The Beacon

September 2013September 2013September 2013September 2013 Volume 9, Number 4

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President’s Message Welcome to our twelve new City Club Members since May 1!

Please be certain to stop and introduce yourself and say hello, should you see any of them. And Committee Chairs who would like new members, please review their interests with Emilia or Kylista at the front desk. With attendance at 160 +, this year’s LobsterFest Patio Party was spectacular. Yum, Yum, Yum. What fun it was to see everyone and what wonderful weather we had for the evening! Thank you all for coming and thank you to the Staff for the great food and set up and thank you to the Members who put up the decorations and took them down – or in the case of one round life preserver – threw it down!! You just had to be there!! Be sure to watch, look and listen for more news about our new monthly Birthday Lunch elsewhere in the Beacon. You don’t have to say how old you are, but we would like to help you celebrate your birthday! Also in the Beacon this month is the program for the upcoming Musicales sponsored by our Member Club, the Society for Musical Arts. If you have never attended, these are wonderful! The music program is in the morning, followed by lunch in the ballroom with the performing artist(s). I wholeheartedly encourage you to take advantage of these programs right here in our ballroom. And keep in mind, this Member Club helped us obtain and maintain our beautiful Steinway piano!! I know you all have had wonderful summers with trips, family, and fun. Now the pace will quicken, as all Member Clubs once again meet and bridge has more tables because everyone is in town. Please enjoy the City Club and continue to talk it up among your friends. The Club is a great place to be!! Susan M. Smith President

Martha Ause Kathleen Buatti Suzanne Cagwin Mary Ann Crawford Mitzi Estes Norlene Martin

Bea McLogan Sharon O’Toole Miriam Scherkenbach Cis Sherwood Mary VandenBelt Dorothy Wu

The following insurances are accepted: Blue Care Network , BCN Advantage, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Medicare Plus Blue PPO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan PPO (Community Blue/Blue Preferred), BlueCaid, HAP HMO and PPO, Health Plus HMO/PPO/POS/MIChild, HealthPlus MedicarePlus Advantage HMO/PPO, PHPMM HMO and PPO, Priority Health HMO and PPO, Traditional Medicare Part B, UM Premier Care (Insurance card must be presented to clinic staff) Cash, credit card and check payments are also accepted.

No appointment necessary! Open to the public!

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Daily Lunch Service 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Drinks & Snacks in the Pub 1:30 – 5 p.m. (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday)

Thursday Evening Dinner Service 5 – 8 p.m.

Friday, September 6 First Friday Happy Hour and Dinner at the Club

Happy Hour specials from 4 - 6 p.m. Dinner from 5 - 8 p.m.

Fortify yourself with Chef’s good food in preparation for the Big Game on Saturday! GO BLUE!

Wednesday, September 11 Pizza Plus Party 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Yes, you read that right. On Wednesday, September 11, following the Open House, you can celebrate with fellow members the return of a full schedule of activities here at the City Club at a Pizza Plus Party! What is a Pizza Plus Party? An Italian buffet featuring, what else, but pizza!

Thursday, September 12 Dinner and a Movie Night at the Club Dinner at 5 p.m. Movie at 7 p.m.

Plan to watch the inspiring movie, “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story” after first enjoying a dinner of your choice

from our dinner menu.

Wednesday, September 18 Lunch & Learn featuring Jack Bernard

11:30 a.m. The first of a stellar selection of Lunch & Learn

presentations this year! Turn to page 5 for more details.

Tuesday, September 24 “It’s Your Birthday” Luncheon

11 a.m. Calling all those who have September birthdays and their friends! Save 9/24 as the day to celebrate the special occasion by gathering at the Club to enjoy either a lunch of your choice from the lunch menu or the special entrée for the occasion, a herb baked chicken served with steamed redskin potatoes and vegetables for $9.50(++) Complimentary Birthday Cake for everyone! All in attendance at lunch that day should be prepared to join in a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday.” It’s the least we can do for our piece of cake!

Signature Group: Evening Book Discussion The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. This month’s selection is Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny and the American Dream written by Deepak and Sanji Chopra. We meet in the Pub for dinner and a lively discussion about the book. Reservations for dinner are suggested but if you find that you are free on short notice - we would be delighted to have you join us. If you would like more information, please call me at (734) 649-6047 or email me at Karen.Valvo@FinkValvoLaw.com. Karen Valvo

A Kindly Reminder Please, please, please when turning in any data to the Archives remember to date and identify events. Pictures also require names and dates of the event. Thank you! Addie Laetz Archives Chair

Signature Group: Book Discussion The Book Discussion Group will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 27. This is one week later than our usual schedule. We will resume our regular schedule in October. The book will be The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. Everyone is invited to join us. Hope to see you on the 27th! Suzanne Powell

Art at the City Club Quilts are always in season and always a visual pleasure when decorating the Club’s gallery walls. Quilts designed by Benedette Palazzola present her visions in color, line and shape. She was originally inspired by the art of Grandma Moses. Her love of poetry, music and dance is evident in her “Quilt Quarry” show. Terri Bartholomew Art Chair

Membership News The Membership Committee needs your help. The City Club cares about its members and wants to acknowledge illness and death of members or members of their families. If you know of a member who has died or lost a loved one, please notify the desk at the City Club. Even more important, perhaps, if you know of a member who is ill, information which is much less likely to be circulated, please let the front desk know also. Programs & Classes: Fall Open House Come sign up for fall classes and signature groups! Enjoy appetizers while meeting new instructors and fellow members. Classes are now open to non-Club members, so invite your friends and neighbors! Don’t forget to make your reservations for the Pizza “Plus” Party immediately following the Open House!

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Member Club News: The Society for Musical Arts The Society for Musical Arts, in conjunction with the AACC, presents Wednesday Morning Musicales . . . The first concert of The Society for Musical Arts Morning Musicale series is on September 25, 2013 and will feature the Arbor Opera Theater. Members of the Arbor Opera Theater, directed by Shawn McDonald, AOT’s artistic director, will be performing semi-staged opera excerpts, accompanied by Jacqueline Csurgai-Schmitt, piano. Date: September 25, 2013 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: Ann Arbor City Club Cost: Single tickets are $17; Luncheon is $15 Contact: Penny Fischer, (734) 930-0353 or fischer709@comcast.net The concert and luncheon are open to the public. Tickets are available at the door beginning at 10 a.m. To make luncheon reservations, call the Ann Arbor City Club, 734-662-3279, ext. 1, prior to the concert date. For more ticket information, please visit www.annarborsma.org

Flea Market Needs You! Do you love antiques, or the excitement of finding a treasure amidst a pile of costume jewelry? If you haunt the Treasure Mart, then the Flea Market is the committee for you! We meet once a month to price donations. We do research on the computer as to the value of many of the items or visit helpful jewelers who give us suggestions as to the value of some of our better items. If this doesn’t appeal to you but your closets are over-flowing and it’s hard to get into your basement then we can help you out. Flea Market takes donations of everything except used clothing and furniture. We will even come and pick up your things once they have been boxed up. Toys, linens, jewelry, china, kitchenware, designer scarves and jackets, purses, suitcases, bags, pillows, holiday decorative items, garden implements, puzzles, electronic items other than TV’s – we take it all. Last year our big seller was a set of Rosenthal China, followed by a new iPad, a huge copper urn, a Rolex watch, collectible glassware and many more. Once the sale is over, anything that has not been sold is kept for the next year or donated to Kiwanis, the Thrift Shop or the Saline Library. It all goes to a good cause. This is one of our largest fund-raising ventures for the year, so please open your drawers and closets and send us things that are not being used and are taking up space! Roberta Friberg Ways & Means

Future performance dates include October 9 (Kate Rosen), November 6 (Ralph and Kathryn Votapek), November 13 (Arthur Greene), March 19 (Rosalie Edwards Youth Music Competition Winners) and April 23 (William Bolcom and Joan Morris)

Member News: Spotlight on Susan Smith and Bob Gray Bob Gray comes from rural Ohio. His father ran a dairy farm which was definitely a family affair. By the time he reached high school, Bob knew that life on a farm was not his goal so, as much to escape from its drudgery as having a thirst for knowledge, Bob enrolled in Ohio University where he received a bachelor’s degree in education. He thought that he was carving out a life for himself as a high school teacher. However, an astute professor asked him if he had ever considered going on to graduate school. This seemed like a pretty good idea so Bob jumped at the chance to take an extra semester at Ohio U. and receive a master’s degree in botany. Then another astute professor sent him to a colleague at the University of Illinois to work on a Ph.D. Still marching wider and wider into new fields, Bob’s dissertation was in biochemistry as he studied the structure of fava beans through an electron microscope. Bob was advised that if he intended to aim for an academic career, he would be well-advised to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship to enhance his resume. Bob was successful in receiving such a fellowship from the National Institutes of Health. At the end of his time with NIH, he went on the job market and the University of Michigan—among others—was interested. To his disappointment, what he was offered, was not a tenure-track position but another post-doctoral fellowship which he politely declined. A few weeks later, Michigan got in touch again to say that, by gum, a faculty position had opened up—in the School of Public Health. This was a new one on Bob as schools of public health were a relatively new phenomenon in universities. He decided to give it a go and he moved his family to Ann Arbor. Bob taught as an assistant, associate and full professor for many years, served as department chair and then moved over into administration at the School. His last big project before retirement, as Senior Associate Dean for Research and Facilities, was to oversee a seventy million dollar expansion of the School of Public Health. It seems that the Smith/Grays cannot say no to an appeal because, although Bob was relatively recently married to Susan Smith in 2002 and was in the process of retiring from the University in 2004, he was asked to again take up the chairmanship of the Department of Environmental Health because of a difficult search for a replacement for the current chair. So, Bob rode to the rescue for another year. (Sound familiar?) Susan Smith is a Michigander through and through. She was born and raised in Lansing though the blood in family ran maize and blue. She was clearly as bright and industrious then as now as she was high school class valedictorian and won a Regents’ Scholarship which paid her tuition at the University of Michigan. Susan thought that she would major in mathematics, and on advice from a faculty member, decided to explore actuarial science. The scholarship together with her summer jobs enabled her to obtain her degree. Now on the job market, Susan had to choose between a leviathan insurance company, Travelers, or a financial services consulting firm, Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby. Susan chose the latter but she did not find herself isolated from discrimination by the ‘old boy’ network. Susan, of course, persevered and spend many years, in various capacities with the firm in Philadelphia, Chicago and finally Detroit. When work for his firm was no longer fun, Susan resigned. Towers Perrin’s loss was our gain. Over the years, Susan had poured herself into many activities, including Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, Waterman Alumnae Group and many others. After she married Bob Gray, she knew it was time to cut back. Three interests that she has maintained are: the Ann Arbor City Club, the Rotary Club and the Thrift Shop. Her marriage presented Susan with a ready-made family, three daughters, grandchildren which she had never hoped to have and, of course, a wonderful husband. No wonder, despite all the difficult issues the City Club offers, both Bob and Susan radiate joy. Susan’s opinion of the City Club is certainly not unbiased but she speaks with great conviction as she makes remarks like, ‘we have a wonderful board and committee chairs’ or ‘the Physical Plant Committee has saved us mucho bucks’ or ‘Chef is great at keeping costs down’. Susan is hopeful that the City Club can become a spot for the recently retired. Bob chimes in that the Club is a beautiful place, a great place for get-togethers and full of so many interesting people. From the days she worked on the Grounds Committee until today when the Club boasts an expanded patio because of her generosity, Susan has worked to make the Club ‘a great place for get-togethers’. We are especially grateful to Bob for the support he has given Susan here at the Club in all her efforts. Libby Birdsall Membership Committee

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Bring a Friend to Every Lunch & Learn Want to help make this fall’s Lunch & Learn series a big success? Go ahead and buy two tickets for the entire series and then plan to invite a friend to each one. I don’t know which friends I will invite in advance, but since I have committed to buying two tickets, I know I have four opportunities to connect with people I’d like to see for lunch and, perhaps, entice to join the City Club. (Remember that as long as the tickets are charged to your account, your guests can receive the discounted Member rate.) The upcoming series is going to be fascinating. Be sure to share it! Stephanie Kadel Taras President-Elect

Wednesday, September 18 Featuring Jack Bernard

Associate General Counsel and Adjunct Professor of Law, Education, Public Policy, and Information, U-M

“Imitation and Flattery May Get You Nowhere: Musing About Copyright in Music”

Mark your calendars! Wednesday, October 16: “Stem Cells 101” Featuring Sue O’Shea, Crosby-Kahn Collegiate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, U-M; Director, Michigan Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Wednesday, November 20: “Ann Arbor’s Economic Status and Future” Featuring John Hieftje, Mayor, City of Ann Arbor Wednesday, December 4: “The Implications of Climate Change, Both Globally and Locally” Featuring Rosina M. Bierbaum, Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, U-M; Chair of the Global Environment Facility’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel; Member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Member Price: $25 each or $90 for all 4 / Non-Member Price: $30 each or $110 for all 4 Make your reservations today!

Call 734-662-3279. ext.1 or email kylista@annarborcityclub.org

Jack Bernard has been an attorney with the University of Michigan’s Office of the Vice President and General Counsel for more than 12 years. His primary areas of practice include intellectual property, student rights, speech and First Amendment law, academic freedom, privacy, security, computing and cyber-law, media rights, transactional work, and disability law. An instructor since 1995, Professor Bernard teaches at the University of Michigan Schools of Law, Information, and Education, as well as at the Ford School of Public Policy and the Ross School of Business. As the University’s lead copyright attorney, Mr. Bernard has been at the center of U-M’s participation in the Google Book Search project.

Lunch Choices: Chicken stuffed with radicchio and mushrooms or Conchiglie Rigata pasta

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September 2013 � Events Calendar

Margaret Waterman Alumnae Group

Presents 2013-2014

Waterman Town Hall Series

Lectures & Luncheons

At Michigan League

Speakers Include:

Author of Kennedy Must be Killed

Former Press Sec. to Queen Elizabeth

Expert on Japanese Internment Camps

FBI Profiler

For complete information: call Carolyn Tyson

(734) 426-1577 or visit our website

www.watermanalumnae.org

All proceeds are used to provide scholarships for students at the University of Michigan.

August's Flowering Plant Identified The row of lavender feathery, plumed plants with fern-like foliage pictured in the August Beacon photo of the Club gardens left of our main entrance is a border of the Astilbe 'Amethyst' the King of the perennial shade garden. Other varieties of this perennial can have plumes of pink, red, purple or white. Their foliage, usually a dark green with tones of bronze can even be a vivid red with green. These plants which bloom from June through August, can be used in dried flower arrangements. If you live where deer roam, be assured that this beautiful plant is not tasty to those large critters. Another advantage of these gorgeous astilbe plumes is that they attract hummingbirds to one's gardens.

August Name the Flowering Plant Winner! The winner of last month's Ground's contest is Nan Elliot. Nan accurately named the plant with early August lavender blooms in the garden south of the main Club entry. She has won a delicious dessert of her choice prepared by our talented City Club kitchen staff.

Flower Contest for September Answers these flower questions for a free lunch at the Club. Enter by submitting your answers on forms at the Front Desk by Wednesday, September 11. If more than one entry has all correct answers, winner will be selected from random drawing. 1. How many rose bushes are there to the left of the Sun Room outdoor steps? 2. How many different colored rose bushes are there in this same location? 3. Name the low- growing annual in front of the barberry bushes in the bed across from the pictured roses. 4. Name your favorite tall flower in that same flower bed and why it is your favorite. (Mary Bachman tends this beautiful flower bed.) Grounds committee members are not eligible. Mary Ann Pierce Grounds Chair

Staff News We are pleased to announce that Allyson Pitch has accepted our offer to be our Dining Room Manager. Allyson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality and Restaurant Management from Eastern Michigan University, and a great deal of valuable experience acquired while working at places including the Hilton Garden Inn - Ann Arbor, and the Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel. We are delighted that Allyson has joined our team. Please make a point to introduce yourself next time you are at the Club! Greg Fleming General Manager

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White Room Gets a Makeover! Thanks to the generosity of several Club members, and the creative input of the House Committee and others, remodeling of the White Room is well underway. The walls, doors, registers and ceiling have been painted, and new window treatments, carpeting, and lights are on order. The transformation is nothing short of amazing and will make the room a place we can be proud of!

Ann Arbor City Club's Commemorative BricksAnn Arbor City Club's Commemorative BricksAnn Arbor City Club's Commemorative BricksAnn Arbor City Club's Commemorative Bricks Honor a Friend � Honor a Special Memory � Celebrate a Life Event � Bring joy to a Grandchild

Fall is a great time to purchase an engraved brick to remember a special event, to honor a friend's happy milestone in life, or to recognize a dear friend, a special relative or to bring a smile to the face of a child or grandchild. All orders that are turned in by the end of October will be engraved and placed in the walkway before the leaves of 2013 have fallen.

Two choices of brick size are available: 4"x 8" which hold a maximum of 3 lines with 12 characters per line for $50 or a 12" x 12" brick for $100 which holds a maximum of 9 lines with up to 18 characters per line. Each letter, dash and space between words count as one character.

Commemorative Brick order forms are in the entrance lobby. Fill out the form with your desired words and/or dates, and return with your check made out to the Ann Arbor City Club with Bricks/Grounds written on the memo line. Proceeds from the sale of Commemorative Bricks go to the Grounds Committee to beautify the Club gardens. If you have any questions, call Mary Ann Pierce at (734) 662-2235.

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“When I became a member of the City Club, to help get acquainted, I joined the Ways and Means committee. I learned it’s the critical fund-raising arm of the Club. Our three main events are the Arts and Crafts Sale, the Flea Market and the longest-running Home Tour in Michigan. It’s a labor of love and we accept our charge with dedication to successfully plan and stage these activities in good fellowship. Please join us! We meet on the second Tuesday of the month, 10:30 a.m., in the conference room at the Club.” Dale Leslie

Meetings: Second Tuesdays At 10:30 a.m.

Ways & Means Committee

2013-2014 Event Dates Arts & Crafts Festival: December 7, 2013 The Flea Market: March 28-30, 2014 The 62nd Annual Home Tour: June 1, 2014

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Dinner and a Movie

MakeyourdinnerreservationsandjoinusforaviewingofGiftedHands:TheBenCarsonStory

StarringCubaGoodingJr.onThursday,September12at7p.m.

Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Actor in a Supporting Role, Jerry Maguire, 1996) stars in this true story about a renowned brain surgeon who overcame obstacles to change the course of medicine forever. Young Ben Carson didn't have much of a chance. Growing up in a broken home amongst poverty and prejudice, his grades suffered and his temper flared. And yet, his mother never lost her faith in him. Insisting he follow the opportunities she never had, she helped to grow his imagination, intelligence and, most importantly, his belief in himself. That faith would be his gift - the thing that would drive him to follow his dream of becoming one of the world's leading neurosurgeons.

Upcoming Events Calendar

September 2013

Monday 2 Labor Day: Club Closed

Friday 6 First Friday Happy Hour 4 - 6 p.m. Dinner at the Club 5 - 8 p.m.

Wednesday 11 Programs & Classes Fall Open House 4-6 p.m. Pizza “Plus” Party 5 -8 p.m.

Wednesday 18 Lunch & Learn with Jack Bernard 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday 24 It’s Your Birthday Luncheon 11 a.m.

Wednesday 25 Morning Musicale and Meet-the-Artist Luncheon 10:30 a.m.

October 2013

Friday 4 First Friday Happy Hour 4 - 6 p.m. Dinner at the Club 5 –8 p.m.

Wednesday 9 Morning Musicale & Meet the Artist Luncheon 10:30 a.m.

Friday 11 Country Night Dinner (Time TBD)

Wednesday 16 Lunch & Learn with Sue O’Shea 11:30 a.m.

Thursday 30 Halloween Luncheon (Time TBD)

The Beacon

President: Susan M. Smith Editor: Emilia Sanfilippo

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