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Britclub News April, 2014 Sarasota British Club, P BritClub News April, 2014 Sarasota British Club, P. O. Box 21063, Sarasota, FL 34276 Vol. 14, Issue 4 Coming Events he SBC Board Meeting on 10th outh Lido Beach Picnic on Wed, May 7 April will be held at the home of Jane and 2201 Ben Franklin Drive T Gary Lee @ 6:30pm. Members welcome (see web site below for directions) but please call ahead, see Page 3, as space is limited. S https://www.scgov.net/beaches/Pages/SouthLido.aspx ampa Downs Horse Racing and Sunday Brunch on 27th April. Mark Please come & join us for an fun afternoon on the date in your diary. This fun day of beautiful South Lido Key beach - arrive any time from T 11am. There is abundant parking & plenty of shade racing offers you fine dining service on the third floor of the Clubhouse, which provides exciting panoramic with picnic tables provided as well as newly views of racing action in a smoke-free environment. constructed restrooms & beach showers. Those of you who have joined us in the past already know what a great day out this makes. If you want to Please bring picnic enjoy a drink or two at the races, you can do as we food to share in have arranged a a comfortable bus with one pick-up coolers &/or covered - point each in both Sarasota and Bradenton. The price lunch from noon of the splendid brunch buffet and sumptuous dessert onwards. Sodas, paper table, entrance fee and program is $29.00 including ware, gratuity. (Bar drinks are extra.) forks, cups & ice will The round-trip bus fare is $20, be provided by SBC but please bring your own beach gratuity included . For those chair, towels, swim wear, hat, etc. Please bring beach taking the arranged bus then, the games if you have any. total fee for the day is $49 pp. Note: Tampa Downs is a very There is no charge for the event but reservations to be popular venue, they have limited made to me by Sunday May 4th by email or phone. our group to 50 persons maximum. At the time of reservation please give me an idea of To reserve your place, email/phone Sue Ford: what food you will be bringing so that we don't end up [email protected]; 941-751-3811. with too much/too little of anything! I'll be happy to offer suggestions if required. Time and place of pick-up for bus to Tampa Downs There are two pick-up points: In the event of inclement weather the picnic will be postponed. --First pick-up point: ‘Babies-R-Us', 3860 Central Jane Thompson Sarasota Parkway (off US 41, south of Sarasota [email protected] Square Shopping Center): 9:45am. 388-8018 --Second pick-up point: Twelve Oaks Plaza off SR70 West (approximately ¼ mile west of I-75): 10.15am. MORE EVENTS on Page 8 If you are taking the bus, please let Sue Ford know which pick-up point you choose. See Sue's tel. no. and email address above. -1- Letter from SBC President Gary Lee ear Members, Now that we’ve all reeled SANDRA’S RECIPE OF THE from the annual shock of D MONTH the advent of Daylight Saving Time or “Summer Time,” we can relax and hen we first got mar- enjoy life again in delightful Sara- sota. We had British houseguests ried, an American with us last week during the time W friend of ours warned change. They were dreading having Jack to never let me grow rhubarb...as to experience the loss of an hour once "the Brits have a thousand and one ways again when the UK and the Continent shift to summer to fix it!" Well in Wisconson it grew with great abun- time at the end of March. According to a survey reported dance, and we enjoyed all the different ways of fixing it. by Time Magazine and based on Facebook Data Science Too hot here in Florida to grow, but can sometimes find work using aggregated data to analyze people’s sleepy scale in the US following the time change, the tiredest it in the produce section, or I have used frozen with suc- geographical areas were the middle of the country, Flor- cess. Here is one of our favourites, ( actually adapted ida, and the North East-- with Delaware leading the pack. from an Australian cookbook) hope you enjoy it However, the reported tiredness factor greatly abated dur- ing the week; and by Thursday all was back to normal on that scale. I should point out that the sleepiness factor did not change at all during the week in Arizona as that State Rhubarb Crumble opts out of Daylight Saving Time (DST). 1/2 lb rhubarb I am very pleased to announce that new member Barry Evans has come forward to serve as Secretary of the 1/4 cup brown sugar Board. Barry will replace Diana Bradfield, who earlier 1 orange had to resign the position due to health issues. We wish Diana a full recovery and hope that she will stand for a 1 tsp ground cinnamon position on a future SBC Board. 1/2 cup all purpose flour Do cast a discerning eye over the upcoming social events 1/2 cup butter featured in this newsletter. It is wise to make your deci- sions as soon as possible on these events in order that you don’t lose out in those cases where numbers of partici- Preheat oven to 400 F. Trim rhubarb into chunks, or if pants may be limited. using frozen thaw out. Place in ovenproof dish. Cover with the sugar, and zest and juice of the orange. Bake Finally, this issue contains another installment of pieces covered for 10 minutes ( if using frozen rhubarb you can on British country houses written by a former colleague skip this part) Mix cinnamon, sugar, flour and work in in Washington, Gary Beaver. This issue features Blick- the butter until crumbled, sprinkle over the rhubarb; don't ing Hall located in Norfolk and birthplace of Anne Bo- pat it down, and bake 20-30 minutes until golden brown. leyn. See page 5 Serve with heavy whipping cream or luverly custard sauce. 8 servings (Recipe from Sandra F Cherry, Union Jack food column- ist, who can be reached at [email protected]. I welcome requests, comments and recipes) -2- Did you know? Transportation to Club Events he Club has a “Sunshine Club” which will send a he Board has recently designated Mark Malkasian T greeting to a member when we hear of a special as our Transportation Coordinator to assist those in happy , sad or momentous event in their lives. T need of rides to Club events. Mark is hoping to Please let us know of such events, contact Sandra Cherry , create a small pool of member volunteers willing to provide her details are below. wheels to members. This is a call for volunteers to step forward to help. This also is a call to contact him if you are in need of transport to a particular event. He can be reached ANGLO-AMERICAN PINS. he Club has purchased these attractive pins for the by email [email protected] or phone (941-918-8360. members. They are free! Please ask about them at the Beware! He has a list of all the Club members and their zip T next function that you attend. codes so he’s hoping you won’t mind, when necessary, if he calls you to ask if you can assist a nearby member in getting to an event you are planning to attend. Thank you. Sarasota British Club name badges JOKE Little Johnny was at his first day of school. The teacher advised the class to start the day with the pledge of Your allegiance, and instructed them to put their right hands over name their hearts and repeat after him. He looked around the room as he started the recitation, "I pledge allegiance to the flag..." When his eyes fell on Little Johnny, he noticed his hand over the right cheek of his buttocks. "Little Johnny, I will not continue till you put your hand over lease obtain Club badges directly from: your heart." Sarasota Trophy 6601 Superior Ave, Sarasota Fl 34231. Little Johnny replied, "It is over my heart." P 921-4339. After several attempts to get Little Johnny to put his hand over his heart, the teacher asked, "Why do you think that is $8 + tax for badge with magnet = $8.56 your heart?" $6 + tax for badge with pin (without magnet) = $6.42. Badges can be collected in person "Because, every time my Grandma comes to visit, she picks (M - F 8.30 - 5 or Sat 9 - 12) or shipped to home for $3.75. me up, pats me here, and says, 'Bless your little heart,' and my Grandma wouldn't lie." You can tell more about a person by what he says about “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to others than you can by what others say about him.” you without leaving happier.” Audrey Hepburn Mother Teresa 2014 Board of Directors President: Gary Lee 706-1172 [email protected] Vice-President Sandra Cherry 921-3162 [email protected] Treasurer: Mark Malkasian 918-8360 [email protected] Secretary: Barry Evans 993-9752 [email protected] Membership Chair: Paul Wilkinson 410-990-4698 [email protected] Newsletter/Website: B. Thompson 388-8018 [email protected] Director at Large1: Jane Hersee-Lee 706-1172 [email protected] Director at Large2: Jane Jacobs 847-370-2811 [email protected] Director at Large3: Glenn Stilwell 201-6324 [email protected] Past President: Steve Adams 580-8458 [email protected] -3- Steve Adams’s Appalachian Trial President Steve has 2013’s recently (22nd March) started hiking the Appalachian Trail as mentioned in the March BritNews.
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