January 2014 Volume 25 Number 4 Aladdin Villas* is a 55 and over community News & Views News & Views Website: http:\\avnewsviews.pbworks.com Email: avnewsviews@hotmail.com Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all are enjoying our winter weather! I am just glad our cold is not anywhere near 50 below zero! I am looking for input for the News & Views! If you have stories or articles you would like to share with your neighbors, please send them by email, put them in the N&V box in the office, or in the box on my front porch at 513 Jupiter. As space allows I will include them in future editions. If you have letters from former residents you would like to share as with the Petersons I am glad to include that also! Your Editor, Kathy Dickey Office Hours Residents Information Office May-September Monday Only 9:00 am - 11:00 am October - April Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 am - 11:00 am Corporate Treasurer s Office Year Round Monday Only 9:00 am - 11:00 am Activities Treasurer s Office Wednesday Only 9:00 am - 11:00 am Residents Meeting Thursday Feb 6, 2014 West Hall 9:00 am Coffee & Donuts at 8:30 am January Holidays Jan 20 ML King Day Wednesday, January 22, 11:30 am, WOODSHOP RIBBON CUTTING with a light lunch to follow. Kathy Loe - 419 Saturn Here is the election results for the 2014 Activity Board, otherwise known as Aladdin Villa s Residents Association Board: President - Tom Fairclough Treasurer - Michelle Varnado Woodworking - Tony Eckroth Crafts - Chip Forbear Publicity - Nancy Bowen Health & Human Services - Marlys Eggleston Outdoor Games - Kathy Lee Stained Glass - Anna Marie Evens Vice President - Judy Alexander Special Interests - Noma Cratsenberg 1
New Residents and Contact Information Corrections New Residents Summer Address Pemberton, Dee 413 Taurus St. 956-578-2271 Voss, Earl and Myrnice 708 70th Ave. E 407 Jupiter Alexandria, MN 701-371-8685 701-371-8685 Contact Information Corrections Acker, Starr 421 Scorpio, Change from 406 Gemini Phone: 978-764-8379 Hussong, Conrad and Beverly 1418 Libra, Change from 504 Virgo Phone: 956-451-0051 Mitchell, 404 Mercury Remove 712-251-9366 Sedor, Bev and Joe Delete home phone His: 956-342-0830 Hers: 956-566-5357 Shewfelt, Ralph and Linda 508 Aquarius Delete phone: 956-250-4592 Add: 956-250-4592 Slavik, Norman and Veronica 1408 Libra Delete 956-583-1768 Add:651-347-0877 Soden, Jerry and Jan 415 Saturn Change Kansas phone: 316-796-6117 Cell: 316-796-6104 Picture Directory Last Pictures taken the week of January 13-17. A volunteer is needed to sell the advertising for our Picture Directory. Call Ann Brisco, 956-583-4424, or Teddy Baye, 956-205-2446 to volunteer! 2
Thank you! A big thank you for the great turnout we had for our Christmas Dinner. Everyone here is so special at Aladdin Villa because we all show up to help each other. All you have to say is you need help in setting up tables and wow, do they show up! To everyone a big thank you for helping us get the tables set up. The table decorations that the hostesses put on their tables were beautiful. Behind the scenes the kitchen help Dick and Karon Ives and Dick and Shirley Peer always go way beyond the call of duty and anyone else that we missed in the kitchen that helped. The ham was so very good! Thanks again for everything! Chuck and Sharon Rusher Vince and Raie Thill A big Thank You to all who worked so hard at our December 2013 garage sales. We couldn t do it without your help. Gib and Kathy Holst, Stan and Donna Snyder, Pierre Hebert and Dorys Lamothe, Frank and Dorothy Rosenboom, Debbie Freitag, Curt and Connie Jackson, Leroy and Anita Kloch, Don and Barbara Kannon, Kay Pinar, Gene Nielsen, Tom Cole, Joann Bolton, Carole Myers, Bill and Sandra Shannon, Ray Cekalla, John Loe, and Grace Lukes. And a special Thanks to our husbands, Tom and Larry. Our total earnings were $2,911.78. The next sale is February 14-15, 2014. Save your stuff, we need it! Thanks again! Jan Bennin and Jan Turner Thank you to everyone who helped collate and distribute the News and Views for December. Those volunteers were Doris Bagaus, Marilyn Schrader, Dave and Rosemary Tucker, Shari Chisholm and Nancy Bowen. Emily Champagne Thank You to Ray and Gloria Cekalla for setting up and taking down the Christmas trees in the Hacienda and Library. Also to those that decorated and undecorated the Library tree. Happy New Year! ZZNEWS Do you have a computer? If so, you can get up to date Aladdin Villas information by emailing zznews@sbcglobal.net or going to the website @ http://zznews.pbworks.com/. Last minute news is usually available and you can buy, sell or list things there. Hal Case 3 Iowa Potluck Sunday, January 26, 2014 Hacienda Room Social Hour: 11:30 am Lunch: 12:00 pm Please bring a Hot or Cold dish for 8 people, serving utensil, table service, and drink of your choice. Coffee and iced tea or water will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact: Lorilyn Schultes (712)249-9750 or Marilyn Preston SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 The Minnesota Potluck Get-Together will be held on Sunday, January 19 at 5 pm in the West Clubhouse Ballroom. We welcome all current and former residents and anyone with Minnesota ties. Come and meet your fellow Minnesotans and share stories and memories of Minnesota. There will be food, fellowship, Minnesota trivia, a 50-50 drawing and prizes. Plates, silverware, coffee, water and ice will be provided. Sign up sheets for attending and bringing a dish to share are posted in the Ballroom and Mesquite rooms. We hope to see you there. Please wear your AVname badges. Ray & Gloria Cekalla PETER PIPER PIZZA MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Aladdin Villas residents are invited to a pizza and salad bar lunch at Peter Piper Pizza on North Conway and Two Mile Road at 11:30 a.m. on Monday January 13. Those having birthdays or anniversaries during the month will be recognized. The price of the buffet is about $6 or you can order from the menu. Cake and ice cream will also be served and if you bring your Peter Piper mug your beverage is free. No sign up is necessary just show up. The next Peter Piper dates are: (all Mondays at 11:30 a.m.) January 13, February 10, and March 10. Mark your calendar now and come and join us. Ray & Gloria Cekalla Thank you to the carolers that came by and serenaded me over the holidays! Also many thanks to all the Aladdin residents who have watched over me and helped me out while I have been homebound! It means a lot to me! Thanks Again! Winnie Balch
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January 2014 6 7 4-6pm Taco Tuesday 13 11:30 Peter Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 5 9am Church Service-Library 2-3:30 Ice Cream Social 12 9am Church Service-Library 3pm RGV Band 7-9 Wine Tasting 19 9am Church Service-Library 5:00 Minnesota Potluck 26 9am Church Service-Library 11:30 Iowa Potluck Piper Pizza Directory Pictures 20 Martin Luther King Day 14 4:30 Potluck 21 4-6pm Taco Tuesday 27 28 4:30 Potluck 1 New Years Day 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 22 11:30am Woodshop Ribbon Cutting 9am Resident s Mtg 8-12 Arts & Crafts Sale 23 24 25 29 30 31 9:30-11:30 Vendor Show 7:30-9am Pancakes 7:30-10am Omelets 7:30-9am Pancakes 5-7 Burgers 7-9 Rock & Roll 11
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday vice Library vice Library 16 9am Church Service Library 7-9 Wine Tasting 23 9am Church Service Library 10 11:30 Peter Piper Pizza 17 Presidents Day day 11 4:30 Potluck 18 4-6 Taco Tuesday Mtg Noon Pool Party 28 15 7:30-9am Biscuits & Gravy 7am-noon Garage Sale 1 8:30 am Blood Drive Library 7 8 7:30-9am Pancakes 21 22 7:30-9am Pancakes February 2014 5 6 9am Resident s 12 13 14 Valentine s Day 19 20 8-12 Arts & Crafts Sale 26 27 Fashion Show Doors open 11:30am 3 4 4-6 Taco Tues- 24 25 4:30 Potluck 2 9am Church Ser- 12 9 9am Church Ser-