RVE CLUB MEETING – Chair Person Sharon Sprague called the meeting to order at 9 o’clock. We recited “Pledge to the Flag” & sang “God Bless America”. Meeting closed by singing club song, ”We Love Our Valley Home”.
Accompanist – Cathy Probst
Invocation - Darlene Bryant
Secretary Report – Dana Daves
Treasurer Report – Sandy Olson
MANAGEMENT REPORT: Jan and Dan introduced the new Assistant Mgrs. Bil and Annie Perkins.
Mgr. Dan said their mission is to establish a safe, secure, comfortable, fun place for us! Also that Spectrum is being installed and hopefully by the first of the year we will have free internet and basic cable, and if you choose to upgrade you will pay extra for that.
Website for park is riovalleyestates.com
Board Members -- Properties – George Morgan, Lynn Stamp, Mark Probst; Finance – Vicki Davis, Gordon Amos, Sandy Olson. If you have issues you’d like to present or discuss, you may contact a board member. They sit in a group up toward the right front of Friendship Hall prior to Monday meetings.
Wear name tags. This will help us meet new residents .. and help us remember their names! Mgr. Jan said they will be ordering badges for people.
Donna Gabbert asks you to call 956-968-6684 when you know of someone needing card due to illness/death in family. Cards to sign are in office area. If you call Donna, leave message & name. She will return calls if she knows who called. Donna made 56 cards for folks this last year and a half
Donna Gabbert keeps us informed with a blog. Find it at www.donnasramblingsatrve.blogspot.com Her email is bodogabby@aol.com.
Club website by Judi DeKoning is RVEWTC.com .. for “members only”, the password is riovalley.
This is the FIRST park newsletter of the season. Editor is Donna Gabbert 956-968-6684, until Mary Lou returns, Mary Lou Benson, 956-532-9665. Please give her WRITTEN note of item you wish printed. Some may be edited for content/size. Give notes to Mary Lou at Monday morning meetings or you may deliver to her at Lot #103. There is a clip on the front of steps if no one is home.
If you wish something printed Valley-wide of an activity OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, give note to Mary Lou as well. Some news media (Winter Texan Times in particular) will only take items for winter Texan calendar from ONE person in the park. Mary Lou has done this for many years .. but if anyone else wishes to do this, jump right in, let Mary Lou know! 😊
New folks to the park, Pam Bruskern lot 3, from Iowa Harry & Deb Olshewski, D-9, from Canada, Harold & Shirley Mack, 157 from S.Dakota, Dan & Julie Laurance, 233, from Iowa
Miscellaneous Announcements
Some activities have begun Some include TIC tournaments on Wed. evening, Dummy Rummy tournaments on Sat. morning. Mexican Train, new time, 6:00
Dave Johnson chairs Shuffling Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 8:30 He encourages new shufflers to come see what this is all about. New shufflers needed! See schedule of activities on 1st page left of this weekly newsletter. If you’re new to the park, don’t be afraid to “jump in”. It’s a great way to get acquainted. Rio Valley Estates is known as the FRIENDLIEST park in the Valley! Anyone who has ideas for new games/activities should suggest them.
Dave Johnson #93 does park directories, he will need your name and phone nos. for the next park directory
Activity Calendars are posted by Judi DeKoning. Editor thanks Judi for putting these up. Between that & what editor “remembers” from last season, names of chairmen are shown in left column, front page of newsletter. Let Mary Lou or Judi know of changes or corrections please! If you wish a copy as they update send an email to judideke@gmail.com, include your name and put Calenders in the subject line.
A big thank you to the gals who have decorated the dog park area with plants , a statue etc, very nice!
Several of the entertainers have cancelled this year, the gals are workimg on it.
We will have a Christmas program hopefully the little children from Cleckler Elementery school will return
Besure to sign-up if coming to Thanksgiving Dinner, there's a sign-up sheet in the hall.
Remember Church starts at 9:00 now
Al Lenius says Dummy Rummy starts Sat. at 9:00 a.m. , bring a dollars worth of dimes !!!
Mark Probst says our icemachine is running ok now, thanks to George for fixing it, but the warranty has expired, hopefully we won't have any problems with it. Mark says the new chairs are too large to put under the stage so finding a place to store them is a problem, may have to put them somewhere in the back room. The new chairs cost $31.50 each , the old chairs were all sold.
Dances Craig and Dana Daves Chairs the dances and said all the entertainers for dances are all coming 1st dance is Jan. 3rd
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