We
had four people participate in the Ride to the Mall today. It was an ideal day
for the trip. The day couldn't have been more beautiful. Left to right are Tom
Studer, Ralph Bush, Gene Mathes and Nancy bush taking the picture.(Click to enlarge)
These pictures progress from top to bottom
We
had four people participate in the Ride to the Mall today. It was an ideal day
for the trip. The day couldn't have been more beautiful. Left to right are Tom
Studer, Ralph Bush, Gene Mathes and Nancy bush taking the picture.
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On
the way back, we saw this turtle we believed was laying eggs. It was almost a
foot in diameter.
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Lots
of residents having a great time in the pool on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.
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Returned
Residents
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John
& Mary Lou Lira |
There
were 127 at coffee this morning
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Here
is Ruth-Joy Moffitt preparing the choir for the vesper service on Sunday night.
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There
was a good crowd at the pot luck tonight.
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Jerry
and Ila Meehan were crowned King and Queen tonight. It was a very impressive
service. Their family also arrived for the coronation. Thanks to Ward Young for
the pictures.
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There
were 21 at exercise this morning. The twenty in the picture plus the one taking
the picture. We exercise every morning at 9 am. Come join us.
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There
were over 200 people attending the memorial service for Melva Mathes today. The
weather was cool and cloudy but nobody seemed to mind.
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 Jim
Jaeger led a beautiful service. Jim is the Orange Acres Chaplain.(Click to enlarge) |
 Dave
Reynolds Sang two lovely songs. Dave is the choir director at Grace
Baptist church, where Melva attended.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
neighbor ladies of Melva each threw a rose in the pond with a different
eaning for each.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
ladies og Grace Baptist Church provided the meal afterwards for everyone.(Click to enlarge) |
The
cake was decorated with flowers and butterflies for Melva.
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 There
were 55 at the vesper service tonight(Click to enlarge) |
 It
was good to have Ruth Joy and the choir back with us.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
special music was a quartet consisting of Gene Mathes, Alice & Dick
Vierus and Harley Hicks.(Click to enlarge) |
 Our
speaker for the evening was Pastor Earle Young from the Church of Hope.
Pastor Earle and his wife have a seniors ministry at the church. They have
three sons who are all pastors.(Click to enlarge) |
There
were 96 attended the FMO at Orange Acres at 1 pm today. Our community was well
represented.
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 Jeff
Warrington welcomed FMO to our community.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
meeting was run by FMO president Dick Zeibell.(Click to enlarge) |
 Sharon
Keating from UnitedHealthCare of Florida presented the Medicare Complete
plan,(Click to enlarge) |
 Attorney
Holland Domber answered many questions concerning the rights of
manufactured home owners.(Click to enlarge) |
There
were 121 at coffee this morning.
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 Jeff
Warrington addressed the crowd on numerous park issues.(Click to enlarge) |
 Jeff
presented Anne Hubert with a check equal to one month's rent for referring
someone who bought a home.(Click to enlarge) |
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 Jeff
presented Grace Sherry with a check equal to three month's rent because of
her home improvements.(Click to enlarge) |
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There
were about 35 Red Hat ladies from Orange Acres' Scarlet Macaws that met for
breakfast at Dutch Heritage this morning. Many wore their pajamas.
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There
were 72 playing Whist tonight at the clubhouse.
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 Hugh
Spinney did his usual great job of leading the games.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
door prize of a $20 gift certificate to Applebees was won by Jerry
Finnegan.(Click to enlarge) |
The
winners were, from left to right:
2nd place, score 111, $17.75, Kent Armstrong
3rd place, score 108, $10.80, Mike Delaney, Norma Finnegan and Mary Lessard.
2nd place, score 111, $17.75, Bill Dodd
1st place, score 115, $23.10, Pauline Yoder
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We
had a great "Senior Prom" tonight at the clubhouse. These are the
twenty kids that did such a terrific job. They also provided and served all of
the refreshments.
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 The
Miakka All-Stock 4H club put on the "Senior Prom" for us. It was
their community project for the year.(Click to enlarge) |
 Here
is Blanch Sargent Dancing with one of the kids.(Click to enlarge) |
 They
had great dance music and lots of door prizes.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
kids got in to the dancing too. What a great bunch of kids.(Click to enlarge) |
 Doreen
& John Gibbons were made king and queen by winning out in a trivia
game.(Click to enlarge) |
 This
is the 55 residents and the 20 4H'ers all together at the end of the
dance.(Click to enlarge) |
 There
were 127 at the pancake breakfast this morning.(Click to enlarge)
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 Here
was the crew that did such a fantastic job.(Click to enlarge)
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 Jeff
Warrington introduced his family this morning. On the left is his wife Amy
With Luke 1, Andrew 4 and Phoebe 7.(Click to enlarge) |
 Jason
Warrington also introduced his family this morning. On the left is his
wife Hillary with Lydia 5, and Molly 3.(Click to enlarge) |
 There
were 68 at the Winter Wonderland Dance tonight.(Click to enlarge)
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 Bruce
Stone did a wonderful job with the music and entertaining.(Click to enlarge)
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 We
even got to do the Electric Slide.(Click to enlarge)
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 The
winners of the door peizes were Armand Strangis, Bud Borowski and Larry
Mason from Winward Isle. Dick andAlice Vierus, in back, gave out the
prizes.(Click to enlarge)
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There were 12 at square dance lessons tonight. I forgot to take pictures. My apologies. We also started learning the Electric Slide. We will have lessons again next Saturday. Come join us,
There
were 20 at the beach party today at Siesta Beach. The day was warm and sunny but
the strong wind had an icy chill. As you can see, some stayed bundled up.
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 During
the sing-a-long the sunshine was the chosen seating.(Click to enlarge) |
 Dick
Vierus and Gene Mathes led the group with songs.(Click to enlarge) |
There
were 141 at coffee this morning.
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After
coffee we stayed for the annual Home Owners meeting. Wayne Steinbaugh led the
meeting and passed along discussions he had with the park owners.
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 Shirley
Tatlock, shown here to the right of Gerry Strangis, did a great job of
organizing the ladies luncheon today. Thanks to Joan Russell for the
pictures.(Click to enlarge)
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 There
were 86 present at the luncheon today which was held at Rosebuds.(Click to enlarge)
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 Enjoying
the meal here are Florence Cote, Lorraine Labonte, Joan Russell and Faye
Spinney.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
entertainment was David Pryne who has entertained with Mel Torme and
appeared on many cruises as an instrumentalist. Today he played his
trumpet but mostly sang.(Click to enlarge) |
There
were 14 at the square dance lessons tonight. This picture shows them doing the
Virginia Reel. They are also learning two line dances, Stars Over Texas and the
Electric Slide. The next lesson will not be till February 28th.
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