July 2015 Channel Chatter - Multnomah Channel Yacht...
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A monthly publication of Multnomah Channel Yacht Club c hatter c hannel MCYC July 2015 “The Friendliest Club on the River” Since 1961 50990 Dike Road Scappoose Oregon 97056 www.mcyc1.org First Lady Teri White Commodore Mike White Page One From the Commodore Hello MCYC Members. We have just finished celebrating July Fourth with parents, children and grandchildren plus an aunt. I hope you all had a pleasant and safe holiday. We have some new gravel in the parking and a huge thank you to all that planned and helped with this endeavor. On such a hot day, I hope that you took advantage of the free beer at work parties! The “Longest Day” cruise to the Gilbert River was a big success, and I will let Fleet Captain Gib tell you more about that. Several people are in- terested or in the process of becom- ing members. Come to a meeting to meet them as they fulfill their new member requirements. As al- ways, Teri and I hope to see you at the club or on the channel. Commodore Mike Hello all, This has been an amazing summer so far, I have not seen this kind of weather for close to 30 years. I used to gauge it by my daughter’s birth- day which is the May 18 th ; yes the mountain blew during her first par- ty. Every year I could count on the weather to be wonderful, so she had outdoor sleep overs until she was teenager and the weather started to change. It was rainy or otherwise not predicable. Party’s moved in- doors. Here it is possible we have come full circle. Our granddaughter Emerson the Princess of Neptune has a birthday on May 16 th maybe she will be able to count on sleep overs for a few years. Everything has its cycles and I see in our club the signs of a change. The feeling of comradery, the de- sire to makes improvements to our club so that we all have a good time, like the ski chair out front that says summer fun, our bathroom with the clever toilet paper holder, our varnished picnic table and bench and on and on. Thank you to all of you that continue to think of all of us. As the commodore says, “Every time we are at the club we should leave it a little better than we found it”. (He borrowed that saying from Gib”) I hope you had a great 4 th , enjoy the rest of July. See you at the club or on a dock. First Lady, Teri Have you noticed the latest piece of art in the form of an Adiron- dack chair on the head dock ? Jim Donaldson donated all of his old water skis for the project and Dave Karpeles used his talent and skills to create “ The Chair “.
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A monthly publication of Multnomah Channel Yacht ClubchatterchannelMCYC
July 2015 “The Friendliest Club on the River” Since 1961
50990 Dike Road Scappoose Oregon 97056 www.mcyc1.org
First Lady Teri WhiteCommodore Mike White
Page One
From the Commodore
Hello MCYC Members.
We have just finished celebratingJuly Fourth with parents, childrenand grandchildren plus an aunt. Ihope you all had a pleasant and safeholiday. We have some new gravelin the parking and a huge thank youto all that planned and helped withthis endeavor. On such a hot day, Ihope that you took advantage of thefree beer at work parties! The“Longest Day” cruise to the GilbertRiver was a big success, and I willlet Fleet Captain Gib tell you moreabout that. Several people are in-terested or in the process of becom-ing members. Come to a meetingto meet them as they fulfill theirnew member requirements. As al-ways, Teri and I hope to see you atthe club or on the channel.
Commodore Mike
Hello all,This has beenan amazingsummer so far,I have not seenthis kind ofweather for close to 30 years. I usedto gauge it by my daughter’s birth-day which is the May 18th; yes themountain blew during her first par-ty. Every year I could count on theweather to be wonderful, so she hadoutdoor sleep overs until she wasteenager and the weather started tochange. It was rainy or otherwisenot predicable. Party’s moved in-doors. Here it is possible we havecome full circle. Our granddaughterEmerson the Princess of Neptunehas a birthday on May 16th maybeshe will be able to count on sleepovers for a few years.Everything has its cycles and I seein our club the signs of a change.The feeling of comradery, the de-sire to makes improvements to ourclub so that we all have a goodtime, like the ski chair out front thatsays summer fun, our bathroomwith the clever toilet paper holder,our varnished picnic table andbench and on and on. Thank you toall of you that continue to think ofall of us.
As the commodore says, “Everytime we are at the club we shouldleave it a little better than we foundit”. (He borrowed that saying fromGib”)I hope you had a great 4th, enjoy therest of July. See you at the club oron a dock.First Lady, Teri
Have you noticed the latest pieceof art in the form of an Adiron-dack chair on the head dock ?
Jim Donaldson donated all of hisold water skis for the project andDave Karpeles used his talent andskills to create “ The Chair “.
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General Meeting MenuCalendar2015
Birthdays
Anniversaries
JULY
1 Board Meeting
3,4,5 Cruise Coon Island
17-19 Bald Eagle Days
17 No General Meeting
25 Duff’s Beach Party
OFFICERS for 2015
Commodore Mike WhiteVice Commodore Pat SenzRear Commodore Gib ColistroSecretary Lori SenzTreasurer Bob Schultheis
BOARD MEMBERSJoe Aten , Jim Donaldson,Brian Hale , Dave Karpeles,Mike Range, Dan Payne IPC
COMMITTEE CHAIRSMoorage Manager Brian HaleAsst. M. Mgr. Bob SchultheisFleet Captain Gib ColistroCruise Captain Gib ColistroPort Captain Pat SenzAsst. Port CaptainSocial Director Lynne AtenRoster Bob SchultheisGalley Mgr. Mary DonaldsonBar Manager Sondra GiacherioQuarter Mistress Teri WhiteHistorian B. Clauson / D. HanhiSunshine Teri WhiteDaughter of Neptune Lauren EllensohnChannel Chatter Jim & Mary DonaldsonFirst Aid Lynne AtenWebmaster Brian GodfreyChaplain Tana PhemesterClubhouse Mgr.Membership Lynne Aten
Aug. Dave KarpelesSept. Gib ColistroOct. Pat SenzNov. Dan PayneDec. All- pot luck
BOARD REFRESHMENT LIST
OCTOBER
7 Board meeting16 General Meeting16,17,18 Spook Cruise
July no meetingAug. Sutherland, Jellum,Godfrey/Shelton, Cozad/WintersSept. Walker, Tabrum, Stallman,SchultheisOct. Colistro, White, Woods,CrismanNov. Westfall, Schneider, AttrashDec. Potluck
SEPTEMBER
2 Board meeting5,6,7 Cruise Coon Is west12 CRYA Golf17 Ladies Dinner18 General Meeting
AUGUST
5 Board Meeting
14,15,16 Hot Aug Nites
21 General Meeting
NOVEMBER
4 Board meeting
20 General meeting
28 Civil War Party
Dinner Meeting Hosts
DECEMBER
2 Board Meeting
13 Xmas Ships Party
18 General Meeting
Mike Range 7Judy Tidrick 8Walt Tabrum 10Matt Phemester 13Sheri Tabrum 14Bob Gedde 19Larry Pfeifer 20Clayton Gardner 25
Duane and Debra Westfall 4Mike and Kendra Range 7Doug and Shirley Walker 19
There is NO dinner meetingin July
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CruiseCaptain
Gib Colistro
July 3-4 Coon Is East
July 17-19 Bald Eagle Days Cathlamet, WASept. 5-7 Labor Day Cruise Coon Is West
Oct. 16-18 Spook Cruise Sand Island, Upper Dock
Nov.7 Veterans Day Cruise Coon Is East
Dec. No Scheduled Cruise
Joe’sInquiring
Mind
I wanted to thank you for lettingmy represent MCYC as yourDaughter of Neptune this year. Ithas been a fun and rewarding ex-perience so far.I have attended a ladies dinner atRose City Yacht Club which had a“Mad Hatters Tea Party Theme.”There were all kinds of crazy hatsand raffle drawings. The daugh-ters contributed a “move night”basket filled with goodies. Thefood was good and we got to drawtickets and deliver prizes.Opening Day ceremonies wereheld at Portland Yacht Club onMay 2. Unfortunately I wasn’table to stay for judging the paradebecause I was asked to my HighSchool Prom (which truly was somuch fun). I was able to attendthe breakfast and participate in theflag raising ceremony for OpeningDay. Father Neptune was thereand it was a beautiful morning. Ieven ran into one of the River Pa-trol Captains who is from my littlehome town of Brush Prairie.This past weekend was very busydecorating our float Friday for theStarlight Parade. We worked forabout 3 hours Friday night at Larryand Vicky Justice’s home. Westrung lots of lights and blew upover 180 balloons so decorate ourparty barge. The Justice’s fed usPizza and salad.Saturday we spent the entire dayform 2 pm until past 10 pm put-ting finishing touches on our floatand then riding in the parade to
promote Life Jacket Safety. It wasa very fun experience and a rowdyparade. Father Neptune was withus on your highly glowing partybarge. We even had lit mermaidtails and lights in our tiaras!I got to take a couple days off fromschool to take a limo to Astoriawith our chaperones and 3 otherdaughters. We stayed overnight,got up at 4 am and boarded a CoastGuard ship to ride into Rose Festi-val in Portland. There were somepretty handsome sailors that gaveus a tour!Thanks again for letting me be yourdaughter!
Lauren Ellonsohn
Why are many coin banks shapedlike pigs ?
Long ago, dishes and cookwarein Europe were of a dense orangeclay called “pygg”. When peoplesaved coins in jars made of thisclay, the jars became known as‘pygg banks’. When an Englishpotter misunderstood the word,he he made a bank that resembleda pig and it caught on.
Did you ever wonder why dimes,quarters and half dollars havenotches, while pennies and nick-els do not ?
The US Mint began puttingnotches on the edge of coins con-taining gold and silver to discour-age holders from shaving offsmall quantities of the preciousmetals. Dimes, quarters and halfdollars are notched because theyused to contain silver. Penniesand nickels aren’t notched be-cause the metals they contain arenot valuable enough to shave.
Why do men’s clothes have but-tons on the right side while wom-en’s clothes have buttons on theleft ?
When buttons were invented,they were very expensive andworn primarily by the rich. Be-cause wealthy women weredressed by maids, dressmakersput the buttons on the maid’sright ! Since most people areright handed, it is easier to pushbuttons on the right through holeson the left and that’s where wom-en’s buttons have remained since.
Go to crya.us to sign up and pay
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Come join us for the 5th annualHOTAUGUST NIGHT’S BBQ & BeachPartyat MCYC August 14th, 15th &16th!!!!
Come for the entire weekend orjust for the Night…
Bar opens at 5:00 PM Fridayevening and 10:00 AM Saturday.
· Friday night—Burgers served at6:00 PM night.
· Saturday morning—Breakfastat 8:00—10:00 AM
· Saturday night BBQ Pulled Pork& Brisket with all the sidesserved at 6:00 PM
· $35 for the entire weekendplus live music by The Loafers.
· $5 cover charge for live musiconly
Any questions call
Kendra @ 503-477-2115Or
Hot August Nights & Beach Party
Don’t let the summer end yet!!!
Boats welcome!!!!
Slips and power available.à Sand Castle building
à Dinghy contest Saturday afternoon
à Crawfish races—If we can catch ‘emVegetarian option available but must be RSVP’d
to Kendra
** Don’t forget your swimsuit **
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Scenes from the Chili Cook-off Cruise
The sheriffsmelled thedeliciouschili, andcame tocheck itout !
Photos courtesy of Gib ColistroPage Seven
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July 3rd Work Party
A HUGE shout out to Terry and EllenLane for hauling their tractor all the way toMCYC from Newberg. It was such a hugehelp….Terry did a great job spreading thegravel. There is no way we would havecompleted this project without Terry andhis tractor.
Also Kudos to Dave Sutherland, BobGedde, John Jellum, Dan Payne and theproject supervisor, Dave Karpeles.
Next project: Completing the upgrdes tothe water system in the form of newPEX pipes.
