Our Monday meeting

We had a good meeting this morning.I will give a little more detail as some of you are reading this and arent down here yet. Darlene Bryant called the meeting to order and Marge Rexroad gave the invocation. Our mgr. Connie announced the lighting contest winners, which I posted already. Ken borah from the Properties Committee, said they are woking on a light above the Veterans board, Art Voss reported that the attendance at the dances is down this year, and Lyle Beaver will be playing for the New Years Dance.
Irene Quail reported cards sent to Hausers, death of his Brother, Peg Hayelan cataract surgery, Dick Hilde was in the hosp. a short time, Arlene Jass is in the hosp. blood pressure.
Charlotte Therrien said Tom Wayne will be performing at our Friday night entertainment
Upcoming events Dec 31st, Citrus Drive breakfast, Jan. 11th, Aloe Vera farm tour,Jan 12th Spagetti feed, Jan. 13th the Veterans Luncheon, Jan.21st is the Luau
Jan. 28th 99 block party, Jan. 29th Kansas Day at Linns Buffet
We will be playing games in the pool room on New Years Eve, if you do not want to attend the dance, bring your favorite hoursdeovrve (sp)or snacks and come play.

December 28th

Hi all
We had a wonderful Christmas Dinner, over 280 signed up. The ham which was provided was sooo good, I had some prepared with the pineapple and it was way good then I had to try the plain ham, each was juicy and very tasty. After dinner Connie the mgr. gave out the names of the Christmas lighting contest winners...they were 1st place - Gene Koliba and Mary Freunshuh at #56, 2nd place was Gordon and Joyce Amos at #51 and 3rd place went to Dave and Marlys Hicks #227. In the park models the 1st place winner was Cleland and Ann Thorpe - #34, 2nd place went to Mary and Dick Hilde, A-5, and 3rd place winner was Gene and Phyllis Bouvet #402

For the quilters out there!

Twas the night before Christmas, I'm glued to the tree,
I'm wondering what Santa brought just for me,
Could it be fat quarters or a pattern
or lace? Or a quilt kit, I said, with a smile on my face.
And that's when I heard him,
"Hi Santa,"I said.
"You know....good little girls should be in their beds".
"I know I should Santa, and now I've been caught.
"Well lets take a look in the room where you work."
He shook his head quickly, And left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear.
"You've got enough stuff, I'll see you next year!"

Well, that's about right! But it's hard to turn down lovely fat quarters or pretty material, You always can find uses for more, right?

Dec. 21st

This morning was the regular meeting, free donuts!! But I was good and didn't have one!!!The usual reports from different Committees..were
Property committee report from Ken Borah who thanked the Spragues for donating the cabinet in the pool room, also he said no racing golf carts in the park, lol,
there are Grand kids here visiting!
Irene reported sending cards to Don Gordon, death of his Mother, Ron & Virginia Becker's daughter had a kidney transplant, Henrietta Johnson, hospital, George and Marion Fidler ,loss of her brother, Mary Hennigar, bladder repair, Doris LaFond had wrist surgery, Dar Griffins grand daughter passed away in Tenn.
Charlotte Therrien said the entertainment will be real good Fri. Tom Wayne Show.
There was a vote to change the by-laws to have our Chairman , chair for only one month but it was voted down the chair will stay in for 2 months
There was lots of events coming up that were mentioned, the usual ...
That's all for now!

Beautiful Lights

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Our Christmas Lights

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Monday December 14

We had our weekly meeting today. Darlene Bryant welcomed returning folks and Sharon Sprague had the invocation.
Manager Connie said there's complaints of people not picking up aftr their dogs, what else is new? Yearly complaints! They are going to resod the dog walk area and get rid of the thorns, kind of hard on their little feet to have to walk in them.
Also she said slow down when driving, that the speed limit is 15m.p.h. Ken borah said besure to wait to get your mail until after the mailman leaves, he may need to back up and some folks get right behind him.
Cards were sent to Bud Mauser, a thinking of you, John and Marie Slycord a thinking of you, Billie Wells cancer is back, Alice Matson's 89th birthday, Paul Davis , hosp. but home now, Arvin Brown, heart problems, Jan Philipp, had surgery on her sinus's.
Darlene Ales agreed to do french toast for 2 Saturdays with help from Bobby Thomas and others.
Park pizza party at Peter Pipers this Wednesday.
Sign up for Christmas dinner!
The shingles vacination can be gotten at the Hidalgo Health dept. Call for an appointment ! This is what I did and got right in. It's only $14.00 there. It was said the HiN1 flu vacine is in most all Drs. offices.
Tom and Connie Duffy are chairing a dinner for the Veterans and spouses,the cost is $3.00 each, get your tickets from Mary Christianson lot #6. There will be a few drawings for prizes.
Later!

Hildago Festival of Lights

We sure enjoyied our tour of the lights , the dinner and entertainment Thursday the 10th. It was quite cold and some of us (the smart ones) wore our long underwear and Winter coats, so we were pretty warm. We had a covered trolley but no windows panes. There are a few trolleys with glass windows and also a horse drawn one.
Every year the City of Hildago presents it's annual Festival of Lights there are sponsors who sponsor certain huge magnificant light displays, from Dec. 3rd to after New Years The tours with Dinner and trolley ride and entertainment are the 3rd thru the 16th, I believe. Our dinner was very good, the entertainment great and of course the displays all over town were so gorgeous, pictures don't do them justice but I have these 2 slide shows so you can view them and see some of what we saw. The entertainment for the night we went was a Frank Sinatra impersonator from Vegas and a large group of children from deep in Mexico, who sang many xmas songs in Spanish and had us sing along. Also they sang some beautiful other songs.
Across the street from where we ate and where the entertainment was and many wonderful light displays, are 3 huge beautiful homes owned by the Ayala family. all of which are some of the most brilliant displays in the City. Ramon Ayala, is well known in Mexico and U.S. and his band the bravos del Norte are very well known and have won numerous Latin and American Grammy Awards! also there are 3 live reindeer to view in pens near where we boarded the trolley, all this for $8.00 per person for all.
Dont know who that Eskimo looking chick is in the black coat but she was very warm while alot of other folks were shivering! That picture is in the first slideshow....hope you enjoy the slode shows.

Hildago Festival of Lights

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Hidalgo Festival of Lights

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Dec. 7th

We had a really good flea Market despite the inclimate weather. everyone seemed satisfied that their goodies sold well. The pies were sooo good and the sloppy joes were very tasty!
Today at our meeting we had our new chair, Darlene Bryant and Lu Scott was secretary. Bev Ostrander gave the invocation. Darlene had returning people stand and give their name and lot no. and there were quite a few.
Walter Piper was there with his 2 sons Todd and Scott. He reminded us that we need to make a drawing if we plan outside remodeling or expanding of sheds, carports or whatever. We need manager approval. They said how nice the mgrs. had the park looking and welcomed everyone back.
Irene Quail gave her report of cards sent: to Aloyce Berglund, 2nd eye surgery, Speedy LaFond, knee replascement, home and doing good, Bud Mauser will not be coming down on advice from his Dr. about traveling, a card to Cheryl Maxon who had tests at the hosp.,June Ingemalls has eye surgery, John and Marie Slycord still having health problems.
Charlotte Therrien said the 1st jam will be held this Thursday at 1 p.m.
the park Christmas party will be Dec. 11th at 7p.m.
the Christmas dinner will be on Christmas Day at noon, sign up for that, ham furnished. the Spragues are chairing the dinner.
That's about all for now!