The
Warbler
PO Box 58, 566 Walker Road, Waynesville, NC 28786 828-456-5240
published often during the season
and occasionally in the winter
Vol. XI #4  Otober 2014
PRESIDENT’S REFLECTIONS
WCCC
Fall Splendor Has Arrived
Dear members,
The crisp fall weather is here, and it is time to begin the process of ending our
Club season for 2014—and what a season we have enjoyed! Food, fellowship
and activities made for a busy and fun time for those who were able to
participate in Club functions.
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There is a country western song by a singer named Toby Keith that highlights
his nightclub. It’s called “I Love This Club.” He sings about the folks who come
to his club and how much they are a part of the club environment. So, let me
say, “I Love Our Club.” Why? For the people, the activities, the ability to be
among friends and to make new friends. The pool, the meals, the Friday night
events, Tuesday night Bingo, Thursday card games, and those lovely brunches.
And yes, even the Board and Committee meetings where Club business is discussed and conducted.
This issue of the Warbler is dedicated to the volunteers. It is all about them. Without the volunteers it would
be a bleak time in the Club. There are so many helpful and unselfish people who support us by actively helpPresident...1,2,3,& 7 ing in so many ways. And, it would be impossible for me to define every act of helping or kindness. Volunteers
are the nucleus of the Club. I thank you for any work or help you have given. and know that I represent all the
New Members.3 & 4 members in saying “good job, my friend!”
Take a minute and thank one of our volunteers in some way. They deserve it. And again, if you are a
volunteer,
please know how much you are appreciated.
Club News......2 to 4
Happy Fall to y’all, and thanks for making the 2014 Club season great!
Fun..............5 & 6 Maxene
Inside
This
Iissue
Contributions
......Throughout
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Have a
healthy winter!
...Your editor
A FINAL NOTE: Seasons change and our lives change. I recently spoke with Art Wetherell; he wanted
all of you to know that he and Janey are leaving Waynesville permanently. Those two have been married for
over 70 years [!] and, due to aging and wanting to be closer to family, they have made the decision that they
will not be returning to our Winchester Creek Country Club. Art said they will miss you and it was a hard
decision, but the right choice for them. They plan to sell their home next spring.
Art served on the Board, and both Art and Janey attended many Club functions the past few years.
They will be missed and Art wanted to share their new address with the Club members.
Here is their address after the end of October:
Art and Jane Wetherell
615 Laurel Lake Drive, A-318
Columbus, NC 28722
A Salute to the Volunteers
Kudos to the volunteers from the Club! How does the work keep getting done?
The answer is simple: by having a group of dedicated volunteers who are enthusiastic and
willing to take on all the needed tasks.
Here are a few names and duties that the volunteers have done for us:
 The Grounds: Gerald Benton and John Harvey, with help from many others, kept our
grounds beautiful. Their hard work resulted in
beautiful upkeeping of the landscaping.
 The Kitchen: Pat Kiester and Kathy Astley provided menus and food preparation suggestions to our cook, resulting in tasty food and ample
amounts.
 Brunch volunteers: the VanVleets.
 Tuesday night Bingo: Merry June Burwell
 Friday night callers and committee: Cherry Stone, Virginia Hullen, Marilyn Radney, and Judy Carruthers.
 Thursday Cards: Kathy Astley and Mary Haslam.
 The remodeling of our ladies restroom: Anne Budde, Joyce Hauck, and George Bliwernitz. What a lovely result has occurred from their hard
work!
 The team who worked on the exterior porch: George Bliwernitz, George Young, and their helpers—also known as the “Crew.”
 The yard sale: Malena & Cecil Nichols, Bud Early, and their helpers.
 The card party: Malena & Cecil Nichols and helpers.
 The annual Labor Day Dance-Barbara Merkle.
 Neil Budde: for his usual effort and fine work on the Club directory.
 The Search Committee, headed by Dr. Bill Hartley, who put in time and effort to find a candidate for the 2015 Club season. Thanks to all the
past Presidents who participated; Frank Costley, Betsy Stecher, Neil Budde, John Harvey, George Bliwernitz, and John Kearney.
 Our Facebook volunteer: Roger Thomas.
 Our website volunteer-Marie Seibel.
 Our wonderful Dr. Bill Stecher: for all his communication skills and for the Warbler.
 The July Fourth party: Mary Haslam and George Scanlon and their helpers.
 The many generous and thoughtful things people have done this year.
Mary Haslam: for getting us a great popcorn machine to enjoy at our events.
Those volunteers who helped with dedications for our members who are no longer with us.
 Those who volunteered to underwrite food costs for our events: Gordon Kiester and Mary Wheeler.
 All of you wonderful people who donated champagne and other libations for our brunches and events.
 Bill Lackey and Marilyn Young who bought the extra card tables for Club usage.
 Bud Early: he donated extra chairs and tables for Club use.
 Barbara & Bob Merkle: for planting lovely bushes to add to our
landscaping.
 George Young and George Bliwernitz: they oversaw the needed evaluation of our well, and did much of the digging and removal and replacement of grass and soil.
 And to all of you members on the Board and the committees: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
To all you club members, from me, the current president: Thanks for all of your help for the past two years!. In closing of this article, if I have
forgotten any one of you who has helped, please forgive me.
And also in closing-a very special thanks to the following:
 Gwen Benton for her valuable respect and knowledge of the Club bylaws, and for assisting all members with understanding the intent of the
bylaws.
 Malena Nichols for stepping up as vice-president for 2014.
 Bob Burwell for all your hard work on the budget, dues, bill paying, and accounting. Your reports are outstanding.
 Marie Seibel for always volunteering to make flyers and help with design and ideas for our events.
 Neil Budde, who stepped in and attended all the past two years’ Board meetings and gave me guidance and information from past years.
 Thanks to Bill Lackey, for helping with club rentals and assisting me with the work of keeping up with presidential duties.
 God bless you and thank you to Dr. Bill Stecher, who always is there for guidance and support and enthusiasm for the president, and who
has never refused a request for help from this Club president.
As the teenagers might say, VOLUNTEERS ROCK!
Maxene Lackey
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Lackey
Here’s a renewed social member,
after many years:
Jane Shinn-Flanders
PO Box 103
Balsam, NC 28707
Home: 452-7563
Cell: 507-7906
Our latest regular membership couple:
Suzy Izaguirre
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...and another recently renewed family
[Social Membership]:
David and Linda Hughes
Linda’s cell: 828-734-3377
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...and here’s Eileen Kowicki [data last month]
Julie Bru
169 Avery Patrick Lane,
Waynesville, NC 28786
Home: 828-246-9499
Cell: 305-804-5561
3000 Coral Way, #506
Miami, FL 33145
email: [email protected]
See next page for more new members.
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HATS OFF TO YOU VOLUNTERS!
In Memoriam
I
t is October already, and the Winchester Creek Club season is
ccoming
to a close. There is a hint of fall weather, and the leaves are
Our Jean Taliaferro’s son, Edmund Pendleton II “Penn,”
actually
starting
to change in some areas.
55, died peacefully at his home in Tampa on August 20.
What
a
great
year
we are experiencing at our wonderful Club in the
May his soul rest, and his relatives be comforted.
mountains.
Our
members
and guests are enjoying good food and
Memorials may be sent to a charity of your choice.
wonderful fellowship. The recent pig roast was a big success, as was
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our October Kentucky Derby evening. The pool is closed now, but we
After a long battle with chronic illness, Betty Rutherford
had more members and guests using the pool this year than in the
died in FL on September 17. She and her husband, PK,
two
were Club members for many years. We will sorely miss
previous years. All of the enjoyment and use of the club is mainly the
this gentle, compassionate, and lovely lady, and extend our
hard work of our volunteers.
IT IS ALL ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS. THEY WORK HARD TO MAKE
deepest sympathy to her family.
YOUR TIME AT THE CLUB ENJOYABLE. I ASK EACH MEMBER TO
TAKE A MOMENT AND EITHER VERBALLY SAY “THANKS FOR ALL
beautiful eight-foot Crepe Myrtle tree, in memory of
YOU DO FOR THE CLUB” TO A VOLUNTEER OR WRITE A NOTE
OF THANKS. EVERY VOLUNTEER’S NAME IS IN OUR DIRECTORY.
Marjorie O’Neal, was planted in front of the Club on August 29, by her
dear friends, Dave & Marilyn Van Vleet and Pat Clager. The project wh- VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT PAID FOR THEIR EFFORT; WE NEED TO LET
was supervised by me [WCCC Grounds Committee] and implemented THEM KNOW THEY ARE APPRECIATED.
This issue of the WARBLER is mainly dedicated to the volunteers.
by Roger Wright of Rainbow Nursery. All
aspects of Club activities are supported by the volunteers.
With a little luck and some TLC, the tree will flourish and be a
Board members and all committee members spend many hours
beautiful reminder of our wonderful friend Marjorie!
helping to keep the Club active. Planning and executing events,
John Harvey
publishing the directory, writing and sending the Warbler, taking
reservations and payment for meals, caring for the grounds,
locking and keeping a watch over the pool, planning the menus—all
are time- and energy-consuming, and our volunteers are always up to
their tasks. The same faithful people are always there to welcome you
as you attend an event. So many wonderful tasks are completed by
volunteers, and so the list is endless. It is impossible to list all that is
t’s been a busy season at WCCC
done by every individual volunteer, and so a huge word of thanks to
for meeting new members and greeting
all our volunteers.
old friends returning to enjoy friendships
THANKS WCCC VOLUNTEERS!
and great meals! We have welcomed back
Maxene
former members Dave and Linda Hughes,
Rick and Suzanne Stello, and Jane ShinnFlanders.
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New members to brighten Tuesday bingo and Friday parties have
1. Sam & Ginny Triassi
included Sharon Bowden Carol Randall, Eileen Krowicki, Martha Jane
25 Wildflower Lane, Waynesville, NC 28786
Tunno, Sam and Virginia Triassi. Julie Bru, and Suzy Izaguirre.
3802 Cullen St. New Port Richey, FL 34652 We look forward to many more years of enjoying them.
FL. # (727)847-4396
We understand that wedding bells have tolled for Jim Winston and
Sam: (727)505-7331 [email protected]
Jeanne Bass—we all are so happy for them!
Ginny: (727)271-566 4 [email protected]
Our sympathies go out to P K Rutherford in the death of his lovely
2. Bill & Sharon Smith
wife, Betty. Her ready smile and willing spirit will always be
1659 Country Club Drive, # D202
remembered.
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
We have missed seeing several long-time members who have been
828-944-0611
unable to get to the mountains this summer. We send you our
457 Country Hollow Court, # A105
greetings and thanks for your loyalty to the club even in your absence.
Naples, FL 34104
Your commitment is an inspiration to all!
239-293-5401
Best wishes to everyone for safe travel and good health during the
[email protected]
months to come. The winter will pass quickly, and we’ll soon be together again as our Winchester Creek Family.
Bob & Barbara Merkle’s new phone number
Betsy Stecher
is 828-456-9398
A
SUNSHINE CORNER
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MORE NEW MEMBERS
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ROTOGRAVURE
Elk in Pat Clager’s yard
These were real hoedowners last month
Maxene’s Last Message
The beds have just been weeded and look fresh
with new mulch. Also early this spring a new bed of
flowers and shrubs were put in along the sidewalk at
the front door and under the deck facing the pool.
100% if the work has been done by volunteers:
John Harvey and Gerald Benton, Co-Chairs of the
Landscape Committee, Mary-Phyllis Harvey, George
Bliwernitz, Bob Merkle and his son John Merkle,
Mary Haslam, George Scanlon, and Anne Budde.
The club provided funds to buy materials, and John
and Gerald provided their pick up truck and John
Deere Gator to facilitate moving materials to and on
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Thanks to the Board and all Club members having
regular membership status who exercised their rights regarding
bylaw changes and additions at the recent special meeting. It was
very heartening to have a quorum in order to take care of the
necessary Club business. A copy of the special meeting minutes will
be posted on the club bulletin board this week. All three proposed
bylaw changes passed, as well as the addition of a new bylaw.
Thanks also to Bob Burwell and Joyce Hauck who handled the
counting and reporting.
This has been a wonderful and busy year at the Club. We have
celebrated many happy times and enjoyed our club events with
fellow members. But we must say farewell to some of our Club
“family.” We have experienced some sad moments this past year
because we have lost the company forever of Tom Edwards,
Marjorie O’Neal, and Betty Rutherford.
M What wonderful memories we have of these fine folks!
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249 Avery Patrick Lane, Waynesville, NC 28786
828-456-9925
<[email protected]>
FIRST
CLASS
Get Ready for Thanksgiving!
Edwina Costley is coordinating another
Thanksgiving meal at the Club on November 27 at 4 PM.
She will cook the turkeys, and everyone brings a dish.
We will charge $10 per person, but children under 12 are
free. Please contact Edwina with your reservations by
November 20.
Over 30 people were in attendance last year, and it was
such fun. The money raised will be paid to the Club.
See you there!