We went from 810 to 749 this week
Have a Safe Trip Home!
GO BEES!!!
IMPORTANT
NEWS:
Next Year’s Rates: The new rates are in.
1 Month - $593
2 Months - $1186 (593/mo)
3 Months - $1502 (500.67/mo)
4 Months - $1800 (450/mo)
5 Months - $2105 (421/mo)
6 Months - $2340 (390/mo)
6 + 3 Payments - $2538 -$846 due 4/1/14 (423/mo)
Yearly - $2976 (248/mo)
Next Year’s Rates: The new rates are in.
1 Month - $593
2 Months - $1186 (593/mo)
3 Months - $1502 (500.67/mo)
4 Months - $1800 (450/mo)
5 Months - $2105 (421/mo)
6 Months - $2340 (390/mo)
6 + 3 Payments - $2538 -$846 due 4/1/14 (423/mo)
Yearly - $2976 (248/mo)
The Office has started
with the switching of lots this week. If you are new and need more
information on this, please stop in the Business Office.
- Monday (6 mo+ permanent units only – park models and permanently placed RV’s)
- Tuesday (6 mo RVers only)
- Wednesday (5 mo RVers only)
- Thursday (4 mo RVers only)
- Friday (3 mo RVers only)
- Saturday (open to the public for whatever is available)
Full information sheet
available in the Business Office!
1st Responders Pager System – If you are unfamiliar with the process, please
review the 1st Responder Page to the right of this post under
Current Information. It tells you how to
make a call to 1st Responders and gives other vital information that
you should know if you stay at Winter Ranch.
PLEASE DO NOT call 1st Responders and speak into the
phone. This is automated pager
system. You must dial in the location
where you are – either your Lot No. or the building number that you are in. These numbers are posted in each building. No one can respond to your call without you
entering location that you are at.
Senior Olympics: Marcia Fabricius asked that
anyone who participated in the Senior Olympics come to the next Wednesday
morning meeting and wear their shirts and if you won a medal, please wear that
also. We’d like it if everyone who
participated come to the meeting so that we can see what types of activities
Winter Ranch participated in and how many medals we won. We would also like some group pictures for
the blog!
Ladies Luncheon: Marsha Bender announced this
morning that due to some miscommunications the Ladies Luncheon Group needs a
Chair and Co-Chair for next season. If a
couple of people do not step up to the plate, we will not have the Ladies
Luncheons next season and we’d hate to see that happen! Please see Marsha Bender at Lot No. 592.
Scams: Patty reported that there are a couple of
scams that are going around the park. We
had fake roofers come in and others coming in stating that our windows needed
to be replaced. If anyone comes to your
door trying to sell you something or fix something, please notify the office
right away. We had some people lose some
money last week. We do not allow sales
people to go door to door in the park.
If you haven’t contacted them, they shouldn’t be knocking at your door!
Activity Coordinators: It is now time to fill out your Activities
Scheduling sheet requesting dates for your events for next season. These
sheets are outside the Activities Office (they're hot pink this year).
All potlucks on Sunday next year will be from Noon to 2 PM. When filling out your requests, give first and second choice
of dates, time of day, the date you filled out the form, type of activity and a
contact person with telephone and/or e-mail address.
Pictorial Directory: The Activities Office has a stack of pictures for people that didn’t place an order but are entitled to a free picture. Stop in and pick yours up. Please stop in to pick them up any time the office is open except Mondays or Wednesdays when the Activities Office is just swamped with other things going on.
Non-pictorial Directories are now on sale for $2 each after the Wednesday morning meetings. You can also purchase them during the week in the Business Office. We have found some errors and there is a Error Sheet included in the directory.
Pictorial Directory: The Activities Office has a stack of pictures for people that didn’t place an order but are entitled to a free picture. Stop in and pick yours up. Please stop in to pick them up any time the office is open except Mondays or Wednesdays when the Activities Office is just swamped with other things going on.
Non-pictorial Directories are now on sale for $2 each after the Wednesday morning meetings. You can also purchase them during the week in the Business Office. We have found some errors and there is a Error Sheet included in the directory.
Before you leave for
the season:
1) Make sure you have mail
forwarding labels for the Mail Room. You can bring us your own or
you can let the Business Office know that you need some labels. The
Computer Group will do them for you for a slight fee (30 labels for A$3).
2) Make sure you put away all the stuff at your
site. Don’t leave anything out that could blow away in high winds or
float away in heavy rains. Remember we do experience hurricane winds
during the time that you are away. Even if you think something is too
heavy to have to be put away, put it away!!
3) If you have staples that you don’t want to take home with you, you can donate
them to ARISE. Please make sure the food hasn’t expired yet. Canned
goods and other food staples (non-refrigerated items) can be dropped off in the
box in the Small Hall by the back door to the Business Office.
Christmas Stockings for the 2014/15 Season: When you are seeing sales on items that could be used for the Christmas stockings next year, we thought you would like to know what we have left over from this year that we will use next year. For example, we have 343 stockings so we probably won't need to buy any more of those next year! The following are what is on hand:
Stockings: 343
Shampoo: 12
Conditioner: 0
Soap: 24
Lotion: 13
Stuffed Animals: 15
Small Toys: 77
Sticker Books: 1
Girl's Brushes: 8
Girl's Socks: 12
Christmas Stockings for the 2014/15 Season: When you are seeing sales on items that could be used for the Christmas stockings next year, we thought you would like to know what we have left over from this year that we will use next year. For example, we have 343 stockings so we probably won't need to buy any more of those next year! The following are what is on hand:
Stockings: 343
Shampoo: 12
Conditioner: 0
Soap: 24
Lotion: 13
Stuffed Animals: 15
Small Toys: 77
Sticker Books: 1
Girl's Brushes: 8
Girl's Socks: 12
GOLF COURSE:
1)
You MUST wear a badge while you are on the golf course. If you do not,
you may be asked to leave the course. We believe we are starting to have
people from outside the park use the course and the only way to know for sure
is to enforce this rule which has been in place for years.
2)
If you are going to use the handicapped path at the Golf Course, you need to
stop in the Activities Office and obtain a blue flag for your golf cart.
3) If there is any trouble on the Golf Course, call Larry or Cathy Chapin.
4)
Juan will be mowing grass at any time on the golf course. He must
continue mowing even during golf scrambles as he only has three days to get the
mowing done. He will pullover and try to get out of your way but do not
ask him to quit mowing.
5) Larry and the new Manager from Trophy who has some experience in managing golf
courses will be implementing some changes next season.
Recent Events:
Senior Olympics - Walk and Talk Event
Our Winter Ranch Participants
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Dairy Queen Bingo:
Entertainment - Razz Ma Tazz:
"God Bless The Child"
"Hello Muddah"
Thank
Yous:
Senior Olympics - Walk and Talk Event
Our Winter Ranch Participants
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| Al Hight Calling Bingo |
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| Miriam Hight and Mary Benfield |
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| Bob Banister and Herb Holmquist |
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| Jean Holmquist and Kathy Banister |
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| Marge and Woody Wohlleber |
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| Ginni and Dick Toman, Lonnie Brush and Josie Ferring |
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| Sharon Williamson and Carolyn Nieland |
Entertainment - Razz Ma Tazz:
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| Audience |
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| Razz Ma Tazz |
"Stupid Cupid"
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| Razz Ma Tazz |
My Little Calendar Girl
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| Razz Ma Tazz |
Last Ladies' Luncheon of the Season:
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| Table Decorations |
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| Carlos - Our Entertainment |
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| Nice Group of Women |
For more pictures of the Ladies Luncheon, see the Blog Archives for March 10th.
Lynn
thanked all the Coordinators and Chairs of different activities at Winter
Ranch. There are more than 80 of
them. She said to check out who these
people are, see the Contact List or Who is Who on the right hand side of this
page under Current Info. She had all
the volunteers who have served in any capacity this season to stand up and
it looked like half the room stood up.
There are a lot of activities and functions at our park and it takes an
army to keep them all going. Lynn said “without the
volunteers, this park would not be the park that it is.”
Lynn
also thanked all the people who brought JD food during January and
February when Lynn
didn’t have time to cook. She said
without them, JD would have been eating peanut butter on raisin bread most of
the time!
Carol Earley thanked everyone that attended the Gospel
Show on Sunday, the 9th of March. The canned food donations went to the Food
Pantry at ARISE.
JD thanked Donna and Dave Lewis for all
their work in the kitchen this season.
She does an absolutely great job and he is going to miss her next
season. JD is looking for several sets
of people to fill in for Donna and her crews.
He has some but would love to here from anyone else who is interested in
helping out.
General
News:
Crochet Group: There is a yellow canister in the Business Office where you can donate change toward the purchase or yarn for the Crochet Group.
Ladies, if you find a really good sale on yarn, go ahead and purchase the yarn and bring it with you next season. The Crochet Group will reimburse you for the purchase.
Crochet Group: There is a yellow canister in the Business Office where you can donate change toward the purchase or yarn for the Crochet Group.
Ladies, if you find a really good sale on yarn, go ahead and purchase the yarn and bring it with you next season. The Crochet Group will reimburse you for the purchase.
- Special Olympics: The Crochet Group are making scarves for the Special Olympics. They needed 2700 of them. This past season we managed to make more than 80 red and black scarves in just two weeks. This coming year they want the scarves to be 6” x 54” long and in blue and green stripes. They’ve made 90 for next year already but will be making more.
- Veterans’ Operation Gratitude: The Crochet Group are also making scarves for the military. They want scarves that are 5” x 48” long in subtle colors. You can used red, white and blue colors but they don’t want the three color together.
Annual Winter Ranch vs Trophy Gardens Golf Tournament was being held during
the meeting this morning. The entry fee
was $2 each and the money was donated to the Good Samaritan Project.
Calendar Updates:
St Patrick’s Day Parade: Trophy Gardens and Winter Ranch will again have the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Winter Ranch people can line up at Lot 658 at 3:20 and we’ll go as a group over to Trophy. This parade will be bigger than last year. It will arrive in Winter Ranch about 4 to 4:15 PM and be going down Wrangler and Bunkhouse. Winter Ranch parade people have been invited to the Corned Beef and Cabbage celebration at Trophy Gardens. Bring a covered dish and a chair. The biker elephants were specifically requested to be in the parade. They were really cute!
Karaoke will
be going on through the month of March.
There is a Roundup this
week and JD says we’ll feed you – not sure what yet! Lynn Dvorak will be the entertainment. He does country/variety music and is a featured performer at the Don-Wes Flea Market.
Dairy Queen Bingo – Bingo is again being held on Monday nights at 6
PM
at the Alamo Dairy Queen. Next season the DQ in Alamo would like to change
the time from 2 to 3 PM on Mondays.
We still need a caller from the park!
The last jam of the season will be this
Saturday. Let’s all get out and thank
Jody and Dave Nunn for their past service and give them a great sendoff.
Kitchen Coordination
Meeting: On March 20th at 10
AM,
JD would like to meet with all the new people who have volunteered to work in
the kitchen for the jams, etc. He still
needs a few more kitchen volunteers!
Dance Schedule
March 14, 2014 – Jealous Heart is back for the last dance of the season.
Bus Trips
Mar 17
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8:15 AM
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Texas Gold Shrimp
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$12
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Lunch on your own – 11
seats left
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Mar 20
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5:15 PM
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Ol’ D’s Soda Shop
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free
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Dinner on your own –
seat available
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Mar 21
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9 AM-2 PM
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Mexico Winter Texan Appreciation Day in Progreso
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Bus to Border for
Appreciation Day
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Mar 25
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6:30 PM
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Symphonic Band
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Tours:
Gail Field, our Tour Director from Trophy Gardens, has put up a trip to New Orleans on February 22nd (next season). If you want a brochure on this, please sign up for that. It will not mean you have decided to go just that you want more information on it.
Dance this Friday:
We still need 50/50 people
and kitchen help.
Kitchen Cleanup:
Next Wednesday JD needs volunteers
to help clean up the kitchen and get things put away for next season. If you’ve used the kitchen any time this
season, please come and help. See JD for
times.
Ladies Luncheon: Marsha Bender announced this
morning that due to some miscommunications the Ladies Luncheon Group needs a
Chair and Co-Chair for next season. If a
couple of people do not step up to the plate, we will not have the Ladies
Luncheons next season and we’d hate to see that happen! Please see Marsha Bender at Lot No. 5 92.
Lynn is looking for a caller
for Dairy Queen Bingo for next season. Next season the DQ would
like to change the time to Mondays from 2 to 3
PM.
If we get a caller, we’ll get it going again!
JD needs a caller for Bingo on Saturday night for next season. He may need kitchen help for that also. If we don’t get a caller, we won’t have Saturday night Bingo.
Needed Cooks - Donna Lewis is retiring from the kitchen. JD is looking for a few people to take over her duties. He would like several people who could cook for the jam once a month rather than having the same person every week. You can make what you like – bring you grandmother’s recipes in.
Used Furniture, beds, bedding, appliances, dishes, bicycles, household and kitchen items are needed by unfortunate people in the community. If you are getting rid of something, check with Dale Loerch. He will most likely find a home for any of your unwanted items. Dale reported today that he delivered at least 20 couches, recliners and beds to the ARISE area and he said they were really needed!
Campbell’s Soup Labels and Cereal Box Tops for Education are needed for Children’s Haven. Jeanne Helmer is collecting them. You can take them to the Activity Office.
JD needs a caller for Bingo on Saturday night for next season. He may need kitchen help for that also. If we don’t get a caller, we won’t have Saturday night Bingo.
Needed Cooks - Donna Lewis is retiring from the kitchen. JD is looking for a few people to take over her duties. He would like several people who could cook for the jam once a month rather than having the same person every week. You can make what you like – bring you grandmother’s recipes in.
Used Furniture, beds, bedding, appliances, dishes, bicycles, household and kitchen items are needed by unfortunate people in the community. If you are getting rid of something, check with Dale Loerch. He will most likely find a home for any of your unwanted items. Dale reported today that he delivered at least 20 couches, recliners and beds to the ARISE area and he said they were really needed!
Campbell’s Soup Labels and Cereal Box Tops for Education are needed for Children’s Haven. Jeanne Helmer is collecting them. You can take them to the Activity Office.
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The
50/50 Drawing this morning raised $80 for the Video Room! .
