What’s happenin’ in the HOUSE:
Tonight: We curl!! Check out the website www.oakvillecurlingclub.com – Game Centre for your Team ranking and Draw times.
AND - we vote on our league name!! We will vote between games @ 8:50pm in the lounge.
What we are voting for? Do we want to be called Wednesday Night Ladies (WNL) OR Wednesday Night Women (WNW)?
Why are we voting on this? At the beginning of the summer, I received an email for us to consider:
Ian sent this to me and I believe it is something we needed to discuss, and I sent an email to our league members at the time to think about and give me their thoughts.
From Ian:
I came upon the enclosed article (see link below) that was posted on one of the Social streams and it struck a chord.
Should we be modernizing our “Wednesday Night Ladies” to “Wednesday Night Women’s”?
It may be worth a discussion. It may not matter. But I would think we should address it.
AFTER the email was sent out - there were approximately 20 responses. Hardly a big representation of our 113 member league (now 128 members!!)
4 responses were good with keeping us Wednesday Night Ladies.
3 responses preferred to abstain. Of that, they wondered if there was another option. Wednesday Night League? (Personally, I want newcomers to know who we are). A query about including all of our gender community; However, I am unsure how to do that.
The rest liked the change to Wednesday Night Women (WNW - the same forward as it is backwards!)
My favourite response was: "I don’t yell like a lady on Wednesdays, definitely like a woman who means business, lol." (I forgot to ask permission to share this quote - so you will just have to wonder who it was until next year!)
I personally kind of like that Ladies does not include the word 'man' or 'men'. Yet, I am on the fence and don't mind the name change.
Therefore, I am not comfortable deciding this without more of your input. So we are taking a vote at our first game in the new season TONIGHT!
Last week: What a great Opening social evening – Big Thank you to Marianne Lawton, Mary Anne Carson, Louise Koyanagi, Theresa Morris & Johanne Boivin. Now who is going to organize our Closing social evening?? See Evelyn or myself to volunteer and get a big hug from me (unless you don’t want one – I’m okay with that too)
Next week: We curl with a league name established and new plans for our swag!
A Question: Now that we have all of our wonderful new teams joining our league – are there any of you with lockers that are willing to share? Our new players are on the waitlist and would like to leave their gear at the club.
I would offer but there are already 4 people in our locker! If not, do you have suggestions on how we can accommodate more players? We brainstormed maybe lockers in the “makeup” room by the bathrooms?
The Year Long Scavenger Hunt
– This is your off ice team building fun….
Guidelines:
- Keep a spot on your phone/computer or day book that tracks your successful ‘hunting’ over the curling season.
- Each week you will be given a clue to gather, take a picture of , answer or do….
- As per my personality – the more creatively you complete the clues – you can get bonus points!!
- We will assess your progress before Christmas and keep going in the new year (if it is a success!?!)
- Let’s start out easy…..
To Do #1: Take a great picture of your team!
(if you are registered as a 5 or 6 person team – you will get bonus points if you have a picture with all of you in it).
Laugh of the Week:
Recipes Around The Rings:
Loaded Mexican Pizza
Total Time
- Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes
- 6 servings
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023
Loaded Mexican Pizza Recipe photo by Taste of Home
Ingredients
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 medium red onion, chopped
- 1 small sweet yellow pepper, chopped
- 3 teaspoons chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 prebaked 12-inch thin pizza crust
- 2 cups chopped fresh spinach
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- Hot pepper sauce to taste
- 1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
Directions
- In a small bowl, mash black beans. Stir in the onion, yellow pepper, chili powder and cumin. In another bowl, combine the tomatoes, jalapeno and garlic.
- Place crust on an ungreased 12-in. pizza pan; spread with bean mixture. Top with tomato mixture and spinach. Sprinkle with cilantro, pepper sauce, cheddar cheese and pepper Jack cheese.
- Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.
What else can you put on Mexican-style pizza?
- Beef it up with some taco meat or rotisserie chicken with salsa.
Can you make your own pizza crust for Mexican-style pizza?
- Of course! Customize your crust with our best homemade pizza dough recipe. If you need something fast, try this thin crust pizza crust that’s ready in 10 minutes.
How do you store Mexican-style pizza?
- Store this loaded Mexican-style pizza in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.—Elizabeth Harris, Taste of Home contributing writer
Nutrition Facts
- 1 piece: 295 calories, 8g fat (3g saturated fat), 17mg cholesterol, 581mg sodium, 40g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 6g fiber), 15g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 lean meat.
Song of the Week:
Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
Do you have a song request? Email it to me (address below)
P.S – You can find all of our Newsletters from this year on our club website. Look under CLUB in the drop-down section and choose NEWSLETTERS.
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