Wow, what a month we are having at Happy Days! You will never be bored here.
Every week our chairpersons roll out over 35 repeating activities to please your need for sports, crafts, skills, exercise, socializing, and amusements with cards and bingo. Non-regular specials also crowd the calendar with events like food, dances, karaoke and annual celebrations.
(Courtesy of Ron Graham)
This month karaoke started the ball rolling with a full house of warblers. The joy of being there is in the variety of talent and the willingness to do it in public. The old adage is that we do not hear our voice as others do. I wonder if that is true? Anyway, hooray for all who enjoy the freedom of expression and entertaining your friends.
Food, our favorite, did not take a backseat. Heather Graham and her “scoopers” had another successful night at their Ice Cream Social, with a door-busting happy crowd stuffing down a slab of ice cream and a cupcake for a buck.
Jim Grant and his big breakfast buddies exceeded his last sell-out record, with not only the regular menu of eggs, sausage, pancakes, toast, coffee and dessert, but also added biscuits and gravy. Still only $3! All the gals are jealous of his shopping skills. Hey Jim, you might find a new side job.
The annual Valentine’s dance was a hit as usual with all the lovebirds draped in red, cooing and cuddling the night away. Almost impossible to find a spot to dance!
And not to be outdone, the monthly Turkey Shoot and hot dog lunch was the best ever. Coming in first was Ken Knight of Michigan with 119; second place went to Ray Mahoney of Michigan with 118; and third went to Bob Wyndmire of Minnesota with 99, Shirley Gregg of Virginia with 93, and Dell Gregg with 89. This was the second win in a row by Ken. The hot dog lunch served by Roger Yerdon and the gang also was a great success. What a great team effort all around.
On another note, the third annual Goofy Golf also was a huge success. One hundred twenty-two golfers, if you can call them that, covered the course wearing the castoffs of every closet and secondhand store in town. What a show.
Since there are no bad golfers in this game, we presented 77 prizes between low score and hardest working. Low score was 46, and the highest was 70, with a very tight race in between.
The laughter and hollering resounded throughout the park for several hours, and the stories of exploits and foibles lasted for weeks. The volunteer builders again out-performed in their imagination at each hole.
Hooray, they made the day, and the winner this year for favorite hole was Dale Grimm and Dick Hartstein with their toilet. I hope the gals were happy. Also a big “hip hip” (not literally) for the team of Ian Marwick, John Sweet, Ron Graham and Bill Wellivere.
Next year is already in the works (save us) and how high the sky?
By Ian Marwick
Published March 4, 2015
