Trip to Padre

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Next Years Cancer Walk

Committee met on March 29 to discuss the Jan. 17, 2012 Cancer Walk in our park. Some areas discussed included:

All proceeds will stay in the Rio Grande Valley.

Walkers, bikers and anyone else wishing to contribute will receive a free tee shirt for a $20 donation. Both men & women are encouraged to participate.

Anyone may purchase a paper “mini-shirt” for a $5 donation. These will be posted in Friendship Hall. On this mini-shirt, it would be noted that the donation is “given by” and “in memory or support of" whoever the contributor names. You may purchase as many of these mini-shirts as you wish. We know cancer has affected everyone in our park in one way or another....and you may have more than one person you wish to honor.

If you wish to sign up for the walk (and free tee shirt) you may contact Mary Lou Benson by calling her at 956-532-9665 .. or by email at mlbendyb@gmail.com. Sizes of shirts that will be available are S-M-L-XL-XXL-XXXL. We'll be ordering shirts early in December in a variety of colors so if you have a color you prefer, please let Mary Lou know when you sign up. After the initial order we will order extra shirts but you would possibly not have as wide a choice of colors and/or sizes.

Questions may be addressed to any committee member .. Jan Philipp, Mary Lou Benson, Dianna Bruce, Rita Henningsen, Catherine Gibbs, Anita Madsen.

Monday, March 28th

The Philipps and the Bensons just returned from a fishing trip to Lake Conroe. they said the R.V. s are one after the other heading North! I hope you all will email me and give me some info for the blog. If you have something you think we would all be interested in whether its a fun trip you have taken, a get-to-gether with your R.V.E. friends, whatever, take a picture and send it to me!! If you have a milestone anniversary, let me know and I will be glad to post a picture. Let us see some of your beautiful garden and flower pictures anything you would like for us to see. It sure doesn't have to be sickness or deaths, we all enjoy "good" news and fun photos
and I will try to keep you all posted on this end.
We are really starting to get Summer temperatures here, even a triple digit possibly next week.
Irene sent cards to Gary Jass, tumor in throat, Al Mason, back surgery, Matt Miller family, on death of Gloria Hausers Brother, a card to Ray and Margaret Davis on the death of his Sister, and a card to Jeannie Burkinshaw in hosp. for staff infection.
The April and November Club Chairman will be Darlene Bryant, asst. will be Bev Telfor.
We will still have our Wed. Happy Hour but it will be in the breezeway, bring your own drinks and snacks.
We talked about the Wi-fi problems and I think alot of the folks espeically in the R.V. section had a terrible time this year, they would get internet service off and on all season,and really would like to see someone come in who is a professional and fix things, but Walter Piper says it woould cost all of us a huge amount of money to do this. It's advertised in the brichures for our park..free Wi-Fi, maybe it should say free Wi-Fi on occasion... lol! I wonder if other parks have this much trouble, you would think a professional could come in and give some advice at least.
We enjoy going over to the American Legion in Pharr, Sweetwater band plays two nights a week and a one man band plays a couple nights also, Huge hamburgers on Monday nights, and 50-50 draw. there's a taco night and a really good fish Seafood night on Fridays. Shrimp, chicken and fish combos.Turn South on Cage St.it's on the left just after crossing Kelly.

St. Patty's Day Irish Stew Feed

This greeting card personalized with Smilebox

The 50's Dance Slideshow

This is quite long, Mary lou sent me the slideshow and I added pictures I had made and some Marge Rexroad made.Hope you enjoy the show!

50's Dance

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Monday

We had a usual meeting this morning, we had a voting of 1 person on Property's and 1 on Finance. Ken Barnhart won for the Property's and Mary Lantis won for Finance
I have news for everyone! We are going to be doing a photo album or park directory next year. We will start taking pictures in September of this year, of year around people. Just to let you know if you are new to the park...a professional photographer will come in and set up behind the stage, you will have an appointment time and he will take 4 or 5 poses of you and your pet if you desire, and right away you get to view the proofs and pic the one for the photo album, you make also pick another pose for some pictures you would like. There will be picture pkgs to choose from, the main ones will include your directory free,you will receive a free picture just for being photographed, and you will get your picture in the album, if in time for Christmas you may also choose some Christmas cards with your pictures on them. They also offer address cards. Maybe some of you have just recently had photos taken of yourselves, and do not wish to order additional pictures,you will find the professionally done phtos to be much cheaper in price then most photo studios charge.
We want everyone that stays here in the park to get their picture in the album.
You will receive your pictures in 3 weeks or so, and your album will be here when you return in the Fall. As they put them all together in the Summer.