Pot
Luck with 120 present.(Click to enlarge)
Getting
the most delicious food.(Click to enlarge)
These pictures progress from top to bottom
| Pot
Luck with 120 present. (Click to enlarge)
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Getting
the most delicious food. (Click to enlarge)
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 The
Village People Bev Ferritto, Lorraine Labonte, Fran Walton, Joan Kapp and
Ila Meehan.(Click to enlarge)
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 She
did lots of imitations.(Click to enlarge)
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 The
Grand fimale with Gene Mathes, Irene Zarillo and Charlie Parkes.(Click to enlarge)
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There were 19 attending the first computer class tonight. I didn't think to get a picture. The class was held in the library but it got a little stuffy after 1- 1/2 hours so next week it will be in the main dining room. This will be more of a question and answer class with some hints and ideas thrown in. Come prepared with some questions you would like to get answered. You might want to bring a pencil and paper.
There
were three took the bike ride to the mall today. They were Ralph Bush, Jim
Lessard and Gene Mathes. It was a perfect day for a bike ride.
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There
were 115 at coffee this morning. Residents are starting to leave for the summer.
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 Nancy
Bush introduced Julie Raguth of 188 Jeffrey drive. A permanent resident,
she moved in on February 27. She has 3 sons and six grandchildren.(Click to enlarge)
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 Mary
Ryman introduced Betty Delanois of 79 Loren Drive. Betty has one son, one
daughter and 4 grandsons. She likes to read and is interested in
genealogy.(Click to enlarge)
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 Jeff
Warrington introduced his staff who were here to hear the crime prevention
speaker.(Click to enlarge)
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 Here
are some of the Warrington staff.(Click to enlarge)
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 There
were 10 bunnies here to celebrate an early Easter this morning.(Click to enlarge) |
 Brian
McNeil of Metro Crime Prevention gave a very informative presentation on
crime prevention. His half hour talk was also entertaining.(Click to enlarge) |
The
Scarlet Macaws (Orange Acres Red Hat Ladies) had an outing at the dog races
today. There were 36 in attendance. They all had a great time.
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 The
husbands got to go on this outing too. They had to sit in the other end of
the room though.(Click to enlarge) |
 After
the 7th race, some of our Red Hats got their picture taken with the winner
of that race.(Click to enlarge) |
Pam
and Gene Rickels continue to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. For the
past three weeks they were visited by (left to right) Pam's brother, Pete;
brother-in-law Ken and wife Cynthia, and Barbara (Pete's wife), from England
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During
one of the weekends their children visited from Texas, California and Tennessee.
Including some children, there were 17 people altogether. In the picture (from
left to right) are Paul and wife Thelma in front from Arlington, Texas;
son-in-law Troy and daughter Corey in front from Las Angeles, and in the back
Paula and son Carl from Powell, Tennessee. All had a wonderful time and really
enjoyed Orange Acres.
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 Gene
Mathes visited the coffee hour at Leisure Lakes Village mobile home park
in Palmetto this morning to learn about the operations of other parks. He
will be visiting more coffee hours in the coming months.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
park President, Kathy Piehl, welcomed him and had him speak to the
residents about why he was there.(Click to enlarge) |
We had a vesper salad supper tonight at 6 pm with 52 people attending. It
is the last vesper function of the season.(Click to enlarge) |
After a time of chorus singing we had a speaker. The speaker tonight was
Joe Stump. As usual he presented a very fine sermon.(Click to enlarge) |
There were 114 at coffee this morning.
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Bingo is still going on and will continue through May. Jim Lessard is shown here
doing a great job of calling.
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There
were only 95 at coffee this morning.
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These
are the new shelf units we have for the library.
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Adult
swim time on a sunny afternoon.
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 There
were 44 at the Whist Party tonight.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
winners were Mary Ryman and Pat Myers tied for first, Ed Marvelle second,
Bev Ferritto third, Gene Mathes fourth and Henry Salmin fifth.(Click to enlarge) |
A
beautiful day today to attend the Siesta Fiesta. This is the arts and craft show
in Siesta Village.
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 There
were 23 at the Beach Party today. This was the last one of the season. The
weather was perfect for the beach.(Click to enlarge) |
 Gene
Mathes led the group in singing songs.(Click to enlarge) |
This
new home arrived today at 143 Shirley Drive.
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There
were 82 at coffee this morning.
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Mary
Ryman introduced Nancy Judge of 46 Jeffrey drive this morning. She is a widow
with one son, one daughter and one grandson. She moved here February 2 of this
year.
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Gladys
Bowman lost her glasses in the surf at the beach party yesterday but gave her
phone number to the lifeguard in case they were found. At 11:30 today she got a
call that someone had found them and turned them in. This was her lucky day. She
is shown here with her recovered glasses which were in perfect condition after
being tossed around in the water for who knows how long.
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