JANUARY 2010

This has been a “Normal” Michigan winter month.

For the past 3-4 years we were experiencing

“mild” Michigan winters

and got spoiled.

When 4 foot of snow on ice accumulated

in a very short period, even the City and most stores

closed as the plows could not keep up,

so whatever Shul activities were planned were also postponed.

THANK YOU

Steve Tolen has been busy building and installing

new shelving for the storage spaces.

This helps clear the kitchen area of clutter.

All the help has been greatly appreciated!

Thank You

also, to everyone who

HAS

Paid their Membership Dues,

it really helps!

Please check the color of your address labels for status corrections:

( Black indicates PAID MEMBER)

(Orange or Red= Past Due Member)

(Green= send bulletin only)

(Blue= Guest/Visitor/Summer Address)

(Fuchsia= Mailings have been returned/undeliverable)

(Please call Hy or Min if there is a discrepancy!)

Donations

Mike Slotnick for snow removal

Hanselman General Fund

In order to save big shipping costs,

Barry Fidelman drove to Chicago and picked up the

new Memorial Boards, which are being installed now…

so, if you have been waiting to place a memorial

name plaque, now is the time to do so.

For further information email at miSHshul@gmail.com or call

Barry at fideland46@yahoo.com or

Barry at 269- 906- 0547 or

Hy Warshawsky at 269- 637- 4685

FYI

The house behind the Shul has

come up for sale again

and Barry Fidelman suggested we purchase it

and make it into a kosher Bed and Breakfast

with Quarters for a Rabbi over High Holidays.

Comments and Written Suggestions would be helpful.

You can reply by writing

miSHshul@gmail.com

or send a note using our physical address.

All replies

will be brought before the Board

at the next meeting which will be on

21 February 2010 at 10:00 A.M.

Everyone Welcome

NOTE:

You now have a

MONTH’s NOTICE

that there

will be

a Passover Seder

on Sunday, the 28^th of MARCH!!!

Please make your Reservations as soon as possible so the cook can know who wants what.

Dinner at 5:30 P.M.

with a choice of Brisket or Oven Baked Chicken.

--- Adults / $20.00 ---

--- Children to age 12 / $10.00 ---

--- Age 3/under/free ---

Reservations are a MUST !

Bring friends!

Everyone is welcome!

HAPPENINGS May 2009

The first phase of the Kitchen project is almost done!! Just waiting for the electrician to install the under cabinet lights. Still need to locate another upright freezer. It’s so bright and airy, I can’t wait to do something fleishidic! It has been a long time coming, but the efforts put into it by everyone will be a benefit long into the future.

Joe & Linda Warshawsky, of the Steel Center, have donated all the material for the kitchen’s stainless steel back splash and the heavy pipe necessary to fix the railings around the outside of Shul. The building is a better place for our future generations because you stepped up. How can a simple Thank You suffice?

Nominations to the board closed with ten candidates for the nine positions.
Paid members will be receiving an Election Ballot with a short bio
about each candidate
and a stamped RETURN envelope.
These MUST be postmarked no later than 15 July 2009.
Remember it’s “YOUR” board that serves the Shul.
Please DO NOT sign your ballot.

Election results will be announced at our Annual Meeting
Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at about 1PM.

Starting in 5770, membership cards will be issued
to all members who were Paid-Up for 2008-2009
by the end of September
when dues for the NEW year 2009-2010 will be collected.

Hope to see you and your family there if not sooner!

Join in the discussions!

The next Board Meeting has been moved up
to 10AM Sunday, June 14th
in honor of Father’s Day.

A limited number of accommodation referrals
and discounted room reservations
will be available during the summer season.
Please forward written requests to the shul or our e-mail address
in advance and we will send information.

Don’t forget to reserve your Labor Day Weekend LOX BOX as well!

Of note, the house and property on Church St. adjacent to the shul is up for sale again at $129K.
After much discussion, the board has voted unanimously against making a bid, although acquisition of the property would be favorable. We have a full plate in dealing with steam pipes that need to be refinished, re-growing an unruly patch of lawn, purchase of an additional memorial board
and tending plantings at the cemetery.

Donations to the General Fund
Jerold & Naomi Senser
Arlen Tolen
Seymore Padnos

In Memory
of Norman Pearce… Nancy Vilims

Mazel Tov
Congratulations to Debbie and Kevin Merrell
on the birth of Abigail Lucille April 27th in Holland Hospital,
6lbs.4oz. of all girl to keep Grandpa Irv busy!

HAPPENINGS March 2009

HAPPENINGS
March 2009

Things are finally getting started on the kitchen renovation:
Barry Fidelman called a work day and Hy and Shelly Warshawsky,
Minnie Pearce and BethAnn Pearce-Davis helped to empty everything from the upper cabinets. The cabinets were then removed for painting but then reconsidered
in favor of washing them thoroughly and placing a back-wall recovering.

The Board, by majority vote, decided to
have Stainless Steel placed before the cabinets are re-hung.

The end result of these efforts will be a Kosher Kitchen with two
of everything, including stoves, sinks, microvaves, refrigerators and great cabinet space.
A storage room behind the men's room has also undergone repairs,
it will soon be painted and have shelving installed.
The fire escape at the rear of the shul is repaired and up to code.
Gutters and soffits have been repaired.
Fencing in front and side of te building will be finished this spring .

NOTICE

There will be a Community Seder on the Second Night of Passover
April 9th at 5:30PM
--$20. for Adults--Children up to 13 years of age $10--
--children under 3 years of age are free--
RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST
Contact by return reservation card or
e-mail miSHshul@gmail.com
by March 31, 2009.

LOOKING FORWARD
The Community High Holiday Card Fundraiser was approved.
Think about how you would like to have your family listed.
Remember $15.00 a line-- you can refer to last month's happeneings.
The deadline is August 18, 2009.

I am sorry to report that we have lost another long-time member,
Albert Cherny, formerly of South Haven, passed in New Hall, California.

Corrections:
Sam Price, son of Lou and Sue Price, is in Afganistan and would like us to keep in touch;
FOB Solerno, Company HQ, 1st Platoon
Pvy Samuel D. Price
1431st EN CO (SAPPER)
APO AE 09314

Our applogies to new member Karen Moore for spelling her name
incorrectly last month.