Danvers
Circle
By Diane
Piscopo &
Vicki Wilson
We welcome back and wish a happy new year to all those on
Danvers who have returned from celebrating the holidays with their
relatives,
friends and families!!
When you took a look down Danvers Circle on Christmas Eve
and Christmas night it looked sooooo very nice with all the lit
candles! Thanks
to Jack and Joann Tracey and Jean Shelby for taking the time to make
sure our
street looked so beautiful!!!
Our street sure is filling up!!! Welcome to returning
renters Paul and Candy Moran from Massachusetts . They rented on
Danvers last
year! Enjoy!
Also returning is Ardys Pettersen from illinois! She
rented last year on Danvers too!! Enjoying VHL along with Ardys for a
visit is
her brother Jarl Pettersen and his wife Paula, also from illinois!!
Have a
great stay!!!
Welcome to new renter Don Virkler from NY who is staying
here for 3 months!!!
Also
renting here on Danvers
is Shirley and Ken Schafer from S. Dakota!!! Shirley's mom, Dorothy Moe
is
visiting for a while!!! Her sister Linda Nelson will be arriving for a
visit
too!!! I got to visit with Dorothy, and besides making the neatest
potholders,
she has quite the family to be proud of!!! Get this - she has 3 kids (2
girls
and 1 boy) 14 grandkids, 33 great grandkids - ok ready for this?????? 1
great-
great- grandkid and 1 great- great- great- grandkid on the way!!!! (due
date Junish!)
Omg!!!! That's 5 generations!!!!! Geez Louise!!!! How cool is that!!!
(Yes, I
made sure to go
back and double check my notes!!!) Hope you guys enjoy all the village
has to
offer)!!!
Greetings to returning owners Carolyn Jarzombek, Marie
Webster
and Margaret and Jack Coady. Glad to have you all back!!!!!
Jack Moody had a great visit with Bethann from NH!!!
Diane Piscopo's mom is coming down to warm her bones!! Sam and Jodi
Morley's
veggie garden is turning out super!!! I know Sam has some parties
scheduled
since he's a wonderful DJ, a/k/a Sam's place!! So give him a call if
you ever
need one!!!!
Hope everyone gets out and enjoys this awesome weather
we're
having down here!!!!! Moi!
Moi!
Georgie Schoonmaker returned to her home in Troy, NY to
visit her two sons over the Christmas holidays.
They had a wonderful time going out to dinner and
frequenting the casino
where her youngest son won $$. A
favorite part of her trip was visiting with John Gorman’s
grandchildren. Georgie also shared a story
about their car
trip back home last spring. “About a
week after returning home last season, we received a traffic citation
from
Ridgeland, SC for speeding. Not only did
we NOT see a police car or officer, we had no idea that a camera on a
tripod in
the middle of I-95 took pictures of us and our car.
John’s picture made him look like a
gangster. This was John’s 1st
ever speeding ticket, and the bond, as they called it, was $133.00. They also added $3.26 for paying with a
credit card. This did not make him
happy!!!! So, to all of you who drive through Ridgeland, SC on I-95, BE
CAREFUL
of the speed trap there. You won’t
know
anything happened until you get that exciting piece of mail.” If anyone wants to see the incriminating
photos, just ask Georgie. Pretty
funny….NOT!
Pete and Beth Weidenaar have rented a place at 7459
Danvers for the past 6 years. They live
in Lansing, Michigan, and are happy to come here for three months each
year. They both enjoy the pool as well
as relaxing and reading on their lanai.
Beth sings in the chorus and performs in the variety show. Pete is a retired social worker.
For many years he served as the CEO of the
Michigan Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Beth is a retired substitute organist/choir
director. The two main features that
make renting here so desirable are the many friends they have made in
VHL and
the wonderful, warm Florida weather.
Vern and Treva Heichel had the pleasure over the
Christmas holidays with a visit from their daughter Susan Carter from a
Cincinnati suburb. She is an educator
and the mother of two sons. One is a
teacher in a private school and the other is a missionary.
Each grandson has given Vern and Treva a
great granddaughter. Vern and Treva have
led very interesting fun-filled lives….and they have the many
stories to prove it. Visits to their lanai
are always
entertaining. Vern let slip that they
will be celebrating 70 married years together in June.
He told me Treva’s motto is: She’d
rather fight than switch…..Love it!!!!!
Fulmar
Ave
By Sandy
Boyns
Welcome to Charles and Karen Silva of Warwick, Rhode
Island. They are new owners on
Fulmar. Charlie was a Warwick Fireman
for 25 years, retired for 12 years and is a talented woodcarver. Karen was and still is the homemaker. In carious jobs over the years, the last job
was with Country Curtains. She says her
most interesting was being an intern at the Roger Williams Park Zoo
with the
Zoo Keepers. They have a son Matthew 36,
and a daughter Jodi who is 33. A
daughter-in-law Stephanie, and two grandsons. Drew (16) and Benjamin
(8). They have been very busy working on
their
home. Karen told me she will be having
company coming down soon to visit, they are both looking forward to
that.
Another new resident to Fulmar is Lucy Gallo.
Lucy is an American Eskimo pet. She
is a wonderful watch dog for the
neighborhood. She resides at Nancy and
and Angelo Gallo’s. Welcome to
Everyone!
Marge and Gene McCool our only true year round residents
on Fulmar Ave had a very busy summer.
Gene started with 60 customers for his weeding business
and now he is up
to over 100 yards. Gene said it was a
bad season for weeding. Marge and Gene
are awaiting their daughter Maureen’s visit.
She is an administrator at St. Joseph’s College in
Standish, Maine. She will be down the end
of January and will
be coming to the Village with Megan (13) and Rachael (3 ½). They will be here for 10 days.
Marge and Gene are counting the days until
their arrival. Their son Tom, who is a
General Manager of the Nuclear Power Plant in San Clemente, California
just
built a beautiful 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom, 4 car garage in Carlsbad,
California. Tom wants Marge and Gene to
come for a visit. They told me they are
looking forward to it and getting ready for a long plane trip this
spring. It will be worth every minute of
it and Tom
has plenty of room for them when they arrive.
Just don’t forget to come back, as we all would miss
you! Marge has had a great year in 2011,
she
started weight watchers, which meets here in the village and has lost
over 30
lbs. Her health has improved
tremendously. She looks and feels
great! You can see Marge riding her bike
around 2 to 3 times a day.
Congratulations Marge, way to go!
If anyone would like something written in the Voice,
please let me know. You can drop off the
article to me or call me at 941-697-6491.
Thank you, Sandy.
HELLO
FROM HEDWIG
By Sandy
Sullivan
February
already….how time
flies! Hedwig residents are busy
enjoying the Florida sun!
Phil and Lita Stone again provided a brilliant Christmas
display. Lita has been busy sorting and
organizing as she puts their decorations away for another year. Lita noted that as a result her gardens are
suffering and she will be busy the next few weeks nourishing them back
to their
glorious splendor.
Long-time renters, Doris and Skip Kull, arrived from
their Pennsylvania home late December.
Doris quilts hospice blankets for Tidewell.
The blankets are made with 3 ft. squares and
must include white squares for visitors and staff to autograph for the
patient. These blankets will eventually
be given to the patient’s family. To
date Doris has provided Tidewell with 85 blankets!
She recently completed a lovely jacket which
she made at the Village quilting class. Skip
enjoys biking, reading and working out at a local fitness center. He had to give up horseshoes due to some skin
cancer surgery on one hand. They are
looking forward to their granddaughter’s June wedding.
Bob and Linda Martin have lived in the Village for 14
years. Bob is a retired GM
engineer. He is a member of the
Woodcarvers here in the Village. Linda
is a retired nurse. She is the
“paper
girl” for the Voice for Hedwig and Adana.
The Martin’s hail from Adrian Michigan and arrived
in the Village early
December. They will be leaving sometime
in April in time to watch one of their grandsons play spring football. It’s amazing how those grandkids
“adjust” our
schedulesJ!
Please stop and/or call me (269-760-0742) with any
information you would like to share in future issues.
If you would like to be the reporter for your
street, Hedwig, call Sharon Simmons or myself.
Have a great winter!