New Members
Library Corner
Happy December! We have a couple of good reads for
this holiday season.
First is Blessing in Disguise by Danielle Steel. Isabelle
McAvoy gets an internship at a prestigious art gallery in
Paris her junior year in college. There she meets a
wealthy, older, and reclusive American named Putnam
Armstrong. Isabelle spends time with him at his chateau.
She heads back to the States to finish her final year of
college and get her degree. All fall long she feels slow
and sluggish and finds that she is pregnant. What
happens to Isabelle?
The second book was requested by a member and it is
Dear George, Dear Mary by Mary Calvi. This is the story
of George Washington and his first love, Mary Philipse.
You will be transported back the 1700s. You will get a
glimpse of New York in the early days and see what the
young George was dealing with.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays.
New members, the Wrubel family.
Hello to all at Canada Creek Ranch. My name is Gary Wrubel
and along with my family, we are excited to be welcomed as
members to CCR. As everyone knows, I have been coming
up here as a guest for many years through the Ames family.
Beginning this year, I have been giving it a lot of thought
about joining as a member. This past summer, membership
became a reality. The Wrubel family includes me, my two
daughters, Ashley, Nicole and my son in law Nick. The family
also includes two puppies, Leo and Penny. Gary currently
resides in Grandville and works in the Commercial
Construction field as a Project Manager. Ashley resides in
Lansing and is a clerk for our state senate. Nick and Nicole
reside in Essexville area. Nick works for Dow Chemical as a
process packaging leader and Nicole works at McLaren Bay
Region Hospital as a Laboratory Tech. We are very excited
that even though we are scattered all over the state that we
can come up here to our newly purchased family cabin and
enjoy together what CCR has to offer.
Our entire family enjoys outdoor activities which include
fishing, hunting, camping, sports shooting and snowmobiling.
Gary holds a Federal Firearms License and the whole family
pitches in to sell all types of guns, ammo, and sporting goods.
So if there is anything special that you need, don’t hesitate to
contact any one of us.
Our entire family is involved in many voluntary groups. Gary
is involved with the Knights of Columbus and as a past grand
knight, has had our entire family involved in many fund
raisers they hold including a scholarship fish fry and also
work very hard as a family to coordinate A Wild Game Dinner
which benefits many charities in the Bay City area. Nick and
Nicole work to secure the guns that are raffled off that
evening and Ashley is the chair for the hors d’oeuvres. Ashley
is also very passionate with the yellow ribbon guard’s Send
Santa to the troops program which the wild game dinner
supports.
Gary was initially introduced to CCR via the Ames family.
Through the years, my family has gotten to know a lot of the
members, (too numerous to mention) and decided to apply
for membership. We have come to appreciate the
surroundings of CCR from the friendly atmosphere within
your membership. We enjoy all the activities that CCR has to
offer and look forward to a long standing membership and
creating a lot of family memories here at CCR.
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