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March 2010

HSGA Loses a Dear Friend

Doris & Ian UftonDoris Ufton

In the photos: Top: Doris and Ian. Photo courtesy of Chris Ufton.
Bottom: Doris (second from left) enjoying the 2005 HSGA convention, with Ian (left). Photo courtesy of Wally Pfeifer.


Doris Annie Ufton, long time HSGA friend and mother of member Ian Ufton of Ontario, passed away on Sunday, February 21st, 2010. She was loved by all who knew her. The Joliet HSGA convention was one of her favorite "things to do."

 
Ian writes,

"On Sunday, February 21st, my mother, Doris Annie Ufton passed away after a brief illness, leaving behind a husband of 70 years, 2 sons, 4 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren who miss her dearly.

The Joliet conventions were very special events for her --- she enjoyed the times she spent with the many friends she had made over the years ---  thank you all so much for remembering her with kind words and warm thoughts --- she was such a special person."

Sincerely,   

Ian Ufton   

 

 

   

  

    

 

Feb 2010

2010 HSGA Board of Director Elections

HSGA Board of Directors elections are underway for the 2010-2012 term. A mail-in ballot is included in your Winter 2010 HSGA Quarterly.  Please fill in your choices and mail in your ballot by March 15, 2010. Sorry, no online ballots will be accepted.

View all of the candidates' statements here. Note: Because Board nominee Frank Della-Penna was on vacation, we were not able to print his bio in the Winter newsletter but it is included on the web page version.

 

Website Management Changing Hands

By decision of the Board of Directors, the HSGA website will now be maintained by HSGA friend, Amy Pace. Amy has many years of experience designing and maintaining websites (view her work at amylynpace.com) and is very excited to be involved with the HSGA once again! We thank Gerald Ross for the great job he has done maintaining the website for these past several years!

  

April 2009

2009 Joliet Convention and Guest of Honor Announced...

We look forward to this year's convention with special guest steeler John Ely. Click the link below to find out more about the convention and John Ely! 

Joliet 2009 Info Page

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