SIESTA VILLAGER Issue: 01-28-2019 SCHEDULE: 3-5pm & 6:30-8pm Men s Pool practice 8 ball & 9 ball 6:45 Dominoes FL 7:00-9:00 Bluegrass Jam-AP Monday 01-28-19 7:00 Texas Hold em Poker Men s Club 9:00 Social Club Meeting VH Thursday 01-31-19 10:00-noon: Treasure Hut 9:00 Shuffleboard 10:00 Women s Pool 10:00 AM Bible Study-HW 10:00 Use of Woodshop - WS 11:30-1pm JAM SESSION Lunch VH 10:30 Shuffleboard 1:00-3:00 Jam session VH 1:00 Quilting CR 1:00 Woodshop WS 1:30-3:00rProduce Truck 2:00 Table Tennis AP 1:00 Use of Woodshop - WS 3-5pm & 6:30-8pm Men s pool practice 8 ball & 9 ball 2:00 Table Tennis - AP 3:00 Art for Fun CR 5:30 Potluck Supper - VH 7:00 Bingo - AP 3-5 pm & 6:30-8 pm Men s Pool practice 8 ball & 9 balll Friday 02-01-19 6:45 Bridge - FL 8:30 Bone Strengthening-VH 6:45 Cards and Games - VH 9:00-11 AM Friendly Shuffle Tuesday 01-29--19 9:00-10:00 a.m. Coffee AP 7:00 Men s Golf - Executive Course 10:00 Termites (Woodcarving) AP 8:15 Women s Golf - Executive Course 1:00 Mahjong FL 8:30 Bone Strengthening-VH 9:00 Shuffleboard 3-5pm & 6:30-8pm Men s pool practice 8 ball & 9 ball 9:00-10:00 Coffee AP Saturday 02-02-19 1:00 Woodshop WS 9:00 Shuffleboard 3:30-5:00 Women s Social Club-AP 3:30-5:00 Women s Social Club-AP 3-5 pm & 6:30-8pm Mens pool practice 8 ball & 9 ball Sunday 02-03-19 6:45 500 FL 9:00 Worship Service - VH 7:00 Pegs and Jokers VH 7:00 Poker (dealers choice) Men s Club Wednesday 01-30--19 Legend: 8:00 11:00 Treasure Hut 956-968-8774 HW - Harry Walker Bldg. 9:00 Ceramics - CR AP - All Purpose Room 9:00 Shuffleboard9:30 Women s Pool. ML - Memorial Library 9:30 Women s Pool CR - Craft Room 10:00-11:00 Copy Time - Office VH - Village Hall FL - Fireplace Lounge WS Workshop 1:00 Woodshop WS
ANNUAL MEETING All shareholders and/or proxy holders attending the Annual Meeting on February 2, 2019 at 9:00 AM are to enter the building as follows: Enter through the library/pool room doors and proceed to the All-Purpose Room, where ballots and other pertinent information will be distributed. Doors will open at 8:00 AM. Once you ve received your packet you will exit the All-Purpose Room through the doors to the swimming pool area, and proceed to the Main Hall, where the Annual Meeting will start at 9:00 AM. REMEMBER: Once you receive your packet, which includes ballots, you will not be able to leave the building. PROXY AGENTS: If you assign your voting privileges to an Agent, make certain this person will, in fact, be attending the Annual Meeting, and this person knows s/he will be casting your ballot. Your Proxy Agent is to pick up your packet at the Proxy Table under your name. Candidate Introductions & Other Info. After the Social Club meeting Monday 28th the candidates for the corporate board will be introduced and will tell you a little bit about themselves. Again this year we will be asking all candidates nominated from the floor to answer the same questions asked of those that submitted there candidate paper. Next Saturday the 2nd of February is the Annual Shareholders Meeting in the Main Hall starting at 9 am. Ballots may be picked up in the Multipurpose room starting at 8 am. Please wear your name badges if you do not have a badge please bring your drivers license. You will need proof of your identity to obtain your ballot. A Corporate board member will be giving a Short follow up to last Mondays Q & A. NEWCOMERS TO BE INTRODUCED on Monday, January 28, 2019: Al and Mary Eisenmenger (Texas), 3020 Azteca, (A) 830-221-5429, (M) 830-832-7896 Jackie Murrell (Texas), 2826 Sierra Vista, 806-336-2012 Jessie and Juanita Rodriques (Texas), 2816 mesa Verde, 559-289-5337 Jim and Beth Staton (Texas), 3102 Boca Chica, 620-229-4145 Gayle and Keith Shantz, Chairpersons, Welcome and Orientation Committee QUILTING There will be quilting this Monday January 28th. I will be handing out another block for our BOM challenge. Our calendar says Placemats but with the Barn Quilt Painting class nothing has been prepared for that we will look at doing that later in February or March. Remember to bring your Show & Tell. The second class Barn Quilt painting class will be on Monday & Tuesday February 4th & 5th with the same timeline as the first class. Looking forward to seeing the final results!! Jurene Gardner
BIBLE STUDY THURSDAY, 10-:00 A.M. Harry Walker Building DVD SERIES I, II, &III. Fight like a christian by Joyce Meyer Linda Kidd SOCIAL HOUR WITH DIEGO WED., 1-30-19 3-4:30 BLUE GRASS JAM 7:00-9:00 pm 11-14-18, WEDNESDAY Wayne/Jane Uncer Siesta Village Village Hall JAM SESSION THURSDAY, JAN 31 LUNCH 11:30-1:00 JAM 1:00-3:00 These are the lunches for the January : JAN 31, 2019: JIM S FAMOUS 1/3 LB HAMBURGERS AND FIXINS, All with Pie, Coffee, Tea, FOR $5.00 Soda or bottled water - $1.00 Thank you Gene McKenzie THAT S ENTERTAINMENT!!! All shows begin at 7:00 P.M. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. January 29, Tuesday. Shelly and Darren - Great Music! Fun Comedy! February 12, Tuesday. Pickpocket Gene - Lots of fun, and you will even learn some things. February 23, Saturday. William Florian - The John Denver Story. March 15, Friday. Leslie Blasing - East Coast to West Coast. DANCES February 8, Friday. Renaissance Rockers. March 1, Friday. The Agency. March 5, Tuesday. Mardi Gras with DJ. March 11, Monday. Luau with The Castaway. (SRV only)
THAT S ENTERTAINMENT!!! SHELLY & DARREN Great music! Fun comedy! January 29, Tuesday 7:00 P.M. Hint: Those were the days! You WILL enjoy Shelly and Darren s musical show on January 29, Tuesday evening at 7:00 P.M. in the Village Hall. They have been performing together for 25 years at a wide variety of venues. Darren s most proud moment was singing for the military s Medal of Honor recipients and their families. Shelly has sung the National Anthem for over 20 years at different area sporting events. Darren created Daddy D Productions in 2006. Daddy D s is Wisconsin s premier Dinner and Variety Show, consistently receives 4 out of 4 star reviews. Shelly & Darren are the traveling duo who bring a compact version of their award-winning show to the RGV. Also, the Daddy D Musical Review Shows are home to the Riverside Ballroom in Green Bay. 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 Drive (956-969-3558). 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. See you there! T-SHIRTS for Winter Texans will be available to view and order on January 14 at the Social Club meeting on Monday morning. Each t-shirt is $10.00; $2.00 from each sale will be returned to the Social Club. Contact Sandy Aries, 2723 La Quinita, 501-525-4778, for information. CORRECTIONS TO THE SOCIAL CLUB CALENDAR Add Community Concert (Harlingen) - January 25. Delete Entertainment - February 16. Delete Community Concert - February 20, Add Entertainment - February 23. William Florian The John Denver Story. Delete Entertainment - February 24. Add Entertainment - March 15. Leslie Blasing East Coast to West Coast. RENAISSANCE ROCKERS: Come dance to the fabulous music of this very popular and talented group on Fri., Feb. 8 from 7:00 to 10:00pm. Tickets will go on sale next Monday, January 21 and continue on Jan 28 as well as Feb. 4. Tickets are $10.00 each and seats are reserved with your ticket purchase. Ticket sales are final.for ticket purchases at other times, call Cheryl/Vern Vogel at 956-451-5710/ Hope to see you there!!
WANTED: FUN AND FESTIVITIES! Please come and join us for a Tailgate Party on Friday Feb. 22nd. Social hour starting at 5:30, dinner and games to follow. Wear your favorite team colors. A prize will be given for the best dressed fan. Tickets will be sold Feb. 4th, 11th and 18th at the Monday morning meeting. Cost will be $10 for your choice of Brats, Burgers or Chili dogs, plus sides. Hope to see you there! Dawn Bowers and Terry Leech Stitch in Time Stitch in Time is meeting on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm in the fireplace room for all kinds of stitching projects. We invite anyone interested in learning how to knit or crochet. Hope to see you there! SRV Photo Directory A committee has begun organizing a new photo directory for our community. We will be making the book ourselves and hope that all residents will have their picture taken to be included in the directory. We will begin making appointments in the next few weeks, so watch for more information in The Villager or at the Monday meeting. Social Calendar for 2019-2020 The social calendar for next year is currently being set. Chairpersons will be contacted to verify that they are willing to chair activities next year and to set the date for events. We are always looking for people to lead activities, so if you are willing to be a chairperson, please tell any of the social board officers. The social board wants to give a big thank you to those people who are volunteering their time and talent. SUPER SAVINGS FIESTA Coupon Books are here! UPDATE!!! Purchase a book and save money at restaurants, retail, entertainment, sporting events, museums, and more! Each book is $10.00; $2.00 from each sale will be returned to the Social Club. Using one or two coupons will pay for your book. See Dee Nelson at the Social Club meetings on Monday mornings, or call her at 956-351-5827. UPDATE: Coupons for businesses in our area include ihop, Dairy Queen, El Pato, Slim Chickens, Stars Drive-in, Taco Palenque, El Zarape, Peter Piper Pizza, Ranch House, Lionel s Western Wear, Tierra Santa, National Lube Express, Payne Auto Group, etc. (New York Deli in Weslaco does not make bagels. Manager of Golden Corral in Weslaco will not honor coupon.) ****************************************************************************************************************************** Villager Information: Because we have so many new people I would like to reiterate how to access the Siesta Villager, our weekly newsletter. It is available the Sat. before our Monday meetings on the website: www.siestaretirementvillage.com. Go to the tab marked news. Then, you will enter the user name and password listed below. You may also purchase a copy at the Monday meetings for$.25. If you want to have time to read it over before the Monday meeting, access on the website. 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, email to siestavillager@gmail.com or call me at 712-253-0724. We will use the current format for now. Also, if you email, please put whatever it is you want in the Villager in the body of the email, 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 email. So, please make sure I have your updated email address. Remember, access the website: siestaretirementvillage.com and user name is srvresident password is thevillager. (all lower case, no spaces) There is no fee to list your events in the Villager. You may reach people that are not able to attend all Monday meetings. Thankyou..Linda Glorfield ****************************************************************************************************************************** Here are the user IDs and passwords for the Corporate Corner Corporate Corner user id srvresident, password boardroom Wi Fi in Village Hall and Library, password March1977 Linda Glorfield. COPIES If you need copies made Wednesday mornings Sharon Marsh will be in the Office from 9 to noon to make them for you. Thanks If you know of someone who should receive a card from us, contact Dixie Christopherson phone#641-201-1494 CARDS SENT: Carol Jarworski and Walter both fell and won t be back until Feb. Fred Rasmussen passed away Steve Glorfield and Gayle Mead suffered falls but both were at the meeting. We are still wanting to sell a few more bricks to complete the two walls around the shower out in the pool area. Remember, these donations go to pool accessories for that area. This has been a very successful effort with many people stepping up to donate money and then design a brick for themselves. Last week I mentioned having different groups get together to donate the money and design a brick.so come on everyone let s see some bricks for the shufflers, the pool players, some of the card players, things like that! We would greatly appreciate everyone participating. If you have any questions, call me at 651-207-3730. Thank you! TREASURE HUT NEWS Treasure Hut Hours have changed they now are: Mondays 10:00 to Noon, Wednesdays 8:00 to 11:00, and the Second Saturday of the month 8:00 to 11:00. Thank you for your contributions and remember we take clean, working items. We Do Not take old TV( we do take working flat screens), computers, printers. Please check with the Hut if you have any questions. We still have crutches, walkers, bath chairs, potty chairs, wheel chairs and canes that can be checked out and returned. The Hut Crew CERAMICS CERAMICS CERAMICS Want to learn how to do ceramics? Please join us on Wednesday mornings at 9:00-12:00. We have some supplies on hand to help you get started. If you are an old pro and want to join us, please do. For more information contact Donna Thorson
SPORTS AND GAMES McAllen Senior Olympics Golf Note by Mark McQuire The Siesta Village team of Deena Oungst, Tom Oungst, Jon Oehrlein and Mark McGuire finished tied for 4th out of 23 teams at the Senior Olympics Golf tournament at Palm View Country Club. Deana, also won the award for longest drive for women. Congratulations to all. LADIE S GOLF 1-22-19 YIKES, What a blustery day. I fought the wind and the wind won! All 12 lady golfers can attest to this. We had a group competition as well as the individual game. Group #@ consisting of Sharon B, Kay K, Shirley S, and Linda E had the best score. The lowest overall individual score was Linda E, with a score of 35. Congratulations! Linda E, Peggy S and Dawn B all had birdies. Great fun. Peggy SD had a chip in. Jean Karaba BRIDGE WINNERS 1-21-19 Jack Morrison Tom Klein Erryl Mendenhall WOMEN S POOL BY Georgia Brown Women s pool is getting under way after the meetings on Monday and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. We hope to see more women take an interest in this sport, no matter what your skill level is. We are sure you will have fun. Don t worry if you don t have a cue, there will be plenty to spare in the pool room. Hope to see you there! GOLDEN OLYMPICS Stew McCray won the Gold medal at Eddie's in McAllen TX in the 10 ball in 50-70 age group. Men's pool is Monday-Saturday 3:00-5;00pm come and join us. 500 Winners were: 1-22-19 Table 1 - Roger Aker Table 2 - Shirley Steinmetz Table 3 - Jim Swenson Submitted by Sharon Marsh Poker is being played on Tuesday and Wed nights at 7pm. Dealer s choice on Tuesday and Texas Hold em on Wed. Play at the Men s Club. For information, contact Phil Donnelly 319-290-9635
CANASTA 1-21-19 The cards were flying for canasta with 26 residents having lots of fun and fellowship. The winners were as follows: Table 1 - Chris Christopherson, Push Forward and Jim Klima Table 2 - Margie Hylton, Coleen Morrison and Jeanne Cisewski Table 3 - Mary Thompson, Michele Dextras and Morris Wright Table 4 - Lorne Hill and Angie Hill Table 5 - Jane Peterson and Lois Greinke Submitted by Wanda Fox Dominoes will start at 6:45 PM on Wednesday s. DOMINOES WINNERS Table 1. Kae Winchar, Jim Ackerman Table 2. Bob Lamb, Angie Hill, Germaine Michaud Table 3. Karen Gordon, Joyce Dennison, Pat Linder Table 4. Sherrill Wright, Linda Bacon, Mary Anne Fiedle Judith Ackerman SHUFFLEBOARD Come to Hoss collar on Thursdays at 6:15 p.m. Bring $1.00 and plan on having FUN. No experience necessary. Dixie Christopherson