Bits and Pieces catching up

Bits & Pieces Wednesday 11-24-2021 There was a death in the park early Wednesday morning, Wednesday, November 24.  Cookie Dierker, wife of Ed and mother of Candace and mother-in-law to Allan passed away. Cookie and Ed have been long-time residents of Trophy Gardens and have lived here full-time for several years. Cards can be sent to Ed at 800 S H 495, Lot # 590, Alamo, TX 78516. 

We need to spin the prayer wheel for Charlie Bezio. He is in the Heart Hospital and could use our prays for a fast recovery. 

It would be nice if anyone would like to get Poinsettias for Church to be used through Advent. Stephanie has a Christmas Tree that needs to be put together and decorated. It is right now on the stage in a box. It goes in front of the stairs when done. 

Park Meeting Tuesday: There are 280 people in the park on 160 sites with 63 pets. ****Starting December 1st the food truck will be in the park from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ****The Outreach Sewing will be Monday from 9:00 to noon and Thursday is all day. **** Still openings for pictures to be taken on December 9th & 10th. The pictures are free and you will get a free picture and a picture directory. The Pictorial Directory is worth having. 

***Air Med is going to deliver your choice of a meal to you for $7.00. You have several choices of sandwiches and 2 sides. See Fran Adams or Lynn Massingill for tickets. 

**** The Brown Bag Christmas party is going to be on December 15th in the hall. Bring a gift in a brown bag for $5.00 to $7.00. Party will be from 2:00 to 5:00 pm in the hall. Bring finger food to share.

 **** The New Years Dance tickets will go on sale on Monday for $15.00. 

This week's Bean Bag Results!! 11-18-2021 1st place: Bill Danielson & Cindy Dewey. 2nd place: Lester Mc Kinney & Rick Dewey, Consolation: Bonnie Riza & Richard Zimmerman 11-23-2021: 1st place: Bob Lee & Don Riza, 2nd Place: Karl Peterson & Dave Young, Consolation: Jan Buchholz & Les McKinney.   

1998 Mobile Home Lot 725 Schult New Generation 16X60. Furnished, 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, new AC unit. Dishwasher, Washer & Dryer, Screened in Deck, Golf Cart Garage w/Roller Door. Carport Large Lot. Includes One Year Home Warranty. $35,000. Call Lynn 540-533-6240. 

There will be NO Hoss Collar shuffleboard Saturday night! The majority of those playing Wednesday night want to play on Monday nights and not Saturday nights, same time, same everything. We will still play on Wednesday nights like always.  Nothing will change except we are adding Monday to the Hoss Collar schedule. So go to the dance on Saturday night.   

Take Care Betsie Brown  

Pool Hall -Sunday Results

 Fun Sunday afternoon in the pool hall.   We had ten teams sign up and each team played nine games.   One of our teams was doing really good and won eight out of the nine games played ---  they were team Renie Stinson & Butch Brooker...  The next big winner was Wilma Weeks & Alex Stinson with six wins...  We had three teams winning five of their games played - they were teams Lynn LaFavre & Willie Pruys and Mikie Patrick & Paul Kelleher and team Donna Hanke & Bob Nance..   Sign up sheet is up for next Sunday, December 5th and start time is at 1:00 p.m.   Come join us for a good time....

Rio Grande Valley To Do List

 

Rio Grande Valley To Do List

I am going to need some help with this list. Help me add to it, please. And you folks who are no longer coming down please send me an email to tell me what you most miss about the Rio Grande Valley. In no particular order...

1. South Padre Island
a. Beach walk
b. Dirty Al's
c. Pirate's Landing
d. Kite Festival
e. Port Isabel- The Shrimp boats is a comin'

2. Basilica at San Juan
http://www.sanjuanshrine.org/
Even if you are not Catholic this is worth a stop.

3. Nuevo Progreso, Mexico
Everyone has a favorite place to eat/shop so go on down and develop your own favorites.

4. Riverside- right on the Rio Grande River. Great Food and Music. A fun place to gather with friends. Located south of Mission TX

5. Ropa Usada- means used clothing in Spanish and there are several places south on 23rd street out of McAllen where bargain hunters load up with used items for pennies a pound. An experience not to be missed.

6. Los Ebanos hand-pulled Ferry. This is not a highly touted tourist attraction. You can ride the ferry across the Rio Grande by car, bicycle or on foot and then it is about a mile to the first little Mexican village. They do not cater to all the fanciful things you will find in Nuevo Progreso. They are friendly but it is Mexico at a more primitive level. English is not spoken by many. It is a whole other country.

7. Golf at several different courses all of them a bargain compared to other parts of the country.

8. Park Activities- We cannot overlook our own backyard. 

9. Santa Ana National Park- Your Golden Age Pass will get you into the park to spend several hours enjoying nature.

10. Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
See Javelina and every bird known to the Rio Grande Valley.

11. The original Iwo Jima Memorial in Harlingen TX

12.https://www.fws.gov/refuge/laguna_atascosa/ 

Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

13. http://port-mansfield.com/ Lots of people go to Port Mansfield to see the deer and other wildlife 

14. Port of Brownsville tour

      https://islatours.com/tours/port-brownsville-tour

Bits & Pieces Thursday 11-18-2021

             

Bits & Pieces

Thursday 11-18-2021

 Bean Bag results for 11-9-2021  1st place Bonnie Riza & Lester McKinney, 2nd place Candy Dewey & Bob Yeley, Consolation Candace Marquis & Dale Zahrt

Bean Bag results for 11-16-2021 1st place Candy Dewey & Bill Danielson, 2nd Place Candace Marquis & Bob Lee, Consolation Bob Yeley & Les McKinney

                                                        LUNCH FRIDAY AT NOON IN THE HALL!!

The Busy Bees will be selling grilled cheese and tomato soup for $5.00 and Tomato Soup for $5.99. Kolaches for $1.00 and Charlie will be selling pop and water for $1.00. Serving starts at 12:00 and no tickets are needed!!!

>> For Sale Park Model   2002 Trophy Park, Lot 604, Many Upgrades. 1 Bed/1 Bath w/walk in Shower, Queen Size Bed, Propane Stove, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer. Completely Furnished. New Vinyl Flooring. AC/Heat. Corner Lot. Metal Roof & Carport. Nice Covered Patio. Storage Shed w/shelving. For More Information: Contact Lynn 540-533-6240

Wednesday, November 17th, was the first Hoss Collar of the season.  A beautiful evening and seventeen people showed up at 6:30 to play. Janet Yeley won First Place with 614 points, Marcia Payne won Second Place with 591 points and Chuck Hull came in Third with 557 Points.  Connie Gillean was very close to Third Place with 556 points.  Hoss Collar is lots of fun and so easy to learn and play.  Bring a ONE DOLLAR BILL (no coins) and just about everyone gets their dollar back.  The bottom three do not.  First Place wins two dollars plus their entry dollar and Second Place wins one dollar plus their entry dollar. Give it a try!  See you next Wednesday night.

From the Park Meeting Tuesday.

Lynn reported: *****that there 240 people in the park on 109 sites with 54 pets. That is 45 more people from last week. ****To much speeding in the park. The speed limit is 10 MPH. ****Stay out of the golf clubhouse as the remodeling is taking place.

Stephanie reported: ****Pitch will be on Thursday at 7:00 in the hall. Any questions talk to Janet Yeley. ****Pool:  the Sunday mixed Doubles will be every Sunday at 1:30 pm. Be sure to sign up. ****You can have your Thanksgiving dinner in the main hall, but you must clean up when you are done.

Candy is going to teach making Christmas Cards. Sign up on the South wall in the hall. Bring $10.00 to make the cards. Dates are Monday, November 29th, and Monday, December 3th.

Worship is every Sunday at 9:30 am in the main hall. We still need people to sign up for some jobs for worship. Sign-up sheets are on the South wall of the church bulletin board.

Tickets for the New Years' dance will go on sale on December 29th. Trophy residence has a first chance for the tables you want. Then it will be open to others not in the park.

Marsha, a first responder, asked that you put your name and lot # on the back of your name tag and wear your name tag at all times. For example, a lady was found unresponsive and no one knew her or where she lived in the resort. It's important you wear your badges!!

From Barb Brooker: Trivia (Pub Style) is happening Tuesday nights at 6:30 PM in the Main Hall. Observers are welcome. Any number of people up to 8 may form a team.

Take Care and Stay Safe!! Those of you headed home for the Holiday “Travel Safe”

Betsie Brown

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Truth

 

Short Crowd

 Short crowd at trivia last night. It did not keep us from having a good time. There are so many choices to make on the activities that it can sometimes be hard to choose just one. The Alamo Angels came in first again. I must admit there are some stellar players on that team but surely there are some players out there willing to clip those "Angels" wings. We will find out next Tuesday the 23rd at 6:30 in the main hall. 

I found a volunteer to take Butch's place on keeping score. Reenie Stinson did a great job, She will be a great addition to our trivia family.

Here are some pictures that Candy Dewey took. I appreciate her help too.

Team SmartyPants

Team Alamo Angels

Reenie is our new scorekeeper

Butch gave Reenie a bit of instruction before skipping out on us.

Bits & Pieces Sunday 11-14-2021

Shuffleboard starts this week, Monday, November 15th. Regular shuffle starts at 9:00 AM, be there by 8:45 AM, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Bring .30 cents.  Wednesday night is Hoss Collar night, bring a ONE DOLLAR BILL, no coins PLEASE.  We start at 6:30 PM and be there by 6:15 PM. No Saturday night Hoss Collar is planned this year unless someone wants to Host it.  It is easy to host so if you would like to please contact Dan or Linda Lang. Both morning and Hoss collar are very easy to learn, morning involves more strategy, and Hoss collar teaches accuracy. Both are lots of fun. Come and join us.

Ladies Pool at 1:00 to 3:00 pm Monday and Tuesday.

Darel Palm would like to have a meeting with the woodshop monitors after the park meeting in the hall Tuesday.

The Busy Bees will be selling breakfast Burritos before the Park Meeting Tuesday $1.50.

Take Care and Stay Safe!!

Betsie Brown

Bits & Pieces Saturday 11-13-2021

  

Our heartfelt condolences to Marshall and Patty Damaard on the death of their son-in-law Chad, this week. Cards for Damgaards, address is 442 W. Lexington St., Minden, NE 68959

Remember Worship service is Sunday at 9:30 am. We are still in need of people volunteering to help with the service. There are sign-up sheets on the church board on the South wall in the hall. There is a sign-up sheet for cookies too. Be sure to thank the ladies that make the cookies.

The collection plates are near the North & South door. We will not be passing them due to the virus.

Darel Palm said if you want to learn about the sound system, he would be willing to teach you. ***He also said that the monitors are coming back and the woodshop will be open. If it isn't you can call one to help you.

Marsha Schmidt, First Responder, you need to fill out the new paper and put it in your red envelope that is in your check-in bag. Put the old one in your car glove compartment.

Wednesday, November 17th there will be the in-park craft sale. It will be in the North-East corner of the hall. If you have something you want to sell bring it to sell at 9:00 to 11:00 am. The Busy Bees will be there with quilted projects and Kathy Cropp will have her famous cards to buy. Bring your money and shop. This is not used sale things.

Take Care and Stay Safe!!

Betsie Brown

Once I am here

 and in Trophy Gardens it makes it easier for me to post things. There are so many things taking place in the resort that I cannot possibly keep up with all of them. I am very grateful for the help that Betsie Brown with bits and pieces gives us. And if you send me something of interest I will be happy to post it too. Now that I am in the resort I do post things that are happening to Butch and me on a personal level and if you wish to check in on us too that is AOK. You can find us at www.brooker3.blogspot.com. 

3 of us women of Trophy have decided to make an early morning walk a part of our regular routine. It is so much easier to keep it going if you have someone who is expecting you to show up at a given time and will miss you if you are a no-show. So if you see 3 women walking at 7:30 AM there is a good chance it will be us.

Best wishes always,

Barb Brooker

Bits & Pieces Tuesday 11-9-2021

    

The pizza Party at Peter Pipper Pizza this Friday will Start at 5:00 pm!!

I misspelled Kathy's name. The last name is Mennen. Birthday on November 25th.

We need prayers for Joan Taylor. She is in the hospital. Let's get the prayer wheel spinning for her.

From the park meeting today:

Lynn reported that there are: 205 people in the park, on 119 sites.

With 47 pets.

 **** When done playing cards in the hall, be sure the lights are off. 

****The hall will be closed on Saturday morning from 9:00 am until the meeting for the RGVQG is done. 

****You need to wear your badges in RV facilities and at activities. 

****Watch your speed. The Speed limit in the park is 10 MPH. We don't want speed bumps!! Do not leave junk like tires, wood, and trash at the Main Shop. You need to get rid of that yourself.

From Stephanie: 

**** A tentative date has been set for January 31st for a Prom Party 

****Pickleball is Friday from 11:00 to 3:00 pm.

Bean Bag is Tuesday & Thursday at 1:00 pm in the hall. 

****ForBand and online directory see Jason. He will help you get them on your phone. With BAND you will get notices and things going on from Stephanie 

****The next park meeting is going to be a PAJAMA Party. Wear your PJ's but not your birthday suit!! ****Tuesday will have breakfast Burritos to buy. Come early and have one while wearing your PJ's.

Fran Adams talked about Air Med Care. There will be four “Meals On Wheels” again this year to raise money for the park membership. One will be in December, January, February, and March.

Mike and Monika Reis made mini waffles before the meeting today. They were very good. I had an apple one with whipped cream on it!! There was quite a variety to choose from.

Darel Palm told us about saving all pop or beer cans for the woodshop. There are places to put your used cans at the garbage dumpster, in the hall by the kitchen window, and by the air pump just past the woodshop. Leave the tabs on the cans and they will be taken off and saved for the Ronald McDonald house. They will also take the steel cans such as soup cans, etc. Please rinse them out and take the bottoms off to help Charley out. There is a trailer behind the woodshop to put things like broken microwaves, hot water heaters, or anything that can be taken apart and reuse the metal in them. NO TIRES or unusable junk!!

Take Care and Stay Safe!!

Betsie Brown

Bits & Pieces Sunday 11-7-2021

Sunday 11-7-2021

Add two more names to your November birthday list: Kathy Memmem on November 27th and Cindy Kelly on November 27th.

Hey, all Busy Bees out there, we are going to have our Christmas Party on January 26th so make something to trade at the party.

Quilting classes will be given again this year. There will be a very Beginners class and a Make & Take class.

There were 77 people in church this morning. We sang to Pastor Randy's guitar as we didn't have a piano player yet. It was a wonderful service.

Today was our first Sunday afternoon to enjoy the start of Mixed Doubles pool playing...    We had six couples that played...   There were two teams that tied for first place with each team winning four of the six games played... The top teams for the first time playing this season were team Terry Thibodeau & Keny Patrick...  and team Barb Brooker & Bob Nance...  The next scheduled Sunday mixed doubles will be November 21st at 1:30 start time...  We even had a new Mixed double player - Bob Nance-   welcome.

****Correction to the last Bits & Pieces:  Hand, Knee, and foot are on Wednesday & Friday at 12:40 pm.

****After discussion, it was decided that Peter Piper Pizza is 4:00 pm not 5:00 on Friday. 

Take Care and Be Safe and Stay Healthy!!

Betsie Brown

Bits & Pieces Wednesday 11-3-2021

 Bits & Pieces

Wednesday 11-3-2021

Another of Trophy's past members has passed away. Don Jorgensen of Lanesboro, Iowa passed away Tuesday. Cards can be sent to Debbie Ausborn, 308 Sidford, Lake City IA 51449

I have three names to be added to your Birthday and Anniversary calendars. Birthday's: November 11th add Vicki Pratt, and Kathy Ringer November 27th.

Ralph & Judy Brill November 21st. This will be their 57th anniversary, 

Jake Jacobson is doing very well after his heart surgery and is finished with rehab. One more doctor visit in December. His wife, Barb developed an irregular heartbeat. After testing she was told today it was due to the third vaccine shot and the cardiologist has seen some of this. So now all is well. It looks good right now for coming to Texas after Christmas. Thank you for all the cards and prayers. That really helped.  Barb

From the park meeting Tuesday. Lynn: 

***There are 163 people in the park on 96 lots with 63 pets.

***Office hours will be 9:00 am to 4:00 pm weekdays

8:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday

9:00 am to 4:00 pm Sunday

***Worship will be at 9:30 am this Sunday.

From JD: Thanks for your patience with the water being off. The ground is shifting and the coupling breaks.

Activity Director Stephanie reported that: 

***Mixed doubles pool will be on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 1:30 pm. Ladies' pool days will start on Monday and Tuesday next week. 

***Pictures for a new photo directory will start to be taken. December 9th & 10th will be the first dates to have your picture taken. Register with Stephanie. When you get your picture taken you will get a free 8” X 10” picture and a photo directory. Remember pets are part of your family so include them in your picture. The photo directory is very worth having. I have about 8 of them and I use them all the time. 

***Hand, Knee, and Foot will be Wednesday and Friday at 7:00 pm in the Sun Rise Room.    

***Lot Sales are this Saturday. See “Band” and see which lots are selling.        

***First Responders are up and running if you need them. They were here all Summer for those that needed them. 

***Bean bag starting November 9th at 1:00 pm in the hall.

Russell told us that Bev McEnaney will be hosting the first Pizza Party on November 12th at 5:00 pm at Peter Piper Pizza in Alamo.

Card Bingo is Friday at 6:30 pm. Bring $2.00 to play.  10 cents a game.

Barb & Wayne Dunker invited everyone to come and listen to Ron Moshier playing. 3:00 pm on lot 362. Bring something to share and enjoy the music.

Barb Brooker: Trivia is starting next Tuesday.   Went for a walk this morning and within a 5 minute period was asked when trivia would be starting by 3 different people. So I am saying the start date will be Tuesday, November 9th at 6:40 PM in the main hall. Odd start time one might say and the reason for that is Jeopardy! is on week-nights at 6:00 PM so I can still watch it and make it to the hall for trivia. I am in need of a volunteer helper. Interest in playing the game is not a requirement. Picking up the entries and keeping the scores require some simple math skills. A cheerful disposition is a must!

Stay Safe and Stay Healthy Betsie Brown

Bits & Pieces Sunday 10-31-2021

 Bits & Pieces

Sunday 10-31-2021

For Rent: John and Joy Chalko will not be coming to Trophy due to Joy's declining health. Therefore our park model on lot 248 on blue ribbon is available to rent starting November. 1.  It has a large Texas room 9 ft ceilings, a laundry room, and 1/2 bath. Also has a storage room and a  nice deck.  A  real plus includes the best neighbors in the park. Located close to the hall and swimming pool.  If interested call 231 8285562 or 231 8884668 or 231 2883810.

Dan & Linda Lang just received notice of the death of Leland Johnson on Wednesday, October 27^th in Gaylord, Michigan.  He and his wife, Nancy were long-time Trophy Gardens “residents”.  They were great square dancers and loved the valley.  Leland was an avid woodworker, carver, and jokester. carver and jokester.

 

Meet our new pastor and his wife Randy & Susan Parks.

Take Care and Stay Safe and Stay Healthy!!
Betsie Brown