JANUARY 9, 2024
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
WE REVIEWED THE CLUB'S DECISIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND LOOK AHEAD WITH NEW IDEAS TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE HONORED THE PAST PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE SERVED OUR GROUP.
SEE '2024 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING PAGE' FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
WE REVIEWED THE CLUB'S DECISIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND LOOK AHEAD WITH NEW IDEAS TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE HONORED THE PAST PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE SERVED OUR GROUP.
SEE '2024 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING PAGE' FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
February 13, 2024
DUTTON FARM
About Dutton Farm -
Dutton Farm is an innovative nonprofit in the behavioral health field whose mission is empowering and supporting adults with developmental disabilities to live a life of purpose, inclusion and dignity. Through its adult education, community involvement, and workforce development programs, Dutton Farm impacts hundreds of lives both on the farm and in our communities each day. For more information, visit duttonfarm.org
DUTTON FARM
About Dutton Farm -
Dutton Farm is an innovative nonprofit in the behavioral health field whose mission is empowering and supporting adults with developmental disabilities to live a life of purpose, inclusion and dignity. Through its adult education, community involvement, and workforce development programs, Dutton Farm impacts hundreds of lives both on the farm and in our communities each day. For more information, visit duttonfarm.org
March 12, 2024
FBI Agent - Will Council
Will Council, Community Outreach Specialist from the Department of Justice will take us inside the FBI. The Community Outreach Program supports the Bureau's investigative mission by working to address multiple societal problems, including crime, drugs, terrorism and violence. Prior to joining the FBI, he was in the U.S. Air Force as Military Police and Health Management Field.
FBI Agent - Will Council
Will Council, Community Outreach Specialist from the Department of Justice will take us inside the FBI. The Community Outreach Program supports the Bureau's investigative mission by working to address multiple societal problems, including crime, drugs, terrorism and violence. Prior to joining the FBI, he was in the U.S. Air Force as Military Police and Health Management Field.
April 9, 2024
Dave Bennett, Jazz Clarinet
Critically acclaimed Mack Avenue Records artist Dave Bennett, accompanied by pianist Jeff Kressler, joins us for a morning of live music. Fusing the serious jazz improvisation, he names Benny Goodman, Roy Orbison and Ray Charles among his many influences. Dave has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops and has been featured with 35 other national orchestras. If anyone can return the clarinet to its heyday, it's Dave Bennett.
Dave Bennett, Jazz Clarinet
Critically acclaimed Mack Avenue Records artist Dave Bennett, accompanied by pianist Jeff Kressler, joins us for a morning of live music. Fusing the serious jazz improvisation, he names Benny Goodman, Roy Orbison and Ray Charles among his many influences. Dave has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops and has been featured with 35 other national orchestras. If anyone can return the clarinet to its heyday, it's Dave Bennett.
May 14, 2024
Annual Spring Tea
Our annual spring tea is a beloved and anticipated tradition for The Birmingham Metropolitan Women's Club to share with friends and neighbors. This year was no exception as our ladies donned their festive hats and spring wear to enjoy a multi-course English tea. In addition to the festivities, the tea benefits the Grace Center of Hope in Pontiac with a lively auction.
Annual Spring Tea
Our annual spring tea is a beloved and anticipated tradition for The Birmingham Metropolitan Women's Club to share with friends and neighbors. This year was no exception as our ladies donned their festive hats and spring wear to enjoy a multi-course English tea. In addition to the festivities, the tea benefits the Grace Center of Hope in Pontiac with a lively auction.
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June 11, 2024
Jack Withrow - Genealogy Research
Jack Withrow - Genealogy Research
Born in Detroit and raised in the Oakland County suburbs, Jack's own curiosity about history and culture led him to want to know his own family origins from a young age. He started by peppering his grandparents and great aunts with questions in his early teens, then gradually doing bits of research during and after college. Now, professionally retired, Jack devotes several hours each week to genealogy research, writing articles and assembling a book about his paternal ancestral line.
July 9, 2024
Maureen Thalman - Freelance Writer and Local Historian
Maureen is a freelance writer and local historian who has worked on the staff of the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and Oakland University's Meadow Brook Hall. She has been published in Michigan History Magazine and the Michigan Historical Review as well as local outlets. Maureen enjoys sharing stories in history through her research, writing and power point presentations.
Maureen will be speaking to our group about Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, Petticoat Surgeon.
August 13, 2024
Dr. Diane Bert, Ph.D.
Dr. Diane Bert, Ph.D.
Diane Bert, Ph.D. had a long career in education and then the fun began in retirement with a career re-invention. She has volunteered her skills in many ways including painting, writing, and television production.
She will be speaking to us about Detroit's Edgar Guest who described himself not as a poet, but as a newspaper man who wrote verses. His first poem was published in the Free Press in 1898. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap o' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (1923–1957). Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title. His optimistic home spun verses had wide appeal.
Edgar Albert Guest, a British-born American poet, lived between 20 August 1881 and 5 August 1959.
She will be speaking to us about Detroit's Edgar Guest who described himself not as a poet, but as a newspaper man who wrote verses. His first poem was published in the Free Press in 1898. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap o' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (1923–1957). Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title. His optimistic home spun verses had wide appeal.
Edgar Albert Guest, a British-born American poet, lived between 20 August 1881 and 5 August 1959.
September 10, 2024
Dr. Ana Daugherty, Ph.D. - Asst. Professor - Wayne State U
Dr. Ana Daugherty, Ph.D. - Asst. Professor - Wayne State U
Dr. Ana Daugherty was such an interesting speaker, because we are all interested in keeping our minds alert and she told us of different ways to do just that. Her presentation is below for those members who were not able to attend. There is so much information in her presentation.
Dr. Ana Daugherty is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies changes in the brain during aging and how these relate to changes in thinking and memory functions across the adult lifespan and increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. In particular, she considers the role of vascular and metabolic health risk factors, and protective lifestyle behaviors to understand why people age differently. The overarching goal of her work is to promote functional maintenance of community for older adults and reduce disparities in cognitive aging. She directs the Detroit Brain Aging Study - a community-based study of aging in Metro Detroit over the past 22 years. She has published more than 80 research articles on these topics and her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Federation for Aging Research, and the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease R.C.
Dr. Ana Daugherty is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies changes in the brain during aging and how these relate to changes in thinking and memory functions across the adult lifespan and increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. In particular, she considers the role of vascular and metabolic health risk factors, and protective lifestyle behaviors to understand why people age differently. The overarching goal of her work is to promote functional maintenance of community for older adults and reduce disparities in cognitive aging. She directs the Detroit Brain Aging Study - a community-based study of aging in Metro Detroit over the past 22 years. She has published more than 80 research articles on these topics and her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Federation for Aging Research, and the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease R.C.
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Sept 24, 2024
Fabulous Fall Fashion Show - Shades of Fall
Presented by Just Girls
Fabulous Fall Fashion Show - Shades of Fall
Presented by Just Girls
TBMWC “SHADES OF FALL” FASHION SHOW *THE VILLAGE CLUB* *11:00 am until 3:00pm* Just Girls will be presenting the clothes. This annual event showcases our Club, and this year is extra special. We will be at The Village Club 190 E. Long Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills. Please complete the flyer that was emailed to the membership on July 20th. It is also available on our website, tbmwc.com. When putting together a table, a hostess needs to collect the checks and send them together by the deadline August 22, 2024. Reservations after that will be accepted until capacity is reached. The cost for this luncheon is $40.
October 8, 2024
Daniel D. Roberts - Former FBI Asst. Director,
Franklin - Bingham Farms Chief of Police
Daniel D. Roberts - Former FBI Asst. Director,
Franklin - Bingham Farms Chief of Police
After a long career with the FBI, culminating in April 2009, Director Mueller named Mr. Roberts to the position of Assistant Director of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, the largest FBI division in the country. He retired from that position in 2011.
In 2012, Mr. Roberts was named Chief of Police for the Franklin - Bingham Farms, Michigan Police Department. He is the past President of the Southeastern Chiefs of Police Association, and current Vice President of the Oakland County Association of Chiefs of Police. Mr. Roberts also serves on the Legislative Committee for the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police.
In 2012, Mr. Roberts was named Chief of Police for the Franklin - Bingham Farms, Michigan Police Department. He is the past President of the Southeastern Chiefs of Police Association, and current Vice President of the Oakland County Association of Chiefs of Police. Mr. Roberts also serves on the Legislative Committee for the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police.
November 12, 2024
Paul Gross - WDIV - TV Local 4 Weathercaster
Paul Gross - WDIV - TV Local 4 Weathercaster
Paul Gross was born in Detroit and has spent his entire life and forty-year career right here in southeast Michigan at WDIV-TV Local 4. He was initially terrified by storms, but fear transitioned to fascination after his second-grade teacher took him to the school library and pointed out a section of books about weather. The more Paul read about thunder and lightning, the more interested he became and, at the tender age of seven, he announced to his family that he was going to be a weatherman someday… at Channel 4!
Paul studied meteorology at the University of Michigan Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science…an extra-challenging curriculum due to its location in the prestigious College of Engineering. During his sophomore year, WDIV meteorologist Mal Sillars selected Paul to be the first ever weather intern in station history. In the middle of his senior year, WDIV news director, Bob Warfield, took a chance and hired Paul to a part-time, off-camera position. Later that year, Paul added the on-air weekend meteorologist position at WJIM-TV (now WLNS-TV) in Lansing, and two years later he also earned the back-up meteorologist position at WKBD-TV when its Ten O’clock News started. By 1987, Paul was working on the air at all three television stations at the same time…and occasionally on two of those stations on the same day!
Paul studied meteorology at the University of Michigan Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science…an extra-challenging curriculum due to its location in the prestigious College of Engineering. During his sophomore year, WDIV meteorologist Mal Sillars selected Paul to be the first ever weather intern in station history. In the middle of his senior year, WDIV news director, Bob Warfield, took a chance and hired Paul to a part-time, off-camera position. Later that year, Paul added the on-air weekend meteorologist position at WJIM-TV (now WLNS-TV) in Lansing, and two years later he also earned the back-up meteorologist position at WKBD-TV when its Ten O’clock News started. By 1987, Paul was working on the air at all three television stations at the same time…and occasionally on two of those stations on the same day!
DECEMBER 10,2024
HERITAGE HANDBELLS
HERITAGE HANDBELLS
The Heritage Handbells have been together in various forms since 2002. Originally named "The Belles and A Beau," the group reformed under a new name to embrace new musical challenges and rediscover the joy of ringing. Based in the active-adult community of Heritage in the Hills, Auburn Hills, the group consists of 12 ringers, each responsible for playing 3 to 4 bells.