Gene
Mathes finally bought his truck. He traded his Cadillac in on a 2003 Dodge
Dakota. Gene said that he really never was a Cadillac guy.These pictures progress from top to bottom
Gene
Mathes finally bought his truck. He traded his Cadillac in on a 2003 Dodge
Dakota. Gene said that he really never was a Cadillac guy.
 The
4th of July parade formed at the clubhouse at 2 pm with nine units
decorated in red, white and blue.
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 Gene
Mathes led the parade on his decorated Honda motorcycle down almost every
street in the park.
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 Betty
Delanois was in charge of the pot luck tonight and opened with the
blessing.
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 There
was more than enough food and as usual it was great.
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There
were 42 attended the potluck at 6 pm.
 After
the meal, Gene Mathes led the group in the pledge of allegiance and the
singing of patriotic songs. |
 About
30 of the members remained for the movie which was "Serendipity". It was a
very enjoyable movie. |
There
were 33 at coffee this morning.
An
article appeared in yesterday's Sarasota Herald Tribune about the bluegrass jam
sessions held at Bee Ridge Park every Thursday evening at 7 pm. Gene Mathes went
there tonight and took this picture of 15 to 20 people participation with
instruments. There were also about 150 listeners. If you go, take a chair. Lots
of good music.
This
is a picture of Pauline Yoder with her family and the fish she caught in Alaska.
Pauline is in the red hat. Others in the picture from right to left are: her
daughter Lou, Lou's husband Jerry, son Joel, son Josh and Josh's wife Kendall.
The picture was taken the end of May.
The
storm has passed after lots of rain and strong winds. This home at 218 Jason
Drive was the only one with any damage and it looks as if it should be easy to
fix.
These
four Wood Cranes were spotted in the gazebo park today. No one remembers seeing
these birds here before.
There
were 37 at the pancake breakfast this morning. President Gene Mathes suggested
that we have a 50's Sock Hop in the near future using 50's music available on
the internet. Everyone seemed very excited about it. It will probably happen
soon after the internet is available in the clubhouse, which is planned for the
beginning of August.
 These
are the new desks that Warringtons provided for the clubhouse. They will be
used as computer workstations for members and guests of Orange Acres. |
 They
also purchased a new lectern and had the support posts enclosed in wood.
That completes the rec hall remodeling. |
There
were 26 at coffee this morning.
The
Drum Circle is still going strong at Siesta Key beach every Sunday evening at
6 pm. Because of the rain it was held in the pavilion tonight.
 There
were 15 that attended the pool party this afternoon. They had fun playing
with toys in the water. |
 They
decided that it was much more comfortable to eat and have our sing-a-long in
the clubhouse. |
There
were 40 at coffee this morning. A big jump from what we'd been having. We ran
out of donuts of course.
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We had a great trip to Alaska, Yukon and North West Territories. These are
fish we caught in Alaska. The white ones are halibut caught in Homer.
These fish weighed between 50 and 85 pounds each. The fish shown with the
boat is a 57 pound King Salmon from the Kenai River.
Hugh and Faye Spinney
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