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Volume 19 Issue 2
Chaplain-David Gibbs
Welcome-Kathy Benson & Pam Parker
Bingo-Jim Palmieri
Bunco-Kathy & Dan Colby
Putting-Dan Schmuck
Carport Sale-Dan Colby & Karen Kist
Bible Study-Lois Bergman & Debra Waterbury
Communications/Photographer-Dan Colby
Library-Debra Waterbury & Lois Bergman
Dinner Greeter-Marie Gunsolus
Entertainment-Mary Bergman
Decorations-Volunteers
Veterans-Lois Bergman & Kathy Benson
Supplies-Kathy Colby
BreakfastDinnerRecycle-
Officers
Mary Bergman - Pres
Lois Bergman - Vice Pres
Teresa Valen - Treas
Annie Dale - Sec
Tattler Coordinator
Mary Bergman
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1. What natural phenomenon created the Great Lakes?
A. Tsunami B. Volcano C. Earthquake D. Glacier
2. Which of these natural features is located in New York State?
A. Everglades B. Crater Lake C. Niagara Falls D. Grand Canyon
3. What is the longest river in Alaska?
A. Koyukuk River B. Nenana River C. Yukon River D. Copper River
4. In which U.S. state is Denali National Park and Preserve?
A. Alaska B. Colorado C. Idaho D. Hawaii
5. Where would you go to see Old Faithful, the giant geyser?
A. Yellowstone Nat’l Park B. Antelope Canyon C. Big Sur D. Angel Oak
6. Which Great Lake contains half of all the water in the Great Lakes?
A. Lake Ontario B. Lake Superior C. Lake Huron D. Lake Erie
7. The Colorado River slowly carved which natural landmark in Arizona?
A. Grand Canyon B. Antelope Canyon
C. Oak Creek Canyon D. Sabino Canyon
8. Where are the three tallest waterfalls in the United States?
A. New York B. Vermont C. Washington D. Hawaii
9. What East Coast state is home to the Acadia National Park?
A. Connecticut B. Rhode Island C. Maine D. Florida
10. In which U.S. state can you visit the Natural Bridges National Monument?
A. Utah B. Nevada C. Arizona D. Colorado
Trivia Answers on Page 18
“June is bustin’ out all over.”
“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.”
“June is the pearl of summer, shining with warmth and joy.”
“It is the month of June, the month of leaves and roses, when pleasant sights salute the eyes and pleasant scents the noses.”
“Of course, fresh flowers are the answer to any June gloom you may be feeling. Flowers really do solve all problems.”
“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawnmower is broken.”
“I need summer to be longer so I have more time to do nothing.”
“Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels.”
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If you don’t know the top speed for a toddler, it is a lot faster than you think. I witnessed it first hand just recently. I had pulled into the parking lot of a grocery store to get some fresh fruit. As I got out of the car, I saw a mom holding her toddler boy’s hand while she talked on her phone. She finished her call and let go of her son’s hand for a second to put her phone in her purse. At that moment, however, a stray cat walked up on the sidewalk where they were standing. The boy reached down to pick up the cat. Now Mr. Cat didn’t want to be picked up and started to run off but the toddler followed behind in hot pursuit while his mom yelled for him to stop. The toddler ignored her and continued to chase after the cat at top speed. I saw that the drop off from the sidewalk to the parking lot was almost a foot, so I ran at my own top speed, caught the boy just as he reached the edge, and picked him up before he fell.
I thought he might cry or scream at having a strange person pick him up but instead he
laughed mischievously while I carried him back to his mom. I laughed, too, as I could see this wasn’t his first time making a break for it, heading out for high adventure, and ignoring his mom. His playful spirit reminded me of my own childhood.
Each day of my childhood was lived with joyous abandon. Each day had new opportunities for fresh adventures. Each day was full of fun, play, learning, laughter, and love. And in my soul, I could feel God watching over me from above. As I got older, though, hard work and responsibilities replaced fun and play. I grew up. I was no longer a child and I lost something in the process. It took me a long time to finally see that God wants us adults to have fun, too.
Leo Buscaglia wrote: “Each day is a fresh beginning, a little life unto itself.” May each one of yours then be filled with fun, play, laughter, love, and joy while God smiles down upon you.
1. What is French toast called in France?
A. Breakfast bread B. Lost bread C. Toastie D. Crepe
2. Which of these is NOT part of a traditional full English breakfast?
A. Sausages B. Beans C. Hash browns Eggs
3. What spread is traditionally eaten on toast for breakfast in Australia?
A. Vegemite B. Tomato Sauce C. Mayonnaise D. Spicy mustard
4. Churros con chocolate are a breakfast treat from which country?
A. Spain B. South Africa C. France D. Greenland
5. The combination of bagels and lox originated in Jewish communities where?
A. Los Angeles, CA B. Chicago, IL C. New York, NY D. Miami, FL
6. Where is egg coffee a local specialty?
A. Egypt B. Mongolia C. Russia D. Vietnam
Fathers’ Day
Barbecue & Car Show
Sunday, June 15th ~ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Annual Heritage, A Sun Community Summer BBQ
June 18, 2025
The Villagers welcome new resident, Lydia Edwards.
Lydia lives in Space 24 with her sweet dog, Annie, and she shared a little bit about herself with our Welcome Committee. She was born in Anaheim, CA, and lived in Orange County for most of her life, where her parents were also born. She is a true native Californian.
Lydia’s husband, Corey Edwards, passed away on May 11, 2024. She shares that he was an amazing, loving man and was loved by everyone! Lydia has 3 sons: Joseph, Damian (who is with Jesus) and Jon (who lives in Temecula). She also boasts 5 grandchildren and 8 greatgrandchildren.
Her career path took some delightful turns as she worked for Garden Grove Unified for 4 years, Rockwell/Boeing for 18 years, and Mobile Home Sales for 18 years.
Lydia is a watercolor and acrylic artist. She loves gardening and mobile home remodeling
We look forward to getting to know her better and hope to see her at the various events and activities here in Heritage.
Flag Day is a celebration of the American flag that occurs each year on June 14, the anniversary of the flag’s official adoption.
What we know as the “Stars and Stripes” was adopted by the Continental Congress as the official American flag on June 14, 1777, during the Revolutionary War. Colonial troops fought under many different flags with various symbols - rattlesnakes, pine trees, and eagles - and slogans“Don’t Tread on Me,” “Liberty or Death,” and “Conquer or Die,” to name a few.
The Declaration of Independence made the adoption of an American flag necessary. Previously, each colony or special interest had its own flag.
On the 14th of June, Congress made the Flag Resolution of 1777, stating: “The flag of the United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white on a blue field…” Official announcement of the new flag was not made until September 3, 1777.
Flag Day has been celebrated as a patriotic occasion for many decades, but President Woodrow Wilson made the observance official on May 30, 1916, by a presidential proclamation.
“Mom didn’t know.”
It was 2 weeks before Rocky’s 18th birthday, which also happened to be his graduation day in Grand Island, Nebraska, small-town and as Midwest as it comes. He announced to his Dad that he planned to join the Marines after graduation. His Dad knew right away that “Mom isn’t going to be very happy.”
I suppose that’s why Rocky waited until graduation to give her that news. It was May 27, 1960, right after the Korean War. He picked the Marines because they had always fascinated him, and he “had to go”. Rocky said he had offers to go to colleges, but honestly admits that he had gotten by in school on his athletic abilities. As he told his Dad, “I’m not ready to go on to college.”
So, the day after graduation, he flew from Grand Island to San Diego. The marines picked him up from the airport, took him to base, gave him the famous buzz cut, the shots and vaccinations, and handed him a sweatshirt, “dungaroos,” tennis shoes and some white butcher paper.
After he changed, he wrapped up his civilian clothes in the butcher paper, addressed it to his parents and sent his old life home.
When Gerrie (his Mom) received the package, “She opened it and lifted up the clothes, asking “Where’s Rocky?”
He was on to his new life – in Barstow. Not quite what he imagined for his adventure. He asked his commanding officer for a transfer, “somewhere where he could be of more use.” So back to San Diego he went on a bus and 30-day naval voyage to Okinawa and stayed there until the war ended.
He travelled back by boat to San Diego and asked for a leave to go see his parents. Getting off the plane in Grand Island, looking for his Mom, he heard her say once again “Where’s Rocky?” His Dad replied, “He just walked right by you!!”
Rocky had lost weight. With a joyful reunion, Gerrie said to him “I’ve got to fatten you up, boy!”
Thank you, Rocky, for your courageous service to our country. For the freedoms that we enjoy today.
Villagers’ Meeting
Wednesday, June 4
1 p.m. in the Clubhouse June 7 8:30-9:15 a.m.
Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. in the Clubhouse 6:30 p.m.
Putting
Saturdays 9 a.m.
I wouldn’t say I would die without my morning coffee
6:30 p.m.
I’m just saying other people might
This morning I had 433 B.C., 1731, and 1952.
Solution on Page 18
by Jason Kotecki (Sheboygan, WI)
Have you ever texted someone a question and then those three little dots pop up as they formulate their reply?
You know the three dots.
Depending on how consequential their response is, that delay can feel like an eternity, right?
We want answers now, but sometimes they take a while to come.
From the very beginning of our relationship, Kim and I talked about living in a lake home one day, surrounded by tall pine trees. It took over twenty years to come true, which was approximately nineteen more than I expected.
Over that prolonged waiting period, I asked God what was taking so long many times. I never got a concrete answer.
When we grow impatient for an answer, we are prone to make up our own.
I figured maybe God didn’t hear me. Maybe He was hard of hearing. Maybe He was waiting for me to pray harder. Maybe I wasn’t good enough. Maybe He didn’t think I deserved it.
The thing is, I never got the sense that God was saying no. Sometimes I wished He would, because the waiting was so difficult, as He wasn’t exactly responding with an obvious yes. Just twenty years of three dots.
After the dream home materialized, in the middle of a global pandemic when we thought we might lose everything, so did the answer. It became clear that He was doing important work in me that mattered more to Him than the dream home, and that kind of work takes time.
Eighteen months after moving in, a storm rolled into Sheboygan and a terrible, straightline wind ripped through our backyard. It destroyed 150 trees, uprooting our forest oasis and plunging us into debilitating debt.
Again, I came to God with a question: Why?
This time, my faith was stronger than the roots of the pine trees that couldn’t stand up to the storm. I knew something good would come from the nightmare, but the three dots lingered for longer than I would have liked. I leaned on a question that got us through the pandemic, and one that I share almost every time I’m on stage:
“Now that this has happened, what does this make possible?”
A week after the storm, I took my family to breakfast. After we ordered, I turned to a blank page in a journal and asked my wife and kids to dream with me. What was possible now that the storm had taken all our trees? One by one, we built our list as we envisioned a bright future.
It took a few months for the professional lumberjacks to clear the trees, level our property, and for the new grass to take root. But now we have a stunning, unobstructed view of Lake Michigan and a vast stretch of green to play baseball and bocce and frisbee. We’ve hosted several Moonrise Movie Nights with friends and family. We installed a fire pit, a bird bath, and other whimsical touches that make our hearts sing. We recently planted fruit trees that we hope will yield ingredients for homemade pies and we hope to add some legacy trees that will look gorgeous in the fall.
When people who knew our old backyard see our new one, they often lower their voices to a whisper and say, “I hate to say it, but I think it’s even better now!”
And you know what? They are right. We do miss the trees, but we like this version of our backyard even better. And never in a million years would we have the gall to cut down 150 perfectly good trees to get it.
Meanwhile, even though insurance didn’t pay for any of the backyard cleanup or restoration, it did give us a new roof, which was due to be replaced. And the debt, which is steadily being
paid down, has drawn me even closer to God, which is right where He wants me.
So what about you?
Are you in a spot where you are waiting for answers, and all you’ve received so far are the three dots?
I can’t tell you when the answers will come, but they will. Maybe not till the next life, but maybe sooner than you think.
As you wait for answers, don’t be so quick to make up your own.
• PT Barnum’s circus began its first tour of the U.S. on June 2, 1835.
• School summer vacations were invented by educator Horace Mann in 1840.
• Watermelon is summer’s most popular vegetable. It is part of the cucumber, pumpkin, and squash family. The average American eats 15 pounds of watermelon a year and these juicy favorites are 92% water.
• July is National Ice Cream Month. More Americans buy ice cream in July than any other month.
• Summers spent throwing a Frisbee back and forth to each other owe the game to Fred Morrison who discovered a market for the modern-day flying disc in 1938 then he and future wife, Lucille, were offered 25¢ for a cake pan that they were tossing back and forth on a beach in Santa Monica, CA. That got the wheels turning, because you could buy a cake pan for 5¢, and if people on the beach were willing to pay a quarter for it, well - there was a business!
• The first bathing suits for women were introduced in the early 1800s. At that time it was still considered improper for skin to be any color but creamy white. The first “suits” were composed of long sleeved bathing dresses with woolen bloomers underneath to weight the
dress down. The only “swimming” a woman did at that time was to jump waves at the edge of the water and dip her feet, and occasionally her legs, into the water.
• The powdered drink KoolAid was invented in 1927 by inventor Edwin Perkins. Hastings, Nebraska, celebrates Kool-Aid days on the second weekend of August.
• In 1905, an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson invented the first popsicle. He created it completely by accident. Frank left a mixture of powdered soda and water with a stirring stick on his porch. He awoke the next morning and found a frozen pop. He first named his creation an “Epsicle,” but when he got older his kids asked for “Pop’s” sicle and the new name was born.
• The Eiffel Tower grows 6 inches every year. In the summer, the metal expands to make the tower grow taller, but in winter the metal contracts to shrink the tower back down.
Remember when shake, rattle and roll meant more than just getting out of bed?
I replace forgotten memories with stuff I make up.
Like three people will get this, but it’s worth it.
Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $4000 per month.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I’m doing.
I joined a health club last year; spent about 250 bucks. Haven’t lost a pound. Apparently, you have to go there!
Every time I start thinking too much about how I look, I just find a pub with a Happy Hour and by the time I leave, I look just fine.
I started a new exercise routine this week. I do 100 crunches in the morning and again in the evening. My favorites are Doritos Cheese Supreme and Lays Original.
Apparently, exercise improves your decision making. It’s true. After going to the gym today I’ve decided I’m never going again.
I never thought I’d be the type of person to wake up at 5 in the morning to exercise. I was right.
I wanted to get buns of steel, but I decided I’d settle for some cinnamon instead.
The only exercise I have done this month… is running out of money.
My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch. I call it… Lunch.
U.S. TRIVIA ANSWERS FROM PAGE 3
1 - D. Glacier
2 - C. Niagara Falls
3 - C. Yukon River
4 - A. Alaska
5 - A. Yellowstone National Park
6 - B. Lake Superior
7 - A. Grand Canyon
8 - D. Hawaii
BREAKFAST ANSWERS FROM PAGE 6
1. B - Lost bread
2. C - Hash browns
3. A - Vegemite
4. A - Spain
5. C - New York, NY
6. D - Vietnam
REBUS PUZZLE ANSWERS FROM PAGE 17
1 - To sum it up
2 - Full stop
3 - The long and short of it
4 - Disappearing act
5 - Reverse
6 - Laughing stock
7 - Above (my) pay grade
8 - Eating for two
9 - All bets are off 10 - Guidance 11 - Lonesome 12 - No use for it Look for “Penny’s Page” in future
Puzzles and Word Games you can
ADDERALL AMLODIPINE ATIVAN
BENZONATATE BIKTARVY CYMBALTA DUPIXENT
EMTESA FARXIGA GABAPENTIN
HUMIRA
KEYTRUDA
LEXPRO
LYRICA MELATONIN METFORMIN NALTREXONE NAPROXEN NARCAN OPDIVO
OZEMPIC PREDNISONE TRAMADOL
VIAGRA XANAX
Across 1.Carbonium, e.g.
4.Charm
9.“Gimme ___!” (start of an Iowa State cheer)
10.Trowel wielder
11.Flexible mineral
13.Believed
14.African conflict of 1899-1902
16.Not out
17.Big Apple attraction, with “the”
18.In attendance
20.Shiver from fear
22.Chill
24.Big time?
25.Wuss
27.Chemical ending
28.“The Republic” writer
29.Darling Down
1.Poets’ feet
2.Part of “the works”
3.“Good one!”
4.Morning, for short
5.Gandhi’s title
6.Conniver
7.Fa follower
8.Terminate
12.Chair part 15.___ bit 18.Companionless 19.C.I.A. director under Clinton and Bush 20.Charlie, for one 21.Page 22.Software program, briefly 23.“For Me and My ___”
26.Rocky’s greeting
The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.
You only need logic and patience to solve a wordoku.
Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one letter from the word HELIPORT. Similarly, each letter can only appear once in a column or row
in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is medium.
