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PAGE 2 | The Portlight | 12.06 COMMODORE’S COMMENTS Join the Merry Olde Mix in December….. D i a n e and I would like to thank everyone for the honor of being your Commodore and First Lady for 2006! When I became your 2006 Commodore, my main objective was to make Portland Yacht Club healthier and stronger. As the year draws to a close, I honestly believe the Club is better today than a year ago. We’ve built on our heritage, increased our membership, and had lots of fun!! Throughout the year, our committees and Club staff were very dedicated, creating and organizing a wide mixture of activities for all our members throughout the year. Besides just having more members, many of our new members bring innovative vitality and thoughts that will propel PYC far ahead into the future. With an increase the PORTLIGHT published monthly by the PORTLAND YACHT CLUB 1241 NE Marine Drive Portland, Oregon 97211 P: 503.285.1922 | F: 503.283.4960 Email: office@portlandyc.com EDITORS Skip and Mary Ann Nitchie PHOTOGRAPHERS Stan Borys Frank Tillman OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES Commodore Vice Commodore Secretary/Treasurer Rear Commodore Trustee Year 2 Trustee Year 1 Trustee Year 2 Trustee Year 1 Trustee Year 1 Doug Foster (sail) Heather Adams (power) Berkeley Smith (sail) Bill Chevalier (power) Walt Witchard (sail) Eric Gazow (power) Tom Brusco (sail) Mike Stansell (power) Roger Jorgensen (power) in membership, the Club will be able to pursue new activities and expand opportunities for all our members. 2007 will be another phenomenal year at PYC! We are in the process of installing new entry gates and security system at the Club and N row gate that will record who and when someone enters. Once the system is operational, new entry devices will be made available to our members. The Board is also considering several improvements/processes to better provide a safer environment for all. Security should always be every member’s concern so please do your share by not propping a gate open or loaning your access device to non members. A bit of inconvenience will go a long way towards making the Club grounds secure. A sub-group of this year’s and next year’s House and Grounds Committee worked together on a recommendation for the long awaited renovation of the bar area. The House and Grounds Committee recommended and the Board approved the design. In addition to rotating the Bar and opening up the area, a new seating area is proposed that will utilize the North end of the existing Ballroom. Hopefully you will start seeing progress soon, in and around the Club’s bar. Witches, Goblins, and a wide variety of other scary creatures graced the Club for the ‘Witches Ball’ hosted by the Entertainment Committee. The decorations were incredible, the band perfect, and the evening very enjoyable. Looking ahead at December’s Mix: • Two Cookouts are planned this month – a movie night (December 1st) and an Ornament Exchange Cookout (December 15th). Ideally everyone brings a wrapped ornament and during the cookout, we will have an exchange. Typically it’s a vastly entertaining evening as members will have opportunities to change which ornament they finally have in their possession at the end. Also that night, the Christmas Ships will pass in front of the Club. • The Ladies’ Holiday Dinner - Christmas Memories Dinner (December 6th) will be a special evening for all our Ladies. The Clubhouse will be decorated for the Holidays and the evening dinner, Holiday festivities, and seasonal entertainment will greatly enhance everyone’s Holiday spirit. • PYC’s Annual Children’s Christmas Party (December 10th) always is tremendous fun for all children, grandchildren, and the child in all of us. • Hopefully this year we will not have snow for PYC’s Member Only Open House (December 17th). This is a Club funded event and usually one of the largest turnouts of members throughout the year. Customary Dress for this event is coat and tie for men and cocktail or festive dress for the ladies. • PYC typically throws a spectacular New Year’s Eve party and this next one is no exception! Plan on being at the Club for all the festivities that will go long into 2007! • Men’s golf continues each Wednesday for the real devoted. Our Bridge Club meets on the 21st and each Friday Happy Hour starts at 3 PM. On behalf of Diane, and myself I’d like to close by thanking everyone who has made 2006 outstanding – all the committee chairs and members, the Club’s 2006 Officers and Trustees, the Club Staff, and all our members! Our memories of this special year and the countless hours of everyone’s efforts to make the year unique will last our lifetimes – Thanks to everyone for Joining the Mix in 2006. Fair Winds and Following Seas! Doug Foster Commodore SV Monkey Bar
PAGE 3 | The Portlight | 12.06 COMMODORE’S REMINDERS December 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 December 1 December 6, 13, 20 and12 27 December 6 December 10 December 10 December 15 December 17 December 20 December 21 December 25 December 31 December (every Saturday in December) January 1 January 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 January 6 through 14 January 10 January 11 January 12 January 12 January 17 January 18 January 20 January 26 through February 4 January 26 January (every Saturday except 20th) MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY! 24-Hour Event Reservation Line 503.735.0632 Online Reservations www.portlandyc.com Happy Hours Movie & Cookout Men’s Golf Ladies’ Holiday Dinner Children’s Christmas Party Portlight Deadline Cookout—Ornament Exchange Holiday Open House Board Meeting Bridge Club Christmas—Club House Closed New Year’s Eve Party Lunch New Year’s Day Men’s Golf Portland Boat Show Portlight Deadline Second Thursday Lunch (New) Happy Hour with Music (New) Cookout Board Meeting Bridge Club Commodore’s Ball Seattle Boat Show Cookout and Movie Lunch MANAGER’S REPORT T he Holiday season is upon us again. Time is moving at an ever-increasing rate it seems. I can remember just writing about the start of the boating season. This December we will be busy with the Holidays as usual. The clubhouse will be decorated on Sunday December 3rd. The ladies’ Holiday dinner will be on Wednesday the 6th, the Children’s Christmas Party Sunday the 10th, ornament exchange cookout plus Christmas Ships on Friday the 15th, our Holiday Open House on Sunday the 17th and of course our New Year’s Eve Party on Sunday the 31st. I hope that you will be able to spend some time during the holidays at the Club. It is always a special time of the year for us. We have had some exceptional weather in November as I write this column. It is always a good idea to check and recheck your mooring lines and boathouse chains to ensure that you are ready to withstand extreme weather. Make sure that you are not running small extension cords with heaters that can cause a potential fire. HISTORIAN’S CORNER T he Centennial is just a few months away and the Club is getting ready for this historic event. Just think, in a century, we have gone from 13 members and a 9 by 12 float to 365 members and a 12,000 square foot clubhouse. We, the History Committee (Carol Smith, Larry Snyder and me) would like to hear anecdotes about the Club. To accomplish this, we will be available during Saturday’s lunches. You can talk and we will take your verbal history and add it to PYC’s. The most important man in Club’s history is our first Commodore George B. Kelly who founded the Club and then purchased the land where our Club and moorage is located. We would like to honor him by a trophy or something else at our Centennial. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO HONOR HIM. Also, let us know of the oldest boats in the Club so that they can be honored at the Centennial. Walter A. Witschard PYC Historian NEW MEMBERS T meeting: he following new members were approved by the Board at the October Charles V. “Van” Mason is a Portland resident. He is a retirement/estate planner with the Householder Group in Beaverton. Charles has a Nordic Tug 42, the Mare Chiaro. Mark and Debbie Hall are also Portland residents. Mark is the owner of Hollywood Insurance/Eagle Root. The Halls have a Chris Craft 37, the Northstar. At this time I would like to thank all of the volunteers who have put in time during the year to help us to have the best Yacht Club on the river. Doug Foster and all of his committees have worked very hard to make your experiences here special. I couldn’t do it without their help. Have a great Holiday season. Fred George & Marcia Brown are from Portland and sail a Martin 241 named Skookum Too. Douglas Larson & Janet Cline are from Vancouver and own a 43’ Cooper Prowler named Snow Hawke. Welcome aboard all! The New Members Committee: Larry and Lee Ann Snyder Peter and Lynda Hirst
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