Another great Christmas Holiday Party! Here are the highlights of this year s event:

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1 Another great Christmas Holiday Party! Here are the highlights of this year s event: There were 78 in attendance with 3 last minute cancellations. Everyone got their menu choices and checks in to us in record time and we thank you so much! This year we had a Christmas Party Committee of 10 people which made for an even more enjoyable event. Herb & Marilyn hosted a potluck meeting which was a lot of fun. After dinner one group put the final touches on the Snowman centerpieces while another group finished bagging up the peppermint bark favors, followed by a brief meeting to decide who was doing what the night of the party. A word about the Snowman centerpieces: Some years ago Steve & Alicia, who are world class garage sale shoppers, found some glass bowls, enough for the # of tables we usually need for our party. They gave them to Herb and Marilyn for use as possible future centerpieces. This year they finally made their debut, thanks to the creative genius of Committee Member Caryn Borba who took one look at the bowls and said hmmm, we could make them into snowmen! After a trip to Joanne s to purchase the black foam material to make the hats and Hobby Lobby to buy the paint for the faces, voila, adorable snowmen! Thank you Caryn! We love your creativity which was in full display this year at the Club s 50 th Anniversary Party in August. We decided to follow last year s idea to put out a Special Christmas Edition once again so we can all enjoy seeing the pictures from the party and maybe you will want to make copies of the pictures you like to share with families and friends. We also wish to recognize the efforts of Oakhurst Country Club for the outstanding job they did for our event this year, especially in the face of significant changes in their organization which occurred mid-year. Temporary employees were brought in to fill the vacancies of General Manager, Director of Membership Events, Director of Private Events (like our Christmas party), and even the Chef! Oakhurst CC will have new owners on January 1 st The employees who took over the positions that were vacated did an excellent job of fulfilling our every wish. The night of the party the acting General Manager and the Acting Food & Beverage Manager were overseeing our event to make sure we were happy. We appreciate your patience if your dinner was not perfectly prepared the way you wanted it to be. The Awards portion of the program went smoothly. Outgoing President Lynn Grady received the gift of her very own gavel from incoming President Bob Rigor. The 2018 Board was thanked and the 2019 Board was introduced. We wish Bob a fun, enjoyable year as our leader in 2019 with an emphasis on fun! Ron & Caryn Borba received the Outstanding Member Award! The 2018 Tour Leaders were recognized. Longevity Awards were presented by outgoing Past President Bob Estrella including 3 recipients who received beautiful 50 year awards created by Liz Rosenthal. We wish all of you a healthy, happy New Year! Denis & Diane Bianchi, Ron & Caryn Borba, Bob & Rose Estrella, Doug & Reyanne Freeman, and Herb & Marilyn Neumann Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 1 December 2018

2 2018 Christmas Holiday Party Committee The Peppermint Bark Baggers (we ll never tell how much they ate while they worked ). Thanks Ron, Doug, Bob, Denis and Herb! Reyanne, Caryn, Rose, Diane & Marilyn putting the finishing touches on the Snowmen and finally relaxing as they check out the completed centerpieces. Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 2 December 2018

3 Outgoing President Lynn Grady received a gift of her very own Gavel from Incoming President Bob Rigor. Larry & Diane Trimpey, recipients of last year s 2017 Outstanding Member s Award, presented the Award to this year s (well deserved) Outstanding Members Ron & Caryn Borba. Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 3 December 2018

4 Incoming Board for 2019 President: Bob Rigor; Vice President: Mike Cozad; Secretary: Herb Neumann; Treasurer: Larry Rosenthal; Editor: Hank Haugse; Tour Leaders: Don & Kathy McGrath; Past President: Lynn Grady. Tour Leaders for 2018 Thank you everyone! Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 4 December 2018

5 Longevity Awards Past President Bob Estrella presented Longevity Awards to: Ken & Janet Andronis received their 5 year pins; Ed & Patsy Pond received their 10 year pins; John & Claire Bailey, Wayne & Peggy English, Paul & Marnie Peterson received their 15 year pins; Adell Kirk, Bob & Sandi Rigor received their 20 year pins; Harold Hall and Emogene Thomas, Larry & Pam Lee received their 50 year pins. Those unable to attend the party will be receiving the following Longevity Awards: David & Cassandra Antkowiak, Al & Dian Aldrich will be receiving their 10 year pins; Troy & Loretta Whitehurst will be receiving their 15 year pins; Tim & Sue Lindstrom will be receiving their 40 year pins; Elsie Goines will be receiving her 50 year pin (NOTE: Bob Estrella traveled to Elsie s home in Napa a few days after the Christmas Party and presented her with her 50 year pin and special 50 th plaque. See pictures of the three 50 year recipients on next page.) We thank all of you for the years you ve given the Diablo A s and we look forward to many more years together. Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 5 December 2018

6 We are blessed to have three members in good standing who have been with the Diablo A s since its founding in They are Larry Lee, Harold Hall and Elsie Goines. Past President Bob Estrella had the honor of presenting all three their beautifully designed plaques, Larry and Harold at the Christmas Holiday Party, and Elsie at her home in Napa the following week. (We want to say a special thank you to Liz Rosenthal for creating these beautiful commemorative plaques.) Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 6 December 2018

7 The 2018 Christmas Holiday Party Committee L to R: Neumann s, Bianchi s, Freeman s, Borba s, Estrella s What a wonderful dream team to plan a party with! Lots of tuxedos, hats (including 3 top hats) and furs came to this year s party! The Diablo A s are having fun dressing ERA! And no problem getting everyone together at the end of the evening for this High Society fun photo op! Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 7 December 2018

8 The ladies step out of their shells Here we are, nice and primly posed (except for Trish with her long legs!). Next thing we know, our excellent photographer, Diane Bianchi, tells us to show her some sassy moves. Here s what she got: Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 8 December 2018

9 We have no idea what our Photographer, Diane Bianchi, asked the men to do to get this picture. Looks like, may I have this next dance A big thank you to both of our photographers, Diane Bianchi, and Ron Borba! They took great pictures and between the two of them managed to get pictures of the entire event. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this Special Edition which contains more wonderful pictures taken by Diane & Ron. Special Christmas Edition of the MotoMeter 9 December 2018