Wednesday Morning News, March 18, 2015

Our Numbers Are Going Down.

We went from 731 to 675 this week.

Lost and Found:

A silver hoop earring was found in the Large Hall and is in the Lost and Found in the Business Office.

Important Information:

Something new at Winter Ranch:  You may now pay for the season with a credit card.

Eagle Pass Trip:  One of the people on the Eagle Pass Trip had their credit card compromised so if you went on that trip, you might want to check your credit card.

Mailing Labels:  As you are getting ready to return North, please make sure you leave labels for the Mail Room to forward your mail.  They cannot use the really small labels.  You must have labels that will cover the address on the envelope.  If you need mailing labels, you can order them in the Business Office from the Computer Group.  There is a small charge for the service.

Leaving the Park:  Remember when you get ready to head North, you need to have all your stuff put away and battened down.  We do experience hurricane winds once in awhile and your grills, bicycles, plant and pots should all be secured.  If they are not secured they can fly off and damage other property in the park or hurt someone.

Picture Directories:  The directories are now available.  Pick yours up in the Activities Office.  There are still 35 people who have not picked theirs up.  There are also some extra directories if you need another one.  They are $10 per book.  The counting has been done and there are extra copies of the directories that may be purchased now.

Border Patrol:  The Border Patrol was here last Thursday.  They have an App for reporting suspicious activity, sending a tip or location.  There is a poster on the board across from the Mail Room.

The Internet in Activity Room #3:  The internet is not working and we will be working with AT&T to get it resolved.  Once it is fixed the internet will be available until we leave the park in mid-April.  We can’t leave the equipment in the room during the summer as it would fry.

Bring a Friend Campaign:  Bring a friend that stays one month and you can earn a $50 reward.  If you have a new person come to the park and they stay a month, they get one free week.  If they stay two months, they get an additional two weeks free.  If they stay three months, they would get an additional consecutive month free.                                                              

Golden Olympics:  

We had all our residents who participated in the Golden Olympics come up front so that we could take a picture.    

We had a lot of people participate this year and that is just awesome.   We also had quite a few medal winners and that list is as follows:  

35^th Annual “Texas Edition” Golden Age Olympics

WINTER RANCH 2015 Awards

BOWLING SINGLES – Flight A Men

3rd Place – Leon Green

BOWLING DOUBLES – Flight B Men

2nd Place – Lud Lerdon and Jim Thomas

BOWLING MIXED DOUBLES – Flight A

1st Place - Judy Good and Leon Green

BOWLING TEAM – Flight A 2nd Place – Al Clary, Judy Good, Steve Good, Leon Green and Diana Wiedaier

BOWLING TEAM – Flight B 2nd Place – Albert Bell, Janis Bell, Connie Lerdon, Lud Lerdon, Jim Thomas

BOWLING TEAM – Flight C 3rd Place – Kathy Doddridge, Bob Doddridge, Fred Kosanke, Diane Kosanke, Larry Liebig, Jim Thomas, Lud Lerdon and Connie Lerdon

CROSSWORD – Women 1st Place – Marcia Fabricius

EUCHRE – 3rd Place – Don Draker and Marcus Lawrence

HORSESHOES – Men 70+ C 1st Place – Don Draker

HORSESHOES – Men 70+ D Robert Haskell

MINI GOLF – Mixed Doubles Boomers 1st Place – Bill Snyder and Jean Snyder

RACE WALK – Women 73 and Over 1st Place – Flo Reid

The Great Chase 3rd Place – Lee Benfield, Mary Benfield, Bob Campbell and Linda Campbell

WALK AND TALK – 3rd Place for Participation went to Winter Ranch

 CALENDAR:

The last Greeting Card Class is today after the park meeting.

Last Dance of the season:   Sweet Water on Friday, March 20th at 7 PM - $5.

Bus Trip to Art Studio By Design for today (March 18) was cancelled – we didn’t have enough signed up.

There is still a lot of room on the Bus Trip to the Hockey Game on March 19^th at 6:30 PM.  Veterans can go for free (bring some ID) and everyone else pays $7.  We are sharing the bus with Trophy Gardens so we have 22 seats.   The tickets have now been purchased for this bus trip.

Bus Trip on March 21^st to Progresso for the Winter Texan Appreciation Day.  Jack and Donna will be taking you there, leaving at 10 AM and returning at 2 PM.   Signup was Wednesday at 11 AM in the Small Hall.  Trophy Gardens will not be using many of the seats on their side of the bus so if you want to come, stop in the office and sign up. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We still need some help cleaning the kitchen tomorrow from 9 to Noon.  There’s only four of us signed up thus far and we could sure use some more help.  The stove does not need to be cleaned as Barb DeGaramo took care of that ugly chore earlier this week.  THANKS MUCH, Barb!

The dance Friday night is our last dance of the season.  We still need people for the concession stand.  Signup is on the bulletin board across from the Mail Room. 

We also need a couple of dippers for the ice cream social this Sunday.  The signup is on the bulletin board across from the Mail Room.

Need help with ice cream on Sunday.  Still need a couple of dippers – sign up on the volunteer board.