Thomas Ninke Senior Center

The Thomas Ninke Senior Center is officially open. We were very fortunate to have good weather and several wonderful friends and family members present. Family members in attendance included: dad's brother Don and his wife Vivian; dad's cousins Carol and Margaret; dad's mother-in-law Margaret Klinkerman; Jim, his wife Shelly, and their two girls Katy and Kristy; Judi and her daughter Madison; and myself and Tammy. Jennifer and her husband Jeremy were not able to attend, since they are expecting their first baby in about 2 weeks and are not able to travel at this time.

The apartment complex has 16 2-bedroom units, and 64 1-bedroom units. The four-plex buildings have a good amount of yard in between them, and the landscaping is complete. The apartment complex is about 80% full, and they expect it to reach capacity by the end of the month.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony:



{Jim, Judi, Tom & Grandma K.}

Grounds:


One of the Units at the Senior Center:

For more information on the Senior Center check out the articles on the web:

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/793/story/293942.html

http://recenter.tamu.edu/mnews/newsSearch.asp?MODE=MNEWS&CID=42824

http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=86915561

Huntsman Promotion Announcement

Tom Ninke has been promoted to the position of Environmental Team Lead of the EHS Center of Excellence (COE), reporting to Ed Gunderson, Manager Americas COE. Tom served as a Senior Staff Environmental Engineer within the COE group for two years, where he effectively executed projects to resolve environmental compliance matters, provide consistency across manufacturing locations, and improve environmental performance at the Americas sites. Tom has 12 years of diverse EHS experience, having held various roles with Huntsman, MEMC Pasadena, ENSR International, and Millennium Petrochemicals.

Way to go, Thomas! ;o)

Barnum & Bailey Circus

Last weekend Tom and I went with Judi, Madison, Shelly, Jim and Kristy to the circus. Not sure if this was Kristy's first time to the circus but it was Madison's and my first 'real' circus. We had a great time. I can't decide if I had more fun watching the performers or Kristy and Madison. They both were super excited!! While we were walking in Judi asked Madison what we were going to see at the circus. Madison replied "Clowns, elephants, clowns, tigers". I loved how she said elephants. Way to cute!

I think the elephants were my favorite but the tigers were pretty darn cool too.

I definitely did not like this performance. Way to high and they were doing it right in front of us. Just watching the poles go back and forth made me dizzy.

Judi called later that evening after Madison had gone to sleep. Madison asked if she could go again to the circus. Guess she must of liked the clowns, elephants and tigers. Lol.

Of course, I have to add a few pictures of the nieces!

Thanks Judi for inviting us!!!
--Tammy