{"id":9404,"date":"2021-01-04T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=9404"},"modified":"2021-01-04T21:55:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:55:29","slug":"january-2021-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=9404","title":{"rendered":"January 2021 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"logo editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image logo-container\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/f27684c0-2e96-4cf1-a358-c604dfbda1c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"923\" height=\"294\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"004E86\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-divider\">\n<table class=\"editor-divider\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<h1 align=\"center\">\u201cWe\u2019re happy you\u2019re here&#8221;<\/h1>\n<h3 align=\"center\">A Visit With Silveridge\u2019s Welcomers<\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<h4 align=\"center\">By Dale Dauten<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"FFFFFF\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>It was back in 2019 when Deb Scherbring sat down with Activities Director Sue Arneson and suggested that Silveridge could use a Welcome Committee for new residents. Sue not only loved the idea, but said that it was something she\u2019d been wanting to get started. So Deb turned to her good Silveridge friend, Linda Hinzman, and the two became the park\u2019s official welcomers. Sue says of the pair, \u201cThese are the perfect ladies to greet the new people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And it\u2019s a lot of welcomes \u2013 Deb told us that the park had 84 newcomers last season and over 30 so far this season.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>(Photos: That\u2019s Deb, upper left, with some of the newest residents \u2013 Julie and Butch Nosko, standing, and Lothert and Christy Hulzebos, seated. And in the photo below, another new couple, Jeff and Cora Newell.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/6ffcf98f-da13-447c-a303-51a5c81d898d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/87fe47d0-9f12-4186-b554-96da43ac384e.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>Linda explained to us what the newcomer visits look like. (We should pause here to say that Linda is Canadian, so she isn\u2019t at Silveridge for now, but was here last season for the launch of the program. When we spoke by phone, Linda pointed out to us that she very much wishes she were in Arizona, given that it was 29-below as we talked, and, as she merrily described it, a \u201cchilly willy one.\u201d)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re new, it can be overwhelming \u2013 you can get lost just going to the Center,\u201d Linda said. \u201cSo we visit the new residents and let them know we\u2019re happy they\u2019re here, but we also take a gift, with chocolates, a map, a calendar and a list of tips that Deb and I put together.\u00a0Then we encourage the new residents to come to our monthly a Meet &amp; Greet with Sue Arneson, and, most of the time, with folks from the Business Office. That\u2019s where they can get questions answered. And then we try to convince them to come to a Boogie \u2013 I tell them that you sit at table with people you don\u2019t know and it\u2019s a great way to make friends. That\u2019s how Deb and I met, at a Boogie. And we talk to the newcomers about the coffee &amp; donuts, and the theater and just convince them that if they sit at home, you won\u2019t know what you\u2019re missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<h3>MEET THE MEET &amp; GREETERS<\/h3>\n<p>We like to pass along some background on the folks we write about, and here\u2019s some of what we learned this month\u2026<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>DEB SCHERBRING\u00a0(Photo: Deb and Bob Scherbring, New Year\u2019s Eve, 2019)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/06d16df5-afd1-489e-81f3-bce4e8a7b58c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>We met a lot of folks at the park who grew up on farms, but Deb is the first who grew up on a wildlife refuge. Her dad was the State Game Warden at Minnesota\u2019s Whitewater Wildlife Refuge (or, as the newer name goes, Whitewater Wildlife Management Area).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"column-resize-bar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/003d8cd6-9d8e-4a9b-b4de-20b7564d022f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/425a61d4-1c0a-4487-9022-8c540951ed57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>This meant growing up with wildlife, and not just seeing it at a distance. Nearby residents would bring stray baby animals, like raccoons and beavers, and the family nursed them until they could return to the wild. Deb recalls one particular animal who didn\u2019t go back: \u201cA farmer ran over a fawn and its leg had to be amputated. But the fawn never left &#8212; it stayed around and became a family pet.\u201d Who else do you know that had a three-legged deer as a pet?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Deb also went to an elementary school that seems out of another era \u2013 just two rooms, one for grades 1-3 and the other for 4-6, and her class was nine students. But then she went to St. Charles High, with 75 in her graduating class, and then on to Rochester Vo-Tech, which led to a job with First National Bank in Rochester. After a couple of years at the bank, she landed a job at Kalmes Implement, a company that sold and repaired agricultural equipment (and is now a part of Case IH). The man who helped her land that new job had some pull \u2013 it was a family business that his grandfather had founded in 1919, and Bob Scherbring and his brother owned it. She and Bob ended up getting married and she stayed with the company 31 years.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After they retired, they booked a three-month stay at Silveridge to be near friends in Mesa, and as Deb recalled it, \u201cWe pulled into our lot and the neighbors came and welcomed us and we stayed. That was eight years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>LINDA HINZMAN\u00a0(Photo: Linda and LaVerne Hinzman)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/a76069eb-93b9-4eab-b8f2-2eeeabf79949.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, Linda and her husband, LaVerne, have been wintering in Canada this season due to the pandemic. While they now live in Sasketchwan, Linda grew up in a Manitoba town with the charming name of Flin Flon. (It\u2019s a copper and zinc mining town with a mascot named Flinty. The town\u2019s unlikely name comes from a character in a 1905 novel called Josiah Flintbbatey Flonatin. Why name the town for that character? Prospectors found a copy of the book near the original mine site.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"column-resize-bar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/b7595919-1867-433c-8c05-c7df73f9730b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/85f59692-5e2b-4e2a-8a9e-ef19a9030e1e.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>Linda went to school in Flin Flon and then on to Red River College and eventually to a 35-year career assisting the President of a mining company. That mining company was where she met LaVerne, an underground mine surveyor.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After retiring, they took a tour of potential winter homes, including Palm Springs, Sedona and Mesa. \u201cWe visited Silveridge on that trip because our friends John and Marge Faktor were there,\u201d Linda recalled. \u201cWe fell in love with it. We rented there the next winter and then bought a place. It\u2019s been 10 years we\u2019ve been coming to Silveridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Yes, note that Silveridge beat out Palm Springs and Sedona. Who better to help greet newcomers? Linda added, \u201cI\u2019m glad to do anything that helps the park that we love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-divider\">\n<table class=\"editor-divider\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"feature editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"0078CF\" width=\"30%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"column-resize-bar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/bde84713-df03-4965-8d9d-990352ec548c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"feature editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"0078CF\" width=\"70%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 24pt;\">\u00a0Abound in Hope<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Message From Sue\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"section-headline editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"0078CF\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text section-headline-text\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I know what you are thinking. The new year cannot come fast enough! It certainly has been an unprecedented year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Our hearts go out to all those who have been afflicted with Covid. Our nation has lived through one of the most difficult and painful years in memory. Many of you have suffered the loss of a loved one. When you are asking a higher power for strength during hard times of change, do not be surprised if a feather is found in your path! That is the confirmation that your Angels are present and always near you. Knowing that we have this confidence, let us believe that the new year will bring new hope!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Hope is the torch we carry that scatters the darkness that we feel within us.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">We are all needing a &#8220;Dose of Hope&#8221; right now and I want you to know that I will always offer activities to lift your spirits. Most of our clubs are open to inspire you mentally, physically and socially! Good books and puzzles fill the library shelves. Uplifting movies are played at the Silver Screen every Saturday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">After changing our Ticket Order List several times I have decided on a modified variety of quality Dinner Shows, Concerts and Breakfasts to entertain you. Armand says that &#8220;Fun Bingo&#8221; will be back on January 6th! What do you think about a future &#8220;Doggie Fashion Show? It would be in the doggie park, complete with the Mesa Canine speaker on Service\/ therapy animals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">January will bring the Everly Brothers Concert, a Doris Day and John Denver Tribute Dinner Delight. How about Fat Tuesday; a Mardi Gras Dinner Show with the Dueling Pianos? For our Country fans I have\u00a0booked a George Strait tribute show with Gordy and Debbie (who did our Country legend show last year). The Uptown Angels will once again grace our stage with a new 70&#8217;s Show.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Come to the Activity Office to receive your copy of the updated Ticket Order and Event list. Since there is limited seating with social distancing there is a chance of selling out, so get your tickets early and pick your seats with your &#8220;trusted circle of friends.&#8221; There is a Iimit of 50% capacity in the ballroom. Of course, it is al\u00adways your decision to attend any of our entertainment. If you have already attended any of the events, you know that your safety is our priority. Many of you have commented that you have felt &#8220;safe&#8221; at our events. Thank you to all our kitchen and club leaders who have implemented the utmost safety standards. Thank you for adhering to our rules with wearing masks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Let&#8217;s dwell on Happy thoughts; our family, friends (the furry ones, too) and all the cherished memories through the years. The future is bright, a vaccine is coming! 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