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2006

We’ve been having so much fun

this year, filling our calendar with

activities, and enjoying the public-

ity from recent articles in the me-

dia and the television re-airing of

a tall documentary. We also

hosted a Milwaukee Weekend in

September with a turn-out of over

110 people. For those new to tall

club, a “weekend” is a weekend-

long party hosted by a tall club

and attended by talls from all over

the country. Activities are usually:

a Friday night mixer, Saturday

day tours, a Saturday night dinner

dance and a Sunday morning

send-off to the guests. In this is-

sue, you’ll see a poem written by

Edie Berman highlighting her trip

from Washington DC to our Mil-

waukee Weekend. We’d like to

hold another weekend in 2007,

but we’ll need your help.

Speaking of help: the start of the

new year means election of offi-

cers. Our current board would

love to see some new people step

forward so we aren’t playing Offi-

cer Shuffle. It’s also time for an-

nual dues. Because we incur

costs for newsletters, support of

TCI, voicemail and a post office

box, please begin or renew your

membership promptly. Checks for

individual membership should be

made out to Tall Club of Milwau-

kee for $25.

Next year, we’ll be bidding adieu

to two members who have, in

many ways, been a strong foun-

dation for our club. Barry, who

has been a major player on the

national and local tall club scene

will be retiring to North Carolina

with his wife, Carol. They have

graciously offered their house in

Franklin for one more club party.

Ginger Peterson, of the annual

Elvis party and camper trips

“fame” will be retiring and moving

back to Atlanta. She belonged to

both the Milwaukee and Madison

clubs and was always willing to

help when there was a need. Gin-

ger and Barry will be greatly

missed, but we will continue to

see them around TCI and we wish

them our best. But they haven’t

gone yet!

We have some fun events coming

up for the holidays – see the en-

closed calendar. We’ll likely have

a goodbye party for Ginger in the

new year, and don’t forget the

Chicago Paramount Club’s week-

end February 2-4, themed “Get

Your Kicks on Route 66.” See

their flyer, also enclosed with this

issue.

Former Topper Tall club member

Larry Kucharek has rejoined and

invited the club to a Packer party

at his house on November 12

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See details on attached flyer.

Larry was a long time board mem-

ber in the past and took a hiatus

while his kids were growing up.

Now that he has more time, he’s

getting involved and will be help-

ing print and mail this newsletter.

Welcome back, and thanks, Larry!

This Friday, Nov 10 is a Marfan

chapter meeting. Please consider

going to dinner and then the

meeting. It’s an opportunity to

learn more about the syndrome

and to promote the tall club as a

social outlet for them! See calen-

dar.

Tall Clubs International 1-888-488-2552

www.tall.org

Tall Club of Milwaukee

Milwaukee@tall.org

POB 1122, Milwaukee WI 53201

Events and Info Hotline: 414-321-8142

Web: http://

www.tall.org/clubs/wi/mketalls

Group email:tallclubofmilwaukee@yahoogroups.com

Requirements: Age 21, Women 5’10”, Men 6’2”

Birthdays:

Nov 2

nd

Daniel Bath

3

rd

Lawrence Kosikowski

Dec 3

rd

Jodie Reinhardt

9

th

Michael Pues

11

th

Deb Tetzlaff

19

th

Mark Flessert

25

th

William Fischer

Jan 20

th

Kelly Mathiesen

25

th

Terry Elliott

25

th

Laura Kryzenske

28

th

Ginger Peterson

29

th

Brad Black

29

th

Diane Chandler

Feb 4

th

Natalya Schilling

7

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Barry Umbs

16

th

Michelle Sutinen

17

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Larry Kucharek