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Bailey is. 3 1/2 year old Shih-Tzu (pronounced Shee - TZOO) who’s reason for being is to keep her humans moving. She is a St. John’s certified (although retired) therapy dog who loves people of all ages and believes people of all ages should love her. Bailey loves routine and will argue when her routine is altered. She loves opening presents and will eat her “dog” food only after all other sources are not forthcoming. Watching deer, playing with the neighbour’s Great Dane, and going for long (for her) walks are some of her favourite things to do. Barbara Ann Derksen, Author of Christian Fiction and Non-Fiction
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IN THIS ISSUE: Social Committee ........................................................ PVRA News / Save the Date ....................................... 1st PVRA General Meeting 2019 ................................ FYI from PVRA for all Residents.................................. Birthdays & Occasions................................................. Singles Potluck .......................................................... Words from the Editor / Monthly Lunch ................ 8 & Valentine’s Dance / Membership Card Winners ......... The Funny Bone ......................................................... Card Scores / Volunteer Drivers .................................... Recipe / Breakfast Out of the Village ......................... Word Search ............................................................... Sudoku ........................................................................ Puzzle Answers ...........................................................
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Our Funny Furry Friends ............................................ Poems by M.C. Fair .................................................... Crossword Puzzle ....................................................... Luck of the Irish Dance Party ..................................... Adult Coloring ............................................................. Laugh du Jour / Service Providers .................................... Newsletter Team ........................................................ Calendar .....................................................................
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There is no Social Committee Meeting for the month of March Next Meeting will be on April 10th at 1pm at 9 Harmony Lane.
On behalf of Linda Fulmore, as she and Brian head off for a much needed vacation, Linda wants to thank all those who have supported, helped, created, volunteered time, spent money, picked up stuff, listened, decorated, made food, served food, set-up the Centre, cleaned up, organized, and put the PVRA and the residents first. Debbie Kokil, Newsletter Editor
THE PARADISE VILLAGE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS. IF YOU WISH A PRINTED COPY PLEASE ENSURE YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS CURRENT.
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PVRA MEMBERSHIPS AND ANY CHANGES TO YOUR INFORMATION CAN BE COMPLETED BY CONTACTING: Joanne Kehler 32 Sunset Drive 204-422-6248 joken95@mymts.net Thanks so much!
2018-2020 Executive Members President: Ludwik Jarco 1st Vice-President: Barry Davenport 2nd Vice-President: Gord Macpherson Secretary: Edythe Pryor (2017-19) Membership: Joanne Kehler Editorial: Debbie Kokil Kitchen: Linda Fulmore (2017-19) Treasurer: Cheryl Porte Social: Linda Fulmore (2017-19) House: Jack Steinhoff (2017-19)
PVRA Phonebook Additions, Changes & Corrections
PVRA Back to the 50’s Dance Saturday, May 11th, 2019
Please inform Joanne Kehler, Membership Committee Chair, when you make a change to your phone number or personal information so that records could be updated. Membership then contacts me, the editor, and I post it into the newsletter. Please transfer it to the lined part of your Phone List when you see one and keep yourselves updated too. Thank you! If any of you become aware of new neighbours or new residents to our Village could you please contact me either by telephone 204-422-6248 or email joken95@mymts.net. Thank you!
1st 2019 PVRA General Meeting Wednesday May 15th, 2019
Joan Kehler, Membership Committee Chair
Luck of the Irish Dance Saturday, March 16th, 2019 PVRA Spring Tea Thursday, April 18th, 2019
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CELEBRATIONS!
March Birthdays 1 Ray Coltman 2 Brad Hoffman 2 Joyce Spewak 2 Jake Wall 3 Eldora Manshanden 5 Rick Mushrow 5 Jim Hickey 6 John Calder 6 Ralph Brooke 7 John Zappe 7 Collette Zastre 9 Robin Grabowski 11 Heather Bencharski 11 Martti Pirinen 11 Gary Peters 12 Liz Morton 12 Maurice Zastre 14 Gordon Beaudin
15 Herb Inch 15 Linda Pirinen 15 Keith Richards 15 Ursula Schlichter 16 Lorraine Slater 20 Jack Steinhoff 21 Iboyla Melicher 22 Leo Klinkhammer 22 Rod Lindsay 23 Hazel Werner 25 John Williams 25 Jan Van Aertselaer 26 Pat Belisle 26 Lynda Gagnon 26 Shelly McEachern 27 Murray McDonald 29 Gisele Gervais 30 Bruce Harrower
Larry & Carole Trush on the loss of Carole’s son Stuart
Please contact Doreen Leys 204-422-8273 or Shirlee Christensen 204-422-9501 to let us know about any birthday mistakes, anniversaries, illnesses or loss of a loved one. We apologize if you have been forgotten... it probably was because we were unaware. Sincerely Doreen and Shirlee
March Milestone Birthdays 2 – Jack Wall 5 – Rick Mushrow 6 – John Calder 15 – Ursula Schlichter 22 – Rod Lindsay
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Hello March! Words from the Editor Hello Paradise Village Residents Association (PVRA) Members. Hello Paradise Village residents, friends and neighbours. There is only two and a half months to go until we elect a new PVRA Executive. It is time to get serious about this. Have you all given some thought to how that’s going to look? Have any of you been considering running for any of the positions? Have any of you spoken to others who you may think would be a good representative of the PVRA Executive? I know that there has been a lot of conversation and all opinions and suggestions matter. The PVRA Executive and Members are a very important group just as we are a very important community. These positions are work; and no doubt, this is one reason why many are apprehensive to become involved. It takes time, effort, and dedication to perform the duties of each position. Each position is for a 2 year term with the hopes that 1st and 2nd VicePresidents moves up the ladder replacing the current President when the terms are up. This gives continuity to the goals of the PVRA.
The primary goal of the PVRA Executive is to provide a quality of life for the residents in Paradise Village that involves friendship, camaraderie, personal support, entertainment/social events,and financial support towards health and activities. The secondary goal is to build a workable and respectful relationship with Management. It is very easy to fall into a negative pattern and in the last two years there has been a divide amongst the residents. Management does not treat all residents fairly and believes the PVRA to be a useless entity causing a divide among us. Residents having to hire a lawyer to achieve small growths in individual treatments and use of our common room, the Recreation Centre, seems to me should not have been deemed necessary but how else can we get our issues dealt with? We need someone in the new executive who can see eye to eye with Management with the priority of putting the residents first. Are you that person? We want someone else to fix what is wrong or expect someone else to pick up the ball and run
with it. The truth is that for any group, association, or community there are many who volunteer their time and effort, their talents and gifts, their love and respect so that others can have a better quality of life. Unfortunately and too often, it is always the same people. We need new people. Unlike a trailer park, we are unique and share the same values, wants and needs. We take care of our properties and improve as often as possible. We are people who have many talents and gifts to give to each other and it shows everyday. This is why we need to stand together and become one with new residents stepping up to take on the responsibilities of the PVRA Executive. We need to stand together and build a unified community focusing on how changing how Management treats us, the rights we have as seniors, and bringing together all residents as one. We need to discuss what the priorities of the PVRA are. Is it creating a good rapport with Management? Is it full access to the Recreation Centre? Is it buying furniture for the pool area? Is it putting up baffles for sound issues? Beautifying the Recre-
ation Centre? Storage space? Buying new exercise equipment? Holding more activities? Raising money for local charities? I think it is all of the above and then some. Tact is what is lacking between residents and management these days. Taken from Day by Day by Chuck Swindoll: “Wisely labeled “the saving virtue,” tact graces life like fragrance graces a rose. One whiff erases any memory of the thorns. It’s remarkable how peaceful and pleasant tact can make us. Its major goal is avoiding unnecessary offense, and that alone ought to make us crave it. Its basic function is a keen sense of what to say or do in order to maintain the truth and good relationships, and that alone ought to make us cultivate it. Tact is incessantly appropriate, invariably attractive, incurably appealing, but rare oh, is it rare! Remember the teacher who lacked tact? Each morning you wondered if that was the day you’d be singled out and embarrassed by some public put-down. Remember the boss who lacked tact? You never knew if he ever understood you or considered you to be a valuable person. And who
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Continued... could forget that tactless physician? You weren’t a human being; you were Case Number thirty-six.” Let’s observe TACT when conversing with each other and not boasting about who can do better or rudely commenting on how bad something was done. Let’s work together towards a common goal of sharing with each other in a respectful way that builds community. My experience with the residents (members or not) of Paradise Village
has been a positive one. We have received cookies & apple crisp, words of encouragement and support, help with snow removal, coupons for free car washes, a ride when you lock your keys in the garage and need to pick up a set from your daughter, gifts of wine, help with the newsletter, an ear to bend when concerned about something, and the knowledge, that we for the most part, are good people willing to look out for one another even when things get
hard or difficult. I hope that they know they can count on me too! I wish to end my editorial words with a huge thank you to the many people I have personally worked with in the PVRA and the Executive. These folks have put in many hours and have always put Paradise Village residents first. Even when times got difficult they put on a friendly face and kept on going even continuing with the positions held just to keep the Executive and the PVRA
running. I have gained some really good friends and will always be there for any of them. I am very willing to support anyone who wants to run for one of the Executive positions as long as the residents come first. Let’s grow together and create a community to be proud of encouraging anyone to come live here because it is the best place on earth. Debbie Kokil PVRA (Paradise Village Residents Association) Newsletter Editor
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FOOT CARE SERVICES OFFERED INÂ PARADISE VILLAGE! Seine River Services for Seniors
Kellee Reid, a Certified (Diabetic) Foot Care Nurse is ready to come to your home if you are in need of this service. Offered every 6 weeks. For more information please contact the Resource Coordinator, Juliette Rowan @ 204424-5285 to register and become a client.
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Valentine’s Dance February 2019
The Valentine’s Dance was a great time for those who attended. Just going to see the way the Social Committee decorates is worth the effort in itself. Many if not most danced the night away and enjoyed a good lunch provided by Linda and her team. A funny thing occurred towards the end of the evening when one member was leaving to go home and found the local RCMP from Steinbach sitting in the parking lot. A noise complaint had been called in.
Fortunately for us there was no noise to be heard of in the words of the RCMP officers. Good news! A Board Games Night, last minute organized, was a great time. Around 18 people arrived with various games from Monopoly to Balderdash to Dominoes to Scrabble game that uses numbers, etc. Many laughs and strategies were made. The evening ended with a frustrating game of Shuffleboard (by the Pool Table). One terrific and memorable shot was made by a member and will not soon be forgotten or probably ever repeated. Good thing it was witnessed. LOL. WE should get together more often for these games nights. The next Games night may be on
March 30th beginning at 7:00 pm. Look for postings on Facebook. On behalf of Linda Fulmore, as she and Brian head off for a much needed vacation, Linda wants to thank all those who have supported, helped, created, volunteered time, spent money, picked up stuff, listened, decorated, made food, served food, set-up the Centre, cleaned up, organized, and put the PVRA and the residents first. Linda will be stepping down as the Social Committee Chair in May and though times were tough and Management was not very accommodating she soldiered on proving that her dedication was genuine, caring and loyal. Thank you Linda and Brian for all that you have contributed to the
PVRA, Paradise Village and its Residents. We are blessed to have you living here. By the way, Linda’s Key Card has become broken (no wonder with all the use it got) and the office wants to charge her $50 to replace it. I think that we should fight against this charge. A cost can be warranted but not $50 maybe $10 is a much more appropriate charge don’t you think? Help support this please. Debbie Kokil, Newsletter Editor NOTE: We need some volunteers to take photos at events and submit them to the Newsletter! Please contact me if you are able to do this.
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The Funny Bone I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his DDS diploma on the wall, which bore his full name suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school class some 40-odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then? Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate. After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Morgan park high school. “Yes. Yes, I did ... I’m a mustang,” he gleamed with pride. “When did you graduate?” I asked. He answered, “In 1975. Why do you ask?” “You were in my class!” I exclaimed. He looked at me closely. Then, that ugly, old, bald, wrinkled faced, fat-assed, gray-haired, decrepit, son-ofa-bitch asked me, “What did you teach???”
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February Playing Card Scores
Volunteer Drivers DRIVERS WHO WILL USE EITHER THEIR OWN OR THE RESIDENT’S VEHICLE: Ragnar Erlendson 204-422-5844 Syd Henderson 204-422-6290 Herb Inch 204-422-5849 Doreen Leys 204-422-8273 Leo Langlois 204-422-9496 DRIVERS WHO PREFER TO USE THEIR OWN VEHICLE: Al Wastle 204-422-5275 John Sluis 204-422-4111 Ward 6 Councillor, RM of Ste. Anne Randy Eros 204-371-2959
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Oatmeal Jam Sandwich Cookies ¾ Cup 1 Cup ½ Cup 1 2 tbsp. 2 tsp. 2/3 Cup ¾ tsp. ½ tsp. 3 Cups 1-1/2 cups
Butter, Softened Lightly Packed Brown Sugar Granulated Sugar Egg Water Vanilla Flour, All Purpose or Whole Wheat Flour Baking Soda Cinnamon Old Fashioned Oats Jam of any flavour
Preparation: 25 minutes Baking time: 13 minutes Makes: About 32 cookies Freezing: Excellent filled or unfilled
CREAM butter, sugar, egg, water, and vanilla together on medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. COMBINE flour, baking soda, and cinnamon. ADD to creamed mixture, beating on low speed until blended. Stir in oats. DROP dough by small spoonful onto greased baking sheets. BAKE at 350 degrees (180C) for 10-13 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool completely. SPREAD jam on flat side of half the cookies. Put another cookie on top to form a sandwich. HELPFUL HINT: Filled cookies become soft and chewy with standing.
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Sudoku PET SITTING Services
No Overnights At My Home Call Marilyn 204-422-6290
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FEBRUARY PUZZLE ANSWERS
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Poems by M.C. Fair
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Crossword Puzzle
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Laugh Du Jour A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her. Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket towards the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back. “Oh my, I am so sorry, “ the woman says as she pops her eye back in place. “Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you, “ she says. They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theater followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his. She listens. After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast. They had a wonderful, wonderful time. The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed! Everything had been SO incredible!! “You know, “ he said, “you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet? “ “No,” she replies “You just happened to catch my eye.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool… After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split. The waitress asked kindly, ‘Crushed nuts?’ ‘No,’ he replied, ‘Arthritis.’
RESIDENTS LIST PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS Residents who wish to provide other residents with professional business support. Contact the newsletter email pvra20@yahoo.ca to pass along your information if you want to be on this list. Thank you. Wayne Pierce - Commissioner for Oaths Free to Paradise Residents 204-422-9116
Volunteers needed on Friday March 22nd & Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 for 2-4 hour shifts to sell “Daffodils” at either Walmart, Superstore, or Clearspring Mall. Proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society Please call Frank 204-392-5876 or Doreen 204-422-8273
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2016-2018 NEWSLETTER TEAM Editor: Debbie Kokil 5 Parkview Drive R5H 1J6 - 204-422-8714 Advertising: Les Hooper 12 Harmony Lane R5H 0A2 - 204-422-8583 Distribution (Sum): Brian Fulmore 9 Harmony Lane R5H 0A2 - 204-422-9190 Distribution (Win): Frank Leys 7 Nature Drive R5H 1H2 - 204-392-5876 You can contact us via e-mail: pvra20@yahoo.ca and drop off any submissions to 5 Parkview Drive by the 15th of each month for the following issue. We are always looking for advertisers in our monthly newsletter! Please contact Les Hooper at 204-422-8583 for prices and quotes
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