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December New Member Applicants

Karen Powers lives in Hansville, having just moved from the gulf coast of Florida. Karen raised her children and raised teen-age foster girls for 20 years. Her husband passed in 1993 and she spent several years in Seattle as a granny-nanny for her grandchildren. When one of Karen's children moved to Florida, she decided to follow. During her years in Hoquim, Karen and her husband invested in fixer-uppers and rental properties. While she was in Florida, Karen used her "handi-mom" skills to help her friends and family. Karen is looking forward to being part of the KCYC and working in community service activities.

Look Who's Celebrating

Commodore's Corner—Ken Dalgleish

2018/2019 was a great year for the club. We have celebrated our 50th year, established prudent financial contingencies, and reworked our dues structure. During this entire time we had a very successful social and cruising calendar of events. Thanks to all who made this a remarkable year.
With this foundation of success, the new Board of Trustees and the Volunteers that support the club for the 2019/2020 year are working toward a very exciting and fun year for you. In support of this, the Board is required to submit a three year plan and annual budget at our January General Meeting. This will be a great opportunity for you to see and engage in the focus of the club.

The committee structure of the club supports every aspect of the club. For 2019/2020 the structure is pictured below.

Board of Trustees
Commodore – Ken Dalgleish
Vice Commodore – Art Hammon
Rear Commodore – Jerry Andrews
Fleet Captain – Sandi Dalgleish
Treasurer—Jack Lott
Secretary – Diane Nunez
Trustee – Steve Young
Trustee – Rick Eveleth
Past Commodore – Nancy Langwith

Key Volunteer Roles
Quartermaster – John Gantz
Ship’s Store – Linda MacEllven
Social Director – Shelley Gantz
Webmaster – Julie Turner
Communications Officer — Robin Lott

To be successful, we always need your participation for the committees, Friday night socials, and the major events. Please let the various committee leads know if you would like to help. I am sure they will be “reaching out to you”! In addition to your participation, there are still Key Volunteer positions that need to be filled. They are:
     Volunteer Coordinator – contact Ken Dalgleish
     Charity Coordinator – contact Nancy Langwith
     Bartenders & Bar Advisory Committee – Contact Jerry Andrews

While we do not have a General Meeting in December, there is plenty to be involved in. The KCYC tree decorating and cookie exchange, Kingston Cove Christmas, KCYC traditional gift exchange, d Vine wines sing-a-long, and a fabulous New Years Eve event to name a few. Details are available on our website, KCYC.org.

I hope the season brings you special moments with your family and friends, memories that warm your heart, and blessings beyond your dreams.

An Update on Membership Renewals—Jack Lott

If you had a family membership and paid your dues from this last June through December of this year, you should have gotten a reminder notice that your dues need to be paid for this coming year, covering your membership from January 1st to December 31st of 2020. If yes, that’s great! If not, well, maybe someone else in your family received the reminder.

In the membership database maintained in our new website for family memberships, there is one person designated as a “Primary” member, with the other person(s) in your membership account identified as family members. To cut down on duplicate communications, some emails sent from our website only go to the primary member, which is the case for dues reminders.

We can change who should receive dues reminders, registration confirmations for events and other types of notices by knowing who in the family always checks their emails. Just let us know, and we’ll change the settings.

In the past, there has always been an announcement for who renews first each year, sort of a competition. With the changes we’ve made to our fiscal year for dues and other aspects of the Club, going forward that tradition will not really work any longer. But we would most certainly like to acknowledge renewing members for their continuing support. So I will be publishing a report for how many did renew during November and again in December. I would like suggestions as to how to recognize the first, and for that matter, every member that renews on or before the first of the year. Just drop me a note with your ideas.

Remember you can now choose monthly installments for your dues payments processed through a credit card you can enter on your profile page. There is no additional service charge for this, and all of your information is completely secure and private, no one can access it except you.

As always, feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions about dues payments at treasurer@kcyc.org.

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What You Missed at the November General Meeting

The Board Members prepared and served a delicious early Thanksgiving Dinner of turkey, stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, Mexican squash, salads and pumpkin, pecan and apple pie! Yummy!
Daniel Kluth representing Coffee Oasis, was the guest speaker. Coffee Oasis is a non-profit, faith based organization providing programs for homeless youth. The programs are supported by sales of self-roasted coffee and a varied menu. The recently opened program invites the community to stop in for coffee, learn more about the program and opportunities to volunteer.
Welcome to Jacqueline and Marc Winocur and John and Mary Hatcher who were inducted as new members at the November Meeting.
Open Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteer Coordinator, Charity Coordinator, Bartenders and Bar Back-Up, and Bar Committee Members.
KCYC, Port of Kingston and Kingston Ale House are sponsoring the January Community Dinner at Village Green on January 10, 2020. This is the second year for this event which was spearheaded by Carol Wetmore last year. An Event Coordinator and volunteers are needed for this event. Contact Nancy Langwith if you are interested.
The Food Drive for the Kingston Food Bank provided a car load of food and donations of $750.00. Thank you to all the members for donations.
Fleet Captain, Sandi Dalgleish, provided copies of the 2020 cruise schedule and reminded Boaters to make reservations for this year’s cruises. Non-Boaters can make reservations for lodging at the cruise locations. Suggestions for RV sites and lodging will be part of this year’s cruise plan.

The Polar Bear Cruise to Edmonds is the first cruise of 2020 (January 18th) and is highlighted by a prime rib dinner held at the Edmonds Yacht Club. Jim Simpson and Todd Lachelt are Cruise Captains.
Ken Dalgleish unveiled a new financial report that will provide a monthly update on the Club’s finances.
Jerry Kirschner announced that 100 Bricks had been sold for the Memory Walk. Jerry made a request for donations for the purchase of Bricks for Gold Star Past Commodore. All Brick orders and engraved messages are to be submitted by November 30.
Julie Turner presented the KCYC Website Tip of the Month. This month Julie demonstrated how to register and pay online for the New Year’s Eve event.
Annual Dues for January to December 2020 are due by January 1,2020. Members will pay dues online by using a credit card to pay monthly or annually. The first dues notice will be sent out in December.
The monthly drawing was $108.00 and was won by Chuck Turner! Congratulations to Chuck.

Kingston Cove Christmas
Saturday, December 7th

Kingston Cove Christmas is one the town's biggest events, and one that KCYC plays a large part in helping the town celebrate. Check out all the activities described below. Come for one or come for all, but no matter what, don't miss this wonderful celebration of the "Spirit of Christmas".

Revised Schedule of Events

10am–3pm
Holiday Craft Fair at Village Green
1pm–4pm
Kiwanis Santa Workshop at KCYC
2pm
Caroling, Hot Cider & Appetizers on the Dock
3pm-3:30pm
Kingston High School Jazz Band
3:30pm-6pm
Free Hot Chocolate & Cookies for Children
3:45pm–4:15pm
KCYC Chorus – Holiday Music
4:30pm–6pm
Danny Vernon Concert (as Elvis)
4pm–8pm
Holiday Spirits Garden
4:30pm–6pm
Danny Vernon Concert (as Elvis)
5pm
- Santa Arrives & Turns on the Port Lights
- Boat Lights on Guest Dock;Judging at 5:15pm
- KCYC Clubhouse Opens
5:30pm
Kids Scavenger Hunt
7:00pm
Chowder Cookoff for KCYC Members and their Guests

Christmas Tree Decorating & Cookie Exchange
Friday, December 6th @ 6pm

Come enjoy a little holiday cheer and help decorate as we change the Clubhouse into a Christmas wonderland! The tree will be lit and the decorations ready and waiting, along with the bar and something warm and tasty to eat—turkey pot pie and salad for only $5.

Come and share your favorite cookies / memories as we conduct a cookie and recipe exchange that will expand your cookie repertoire.

Cookie Exchange Rules of the Road
• Bring three dozen cookies for exchange.
• Bring a platter or box to display your cookies.
• Bring a container to collect those cookies you would like to “exchange” and take home (could be box, baggie, etc.). Suggested amount to exchange per person is 6.
• We will coordinate calling to the exchange table to help with “crowd management” (lol).
• Bring copies of your recipe to share with others.
Please plan to leave a dozen to be donated for the children during Kingston Cove Christmas.

KCYC Chorus—It's Not Too Late to Join In

Come join the fun with the KCYC Chorus!!! Join us for Kingston's Christmas on Saturday, December 7th. Please be there at 3:30pm in front of the stage at the park. We will sing familiar Christmas carols and have karaoke background music by Marcia, Danny Vernon's better half. Wear some red and a Santa or elf hat! We are scheduled to sing from 3:45pm - 4:15pm. You won't want to miss this. Contact Steve Young if you have questions at stevey3@comcast.net.

Chowder Fest & Chowder Cook-off
December 7th @ 6pm at Clubhouse
(immediately following Port Lighting)

All club members and their guests are invited to gather in the clubhouse immediately following the Festival of the Lights in the park for a scrumptuous Chowder Fest. There will be 12 different chowders to taste, along with salad and bread. This is always a popular event so be sure to rsvp for you and your guests. Click below to send Rita an email.
RSVP by clicking here and sending an email.

Volunteers are also needed to help setup, serve and cleanup. Click to sign up. Volunteer to Help with Chowder Fest

Christmas Boat Decorating
December 7th @ 2pm
on Guest Dock

As part of the Kingston Cove Christmas event, KCYC boat owners will be decorating and lighting up their boats for all to enjoy! Everyone is welcome to join in the festivities. There will be hot cider, Christmas cookies, caroling and lots of Christmas spirit. Activities start around 2pm.

The boats will turn their lights on when the Port turns on all the Christmas lights and everyone will come down to view the boats. A committee will then judge the boats with the winners announced at the Chowder Fest.

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New Year's Eve at KCYC

Roar into 2020

with a swinging shindig at the
KCYC SPEAKEASY!

You’re invited to get out your glad rags, slip into your dancing shoes, and step on down for
delectable eats and hand-crafted cocktails.

Doors open at 7:00pm on December 31^st, 2019.

Cut a rug to 1920s jazz, played by the Holman Trio from 8:00-11:00pm.

Appletree Cove will ring in the New Year with the Big Apple at 9:00pm.

Extravagantly glamorous attire is encouraged, but not required.

Please RSVP by December 24^th to Beth Nelson at bynelson61@gmail.com
or Click here to Email Beth to RSVP

Cost: $35 for members. $40 for non-members.
$10 added fee for attendees without RSVP.

Price includes music, hors d’oeuvres,
and glass of champagne for New Year’s toast.

Let's Watch the
Seahawks Together

Check out the remaining dates for the Seahawk Games. We are looking for volunteer bartenders and hosts so that we can open the club and enjoy the games together. The host needs to be sure the clubhouse is clean and locked up after the game. If you can help out, click the link below.

Please click on a link to volunteer to either host or bartend on a Seahawk Sunday.

	Time	Date	H/A	Opponent	Location	TV
2019 Schedule
	5:20pm	Dec 8	Away	Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams	LA, CA	NBC
	10am	Dec 15	Away	Seahawks at Carolina Panthers	Charlotte, NC	FOX
	1:25pm	Dec 22	Home	Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals	Seattle, WA	FOX
	1:25pm	Dec 29	Home	Seahawks vs San Francisco 49ers	Seattle, WA	FOX

On the Passing of Tom Tearnen (1954 - 2019)

It is with great sadness that we announce that Thomas Tearnen passed away on November 24thafter a long struggle with respiratory disease. Tom was a member of the Kingston Cove Yacht Club forseveral years, a past member of the Sail Kingston Cove Board and a Kingston Chamber volunteer. He was very active in the community, donating his services, helping others and spreading love and joy throughout Kingston. You would often see him as the “bouncer” at the Wine Walk and the July 4thspirits tent, and always with a joke, a story and a big smile. He will be missed.

KCYC Christmas Gift Exchange
Friday, December 13th @ 6pm

An annual tradition, hosted by the Commodore and always a lot of fun! Bring a wrapped gift valued from "laughs only" to $25 to put under the KCYC Christmas tree and hope to draw a good number to make a great selection. If it's a really good gift, you might not get to hang on to it!

Bring one gift for each person attending, not one per couple.

Holiday Sing-Along
at D'vine Wine
Saturday, December 14th @ tbd

A fun time WILL be had by all!!!
This event is small town community spirit at its best. A little friendly competition with the gang from the Ale House to sing holiday songs with the help of John Lyon-Smith on guitar. Last year, both groups upped their game with holiday attire and some advance planning. Add in the awesome wine selection and the evening is all-round holiday fun. Come join in!

Sunshine & Clouds

Jimmy James is in rehab after falling and breaking his pelvis.

Mary McClure is recovering from sepsis.
Lori Ann Attley recovering from a broken wrist.
Cheryl Graham is better after starting a new chemotherapy regiment.

Cheryl and Art are engaged.

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2020 EVENTS

KCYC 2020 Cruising Schedule

Date	Location	Cruise Captains	RV or Lodging Nearby?
Dec 7	Kingston Cove Christmas & Boat Decoration Contest	Dave & Adela Lucas	N/A - Local
Jan 17 - 19	Edmonds Polar Bear Cruise & Prime Rib Dinner	Sandi Dalgleish	Best Western Plus No RV
Feb 21 – 23	Brownsville Yacht Club A Trip to Italy	Mary Ann Harris & Dan Schoenfeld	N/A - Local
March 20 – 22	Poulsbo Clam Chowder Feed	Stan & Jane Mack	N/A - Local Easy Drive
April 17 – 19	Everett	Alan & Shelly Kester	Lodging Options No RV
May 1 – 3	Seattle Opening Day	Nancy Langwith	Lodging Options
May 9	Kingston Opening Day	Sandi Dalgleish	N/A
May 22 – 25	Bell Harbor Memorial Day	Art Hammon & Cheryl Jester	Lodging Options
June 26 – 28	Port Townsend	TBD	RV & Lodging
July 24 – 26	Port of South Whidbey (Langley)	TBD	Lodging Options
Sept 4 – 7	Friday Harbor	TBD	Lodging Options
Sept 25 – 27	Gig Harbor – Arabella’s Marina	Steve & Kim Page	Gig Harbor RV Resort Lodging Options
Dec 4	Kingston Cove Christmas & Boat Decoration Contest	TBD	N/A

KCYC Polar Bear Prime Rib Dinner
Saturday, January 18th

Cost: $30 per person
$27 for member if reservation made on or before January 12th.
Location: Edmonds Yacht Club
Carpooling is encouraged; or you can walk on the ferry. The Club is just a short walk from the dock.
Bar opens 4:30 pm
Wine, beer & spirits available for voluntary donations.
Dinner at 6:00 pm
Raffle & 50/50 Drawing after dinner

Dinner includes Caesar Salad, Prime Rib, Potatoes, Vegetables & Dessert. Also included in the dinner price is one bottle each of red & white wine per table. Additional wine, beer & spirits available throughout the evening for a donation (please bring cash).

This year's chefs, as always, will be Jim Simpson, and Todd and Jovita Lachelt.

Click here to RSVP for dinner.

The Kingston Community
hosts a free dinner which is open to all community members. It is held on the second Friday of each month, from 5pm - 6:30pm at the Village Green Community Center. It is prepared by various community groups, and is free to all, but donations are welcomed.

In January, KCYC, the Port of Kingston, and the Kingston Ale House are co-sponsoring the meal. It will be held on Friday, January 10th. The Kingston Ale House will provide the spaghetti dinner, and KCYC and the Port will provide volunteers to serve and clean up. We are looking for volunteers to help with this important community event. Please sign up if you can help.

Send Nancy an email if you can help.

Looking forward to 2020!

Friday night activities will continue in 2020. There are a couple of things happening during the first few months of the year that are noteworthy.

The whisky tasting that was cancelled in October, an all male planned and executed evening of food and drink, has been rescheduled (date to be announced); and there will be an academy Award party on February 9th ( Sunday is the new Friday that week) so plan on walking the red carpet.

We are always looking for ideas and hosts. Anyone who has something they would like to host should contact kimpage 827@gmail.com.

PAST EVENTS

Most Successful Food Drive in Recent Years

Thanks to all of our generous members that helped to make this year the most successful food drive in recent years. We hauled a truck-full of food to the Kingston Food Bank and presented Barb Fulton with a check for $750 to buy fresh meat and vegetables. Barb was overwhelmed with gratitude and responded with a tearful thank you and a big hug. The stockings will be delivered this week assuring that all of her young clients will have presents under the tree.

Christmas Stockings Overflowing

A huge thank you goes out to all KCYC members who contributed over $500 towards the Christmas stockings for Kingston’s homeless children!!!!! This year there were seven children between the ages of 8 and 16 (4 girls & 3 boys). Nancy Martin sewed the stockings, Robin Lott decorated them and Steve Young, Kim Page and Rita Osborn helped me shop for the items. They will be delivered to the Food Bank this week.

Cheryl Graham started this project six years ago and the Food Bank is very appreciative of our efforts! Thank you to all who made this happen! Gloria Young

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