern California HCSC Christmas Luncheon which will once again be held at Portofino’s Ristorante in La Habra. The event will be held on Saturday December 6th with sign-up and details following shortly. Retired JC Penney management associate Nick D’Egidio will once again be our host and he has promised the same wonderful food and atmosphere we have come to know and expect from Portofinos’ so plan to join us. The first event for 2015(hard to believe it’s almost here) will be our famous Spring Fling in Palm Springs. We are putting the finishing touches on the event and will be sending details out soon. The event is scheduled for Wednesday February 18th thru Friday February 20th, 2015. For those needing accommodations we have worked out favorable rates at the Hilton Palm Springs Resort. Those who stayed there last year were very pleased with the new location and amenities so we will once again have our closing brunch in one of their ballrooms. Our Thursday evening McCallum Theater entertainment will be the world famous Vienna Boys Choir. This world-class ensemble gives 80 concerts a year in North America so the timing is perfect for our Flagship event. Please plan on joining us for a memorable evening that you will always remember. We will send your invitations out as soon as everything is finalized and as always it will be a great start to a new year with all your Penney friends. As always please feel free to call me with any questions you might have and as always, thank you for your support of our group and we look forward to seeing you at all our events. Sincerely, Mark Schultz President Southern California HCSC