President’s Message – November 2018
As I write this, fall is finally making its appearance. Although summer is nice, it seemed as though it didn’t want to leave! The crisp, cool mornings are a welcome respite from the lingering humidity we experienced in
September and most of October. We started October off with a fun trip to the Highland Games in Laurinburg and a relaxing dinner at the Chef and the Frog restaurant in Whiteville. We had 19 CFMC members for the Games and 20 members join us for dinner. The Games had musical entertainment by a number of “piper” bands along with the traditional Scottish games. The rain held off but the cloudy days kept the temperatures comfortable.
As I mentioned in last month’s column, our quarterly meeting, normally held in October, was postponed due to the
impacts of Hurricane Florence and the availability of suitable meeting venues. As noted in the RTT Extra of October 22, we will have our quarterly meeting on Saturday November 10 at Carrabbas Italian Grill in Wilmington. We will assemble at Carrabbas at 11:00 AM, followed by our meeting and lunch. I encourage all CFMC members to attend this meeting to find out about upcoming events and activities of your Club. A meeting agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting.
In last month’s column, I mentioned the great trip to Bird Island hosted by Bill and Marty Fay on September 8. One aspect of that trip was the round trip taxi ride from the Sunset Beach pier to Bird Island. Unknown at the time, Bill and Marty paid for the taxi service for all attendees. Bill and Marty were willing to cover the cost themselves. But after much pressure from me and a lot of reluctance and resistance from Bill, I found out that the cost of the taxi
service was approximately $5 per person. So if you attended the Bird Island outing and you’re so inclined, let’s reimburse Bill and Marty for the taxi portion of what was an outstanding outing.
I hope to see everyone at our quarterly meeting on November 10. And, we are looking for an event and host for December.
Zoom zoom!
Ron Carmichael, President