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Rio Valley News...Rio Valley Estates Mobile Home/RV Resort, 715 N. Westgate Dr.,Weslaco, TX

Volume 46 NO. 2 Date: November 13, 2017 78596

SUNDAY

8:30 Church-Nov.–March– Dr. Tom Cassidy (communion last Sunday of the month)

2:30 Ice Cream not yet

3:00-4:00 Hymn Sing not yet

4:00-1st Sun. of Month – Karaoke Oct.-March Bev Telfor

7:00 M.T.Dominoes Dick Topel

MONDAY

8:30 (tee time) Golf Monte Cristo

9:00Coffee/Donuts Patty Lamp

9:15 Blood Pressure (behind stage) Nancy Gonnerman

9:30 Club Meeting April through November

Chairperson Darlene Bryant

Vice-Chairperson Sharon Sprague

Secretary Maxine Topel

Treasurer Jim Moeller

10:30 Senior Yoga Janie Maxwell

1:00 Canasta Fran Hryniw & Donna Gabbert

1:00 Bean Bags

1:00 Darts

6:30 Fifty Six

7:00 Thirty one Needing a chair if to be played

7:00-9:30 Dance Beginning Jan. 8, Roger Kenaston Band

TUESDAY-FRIDAY-

7:25 Regular Exercise 8:00 Walking Exercise

MONDAY-SATURDAY

8:00 & 8:45 Aqua Exercise Sharon Sprague

TUESDAY

9:00 15 cent Shuffling Dave Johnson

9:30 Line Dancing not yet

9:30 Charity Quilting Marge Rexroad

10:30 Senior Yoga Janie Maxwell

1:00 Ladies 8-Ball Pool not yet

1:00 Bridge Dick Gibson

1:00 Regular Dominoes ..Learners welcome.. Chris Stephens

7:00 M T Dominoes Dick Topel

7:00 Euchre Mark Wieners

WEDNESDAY

9:00 Mixed Shuffling Dave Johnson

9:00 Bridge Lessons Dick Gibson

9:13 (1^st tee time) Golf, Tierra Santa

11:30 Pizza Party (2^nd & 4^th week) Rickes & Goodwins

1:00 Bean Bag

1:00 Canasta Fran Hryniw

4:00 Happy Hour Hot Dogs this week, bring non-meat dish to share

6:30 Tic (draw for # at 6:20) Sharon Sprague

7:00 Cribbage David & June Clement

7:00 Hand and foot

THURSDAY

9:30 Line Dancing not yet

10:30 Senior Yoga Janie Maxwell

1:00 Bridge Dick Gibson

7:00 Pitch (draw for # at 6:30)

7:00 Free Movie not yet

FRIDAY

9:00 Shuffling Dave Johnson

9:15 Bowling, Pins & Cues Mary Lou Sirovy

9:30 Bible Study Tom Cassidy leads

12:30 Golf at Executive (signup 10:30 a.m.) Dean Ricke

1:00 Canasta Fran Hryniw

5:00 Pot Luck not yet Bruce & Billie Wells chair

7:00 Entertainment Beginning Jan. 5 with “Goldwing”

SATURDAY

7:00-8:30 Breakfast Volunteers ??

9:00 Dummy Rummy LeRoy Larson, Del Telfor

9:30 Choir Practice

1:00 Bridge Dick Gibson

7:00 Bingo Begins Nov. 18 .. Catherine Gibbs

7:00 Single Deck Pinochle Ray/Margaret Davis

7:00 Texas Hold'um

Hats & shirts with logo are available for purchase at office.

If you'd like a park badge with park logo,

Donna Gabbert makes these!!!

Thanks to Jerry McAninch & Carol Nelson who provided donuts this morning. We decided even though cost of donuts at HEB has increased to 65 cents, we will sell for 50 cents ea. Remainder of cost will be picked up by the club.

RVE CLUB MEETING – Chair Darlene Bryant called meeting to order. Bev Telfor led in Pledge to the Flag & singing of “God Bless America”. We closed meeting by singing club song.

Accompanist – Jan Delashmit

Invocation – Sharon Barksdale “Count Your Blessings”

Secretary Report – Maxine Topel

Treasurer Report – Jim Moeller

We welcomed Deb & Bob H. as new residents at Lot #96.

MANAGEMENT REPORT – Assistant manager Ken Barnhart gave brief report. Concerning stray dogs, one has been caught, a couple more still roaming around (one has puppies). Be patient as he is working on catching them...appears they are FUSSY eaters as they don't even like steak! Website for park is riovalleyestates.com

Donna Gabbert keeps us informed year-round with a blog. Go to www.donnasramblingsatrve.blogspot.com.

Club website by Judi DeKoning is RVEWTC.com .. for “members only”, the password is riovalley.

Treasurer Jim Moeller reported & his report was approved. There was no Properties report. Board Members-- Properties – Ron Zoeller, Jerry McAninch, Larry Pavlis; Finance – Sandy Novak, Sally Hejlik, Jim Moeller.

Helen Curtis asks us to call her, 603-674-3869, if we know of someone needing a card due to illness/death in family. Sign cards in office area. This week cards are going to former resident Shirley Stensrud upon loss of her husband Donovan; Lu Scott, fell & broke vertebrae in her back. If you call Helen & leave a message, please leave your name too. Helen will not return your call if she doesn't know who left the message.

Craig Daves says our 1^st dance is Jan. 8, 7-9:30 p.m. with Roger Kenaston Band. See sign up sheet to volunteer if you will help with ticket sales, popcorn, 50-50 drawings. Most dances are $6 pp except for one later in season.

Rex Rexroad filling in & helping entertainment chair Brock Laing said entertainment schedule is complete. A Christmas Show is Dec. 23 but have not been able to sign anyone up to perform for the first 45 minutes. Park folks will entertain last part of the evening. Friday night entertainment begins on Jan. 5 with Goldwing.

LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS – Will someone chair Sat. morning breakfasts in Nov. & Dec.? Also needing chairs for Thanksgiving dinner.

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

Nov. 14 – Amigos de los Ninos 1^st planning meeting, 1:30 p.m., Donna Methodist Church .. all welcome to come hear what this is all about!

Nov. 15 – Hot Dog Grilling Happy Hour, 4 p.m. $2 pp, see sign up sheet on bulletin board, bring non-meat dish to share and choice of beverage please

Nov. 16 – Park Breakfast, Fiesta Tex-Mex, 8 a.m.

Nov. 23 – Thanksgiving Dinner .. do we have chairperson?

Dec. 1 – Patio Sale, 8 a.m. to noon

Dec. 7 – Wine Party, 3 p.m. Joyce Amos chairs

If you wish to have something printed in the newsletter, please give written note to editor Mary Lou at Monday meeting or deliver to her at #103. Most of you know this but as a reminder .. game scores may be placed in plastic container at rear of Friendship Hall. If you write legibly, that helps MUCH

Editor Mary Lou Benson #103 sent info on activities open to the public to news media...including patio sales, dances, entertainment, craft sales, Ropa show. Does anyone have something she missed that needs to be advertised? Give her a written note please.

Activity Calendars for the 2017-18 season are posted. Let Judi DeKoning #67 know of additions or changes.

Newsletter editor (Mary Lou) at #103 appreciates you notifying her of changes in chairpersons and times of activities as well.

Sunday Church Services have begun with Dr. Tom Cassidy our pastor. Time is 8:30 a.m. Choir practice will begin soon .. when there are enough singers! Anyone who likes to sing is welcome to join the choir.

Senior Yoga is being held on Mondays after meeting plus Wednesday & Friday, 9:30 a.m.. with Dana Daves & Judi DeKoning leading. When Janie Maxwell arrives, it will then revert to Monday, Tuesday & Thursday mornings.

Dave Johnson has park directories at $1.50. You can purchase from Dave at #93 or Vicki in office. Read your directory.

Thanks to Nancy Gonnerman #23 for volunteering to take blood pressures prior to our Monday meetings.

Craig Daves has contacted Rich Stubbs of the Weslaco Fire Dept. who last certified some RVE residents about 2 yrs. ago on CPR & use of park defibrillator. Bruce Wells will be arriving tomorrow. Craig will speak to him about training/retraining in these areas (Dec. or Jan.). Importance of Vial of Life which contains your medical info, to be placed inside your refrigerator, was discussed. Craig will check about getting stickers to put on outside of mobile home door, so ambulance or medical personnel would know they need to look inside refrigerator.

Clyde Read reminded veterans that Golden Corral gives free meal to them this evening, 5-9 p.m.

Marge Rexroad encourages anyone who would like to help with Quilting Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. She had examples of what this group does .. donations welcome. Last season 109 quilts were made & given throughout the Valley. Come Nov. 21 .. don't need to be a quilter, you can tie quilts.

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

Park Breakfast is at Fiesta Tex-Mex every Thursday at 8 a.m.

Since we had so much fun with the grill last season, additional cookouts are being planned for 2017-2018. The first one is this Wednesday, Nov. 15. It'll be GRILLED HOT DOGS. Cost is $2/pp. This is regular Happy Hour time, 4 p.m. with plans to eat 4:30 or 5. SUGN UP BY END OF TODAY so hot dogs & buns can be purchased! Bring a non-meat dish to share. Whether you've been in the park for a long or short time, or are new, come to these events, meet your neighbors.

Catherine Gibbs announces Bingo in Friendship Hall begins this Saturday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. Cards will not be sold before 6:30.

Chris Stephens invited anyone wishing to learn how to play Regular Dominoes to come to pool room at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays.

Amigos de los Ninos de Mexico (translated is Friends of the Children of Mexico) will meet for their first planning meeting of the season tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Donna Methodist Church at 1:30 p.m. This is non-profit group of winter Texans who put on a Christmas Day party for the children of Progreso, Mexico. Want to be a part of this? You need to attend at least one planning meeting as that's when folks indicate on which committee they wish to serve. Other planning meetings are held same time and location on Nov. 28 and Dec. 12.

LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER

Joyce Amos is inviting the ladies to the Wine & Cheese Party which will be held in Friendship Hall Thursday, Dec. 7, 3 p.m. Bring a bottle of your favorite wine or non-alcoholic beverage and a wine glass to exchange. Cost is $3 pp. All welcome!

GAME RESULTS - Place scores, winner names, complete info on dates & name of game in plastic container back of Friendship Hall. WRITE LEGIBLY PLEASE!!

BRIDGE – Nov. 7 - 1^st – Mary Jean Steward 3610

2^nd – Dick Gibson 3480

CANASTA – Nov. 6 – Table of 6 -

Mary Jean Steward, Darlene Bryant, Patty Lamp No score

Nov. 8 – Table of 6 -

Fran Hryniw, Darlene Bryant, Angie Brown 35000

DOMINOES – Mexican Train – Nov. 7 – Donna Gabbert, Patty Lamp

DUMMY RUMMY – Nov. 11 -

1^st – Al Lenius 251 2^nd – Rex Rexroad 255

3^rd – Bev Telfor 282 4^th – Venita Lingle 301

Herb McClish had 485 for his total

GOLF – Executive –

PINOCHLE – Single Deck – Nov. 11 -

1^st – Dick Gibson 523 2^nd – Donna Gabbert 511

SHUFFLING –

TIC – Nov. 8 -

1^st – Patti Lamp 136 2^nd – Marge Rexroad 162

3^rd – Stan Floyd 218 4^th – Katherine Ratliff 222

Will Rogers was one of the greatest political sages

this country has ever known. Some of his sayings ..

“Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.”

“The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.” (including Walmart?)

“When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.”

“You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.”

“I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.”

“One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it's such a nice change from being young. Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.”

Think about these ..

English is a crazy language and difficult to master.

Let's face it. There is neither egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese .. so one moose, 2 meese?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

People, not computers, invented English & it reflects the creativity of the human race, which is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. I'm sew confused.

A couple of one-liners ..

“Never give the devil a ride .. he will always want to drive.”

“Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it.”