The Equalizer

Sabine District Transportation Club

Member of Traffic Clubs International

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Volume 07 Issue 11, November 2007                                                                                                    S.D.T.C.,  PO Box 20103,   Beaumont, TX  77720
                                  December 11, 2007 Sabine District Annual Christmas Party at the Cattle Company

Festivities begin at 6:00 pm!

 

Bring your spouses and friends and help us celebrate at the annual Sabine District Transportation Club Christmas Party!  There is lots of fun to be had as the Chinese Christmas; or I guess I should say Dirty Santa or Grinch Exchange.

 

Lots of ooh’s, ahh’s and “gimme a break” can be heard as the gifts are swapped, stolen or at least liberated from its prior owner.  

 

  Last year’s visions of snowmen and Santa’s ruled.  What is in store for this year-anything goes! Tools anyone?????

 

 

           

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

    

 

 

Reservation Form for Christmas Party December 11, 2007

 

Please make reservations for _________persons at $17.50/ea.

Check is attached (___) Bill me (___) Will pay at the door (___)

Signed_____________________________________

Date _________________

Firm_______________________________________

Phone________________

Address___________________________________

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Clip and mail to S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX.  77720, fax (409) 842-5154, Ph 724-8853-Mike Garza, or Sherry Eckerle (409) 791-3259.  You can also e-mail your reservations to: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net or make them from the web site.

 

 

 

 

Ballots for our new 2008-2009 officer elections will be mailed in December as well as the 2008 due notices.  If there are any changes in membership, please contact your secretary at Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net or by phone at (409) 791-3259.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Web Site Update:  To reach the web site from the Internet: http://www.txsdtc.org 

To retrieve the Equalizer from the server:  http://www.txsdtc.org/equalizer/november2007/   or from the web side: txsdtc.org

 

If you do not have an e-mail address or simply wish to continue to have the Equalizer mailed to you, let our secretary know.  

 

Be sure to visit our sponsors listed both in the Equalizer and on the Web Site…

 

Board Meeting Announcements:

There will Not be a Board of Director’s meeting on December 11, 2007. Board members are asked to bring a wrapped gift.

 

Meetings will resume on January 8, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
                                       January 8, 2008 Scholarship & Election Luncheon at the Cattle Company

At our January 8, 2008 meeting we will recognize two Lamar University students that we will be awarding scholarships.  At this time we will also recognize our dependent scholarship winners, Lacey & Logan Theriot.  We hope to see each of you there to honor these students!

 

                        

 

If you know of someone or if you would like to serve on the Board of Directors or as an officer for the 2008-2009 year, please get in touch with Danny Phillips, 1st Vice President. 

 

He is head of our nominating committee and needs your support. He can be reached at (409) 838-0126.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t forget, your vote counts, so be sure to mail the ballots back in to the committee.  These votes go directly to the committee, unopened until the votes are counted.  In case of a tie, there will be a vote at the January meeting to determine the winner, so you need to be there to support your candidate!

 

 

 

 

                             

 

 

 

 
 Did you know?                                                                                                                                                                          Editor:  Larry Kelley         
One of the most fun ideas for a Christmas gift exchange at an office party or at a home party is a game commonly called Chinese Christmas. I don’t know how or where the name came from, because it has absolutely nothing to do with the Chinese. Not only that, some may find the reference to Chinese insulting.
I know I’m not always the most politically correct…comes from being direct…Anyway, I’m encouraging the use of other lesser-known names such as Yankee Swap, Gift War, Grinch Exchange, Dirty Santa, Rob Your Neighbor, White Elephant, Nasty Christmas, and Thieving Secret Santa. My personal favorite is Grinch Exchange.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

            

 

 

Anyone care to guess,

I must confess,

The SDTC member pictured here.

Look around they may be near.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

              

Editorial Word:


All kidding aside, in this time of promotion and commotion let’s not forget the devotion. Noticed in the paper, news, etc., about sales, Black Friday, sales doing better than last year, etc, etc,. Same time I heard people talking about the condition of the economy. Seems silly.

Only thing sillier were the lines of people and those choosing to camp out for some form of consumer electronics. Anytime I see the long lines busy parking lots to buy whatever…I think it must be the economy. Without question we are living in a period of great economic expansion. Too often I think we get caught up miss the more important things.

I challenge each of us to slow down, look around and count our blessings. Cherish the friendships, family and beliefs that keep us strong.

Celebrate Christ’s birth and God’s greatest gift.
Thanks, Larry