The
Manchester View
a
newsletter from your friends at the Manchester Community Association
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Happy
New Year!
January,
2005
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New & Returning Members
Have you paid your
MCA dues this year? It's only $10 per person and $20 per family to
join our association. Membership dues and donations are what keep
us going, and we really appreciate your support!
If anyone
would like to join or
renew their membership in the MCA,
click here to print out our
membership
application form.

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Upcoming
Events
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Sunday
1/9/05
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Extreme
Home Edition - Kitsap
8:00 pm - ABC
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Sunday
1/16/05
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Benefit
for CARE at Mama Java - 100% of proceeds
donated to Tsunami Relief Fund
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Wednesday
1/19/05
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Women's
Fitness Seminar at Go Figure!
7:00 pm at the Library
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Tuesday
1/25/05 |
MCC
Meeting
6:30
pm at the Library
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Wednesday
2/2/05 |
MCA
Meeting
7:30 pm at the Library
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Thanks
to everyone who came out to join us for the annual Community Tree
Lighting last month. It was a fun couple of nights - with the
Argosy Christmas Ship coming by one night, and the Port Orchard Yacht
Club Boat Parade the next. We had a bonfire on the beach each
night, and hosted a hot chocolate & cookie booth during the Tree
Lighting Ceremony. 
Santa came by with the Fire Department
to do the tree-lighting honors and to meet with the kids. It was
really a fun little community event, and we were all happy to be a part
of it.

The MCA would like to give special
thanks to Tommy Briggs for once again helping us out with the tree - we
really couldn't do it without his help!
We would also like to thank everyone
who brought canned food to the event to donate to HelpLine - we
collected several boxes full and the good people at HelpLine were very
grateful. Thanks again for your generosity!
Click
here to see more pictures from this event!
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Cozy
Up with a Good Book! The Adult Winter Reading Club is back for
January - March, 2005. Read five books and win a latte (from Mama
Java), plus a chance for a prize! Click
here for the entry form (pdf).

Join us for an afternoon with
Author Susan Vreeland,
bestselling author of "Girl in Hyacinth Blue" as she takes
readers inside the lives of great artists in her newest book, "Life
Studies".
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Mama Java
Benefit for Tsunami Victims
Sunday, 1/16/05
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Regular beverage & menu choices plus freshly made crepes

100% of
proceeds to be donated to CARE USA for their Earthquake & Tsunami
Rehabilitation & Relief Fund!
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Go Figure!
Women's Health Seminar
Wednesday, 1/19/05
7:00 - 8:30 pm
at the Library
Energy - How to Get It and Keep It
with Dawn Bové, RN
Medical Herbalist of Renewed Hope
Admission is FREE
Please sign up at Go Figure! or call 871-9222
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Public MCC meetings are held on the
fourth Tuesday of every month, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in the Manchester
Library community room. Current topics of discussion focus on the
formation of the council and its bylaws. The minutes of these meetings,
as well as a draft of the Bylaws are linked on the MCC
Homepage.
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DON'T MISS...
"Extreme Makeover : Home Edition"
filmed near Kingston on the beautiful Kitsap Peninsula will air this
week - Sunday, January 9th on ABC 8PM/7Central.
In addition, a NEW show, "How'd They Do
That?" will premier on Monday, January 10th, showing all the
behind the scenes secrets on how they did - all they did - in such a
short period of time PLUS some terrific scenes of the Kitsap
Peninsula and the local craftspeople and artists who worked on the home.
Click
here for the full story - from the Kitsap Peninsula Visitor &
Convention Bureau Newsletter
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Wednesday,
February 2nd
7:30 PM at the Manchester Library Community Room
Annual
membership in the Manchester Community Association costs only
$10
per person or $20 per household.
Membership
entitles you to vote on the activities of the association,
and dues go directly to the kitty from which community events such
as the
Manchester Street Fair are funded.
Membership
fees are payable by check or cash, and may be submitted in person at any
MCA meeting (details below) or mailed to:
The
Manchester Community Association
PO Box 603
Manchester, WA 98353
Click
here to print out our Membership
Application Form
Thinking
about joining? Come to a meeting and see what we're all about! Meetings
are held on the first Wednesday of every month in the Manchester Library
Community Room, at 7:30 pm. We would love to see you there.
If
you would like to be removed from the Association's mailing list
please reply to this e-mail with 'remove' on the subject line. All
removal requests honored.
updated: 02/27/2005
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