February 2010 Entries
Not a committee, but a group open to all the men of University Village, the Men's Club invites all residents (including the ladies) to their twice-monthly morning programs in Catalina Hall. On the second and fourth Mondays each month, a light buffet at 8:45 precedes the 9:00 meeting, speaker and questions – the program ends promptly at 10.
Initiated in 2007 by John Bardgette, Gene Motte and Blaine Shull, the first meeting boasted attendance of eighteen gentlemen. On February 25, when UVTO's own John Shields told the Trader Joe's and other retailing stories, one audience count tallied 155 men and women....
- By Peggy Perry -
It's February and Cupid will soon be pulling arrows out of his quiver once again. Just look around in the dining rooms, the mailbox areas, the gathering places. There's evidence everywhere of what love has become in these later decades, in this, our newest home. Marriages of sixty and more years are not uncommon, and those couples still hold hands. Shorter unions, of partners found after earlier losses, provide widespread joy. New, close relationships have developed – we rejoice, but don't want to delve this one too deeply! The world loves lovers, and this community...
- By Peggy Perry -
On February 11 nine healthcare professionals will be honored by the Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation – one will be Lois Friss, a Villa resident. Lois and Jerry were actually the first full-time Villa residents of University Village, moving in on July 2, 2007. But let's go back a few years...
When they met in the dining hall at Syracuse University, both Lois and Jerry were in school as recipients of New York State Scholarships. Their first date was dinner at a Chinese restaurant, and they still have the sugar cube wrapper from that significant meal....