LETTER FROM THE MANAGER CLUB PEOPLE SCENE AT THE CLUB THE JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN LECTURE Bill Nemitz Wednesday, Jan. 18. We hope everyone had a great holiday Cocktails and hors season. Thank you to everyone that celebrated d’oeuvres at 5:00 the holidays here at the Club. We hope you PM, lecture at 5:30, think of the Cumberland Club as your second Buffet Dinner to home and visit often. follow. If your winter plans include travel, remember that we have an extensive list of clubs that Bill Nemitz has participate in our Reciprocal Club program. worked as a journalist in Maine since RENEE GRIFFIN: 1977, when he became a reporter for the Our reciprocal clubs are located throughout Central Maine Morning Sentinel in Water- the United States and overseas. All recipro- “You’ve Got A Friend” ville after graduating from the University of cal clubs offer you a warm and welcoming Massachusetts at Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and communications. experience. A complete list of participating Renee’s been working at the Club for the past four and a half years clubs can be found on our website. Once your now, waiting tables and assisting at the front desk when Martha’s Bill moved to Portland in 1983, working travel plans are finalized, let us know which away. Members appreciate her warm, friendly style, and she knows first as a reporter for the Evening Express most of them by name -- also what they’d like to drink. and later as a city editor and assistant man- clubs you plan on visiting. We’ll send them Renee was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, while her father was in the aging editor for the Portland Press Herald our letter of introduction which paves the way US Air Force. The family moved to Maine when she was three. She and Maine Sunday Telegram. for your visit. and her husband Coleman live in South Portland with their two kids, Liam, 8, and Alice, 4. Coleman works the night shift at Hannaford, He began writing his columns for the Press I would like to remind everyone that we have so they seldom get a chance to see each other: “Two ships that pass in Magic of Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram in a few wine lockers available. For a yearly fee, the morning,” says Renee. 1995. While focusing on Maine people you can rent one of these lockers and purchase When they do have some time together, they enjoy watching sports. and issues, his work has taken him three Renee is also busy in the community, as the fund-raising coordinator times to Iraq and once to Afghanistan, wine from us at a reduced cost. To enhance for the PTA. She hopes to stay at the Club, and someday stepping where he was embedded with members of your dining experience, give us a call before into Martha’s position. the Maine Army National Guard and the “I love the members here,” she says. “They’re great. I can’t wait to Christmas Army Reserve; to Northern Ireland, for the your arrival. We can pull your requested get to know the newer members better.” 1998 referendum on the Good Friday Peace wine and have it ready before your entrance. Bus Ride Accord; to Manhattan for the aftermath of Please plan on attending our special Valen- the 9/11 terrorist attacks; to the Gulf Coast tine’s dinner on February 14th. Whether you for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS and to Haiti aboard the Maine relief ship want a romantic dinner for two or a festive Sea Hunter. Mark your calendar now for a festive season at the Cumberland Club -- night with a group of friends, we will have a and be sure to make early reservations! wonderful menu for you to enjoy. Bill is a past president of the Maine Press Sun. Jan. 1, 2012: New Year’s Day Buffet. Two seatings at 12 and 2:30. Association and teaches journalism part- If there is anything that I can do to make your time at St. Joseph’s College. In 2004, club experience more enjoyable, please let me Thurs. Jan. 12, 2012: Movie Night. “De-Lovely,” starring the Maine Press Association named him know. Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd, features the life and witty music Maine Journalist of the Year for his report- of Cole Porter. Join us at 5:00 PM for the movie, then stay ing from Iraq. In 2007, he received the We look forward to seeing you at the Club. for dinner and discussion afterwards. Distinguished Service Award from the New Happy New Year! England Newspaper Association. Wed. Jan. 18, 2012: The Joshua Chamberlain Lecture: Bill Nemitz. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 5 PM, Bill Nemitz lives in Buxton with his wife, Steven Hayward lecture at 5:30. Reserve early for dinner. Andrea. They have five children. General Manager Tues. Feb. 14, 2012: Valentine’s Day Dinner. Reserve your Please reserve early for this important table now. lecture. Be sure to visit our website at www.cumberlandclub.org! 116 High Street • Portland, ME 04101 January, 2012 | Volume 15 | Issue 11 Message from the President If you grew up in Maine, you know it’s hard to believe that it is nearly the New Year and we really have not had winter as we know it. We also know this can change in the blink of an eye. I hope many of you have had a chance to drive up High Street in the dark just so you can look at the beautiful Cumberland Club. What an amazing difference the removal of the overgrown shrubbery from the front of the building has made BENEFITS & EVENTS to the building’s appearance! With the Christmas decorations in place and all the parlor lights turned on so you can see the décor of the rooms from outside, it Use your Club membership card to save at these local businesses: PRESIDENT looks like a home. To many of us it is a home, a home away from home. Harmon & Barton’s Florist, Portland: Penelope P. Carson When the warm weather returns, the front windows will have the lead paint 10% off local sales to Club Members. [email protected] removed and all the casings and sashes will be repaired and repainted. When that Akari Salon & Spa, Portland: work is completed the repaired shutters will reinstalled on the front windows. 5% discount on all services and retail. VICE PRESIDENT Hopefully, the work on the wrought iron fence will begin this winter; the fence can Century Tire, Portland: be removed, historically repaired and repainted and then reinstalled this spring. The 10% off all tires and auto parts (not including labor). Brian Petrovek building Committee is also taking stock of the plastering and painting necessary to [email protected] Custom Coach & Limousine, Portland: maintain sections of the interior of the house. Repair work is a constant in a build- 10% off standard rates. ing this age; we need to stay current with all the maintenance issues. Emerald City, Portland: SECRETARY The Club continues to have a large number of new members who have taken 10% off any purchase over $25. Matthew Goldfarb advantage of the reintroduction of the Associate Membership classification. There Joseph’s, Portland: [email protected] is certainly increased activity at our “home away from home” and it is a joy seeing 10% off suits, suit coats and dress pants. new people enjoying the long history and traditions of the Cumberland Club. Lovely Things, Portland: 5% discount. TREASURER I hope to see you at the New Years Eve celebration and the wonderful New Year’s Portland Harbor Hotel, Portland: Richard Emerson Day buffet. Reserve an overnight stay in the Old Port at preferred rates. [email protected] Springer’s Jewelers, Portland: On behalf of the Board of Directors, I wish each of you a happy, healthy New $100 off any purchase of $500 or more. Year -- and I look forward to seeing you at our Club. GENERAL MANAGER The Sudbury Inn, Bethel: 10% off published rates. Steven Hayward Penny [email protected] Penelope P. Carson, President 116 High Street, Portland, ME 04101 | 207.773.6402 | www.cumberlandclub.org.