ANNOUNCEMENTS IN LIEU OF
WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETING:
Check the signup sheets across from the Mail Room - we are still looking for some volunteers and there are other activities that you might want to be involved in on the board!
No Roundup this week.
The Large Hall will be closed at noon on December 31st to get ready for the New Year's Eve Party. (No cards or pickle ball after noon)
The next Wednesday morning park meeting will be on January 8th.
Agency is the dance band on January 10th. They have had sold out crowds everywhere they have been. Therefore, the Activities Office will start selling tickets and reserving seats for people in the park on January 2nd at 2 PM. Take advantage of this. They are a terrific dance band as well as one that is good listening. They play tunes from the 50's and 60's. If you haven't heard them, you'll love them!
COMPUTER CLASSES
BEING OFFERED IN JANUARY
The Computer Group is offering classes in January. Signup sheets are on the Bulletin Board
across from the Mail Room. If the class
is full, sign the Wait List area so we will know if we need to add another
class.
Beginning IPhone –
Instructor: Donna Ritchie on Monday January 6th, 1
– 3 PM, Activity Room #3
Beginning IPAD –
Instructor: Donna Ritchie on Monday, January 13th, 1 – 3 PM, Activity Room #3
Beginning Skype –
Instructors: Donna Ritchie and Herman
Baughman on Monday, January 27th, 1 – 3 PM, Activity Room #3
Beginning Photo
Editing – Instructors: Lee and Mary
Benfield on Sundays, January 12, 19 and 26 (3 sessions) from 6 PM – 8 PM in Activity Room #3
Internet Tips and
Tricks – Instructors: Lee and Mary
Benfield on Saturdays, January 11 and 18 (2 sessions) from 10:30 – 11:30 AM, in Activity Room #3
Facebook Security
– Instructors: Lee and Mary Benfield on Tuesday, January 7 (1 session) 10:45 AM to 12:45, in
Activity Room #3
Beginning Microsoft
Office – Instructor: Ron Doerschug on Thursdays, January 9 through February 26, 9:00 am -11:00 am.
In Activity Room #3 (3 sessions each on Word, Excel and Power Point)
Beginning Android
Systems – Instructor: Ron Doerschug on Thursday, January 11 (1 session) 11 AM to 1 PM, in Activity Room #3
Beginning Android
Systems – Instructor: Ron Doeschurg on Thursday, January 16 (1 session) 11 AM to 1 PM, in Activity Room #3
DIRECTORY PICTURES
ARE BEING SCHEDULED:
Shirley Snell will be available to register people for their
pictures for next year’s Pictorial Directory. You
will receive a free Picture Directory if you have your picture taken. You may purchase pictures if you like but you
are under no obligation to do so. It
would be great to see all of the Winter Ranch residents in next year’s
directory!! Make your appointment with
Shirley at one of these times:
- Wednesday, January 8th and 15th after the morning meeting.
- Thursday, January 2, 9 and 16th from 10-11 AM in the Small Hall
- Friday, January 3, 16 and 17 from 10-11:30 AM in the Video Room
Dance on Friday, January 3rd, is Sweet Water.
Due to the Wood Shop Dinner on January 7th other activities in the Large Hall may be delayed.
The Woodshop Dinner will be held on January 7th at 4:30 PM. Tickets are $6 and will be sold in the Small Hall unless there is a Billiard Tournament. Then they will be selling in the Large Hall from 9 to 11 AM each day. The Menu is a baked potato with all the toppings dessert and a drink. BRING YOUR OWN TABLE SERVICE!
Conversational Spanish Classes - Classes will be offered starting January 7th for six weeks from 3:45 to 5:15 PM in Activity Room No. 3. Sign up on the Bulletin Board across from the Mail Room. Space is limited. Cost is $45 to be paid at the end of the first class if you intend to take the remaining classes.
Trailer Trash Party - The Dance Team and the Karaoke folks invite you to
a Trailer Trash Party! The Roundup on January 14th will be from 2PM to 5:30 PM to accommodate a costumed Trailer Trash Party with games, dancing, and
entertainment. Find the trashy, redneck or poor taste that resides
somewhere in all of us. This is a costume party and is free to anyone
who dresses like Trailer Trash. Those that don't choose to dress
down can pay $5 to join the fun. The money will go to the Activity
Fund. BYOB in your favorite cooler and a tacky appetizer to share.
Be creative – think pork rinds and fried opossum. If you
bring something home-made and good to eat, it needs to be disguised as
tacky!! Otherwise, only food that isn’t home-made is acceptable like
Cheetos, Weenies or Twinkies -- anything that isn’t home-made real
food. It will be a hoot!
The Roundup on January 21st will be a Barn Dance. JoAnn Sullivan is the Coordinator. Time is 3:30 PM to 5 PM. This will be the last Roundup for the season because the room won’t be available again because of other activities.
Social Dance Classes for couples are held on Fridays from 1 to 3 in Friendship Hall with Gail and Steve Larner. Lessons are $5 each. Beginning on January 10th we will start learning a new dance "the Merengue." This is the easiest dance to learn according to our instructors and is a fun Latin Dance. You can dance the Merengue to Latin music but it is also used a lot in rock and roll. We will start at 1 PM with the Merengue for an hour. Then we will be doing review of the Country Two Step and Rumba the second hour. It will be more casual with music playing and couples practicing what they have already learned. The dance instructors can then work with individual couples to enhance their moves and give those that are doing well, added steps. No need to sign up in advance, just join us.
BUS TRIP INFO:
Thursday, January 2nd bus trip to Winks. The bus will leave at 4 PM. You can have dinner on your own there. There is live entertainment and dancing and cattle roping. The bus will return at 9:30 PM.
Friday, January 3rd, trip to tour The Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle. The bus will leave at 9 AM. Lunch is on your own.
Saturday, January 4th, trip to the Bees Hockey Game. The bus will leave at 6 PM . The tickets are $7.50 each.
Thursday, January 9th is a Mystery Bus Trip. The cost is $4 and lunch is on your own. BUS IS FULL
Saturday, January 11th is a trip to Elvis Days in Los Fresnos. It costs $8 to get into the Festival. A tour of Little Graceland would be a separate charge. BUS IS FULL
Monday, January 13th is a trip to King’s Ranch. The cost is $25 per person. The bus will leave at 10 AM. You will have a BBQ and a tour of the ranch.
Wednesday, January 15th is a trip to the Hidalgo Pump House. The bus will leave at 9 AM and the cost is $5 per person,
Thursday, January 16th is a trip to SAS Shoes and the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. The bus will leave at 9:00 AM. The cost is $8 for the zoo. Lunch is on your own at the Golden Corral. Return trip will be approximately 3:30 PM. Please pay for the zoo tickets in the Activities Office prior to January 15th.
Monday, January 20th, Texas Gulf Shrimp Trip. The bus will leave at Noon. The cost is $12 at the door. There will be a tour of a shrimp boat, a shrimp pulling contest, and, of course, you can buy fresh shrimp. Bring a small cooler if you want.
Monday, February 10th, Port of Brownsville Tour. Bus leaves at 10:15 AM. Lunch is included with this trip. Cost is $32 in advance.
The Roundup on January 21st will be a Barn Dance. JoAnn Sullivan is the Coordinator. Time is 3:30 PM to 5 PM. This will be the last Roundup for the season because the room won’t be available again because of other activities.
Social Dance Classes for couples are held on Fridays from 1 to 3 in Friendship Hall with Gail and Steve Larner. Lessons are $5 each. Beginning on January 10th we will start learning a new dance "the Merengue." This is the easiest dance to learn according to our instructors and is a fun Latin Dance. You can dance the Merengue to Latin music but it is also used a lot in rock and roll. We will start at 1 PM with the Merengue for an hour. Then we will be doing review of the Country Two Step and Rumba the second hour. It will be more casual with music playing and couples practicing what they have already learned. The dance instructors can then work with individual couples to enhance their moves and give those that are doing well, added steps. No need to sign up in advance, just join us.
BUS TRIP INFO:
Thursday, January 2nd bus trip to Winks. The bus will leave at 4 PM. You can have dinner on your own there. There is live entertainment and dancing and cattle roping. The bus will return at 9:30 PM.
Friday, January 3rd, trip to tour The Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle. The bus will leave at 9 AM. Lunch is on your own.
Saturday, January 4th, trip to the Bees Hockey Game. The bus will leave at 6 PM . The tickets are $7.50 each.
Thursday, January 9th is a Mystery Bus Trip. The cost is $4 and lunch is on your own. BUS IS FULL
Saturday, January 11th is a trip to Elvis Days in Los Fresnos. It costs $8 to get into the Festival. A tour of Little Graceland would be a separate charge. BUS IS FULL
Monday, January 13th is a trip to King’s Ranch. The cost is $25 per person. The bus will leave at 10 AM. You will have a BBQ and a tour of the ranch.
Wednesday, January 15th is a trip to the Hidalgo Pump House. The bus will leave at 9 AM and the cost is $5 per person,
Thursday, January 16th is a trip to SAS Shoes and the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. The bus will leave at 9:00 AM. The cost is $8 for the zoo. Lunch is on your own at the Golden Corral. Return trip will be approximately 3:30 PM. Please pay for the zoo tickets in the Activities Office prior to January 15th.
Monday, January 20th, Texas Gulf Shrimp Trip. The bus will leave at Noon. The cost is $12 at the door. There will be a tour of a shrimp boat, a shrimp pulling contest, and, of course, you can buy fresh shrimp. Bring a small cooler if you want.
Monday, February 10th, Port of Brownsville Tour. Bus leaves at 10:15 AM. Lunch is included with this trip. Cost is $32 in advance.
