November 7th Wednesday Morning Meeting

We grew from  235 to 290 residents 

in the park this week.  Welcome home 

Winter Ranch residents!

Important Info From Park Management:

• Please start parking on your own sites as the park is starting to fill up and someone coming in should not have to wait for anyone to move a vehicle.  

•  It is time for those that have golf carts to start using the designated golf cart parking to make more room for cars as our parking space is limited.

•  If you are planning on selling your mobile home, you need to list it first in the office.  They need to be in the loop.  

•  If you are planning on doing any enhancements to your site including:  cement work, installing rock, planting trees or bushes, you need to check with the office first.  Don't put yourself in the position where you need to remove what you just put in because you did not check! 

•  The Mail Room has been receiving quite a bit of mail that does not have your box number on it.  Take a look at your mail and if you have received something without that box number, make sure to correct that. 

BIG Thank yous to:

•  Lynn and JD for planning such a fun-filled day on Halloween!  

•  Donna and Dave Lewis for the Philly cheese steaks lunch on Halloween!  We heard that the potato salad wasn't up to our standards so we'll do better next time. 

• Thanks also to Bob and Marie French and Judith Simpson for handing the Sundae Sunday event last week.  We went from 15 people in October to 60 in November!

• Another big Thank you to Donna Lewis for the home made rolls this morning.

Event News:

•  The Veterans Day Brunch will be on November 9th at 10 AM.  The menu includes scrambled eggs, biscuits, fruit cups and sausage.  Price is $3.50 per person.  Veterans eat free.  Please get your tickets from the Activities Office so they know how much food to prepare.  Veterans eat free but still need to come to the office to get a ticket!

• Thanksgiving Sign-up Sheets:  The sign-up sheets are now posted and you can find them on the "sign-up" board across from the mail room.

• Wellness Screening is scheduled for November 12th at 7:00 AM.

• Symphonic Band Tickets for November 13th at 7 PM are available in the Office.  The concert is entitled "This Is My Country".  Cost of tickets is $5.  We should know by Friday if we will have a bus going to the concert.

• Ladies Luncheon is on November 12th at the Olive Garden.  Sign up sheets are on the Bulletin Board by the Mail Room. 
  

• You can sign up for tables for the New Year's Party now in the Activities Office.

• Barb DeGarmo is doing the Christmas Stockings Drive again this year.  For information see the postings that are in several locations in the office and Friendship Hall.  The items for the stockings are needed by Posada which is ahead of Christmas.  Barb will need the stocking stuffers by December 11th.

• The Picture Directories are in and if you purchased one last year, you can pick them up in the Activity Office.

Calendar Updates: 

• The first social will be November 13th in Friendship Hall from 3:30 - 5. Concessions will be open and we've added a new item, "walking tacos".  Phil Burnett will be performing.

• The first breakfast will be pancakes and sausages and that is on the 17th.

• The first dance is November 23rd and Jealous Heart is playing.

• Round Dancing will begin on Tuesday, November 13th from 10 to Noon.  The cost will be $9 per couple.  We will be dancing with Skip and Kay who lead Round Dancing at other Wilder Parks.

• The Ladies Golf Scrambles will begin on November 8th.

• Crochet with being on Monday at 9 AM.

• Maj Jong begins on Monday and Friday at 1 PM.

• Bingo begins on November 7th at 6:30 and will be held on Wednesday and Saturday nights.

Volunteers Needed:

• The Church needs someone to play music on the following dates:  November 18, December 23rd and December 24.  If you would like to volunteer, see Jan Howard.  Church services will begin this Sunday in Friendship Hall.  

• The Angel Tree Project needs a Chairperson.  This person just needs to monitor the tree and make sure there are enough tags on it.  See Cathy in the office if you are interested.

• We need some volunteers to be Flag folders and carriers for the VA Brunch.  Please see JD in the Activities Office.

•  See Lynn in the Activities Office is you would like to be the Chair for Winter Ranch at the Golden Age Olympics.  There are events for everything from tennis to bakeoffs.  Lynn would really like to see our park participate.

•  Lynn would also like a Chair for the Christmas Eve Party that is held on December 24th in the afternoon.

Bus Trips & Tours:

• JD reported that ours is the only bus running at the moment and it still has a couple of things that needs done before we use it.  Our bus should be ready to travel by Friday.  Bus trips will be posted tomorrow for Border Patrol and the Symphony.  You can only sign up yourself and your spouse/significant other.  Don't sign up a group!  We need to let everyone have a chance to get on a bus trip! 

• Our Tour Director, Gail Field,  has several Bus Trips listed on her Bulletin Board in Friendship Hall along with her business cards.  Let her know if you are interested in any of them.  Gail promoted her New Orleans Trip.  She and Bruce do the whole thing and it is a custom trip.  This is a six day, five night trip departing on February 18th.  Cost is $650 per person with a $200 deposit.  She also has added three new trips to San Antonio, San Antonio Christmas and Fredricksburg in Hill Country.

 The 50/50 for today was $42 and was for the Bike Club.  

Notice:  If you are an Activity Leader and are starting up your activity shortly, send me an e-mail with the date that your activity is starting so I can update the blog calendar. If you have information that you would like to share with blog users, send that to me also at blogwinterranch@yahoo.com.  I'd also like to hear from you if  you see mistakes in dates, times or places for events on the blog calendar!  Thanks!  

Mary Benfield
Blog Administrator