Happy Trails Come back soon!
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Since this is the last Oracle of the season, and we have just had our Annual Membership meeting, where I was reelected to serve as your Board President, I would like to recap some of the information from my opening statement. Thank you to our General Manager, Ed Vitrano, for giving 110 % every day. He will be the first to say that he is not perfect, but he sure strives to be. I would also like to thank all our staff for maintaining our beautiful Resort throughout the season for our enjoyment. I would also like to thank all nine candidates that put their names forward to run for the Board and to congratulate the winners: Danny Hall, Steve Farley, Ralph Joiner, and David Quick.
General Manager
Architecture & Aesthetics
Bike Safety
Safety & Security
Tennis
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Health & Fitness
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Golf
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Cornhole
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Pickleball
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Chapel
Ukulele
In March 2022, I was elected to be President of our Board and I had some ambitious goals. I wanted to address and tackle many of the difficult issues that had been discussed in the past years but never acted on. Issues that the majority of owners felt needed to be changed to allow our Resort to move forward and once again become the most desirable RV Resort in the country. Those issues have been addressed by this board and our Resort is once again becoming the place everyone wants to be a part of and our property values continue to rise. One of our first issues was approving a budget for the upcoming year during a time of 8.5% increase in the cost of living. With the advice and recommendations of the Finance Committee, our HOA increase was only 5.5%, while other Resorts in the area were closer to a 20% increase. This Board approved doing two years of sealing, coating, and gutter replacement in just one summer, saving the Resort tens of thousands of dollars by avoiding increasing inflationary prices. This Board also approved increasing security with controlled exiting to make further golf cart thefts more difficult. This Board also approved the construction of our new dog park that opened in November. This is another great Resort amenity to attract renters and new owners. With the continued popularity and growth of numbers attending our events at the ES Clubhouse, steps were
Planning
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taken to reduce the long lines for a drink. A cashless system was requested and approved by this Board to allow owners to purchase drinks directly to a credit card on file, similar to a hotel charge. A beverage wall was approved in July and is finally nearing completion. This should not only help with the long lines but increase sales, as many owners were not willing to stand in line for 15 minutes for a drink. Once up and operating, the beverage wall should be another popular Resort amenity and a revenue generator.
Sorry to see you go . . . See you in October. Sounds like the makings of a song . . . A very schizophrenic season, weather - wise for sure, is in the books. I surely missed the evening dinner parties on lot patios I saw as I drove out & about in the Resort. Hard to believe we only had one weekly event on the ES pool deck! Wind, rain, and cool temps, a least for a desert winter, dampened those gatherings. Nothing, however, can dampen the enthusiasm we share for this “ Adult ‘ Summer ’ Camp ”. It is a culture which has developed over the decades and can ’ t be found in all places. Indeed, there are several RV Resorts which may have newer, shinier toys, but nothing comes close to the quality of life at ORPS. If you couldn ’ t find something this year to whet your appetite for adventure, then you weren ’ t looking. Along with the thrice - weekly music/food events, the Can - Am Games, golf/tennis/pickleball/cornhole/poker/bingo/ ukulele/quilting/bridge/Big Star/I ’ m sure I forgot something, added enjoyment with such events as the return of Casino Night and the addition of Western Week, the Enrichment Series and Triathlon, kept everyone busy. Not to forget, the bike, hike, and other various outings outside the gates. Whew . . . I ’ m exhausted! Next season, the Lifestyle department will be adding bus tours . . . to favorite wineries/libraries/ beaches . . . maybe even a trip to the Rose Parade! So long . . . Farewell . . . Adieu. Keep the music flowing . . . Ed Vitrano General Manager
One of the Board ’ s goals was better communications with management and our owners. With suggestions from both owners and board members, Abby, our Communication Coordinator, has made some great additions to her Daily Planner emails along with the new Good to Know emails that go out each Thursday. We took on the long - debated question whether to convert sport committees to clubs. It was decided to keep them as committees. We addressed another issue that has long been kicked down the road having to do with the length of rigs. This question was brought to the Board by the A&A Committee as an aesthetic issue and was debated and approve to increase the minimum length of rigs to 26 feet. In my opinion, the most important decision was to allow our owners to decide, by a vote during the election of Directors. After the vote, they decided to return to the 24 feet length as the minimum size. In conclusion, your previous Board has tackled many tough and controversial issues, some popular, some not so popular. We have made decisions to achieve and maintain a 5 - star status. I feel your new Board will continue the same path. I wish you all a safe summer and look forward to seeing you back at our wonderful Resort next season.
John Boudin Board President
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It is hard to believe that the 2022 - 23 winter season at ORPS is coming to an end. It has been great to get to know more people at ORPS and help them make their lot uniquely theirs. This is a great resort and we should all be proud of the efforts of many that make it so great. As I have stated multiple times if you are contemplating making any improvements to your lot be sure to determine whether or not you need a permit. If you do remember that work cannot start before the permit has been approved by the A&A Committee. If you have any questions about the process please stop by the front office and talk to Julia our A&A Coordinator. The A&A Committee will be meeting throughout the summer on a monthly basis. Meetings to approve permits will be done once a month via Zoom starting in May with the last summer meeting in September. The committee will attempt to do meetings the 3 rd week of the month on a Wednesday but specific times will be determined prior to each meeting. Due to vacations, summer meetings are not necessarily at a consistent time but will be announced ahead of time. Permits need to be submitted to the A&A coordinator 7 business days prior to the next meeting to be reviewed at the meeting. Owners will have the opportunity to ask the committee questions on the Zoom meeting. I want to thank the volunteers who donate their time to serve on the committee and help you with your projects. Current committee members include Janet Ream, Herb Nyquist and Barb Lidstrom. We also have several new members - in - training who are learning the ropes. We continue to look for volunteers to join us - if you are interested, please fill out a Committee Interest Form which is available at the Main Office. And a special thanks to Tim Collins and Lynn Wolfe who served the committee and Resort for many years. Have a great summer season wherever you spend time. Safe travels to all and I look forward to seeing you in the fall.
Our wonderful season of activities including bicycling in and around ORPS is winding down. Many of us will be taking new E - bikes home for the summer. There are many riders who will be taking epic rides at home or abroad. Or maybe the opportunity to train during the winter months will encourage you to join a competitive or “ cause ” ride for a worthy charity. Many riders had discussed excellent riding destinations that will be combined with RV trips they are planning. With the increased ownership of E - bikes, many people are cycling for the first time or actively returning to cycling for the physical, social and cognitive benefits. We want you to have a safe summer of cycling and hope to see you again in the Fall. Please consider these safety tips while you are riding this summer, especially if you have a new E - bike. • Read your manual and learn all the functions of your new E - bike. • There are many classes of E - bikes. In many areas E - bikes are not allowed on certain streets, paths, sidewalks or trails. Please familiarize yourself with the rules in the areas you will be riding. Don ’ t be surprised if your E - bike is not allowed on “ Cause ” or benefit rides. Because of safety concerns the organizers of these rides often allow only conventional bikes. • If you are riding with a group or new to group riding it is very important to understand the safety practices of group riding. The basics include communication, signaling, and safe riding distances. E - bikes are heavier, sometimes faster and require more distance to stop safely. • Always wear appropriate gear, including helmet, bright reflective jackets or jerseys and gloves. Every bike should have a mirror on the handlebar or on your helmet. • Equip your bike with appropriate safety gear including forward and rear lights and a signal device. Signal devices can be electric buzzers, horns or even a bell. Signal devices are required in many jurisdictions. • Don ’ t be distracted or unable to hear approaching hazards by the use of earbuds, headsets or listening to music on portable speakers. In most areas they are prohibited by law and not allowed on group rides. • Maintain your bike and all of its components. Check your tire pressures before each ride. E - bikes are heavier and proper tire pressure is important for control and stability. • Practice before heading out. Many new riders to E - bikes are unfamiliar with differences that affect safety, including mounting and dismounting, stopping distance and the extra weight. Be Safe, always wear your helmet, have fun and return to ORPS with great stories about your Summer riding experiences. Submitted by Jeff Buchman
Steve Farley | sfarley@orps.com Board Vice - President and A&A Chair
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Turn off main battery switch
Cover windows with foil to keep heat out Cover inside furniture with dust sheets Put Bounce dryer sheets inside and out, they deter mice and insects Double bag three 32 gallon garbage cans, fill with water Put two in living area, one in bedroom Last thing to do inside, set off an insect bomb, then lock door Double check all outside locks Shut down pedestal power - leave address light on Consider driveway chains
How to SAFELY & SECURELY Store Your Rig Snow birding home soon? Want to come back to a perfect rig? We gathered some neighborly tips and ideas, along with some advice from the excellent A - 1 Store Annual Seminar in case you missed it. Here is that checklist:
Take a break, you earned it! Happy Travels Home!
Shopping List: Slide Lube
Rubber Treatment
Cabinet cleaner, Wood oil
Distilled Water Insect Bomb
Garbage Cans, Liners Outdoor Insect Spray
Black and Gray tank treatments
Saran Wrap
Bounce dryer sheets
Painter ’ s Tape
Disinfectant for fridge
Dan Hannah Safety & Security Chair
IN THE WEEKS BEFORE YOU LEAVE: Buy any supplies you might need, see shopping list below Treat lot for insects Let the mailroom know your dates - give them forwarding labels Test the operation of your slides Lube slide seals and jacks Oil cabinetry and woodwork, inside/out Cancel or place holds on internet and TV Make sure lead acid batteries have plenty of water Treat any rubber items with 303 or equivalent dressing Check out all your outdoor covers, make sure they still work IN THE DAYS BEFORE YOU LEAVE: Arrange for golf car storage, or cover it and deal with tires and batteries yourself Pack or donate all food, cleaners and perishables Cover any items you will leave outside Flush water heater - check anode Black and gray water tanks - flush and chemically treat Take batteries out of clocks, remotes, etc. THE DAY YOU LEAVE: Store sewer hoses, power cords, water hoses inside Put water filters and softeners inside Shut off all propane, and loosen or remove hoses, including FP and BBQ hoses Plug all inside drains with Saran wrap, including the toilet Turn off and drain hot water tank Tape over the exhaust for furnace, water heater, and kitchen and dryer vents Empty, clean, and disinfect refer, leave doors open Leave all interior door and cabinets open for air circulation All slides should be in if possible ORACLE 5
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This season's last Fritters and Fun was held on March 4th. There were 37 participants, and Triples was the game of the month.
Kathy Brown and Leslie Zauher—Gold medal A Flight
March ’ s Mixer was a 2 day Wrap Up Tournament, with Pizza at the end of the first day and a Hawaiian themed Feast of Kinipopo on the second night. Thanks to Kathy Brown for hosting the event. CanAm Awards Night was held February 25. This year in tennis, Canada had 26 wins, and the US had 16 wins. Some of the Tennis Medal Recipients from that night were:
Carol Cornell and Robin Polson—Silver medal A Flight
Also awarded that night was the newly created Gordon Nederveld Sports- manship award. Mary Holmes presented the first year's award to Nancy Chase.
ORPS 2023 Tennis Leagues Men ’ s Top Gun - This year's high scorer was Mike Henry. Thanks to Eric Buckland and John Jensen for
Mike Killins and Robin Polson Bronze medal Mixed B Flight
Clancy LaFray and Marge Nedereveld Bronze medal Mixed C Flight
being co - coordinators. Women ’ s Top Gun —The women ’ s high scorer was Doreen Goltz. Thanks to Vicki Condon and Debbie Jensen for co - coordinating.
Janie Pollard and Marge Nederveld Silver medal B Flight
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Hard to believe we are heading towards the end of the season …. What a season it has been!! So much to be grateful for. I choose to focus on all the positive … I personally want to thank all the volunteers who step up to make a difference in the resort. It does take a village of positive people to make this all work. Your hard work, giving so freely of your time, does not go unnoticed. It ’ s so much easier to judge from the outside on what is wrong, as opposed to jumping in and trying to make a true difference. So, all of you who help the resort become a better place, thank you!! I encourage so many more to hop on and help. Coming from my committee, I want to thank Maryellen Muir, who gives so much of her time to this resort, she has served with me for 5 seasons on the health and fitness committee. I will miss you serving with us, but I know you have so many other projects that help make this an awesome place to live! Welcome new members to the health and fitness committee. Cynthia Rose and Bobbie McDonald. Excited to have them join our committee. If you are interested in our committee, contact me at Lot #1. We have a new standup digital scale coming to the gym. It should arrive by the middle of April. All the leather on the equipment is being replaced as we speak. We no longer allow talking on cell phones in the gym. If u get a call please step outside, and respect others that are working out . We ’ ve had complaints about the gym being too hot and then some say to cold. We try hard to keep it a happy place for all, but it ’ s hard to please so many people. Just bear with us! The temperature is monitored by a phone. Please do not open the doors, it ’ s hard on the air conditioner and throws it out whack. We will be looking at new weight machines in the near future. Just another reminder, PLEASE, clean off your own equipment after each use. So many still aren ’ t doing it. Also, the cloth wipes are for cleaning the screens ONLY and the spray bottles are labeled for screens only! The blood drive was a big success. It was awesome to see so many of you out to donate. Thank you so much!!! 26 pints of blood was collected in 4 hours. That ’ s several lives saved!! The Health Fair was very nice with so many vendors, but I must be honest, the turnout was very low. There were just too many activities happening during our event. I hope that next season we can have a better turn out. The vendors pay to have a booth here, so it ’ s important we get people in the doors. Hopefully they will come back next season and we will have more people supporting the event. Enjoy your summer and remember to keep moving ❤ Chavalla Lopez, LMT, MMP Health and Fitness Chair
Team Tennis — Desert Double Trouble took the honors. Dave Sabens was team captain. Thanks to Greg Bach for his weekly update & witty commentary.
Mixed Doubles — John Maysmith and Jill Trelawny came out on top in the final match. Thanks to Jane McMeekin for coordinating this event.
Cindy Stoneback, Tennis Communications
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On another note, the Golf Committee would like to thank Lou Eiguren for being a part of the ORPS golf community. We wish him and his wife good health, happiness and safe travels wherever life leads them.
GOLF
And another one bites the dust. That being the 2022 - 2023 season. It was certainly a busy and controversial one from any I ’ ve witnessed in the past 24 years I ’ ve lived here. You all know how to make my hair turn gray. However, we did have a lot of fun from the CanAm tournament (which
We also want to thank the departing Golf Committee members for their untiring service: Christine Anderson, Richard Block and Craig Woods. We accomplished a lot and had fun and quite a bit of frustration doing it.
the USA and Canada tied) to the Club Championship (where Trish Hall and Daniel Gascon repeated as champions). And what a beautiful basket I made for the CanAm raffle, which was won by Maggie Metz. Her husband enjoyed the dozen Titles ProV1s that Lou Eiguren donated.
We now welcome our present committee members: Mike Delaney, Phil Sanstrum, Diane Backer, Jeannie Ward, Eva Norcross, Larry Black, and of course me. We look forward to continuing to serve the golf community of ORPS. Remember, we ’ re volunteers trying to make this your happy place. If you disagree, let us know. Well, don ’ t let me know. Tell our GM. You can reach him at evitrano@orps.com. Have a great summer.
We also want to thank Lupe for the haircut, Tahquitz GC for the round of golf, A - 1 Custom for the gift card, Betty McCullough for the golf accessories, and Mike Moore for the putter. You can see more photos elsewhere. As for the Club Championship, a great turnout, but why no max strokes! I made a 9 on #3!
The plus for this tournament was that we were able to have the gathering outdoors like we used to do, with the help from our trusted volunteers, barbecuing burgers. Thanks Lori, Steve, Holly, Richard, and especially Ron. I don ’ t think that barbecue has been any cleaner. The
Hope to see you next season.
Respectfully submitted by Deanna Joe Golf Committee Secretary
crowds around the putting green seemed to be enjoying them- selves. It looked like a good time was had by all. Even our water friends came out to enjoy it.
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This last month was all about the CanAm and what a great turnout we had. We had 104 people playing that day! The day started out with a little practice play and then everyone enjoyed a great pulled pork meal that our very own Scott Stromberg cooked for us once again. The teams then played 2 round robins and then were seeded into the tournament. It was a long afternoon/evening. The lights went out on us at 8pm so the last few teams had to play by flashlight! The American's ended up winning the final game against the Canadian's. A big thank you to all the volunteers we had helping us and for our great cornhole committee. Can't wait to do it all again next season! Submitted by Carolyn Chanez
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Debbie Penero
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Craig D. Griffiths
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Colleen Lemke
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Judy Mortenson
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Larry Black
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David Harrish
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Maureen Reininger
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Jerry McGee
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Nick Paulsen
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Ted Wilson
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Nancy Michel
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Terry Halpape
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Greg Poulsen
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Don Pierce
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Ed Hynes
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Mike Delaney
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Pat O'Neill
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Kris Olsen
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Helen Glennie
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Fred Hyde
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Karen Forsberg
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Connie Ellis
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Charles Hare
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Christine Anderson
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Tim Croghan
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CAN/AM PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT CAN/AM pickleball spanned three days of fun and healthy competition! There were great skills at work on the courts! The final medal counts were GOLD (5 Can; 7 USA); SILVER (7 Can; 5 USA); BRONZE (8 Can; 4 USA). Canada edged out the win by 4 medals!!! The winners in each event and category were as follows: Men ’ s Doubles : (2.5) 1 st - Devi Deal/Rich Brown (CAN); 2 nd - Gary Anderson/Clancy LaFray (USA); 3 rd - Wayne Byer/Brian McTurk (CAN) (3.0) 1 st - Ron Hauser/Dave Iwanicka (CAN); 2 nd - Ralph Joiner/Ed Bills (USA); 3 rd - Rich Barker/Mike Long (USA); (3.5) 1 st - Steve Wallace/ Mark Hikel (USA); 2 nd - Fred Meyerink/Jay Tuson (CAN); 3 rd - Steve Flood/Ed Lewis (CAN) (4.0) 1 st - Mike Moore/John Penero; (USA); 2 nd - Nick Rostad/Paul Lalli (CAN); 3 rd - Ron Anderson/Nick Kiniski (CAN). Women ’ s Doubles: (2.5) 1 st – Eileen Gallarneau/Betty McCullough (CAN); 2 nd – Karen German/Laura Ward (USA); 3 rd – Janice Wald/Lois Campbell (CAN) (3.0) 1 st – Fran Swanson/Taunya Rae Hicks (USA); 2 nd – Simone LaPointe/Judy Mortensen (CAN); 3 rd – Terryi Turko/Lori Flood (CAN); (3.5) 1st - Minor/Cindy Rose (USA); 2 nd – Shirley Radke/Colleen Iwanicka (CAN); 3 rd – Sue Olsen/Rhonda Heiney (USA); (4.0) 1 st - Manjit Lalli/Blondine Loewen (CAN); 2 nd - Cheri Boudin/Alisia Foyle (USA); 3 rd – Cindy Wilson/Sue Amondson (USA). Mixed Doubles: (2.5) 1 st – Helen Glennie/Sandy Glennie (CAN); 2 nd – Barbara Ward/George Azera (USA); 3 rd - Judy Thomas/Tom Sellgren (CAN); (3.0) 1 st - Fran Swanson/Andy Rinehardt (USA); 2 nd – Colleen Iwanicka/Ron Hauser (CAN); 3 rd – Ava Felt/John Mogel (USA) (3.5) 1 st - Rhonda Heiney/Randy Anderson (USA); 2 nd – Shirley Radtke/Brian Goeltz (CAN); 3 rd – Laurie Duncan/Dennis Duncan (CAN) (4.0) 1 st – Cindy Wilson/Mike Moore (USA); 2 nd – Kristin Rosdal/Nick Rosdal (CAN); 3 rd – Manjit Lalli/Paul Lalli (CAN).
PICKLEBALL COMMITTEE MEMBER RECOGNITION
Colleen Iwanicka and Karen Schaper were honoured for their service (6 and 4 years respectively) in their roles as secretary and court ambassador! Thank you for all your dedication!
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARD This year the Pickleball Committee recognized two wonderful and deserving women who have contributed so much to women ’ s round robin play. Congratulations to Jeannie Unverzagt and Maureen Reininger for exemplifying qualities of leadership and sportsmanship!
Submitted by Lynn Barry, Pickleball Secretary An additional shout out to Jeannie for being awarded the CAN/AM Gordon Nederveld trophy for pickleball! Way to go!
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ORPS Family Motor Coach Association, Life is Better With Friends, Especially our ORPS FMCA Friends
Who Can Join Fmca? Pretty much anyone!
U.S. and Canadian residents are eligible to join . You will find our local chapter membership applications in both Clubhouses on our wall displays. Please sign up first at www.fmca.com to get your national FMCA ID number. FMCA National membership is open to all RVers, Motorhomes, 5th Wheels, Travel Trailers, Vans, or Truck Campers . as well as commercial businesses that support the RV world. ORPS Chapter FMCA Annual dues are $25 per year and a $12 badge for each new member. Another local benefit is a discount price on RV Black and Grey Tank clean - out.
Rally Pickleball beasts!
Happy Hour at our Rally Opener.
Pickleball players who tried their darnedest :)
Our Rally Cornhole best in show, Kris and friends, good job.
Happy Hour,
thanks for all
your help.
Mr. Don Walker, A1 Convenience Store “ Closing up for Summer ” very well attended.
With this writing, I bid you all safe travels and happy summer. Please come back to the desert and you can look forward to all that your FMCA officers and committees have already penciled down for the new 2023 - 2024 season. There will road trips, our on - site Rally, the Great Food and Wine Pairing dinner and so much more. Thanks to all of the volunteers who certainly made this a year to remember fondly. Without volunteers none of this would happen. Thanks to the Committee heads and Officers who spearheaded the activities, especially Kris Olsen, doing a yeoman ’ s job at the helm.
38 people played in our Rally Golf Tournament
Rally Golf Tournament big gag winner
FMCA Rally Golf Tournament Refreshment Stop
Submitted by Ken Hearn, Orps Fmca Secretary
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As the season comes to a close the ORPS Quilters are busy with our community service endeavors working on our raffle quilts for next season. Congratulations to the lucky winners of the raffle quilts and gift baskets that were raffled off at our Annual Quilt Show on March 1 st : Judy Froese – King Size Kaleidoscope Quilt Bobbi Baumuller – Mulligan Throw
The Lord Is Our Shepherd Even In The Summer
Praise be to you, Lord, Shepherd of my heart. In life's swift race you gently slow me down. And in Your recreation I can start each day with eagerness and fewer frowns! No cause for worry as Your lamb have I. You've promised daily to care for my needs. I feel contentment as I realize all I've been given and I feel less greed. Restore my soul with balance and rest. Recharge my tired mind with days zest. Redeem the time I've spent on my success. Relax my throbbing heart and help me pray. Praise be to You, Lord, Shepherd of my heart. Your goodness counters all my anxious thoughts. Your mercy will forever impart A lust for living I have always sought. Chapel season is over and we are off to our home churches, home, family and friends. Let this summer prayer sustain you until we gather again at ORPS for CHAPEL and TIME WITH FRIENDS.
Bob Randall – Chicks with Sticks Throw Lorilee Little – Italian Themed Basket Liz Mongeon – BBQ Themed Basket Congratulations Winners!!
It is through the kindness and generosity of the ORPS community that we were able to donate over $10,000 to our charities this 2022 - 23 season. Thank you!!! In March we proudly displayed our work in the El Saguaro Clubhouse. Quilts of all sizes and styles, bags, and many other hand - crafted items were on display and for sale. It gets bigger every year! If you think you might enjoy being part of such endeavors, please join us in the West Room in El Saguaro or contact us via email at orpsquilters@gmail.com. We would love to show you what we do. We are creative and provide inspiration for each other. All levels of expertise are welcome! Our members make so many donateable quilt items annually for The Shelter From The Storm, the Cathedral City Fire Department and the Cathedral City Police Department.
May you all enjoy the summer months and safe travels to wherever your journey takes you.
Hopefully we will greet each other as November brings us back.
Jim Gwinn, Chaplain 847 - 445 - 0077
Tuesday Tappers Are you crazy enough to take the challenge and … Tap at 2PM on Tuesdays in ES next season! Contact Marilyn at marilyn.sabens@gmail.com!
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The Planning Committee (PC) has completed its prioritization screening for Outdoor Resorts Palm Springs (ORPS) for project proposals identified as RESERVE FUNDS and CAPITAL FUND items for the year 2022 - 2023 and following fiscal year budgets. The following criteria was used in the PC screening process. Is the proposal necessary to maintain functional use of subject facility? Is the proposal required to meet public health and safety conditions? Does the proposal impact/benefit 100%, 75%, 50%, 25% or less owners? Is the proposal an upgrade? Does the proposal require CAPITAL FUNDS? Does the proposal require RESERVE FUNDS? Have the funds been allocated in CAPITAL and RESERVE accounts or is a special assessment required to accommodate this request? Is this project for current, summer time, long range - 2023 - 2024, 2024 - 2025, 2025 - 26. Using these criteria, the top items identified are recommended projects that will require CAPITAL FUNDS. 1. Shade Structure over La Palma (LP) Gathering Area 2. Shade Structures at the La Palma pool * (What is being proposed for the LP Gathering Area and the LP pool is something that was discussed in previous years and it ’ s due for renewed consideration and completion. 3. ATM (a little more research is being done and location sites) Using these criteria, the top items identified are recommended projects that will require RESERVE FUNDS. 1. Card tables in the multi purpose room in El Saguaro (ES)* 2. ES Pool Deck * *Currently obtaining estimated costs The following are project proposals that were discussed by the PC and are projects that are going to be researched over the summer and into the fall. Recommendations may then be put forward by the PC in the fall of 2023. 1. Water Refill Station 2. 2. El Saguaro Sound System (to be evaluated by expert audio people) 3. Indian Land (the notch) inquiry 4. Corn Hole Location 5. North Dog Park (only as needed regarding design) 6. Garbage, Recycle and Pet Relief Area 7. BBQ area at El Saguaro 8. 8. East Room at La Palma - adding entrances/exits An ad hoc sub - committee of the PC has been formed regarding the Restaurant. Any and all topics will be on the table. Chris Mayou will be the chair of this group. The PC of 2023 - 2024 will be working with them. The PC also toured and inspected all Satellites in early March of 23. We made up our own inspection list and added items the General Manager (GM) asked us to look for. This task was completed and a list was given to the GM and the BoD. This task used to happen in past years on a yearly basis. Hopefully this process will continue and one Satellite a year can be identified for “ major ” improvements as necessary. It has been my pleasure to have served as chair of this committee. During the COVID years we didn ’ t have a lot on our plate but it feels like I ’ m going out with a bang. The chair of any committee is only successful if they have great committee members. My thanks to, Debbie Smith, Bob Livingston, Sheryl Nelson, Mike Schaefer, Raymond Sterbens Jr., Chris Mayou and Ralph Joiner. Respectfully, Mike Curley | Planning Committee Chair
Test your music IQ
1. Jumping Flea _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. That instrument ’ s abbreviation _ _ _ 3. Arrived in Hawaii in 1879 from this country _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Saves your fingers _ _ _ _ 5. ORPS #1 fun music group _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Number of strings _ _ _ _ 7. Thursday night Palm Springs tradition _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Uke player who tiptoed through tulips _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. President who played the uke _ _ _ _ _
10. Sets the beat for the band _ _ _ _ 11. One way to play _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. Luthiers use this expensive wood _ _ _ 13. Back up instruments _ _ _ _ _ _
14. One musical genre they strum _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Rocky Horror Picture Show song _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Sheet music notes _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Person who performs music on the street _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Smallest ukulele _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Music played in 3/4 time _ _ _ _ _ 20. Musicians rest their music there _ _ _ _ _ _ For more ukulele information and to join next season contact Marilyn at marilyn.sabens@gmail.com
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ORPS VENDORS AGUIRRE'S PROPANE 760 342 1645
69411 Ramon Road Cathedral City, California 92234
760 - 328 - 3834
ALL PRO 951 906 5200
ADMIN OFFICE
EXT.
GM
244 242
Accounting Front Desk
COUNTRY CLUB CARPET CLEANING 760 774 2889
301/302
Community Standards
246 260
Gate/Security
LA PALMA CLUBHOUSE Maintenance Dispatch
DAVIES AUTO CARE 760 328 6198 DAVID GILMORE REALTOR 619 203 1749
293 252 254 255 256 270 271 272 277
Communications
A1 Store Mailroom La Roma
JORGE ’ S LANDSCAPE 760 443 3672
EL SAGUARO CLUBHOUSE Lifestyle Director
Lifestyle Coordinator
MIA ’ S DESIGNS 760 288 1830 RVS FOR LESS 865 521 9112
Mailroom
Lifestyle Supervisor
GOLF SHACK Attendant
280
Lupe ’ s Beauty Salon
760 - 328 - 0007
SHADEMAKER INC 951 654 0841 TICOR TITLE & ESCROW TEAM 714.412.6500
WHOLESALE BBQ ISLANDS 909 735 5009
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