Gold Card Newsletter BOEING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION April 2015
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Gold Card Newsletter BOEING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION www.bmagoldcard.org April 2015 2014 Year in Review t’s amazing that it’s already 2015! The Boeing Management Recreation IAssociation Board hopes you had a wonderful and productive n 2014, we added a new Recreation chair, Kären Ekrem, and a 2014. BMA and the Gold Card chapter certainly did. As this new Ifocal point for skiing events, George Burmeister. year gets rolling, we’d like to review some event highlights The Golf League held tournaments each month from April from 2014. through September at Lake Tapps Island, Lake Spanaway, Gold Card, as you know, is part of BMA, which has more than Brookdale, Lake Wilderness, Auburn, High Cedars, and North 8,500 active, associate, and retired members. In addition to the Shore golf courses. The league, which is mixed, with divisions Gold Card chapter for retired members, the association consists of based on handicap and playing level, is fun for all golfers, and three regions in the Puget Sound area and has affiliated branches at tournaments are great events for making connections. some other Boeing locations. Stay tuned in 2015 for exciting recreation opportunities! Signature Gold Card Events Health and Welfare he 2014 Spring Luncheon featured old Card sponsored a tour of the Covenant Shores Retirement TJan Sprake, who has more than GCommunity. 30 years’ experience managing various And Dr. Gey and Jeanette Dunn regularly contributed articles. nonprofit educational and health care If you haven’t kept up with their topics be sure to see the back organizations and has served as the issues of our newsletter, where you’ll find articles on executive director of the Medic One • The flu. Foundation since 2000. She shared a • Cardiovascular disease. wealth of information about Medic One • Prevention of infectious diseases. and how important its services are to • Exposure to Ebola. our community. And there are many more articles that will increase your For our fall event, we awareness of health issues in the news and that many of us face. hosted the new BMA president, Vice President of Commercial Community Outreach Airplanes Quality, Lindsay he highlight of 2014 for civic affairs was participation in the Anderson. He provided insightful TFood and Essentials Drive, to which many Gold Card mem- information about how Boeing bers contributed their time to help sort food for the Food Lifeline. Fellowship Events old Card sponsors events is working to improve just to get people together quality and ensure that G to reconnect or to see various the company is strong sights in the area. well into the future. In February, the Arizona The event was chapter of Gold Card in Your held in the Columbia Neighborhood held a barbecue. Tower, which boasts Other events in 2014 included numerous tours: truly impressive views • In March, of the Theo Chocolate Factory, in the Fremont dis- of Seattle. trict, where we learned about the transformation of the cocoa fruit into chocolate and sampled Theo’s delicious products. Education • In July, of the Seattle Chinese old Card offered a wonderful variety of educational seminars Garden—a microcosm of Gin 2014. Among these were Sichuan culture. The only • Thy Will Be Done: Getting Your Core Documents in Order. such garden outside China, • Financial Literacy for Women: What Every Woman Should it’s a collaboration between Know. Seattle and Chongqing. • Planning and Investment. Continued on p. 2 Gold Card Newsletter April 2015 Performing Arts Tacoma Dome 5th Avenue Theatre Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller & The Illusionists Kevin Nealon Live! omics and veteran Saturday Night CLive cast members Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller, and Kevin Nealon are together again—live on stage at the Tacoma Dome. Since 2007, Miller has hosted a nationally syndicated radio talk show, The Dennis Miller Show. He’s also a reg- ular contributor to FOX’s The O’Reilly irect from Broadway, the world’s best-selling magic show is Factor. Dcoming to 5th Avenue Theatre. Nealon spent nine years as a cast member on Saturday Night This mind-blowing spectacular showcases the jaw-dropping Live. More recently, he played Doug in Showtime’s Weeds. talents of seven of the most incredible illusionists on earth. The Carvey is known for his George H. W. Bush impersonation, Illusionists have shattered box office records around the globe and Church Lady, Garth from Wayne’s World, and other Saturday Night dazzled audiences of all ages with their powerful mix of the most Live characters. outrageous and astonishing acts ever to be seen on stage. And he and Nealon have been reprising Hans and Franz (“We This nonstop show is packed with thrilling and sophisticated want to...pump...you up.”) in commercials for State Farm. magic of unprecedented proportions. Don’t miss your chance to see these comic stars live. Date: Saturday, June 20 Time: 8:00 p.m. Date: Wednesday, June 17 Time: 7:30 p.m. Cost: Prime, $98.75 (reg. $129 + fees); Cost: $68.50 (reg. $80.50) Pearl, $91.25 (reg. $119 + fees) Deadline: Friday, May 15 Deadline: Monday, June 1 Location: Tacoma Dome, 2727 E. D St, Tacoma Location: 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle Event Coordinator: Jesse Maciel, 206-852-1686, Event Coordinator: Shannon Russell, 206-852-1666, [email protected] [email protected] Instructions: Send a check payable to BMA and a self-addressed, Instructions: Send a check payable to BMA and a self-addressed, stamped business envelope to Jesse Maciel, MC 5X-09, c/o The stamped envelope to Shannon Russell, 22401 NE 25th Way, Boeing Company, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, WA 98124. Please Sammamish, WA 98074. Please include your e-mail address and v include your e-mail address and phone number. phone number.v Continued from p. 1 event coordinators can quickly post events and request customized • In August, of Lighthouse for the Blind, where we learned web pages. how opportunities are created for the independence and self- We rely on your phone number and home and e-mail addresses sufficiency of people who are blind. to send information to you, so be sure to keep your member infor- • In September, of the Nucor mation up to date. For instructions, visit Corporation factory, where we https://www.bmagoldcard.org/wordpress/?page id=8134 saw steel made at 3,100 degrees Our Gold Card Facebook group now has 157 members and is Fahrenheit. There’s nothing growing. The site has a variety of links and photos, and members quite like watching controlled can contact each other through the group. It’s an excellent way to explosions! stay in touch and to keep aware of events. Be sure to check it out at Link up with the Gold Card group in your area to join the fun. https://www.facebook.com/groups/BMAGC/ Website and Facebook Event Ideas and Coordinators embership in Gold Card is free and carries with it access to e held many fine events in 2014, but we’re always looking Mall the Gold Card events and to a large number of BMA Wfor new opportunities and for coordinators who can assist in events. So remember to bookmark the Gold Card website: getting our members together for fun, fellowship, and education. https://www.bmagoldcard.org/wordpress When new members sign up online, the information goes Thank you, and we all hope you have a wonderful 2015. directly to the database, and board members are notified. Board members also can extract and view member information, and Jerry Stirret, Presidentv 2 Gold Card Newsletter April 2015 Performing Arts Xfinity Arena Driftwood Players Celtic Woman: The Emerald Tour A Funny Thing Happened eltic Woman features four sub- on the Way to the Forum Climely gifted Irish women—three singers with angelic voices and an ith much slamming of doors, electrifying Celtic fiddler. They’ll per- Wgroanworthy puns, and mistaken form a variety of Irish standards, clas- identities, and satirical comments on sical favorites, and contemporary pop. social class, here’s a toga party you Joining them will be a full band, the Anotas Choir, bagpipers, won’t want to miss! and Irish dancers, all under the direction of Emmy-nominated music This whacky musical, with music producer David Downes—a true celebration of the group’s incred- and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and ible ten-year career. book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Date: Wednesday, June 3 Time: 7:00 p.m. Gelbart, tells the story of a slave and his attempts to win his free- Cost: $61 (reg. $68); dinner add-on, $39 dom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. That is if Note: Tickets will be held at will call. he can keep his story straight. Deadline: Tuesday, May 19 Featuring such songs as “Comedy Tonight,” “I’m Calm,” Location: Xfinity Arena, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid,” and “That’ll Show Him,” this Event Coordinator: Mary Morcom, 425-717-3062 side-splitting show of Sondheim satire at its best will have you in [email protected] stitches. Instructions: Send a check payable to BMA to Mary Morcom, Date: Friday, April 24 Time: 8:00 p.m. Cost: $20 MC 0R-PF, c/o The Boeing Company, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, WA Deadline: Friday, April 10 98124. Please include your e-mail address and phone number.v Location: Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds Event Coordinator: Leigh Ford, 425-750-2781, Xfinity Arena [email protected] Instructions: Send a check payable to BMA and a self-addressed, Sesame Street Live: Let’s Dance! stamped business envelope to Leigh Ford, 8123 137th Ave.