SIESTA VILLAGER Issue: 02/27/2017

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1 SIESTA VILLAGER Issue: 02/27/2017 SCHEDULE: 7:00 Dominoes FL 7:00 Texas Hold em HW 7:00-9:00 Bluegrass Jam-AP Monday Thursday :00 Social Club Meeting VH 9:00 Shuffleboard 8:00 12:00 Treasure Hut-Closed during 9am Meeting 9:00-10:30 Line Dancing VH 10:00 Women s Pool 10:00 Sewing time CR 10:00 Use of Woodshop - WS 10:00-11:00 AM Bible Study-HW 10:30 Shuffleboard 12:00-1pm JAM SESSION Lunch VH 1:00 Quilting CR 1:00-3:00 Jam session VH 1:30-3:00rProduce Truck 1:00 Woodshop WS 1:00 Use of Woodshop - WS 2:00 Table Tennis AP 2:00 Table Tennis - AP 7:00 Bingo - AP 5:30 Potluck Supper - VH 7:00 Mixed Pool (Jan & Feb Only) 6:30 9 Ball Pool Friday :45 Bridge - FL 8:30 Bone Strengthening-VH 6:45 Cards and Games - VH 9:00-11 AM Friendly Shuffle Tuesday :30 Beginning Painting CR 7:00 Men s Golf - Executive Course 10:00 Termites (Woodcarving) AP 7:45 Women s Golf - Executive Course 8:30 Bone Strengthening-VH 12:45 Bowling - Pins & Cues/Weslaco 9:00 Shuffleboard 1:00 Mahjong FL 1:00 Woodshop WS 2:00 Aquatic Exercise Saturday :00-4:30 Women s Social Club-AP 9:00 Shuffleboard 6:30 8 Ball 6: FL 7:00 Poker-HW 3:00-4:30 Women s Social Club-AP 7:00 Pegs and Jokers VH Sunday Wednesday :00 Worship Service - VH 9:00 Ceramics - CR 9:00 Shuffleboard 9:30 Women s Pool 7:00 Table Tennis AP 8:00 12:00 Treasure Hut Legend: 10:00-11:00 Copy Time - Office HW - Harry Walker Bldg. AP - All Purpose Room 1:00 Art for Fun CR ML - Memorial Library CR - Craft Room 1:00 Woodshop WS VH - Village Hall 6:30 Hoss Collar FL - Fireplace Lounge WS Workshop

2 Girl Scout cookies will be available for purchase at the Social Club meeting Monday morning. If you ordered cookies, please be sure to pick them up then. ATTENTION: Everyone is invited to stay after the Feb 27th social meeting in the hall to listen to a presentation regarding the Vial of Life given by Lt Rich Stubbs, Public Education Officer, Weslaco Fire Department. He'll begin at approximately 10:00. Please donate your used empty pill bottles. A box is in the hall for your convenience. They should be at least 4" tall. If you have any questions about this donation call Deb Thank you! , if you any questions. QUILTING This week (February 27th) there will not be quilting because of the Special Shareholder Meeting. Next week, March 6th, Andrea O Keefe will wrap up the Mystery Quilt. For those of you participating have your homework done and Andrea will give you the next clue. Will be fun to see what it turns out to be. We set the date for our Challenge Reveal (so get those projects finished we re running out of time) & potluck luncheon for March 20th (please come even if you didn t do the challenge). Remember the challenge make a baby quilt or a lap size quilt using fabric from your stash if you don t have enough in your cupboard check out our cupboard in the Craft Room we have lots of odds & ends that could be made into a quilt these will be donation quilts and we will give them to a needy organization here in Weslaco. We meet every Monday afternoon at 1:00 PM in the Craft Room. Any questions please contact Jurene Gardner or Karen Shakespeare. *** Karaoke *** Everyone is invited to join us for a Karaoke Social Hour this Wednesday March 1, 2017, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm in the All Purpose Room. There will be singing, music, and room to dance, including line dancing. Doors open at 2 pm. Bring a beverage, bring something to snack on, bring your dancing shoes, and come have some fun. JAM THURSDAYS 12:00-1PM LUNCH JAM FROM 1:00-3:00 pm. Please join us!

3 Bible study this week will be 930 am-11:00 am in the Harry Walker Building. We will be studying a DVD Series (1 hour) Truth Project from Focus on the Family. Please join us. Lynda Kidd MARDI GRAS DANCE INFO...COME TO THE MARDI GRAS DANCE ON FEB. 28TH AND BE PREPARED FOR A GOOD TIME. WE WILL HAVE BEADS. WE WILL HAVE A KING AND QUEEN CONTEST. WE WILL HAVE PRIZES. WE WILL HAVE KING CAKE. DISC JOCKEY "BIG DADDY" WILL BE SPINNING GOOD OLD ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC AND TRIVIA FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT AND DANCING FEET. DON'T DANCE? COME ANYHOW AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE DURING OUR FAT TUESDAY CELEBRATION. TICKETS ARE $7.00 PP AND A SEATING CHART IS BEING USED. ICE, POPCORN, SODA AVAILABLE AND SOME MUNCHIES WILL BE ON THE TABLES. THIS IS NOT A DINNER!!!! COME AND ENJOY. DJ STARTS AT 7:00, BUT DOORS WILL BE OPEN AT 6:00. ALSO THE 50/25-25 DRAWINGS WILL BE HELD. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT MONDAY MORNING MEETINGS OR FROM DON OR AMY VANDEEST AT 2908 SIERRA VISTA OR UPCOMING EVENTS THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!!! All shows at 7:00 P.M. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. March 2 The Piano Man (Jason Whorlow) March 5 Laughing Bird (Tupelo and Janey Kenyon - music and comedy) ALSO DANCES February 28 Mardi Gras Solid Gold Dance Party March 4 Pelican West March 15 Luau Dinner and Dance The Castaway THANK YOU" party March 3rd 6 to 9 pm. Bring a snack to share. BYOB Music by "Froylan"

4 Come and enjoy the fellowship and dancing with the GREAT residents and friends of Siesta Retirement Village. Questions, call Rita Phelps THAT S ENTERTAINMENT!!! JASON WHORLOW THE PIANO MAN March 2, Thursday Jason Whorlow will present his musical show on March 2, Thursday evening at 7:00 P.M. in the Village Hall. He plays an electric baby grand piano. He is an outstanding entertainer with an impressive repertoire playing anything from old country classics to rock and roll and the hottest hits today. His show is fun, with lots of humor and some audience participation. Jason is from Nixa, MO. He started performing in dueling piano bars and local venues around the Ozarks. Since then, Whorlow Entertainment has expanded to take Jason all over the country. He performs in a wide variety of venues - from Winter Texan resorts to weddings, large corporate events to cozy wineries, private events to high energy shows. Tickets are $7.00 each, and are available at the Social Club meetings on Monday mornings. During the week, contact Dick/Gayle at 3026 Sonora ( ). Entertainment is open to the public tickets are available at the door. Invite your friends to join you for a great show. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. Popcorn, ice cream bars and soft drinks are available. There will be a 50/25/25 drawing and door prizes. Pelican West Dance only Saturday March 4th p.m. Tickets $8.00 reserved seating Contact Sharon Penner After February 20th contact Shelly McEachern at San Jacinto Pelican West is a 5 piece band with an extensive song list. Music from the 50's & 60's Rock n Roll to country as well as the beat of the 70's. Thank you Sharon Penner THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!!! All shows at 7:00 P.M. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. March 2 The Piano Man (Jason Whorlow) March 5 Laughing Bird (Tupelo and Janey Kenyon - music and comedy) ALSO DANCES February 28 Mardi Gras Solid Gold Dance Party March 4 Pelican West March 15 Luau Dinner and Dance The Castaway

5 THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!!! LAUGHING BIRD March 5, Sunday WARNING: This show is disastrous to the doldrums and hazardous to the blues. Laughing Bird will present their musical and comedy show on March 5, Sunday evening at 7:00 P.M. in the Village Hall. Tupelo and Janey Kenyon have been performing together since They have traveled from Alaska to South America, from California to the Carolinas, from Europe to Asia, performing at fairs, festivals, universities, resorts, cruise ships and community concerts. Original, refreshing, and captivating is a good description of Laughing Bird s show, but their real magic is the warm, genuine, and unpretentious energy they project from the stage. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heart-touching, Tupelo and Janey clearly love what they do, and it shows! They each play a wide variety of instruments. Tickets are $7.00 each, and are available at the Social Club meetings on Monday mornings. During the week, contact Dick/Gayle at 3026 Sonora ( ). Entertainment is open to the public tickets are available at the door. Invite your friends to join you for a great show. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. Popcorn, ice cream bars and soft drinks are available. There will be a 50/25/25 drawing and door prizes. SHRIMP BOIL 2017 FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Tickets go on sale this Monday moning and continue until Monday, March 6. They can only be purchased other times by callin John/Shelly Mc SHRIMP $15.00 EA FISH $10.00 EA. Before dinner snacks provided, reserved seating-take-out meals available. SHRIMP OR FISH, baked potatoes & condiments, Vegetales, Klondike Bars and Tea and Coffee Dance to follow with music by Rick Fox Co-Chairs; Ed & Sheri Kranz and Vern and Cheryl Vogel *

6 Hobby Show is coming! Sunday, March 19th, from 1 to 4 pm Cookies, coffee & tea will be served. This show is for the purpose of displaying any craft or hobby items you have made and we look forward to seeing all the works all our talented SRV'ers have made. Please contact Burt Brown at to request the space you need to show off your work. Announcements: Today 2//27/2017 at 1 pm in the Village Hall is the Special Shareholders meeting about the pool. Please try and attend. Thank you the Corporate board *********** If anyone has a small wheel chair or a shower chair they would like to donate to the Hut, we would be very grateful. The Hut lends items such as crutches, walkers, canes, potty chairs, wheel chairs, and a couple of car seats for children to village residents. We are glad to help provide this service to our Village but sure could use another wheel chair and a shower chair. *********** Hut Sales up to : Sales thus far in February $ before sales taxes. THANK YOU ALL!! *********** CORPORATE CORNER: WiFi is now available in the Library and the Main Hall. The password for you to connect is March1977. You must use a capitol M to connect. *********** SIESTA VILLAGE TERMITES We are a group of wood carvers that meet Friday mornings in the All Purpose Room from 10:00-12:00. Anyone interested in carving or just seeing what we do is more than welcome. Ring your own projects to work on or we can start you off on a small project. We have two excellent instructors to help Dave Hodson and Jim Thalacker. Please come and join us.

7 SHRINERS HELP KIDS!! On behalf of El Kahir Shrine, thank you for your participation in collecting can tabs for the Children s Hospitals. A container for th tabs has been place on the table in the Village Hall. Carl Campbell FROM SIESTA VILLAGE OFFICE Office hours: Monday through Friday. The assessment fee and shareholder fee are ready to be paid. You have until January 31, 2017 to pay them. If not paid by January 31, 2017 there will be a penalty add on. Copy day is on Wednesday each week unless holiday. Welcome Back Enjoy your season. Rita M Phelps, Manager *********** Villager Information: If you have information you would like in the Villager, it needs to be given to me by 9PM the Wed. prior to Monday publication. You may put it in the mailbox at our house, 3031 Palmetto, to siestavillager@gmail.com or call me at We will use the current format for now. Also, if you , please put whatever it is you want in the Villager in the body of the , not as an attachment. We will use font Arial size 11. Also, there are times we need to send out an announcement and the best way to reach out seems to be . So, please make sure I have your updated address. Remember, access the website: siestaretirementvillage.com and user name is srvresident password is thevillager. (all lower case, no spaces) Linda Glorfield *********** Please note DO NOT RECYCLE GLASS, GARBAGE(ORGANIC WASTE), STYROFOAM, ELECTRONICS AND BATTERIES. We have to be careful and Please break down your cardboard, crush your plastic bottles ( # 1 &2). This allows us to put more into the bins. If we misuse the bins they will be removed by Redfish. Thanks for your help..corp Board A BIG THANKYOU!! This is for everyone who donated change and bills to our money jar. We are buying supplies or the Life Books. All the children of the Weslaco Child Protective Services will receive books as this is an ongoing project. The money jar will be on the front table by the Thanks so much, Maureen Keppy and Gayle Shantz, co-chairs

8 SPORTS AND GAMES: MEN'S GOLF: WE Had twenty nine golfers. Mark McGurie had closest to the pin on number two, and also had the low round of twenty eight. Dave Greeder had the longest putt on number nine. We have one more week to go for the tournament and remember the banquet on the fourteenth of March. LADIES GOLF: Jim Major A beautiful sunny morning on Tuesday Feb. 21st. for a round of golf. We had 21 ladies out and the game of the day was: closest to the pin on #8 on the second shot. The winners were: Sharon Penner, Peggy Schaefer, Linda Eckert, Maureen Heaman, Pat Wautlet, and Judy Beggs, Birdies were made by Peggy Schaefer and Linda Eckert (2). This was our 3rd week of league tournament. A very nice monthly luncheon was enjoyed by 16 ladies at Chilis Restaurant. Enjoy! Linda Bacon CANASTA Table Winners: Jim Klima, Wanda Klima and Linda Bacon Judy Aker, Arlene Forward and Sandy Leohr Betty Bentson, Nancy Stahl and Michele Dextras JayLee Dick, Jane Peterson and Arlys Buland Mavis Bercaw, Margie Hylton and Dixie Christopherson Submitted by Sharon Marsh LADIES POOL Siesta Ladies Pool players: Ladies pool is played Mondays right after the Monday meeting. Ladies Pool is every Monday around 9:30am-10am and Wednesdays at 9:30am. We welcome all ladies that would like to play. We have help available, if you are just getting started. Please come and join in the fun. A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO GEORGIA BROWN WHO WON 2ND PLACE ~SILVER IN THE GOLDEN AGE OLYMPICS in Mc Allen!!! We hope Bettie Crowe & Georgia Brown will bring home some medals in the Mid Valley Olympics. Ladies Pool Contact: Deena Oungst Hope to see you there!!!

9 Mixed Pool: You don t need a partner to play. We will pick one for you. Come and join in the fun. Thursdays 7pm and will run Every Thursday until-correction Feb 23, 2017 will be the last mixed pool. Chair for Mixed Pool: Doug & Kathy Bormann BOWLING Dave Greeder was the bowling champ today. He had the high series, the only turkey, won a free game and also won one money pot. Larry won the other free game and money pot, and Jon O won the last money pot. MEN S POOL The men s pool practice will be Mon-Sat from 3pm-5pm PEGS AND JOKERS We will be playing Pegs and Jokers on Tuesday night in the Village Hall. Everyone is welcome to come. Bring a game if you have one. If you do-n't know the game and want to learn please come and we will show you. Any questions call Angie Hill or fourft10@gmail.com MAHJONG We will start Mahjong again this season. We will play on Friday at 1:00 pm in the Fireplace Lounge. A few of us started getting together last winter and are anxious to get back into it. Please come out and play. If you don't know the game we will teach you. It is a fun and challenging game. Any questions call Angie Hill or fourft10@gmail.com DOMINOES WINNERS Table 1: Angie Hill Table 2: Linda Barron, Jack Barron and John Stahl Table 3: Dina Costa, Kae Winchar, Jim Ackerman 500 Winners Bridge winners FEB. 20th 1st: Gloria Bauer 2nd: Tony Kucera SHUFFLE NEWS The 1015 tournament held each year is an invitational tournament to five parks in the area of It is sponsored by Judy Meaden from Pine to Palm and held in one of the five parks on a rotation basis.. This year is Siesta Village's turn to host the tournament. It will be held on Match 3 and 4. It is "Any" Doubles" and will have amateur and expert class with a "totally Random Draw". Judy Meaden will give medals for the main and consolation brackets.

10 The entry fee is $5 a couple and includes a lite lunch on March 3. Those who do not participate in the shuffle games may have lunch for $3 after all the shufflers have been served. A signup sheet is posted in the shuffle shack. This has always been an end of the season "fun shuffle" for all participants.