Rio Valley Estates storm damage: My friend Donna G. Lives in Rio Valley Estates in Weslaco TX. It seems they had a storm last night. Many of my friends keep track of her blog so they can get the latest info through the summer on what is happening in the Rio Grande Valley. Here is her blog: http://donnasramblingsatrve.blogspot.com/
And here is her specific article about the storm
Butch and I are knee-deep in putting a pool table back together. My sister gave us the pool table and last summer we built a POOL HALL/garage to accommodate it. So a couple of weeks ago we rounded up some fantastic help (young people) and took apart her pool table and brought it home. So last weekend with fantastic help, some of the same young people, we reassembled it. Today, Butch and I will be putting new cloth on the bed of the pool table. It will be the first time for us and we are a bit nervous about it. So wish us luck!
If you would care to tell me what you are up to this summer I will put it here, on the Trophy Garden Blog, to share with our Trophy Garden friends. Betsie does a great job and this will add another avenue.
Send your summer fun entries to keep.movin.on@gmail.com. Please, add your name in the subject line so I don't automatically send it to my spam folder.
Bits & Pieces
Saturday 5-1-2021
Can you believe that it is May already!! I hope you have had some of those April Showers so you will have May flowers. It has been hot and dry in Texas. The rain that is falling in Dallas is not making it to The Valley.......We finally got 21/2" later.
Peggy Carnes has had a total hip replacement Friday and would appreciate prayers. Thank you and stay safe everyone!
Hi! Update on my travels From Alice Johnson. Got everything I needed to get done in Iowa, got to play bridge with some of my friends who had their Covid vaccinations too. Made an appointment at Walgreen online for our PCR Covid tests to get on our route to Canada. We received our negative results second night out, motel printed our certificates for us the next morning, all papers in order, crossed the border late that afternoon. It went surprisingly well, Red Cross tested us again on this side of Canada, they said theirs were somewhat like Walgreen, gave us tests kits to retest in 6 days again. Now we are staying put for the 14-day quarantine. Pennsylvania had a few areas of snow flurries and sleet but didn't last and didn't get slick. When are you going back to Iowa? Look forward to bits and Pieces like always. Bye for now, Alice
Lynn, the park manager, held a park meeting in the hall today. She said that there are 110 people in the park on 66 sites with 28 pets. Several are heading home this week yet. ***JD and Lynn will be gone on a well-deserved vacation the month of June. Belinda and Jean and Charles will be here to keep everything grounded. *** The summer activities for those in the park this summer will get started. Happy Hour will start on May 16th in the hall. Supper Club is starting next week.
JD said the quilters are working really hard to get the quilting building reality. They have raised $ 17,000.00 already. New roofs for the Pool Hall and the shuffleboard building have been approved as well as Air Conditioners, mattresses, and chairs for the Suites (Apts). Others on the wish list are still on the table and will be decided later.
Bits & Pieces will be heading home tomorrow. I hope to get back to Texas in October. I'm just so glad that I was able to get here and be in Trophy Gardens for the short time I was here. Your next Bits & Pieces will be coming from Iowa. Looking forward to the reunion already!!!
Stay Safe and Stay Healthy!!
Betsie Brown
Saturday 4-24-2021
Trophy lost another past resident and I lost another friend today. Mary Lou Beecher passed away in Minnesota today. Mary Lou would come to Trophy with Gail & Shirley Tilton for many years.
Thursday Karen Green and Jerrol Bahner were in a car accident on 10th street coming out of Dirty Al's. They are both at home now, but the pickup was totaled. They are still in the park. They are on lot 562.
Stay Safe and Stay Healthy!!
Betsie Brown
Bits & Pieces Sunday 4-18-2021
It is with particular sadness that Fred Keifer passed away Yesterday, April 16th. Fred was a Woodshop Monitor and a Member-at-Large of the Woodshop Board. We will miss him greatly. I have carved with Fred for many years and we have had many talks about our families and things we loved to carve.
Ted Wischropp's Apartment number is 306, not 104. He moved from the apartment number that I had in my book.
Stay Safe and Stay Healthy
Betsie Brown
Bits & Pieces Friday- 4-16-2021
Sorry to report we have lost another past Trophy resident. Jean Bott passed away yesterday Sunday 4-11-2021. (Max who has since passed) had come to Trophy for a number of years. Max and Jean Bott were long-time residents of Florissant, Missouri.
Kathryn Wischropp passed away Wednesday morning. To send a card to Ted, his address is 505 N Maize Rd., apt 104, Wichita, Ks 67212.
Many have left the resort for the summer. It is quiet here now. I'm hoping we'll have rain tomorrow. It has been very humid here the last few days. The trees trying to come back from the freeze need the rain.
Stay Safe and Stay Healthy
Betsie Brown
Sunday 4-11-2021
For those that are not in Trophy and those who have left, the flowers and trees are beginning to show new life. My Grapefruit tree has new growth and the dead and frozen parts have been trimmed off. The new leaves are bright and shiny. I have had some blossoms and now there are baby grapefruit starting. Many of the palm trees survived the cold too. Some of the cactus had to be removed, but some survived the freeze.
FOR SALE: BAY FISHING TICKETS AT A REDUCED PRICE!! SELLING FOR $20.00 EACH. THEY ARE NOW PRICED FOR $30.00 at the counter at Bay King off pier 19 on the Island. Good for many years. I usually buy 100 at a time, but due to health issues, I can't use them. Call Mike Owens at 913-908-5743.
Stay Safe ad Stay Healthy
Betsie Brown
Many of you may already know that the CFO, which has been a part of the park for as long as the park has been opened, has been shut down. The Drop and Shop is no longer there for you to donate items and will not be used for you to shop. The building is now the property of Wilder Corp. The program is in reorganization at this time.
Sunday, January 16th, 2022 is Remembrance Sunday. We need everyone’s help in letting us know who has passed since the last Remembrance Sunday, January 17th, 2021 so that we may honor their passing.
We wish everyone a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing all of you back next season.
Dan and Linda Lang (405) 818-2714 circleup8@gmail.com
Betsie Brown (712) 830-1538 brownfarm@juno.com
Darrel and Winonna Hardy 956-605-1051
Stephanie and Jason are looking for any clay pots that you don't want anymore. Call 814-273-0110.
TROPHY GARDEN REUNION UPDATE: The cruises are full and there is a waiting list in the order checks were sent in. I have heard Cenla Campground is full. The cell # for Cenla is 480-271-3588 Vicky's personal cell phone number. Otherwise, there is plenty of room in State Campgrounds but they may not be open yet, to make reservations. Tours must be broken up in groups in order to go through the businesses. There will be more info as we get close to August. Just remember to come to the EXPO Monday noon -3:00pm 1600 15th St Spirit Lake, IA. One block off of Hwy 9, just west of HY-Vee. Here you will register and receive information. Then off to Barefoot Bar to wait for your cruise and visit with everyone. If for some reason you think you may not be able to come please let me know as soon as possible so your money can be refunded. Due to making food reservations, I may not be able to refund if I don't know two weeks in advance of the reunion.
People have asked the question of what additional expense will there be: the reunion funds are paying for cruises and tax, the two meals, and Buffalo burger plus tax. You will be expected to leave a tip for the meals.
Stay Safe and Stay Healthy
Betsie Brown
