South Florida Toy Soldier Club-

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Sunday February the 8th 2009

The

15 Annual Florida Toy soldier and

Action Figure show

Will be held at the Scottish Rites Masonic Hall 200 North D street Lake worth Florida

4 miles south of West Palm Beach airportTake I 95 south to exit 64/ 10 avenue northEast to D street north to 22 /base of white water tower.

Hotel Accommodations available at Hampton Inn and suites

1475 west gateway BLVD Boynton beach Florida

4 miles south of show site off I95 (show rate $199.00 telephone 561-369-0018

Admission: adults $6/ under 12 free/ pre show 25.00

Food available

Six foot tables $75 additional $60

Table rental Mike Skurda via Enail Mskurda@inbox.com

General information Alan McGhee 954-431-9295 or John Lesinski 561-968-5571

Post show meeting is to be held Sunday Feb.. 17th the Sunday following the show

A Special letter from Hal to our members with Important reminders

HELLO FELLOW MEMBERS,

Sad tidings to start with-- our 34 member rooster has been cut to 32 by illness and death---Long before they should have left us , we have lost Jay Ross ( with a terminal illlness ) and Ed Stevens who secumed in September ... Both gentleman were steadfast members and shared a love of our club , that was evident from their level of participation..... Ed was ever helpful to all, and did his very best to offer his services for any club endevor undertaken... Jay was always on top of every major club decision.. His input ,was right on target, and his suggestions always showed a keen awareness of current club situations.....Jay spoke up with alacrity and cut thru the nitty gritty , to make salient points... Both Ed and Jay will be sorely missed... We are all deminished by their loss. What we do know for sure is: They both were great supporters of the SFTSC and we know they would like the club to carry on with continueing success..Our membership would honor them best, by taking up the slack , and filling the void they have left -This , by helping the club to adchieve continued viability and increased vitality....as said before, the very best thing we as individual members , can do , to help the club ,IS recruit new members - Our club's mortality, may be challanged, and recruitment is the primary answer to off set that....

The executive committee wishes one and all "HAPPPY HOLIDAYS" and certainly hopes their Thanksgiving was forfilling and satisfying.... The club will celebrate its 21st year of continuous operation with its annual HOLIDAY PARTY on Sunday December 14th , after our regular meeting which starts at 10 am.. At 1 pm we will adjourn to Cheddar's Casual cafe at 7951 West Commercial blvd, just east of the our meeting place between the" Bedding Barn " and " 711" service station -- really close by... W e will be gathering at the left outside patio of Cheddar's and dining alfresco ,under a arbour .. inclosed find the special menu , "Cheddar's" has set up for us-- The food is wholesome and each dish , plentiful-- I f you should wish alcoholic beverages, a CASH BAR is the way to go.. The club welecomes each paid up member who may bring one guest gratus.. . This is just one of the many club benefits, 2 free HOLIDAY PARTY chits... a formitable benefit.. If you should wish to bring MORE than one guest, the tab is $10- each- please pay our Treasurer this nominal fee if you opt to do this. ( the club picks up a resididual overage amount, which is still another benefit) Our current and past Presidents will do the honors as MC 's for this affair.. Your executive comm. certainly hopes you will be able to make it... A sample menu is inclosed which consists of a main course( choice of one) and a non alcoholic beverage-- A package price was arranged with the most helpful management of Cheddar's, as they do have a very extensive menu and we had to pare it to suit our particular club needs... This being said- there are TEN choices for lunch., all delicious ....

President Mike Skurda , has called a ODD MONTH meeting for January .. It will be Sunday January 11th,2009. Our annual show is February 8th, which ordinarily would be our meeting day and Mike will decide whether we will have a regular February meeting too boot on February 15th,2009-- mainly to discuss how our annual event went. This is nothing new and the club has preceeded in this manner in the past.-- AS always , your "SIGHTINGS" newsletter will keep you abreast of club meeting dates... If you wish to mark your callendar off, it would help serve as a reminder also... Annually , we do pack more activity into the winter months , than the rest of the year... That is just the way it is.

The event comm . has everything under control at this juncture-- and has reduced the dealer per table price to $40- each..... In former years we charged $65- per table. a hefty $25- reduction in price, per table-- The reasoning behind this decision ,as pointed out by a number of members, including President emertus Frank Burns are pretty stright forward... The economy being what it is, the lower attractive rate will get the attention of more dealers who may buy multiple tables due to the lower pricing. Our club expense for the hall is LESS than it has been in many previous shows.. If we get the a good turn out thru the door , we will make it up with ease. We need roughly 4 and a quarter admissions at $6.00 each to recoup the $25-lowering of dealer tables, to make up the differance in revenue- if we get a good turn out ---all will fit into place nicely. The $6.00 admission fee- has been compramized somewhat with a $1.00 off admission coupon on our event flyers.. Again, numbers will boost ,these infringements , to a profitable show.. Last year we had a dissapointing turn out of less than 400-- OUR first time at this venue, the economy was bad ( it is worse to day) ,and no nearby motels w/ reasonable pricing for out of town dealers ie , all hurt-- 2 of these 3 factors have been addressed, and the poor economy is out of our control, so we used some , hopefully comman sense measures to ensure a financially successful show... The measures taken are meant to increase club revenenues by enticing dealers( lower table costs) and show goers ( one dollar off coupon) to attend.. over 500 attendance is our goal -- you can help by talking it up for our club show--..; on January 10,2009 the table prices for dealers reverts to$75- per table, a really smart move by our event comm. Now to get the word out,,

The October 12th meeting was well attended. with over 50 percent of the membership present -- Tony Angellora again provided a tasty luncheon.. There was a auction, which saw spirited bidding and the club gained a commission on sales-- all handled with authority by our executive committee members. The even steven club raffle,won by Jon lolha brought in some more revenue ...All in all the club netted over $40- for these endevors- nothing to sneeze at.. There were some guests present at this meeting,noteably, former member Steve Smiles who was most welecome... Sure wish Steve would rejoin our ranks. There were spirited discussions at this meeting,as behoves a large turn out . ,most invigorating discussions , to be sure,along with a great show and tell portion , it was a outstanding meeting..

Dues for 2009 are now being accepted. Our ever faithful member Rick DeSanto has the honor being the first member to REUP for 2009. Way to go , Rick. Please make prompt payment for 2009 to our treasurer ( see envelope for address) and dues checks should be made out to SFTSC,Inc ----,makes it SO MUCH easier all around - The dues are still only $30 per year, and $15.00 per year for those living outside of the tricounty area-- There will be no separate Dues notices. Your reup is a essencial factor in the continuing prosperity of our club

GOOD AND WELEFARE- Thanx to Curt Sleight for putting out our " SIGHTINGS "newsletter for October- We are sure it will not be the last time.-- Curt is good at it and hopefully will take over when he is ready,, Again , the two caviats for all of us members to harken to most seriously- We need new members, AND we need a financially successful show to continue our many perks as privlieged SFTSC members. Pitch in in both of these endevors, and our club will noticeably reap the benefits...

After many a procrastination your Webmaster has finally put the pictures from the last 3 years of club events here for all to see. Take a trip down memory lane wiht us and see all the shows from 2005 to 2007.

2007 Toy Soldier Show Pictures - The rest of the clubs pictures

Meetings are held on the 2nd Sunday of even numbered months. At the Tamarac Community Center 8601 W Commercial Blvd Fort Lauderdale, FL 33351-4333 everyone with an interest in club membership is cordially invited to attend.

The South Florida Toy Soldier Club has been in existence since 1987 with members from Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Meetings are held bi-monthly at the Tamarack Community Center on Commercial Blvd. in Broward County

For more information contact

Frank Burns 561-732-7295

John Lesinski (561-968-5571)

Mike Skurda via Enail Mskurda@inbox.com

Alan McGhee 954-431-9295

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