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www.annarborcityclub.org 1830 Washtenaw Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 734.662.3279

The Beacon May 2019

Volume 15, Number 1

The City Club Board of Directors has approved an incentive program for FY 2020 to encourage more Gold memberships. The program will continue to offer a 25% discount on new Gold and Silver Individual or Couple Memberships throughout the year, and includes some additional incentives outlined at right. We hope you will consider upgrading your membership and encourage your friends to join, especially during September and October. Savings on Gold Individual and Gold Couple Memberships for those who join during September and October will be $588 and $735 respectively.

NEW MEMBERSHIP INCENTIVES APPROVED

CURRENT MEMBERS

Gold Individual Members May 1, 2019 – April 30, 2020

Upgrade to a Gold Couple membership with no dues increase until next anniversary

Silver Individual/Couple Members September 1, 2019 – October 31, 2019

Upgrade to a Gold Individual/Couple membership and receive $250 credit toward items/activities

billed through the Club**

Silver Individual Members May 1, 2019 – April 30, 2020

Upgrade to a Silver Couple membership

with no dues increase until next anniversary

NEW MEMBERS*

Gold Individual/Couple Memberships September 1, 2019 – October 31, 2019

50% discount on dues for first year of membership

May 1, 2019 – August 31 2019 and November 1, 2019 – April 30, 2020

25% discount on dues for first year of membership

Silver Individual/Couple Memberships May 1, 2019 – April 30, 2020

25% discount on dues for first year of membership

*Individuals who have not been a member of the City Club within the previous 12 months. **Included items/activities billed through the Club are dining, all programs and classes (including bridge), Lunch & Learn and Dine & Discover programs, theme dinners and parties, holiday brunches, and merchandise purchases. Items/activities not included are membership dues, alcohol, trips and tours, origami products, and bridge play.

ANN ARBOR CITY CLUB

68th ANNUAL MEETING

May 8, 2019

11:00 A.M. Registration/Social

11:30 A.M. Luncheon*

12:30 P.M. Annual Meeting

Reports, Bylaws Amendments,

Election, and Other Business

*If you plan to attend the luncheon,

please make your reservation by

calling 734-662-3279 ext. 1 or email

karmen@annarborcityclub.org.

Reservations required by May 4!

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Daily Lunch Service 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Monday-Friday) Drinks & Snacks in the Pub 1:30 – 5 p.m. (M, Tu, Th, F)

Thursday Evening Dinner Service 5 – 7 p.m.

Monday, May 6th Sustainers Dinner

Reception 5:30 p.m. - Dinner 6:15 p.m.

Wednesday, May 8th Annual Meeting

11:00 a.m. Registration - 11:30 a.m. Luncheon 12:30 p.m. Meeting

Sunday, May 12th Mothers Day Brunch 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Monday, May 13th Dine & Discover w/Jim Burnstein

5:00 p.m. Reception - 6:00 p.m. Dinner

Wednesday, May 22nd Dine & Discover w/Jamie Butters

5:00 p.m. Reception - 6:00 p.m. Dinner

Thursday, May 23rd Movie Night: The Death of Stalin

Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Movie at 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 28th It’s Your Birthday Lunch

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Calling all May Birthdays! Come celebrate at the Club

with complimentary birthday cake for all. Regular lunch menu available.

Evening Book Discussion Group

The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Thursday, May 9, at 6:00 p.m. The selection for May is The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, by Jon Meacham. Author and historian Meacham writes that hard times have fallen on America often during our 242 years as a country, often bringing out the worst among many of

us. Each time, Meacham writes, we have managed to overcome hatred and divisiveness. Meachum gives us a long-term perspective on American history, and a reason to believe the soul of America is ultimately one of kindness and caring, not rancor and paranoia.

Our group meets in The Pub for dinner and a lively discussion about the book. Reservations for dinner are requested. If you find that you are free on short notice---we would be delighted to have you join us. Just let us know, so we can plan enough seats and staff for dinner. If you would like more information, please call Karen Valvo at (734) 649-6047 or email kqvalvo@kvalvo.com.

Morning Book Discussion Group

The Morning Book Discussion Group will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 17th. May’s selection is "Three Men in a Boat" by J.K. Jerome We will have lunch after discussion.

If you have any questions, please contact Suzanne Powell at 734-769-1188 or email

spowell482@gmail.com.

Wednesday Lunch Service Suspended June - August

With few activities scheduled at the Club on Wednesdays during the months of June, July, and August, the number of lunches served on those days is very small. So small, in fact, that the Club actually loses money by offering lunch service on those days. As a result, the Board of Directors has voted to suspend Wednesday lunch service during the months of June, July, and August. Normal Wednesday lunch service will resume in September. We appreciate your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of...

Elizabeth Doezema Amnon “Ami” Rosenthal

Jacqueline Critchett Joseph Taylor

James Smith Rudolph Andrew Amort Gerald Prescott

Raymond Rudden

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SPOTLIGHT ON INTA ERTEL Inta Janners was born in Riga, Latvia. Her early childhood can be described as uneventful and no prediction of her turbulent preteen and teen years. Her father was an engineer and her mother a math and science teacher. Inta’s mother drilled into her the value of an education. In her earliest years, Inta was sent to a German-speaking nursery school, and then to one which spoke only French. Her education continued in French through the primary grades. When she was eleven years old, the Germans moved into Latvia and took over her school to be their military headquarters.

When the Germans first arrived in Latvia, their relations with Russia were governed by the Non-Aggression Pact they had signed in 1939. The Pact was terminated by a German attack on Russia in

June, 1941. Because he was a fervent anti-Communist, Inta’s father, Nick, feared for his family and especially for himself when the Russians swept into Riga. As the family’s luck would have it, Inta was at school, her mother in the hospital with her newborn son, and Inta’s father was in hiding when the Russians rang the doorbell, intending to deport the family to Siberia.

Nick Janners managed to gather his family together and flee to Straubing in Bavaria where he had a job waiting for him. The family’s luck did not quite hold, however, as just before they reached Straubing, Allied bombs completely destroyed the plant at which Nick had intended to work. While the family stayed in Straubing, Nick went to Berlin where he managed to find work as a supervisor in a factory. Frequent bombing by the Allies was the order of the day. One time, German officers ordered Nick to send Polish POW’s who worked in the factory out of the bomb shelter so that they would be killed, but he refused. He told the officer to shoot him but, miraculously, the man did not do so.

After the World War II ended in 1945, the Janners spent the next five years in various displaced persons camps. The parents had to make the decision as to where they would emigrate if and when they got the chance. They considered Australia, Britain, and Canada but, in the end, decided to wait for a chance to go the United States. The Lutheran Church in the US developed a program to bring DP’s to the US and Nick Janners signed his family up. They were destined for a farm in Biloxi, Mississippi.

The family finally departed Bremerhaven aboard the liberty ship General McRae on February 10, 1950. Liberty ships were cargo vessels which had seen their share of work during the war so perhaps it should not have been a surprise when a mighty roar was heard about 200 miles east of New York because the ship had experienced a huge crack amidships. The vessel limped into New York harbor and everyone on board disembarked. The Janners were taken to Travelers Aid. Instead of continuing to Mississippi, the family decided to contact a Latvian friend who sent them enough money to come to Catawissa, Pennsylvania where he lived. This move proved to be propitious. Inta was introduced to the President of Lycoming College who asked her about her plans for the future. She said that she wanted to go to medical school. It was suggested that she get a medical technology degree, which she proceeded to do. (She also met her future husband, Paul, at Lycoming.) Later, Inta attended Mary Washington College, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree. She and Paul both applied to the University of Virginia Medical School. Inta had a scholarship, but Paul needed funds. As a very early example of Go Fund Me, Paul’s journalist brother wrote a newspaper article requesting a loan. Paul and Inta know nothing about it until the telegrams began to pour in.

After medical school, the Ertels spent a year in Cleveland before moving to Ann Arbor, where Inta did a pediatric residency and Paul interned in pediatric cardiology. They moved to Columbus, where Inta set up a primary care residency in pediatrics, and Paul did research on the quality of medical care and the uses of coding.

The Ertels returned to Ann Arbor where Paul and his partner, Marshall Shearer, created Applied Medical Data which dealt with measuring the effectiveness of medical care. Inta subbed in pediatric primary care centers in Ann Arbor. In 2014 Paul was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and Inta stopped all her activities to spend his last year with him.

The Ertels joined the City Club in 2001. They played bridge and Paul particularly enjoyed Don Rumelhart’s bridge classes. Inta still plays bridge when she can. She appreciates the Club’s Movie Night, Great Decisions Signature Interest Group, and helping with the Flea Market. She also appreciates many friends, parties, meals and being an honorary grandparent in place of the ones in Hawaii. Libby Birdsall For the Membership Committee

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Time For Spring Cleaning! The Flea Market Needs Your Stuff !

We Take Almost Everything! (Please no TV’s, outdated computer equipment,

monitors, nonworking electronics, furniture, or clothing.)

Drop your donations in the lobby.

Can’t Find Time To Drop Off Your Stuff ? We’ll Pick It Up!

Call Linda Atkins 734-741-8032 or

atkins.linda@att.net or Barbara Kramer 734-665-7348 or

JOIN US FOR DINNER AND A MOVIE!

JOIN US FOR DINNER AND A MOV-CITY CLUB CINEMA

SHOWTIME: 7:00 p.m.

COMPLIMENTARY POPCORN & SOFT DRINKS!

NEED A RIDE? CONTACT THE CLUB

AND WE’LL FIND ONE FOR YOU!

Would you like to suggest a future movie or be part

of the group that schedules them? Contact Greg at

734-662-3279 ext. 6 or greg@annarborcityclub.org.

May 23, 2019

THE DEATH OF STALIN The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from Armando Iannucci. Moscow, 1953: When tyrannical

dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale). But as they bumble, brawl, and backstab their way to the top, just who is running the government? Combining palace intrigue with rapid-fire farce, this audacious comedy is a bitingly funny takedown of bureaucratic dysfunction performed to the hilt by a sparkling ensemble cast.

Community Outreach Committee

At the recommendation of the Outreach Committee, City Club members have generously supported the homeless families in Washtenaw County for several years now, providing the children with needed school supplies and personal items. We also do a holiday collection for them in December, donating toys, books, hats and gloves for which they are very grateful. Recently, we received a letter indicating that 65 of the high schoolers will be graduating this June, and a matching gift of $5,000 by the Ann Arbor Electrical Workers IBEW Local 252 has been donated, doubling all gift card and monetary donations made to the Education Project during the graduation season. We have $150 worth of gift cards and cash already donated toward this effort, and would like to invite all Club members to join in this effort. Cards to Meijer, Walmart, Target, Kroger, Aldi, Fresh Thyme, fast food restaurants, clothing stores, specialty stores such as Starbucks, Footlocker, Barnes and Noble, and General Gift cards from Visa and MasterCard are all welcome. Please drop them off at the Reception Desk by May 15, and we’ll get them to Ozone House. Thank you for your generosity.

Proposed Amendments to Club Bylaws Proposed amendments to the Club’s Bylaws are posted on the Official Bulletin Board. Copies are available at the Front Office or via email by contacting Patricia Austin at pkweaustin@comcast.net.

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In the Gallery...

Ann Arbor Camera Club

Photography Exhibit

Exhibit Dates: March 25 - May 13

In this open-theme exhibition, all Camera Club members were invited to contribute a photo. Member talent is demonstrated across all levels - novice through professional. Gallery visitors have the

opportunity to see and purchase original photos covering a variety of topics. For information about the artists and how to purchase a print, please see the brochure at the exhibition or visit the Camera Club’s website.

The Camera Club is dedicated to the photographic experience, with members committed to experimenting, improving, and providing inspiration to each other. Camera Club members learn from one another and enhance their craft. Involvement is encouraged in many types of photographic

endeavors, and activities include field trips, exhibitions, workshops, and promotion of various photographic events. Twice monthly meetings are open to visitors and guests with a format that includes speakers and opportunities for members to show their photos.

For additional information visit the Ann Arbor Camera Club at www.annarborcameraclub.org.

Coming to the Gallery...

Karen Sina Myhre

Painting Exhibit

Exhibit Dates: May 13 - June 24

Karen Sina Myhre’s paintings are a representation of her delight and awe of the beauty of our world. She believes beautiful scenes can be discovered during an

afternoon walk through a garden, a park, or along a roadside. From the sky to mud puddles, there is something to see, and sometimes it is full of color and life. When Karen goes for a walk, her mind is constantly taking mini “pictures,” whether or not she has a camera with her. Karen can recall these pictures when she needs ideas about how to handle a particular section of a

painting, or to give her inspiration for a new painting. She has hundreds, perhaps thousands of photographs that she has taken through the years, both with her

camera and with my mind.

A reception with Karen is scheduled for Thursday, June 6, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Save the Dates SUMMER PATIO PARTIES

June 28th: Margaritaville July 19th: Jazz on the Patio

August 16th: Lobsterfest

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1830 Washtenaw Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 734.662.3279 info@annarborcityclub.org www.annarborcityclub.org

The Beacon President: Penny O’Malley Editor: Greg Fleming

Photograph by Wendy Wernet Manistee North Pierhead Lighthouse

Lake Michigan, Manistee, Michigan

Upcoming Events

May 2019

Monday 6 Sustainers’ Dinner 5:30 p.m. reception - 6:15 p.m.

Wednesday 8 Annual Meeting 11:30 a.m. Lunch /Meeting 12:30 p.m.

Sunday 12 Mothers Day Brunch 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Monday 13 Dine & Discover w/ Jim Burnstein Cocktail Hour: 5:00 p.m. Dinner 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 22 Dine & Discover w/Jamie Butters Cocktail Hour: 5:00 p.m. Dinner 6:00 p.m.

Thursday 23 Dinner and a Movie: The Death of Stalin

Saturday 25 Classic Car Show: Noon - 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday 28 It’s your Birthday Luncheon 11:30 a.m.

June 2019 No Wednesday Lunch Service

Tuesday 25 It’s your Birthday Luncheon 11:30 a.m.

Friday 28 Patio Party: Margaritaville 6:00 p.m.