Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk

I think I finally figured out how to get the link for you to join the Tucson Village People Team and/or make donations to team members.

Click on the link below. This will take you to a window that allows you to "join" the Tucson Village People Team, Company name is: Far Horizons Tucson Village; or make a donation to one of the walkers.
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=3488&pg=entry&autologin=true

The tabs at the top of the page will give you the date and time of the event in Tucson. Please plan on joining us for this annual event.

Let me know if you have problems getting the link to connect. Y'all have my email address but here it is again bjmartin1950@gmail.com .

I'll be back in Tucson after the 15th of September and am looking forward to seeing y'all again.

Making Strides - Breast Cancer Walk

We are setting up the FHTV team for the October Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk and will put a link to our Making Strides web page. Tomorrow you will be able to go directly to our team page (Far Horizons Tucson Village) to add your name to our team - if you haven't already spoken with JoAnn.

Sponsors can go directly to the Making Strides Tucson Village web page and make donations directly to you. More details about this to follow.

Your participation in this event each year is greatly appreciated, not only by your FHTV family, but also by those whose lives are saved because of the money raised at this annual event. Early detection and treatment has saved many many lives. Soooo give yourselves a pat on the back!

THANK YOU! See y'all soon back at FHTV.

bj

News from the Blankenbakers

We just brought up the FHTV blog and really enjoyed seeing all the news, pictures, etc.

Like almost all the country we have had a hot and humid summer and finally got much needed rain last week. Hoping for a good crop year for the farmers.

We are looking forward to the Midwest party at Mendenhalls next week and hope to get back to Tucson a little earlier this year.
Keep the blogs coming.

Darrel and Marcy Blankenbaker

Char Brown Passed

Just a short note to let you know that Char Brown, wife of Doug Brown, died this past week in Colorado where they had been living. Their home had been in Wisconsin. The Browns spent many winters inFHTV.

Doug's address in Colorado is: 10755 Empire Drive # 213 Franktown, CO 80116

Spaghetti Dinner

Thursday early evening, 4PM, spaghetti was served in the Fiesta room. Fifty two people paid $2.50 for spaghetti and meat sauce, garlic bread and salad. Jules Croft, George and JoAnn purchased all the makings and the money collected went to MDA. Each year they take volunteers and "take them to jail." You have to make bail by collecting moneys. This year it was George's turn. It was a hard decision. We really wanted to leave him there.

FHTV SUNDAY MORNING SOCIAL 8/12/07

Sponsors this sunday were Diane & Jim Liesse, there were 15 in attendance. HooRay Jim & Diane are back.

Delores Dewey called from Missouri, all is well-still on the road until Sept or Oct.

We hope when Donnie Marini & Carol Heyerman hear that Jim & Diane Liesse are here he will come down soon.

Nancy Jebson is really looking forward to coming back soon.

Lucille Grove Passed

Just wanted to let you know that Lucille Grove passed away August 2, 2007, she had been a long time resident at FHTV.

Jean La Voie

3rd Annual FHTV Summer Pot Luck

I would like to invite everybody to the 3rd annual FHTV Midwestern Summer Potluck. It will be on Aug. 22nd at noon at Al & Donna Mendenhall's place at 606 4th Ave Freeborn MN. which is 16 miles northwest of Albert Lea. Direction signs will be placed to help you find us. If you like, you could come early and bring your hoe, Donna's garden needs HELP!

Al Mendenhall. Phone 507-863-2236

More Bob and Claire Visits

Claire and Bob Rogers were hosted by Edwina Dale at her home in Massena, NY. She fed us well, which we needed after a bike ride the day before, and showed us some of the local sites, including a visit with her sister Arlene and brother-in-law Ray Ouimet, all residents of FHTV in the winter. There seems to be a first-ripe-tomato contest going on: here are Ray and Arlene's.

As you can imagine, Bob and Edwina went computer crazy the whole time; both now have Vista and played all day while Claire worked on her computer. Fun visit.

SUNDAY SOCIAL & NEWS

August 5th Sunday Social was sponsored by Shirley & Bruce Briggs, "just because." There were 17 people who attended.

Jeff Neeper 607 Gila injured his right knee this summer & recovered but was reinjured during therapy but is now doing better.

June Ross had a slight stroke Sunday but is back home and doing great.

Esther Whitehead is moving to an apartment at "Fellowship Square."

Chapel Services begin again for the season by popular demand this Sunday August 12th. Service starts at 11:00 AM in the Fiesta Room.

Square Dancing restarting 6:00 PM Monday evenings in the Fiesta Room August 27th. Everyone welcome.

HEY !!!! What do you all think? Is the season upon us or what. The Communication room, TV room, Library, C room (Cactus room), and the AB rooms are all a mess with construction. Each day we get a little closer to being done. Rick Olasin, the constractor says if I would quit adding more things for him and Don Wallace and Chuck Loddy to do they could get done. Ha! Don has hung lights and fans in the communication room and Chuck has done the molding, painting and anythings else I can come up with. Rick you may know from around the Village. He and Wendy Bean, 388 moved over to FHE last fall. He has added a wall and will rework the library shelves.

Finish out your summer as it's almost time to return to the Village and all the things BJ, Shelene and Vicki have planned for you.

More later
Take Care and be safe and healthy
JoAnn

Sackets Harbor Visit

Clyde and Mary Jane Van Arsdale hosted Bob and Claire Rogers at their Sackets Harbor paradise, as part of Bob and Claire's week long 17th wedding anniversary celebration. Good food and good company! Thank you Clyde and Mary Jane.

For the War of 1812 and a sailing regatta at Sackets Harbor, go to www.wwwnewbohemians.blogspot.com or just click on Bob and Claire's blog at the right.

Late Sunday Social News

It's been a month since I have posted anything about the Sunday Socials. Jules Croft is doing a great job organizing them and bring the reports to me, so here goes the news for the last month.

6/23 Sponsor Elise Hayes, 16 attended: Chuck Heath has moved to FL to be with fm due to his health. Ellen & Bill Heiny are going to IN for their 60th high school reunion. Bob & Beryl Hunt are going to the Twin Cities for 3 wks. Jim & Dianne Liesse are in their new home in IL & Jim is playing golf with his brothers.

7/8 Sponsor Ruth Anne Wickersham (Leftcourt) 13 attended: Construction is doing well. The patio sites should be finished by the end of the month? Al & Lou Guimond were guests at coffee, they will return in the fall as annuals. Today is expected to be 100!!

7/15 Sponsors Edna & Joe Doris in absentia, 15 attended: Lloyd & Alleen Clark in CO for 2 wks. Chuck Heath is going to Broadway Proper the end of the month. Monsoons are finally here.

7/22 Sponsors Florence Strosthal & Ellen Heiny, 12 attended: Last evening we had a good "FROG STRANGLER" of a monsoon! Many areas got 1-2 inches of rain. Bill Riggle and new wife Kathy are here for a couple of weeks.

7/29 Sponsors Betty Wood & Ethan Blodgett in honor of Ethan's 10th birthday Wednesday 8/1, 20 attended.

Monsoons

The monsoons have really been dumping water on the Tucson area. The best thing is has picked a different area each day. The Village has fared very well. The little wash has run to within an inch of over flowing the bridge. The Pantano wash has ran a number of times but nothing deep and all the way across, yet. Bob Baker on 327 did loose part of his awning in a wind storm before the monsoons hit but that has been all. The picture of the lady leaning out of the van into the trunk of her car was taken at the Compass Bank at the corner of Pantano/Broadway where the water was mid hubcap. I'm not sure about the other picture. A 65 year old man did loose his life last night over on Iverington and Park. If I understand it right his SUV was washed off the road into the Rodeo wash where it tumbled a couple of time ending driver side down trapped in an underpass, totally submerged. There is to be more monsoons this week and weekend and then it looks like a drying trend. More later. Stay Healthy!

BJ Banter

I haven't posted anything for awhile - it's not that I haven't been thinking of all of you; it's just that we have been very busy here. We had the 4th of July weekend which lasted for 9 days (because of the 4th falling on a Wednesday) and this past week we had the Amador County Fair. The fair is always hectic for us and for the next two or three weeks we will be battling the flies that invariably come after the fair. It will be good to get back to Tucson where it is too hot for flies. (I hope)

From the postings on the blog I see that you all are having a really good summer wherever you may be. We can all look forward to some cosmetic changes in the park when we get back, we may not recognize the place!!

My schedule brings me back to Tucson around September 15th and I look forward to seeing y'all there. Take care and have a safe trip back to Tucson.

bj