SBR's Annual Holiday Brunch Story by Doreen Shinn
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n Sunday, December 11, Mother Nature cooperated with the Santa Barbara Region when the overnight rain stopped and the sun came out before over 100 members arrived at the Spanish Hills Country Club in Camarillo to once again enjoy their annual holiday brunch. Our hosts, as usual, did a magnificent job in seasonally decorating the banquet room, as well as arranging beautiful table settings. Members arrived with unwrapped toys to be delivered to Santa Barbara’s Unity Shoppe, to help make the season bright for some less fortunate children this year (see page 27). Special thanks to Rem Laan, Dennis Power, and Art Shinn for delivering these toys after our brunch. Our president, Rod Hersberger, addressed the members by first acknowledging Doreen Pankow for making the arrangements for this wonderful event and recognizing her past and present contributions to our club. Rod then recognized our sponsors and advertisers, many of whom provided magnificent door prizes, including Rene and Nicole Verbrugge from Porsche Santa Barbara, and Keith and Donna Goldberg from Rusnak Porsche/Westlake. Rod also thanked Bob Clarke, our advertising manager.
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DER AUSPUFF January/February 2023