THEWAVES
JULY 2025
4th of JULY
CELEBRATION
PARADE: 2:00PM decorate your golf carts, bicycles, family members, yourselves, and doggies. Gather near Bocce Field around 1:30pm. Mr. and Miss America will lead the parade.
Children’s Games - with Pinata, water balloon toss and much more to entertain everyone.
BBQ, serving Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Veggie Burgers and an array of salads and dessert! Drinks will be provided.
$5.00 PER PERSON
Asking for volunteers. Help needed with set-up and clean-up – ALWAYS welcome.
ENVELOPES WILL BE IN YOUR CUBBIES. You can fill them out with your choice of hamburger or veggie burger. Money in envelope with total number of meals. Deposit the envelopes in the clubhouse slot (located by the TV).
MORRO SHORES FALL SALE
Tuesday’s Drop Off and Pricing.
A huge thank you to all those who worked so hard to get everything sorted/evaluated and priced.
Next Drop Off/Pricing is Tuesday, July1, 9:30-11:00am Or you can call/text me for pick up in the meantime.
Stephanie Raphael 805-748-8667
ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
4th of July BBQ – Friday, Parade – 2pm, children’s games and BBQ. Volunteers needed for making salads. Help is needed to set-up and Clean-up.
Treasurer Report as of 6/5/25: $4263.
Upcoming events: July 19th Movie Matinee, “Guys and Dolls” , August 9th , Ice Cream Social.
Next meeting is July 3rd at 2:30pm in Switzer Hall. All residents are welcome.
Have a Happy 4th of July and enjoy your BBQ Dinner.
5 Minute Storyteller Club
(tweaked from Romeo and Juliet)
“O storyteller, O storyteller
Wherefore art thou storyteller?
Do not deny thy neighbor And refuse thy story, Or if thou wilt not But be sworn to listen..
For what’s in a story
That which we call a memory By any other name would still sound as sweet
Jimmy Shakeseare
2025
Highlights from our last meeting in June. Several of us Storytellers paid home to our fathers, for the upcoming celebration of “Father’s Day” .
Mike J., asked “How well did you know your father?” For Mike, it was towards the end of his father’s life. They took a couple of long road trips together and Mike learned of his father’s wild times as a youth.
Linda C., recounted tales of her father. About how he survived the biggest explosion, at the time, second only to the atomic bomb today. It happened in 1917, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when 2 cargo ships collided in the bay. One ship containing highly explosive substances. Her dad was only 6 months old at the time. The massive explosion killed about 2,000 people and left many deaf and/or blind.
Kerry M., recounted a story of her dad. Her dad worked for the telephone company in the 60’s and apparently one day he had to work late. He tried to call his home several times in the afternoon but the line was always busy. Kerry was on the phone with a
school friend talking nonstop for hours. Around 9 pm Kerry’s dad walked into the house grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the telephone cord wire in half. He then turned around and never said a word to Kerry. But in his silence, Kerry got the message.
Jim M. happened upon a bottle of Tommy Lasorda’s Family Wine, while shopping in T.J.’s. Jim recounted a “full circle” story that took place over a hundred years ago. How his grandfather and Lasorda’s father and uncles made wine together during the prohibition era. Jim’s grandfather would buy a whole train car filled with Zinfandel grapes grown in Lodi, Ca.. Every year he had the boxcar of grapes shipped to his produce stand in Pottstown, Pa. to make wine from the grapes and then gave the wine he made away as a business tactic.
Peter C. continued his series on “Rock ‘n Rollers” he has met as a former band member in the 60’s. This month it was about the British rock supergroup “Cream” . He remembers seeing Eric Clapton play on guitar, Jack Bruce on bass, and Ginger Baker on drums, while behind stage at the Filmore Theater in San Francisco. Peter recounts hearing Bruce sing the same lyric “I’m so glad” over 80 times. Peter said to himself, “they’re never going to make it, not with that simple sing song” .
John H. told us about the “Land of Toto” . No not Oz, but Japan. He had just returned from a fabulous 14-day, escorted trip there. Hosted and all arranged by the Smithsonian Institute Travel, to which they took care of every small detail along the way. He was also admired by the efficiency and options of the toilets made by the Toto Toilet Company found throughout Japan.
Come join our happy, merry gang of Storytellers. Our next meeting is Monday, July 7th, at 1:00pm in Switzer’s Hall. Come enjoy the yummies and meet your wonderful neighbors. Thanks to Linda C. for bringing your wonderful homemade cookies.
“Be-all and end-all” . Macbeth
Jim M.
BOCCEBALL CLUB NEWS
Well, with the season almost a rap, the team called the “Court Jesters”, didn’t joke around on the courts this season. They handsomely took the title of champions. These four epigrammatists should change their teams name to the “Court Royalist” . As of June 12th, they have earned an impressive 12-1 record. Led by King Xavier R., and his royal court of Queen Linda C., Princess Kerry M., and Prince Paul S.. But on the opposing spectrum of the six teams, a team named the “insomniacs” have conked out with a 1-12 record
All players will be looking forward to our award and ceremonial luncheon and the picking of new teams to be held shortly after this season!
We invite residents to come join us in our merriment held every Thursday morning at 9:30am. Sign up as a full or part-time player. It’s an easy game to learn and play. A great way to have fun and laughs with your neighbors. For more information, please contact Queen Linda C.. (805) 905-0211
Jim M. “the Earl of Bocce”
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SANDBAGGERS ~~~~~~
May tournament game of the day, BLIND PARNER
All players played with their Besties thinking that was their partner. The TWIST cards separated, lowest score and highest score. Drew partners added two scores and bingo, that was your partner. Lowest score won.
Got everyone in a good mood with a Pop Quiz about Sea Pines golf course and a few laughs with some delicious fortune cookies and their fortunes in BED (mine came true)
Bragging Rights 2025 No Whining yet~~
Closest to Hole #1 Barbara W. (beat me by a couple of inches, maybe a few feet) Nice shot!!
Longest Drive Men #5 Xavier (crushed it over the hill) Hit the sweet spot.
Putting Partners Robin and Mike T.
Luck of the Draw Patti C.
Blue Ball contest Val (my new bestie) DRUM ROLL~~~~~
2ND Place Robin and Mike T.
1st Place Partners VAL and TERRI –Val had the lowest score of the day. I had one of the worst I’ve ever played. It worked Bestie…Thank you
Now the giggles and golf are over and the WHINING starts, not the good kind Think I heard someone say, I finally beat Terri and she WINS tournament.
WHAT? Karma’s a _____ Naughty Awards
Binky Cheryl Vines
B.S. Pile Mike T.
Next Tournaments, June 27th and July 25th . Sea Pines~~~sign in 12:45pm~~~ Tee off at 1:30pm. See ya on the greens. Hugs, Terri 805459-0600
MORRO SHORES ANNUAL GARDEN WALK
This year’s annual garden tour was a great success. There were plenty of thanks to the participants and the hosts from the Activities Committee. Participants were Sharen Kerlin #4, Xavier & Connie Ferran #5, Elaine Beckham #6, John Hendrix #93, Michael Dawes and Brian Ross & Michael Costa #74. Thank you for sharing your gardens and for ending with some snacks at #74. A few photos from the event:
The end of the tour.
DWELLING
Three Related Collections
Misty Wycoff,@#95, twice nominated poet laureate for the county of San Luis Obispo, has just had her 8th book of poetry published. DWELLING is now available in local bookstores.
This time instead of one larger book launch, there will be multiple smaller readings in the various communities in the area. A reading at Volumes of Pleasure bookstore in Los Osos will occur on Saturday, July 26th at 1pm, and on Sunday August 17th another reading will take place in the garden area behind Top Dog Coffee shop, next to Coalesce Bookstore on Main Street in Morro Bay. Times for the Morro Bay reading will be posted in the mail room closer to the event or you can contact Misty @bmisty7000@gmail.com. All are welcome to come.
Photos provided by Denise Taylor, Brian Ross and Bonnie Gough
SAVE CUESTA INLET EVENT
Morro Shores residents will help save Cuesta Inlet at a fundraising event at Switzer Hall on Tuesday, July 1 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. This fundraiser will support the purchase of Cuesta Inlet, an undeveloped part of the shoreline only a mile from our doors. Save Cuesta Inlet, a 501c3 nonprofit, needs to raise $735,000 to keep it open for public use by kayakers, dog walkers, bird watchers, and everyone who enjoys our bay. Let’s make Morro Shores residents proud to be able to say, “We helped purchase Cuesta Inlet.”
Come listen to some music, enjoy some appetizers, learn more about Cuesta Inlet and donate. See you on July 1.
George and Carol Pilling #116
Puzzles and Word Games you can
SPORTS Summer Birdie Game
ARCHERY
BADMINTON
BASEBALL
BOXING
CRICKET
CYCLING
FOOTBALL
GOLF
GYMNASTICS
ICE HOCKEY
JUDO
KARATE
RUGBY
RUNNING
SKATING SOCCER
SURFING
SWIMMING
TABLE TENNIS
TENNIS
TRACK AND FIELD WRESTLING
Across 1.Actor Pitt
5.Make over
9.Place to hibernate
10.Face shape
11.Pakistani language
12.Darn, as socks
13.Goes on board again
15.Kind of tax
16.Philosophical doctrine
22.Centers of activity
23.Germany’s __ von Bismarck
24.Crude group?
25.Snaillike
26.Work station
27.Joie de vivre
Down 1.Smudge
2.Hard to find
3.Adjutant
4.Chicken order
5.Aquiline facial part
6.“... happily __ after”
7.Clammy
8.Cutlass, e.g.
14.Life story, in brief
16.Walk heavily
17.Easy gait
18.Top guns
19.“__ do you good”
20.Ancient gathering place
21.Cut
How to solve sudoku puzzles
The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.
July Sudoku
No math is required to solve a sudoku. You only need logic and patience.
Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one instance of the numbers 1-9. Similarly, each number can only
appear once in a column or row in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is easy.
TRIVIA TEASER
We're All Good
1. "Good Ol' Boys," sung by Merle Haggard, was the theme song for what TV show? a-"B.J. and the Bear," b-"The Dukes of Hazzard," c-"Our House," d-"Carter Country."
2.In which Coen Brothers movie did John Goodman play Vietnam vet Walter Sobchak? a-"The Big Lebowski," b-"Barton Fink," c-"O Brother, Where Art Thou?," d-"Fargo."
3.What is the name of the attorney played by Julianna Margulies on "The Good Wife"? a-Susan Rakoff, b-Anne Osborne, c-Caroline Julian, d-Alicia Florrick.
4. "Good Lovin'" was the first #1 song for what band in the 1960s? a-The Rascals, b-Paul Revere and the Raiders, c-The Turtles, d-The Troggs.
5.What poet wrote that "good fences make good neighbors?" a-Robert Frost, b-William Dean Howells, c-William Carlos Williams, d-Ezra Pound.
6. What European explorer discovered the Cape of Good Hope? a-Jacques Cartier, b-Bartholomeu Dias, c-John Cabot, d-Henry Hudson.
7.What TV clown spoke only once on TV, during the final telecast of Howdy Doody's show, by saying "Goodbye, kids"? a-Cliffy, b-Bozo, c-Clarabelle, d-Krusty.
8."Different is good" was a slogan used to promote what fast food chain? a-Wendy's, b-Domino's Pizza, c-Taco Bell, d-Arby's.
9.What detective was introduced by John D. MacDonald in the 1964 novel "The Deep Blue Goodbye"? a-Thomas Linley, b-Peter Wimsey, c-Travis McGee, d-Nero Wolfe.
10. What actor was the subject of Gene Fowler's 1944 biography "Good Night, Sweet Prince"? a-Errol Flynn, b-John Barrymore, c-Glenn Ford, d-George Sanders.
QUOTES
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Leon J. Suenes, cardinal
You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.
Maxwell Maltz
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.
Robert A. Heinlein
Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Brian Tracy
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
Nelson Mandela
The best revenge is massive success.
Frank Sinatra
Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.
Publilius Syrus
The impossibles are often the untried.
Jim Goodwin
The Lighter Side
Then and now
A tour guide was showing a tourist around Washington, D. C. The guide pointed out the place where George Washington supposedly threw a dollar across the Potomac River. "That's impossible," said the tourist. "No one could throw a coin that far!"
"You have to remember," answered the guide. "A dollar went a lot farther in those days."
Water Formula
Little Johnny's teacher asks, "What is the chemical formula for water?"
Little Johnny replies, "H-I-J-K-L-MN-O!!"
The teacher, puzzled, asks, "What on Earth are you talking about?"
Little Johnny replies, "Yesterday you said it was H to O!"
Fast Drinker
A man goes into a bar and seats himself on a stool. The bartender looks at him and says, "What'll it be buddy?"
The man says, "Set me up with seven whiskey shots and make them doubles." The bartender does this and watches the man slug one down, then the next, then the next, and so on until all seven are gone almost as quickly as they were served. Staring in disbelief, the bartender asks why he's doing all this drinking.
"You'd drink them this fast too if you had what I have."
The bartender hastily asks, "What do you have, pal?"
The man quickly replies, "I have a dollar."
Answers to 'We're All Good' 1-b, "The Dukes of Hazzard" 2-a, "The Big Lebowski" 3-d, Alicia Florrick
4-a, The Rascals
5-a, Robert Frost 6-b, Bartholomeu Dias 7-c, Clarabelle 8-d, Arby's 9-c, Travis McGee 10-b, John Barrymore
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