Clara and promptly breaks

it. Clara is heartbroken

looking on as Drosselmeyer

quickly repairs the Nut-

cracker with a handkerchief

he magically draws from the

air.

As the evening grows late,

the guests depart and the

Stahlbaum family retires for

the evening. Clara, worried

about her beloved Nut-

cracker, sneaks back to the

tree to check on him, falling

asleep with him in her arms.

As the clock strikes midnight

strange things begin to hap-

pen. Clara begins shrinking

as her beautiful Christmas

tree grows high above

her. The toys around the tree

come to life while the room

fills with an army of mice,

led by the fierce Mouse

King. As the Nutcracker

awakens, he leads his army

of toy soldiers into battle

with the mice. The Mouse

King corners the Nutcracker

and battles him one-on-

one. The Nutcracker seems

to be no match for the

Mouse King.

The Nutcracker and his army

can go on no longer and are

captured by the mice and

their King. Clara makes a

The Nutcracker Story:

It is Christmas Eve at the

Stahlbaum house -- A large

and grand house with the

most beautiful tree imagin-

able. The Stahlbaums are

hosting their annual Christ-

mas party, welcoming the

arrival of their family and

friends. The children, Clara

and Fritz, are dancing and

playing as they welcome

their friends too.

The party grows festive with

music and dance as godfa-

ther Drosselmeyer ar-

rives. He is a skilled clock

and toy maker and always

full of surprises. Drossel-

meyer draws everyone's at-

tention as he presents two

life-size dolls. They are the

delight of the party, each

taking a turn to dance.

The children begin to open

gifts when Drosselmeyer

presents his to Clara and

Fritz. Although his gift to

Fritz is quite nice, he gives

Clara a beautiful Nutcracker

that becomes the hit of the

party. Fritz becomes jealous

and, having a bit more spunk

than a boy should have,

grabs the nutcracker from

CFMC’s Holiday Issue: I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Nutcracker Story 1

This Months Calendar 2

Next Months Items 2

Halloween Pot Luck 3

Gaudy Day/Breakfast 3

Pamper Event 4

PJ/Book Drive 4

Canned Good Drive 5

Thanksgiving Dinner 5

Holiday Luncheon 6

Adopt-a-Family 6

Letters to Santa 6

Ornament Exchange 7

Children’s Party 7

Office Exercises 8

Oh & one more thing 8

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final daring charge throwing

her slipper at the Mouse

King, hitting him square on

the head. The Mouse King

drops to the floor and the

mice run away, carrying off

their leader's lifeless body.

The Nutcracker turns into a

Prince and takes Clara on a

journey to the Land of Snow,

an enchanted forest wonder-

land where they are wel-

comed by dancing snow-

flakes.

The Prince escorts Clara to

the Land of Sweets where

they are greeted by the Sugar

Plum Fairy. The Prince tells

her about their daring battle

with the army of mice and

she rewards them with a

celebration of dances.

The Spanish Dance

The Arabian Dance

The Russian Dance

The Chinese Dance

The Mirliton Dance

The Waltz of Flowers

As a finale, the Sugar Plum

Fairy and the Cavalier dance

a beautiful Pas De Deux.

Clara awakens from her

dream and finds herself by

her Christmas tree with her

beloved Nutcracker.

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Heads Up: Info for next month to put on your calendars

November:

3rd—Daylight Savings Time

5th—Election Day

8th—Pay Day

11th—Veterans Day

19th—CFMC’s Thanksgiving Lunch & Canned Food Drive

22nd—Pay Day

28th—Thanksgiving CFMC is Closed

29th—CFMC is closed

OCTOBER 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

October Events:

10th—Pancake Breakfast Wear Something Gaudy Day

11th—Pay Day

14th—Columbus Day

14th—12;00pm Brown Bag

Lunch—Summer Travels

Slide Show I

16th—Bosses Day

16th—Board Meeting

22nd—24 Hour Fitness

comes to CFMC

23rd—Pamper Event for

CFMC Employees

24th—United Nations Day

25th—Pay Day

31st—Halloween Pot Luck Luncheon and Costume

Party at CFMC

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Halloween Pot Luck Luncheon:

H O L I D A Y V E R S I O N

you can dig up and share? Other games will be happening

throughout the rest of the day. So stay tuned into how you could walk away with some great CFMC

Every year, CFMC puts on a fun filled Halloween celebration: the lunch room is decorated, people come in costumes, and food that looks like something only a zombie would love… So this year we are hoping that we will have more people who will par-ticipate in getting all decked out for this crazy occasion. We will have a “lunch” competition once again. People will get a chance to vote on what they think is the spookiest, craziest, zombiest, “looks bad but taste good”. So what do you think

prizes. We love some of the out fits that people come in with. The thought, creativity, the fun that some of you bring each year makes this one of our favorite Holidays. See if you can get your team to come up with a theme, dress the same, famous duos, how wacky can you get? There will prizes for the best ones out there… and I don't mean space… Start planning now, all the best costume ideas are still available.

Gaudy Breakfast has been moved up: Once a month, the HR team loves to put on some sort of meal for everyone. Back by popular demand is our fun breakfast. We were thinking about doing another PJ breakfast but with Halloween coming up we thought we should hold off on PJ’s till later in the year. And then, on the calendar in front of us, we saw that October 17th was wear something gaudy day. How perfect is that? But then we realized that both Scott and Cary will be out of the office on that day. So

not to put on a event without our whole team present, we decided to move wear some-thing gaudy to October 10th, when we will be serving breakfast on that day. We know that you would have to come up with two cos-tumes in the same month, but wear something gaudy could be a hat, a tacky scarf that doesn't go with anything, a sweater that you wouldn’t even put on your dog… the possibilities are endless. More than anything else it is a time to come into work being a lit-tle crazy for the day. We also

know that there are some big deliverables due at the end of the month and that people are really busy. So by having breakfast ready first thing in the morning, earlier in the month, we can get it out of the way and not disturb your meetings and calls. Come eat early, eat it while it’s hot, and giggle at some of the crazies we dragged in off the streets to join us for wear something gaudy day. We are all about fun… how about you all?

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Pamper Event for CFMC: We would like to treat every-one to a free massage, spon-sored by Advanced Laser Well-ness Center. The deadline to sign up is Friday, October 18th.

FREE Employee Pamper Event!

Are you holding stress in your back, neck or shoulders? Well get ready to be pampered at your TOTALLY FREE morning of massage for employees!

Simply read the email that Cary K sent out September 24th and click on the link be-low and sign up for your ten minutes of Nirvana. If you do not have the email anymore, she can resend it out upon request.

Massage Sign-up Sheet!

What: Employee Pamper Event! 10 minute sessions of relaxing

and rejuvenating massage! When: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Where: Mesa Room How: Click on the link in the email to SIGN UP NOW and reserve your time slot while they last! Why: Because you deserve it! Please be on time and ready to relax! (No double dipping! Share that you care!)

Sprout PJ and Book Drive: sure that every child has a

new pair of pajamas and

their own bedtime book

to read each night. The

Great Sprout Tuck-In

proudly benefits the Pa-

jama Program.

Join us by donating NEW

PJs and bedtime books to

help local children in

need.

Date: November 1st—

30th

Location: A box outside

Lynda’s office

Information: Contact

Lynda if you have any

questions x3300

Thanks to all who contrib-

ute to this great cause.

CFMC and Sprout believe

every child deserves a

good night!

CFMC is teaming up with

Sprout, the 24 hour pre-

school TV channel, to

bring you The Great

Sprout Tuck-In, a program

that encourages families

to share in the spirit of

giving. Our goal is to en-

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Canned Good Drive: Help Stamp out Hunger! Did you know?

11.2% of people in Colo-rado live in poverty. 13% of Colorado chil-dren live in poverty. 1 of 8 households in Colorado are food inse-cure with hunger. The number of children living in poverty has in-creased 85% since 2000, with more than 192,000 children living at or be-low the poverty level.

A count conducted by the

Metro Denver Homeless Ini-tiative found that families comprised nearly half of the homeless popula-tion. Also with the re-cent fires and the flooding, there are a lot of families that don't have enough this sea-son to feed their families. It is so hard to imagine loosing eve-rything due to a natural dis-aster.

We are accepting canned goods and non-perishable items along with toiletries

and cleaning sup-plies for the food banks in the Colo-rado Metro area November 1st—19th. Please bring your donations to the reception area. We appreciate your

support and generosity!

91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanks-giving Day. Thomas Jefferson thought the concept of Thanksgiving was "the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard." On the West Coast of the US, Dungeness crab is common as an alternate main dish instead of turkey, as crab season starts in early November. More than 40 million green bean casse-roles are served on Thanksgiving.

Share that with your family and friends this Thanksgiving weekend...

You are invited to a Thanksgiving Lunch on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013. Lunch will begin at 11 am and end at 1 pm. CFMC will provide the meal (don’t worry it wont be turkey). Fun facts about Thanksgiving:

Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States. Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States. Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef. The five most popular ways to serve left-over turkey is as a sandwich, in stew, chili or soup, casseroles and as a burger

Thanksgiving Lunch:

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through the first week in De-cember so that we can meet the Salvation Army’s dead-line. I have submitted our name for a family and should hear in the near future who we have been assigned. HR will accept items, un-wrapped or cash donations. We like to have some food

items for their holidays, candy and small trinkets for stockings and of course, any toys or items for family members. Many families this year will go without so let us do our part to help bring a little joy to someone’s home this season.

Every year CFMC adopts a family from the Salvation Army. Once we receive the information on the family, i.e., how many people, names, ages, things that they may want or need we let staff know. We accept donations for the family usually up to and

Adopt-A-Family:

“Dear Santa”:

Holiday Luncheon: ber. With your help we are able to make our luncheon even more special. Please come prepared to en-joy a catered lunch. No pot luck or items needed, just your appetite and good cheer! Holiday attire encour-aged.

This year’s holiday luncheon will be in December. Time, date and place will be deter-mined later and an email as well as flyers will let you know all the details. Stay tuned! We want to thank all who par-ticipated in the Worker Bee’s Grill on Wednesdays during the month of August and Septem-

they will be postmarked and

mailed. We have a very early

deadline for this to happen with

the post office so please have

your letter selection to me by

December 3rd. This is open to

any child you know that loves

Santa!

We also would like to announce

that we are doing the Santa Let-

ters again this year. By separate

email you will receive the list of

letters that we have on file to

send to Santa. You can also com-

prise your own letter. Simply

send us your child’s name and full

mailing address. Indicate which

letter you wish each child to re-

ceive. You may customize the

letters in any way you wish; add-

ing important information or

items that make the letter more

personal or simply send the let-

ter as is. Please forward this

information to me (Lynda) and

we will prepare the letters on

Santa’s personal stationary and

send to the North Pole, where

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Inside Story Headline

‘Twas the night be-

fore Christmas

and all through the

house,

Not a creature was

stirring,

not even a mouse...

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Ornament Exchange: Ornament Exchange: This year’s Ornament Exchange will be early in December. So get ready to play… Bring in an ornament and set it on your desk. When the exchange has started you may take your ornament and walk around both floors looking for the perfect orna-ment for you. When you find it, you may take that or-

nament from someone’s desk and replace it with yours. You must then put the ornament of choice back on your desk (no fair hiding it in a drawer). If the ornament gets taken you must take the replaced ornament and go seek out an-other one you want. This will happen throughout the day until the exchange has been stopped. The ornament you

have on your desk at that time is yours. No kicking, fighting, or tripping al-lowed!

Children’s Holiday Party:

CFMC’s ANNUAL CHILDREN’S

HOLIDAY PARTY

WHEN: Saturday, Decem- Ber 7th TIME: 10:00 – 12:00 WHERE: CFMC Offices WHO: Children all ages WHAT: Pictures with Santa, Holiday Crafts, Brunch, Holiday Entertain- ment

RSVP: NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 29TH TO NANCY

Please provide names and ages of all atten-dees so that we can make sure that we have enough materi-als for all the partici-pants. This event is fun for the whole family and is a great way to start of the Christmas Sea-son...

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Oh, and one more thing...: 1. For ALL USPS - Please put the con-

tract, activity code and project number on the bottom left hand corner of the envelope. CFMC does not process personal USPS mail. ALL items that are to be mailed that day will need to be in the proper outgoing mail boxes by 3:00pm. If you put mail in the out-going mailbox after 3:00pm, it will go out the following business day.

2. For personal UPS – To put a re-quest in for personal UPS delivery, please provide the following: Name of person to send it to, their ad-dress, their telephone number, whether it is to be shipped ground or 2 day or overnight and who the

package is from. CFMC will process personal UPS packages for you, but without a name attached to it, it will not be processed. Be aware that at the end of the month FS will send you a bill requesting you to pay for your package.

3. For ALL UPS - packages are being

picked up earlier now… by 3:40pm every day. Please make this change for scheduled pick ups.

4. Over the next several months, we would like to have a Brown Bag Lunch where people get the chance to share some of their summer travels, stories and of course pictures. Please let Scott know which month you are able to be ready for. October 14th will be

our first one where Kimothy and Nikki will start us off in the Alpine Room at 12:00pm. If you want to pair up with someone that would work too.

5. Thanks to all who came out for the Race For The Cure. The day was beautiful and the walk was great!

illnesses or other conditions. Make sure the chair you use is stable. If you have wheels, push it against a wall to make sure it won't roll away. Equipment Needed A chair and a water bottle or light-medium dumbbell.

Front Raise to Triceps Press: Sit tall with the abs in and hold a full water bottle in the left hand. Lift the bottle up to shoulder level, pause, and then continue lifting all the way up over the

head. When the arm is next to the ear, bend the elbow, taking the water bottle behind you and contracting the tri-ceps. Straighten the arm and lower down, repeating for 12 reps on each arm. Bicep Curl: Hold water bottle in right hand and, with abs in and spine straight, curl bottle to-wards shoulder for 16 reps. Re-peat other side.

If you have trouble staying fit at work, these office exercises are a great way to keep your body moving right at your desk. The moves here involving stretching and strengthen-ing your body, all within the comfort of your office chair. This workout doesn't take the place of traditional strength training, but offers you a way to keep your blood moving if you can't get away from your desk. Precautions See your doctor before trying this workout if you have any injuries,

Office Exercises: