These pictures progress from top to bottom
This
is not the dressing room for the Red Hat Ladies. It is the layout of the
Christmas covers for the pole lights in the community. They have been
redone by Rhoda Kestenbaum and her helpers. Here, in Anne Hubert's spare
bedroom, are the 42 completed covers ready for the coming season.
There
were 46 at coffee this morning.
 Bingo
started tonight. This is the first event of the new season. |
 And
of course with none other than our own Ray Bergeron doing the calling. |
 There
were 20 that attended the first vespers of the season tonight at 7 pm. |
 Gene
Mathes led the service with a sing-a-long and a solo. |
Jim
Jaeger brought a great message to the group.
There
were 49 at coffee this morning.
Mary
Ryman, center, interviewed Jody Guzzo at 91 loren, left and Bob Beauregard
at 101 Jason, right. Jody's husband Jim was not able to be at coffee this
morning.
 There
were 16 from Orange Acres that went on the bus trip to Broadway Palms
in Ft. Myers to see The Full Monte today. As usual, the food was
fantastic. |
 The
play was very funny and very well done even though it was a little
risqué. |
 There
were 65 at coffee this morning. |
 Mary
Ryman introduced Bobbi and Dwight Holden who live at 225 Jason Drive. |
There
were 68 at coffee this morning. As you can see almost everyone wore
a coat this morning. The temperature dropped into the 50's this morning.
Now that's really cold.
 Mary
Ryman introduced Jeannine and Romeo Crepeau who live at 32 Jeffrey
Drive. |
 Mary
also introduced Joan Wood and Robert Lizotte who live at 229 Jason
Drive. |
 There
were twenty Orange Acres residents that went on the Mystery Tour today.
Our first stop was "Flatwoods Adventure".
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 This
was a tour of a real Florida working ranch. We had naturalists
conducting the tour aboard two tour busses. They were very
knowledgeable about the area.
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 Our
next stop was lunch at Saddlebrook Country Club where we had a great
lunch in a private dinning area.
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 The
final stop was a school for skydiving where we got to watch an actual
jump in progress. About ten jumpers boarded the plane. We got to see
all the jumps and the beautiful landings. |
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There
were 22 present at the first beach party of the season. The meal was great
and this shows those grouped for the sing-a-long after the meal.
 Some
were still cleaning up when the music started. |
 Gene
Mathes led the sing-a-long and performed a few numbers of his own
using his "QChord". |
The
beach was wonderful but the water temperature was already down to 72º.
There
were 72 that attended the Thanksgiving potluck tonight.
 As
usual the food was fantastic. |
 Many
were in costumes. Here are the potluck chairpersons Ward and Audrey
Young. |
 Here
is the "Beauty and the Beast" Lorraine Labonte and Gene Mathes. |
 The
judges for the costumes were, left to right, Marj Dunn, Dave Walworth,
Greg Ferritto and Bev Whiterell. They had a very difficult job
tonight. |
 There
were 26 attendees that came with costumes. As you can see they were
all very good. |
 The
winners were left to right, Bob Gordon & Liz Bond, Ward & Audrey
Young, & Tony & Irene Zarrillo and Gene Mathes. |
 Honorable
mention went to Bev & Marcia Ferritto. |