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FALL GREETINGS TO MY FELLOW NEBRASKANS

 

 

 

 

We’ve weathered another Arizona  summer and soon  many of you will be returning from your summer hiatus and joining the rest of us who spent a pretty-grueling 5 months in the heat.  We welcome all of back  and hope you will enjoy our Nebraska Club events for the fall and winter season.

By way introduction, I am Jan Vejraska. (yes, rhymes with Nebraska, a silent “j”), your new president.  We hail from Columbus, NE.  I spent most of my career in human resources management with Becton Dickinson (BD) there.  My Husband Jim & I retired early and moved to Sun City West in 1998.  We still have family and friends in Nebraska and try to visit during the fall (never the winter don't miss that ice and snow.)  We continue to be very active BIG RED fans....once a Cornhusker ... Always a Cornhusker.  Jim and I have been very active in the SCW Posse. Both are past Commanders, duty officers, dispatchers, traffic instructors and I am now Public Information OFFICE.  Yes, the Newspaper articles you see about the posse are from me.  I also enjoy playing bridge and golf.  I”m a past president of the SCW Connections Club and see many of you there.

We have fun activities lined up this fall and winter.  We are hopeful that you will come and visit with your past (not old) friends and make new acquaintances.  We encourage you to bring guests who may be interested in joining our club. Dues are only $5 per person per year and we do have the distinction of being one of the largest and most active state clubs in the valley.  Our membership is open to residents of the Sun Cities and other west valley locations. “Pay us a visit” - you’ll like us!  Our purpose is to provide an opportunity for Nebraskans, former Nebraskans and friends of Nebraskans to associate, socialize and join in our designated programs.

I  went to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors.  They were elected at our February annual meeting, Merritt Hedden, Muriel (Murt) Meierhenry and Mike Watanabe.  Along with our other directors (Dennis Madigan, Rae Nicholson, Patty O’Neal, Sue Bowman, George Pearson and myself), We look forward to a fun year.  We also VERY happy to welcome our new membership Chairman, Eri Siburg, to the staff.  He is a very knowledgeable computer person.  We feel very fortunate to have the use of his expertise

We welcome any suggestions, ideas or thoughts from our membership... We are ready to listen and will try to incorporate your input into agenda.  Let me hear from you at 623-975-0645 (home), 623-889-1850 (call) or e-mail jvejraska@aol.com.  I’m looking forward to a great year!