President’s Message

What a wonderful September meeting to kick off our year and what a great crowd we had in attendance. It was so good to get back together and get reacquainted.

October is one of my favorite months of the year. There is a crispness in the air, the State Fair comes to town, basketball season is getting started, and leaves start to turn their golden and red colors. When I think of the changing colors of the leaves, I always think of trips to the mountains. It has been so sad to see all of the devastation in the western part of the state with the rain and flooding that has taken place during the past week. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in that area.

The beginning of basketball season, especially women’s basketball, is special to me. Our speaker this month, Andrew Sanders, provides radio coverage of the NC State Women’s basketball games at Reynolds as well as the away games. When you listen to his play by play coverage of the game you feel like you are actually there. We look forward to learning more about radio sports casting during his presentation.

See you at the meeting on Thursday, October 17th at 11:30 a.m. Don’t forget your Feed the Pack donations. – Dean Simpson, President

Program Committee

Thank you for the huge turnout for our September meeting. We loved having so many visitors. The program committee feels that you will want to come to the remaining programs on the third Thursday of every month. Visitors are not only welcome, but are encouraged to attend. -Grace Hodgson, Chair

Speaker – Andrew Sanders, NC State Women’s Basketball Announcer

ATTENTION ALL NCSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FANS!

Again, we hope to have a large turnout for our program on the NCSU Women’s Basketball team on October 17th. Many of our members regularly attend the Women’s basketball home games in Reynolds Coliseum. But whether you go to the games or not, we have all followed the terrific season last year when the women went to the Final Four! We have had a super women’s basketball team for a number of years under head coach Wes Moore. Coach Moore is preparing for his 12th season at NC State. He has guided the Pack to a 273-88 record. Reynolds Coliseum is regularly packed, and often a sellout. NC State will host Anderson for an exhibition game on October 29th at Reynolds Coliseum. ( No charge for attendance.) Then the regular season will begin on November 5th against East Tennessee at Reynolds. NCSU will play an arch rival, South Carolina, in Charlotte in November, which will hopefully be televised.

We feel lucky indeed to have the Women’s Basketball announcer Andrew Sanders as our guest speaker. Andrew will talk about the team. However, he plans to leave plenty of time to answer questions. So be thinking of questions you would like to ask him, wear your red and your NCSU logos, and invite husbands and Wolfpack fans to our October 17th meeting. – Grace Hodgson, Program Committee Chair

Reservations/Name Tag Committee

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday, October 17 at our NC State University Woman’s Club meeting. Your lunch reservation is due by either calling or emailing our President, Dean Simpson, regarding your attendance. As a reminder—Reservations are due by Fridays prior to our Thursday meetings.

As you know, our lunch price has increased and will now cost $27.00 per person. Please have your checks ready and made payable to the “NC State University Woman’s Club” at the time of registration. If you are paying with cash, please have the correct amount as we do NOT have cash available to make change for you.

As in the past, the same policy remains — If you make a reservation, but do not attend or cancel your reservation by the deadline, you must still pay for your lunch(es).

To make a lunch reservation, please call or email Dean Simpson as follows:
Email: jsimpson57@nc.rr.com
Cell: 919-616-3649

Cost: $27.00 per person — Make check payable to: NC State University Woman’s Club

Meeting begins at 11:30 am and lunch will be served at 11:45 am

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday, October 17. – Helen Crane and Carolyn Bunn, Co-Chairs, Reservations/Name Tag Committee