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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

Monday Only

9:00 am—11:00 am

Activities Treasurer’s

Office

Wednesday Only

9:00 am—11:00 am

Residents’ Meeting

Thursday

April 2, 2015

West Hall at 9:00 am

Coffee & Donuts at 8:30

March Holidays

Mar 8—Daylight Savings

Mar 17—St Patrick’s Day

Mar 20—Spring Begins

March 29—Palm Sunday

Aladdin Villas Aladdin Villas* is a 55 and over community

News & Views

Volume 26 Number 6

News & Views Website: http:\\avnewsviews.pbworks.com Email: avnewsviews@hotmail.com

March 2015

ZZNEWS

Do you have a computer? If so, you can get up to date Aladdin Villas infor-

mation by going to the ZZNews website at http://zznews.pbworks.com. Last

minute news is usually available there. You can buy, sell, or list items there

also. The address to mail items to post is zznews04is@gmail.com

NOTICE

The 2015 Aladdin Villas

Phone Books are available.

Please stop by the office on

Monday, Wednesday, or Fri-

day to sign and pick-up your

phone book. Additional cop-

ies can be purchased for

$2.00. Please bring the cor-

rect change.

Mary Pals, Office Manager

WINE TASTING PARTY Sunday

West Ball Room 6-8 pm

April 12, 2015

Bring a favorite bottle of wine to share and a snack to go with it! No

charge—just fun times for all! Questions:

Jan Bennin 581-3594 or Jan Turner 424-9089

St. Patrick’s Parade and Party, March 17

Parade entries meet at the East Hall at 12:45. Join the fun by deco-

rating your cart, bicycle, motorcycle, wheelchair or conveyance of

your choice, in addition to costuming your pet and/or yourself. After

the parade, join the party where colorful green beverages will be

served with green ice cream, ALL FOR FREE. Music will be provided

by Arl Carlson and enjoy a fun program. Bring finger food for all to

share. Volunteers are needed! In the event of rain, the parade will

be cancelled, but the party will start at 2 pm. Committee members

are Barry Blakeley 641-757-1439, and Tom Pinar 906-280-0573 if

you have questions.

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New Residents Summer Address

Budlong, Donald & Trudy 3107 210 Ave. 415 Pisces P.O. Box 368 His: 515-320-2728 Titonka, IA 50480 Hers: 515-320-1927 Pruter, Eugene & Luena 34451 Luena Lane 1716 Aries Winona, MN 55987 His: 507-313-8363 504-452-3858 Hers: 507-313-5732 Schweiss, Lawrence & Susan 205 NE 1st Ave. 408 Saturn P.O. Box 515 His: 507-766-9657 Fairfax, MN 55332 Hers: 507-829-4968 Wessels, Lorenz & Beverly 520 SW 5th St. 408 Scorpio Willmar, MN 56305 Cell: 320-444-2332

Residents Summer Address

Allen, James & Louise Delete East Leroy, MI 1500 Libra Address Jennings, Fletcher & Mary Jo 509 Gemini Remove 956-585-7882 phone number Hable, Darris & Judy 520 Virgo Delete 956-279-4213 His: 956-310-2448 (same) Hers: 956-279-4213 (change) Hoffman, Lance & Kathy 502 Capricorn Delete: 956-274-4874 and 956-271-4871 Add: 956-205-2400 Longnecker, Richard 418 Capricorn Delete: 507-388-2662

Contact Information Changes (Continued)

Residents Summer Address

Wightman, Mary 27 Huron Ridge Cres & Finkbeiner, David Kincardine, ON Canada 1423 Leo St. N2ZIKI Remove Texas Phone Number Only phone number 519-396-3734 Zehler, Dan & Linda 412 Virgo Delete 585-297-2509 Only phone number 440-254-6504

New Residents and Contact Information Changes

Contact Information Changes

Fe, Esperanza & Amor

Pat and I would like to Thank everyone

that donated to our mission work. We

could not do it without all of you. The

clothes, food, personal hygiene items, and

monies for school supplies. The smallest

item to the largest, it does not matter; it

all helps. We have been doing this for 15

years and God has blessed us with good

health and good friends. A special thanks

to Jan Bennin and Jan turner for all the

items left from the garage sale. Pat and I

are working in the United States only due

to the unrest in Mexico. We are working

with three Colonias in Mission and Edin-

burg. Thank You for all the blessings you

have given us to pass on to the poor. God

is Great. God Bless You All!

Ron & Pat Turany Faith, Hope & Love

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A big “Thank You” to all who worked so hard at our January, 2015 garage sale—you are awesome! Dorys Lamothe & Peirre Hebert, Bill & Sandra Shannon, Kay & Tom Pinar, Connie & Curt Jackson, Kathy Hoffman, Ruth Kal-way, Anita & Leroy Kloch, Donna & Stan Snyder, Rosie Raiter, Kathy & Gib Holst, Dorothy & son, John Rosenboom, Barbara & Don Kannon, Jean & Jim Nielson, Janet Chelberg, Joanne Bolton, Ann Briscoe, Len Doehling for use of storage shed, Anna Ma-rie DeBella & Tom Socolofsky for use of storage shed, Ron Hammer for help with the storage shed all summer long. Jerry Weidner and crew for tables, Charles Hop-kins for trailer use, quilting ladies for their tables, Barry Blakeley for cookies, Frank & Grace Goretzka for coffee, and Jim Conklin for scrubbing the floors.

The following “Thank You” was unintentionally

omitted in the February News & Views. My

apologies! Your Editor, Kathy Dickey

Pat and I would like to thank all of the great people

that helped with Taco Tuesdays. You worked very hard

to make this a success and that it was. We served 475

happy Taco Eaters on our last Tuesday, Come on back

next year so we can hit our goal of 500. Thanks to the

newly married couple for providing the great music.

Also a Big Thanks to everyone who helped with the

Chicken Dinner. We served 200. See You All Next Year.

Think Tacos.

Ron & Pat Turany

Grace and I would like to thank all of

the people that helped put on the

B&G Breakfast on February 21. We

are concerned because the turnout

at the Breakfast was only about 80

people. The next Biscuit and Gravy

Breakfast will be on Saturday, March

21. Please join us then. Remember

all of the money from the events

goes to the Activities Fund to sup-

port all of Aladdin's activities.

Frank Goretzka

I joined USAA in 1972, at that time you had to be an

Officer in the Military to belong, now things have

changed dramatically. If you are a relative of some-

one who has served in the military, you are eligible to

belong. We have our checking, savings, master card,

and our auto, home owners and liability of our golf

cart. Our ins premium is approximately $1300 for 6

months. But USAA has what they call a Subscriber's

Savings Account which is similar to profit shar-

ing. This year we got $866 refund in our Savings Ac-

count. This is well worth looking into.

Ron Santerre

We received so many positive comments on the

decorations at the Style Show and we would like

to thank all those involved. We appreciate the

woodcarvers for sharing their space with us.

Thanks to John Kuchenbecker, Gale Cratsen-

berg and Richard Myers for cutting out 528 nap-

kin holders, to Jim Preston and Tony Eckroth for

their woodworking skills. Can't forget the

girls: Kathy Holst and Donna Snyder for helping

to paint 29 years of programs and they along

with Ruthie Kalway and Noma Cratsenberg for

other cutting, painting and gluing tasks, Kathy

and Donna plus Grace Lukes and Jean Lukens

for decorating the Hall. And a special thank you

to Michelle Varnado for her help in baking and

decorating 24 cakes. It was work --- a lot of work

--- but we had fun doing it.

Carole Myers and Joanie Eckroth

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THANK YOU TO ALL, YAHOO, we

made it, this was a lot of hard

work from each and every one of

you!!!!!!! Michelle nor I could have

made this year’s FASHION SHOW a

success if it wasn't for ya'll. This com-

munity is so much like a family, we

share our tears, lean on one another,

and laugh and enjoy one another, and

sometimes squabble with each other,

but nobody better talk bad about one of

our family. So for you all Brothers &

Sisters a very heart felt THANK YOU

goes out. OUR LOVE GOES OUT TO

ALL WHO WORKED, AND AT-

TENDED THE 2015 SHOW. We are

honored to live here and be adopted in-

to the family of ALADDIN VILLAS.

Nancy Bowen and Michelle Varnado

If you wish to have your fruit trees picked

or cleaned off, John Byl, 712-395-1810,

from Mission Bell will do it for you. He

gives the fruit to the needy. Give him a

call.

Aladdinvillas.org

Have you signed up for a Resident Log-in on

Aladdinvillas.org yet? The Invite Code for this

month is StPatrick. It is easy to do, just go to

the website and click on the Resident Log-in

tab on the top banner. Then you register.

Within the FOR RESIDENTS portion of the

website you will find the up-to-date Events

Calendar for Aladdin activities as well as the

Resident Directory—how handy is that! Also

on the site is access to the Rules and Regula-

tions, Meeting Minutes and Financials. You

will also find a link to the News & Views as

well as other websites of interest including

ZigZag News. Please check out the website.

There are already photos from the Style Show

on the site also. If you haven’t requested ac-

cess to this site, you are missing out!

Thanks! Kathy Dickey

Nineteen Romeo's met at Rosie's Res-

taurant for our monthly breakfast. We

reserved 25 spaces. It is very im-

portant to let Ron Santerre know if you

will attend in order to notify the res-

taurant. We decided to go to the new

Country Omelette for our next break-

fast on Tues Apr 7. Please notify Ron no

later than noon Mon Apr 6. in order to

reserve our seats.

Thank You, Ron Santerre

PETER PIPER PIZZA MONDAY, APRIL 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 am on Monday April 13. Those having birthdays or anniversaries during the month will be recog-nized. The price of the buffet is about $6.50 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 dates are: (all Mondays at 11:30 am) April 13, May 11 and June 8. Mark your calen-dar now and come for fun and friendship.

Gloria & Ray Cekalla

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