(10-28-24) The Twenty First Century Club met on October 22, 2024 at the beautiful home of member Cindy Canary. Hostesses Melanie Shindeldecker and Janie Overley prepared a delicious snack of pumpkin dessert and apple cider. President Kim Carr welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order. Nine members and were present. Roll-Call was completed with everyone stating their most memorable meal while on vacation.

Minutes from the meeting in September were read by secretary Cindy Canary and approved. A treasurer’s report which was approved. A photo album of the 100th birthday party was passed around.

Dues of $5 were still being collected as well as donations to the Rockford Museum and the Log Cabin Refurbishing. Helping Hands Food Pantry in Rockford needs peanut butter (or member’s choice) to be collected at November’s meeting.

Our theme “Adventures Await” was presented by Cindy Canary. She had a slide show of her pictures from the trip she and Keith took to Italy in 2022. They started in Rome which boasts 2000 fountains and Vatican City. They got a glimpse of the Pope in St. Peter’s Square; and visited the Coliseum built in 72 AD. In Florence, they visited beautiful cathedrals, saw the famous Michelangelo Sculpture and ate their famous pizza. They traveled on to Pisa for the Leaning Tower experience. They arrived in Cinque Terra and traveled by boat for beautiful water sight-seeing of this cluster of islands. A marionette show was something new and different as was seeing the Jade Horse (life size) in Verona. Capri Island was a beautiful stop and they learned about the area on top where Roman Emperor Augustus created a garden. Emperor Tiberius perfected his reflections using mirrors as the first “morse code” of communications with the mainland. Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD burying the town of Pompeii. Excavation began in 1748, and Cindy explained the fascinating details of this on-going dig through her photography.

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 7 PM at the the home of Sheila Baltzell-Linn who will is hostessing with Cindy Canary. Members sharing their Adventures will be Rozann Maurer and Melanie Shindeldecker.

Contact Sheila Baltzell-Linn if you are interested in attending a meeting. 419-733-3326.