TheVillager
Master Board
Thank you for your attendance at the Board meetings. We look forward to seeing you in person or on Zoom. We appreciate the level and various kinds of communication we receive from the community. As always, our goal is to have meaningful conversations that result in the betterment of our community. Should you have questions, concerns or ideas, please contact your Master Board at vccmasterboard@vccgolfclub.com.
We hope you have been enjoying the new technology available to members of VCC. If you have not done so, please consider downloading the Hotwire Fision and Clubhouse
Online applications. In the November issue of the Villager, Judy Lieske and Lois Christenson offered step-bystep instructions to download each of these applications to your electronic devices. These tools make staying connected a breeze.
On Saturday, November 2, VCC enjoyed its inaugural Service Day. More than 100 members of our community cleaned signs, picked up trash, worked on the landscape, painted benches,
updated signs, and more. In addition, many volunteers coordinated the potluck items for the luncheon that followed. The weather cooperated and a great deal of good work was accomplished for our community. Plans are underway to determine a date in 2025 for the annual Service Day.
Were you aware that VCC has participated in the Adopt a Hwy/Road Program for several years? Thanks to the efforts of Dave Hoffman, Grant Longley, and other VCC volunteers, the area between Three Oaks heading west to Design Parc Lane is cleaned on a regular basis. This is a great way for
Meet Michelle Suarez –Our Newest Board Member
MARGARET FARMAR
Michelle was born and raised on the south side of Chicago not far from White Sox stadium. She enrolled at Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale where she met her husband Gary, and they raised their two children. Michelle and Gary bought their home in 2017 on Coach House Lane. They had been coming down this way for years to visit his mom, Patty, one of the original VCC owners. In fact, Patty wanted the spot that the sales trailer occupied near the 18th hole, and she is still there. In Michelle’s free time she golfs, trains at the gym, and chairs one of the Country Creek book clubs. She and Gary also participate in Wii bowling.
Her undergraduate degree is in Journalism with an Advertising specialization. After graduation she was “lucky enough” to get a couple of jobs and worked at SIU for a total of 34 years in two different capacities. She answered an ad for a job to be an intern, got it, and then the person she was working for left. She moved into the position of Facility Management and Live Entertainment Marketing. After 17 years and many late nights, she decided she wanted a change. She got her Master’s Degree in Education and Computer Based Training. She worked hard to earn a position in Alumni Relations. As the Director of Member Services, she dealt with membership
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the members of VCC to engage in a positive activity for the Village of Estero. Would you be interested in leading the efforts for this program in the future? If so, please contact Michelle Suarez at 618-525-5124 for more information.
In closing, we wish each of you the best for the holidays and a prosperous new year. Whether your plans include travel or you’ll spend your time at VCC, we hope you experience all of the joys of the holidays.
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MICHELLE SUAREZ
issues, as well as writing some articles for the Alumni magazine. After her predecessor retired, she became the Executive Director of the Alumni Association. In this capacity she traveled all over the USA meeting with some of the 250,000 living SIU alumni. In southwest Florida alone, there are over 4,000 Salukis. At the alumni association she worked with their board for over 11 years. She also served on another board for five years, CASE (The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.)
This extensive experience makes her transition to fill in the recently vacated position on VCC’s board seamless. She also acts as the board's liaison for the Communications Committee.
Clearly Michelle is well qualified for her new roles supporting our community!
NOVEMBER COVER PHOTO WAS COURTESY OF JIM LUZZI
Committee Corner
PATRICIA SMOYER, CO-CHAIR, COMMON GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Trees act as a natural air purifier, removing dust and pollutants while producing oxygen.
DID YOU KNOW?
Common grounds follow Florida policy on trimming tree limbs hanging over your house or lanai. If a tree is growing on your neighbor’s property or common grounds, and the limbs are hanging over your home or Lanai, you are responsible for trimming and paying for the trimming done on your property.
Those cute little Norfolk Pines you can buy at Christmastime at Lowe’s or any large box store are very dangerous. They look nice when 2 feet tall and have pretty ornaments hanging from their limbs. They can grow quickly reaching heights of 60 to 80 feet. They attract lightning due to their height and twist in high winds and fall. Many have been planted on common grounds. You paid $25 for the tree, and now they cost $2500-$3500, to have them removed.
No one has the right to be planting anything on common grounds. Please, let’s work together by being careful of what you plant and where you plant it.
CCMGA News
DON POLULAK
Our season is underway and it is getting off to an exciting start. We have had four holes in one already. On Wednesday, Nov. 6, the foursome of Bob DeCosta, Guy Gibson, Jim Kaltz and Ken Crimmins were playing golf together. On hole #9 Bob DeCosta wanted to try his new 5 hybrid. Well, it worked great. Bob got a hole in one from the blue tees, 148 yards. Eight holes later on hole number 17, Guy Gibson stepped up to the tee box with his 8 iron and got a hole in one from the blue tees, 116 yards. Guy was also celebrating his birthday! Fun day for that group. It was the 6th hole in one for Bob and Guy.
Then on Friday, Nov. 8, Richard Page was golfing in the Men’s League and got his first hole in one on hole # 6 from the white tee, 126 yards. Rich liked it so much he came back the following Wednesday and got another hole in one on hole #18! 77 yards from the white tee. Congratulations to all three of them for a fantastic start to the season.
We had our first member meeting and luncheon on Nov. 15. We had 56 players and great weather for our golf scramble. The winning team of Ray Atherholt, Dan Chelenza, Tony Lamia and Dan Daigneault took first place honors. Chef Kwazadine and his staff served up a delicious turkey lunch with all the sides and pumpkin pie.
Many of our members commented on the good conditions of the course. Thanks to Miguel Escobar and his team for their efforts on maintaining the course.
Currently we have 103 members total, with 5 new.
Some upcoming events are:
• Dec. 13: Meeting and luncheon. Game is a step aside scramble, 8:30 start. (ABCD) players team.
• Dec. 20: 2-man teams. Scramble on the front 9. Best ball on the back 9.
• Dec. 27: Low net make your own 4-some.
On behalf of the CCMGA Board, we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
BOB DECOSTA’S HOLE IN ONE ON #9
GUY GIBSON’S HOLE IN ONE ON #17
RICHARD PAGE’S HOLE IN ONE ON #6 AND #18
GOLF SCRAMBLE WINNING TEAML TO R: DAN CHELENZA, RAY ATHERHOLT, TONY LAMIA AND DAN DAIGNEAULT
CCLGA 2024-25
First Scramble/Luncheon
The fall season of the CCLGA held its first scramble and luncheon on November 12 on a very warm Florida day. The scramble was well attended with 120 participants, all competing for the coveted first place win. The winners were Sue Petronis, Colleen Moore, and Jo LeBoeuf. Five dollars in Johnny Cash was presented to closest to the pin on hole #7, Marianne Meola, and closest to the hole #16, Syd Seneca.
Current CCLGA executive board members are Alison Vukojevic, President; Bonnie Gibson, Vice President; Patty Vavrek, Treasurer; Lynn Polulak, Parliamentarian; Sue Mastrodonato, 9 hole representative; and Nancy Eisenberg, Secretary.
The CCLGA held its first meeting at the luncheon, certifying affirmative results of a bylaws change,
stating that payment for golf fees includes prize money.
A New Members’ breakfast is scheduled for January 20, 2025 to be held at VCC Clubhouse, hosted by Lynn Polulak, Parliamentarian.
A chairperson (or co-chairpersons) is still needed for the charity event scheduled for February 13, 2025. Please contact Alison Vukojevic at alison.vukojevic@gmail.com to express your interest. It is a very important committee that is committed to raising money for a specific charity.
The next scramble and luncheon, Red and White tees to the green, is scheduled for December 10.
SUE PETRONIS, COLLEEN MOORE, AND JO LEBOEUF
CCLGA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS - LEFT TO RIGHT: PATTY VAVREK, LYNN POLULAK, ALISON VUKOJEVIC, BONNIE GIBSON, SUE MASTRODONATO (NOT PRESENT NANCY EISENBERG)
Tennis Notes
KRISTEN SALERNO
’Tis the Season to gather with family and friends, and we hope you will continue to celebrate on the courts as many of you return for the season.
Women’s Tennis is preparing for a fun schedule. Social tennis continues. Sign up by Saturday at noon on the boards located by the condo courts. Schedule for the following week is posted after noon on Sunday. Social play starts at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All levels are welcome!
Final plans are in the works for league play. They hope to form a 70s + Women’s 3.0 team on Wednesdays, and Roe Brush will be the captain. They are also working on a 50s + Women’s 3.0 team on Tuesdays. Joan Blaschke will be the captain. Registration for both will start in early December. League play will begin in early January.
Men’s Tennis is off to a good start this season. They currently have two wins and two losses in the 70+ Monday Bonita League. The Thursday open league is tied for first with a 3 and 0 record.
MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO PERSEVERED TO GET THESE ORDERED AND INSTALLED!
Morgan Gravlin Delray Beach Open
We have a wonderful opportunity to support professional tennis in Delray Beach.
Bocce News
PATRICIA O’CONNOR
Fall VCC Bocce started in mid-October and ran through the first week of December this year. We normally finish in November, but the court maintenance and repair cost the league two weeks. We had ten (10) teams play in the fall league, and as of the date of this writing, the teams battling for first place are the Ball Busters, the Banditos, and the Rascals.
The High Rollers and Bandettes haven’t played as many games as yet but are making great strides to take the lead in the next several weeks. Who will win the season? We will announce the winning team in The Villager January edition.
The VCC Bocce winter league will start mid-January and run through the end of March. Right now 13 teams are going to play, but we can add additional teams if required. If you are interested in joining the league, you can contact one of the captains listed below, or email Patti O’Connor at buka@comcast. net. Each bocce team can have a maximum of 26 players. Our captains are Millie Willis, Joann & Bob Smith, Wayne Canary, Mary Anne Alicea, Sharon & Tom Boos, Diana & Harry Burton, Mike Halpin, Ron Hopkins, Mark & Sue Twombly, Ron Williams, and Tom Van Duyne.
VCC Community Serve Day
The first Annual VCC Community Serve Day was a wrap with a ribbon on top!
An idea that took root in the spring with a team of 8 volunteers resulted in well over 100 volunteers turning out at 8 a.m. on November 2, with gloves, rakes, tools, and golf carts to contribute to jobs small and large throughout our community.
Our common grounds areas experienced a massive influx of people weeding, trimming, and pulling stubborn invasive vines from our shrubbery. They worked nonstop for almost 3 hours and made tremendous progress with our landscaping. Many faded and moldy signs were cleaned and others were replaced throughout our community. This was an important task that increased
visibility of signs to make our streets, pools, and parking areas safer. All around the Country Creek Drive loop and in the Fern Garden, freshly painted benches are now much more inviting to our owners and guests. We even had a litter crew cleaning up every little piece of trash they could find.
All of that outdoor work created hungry volunteers, so dozens of community members made lunch for their neighbors. The food provided was not only plentiful, but delicious. Meats and salads and special desserts overflowed the tables in the dining room. We have incredible cooks here, that’s for sure. And just in case outdoor volunteers didn’t realize they were appreciated, the lunch volunteers decorated every table with thank you treats.
If you missed the first annual Community Serve Day, mark your calendars for October 2025 when friends and neighbors will again be cleaning and painting and cooking, all in the selfless interest of making VCC better.
Veteran’s Day Celebration
LOIS CHRISTENSEN
The sold-out crowd at this year’s Veterans Day Celebration enjoyed a lovely breakfast buffet and the camaraderie of veterans from the various branches of military service and their families. The dining room reflected a sea of red, white, and blue clothing, commemorative hats and waving flags. Each veteran wore a name tag with a glittering star and their branch of service. The program, presented by Jane Hopson, was organized by several DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) members who are VCC residents. Following a prayer and opening notes, Jane introduced each branch of military service and asked members of that branch to rise. Each veteran was then presented with a small American flag by a DAR member. Once all had been introduced, the veterans gathered for a group photo in the Garden Room.
Prior to the event veterans registered in the lobby and received a ticket. Several lovely gifts were given to the lucky winners during the program. Also, in the lobby a POW/MIA table was set to commemorate those lost and missing in various wars.
The origin of Veterans Day began in 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, when leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was not technically the end of the war, which came with the Treaty of Versailles. Leaders signed that treaty on June 28, 1919, five years to the day after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off the conflict. But the armistice declared on November 11 held, and Armistice Day became popularly known as the day “The Great War,” which killed at least 40 million people, ended. Armistice Day became known as Veterans Day when, in 1954, Congress passed the bill that President Eisenhower signed proclaiming November 11 as Veterans Day.
At each place setting in the dining room was a small bell, and so, at 11:00 on November 11, 2024 all attendees at the VCC Veterans Day Celebration rang their bells, hushed for a moment of reflection, and then sang the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America.
TABLE RECOGNIZING THOSE MISSING IN ACTION
PRAYER SAID TO HONOR VETERANS
JANE HOPSON
VCC Holiday Boutique
CAROL DEFRANK
Every year, on the first Monday of November, the VCC Holiday Boutique kicks off the Christmas season at The Villages at Country Creek. It’s a shopping experience unto itself, and this year, as in the past, it was a huge success. Lois Christensen, chairperson of the event, gave credit to the support of the community, the skill of the crafters and
the excellent teamwork of all involved.
Seventeen vendors participated in the cash only sale. They made a wide array of clever and beautiful articles from Christmas ornaments and decorations to handbags and jewelry to fun things for children. Decorations for the home as well as one-of-a-
kind gift items were also in the mix. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 155 shoppers strolled around putting their favorite items in their baskets.
The Boutique is made possible by the KnitWits, a group of ladies who meet weekly to make a variety of unique items available to residents, their families and friends. During
their meetings they exchange ideas and partake in friendly camaraderie.
Setup for the event takes place the Sunday before the sale. All participants bring their merchandise to the clubhouse, and it is placed “boutique style” around the main dining room and the sunroom. The committee of crafters and artists
“dress up” the rooms and tables to bring in the holiday spirit for guests to enjoy. The “sales staff” wear Christmas aprons, and the restaurant adds to the event by offering all shoppers a ten percent discount on their lunch.
The Holiday Boutique has been an annual event at Country Creek since 2008 (with the exception of Covid). A small
stipend is collected from those who choose to participate, and a percentage of their earnings is donated to the Country Creek Volunteers. Participation is open to anyone who resides in the community. Simply contact Lois at 239-218-6814. She will guide you through a juried process that ensures quality and eliminates duplication.
Care Bears
KAREN DOUGHERTY
Attention HOA Presidents!!
There are new 5”x7” Care Bears information signs for you to put on your bulletin boards. Please contact Karen at 217-220-0626 and I will get them to you.
Care Bears is a resource for our residents at Villages at Country Creek that provides medical equipment to our residents and sometimes their guests. We have wheelchairs, walkers, seated walkers, commodes, knee scooters, shower chairs, crutches and canes. If you have a need for any of these, please contact Karen at 217-220-0626.
These items have been generously donated by the residents at Country Creek.
We also, at times, have been asked to provide transportation to a medical appointment or do grocery shopping for someone that cannot do it themselves. If you are in need of assistance,
TUNA NOODLE CASSEROLE
INGREDIENTS: DIRECTIONS:
• One family size package of StarKist Light Tuna in water
• One can of cream mushroom soup
• 8 oz. package of cream cheese
• One stick of butter
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1 box of pasta
Best comfort food …enjoy!
please notify me in sufficient time so that I can arrange transportation for you. Also, if you are a resident and available to volunteer to drive another resident to their appointment, please contact me so that I can update my volunteer list.
Cook’s Corner LANA RODGERS
Cook whatever type of pasta you prefer …. at the density you prefer. Drain pasta and pour into an 8 x 12 casserole dish. In a saucepan mix tuna, soup, cream cheese and butter on medium heat…add milk after cream cheese and butter have melted. Pour mixture of tuna over the pasta and mix well. Top the tuna and noodle mixture with French’s crispy fried onions. Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees…or until bubbling and browned as you prefer.
Wii Bowling
KAREN DOUGHERTY
Wii registration took place on November 22 and we are ready to play! Our dining room will transform into Country Creek Lanes starting Monday, January 13. If you are not familiar with Wii bowling, or know about it but have never come up to see what all the excitement is about, please join us any Monday afternoon.
Play begins Monday, Jan. 13 and continues through March 31. All games are played on Mondays. We will have 56 teams of four participating in the league. Every team will receive prize money at the end of the league season at the Wii Banquet which will be held at Country Creek on April 14.
We will have a Mandatory Captains’ Meeting on Jan. 11. If the captain of the team is not available, please send a substitute in your place. Every year we have similar questions and the same mistakes being made with score cards. So please be sure to have someone attend this important meeting.
Each year we have a great need for substitute bowlers. If you are interested in bowling but are not able to commit each week, substitute bowling is perfect. There is no fee for substitutes,
Jan. 11, 2025
Mandatory Captains’ Meeting
Jan. 13, 2025
League play begins
but you must submit the substitute form to participate in the league. These forms are available in the lobby of the clubhouse.
Something new this year!! We are planning on having a friendly Wii Tournament at the end of our bowling season with fellow Wii bowlers from The Cascades, a community located on Estero Blvd. More on this to follow in the coming season.
Let’s have a super fun season!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER April 14, 2025
Wii Banquet
Karaoke Night at the Creek–Tuesday, November 19, 2024
MICHELLE SUAREZ
Friends and neighbors gathered for a night of singing, dancing and fun. The evening began with a delicious dinner. Attendees enjoyed a plated salad, salmon, meat loaf, mashed potatoes and green beans. Red velvet cake was served for dessert. As far as the singing goes, all the genres were covered, country, rock, pop, and the classics. Many stated this was one of the best evenings of karaoke they’ve attended.
Special thanks to Rafael, Chef Kwazadine and the staff for a great evening.
FUN AT KARAOKE NIGHT
December Upcoming Events at VCC
NFL Sundays for 1:00 and 4:00 Games at the Clubhouse
DECEMBER 11 – Luminary Night
DECEMBER 12 – Glow Golf and 35 Year Celebration
Villager Staff
Editorial Staff: Lois Christensen, Susan D’Alessandro, Margaret Farmar, Judy Lieske
Contact/Submissions: VCCVillager@gmail.com
The Villager welcomes resident memoriams and article submissions describing Country Creek life. News of social and sporting activities are welcome, and accompanying photos are encouraged. The Villager does not publish articles with a religious or political theme or opinion pieces that demonstrate a particular bias.
Contacting the VCC Staff
Sharon Pisanchyn - gm@vccgolfclub.com
Sarah Goffar - om@vccgolfclub.com
Jessica Bryant - mrc@vccgolfclub.com
John Alfuth - johna@vccgolfclub.com
Kwazadine Britton - chef@vccgolfclub.com
DECEMBER 14 – Birthday Bash
DECEMBER 22 – Christmas Brunch
DECEMBER 31 – New Year’s Eve Celebration Party
Contacting the Master Board
vccmasterboard@vccgolfclub.com
VCC History 2
A HISTORY OF THE VILLAGES AT COUNTRY CREEK CONTINUED...
Our story continues in May 1987 when Weiner Homes took title to property purchased in 1985 from the Winter Park Land Company, a development company from central Florida. Previously, the land was the site of the Floweree Citrus Grove—Estero, established in early 1900 by a Montana cattle baron, Daniel Augustus Green Floweree. It was Weiner Homes that developed the property that
would become a new community and golf course called “the Villages at Country Creek.”
By August 1987, eight model homes were under construction south of the present site of the Clubhouse; however, it was not until December that construction began on the clubhouse. As building progressed, it was discovered that trees of the old grove that
had been cut down and buried in the 1970s were now infested with termites. In turn, the new homes built on those sites were also infested with termites. Early residents remember that entire homes were covered with tent-like structures in order to be completely fumigated.
In February 1988, the Weiner Homes sales office opened and advertised a grand opening
of model homes selling from $89,000 to $148,000, including equity membership. Lots on Butchers Holler sold first, and those homeowners took up residence beginning in May 1988. By October, 100 homes were sold. The golf course, designed by Gordon Lewis, opened in October 1988, and the Clubhouse was completed in July 1988, opening in January 1989. Some of the first residents were George and Terri Howard, Vince and Fran Gatti, Carmen and Marie Sciolto, George and Dorothy Brush, Ravis and Eloise Prueitt, Paul and Barb Devaney, Sheila Lawrence, Doug and Cheryl Hoyt, and Bill and Barb Crassman. Ken and Mary Barrett were the first residents on Blacksmith Forge.
By 1989, 200 homes were completed, including manor homes, patio homes and fairway
homes. Jeanne Rubado was the first golf pro. Country Creek had its own TV channel (Channel 19) that included a video tour of Country Creek. The first president of the members group, Alliance, was Ted Zurcher. Some new residents were Harold and Marie Appelquist, Dick and Bonnie Oelkers, Betsy Baker, Bob and Carol Clark, Larry and Carol Westin, Ambrose and Eileen Galvin, Gordon and Virginia Cole, Joe and Barb Vitello,
Roland and Justine Jolie, Dee Mason, and Michael Schultz. Justine Jolie and a few others organized the first Ladies Golf Association. Justine was its first president.
C&S Town Home, a land holding company purchased by GE Financial Group, then bought the community from Weiner homes, and C&S negotiated a contract with US Homes to construct single-family homes, golf villas, and condominiums to eventually complete the community. Two pools and another tennis court were in the plans.
By 1990, Country Creek was a community of about 250 homes, yet it was still a rural area. There was no grocery store nearby, no gas station, no bank; those were yet to come.
NEXT MONTH: THE NINETIES—1990-1999
Book Club News
Happy Bookers meet on the third Wednesday of the month during season. (We skip December.) We began in 2012–there are 14 members. Co-directors are Mary Grace and Kathleen Ruane.
The books chosen for 2024-2025 are:
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
• This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
• Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
• The Women by Kristen Hannah
Resident Directory News
LOIS CHRISTENSEN
Now that VCC is using a digital form of the resident directory, there is a very easy way to access it and some other important information on your phone through Clubhouse Online. The Clubhouse Online Mobile App can be found in your phone’s App Store and on both Google Play and Apple.
Download the app and you’re all set! Once you open the app, scroll down to find Villages at Country Creek. Login information will be the same Username and Password as the one you use on the VCC Website.
When you login, you will have three areas to choose from: Events, Roster, and Statements. Events will list upcoming calendar events at VCC. Roster is the up-to-date resident directory and can be searched by either name or address. For example, you can search by first name, last name, house number or street name. Statements allows you to view your current balance/statement and past statements.
1. From the Home screen, tap the App
icon 2. Tap Search on the bottom tab and then enter Hotwire Fision 3. Tap Hotwire Fision in the search results 4. Tap GET and then tap INSTALL Log in to the App
You will log in using the same username and password you are currently using to access your My Hotwire online account. Don’t have an online account?
You can create one using the app. You will need your customer number to register.
JUDY LIESKE
TODAY!
Community Food Drive
The Community Food Drive has officially begun and will run until January 5, 2025.
Non-perishable donations can be dropped off at the Clubhouse downstairs by the Golf Shop entrance. All donations are to benefit our hungry neighbors.
JUST FOR LAUGHS...
CAN YOU HEAR THAT?
An old man decided his old wife was getting hard of hearing. He called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The doctor said he could see her in two weeks, and meanwhile, there’s a simple, informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the dimensions of the problem. “Here’s what you do. Start about 40 feet away from her, and speak in a normal conversational tone and see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”
So that evening while she’s in the kitchen cooking dinner and he’s in the living room, he says to himself, “I’m about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens.”
“Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.
So he moves to the other end of the room, about 30 feet away. “Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.
So he moves into the dining room, about 20 feet away. “Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.
On to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. “Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.
So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for supper?”
“For the fifth time, CHICKEN!”
ESTERO COMMUNITY USEFUL NUMBERS
CELEBRATION OF LEGACY
Honoring 25 Years of Artistic Excellence: Southwest Florida's Premier Art Festival Join the Tradition This Year. Enjoyment For All Ages.
FEBRUARY 1 & 2, 2025
OPENING NIGHT JANUARY 31
Downtown Fort Myers Riverfront
FREE ADMISSION & EASY PARKING!
Enjoy and purchase some of the best artwork exhibited anywhere in Florida!
200 nationally-known artists
Kid’s activities
Food & entertainment
Artist: Christine Adele