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The Beacon

May 2016May 2016May 2016May 2016 Volume 12, Number 1

www.annarborcityclub.org 1830 Washtenaw Avenue � Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 734.662.3279

Member News

Welcome, New Members!

David and Tina Lam Ann Ringia Aileen Schulze

New Menu Starting May 2!

Join us for lunch, Tuesday Grill Night, and dinner to try our new spring menu items!

Menu is available online at http://

www.annarborcityclub.org/menus.html

You are cordially invited to attend the eighth annual City Club Car Show, held from Noon until 4 PM on Saturday, May 28th, rain or shine. Admission to the viewing public is free. Refreshments and food will be available for sale. It is fun for the whole family. So bring all those kids, grand kids, aunts, uncles, parents, other relatives and your friends along! Come see the fine collection of classic, sporty, unusual and rare collectible cars, trucks, motorcycles and any other di-verse vehicles that participate. And if you have tucked away a favorite vehicle of your own, then please consider entering it in our show. As we did last year, we are again inviting people with collectible vintage bicycles to enter too! (BTW, bicycles are welcome at no charge.) All automobile, truck and motorcycle entrants who pre-register by May 6th will receive a laminated vehicle biography. Plus you get a shot at winning some nifty door prizes too and you get to participate in our zany car trivia quiz. All this for only $15 if you pre-register! ($20 if postmarked/submitted after May 20th.)

The Car Show Registration form is available from either the City Club web site or at the front desk. This must be com-pleted to enter. We always can use extra volunteer help on the day of the event. So if you are willing to lend a hand please contact us. More helpers are always needed, so please contact us. In addition the keynote speaker for Car Show Week has been announced. His name is John Maddox, Assistant Director, U-M Mobility Transformation Center; Director of Collaborative Program Strategy, U-M Transportation Research Institute. He will be speaking on the topic of intelligent transportation systems and his presentation is titled “Testing Connected and Automated Vehicles.” Please note that this is a Lunch & Learn event and will be held at 11:30 AM on Monday, May 23rd. Contact the front desk to make a reservation or else see page 3 of this edition of the Beacon for further details. For more Car Show details contact either Dean DeGalan (734) 426-5908, or Connie D’Amato (734) 277-1212.

Eighth Annual City Club Car Show “The Show under the Shade”

Saturday, May 28, 2016 12 Noon - 4 p.m.

From the President Thank you to all members who contributed to the Way Forward Campaign. All donors, including those who gave at the Sustainer Level and we’re so generously matched by Susan Smith, helped us reach a total of $96,307. I hope you able to join us on Wednesday, May 11 for the 65th Annual Meeting of the Ann Arbor City Club for reporting, acknowledging, honoring, remembering, and voting on issues and members dear to us this year. Reservations are required if you are joining us for lunch. Pat Amort President, 2015-2016

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Daily Lunch Service 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Monday-Friday) Drinks & Snacks in the Pub 1:30 – 5 p.m. (M, Tu, Th, F)

Thursday Evening Dinner Service 5 – 7 p.m.

Grill Night at the City Club Every Tuesday May 3 - May 24

4 - 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 5 Lunch and Learn with Deron Overpeck

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Friday, May 6 First Friday Happy Hour

4 - 6 p.m. in the Pub

Sunday, May 8 Mother’s Day Brunch

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Menu: Fresh baked cheddar biscuits with chive butter, Assorted Danish, Assorted quiche bites, Caprese platter, Chef attended carving station with baked ham, Country fried potatoes, Devilled eggs with crispy prosciutto, Fruit salad, Ham and smoked cheddar strata, Honey grapefruit chicken, Roasted vegetable platter, Smoked bacon and turkey sausage, Watermelon, tarragon, and feta salad, Assorted cookies and pastries PRICE: $29 Inclusive / $14 Children (3-14 years of age) Please make your reservations by: Wednesday, May 4th

Tuesday, May 24

“It’s Your Birthday” Luncheon 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Calling all May birthdays! Come celebrate at the Club with complimentary birthday cake for all. Regular lunch menu available.

Thursday, May 26 Dinner and a Movie Night at the Club Dinner at 5 p.m. Movie at 7 p.m.

Join us for dinner at the City Club followed by a showing of On Golden Pond starring Katherine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Jane Fonda. Due to events at the City Club, lunch will be served in the

Pub only on the following dates: Tuesday, May 3 Wednesday, May 4 Thursday, May 5 Friday, May 6 Wednesday, May 18

Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Reports, Bylaws Amendments, Election,

and any other business

Social / Registration 11:00 a.m.

� Lunch 11:30 a.m. (reservations required)

� Annual Meeting 12:30 p.m.

Attention: The Bylaws Committee will be presenting

amendments to the Club’s Bylaws at the Annual Meeting

on May 11, 2016. The document will be posted on the

Club’s Official Bulletin Board. Copies are available at the

Front Desk, or via email by contacting Patricia Austin at

pkwaustin@comcast.net.

Come to our Next

“Blog-Along” Want to write a blog post for the City Club’s new blog, but need some encouragement? Come to this group blog-writing event! We’ll help you come up with a topic, shape your ideas, draft the blog, and check this goal off your list. All in one morning! Date: Friday, May 13 Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 noon Hosted by Stephanie Kadel Taras and Kylista Geiger Complimentary coffee, tea, pastries. Bring your laptop or tablet to write, please. Questions: email Stephanie at skadel@timepiecesbios.com. Can’t attend the blog-along but still want to contribute a blog post? Great! We need your stories! Please email Kylista to request some helpful guidelines: kylista@annarborcityclub.org ********** Stephanie Kadel Taras, Ph.D. TimePieces Personal Biographies 1370 Jewett Street Ann Arbor MI 48104 www.timepiecesbios.com (734) 663-0875 Author of Mountain Girls: http://www.timepiecesbios.com/mountaingirls.htm

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Lunch & Learn Special Classic Car Show Week Edition! With John Maddox Chief Executive Officer, The American Center for Mobility Testing Connected and Automated Vehicles: The American Center for Mobility at Willow Run

Date: Monday, May 23 Time: 11:30 a.m. Member Cost: $25 inclusive

In March 2016, John Maddox was named CEO of The American Center for Mobility, a newly-formed nonprofit organization whose mission is to collaborate with industry and government to accelerate the development of voluntary standards for connected and automated vehicles. The center is a joint initiative involving the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Michigan Economic Development Corp., the University of Michigan, Business Leaders for Michigan, and Ann Arbor SPARK. The American Center for Mobility will occupy the 335-acre Willow Run sit, where B-24 bombers were made during World War II in a factor built by Henry Ford. It will become a national-scale advanced automotive testing and product development center that can accommodate the broad needs of industry and government, while providing room to grow and adapt as technology dictates. The center will focus on testing, verification, and certification of c o n n e c t e d a n d a u t o m a t e d v e h i c l e s . Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr. Maddox served as the Assistant Director of U-M's Mobility Transformation Center, and Director of Collaborative Program Strategy at U-M's Transporta t ion Research Ins t i tute . Mr. Maddox has an extensive background at the U.S. Department of Transportation and in the auto industry. From December 2008 to August 2012, Mr. Maddox served as the associate administrator for Vehicle Safety Research at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Prior to that, Mr. Maddox spent more than five years with Volkswagen and 14 years with Ford Motor Company.

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Pardon Our Dust! The Art Committee is currently engaging in some “construction.” We are moving some pieces of the Club’s permanent art collection from the locations where you are used to seeing them to other parts of the building. This change is made necessary by the need to relocate the Clayton Lewis collection of Ann Arbor historic homes from the Sunroom, where they are being exposed to unacceptably high light levels, back to their original location in the main dining room. The transfer is happening in conjunction with the 25th anniversary reception for these pieces on April 29th when they would have had to be moved temporarily in any case. Other works of art that are not so susceptible to sun damage are being moved into the Sunroom to replace them there. Paintings that are currently in the dining room will need to be relocated to other parts of the Club to make room for the Lewis collection’s new home. During this transition you may notice (or have already noticed) some blank walls around the Club where a favorite work of art once hung. Please bear with us. We expect everything will be relocated and walls will no longer be blank by Monday, May 9th , which is the date we anticipate that the Lewis paintings will be hung in the dining room. Thank you for your patience and understanding Kathy Kelly Art Chair

Book Discussion The Book Discussion Group will meet at 10:30 AM on Friday, May 20. The book will be Boys in the Boats: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. Anyone can join us! Suzanne Powell Chair

Grounds Committee’s Annual Flower Sale It’s time to order those annuals for your gardens!! The Grounds Committee Flower Sale is again offering a wide variety of annuals: geraniums, begonias, impatiens, alyssum, petunias, coleus, cleome and several hanging plants. The order form can be found at the front desk and is also included in this edition of the Beacon. All of the proceeds from the sale provide the funds to purchase the plantings around the Club that are so beautifully maintained by the Grounds Committee. The deadline for orders is Monday, May 9th. Pickup will be Saturday morning May 14th from 9–11 a.m. at the City Club. If you have questions about your order, contact Ronnie Meade at (734)904-8604 or ronmeade@comcast.net.

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Evening Book Discussion The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. The selection for May is Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion written by Jean H. Baker. We meet in The Pub for dinner and a lively discussion about the book. Reservations for dinner are suggested but if you find that you are free on short notice---we would be delighted to have you join us. If you would like more information, please call me (734) 649-6047. Karen Quinlan Valvo Chair Travel Group - Save the Date! The City Club Travel Group is planning a trip to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills on Wednesday, June 15th. We will have a 2 to 2 ½ tour led by a docent and possibly meet with and listen to a Holocaust survivor. This will be a somber experience but an important one focusing as it does on some of our most horrific recent history. Following our tour , we will have lunch somewhere in the area before returning to Ann Arbor. Plans are still underway and pricing has not been set for this experience, but watch your weekly Friday e-blasts for more information as it becomes available. If you have any questions or wish to be placed on the list to attend this event, please contact Kathy Kelley at kathleenkelley48108@gmail.com or (734) 971-3065.

Thursday, May 12

Departing at 10:30 a.m. from the City Club Returning at 5:00 p.m.

Members: $60 / Non-Members: $70 The Art House is an 1872 Gothic Revival home in the historic Brush Park neighborhood near downtown Detroit. The interior preserves original fireplaces, over-mantle mirrors, woodwork, wall coverings, decorative plaster, Minton tiles, parquet floors & etched glass. With period furnishings & collections of art & artifacts, it is truly one of Detroit’s hidden treasures. Lunch will be on your own, at the Chartreuse Kitchen and Cocktails located in the Park Shelton (formerly The Wardell Hotel) noted on the National Register of Historic Places. The restaurant specializes in fresh, locally grown ingredients. After lunch there will be time to visit the shops in Park Shelton. Please note that The Art House is not handicap accessible.

Please contact Mary Greulich at (734) 369-4727 or marygreulich@att.net to make reservations.

Donors to the Way Forward As of April 29, 2016

Sustainers

Additional Donors

Grand Total Of All Donations: $96,307 (Overall Goal is $112,000)

Patricia & Andrew Amort Betty Arnett Deborah Ash

Linda Lee & Erik Austin Mary Bachman Grace Bacon Sally Baker

Marlene & John Barr Patricia Baxter Aileen Bement

Joan & Rodney Bentz Kirsten Bentzen-Bilkvist Libby & William Birdsall

Susan Bonfield Pamela Bowers & Thomas

Hiller Rebecca Boylan & Thomas

Sidlik Barbara Bryant Patricia Carson Margaret Carter

Stephanie Chervin Astrid & Donald Cleveland

Karen Collins Carolyn Conlin Connie Cress

Connie D’Amato Cynthia & Dean DeGalan

Suzanne Dempster Sara Jo Devine Mary Dolan Nan Elliott

Millie Empedocles & Doug Turner

Inta Ertel Rohn & Paul Federbush Kathleen Fitzgerald Patricia Fitzgerald

Beverly & Gordon Flynn Elizabeth Fowler Gail & Paul Geiger

Ann Glusac Cozette Grabb Ingrid Graham Helen Hall

Susan Hayes Ann Hunt

Elmer Johansen Stephanie Kadel Taras

Fran Kawalec & Lee Evans Mary Keen

Kathleen Kelley Emily Kennedy Sally Kennedy Mary Kinley Marcia Knapp Betty Jo Kolb Betty Konnak

Barbara & Ronald Kramer Dorothy Kuhn Christine Larson Evie Lichter

Margaret & Steven Manikas Kathryn McWilliams

Ronnie & Roland Meade Constance & Charles Olson Mary Ann & Bob Pierce

Millie Pierce Suzanne & Sinclair Powell

Elizabeth Richart Valerie Rosenberg

Norma Sarns Nancy Schenk Sheila Sikkenga

Scott & Frances Simonds Cynthia Sorensen & Henry

Reuter Sharon Stein Virginia Stein Gail Sugar

Barbara Sugerman Anne & David Swanson

Doris Terwilliger Marilyn Van Der Velde

James Walter Karen & Karl Weick

Carolyn & John Wiseman Judith Williston Dorothy Wu

Charmaine Zimmerman

Linda Atkins & Tom Kenney Janet & William Cassebaum

Molly Dobson Elaine Found Emy’s Group Sarah Lampert

Jacqueline Lewis Margaret & Harris

McClamroch Penny & Patrick O’Malley Susan Smith & Bob Gray Marlene & Bill Thomas

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Art at the City Club

In conjunction with the Classics of the City Club, which will feature individual automobiles on May 28, from noon to 4 p.m., our gallery will feature two artists/photographers who love to photograph automobiles. We think you will enjoy the two different approaches to the subject. Please read their biographies to gain some insight into their work. Leona Webb is an Ann Arbor-based artist who has exhibited in exhibitions in Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Grosse Pointe and Detroit. Born and raised in Northern Michigan, she went on to complete a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development. She spent five years in the Boston area where she served as a Director of Human Resources and instructed at college level in Business Management. She is also a human resource consultant and career consultant. Her real passion has always been music and the arts. “When I first approached Detroit with my camera and tripod, I thought I was capturing a fragment of the city’s loss and decay. However, upon studying the images, I found that many of the buildings had lost only their first function. They now occupy center stage as visual objects of commanding beauty and endless decorative iteration. They pull us into a dreamtime of movement, into what was and what will be, just like the automobile. Detroit is the place that put the world on wheels. My automobile photographs are not about conventional thinking. The automobile is where the boundaries of design are pushed to achieve fresh ideas and cutting edge concepts. I am intrigued by that concept. I have renewed and extended my fascination with these shapes through my images. My wish is for you to see these images as other than what they seem to represent. The images of cars are not just cars.

The images of buildings are not just buildings. All of these images are abstractions to one degree or another. What is being emphasized are forms, ideas, and qualities apart from the particular object pictured. Images then become ideas. They can vary from person to person, and time to time with the same person. The images come from a part of me that works unconsciously. They come from that private part of me and I hope it will touch that part of you as well.” Tim Kellman I was born and raised in Plymouth Michigan and went to high school at St. Thomas in Ann Arbor. I studied photography at Washtenaw Community College, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Winona School of Professional Photography. I worked for 29 years as a photographer and Photo Services supervisor at the Environmental Institute of Michigan (ERIM) in Ann Arbor. I have been photographing cars ever since my grandmother gave me my first camera when I was 10 years old. The first picture I took was of the headlight of my dad’s 1953 Plymouth station wagon. My dad was a Tool and Die Maker in the auto industry and would often come home with some small car part or piece of chrome he had built the die for and ask me to identify it. I came to admire the shaping and bending, the gentle curves that could be fashioned out of the metal my dad worked with. For the City Club event, I’m showing both close-ups and distant shots. While photographing an automobile, I sometimes isolate a basic geometric shape or pattern. I look for the curves, circles, or straight lines in some small part or piece of chrome and leave it up to the viewer to identify it. If I choose to photograph the entire car, I try to use the background to complement the geometry of the car.

CHECK IT OUT! librarything.com/catalog/AnnArborCityClub Stoner by John Williams, our current CityClubReads selection, will be discussed on Wednesday, May 25 at 3:30 p.m. Tea and crumpets will be served. No charge, but reservations are required by May 23. Come up and see me sometime, “Marian the Librarian”

For the First

Patio Party of the Year!

Friday, June 17

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Connections: Spotlight on Barbara Krick

Barbara Krick was born in Saginaw, Michigan where she began her schooling. The family later moved to Midland where she completed elementary and high school. Barb met her husband-to-be, Jim Krick, in Midland. They were married and moved to Ann Arbor because of Jim’s engineering business. Barbara attended Eastern Michigan University where she majored in psychology and minored in history. While her “title” was homemaker, Barbara was anything but a layabout. She spent many years as a volunteer with Youth For Understanding. She was a field manager who placed foreign students with families in Ann Arbor, often her own home. She worked with another longtime City Club member, Joanna Brumfiel, who considered Barb her ‘go to’ person if a home was needed on an emergency basis. Nine of the students that Barb placed lived with the Kricks. She still keeps in touch with several YFO students and has visited them in their own countries. Barb also volunteered with International Neighbors from its inception and was active at the Ecumenical Center including serving time as its chair.

Barbara joined the City Club at the urging of friends who were members and soon became the editor of the forerunner of the Beacon, the Club’s monthly magazine. Not surprisingly, she is sad about the demise of that publication. Each month she prepared the copy so that it was print-ready, a very exacting task. She cajoled other members into writing articles, or, if necessary, wrote them herself. She was also responsible for obtaining advertisements—a thankless chore she says. One company had to be ‘bugged’ constantly to pay their bills. (You know who you are!) Nevertheless, she is rightfully proud of the attractive publication she produced. Barb and Jim were ardent travelers, concentrating mostly on Western Europe, including Scandinavia, Germany, and the Netherlands. They were especially fond of the theater in London and went every year to a week of plays. Sometimes they went twice! The theater was not the only attraction in England. Among the sites they visited was Corfe Castle, a fortification on the Isle of Purbeck. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates back to the 11th century. A painting of the castle now hangs in Barbara’s room. Now that she no longer has a responsibility for the magazine, with her usual eagerness to give and to learn is active in several signature groups. She belongs to Genealogy, Bible Study, and the Travel Group. She no longer is able to go on trips about Michigan but she enjoyed them very much when she was able. Barb also enjoys the Writing Group. Some members author books, (Rohn Federbush is a published author) and others like Barbara write short pieced but all enjoy the camaraderie and critiques. Barb is also fond of the theater in Ann Arbor. The Civic Theater of which she has been a member “forever” keeps a special seat just for her at every production. Barb very much appreciates the City Club. She wishes more members would take advantage of the dining room because the food is so good. Like many of us, she also hopes for more members [like her!]. Libby Birdsall For the Membership Committee

Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Laura Adamson Daughter of City Club Member Sue Adamson

Lola Borchardt Former City Club

Member

Nancy Harbison Former City Club

Member

Beryl Nicklas Former City Club

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1830 Washtenaw Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 734.662.3279 info@annarborcityclub.org www.annarborcityclub.org

Upcoming Events

June 2016

Friday 3 First Friday Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.

Friday 17 Patio Party

Thursday 23 Cinema at the City Club 7 p.m.

Tuesday 28 It’s Your Birthday Lunch 11:30 a.m.

July 2016

Monday 4 CLUB CLOSED Independence Day

Friday 22 Patio Party

Tuesday 26 It’s Your Birthday Lunch 11:30 a.m.

Thursday 28 Cinema at the City Club 7 p.m.

Friday 1 First Friday Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.

The Beacon President: Patricia Amort Editor: Kylista Geiger

Photograph by John McCormick Grand Haven Lighthouse

Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, Michigan