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It’s that time of year when we are all getting tired of go to either police headquarters or the hospital, wherever winter and looking forward to spring, which is just 6 the victim is. The team then provides information based weeks away. Even though this winter has been extremely on the victim’s needs, such as safety plans, linkage to mild I am sure most of us feel we’ve had enough. Let’s services and arrangements for transportion to a safe house look on the bright side, Valentine’s Day is here to enjoy if needed. The team preps the victim and assists in this month! I have included a Valentine puzzle plus a facilitating a temporary restraining order if necessary. Valentine quiz to see just how much you know about Training takes approximately 5 weeks, meeting two or aphrodisiacs. three times a week. Kathy doesn’t know when the next training session is being conducted, but if would like to Recycled Card Program volunteer, she will let the coordinator know and youwill be contacted about training. Once the training is complete, It seems as though Christmas was a long time ago but it you must volunteer for a minimum of 4 twelve hour shifts really wasn’t so maybe some of you still have the per month, and attend one team meeting per month. Christmas cards you received. This is definitely a worthwhile endeavor and if you are Avis Anderson told me about a great was to dispose of interested you can call Kathy and she can give you more those cards that is good for the environment and also good details. for St. Jude’s Ranch. Valentine’s Party at Valenzano’s Winery The card recycling program is now more than 30 years old. The program is operated by Kids’ Corp., a program Valenzano Winery is having a special Valentine for the children at St. Jude’s Ranch to learn entrepreneur- dinner, dancing, and wine tasting on Saturday Feb.11th. ship skills. The children participate in making the new There is a group going from Hearthstone. If you would cards by removing the front and attaching a new back. like to go along and join the fun, please contact Kathy The result is a beautiful new card made by the children Book by phone or email so she will know how many and volunteers. The benefits are two-fold: customers reservations to make. receive “green” holiday cards for use and the children Super Bowl Sunday receive payment for their work and learn the benefits and importance of going “green.” A group is gathering at the clubhouse on Sunday, February 5, 2012 to watch the Super Bowl. The game The program now accepts all occasion cards, year round. will start a little after 6PM. If you would like to join the group, they will be starting to gather around 5:30 PM. You can mail your donations to: St. Jude’s Ranch for Once they know how many are attending, pizza will be Children, Recycled Card Program, 100 St. Jude’s St., ordered. You do not have to RSVP, just show up if you Boulder City, NV 89005. are interested. This is a BYOB, including water, soft You can find out more about this worthy program and drinks and soda. learn how to purchase cards for all occasion by going to www.stjudesranch.org/shop/recycled-card- Other Upcoming Social Events program/ The Sock Hop resumed in January. It is held on the first Domestic Violence Response Team and third Wednesday of each month. Kathy Shockley has asked if I would tell you a bit about On Sunday March 18 @ 4PM there will be a St Patrick’s an organization in which she is involved. It’s the Day party. Details to follow. Domestic Violence Response Team. They are called by the police to respond to a victim when a domestic The Social Committee will have its first Easter Hunt on violence incident occurs. They don’t respond to the April 8, Easter Sunday on the common ground behind the actual scene, they are called after the victim is safe. They houses at 2 & 4 Hearthstone Blvd. Page 2 During your stay, you’ll develop an appreciation of her strength - a battleship built to “keep floating and keep fighting.” Imagine her awesome power, including nine 16-inch guns that once reached land targets nearly twenty-three miles away. Live Like a Sailor! The Battleship New Jersey’s overnight encampment program can accommodate groups and families of all sizes up to 300. When you go aboard you will: Experience Encampment on the • Stow your gear in a locker — the same lockers Battleship New Jersey. that held sailors’ personal belongings when at I’m sure you are all familiar with the Battleship New sea. Jersey, American’s most decorated battleship and that it • Sleep in bunks - just like enlisted sailors. is now a museum in Camden at Freedom Park. The • “Chow down” in the Crew’s Mess. ship is open for tours and events. Exploring “BB62” is • Even purchase a personalized “Dog Tag!” experiencing history in a whole new way. Not only do Boy Scouts can earn merit badges for encampment. you see exhibits of artifacts from the ship’s past, but Girl Scouts can experience the GIRLS ONLY NIGHT, you are put into the exhibit as you go through the tour featuring a USO-style performance and a presentation route. Sit in the chair from which Admiral Halsey by a female Navy veteran. commanded the fleet, see the bunks where the sailors slept and climb into the 16" gun turret and learn how Call the Battleship New Jersey’s Encampment the projectiles were loaded. Department at 866-877-6262 ext. 203 or email [email protected] for more info. You will understand that this is a museum where All encampments must be booked in advance. visitors take an active role. Stroll across the forecastle, climb the original ladders up to the bridge and you will understand what life was like for a sailor on the Battleship New Jersey. Did you know that you can sleep over on the Battleship New Jersey? You can! What an exciting family event!Your grandchildren would love the experience of spending a night on the legendary battleship. From the moment you walk up the gangway, you’ll be greeted with a breathtaking display of the battleship’s size, Bunks where you will sleep when you experience nearly three football fields long and eleven stories high. Overnight Encampment on the Battleship J. The Battleship J, the most decorated battleship in US aval history, serving in WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. Page 3 his skills were more suited to industry than academia, Sam made the move to a smaller consulting company. One of its clients, Rohm & Haas at 6th and Market in Philadelphia, took note of Sam’s abilities and, in 1986, offered him a permanent position. He stayed with the well-known chemical company for 15 years until his retirement. Life couldn’t be all work for Sam, however. He often thought of a lovely young woman he’d known for many years back in Egypt and wondered if she remembered Samir Farid him. Their families were friends and Sam was attracted by Jeanne Smith to her beauty and goodness. On one of his trips to his Some times, the pupil knows more than the teacher and, native country, he spoke with Samia and her family and in Samir Farid’s case, his earliest jobs in the United received permission to propose. Courting in Egypt States resulted from being that pupil. differs from the same custom in the U.S. Usually, marriages there occur between families, when men and When he finished college in his native Egypt in 1973, women are drawn to each other and decide to commit Samir (more familiarly known as Sam) went on for their lives to one another. Such was the case for Sam, another stint in a technical school to study Cobol and who found his Samia willing to be his bride. They were computer programming. He and his friends often married on January 21, 1984 and returned to his new talked, half-jokingly, about emigrating to another home. The couple settled in Burlington Township, from land… Canada, Australia, even the United States. where Sam commuted to work, carpooling with some When a friend saw a posting at the American Embassy associates from the area. advertising for computer programmers in America, Samir applied, then went on with his life. A year later, in 1979, he received word that his application had been accepted and he was to travel to the U.S. For the first few years, there were little jobs here and there, but every time he applied for something more permanent, he was told he lacked “American experi- ence.” Since Cobol was then the common language of programmers and Cobol was written in English, Sam says he couldn’t understand what more of an “American experience” he should have. He had learned English in Egypt and felt he spoke it rather well, but there was something else to this “American experience” he failed to grasp. So he decided to enroll in the Taylor technical school’s programming course in Bridgewater, NJ, thinking affiliation with such a school might help provide that elusive “American experience.” That turned out to be the move which fashioned his later career. As a student at Taylor, Sam often disagreed with his instructors, feeling he knew more about the subject than they.

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