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Remember
If you are looking for a
game of Clabber, please contact
resident Duane Nichols or Bob
Nicholson. Also, check the
Activity Calendar for Men’s Poker
or Blackjack on Tuesday
afternoons. Bula! Bula!
Doris & Al Kaltofen
A new experience is coming to the
Village starting in July: our Village
Bistro will be serving your favorite
coffee and teas, along with
complimentary pastries, on Fridays from
2:30 - 4 p.m. in the Tulip Room.
Come and enjoy!
Village Music Makers
Welcome to our newest members!
~Wayne Douglas ~Cathy Groben
~Lillian Miller
~Duane Nichols
~Bob Nicholson ~Venita Reininga
Vivian Lockyear has been chosen to
serve on the Professional Advisory
Committee Board of
Horizons Home Care.
Menu Meeting
with Chef Brenda
Tuesday, July 9th
at 10:30 a.m.
in the Tulip Room.
Bring your ideas!
Matt Barber Comes
Again!
the Fourth of July
Red, White, & Blue Sundaes at 6:30 p.m.
Matt Barber sings - 7 p.m.
From Elizabeth
Director of Housekeeping
The weather is getting hot, so please
keep patio doors and bedroom windows
closed. Thank you.
The Village as a Child Sees It
Children see things a little differently.
Mary Ellen Hasenmyer’s four-year-old
great-granddaughter, Elise Slaubaugh,
described the Village where
grandma lives -- “a great big
house with lots of people in it
who all eat together, and
grandma has a little house in
the big house.”
When Al retired in 1990, we decided to travel and see
some of the interesting places in this country. We found out
that Elderhostel offers learning adventures, and it sounded
perfect for us. The traveler chooses a location and program, finds his own
transportation to it, and then Elderhostel provides room & board, entertainment
and tours. From about 1990 to 1998 we went to 14 different sites. One year we
went to New Orleans and saw the Mardi Gras parade. When our tour guide took
us through New Orleans he said, “See all these nice houses? When the levee
breaks, all these houses will be under water.” We noted that he said when the
levee breaks, not if. That was before hurricane Katrina.
During our trip to Plains, Georgia, we attended a Baptist church and afterward
went to the Sunday school taught by Jimmy Carter. Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter
were very gracious and offered to let everyone get their picture taken with them,
so, of course, we did that too. Next to the church was a big statue of a peanut
with a smiling face. We found out that a lady from Evansville had made it and
sent it to the Carters. On that same trip we went to Warm Springs, Georgia, to
see Roosevelt’s “Little White House” where he died, and we also went to
Andersonville where the Civil War POW camp was. There were tombstones as
far as the eye could see – so very many prisoners had died of starvation or
disease. It really made an impression to see all those tombstones.
I think our favorite place was Springfield, IL, where we saw Abraham
Lincoln’s home, law office, and tomb where he was buried. The tomb was so big
you could walk around inside. In the tomb was a big head of Lincoln about 6 feet
tall. People liked to rub the nose of the statue, and they’d made it real shiny.
We finally stopped traveling because our grandkids were being born and we
went to see them instead. Now we have many interesting memories of our
travels, and although we haven’t been at Holiday Village very long, it seems to
us very much like an on-going Elderhostel experience.
Juanita Brougham
Friday, August 9th, 7 a.m. -- 1 p.m.
in the Tulip Room
Bake Sale: 9 a.m. in the Lobby
Lots of homemade goodies!
Proceeds go to the Activities Fund.
My husband, Al, did a lot of traveling for his business, and I
always accompanied him. We also traveled on our own, and one of
those trips was to Faro, Portugal -- the most beautiful place I’ve ever
been. Friends of my husband had built a retirement home there after looking all
over the world for a place with a perfect climate and beautiful views. They
found everything they could desire in the town of Faro along the Mediterranean
coast in southern Portugal.
Juanita Brougham’s Travel Adventure (cont’d)
“Sentimental Journey” on the Village Express
Our friends’ home was built on a hillside overlooking the Mediterranean. The
harbor was below their hillside, and one of our favorite pastimes was to sit in the
evening on the long porch that ran the length of their home. We would look down
at the ships in the evening light and listen to the music that floated from the
ships. Of course, we went sightseeing too, and I was so impressed by the
beautiful, colored tile that was everywhere on floors and patios. Even our friends’
150-foot driveway was built of marble tiles. It was just beautiful. One of my most
striking memories occurred when we went to a flea market in Faro. Every
Saturday the townspeople brought pigs, ducks, cattle, and everything else you
could think of to this market, and across the road from the market was a gypsy
settlement. It so happened when we were there that the most gorgeous gypsy
girl was walking about among the gypsy trailers. She was dark-complexioned
with long, black hair and wore a white dress. She caught everyone’s eye, she was
so stunningly beautiful. I can still see her in my mind, and she helps me recall the
beauty and pleasure of my visit to Faro in southern Portugal.
Cathy Groben
After my husband died in 1976, I knew I couldn’t just stay home all
alone, so I began to travel. Because I was a single woman traveling
alone, cruises seemed like the safest choice. I’ve taken 18 different
ocean cruises in all parts of the world such as the Mediterranean,
Scandinavia, the Black Sea, the Greek Isles, Alaska, China, Japan,
Australia, New Zealand, and a river cruise through Bavaria at Christmas. I always
took 2-week cruises because I wanted enough time to relax. Being on the cruise
ship was like being in another world. The passengers were wined and dined and
treated like royalty. Once on the ship, you could choose whatever tours you were
interested in at each port where the ship docked.
For me the most impressive cruise was the historic cruise for the 50th Year
Celebration of the Landing at Normandy. There I was, right on the beaches where
our boys landed during WW II. We saw the grave markers of all the soldiers buried
there, and President Bill Clinton was the guest speaker at one of the events.
I always made a thick scrapbook of every cruise I took, but when I moved to
Evansville from San Diego, I couldn’t bring all those big books with me, and I
certainly couldn’t throw them away. Then I got the idea of donating them to a
high school library in San Diego, and oh, the librarian was so thrilled to have them!
You’d think I’d given her boxes of jewels. That made me very happy and satisfied.
Other people could now experience, in some way, the cruises that gave me so
much enjoyment.
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