Newsletter - October 2008

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
October 2008


October meeting: Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 12:30 pm
At the home of Gussie Freese
15375 Timber Hill Lane
Chesterfield, MO 63017
636-537-0806

This will be our Chapter Birthday Party and pot luck lunch. Gussie will provide cake and tea. Libby Yunger will supply sandwich meat and bread. Everyone else should bring a covered dish or other goodie for everyone to enjoy.

To get to Gussie’s house:
Take your favorite route to I-270. Take I-270 west (or north or south) to US 40. Go west on US40 to Exit 19B Olive/Clarkson exit. Go south on Clarkson Rd about 1 mi to Baxter Rd. Turn left on Baxter Rd, go about 1.5 mi. Turn right at Isleview Dr go about 0.5 mi. Turn right on Strollways Dr. go about 0.2 mi. Turn right on Timber Hill Dr. Gussie’s house is on the left.


Ninety-Nines Awards:

The 99s give three awards at our annual conference. The Award of Achievement is presented to a 99 (or a group within the 99s, such as a chapter, section, Trust, etc.) in recognition of contributions made to The 99s or to aviation in general (such as aviation history, education, science, exploration, etc.). The other two awards are presented to "non-99s." The first one, the George Palmer Putnam Award, is given in recognition of support of The 99s. The other award, the Award of Merit, is given to recognize a contribution(s) made to aviation in general. Each of these awards may be presented to an individual or an organization. Individual winners may be male or female. Recipients may be living or deceased and from any country. The contribution may have occurred at any time in the past or present, as a single action or a series of events.

The nominating requirements are very simple:
A. Nominations may be submitted by any individual or group within The Ninety-Nines.
B. The nomination should be in the form of a one-page letter and up to three additional pages of substantiating material. The name, address and phone number of the nominee or the nominee's next of kin, if the nominee is deceased, should be included.
C. The nomination should give complete, but concise, details justifying the award to the nominee with such background information as considered pertinent, and any other relevant information, that would assist the Awards Committee.
D. Nominations from previous years may be resubmitted.
E. Nominations should be sent to The Ninety-Nines Headquarters to the attention of the Awards Committee.
F. Nominations may be submitted by electronic transmission (fax or email) or by post. The nomination must be received on or before January 15, 2009.

If you have questions, contact Corbi Bulluck, International Awards Chairman, at 919-387-6664 or at MCBulluck@aol.com

Member News:

I received the following e-mails from Kim Atkins. There are also a whole bunch of pictures which I am printing out and will bring to the meeting next Saturday. Kim is clearly enjoying Europe!
Sunday, September 7
Hi Libby and all the gals,

Attached is a picture of me with my friends from the Italian motorcycle club. My job in the command post is busy as ever because this base continuously exercises.

This March Samantha and I will move to Geilsenkerchen, Germany where I will work at NATO headquarters. I just couldn't turn down the job offer. :)

Take care and thanks for keeping me updated.

Kim


Monday, September 22
Hi,

We drove from Sacile to Nave to eat calimari and fried sardines. OMG, buono. Only a couple of miles for Sam on a beautiful Ducati...her first time on a motorcycle. Sam is wearing one of my mesh (loaded with pads) jackets and was with a very safe driver. Nothing to worry about!

Love
Kim


Monday, September 29
Hi!
Sam and I survived our first Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. We left Italy at 2200 Friday night with 98 other people divided between two tour buses. The people are all military but the tour company is not affiliated with the base (means more fun). We arrived in Munich at 0700 and headed for the Hofbrau beer tent (one of many). We waited in line until 0900 for the doors to open and the experience was terrifying but nobody got hurt. Once the doors open people start pushing to 'make' it through the doors before they close. Sam was shielded by one of the guys on the trip but she and her friend Belinda bailed and stepped out of line so I made it in and she was out. :( Thank goodness for cell phones as we sent messages back and forth until I came up with a plan to get her in.

Sam eventually got in through a back door but that's a whole different story. We had a great table with lots of fun people and the experience is one we will not soon forget. The beer, food and friendly people were awesome. After a few liters of beer Sam and I decided to catch a taxi to downtown Munich where we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. That was my first hamburger since arriving in Europe. Can't take the American out of me!

We departed Munich at 1700 for Nuremberg where we checked into a hotel. Sam and I took showers and went right to bed. Sunday we toured the city and saw the building where the Nuremberg trials were held and visited Zepplinfield. Germany is much different than Italy as far as the way of life. I can already tell I will take many trips back to Italy after we move in March. After the tour we headed back to Italy and stopped at our traditional awesome restaurant in Austria.

If you have been to OFest then this will help you remember the good times. If you haven't then it's certainly a must for list of things to do.

Be safe
Love Kim and Sam