Monthly E-Newsletter ASC P.O. Box 402 Rocky Hill, CT 06067-0402 APRIL 2009 860-568-8617 info@myasc.org FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Editor: Debbie Corkindale Contact: webmaster@myasc.org Happy Summer!   Are you an ASC member and giving classes, going to a conference, studying something new? We'd love to hear from you. You can also add them to the ASC Community Calendar. Email me for additional info. CURRENT CLASS LISTINGS: Alphee and Carol Lavoie are offering new online real time classes in their school -- Laura Nalbandian, Misty Kuceris, Steve Forrest. Please check them out!  It's a great format! Click here to read this on the website!

June Lecture& Solstice Potluck! THE OTHER SOLSTICE POTLUCK AND LECTURE Thursday, June 18, 2009 Potluck Supper 5:30 PM,  Lecture 7:00 PM (no Pre-lecture) Keeney Center, 200 Main St., Wethersfield Free for ASC members, non-members welcome at no charge Jackie Slevin: Finding Success In the Horoscope Discover the Slevin System of chart analysis that uses planetary shorthand to define optimum potential and one's True North. Jackie shares her effective itinerary to fulfillment and success, including alternate routes, as described in-depth in her recently published book by the same name.  An internationally published full time professional astrologer, Jackie Slevin, M.A., is very active in the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR), holding their top certification of Counseling Astrologer. She served as the co-director of NCGR Education 2000-03 and is the founder and Dean of the The University of Geocosmic Studies, a distance learning program. She was the conference coordinator of NCGR Education Conferences in Hartford in 2001 and Minneapolis in 2003. A graduate of Classical Studies in Horary, she was a track coordinator at United Astrology Conference (UAC) 1995 and a member of the UAC 2002 education committee. She has served on the board of New Jersey NCGR since 1983 and is currently a member of the NCGR Board of Examiners. Click here for the online program. New Age Fair  Janet Booth, Coordinator Email: NAF@myasc.org MARK THE DATE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS! Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Keeney Center, 200 Main St., Wethersfield Details in next newsletter.  Click here for info Membership Corner Chair: Joy MacDonald 86 Johnson Street Naugatuck, CT, 06770 203.729.2674. membership@myasc. org As of May 6 we currently have 128 active members, comprised of:  15 Honorary (6 of whom have paid dues...thank you!) 89 Renewals from last year's members 11 Returning former members 13 New members There are two member 5-year-multiple anniversary this month:  35 Years: Dawn Markham 10 years: Jay Weitlauf. Congratulations to Dawn and Jay! As Membership Chair, one of my many jobs is to try to make sure that we are addressing the needs and wants of the membership. If you have any ideas or suggestions for improvements, or any constructive criticism, please write, call, or e-mail me and let me know what’s on your mind. ASC COOKBOOK Debby Vincelett, Coordinator Email contact: cookbook@myasc.org The ASC is creating a cookbook with an astrological bent as a fundraiser. If you have any recipes you'd like to include, whether astrology related or not, please send them to the above email address. We're still in the initial stages so we need anything and everything. Include the recipe, a little description of it, i.e., "This is a family recipe given to me by my Aunt that we shared every time we got together." Please do let us know the source of the recipe. If you always make this at a solstice or equinox or during the strawberry season of Gemini state that! When you bring your dish to our Solstice Potluck or to the member picnic this summer, bring the recipe too! Please include your contact information for the committee's use. ASC AUDIO RENTAL LIBRARY Nancy J. Bertwell, Librarian Contact: (860) 563-1701 The ASC Tape Library is a fabulous benefit of ASC membership! Tapes/CD's may be rented for one month at a fee of $1 per tape/CD (NOT per event) with a charge of $1 per month per tape/CD on overdue items. Our tape librarian is ASC Board Member Nancy Bertwell, and she is the person to contact to place your request for rentals or to answer any questions about the procedure. You can find our complete audio-recording directory at our website at http://www.myasc.org/tapes.htm