12/17/08

Click here to see more pictures from Christmas 2008 Celebration

Over 40 Golden Bulldogs including spouses/spices, etc. enjoyed a great Christmas Celebration last night at the Uplands Recreation Centre in Hawkwood. The members who attended spanned the years 1972 to 2008 that they worked at SWC .

Although a number of "old timers" were tied up during this busy season and could not attend, it was great to see a large number of new faces (at the Christmas Celebration). The weather cooperated at least by warming up about 20 degrees for the evening.( -8 Celsius instead of -28 Celsius for all in Lotusland who do not remember a real winter!!)

 It was a great time to catch up on news, meet new Golden Bulldogs, and once more share the great collegiality that we experienced while working at Sir Winston Churchill.

Terry Allen took a number of pictures which I have posted on both of our websites  at  www.goldenbuldogs.ca and www.goldenbulldogs.berndtcanada.com .

Special thanks goes out to Val Arsenault for arranging the venue again, as well as Sheana Rauk, Anne Dewitt, Donna Sterling, Armande Bird, and Nalda Burns for planning the celebration, ensuring that cups, coffee, drinking glasses, etc. were there for the occasion. Thank you also for Donna, Sheena and Terry for phoning a number of people and inviting them to attend.

A special thank you to all who provided donations for the Food Bank to be given to those in need. The goods will be delivered to the Food Bank today.

The GB Vintner's trophy went this year to Val and Larry Arsenault's presentation in the red category and Sheena and Arvi Rauk in the white wine category. Congratulations and thank you to all those home vintners who contributed their best to the wine tasting competition. Thank you also to all who participated in the tasting and provided professional ranking of the offerings!

We are thinking of hosting a luncheon some time in April or May so look for information on that. The Bugaboo Creek Pub will remain open at least until June 30, 2009 and our next regular meeting of the Golden Byulldogs in the new year will at 3:30 pm at the Bugaboo on Thursday, February 5. Hope to see you there!