November, 2016
Issued Monthly
VOL. 66 NO. 11

NOVEMBER MEETING
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016 – CHEVIOT FIELDHOUSE

MEETING AT 8:00 PM

Our President, Larry Wentz will open the meeting promptly at 8:00 P.M. We will begin with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of silence for our sick and departed members.

DECEMBER ELECTIONS

Denny Gates (White Ticket) and Joe Williams (Red Ticket) will introduce their candidates at this meeting. They always need a few more good men. Once again, here’s your chance to get involved and make a difference. Call Denny at 513.941.7650 or Joe at 513.703.3010

 

SPOOKTACULAR 2016

THANKS : To the Good Lord for giving us super nice weather. The 4H parents & Gary Kathman  for handling the Hayride, touring the City of Cheviot. The Girl Scouts, with their leader Lisa Super, and friends for entertaining the Kids with their games of skill and luck .

THANKS: To the Boy Scouts, led by Mark Wanek, for taking the Kids on a Train Ride into the scary darkness of Harvest Home Park. To Matthew Williams , and his helpers from the Cheviot Library, using their talents with Crafts, helping the Kids make Pumpkin Faces,  and Scary Animals. A special THANK YOU !! to KEVIN LEIDECKER  [ N.Y.P.D.] for Donating  the Pizza. If it’s Pizza you need see KEVIN at N.Y.P.D. To Jamie Harris for doing a great job with the Kids who entered the Costume and Howling at the moon contests. Congratulations to the winners. To the many  C.F.A. & C.P.A. members, their families and friends who served food, sold tickets, kept the kids safe in the Straw Maze and cleaned up the mess . It sure is nice to have all that help. A big tip of the hat to CFA Member Dan Woodburn & his helpers for showing  cartoon movies to the kids while they waited in long lines to board the Hayride. To the Cheviot Police & Fire Departments & Charlie for their support. The CITY of  CHEVIOT  & the Cheviot Community for their continued support of this kind of Community Event. To the Community Events Committee for their Time & Resources & to those individuals & organizations  who made donations. Your support is GREATLY APPRECIATED. The Kids say THANK YOU!!!!

 

2016 CHRISTMAS BASKETS – OUR GREAT CFA CAUSE!

Chairman, John Ludwig and his fellow committee volunteers need names of families in need from Cheviot and nearby areas for the CFA Christmas Basket Distribution. John along with his delivery team is again pleased to announce that Hatting’s Supermarket on Bridgetown Rd. will again be supplying us with the food baskets. Meijer Grocery on Harrison Ave. in Dent is donating a gift card for our cause. This is one of our best community endeavors of the Holiday Season –

Please contact John – ASAP at  513-922-2747.

 

KIDS CHRISTMAS FAIR, SUNDAY DEC. 11th CHEVIOT FIELDHOUSE, 12:30 PM. to 3:30 PM. 

Ages 1-12yrs. The Cincinnati Kinderballet will present: “The Nutcracker” at 12:30 pm.

The Kids Christmas Fair will also feature: Model Train Display, Face Painting, Games, Crafts and Prizes, Drinks and Snacks Ho, Ho, Ho Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Presented by: The Cheviot Firemen’s Association, The Cheviot Police Association & The City of Cheviot, Cheviot Westwood Community Association and the Cheviot Branch of the Public Library.

NEIHEISEL VISITATION

Stan Rauh has had extensive back surgery and is in Sarasota Florida.  Dolores M. Dolan loving mother of Mary (Late Leo) Fichter passed away 10.8.16.  Please keep our sick and departed in your prayers.

CFA OUTSTANDING MEMBERS AWARD

There will be a meeting of the CFA Ring Committee on Tuesday, November 8, 2016

at 7:30 PM. This is the same night and ½ hour before the regular November CFA Meeting. All nominees must be submitted by this time. For additional information, please contact Tim Mathis – The Committee Chairman – at 513–834-3194

GOLDENAIRES

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016 – LUNCH 12:00

MEETING 1:00 PM – CHEVIOT FIELDHOUSE

Ruth Kathman reported that no cards were sent this month.  The winner of the $ 5.00 Birthday Prize was Irene Ruberg. Kate Reed asked for everyone to pray for her great granddaughter, Ireland Reed, who is having major surgery so she may someday be able to walk for the first time in her young life. Please pray for this little girl that this operation is successful. Please pray for all our members who are sick in Hospitals, their homes or nursing facilities. Thank You!!

 

LEAVE BEHIND YOUR CARES COME JOIN THE GOLDENAIRES!

SPONSOR OF THE MONTH
Bridgeport Apartments
A long time sponsor and supporter of the CFA.  Keep them in mind if you need an apartment to call home.

MONTHLY RAFFLE TICKETS

The new monthly raffle tickets for 2017 & have gone out and by the time you get this newsletter  you should have your tickets –  For those who haven’t in the past – Please help out by selling and buying some tickets this year! If you have any questions please contact Dave Nienaber at 513.574.5374

 

OCTOBER MONTHLY RAFFLE WINNERS

PRIZE          AMOUNT                       WINNER                                TICKET #’s

1^ST                       $200                       Steven Thomas                                (1263)

2^nd                               $100                       Jennifer Mare                                  (2894)       

3^rd                                $50                         Chas. Haehnle                                 (0345)

4^th                                $25                         Mr. Tom Klett                                 (0497)

5^th                                $25                         Margaret & Chris Sexton                (1647)

Seller                   $25                         Mike Mason

QUOTE of the MONTH

“If we ever forget that we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD – then we will be one nation gone under.” – Ronald Reagen

 

GET OUT AND VOTE RESPONSIBLY on ELECTION DAY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8^th (God Help Us!)

 

Pray for the Men and Women in our Military!

Friday, November 11^th is Veterans Day

 

Next Writing November 15^th

October, 2016
Issued Monthly
VOL. 65 NO. 10

OCTOBER MEETING

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 – CHEVIOT FIELDHOUSE

MEETING AT 8:00 PM

Our President, Larry Wentz, will open the meeting promptly at 8:00 P.M. We will begin with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of silence for our sick and departed members.

2016 SPOOKTACULAR

Harvest Home Park – Friday Oct.14^th & Sat. Oct.15^h 7:00 to 10:00 P.M.

Hay Ride through Cheviot, Miniature train ride, straw maze, games and crafts, kids costume contest, and “Howl at the Moon” contest.

Refreshments and snacks will be available.

If you would like to help out or need more info. Please contact:

Tim Mathis 513-834-3194 or Ray Kathman radarray@fuse.net. 513-574-9828

2016 CFA GOLF LEAGUE

The CFA Golf League ended its regular season with their Tournament Night – Wednesday, September 7, 2016. The 2016 League Champions consisted of

First place: Arnie Williams and Steve Thomas. The Second Place team consisted of Scott Tarvin and Dennis Fliehman. Congrats to all for a great year and special thanks to the league officers and especially Bill Strochinsky (once again) for the colossal task of consistently calculating all the figures and stats throughout the year. Also – Thanks, Arnie Williams – He also does a helluva job organizing our monthly Thursday Outings.

We had our Golf League Dinner at Keller’s.  Also – Special thanks to Sam & Connie Keller and their crew for consistently putting together another great spread of food.  Hope to see you next year at the March – 2017 kick-off meeting!

CHRISTMAS BASKETS

Chairman, John Ludwig and his fellow committee volunteers will be accepting names of families in need for the CFA Christmas Food Basket Distribution. John along with his delivery team combine efforts each year to make this one of our best community endeavors of the Holiday Season. Applications will be accepted for the next two months. Please contact John at 922-2747.

 

Attention !! Members Who Have NOT Paid Their Dues

– BY NOW YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

To avoid being DROPPED from the CFA membership you must send a check for $25 made out to the Cheviot Firemen’s Association – Mail to ATTN: Jack Spratt – 5264 Clearlake Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45247.  If you feel your name was called out at the last meeting in error as being delinquent, please call Jack Spratt at 513.543.3271 or email at rspratt454@aol.com

NEIHEISEL VISITATION

William “Bill” Craig passed away 8.18.16.  Ray Hollmeyer is currently living at Renaissance West at North Bend Crossing.

Please keep all of our sick and departed in your prayers

2017 NOMINATING COMMITTEES

Joe Williams (Red Ticket) and Denny Gates (White Ticket) have stepped up to the plate once again this year and have volunteered their time to put together our nominations for the CFA December Elections. They always need a few more good men – Here’s your chance to step up and make a difference. TIME TO SHAKE IT UP A LITTLE! Several old arses are getting calloused by sitting up front at the tables each month. Call Joe at 513.703.3010 or Denny at 513.941.7650.

2016 CFA GOLF SCRAMBLE – A Great Time

The CFA Golf Outing was a success and I hope everyone had a great time. The temperature was great, the rain held off until the very end but the wind was a definite factor. The winning team was Milt’s Transmission finishing 13 under par.  Each golfer received a door prize and the lucky ones received some nice gifts after dinner.

We appreciate our Corporate Sponsors and thank them for their participation:

Andy’s Mirror & Glass

Mattlin  Construction

Pic’s Produce

Tri State Concrete Sawing

Garage Door Service

Cabling Specialist

Milts Transmission Service

Black Sheep Publix House

Avocados Mexican Restaurant

We also want to thank all those who sponsored a hole or donated gifts for the Outing including L&B Trophy, Tim Mathis, J-Taps Sports Bar Grill, The Burg Family, Dean’s Hops & Vines, Fogarty’s Irish Pub and Smile Drive Thru. Also a special thanks to Jim Bosse for running the “Within-the-Ring” Contest. Thanks again for all your support of the C F A.  We hope that we can count on  your continued support next year.  Have a great Holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

CFA, Golf Scramble Chairmen Jack Witterstaetter and Ron Zeilman.

GOLDENAIRES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016 LUNCH 12:00

MEETING 1:00 PM – CHEVIOT FIELDHOUSE

Ruth Kathman reported that a Get Well card was sent to Sally Staat.  The winner of the $ 5.00 Birthday Prize was Ken Burger.  Elks Lodge #5 3621 Glenmore Ave. is having a 50’s & 60’s Dance on Saturday November 5^th 7:30 PM. Featuring The Golden Eagles. Cost is $10.00 per person.  For more info. contact Goldenaire member Shirley Paolello 662-4847.  Please pray for all our members who are sick in hospitals, their homes or nursing Facilities. Thank You!!

            LEAVE BEHIND YOUR CARES,  COME JOIN THE GOLDENAIRES

 

CFA CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT

The cornhole tournaments for July, August and September were great times had by all! Special thanks to Larry Wentz and Arnie Williams for organizing the games. Also thanks to our team of chefs for all of their hard work grilling out the fine dinners we had. Congratulations to the winners of all three tournaments.– Hope we can do it again next year! Tempus Fugit!

 

OUTSTANDING MEMBERS AWARD

Nominations are open starting with the October committee meeting on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. Any member in good standing can nominate one person per year. The Nominee must be a member in good standing for a minimum of fifteen (15) years. Please contact Tim Mathis at 513.834.3194

 

OCTOBER MONTHLY RAFFLE WINNERS

PRIZE          AMOUNT                       WINNER                                TICKET #’s

1^ST                       $200                       Steve Thomas                                  (0888)

2^nd                               $100                       Kim Ammon                                   (2739)       

3^rd                                $50                         David Miller                                    (0599)

4^th                                $25                         Ed O’Gorman                                 (0305)

5^th                                $25                         Pete Lambing                                  (1223)

Seller                   $25                         Bob Young

 

The tickets for the 2017 Monthly Raffle will be available at the October meeting. Please make arrangements to pick them up in the next two months to save us money on the postage and make sure that you get your fair share.

SPONSOR OF THE MONTH

Andy’s Mirror and Glass – A long time sponsor of the CFA.

Call them for all your glass needs. Get in touch with Arnie Williams!

Pray for the Men and Women in our Military!

 

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

“I do regret calling her Pocahontas, because I think it’s a tremendous insult to Pocahontas.” – The Donald 

Next Writing October 15^th