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Yoga Spring Yoga Spring Chickens Yoga 8:45 am

8:45-9:45 am Chickens 8:15-9:45 am 8:30 AM Food Bank

8:30 AM Health Mobile 10:30 PM

1:30 PM 1:30 11 am - 3 pm Stay Warm Lunch

5:30 PM Craft Class Bingo Spectrum 11am-1pm 8:30 AM

2:00 PM Spectrum 6:30 PM noon 1:30 PM

Lunch Snack Bar Board Mtg Movie Night

noon 5-6:30 pm 7:00 PM Movie @ 6:30 pm

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Yoga Spring Yoga Spring Chickens Yoga

8:45-9:45 am Chickens 8:15-9:45 am 8:30 AM 8:15-9:45 am

8:30 AM Health Mobile

1:30 PM 1:30 PM 11 - 3 pm

Craft Class Bingo Spectrum

2:00 PM Spectrum 6:30 PM noon 1:30 PM

Line Dance Lunch Snack Bar Gen Mtg Movie Night

3:30 - 5:00 pm noon 5-6:30 pm 7pm Movie @ 6:30 pm

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Yoga Spring Yoga Spring Chickens Yoga 8:45 am

8:45-9:45 am Chickens 8:30 AM Food Bank

8:30 AM 12 - 3PM Health Mobile 10:30 PM

1:30 PM 1:30 11 am - 3 pm

Craft Class Spectrum 6:00 PM

2:00 PM Spectrum noon 1:30 PM

Lunch Snack Bar Dinner Movie Night

noon 5-6:30 pm Movie @ 6:30 pm

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Yoga Yoga Spring Chickens Yoga

8:45-9:45 am 8:15-9:45 am 8:30 AM 8:15-9:45 am

Health Mobile

1:30 PM 1:30 PM 11 am - 3 pm

Craft Class Bingo Spectrum

2:00 PM 6:30 PM noon 1:30 PM

Snack Bar Movie Night

5-6:30 pm v Movie @ 6:30 pm

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Yoga 8:45 am

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1:30

Craft Class 2pm

FOR EMERGENCY ISSUES

2018-19 OFFICERS

RESIDENTS MAY CALL 713-1260

TO SPEAK WITH THE GUARD

POLICE: NON-EMERGENCY

M-F 9AM-5PM: 471-1365

ALL OTHER TIMES CALL 911

PARK SECURITY

C & C SECURITY, INC.

1-800-443-8000

WHEN ON DUTY: 9PM-6AM,

rick@the-tropics.net

PRESIDENT: RICHARD STOLL

VICE PRESIDENT: ERNIE ODIAMAR

SECRETARY: OPEN POSITION

TREASURER: RICK CASADOS

tropics residents' club, inc.

33000 ALMADEN BLVD., UNION CITY, CA 94587

richard@the-tropics.net

ernie@the-tropics.net

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE

SORITA CAMARGO RUTH CHURCHILL

sorita@the-tropics.net ruth@the-tropics.net

CAROLYN HOPPES BOB SANBORN

carolyn@the-tropics.net bob@the-tropics.net

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Your submissions to THE BREEZE are always invited, subject to editing and appropri-ateness. The deadline is six p.m. on the tenth of each month. Also, if you are leading a committee or program, please let us know if there are changes to time, place, etc., of your events, so we can publish accurate information.

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COMMITTEES

BREAKFAST CHAIR RICHARD STOLL 408-839-3358

HOUSE FACILITIES POSITION OPEN

POTLUCK STEVE EVANS

BEA BARTZ 386-0509 489-6388

SUNSHINE RUBY BARKER 489-3947 Please leave Message

LIBRARY BEA BARTZ 489-6388

EMERGENCY COMMU-NICATIONS

BRAVOBEN TINA MARIA

489-5749

SENIOR CITZENS - CITY HALL

ANITA ROQUE 471-2815

WELCOMING COM-MITTEE

NIKKI BRACKEN-POE CAROLYN HOPPES

489-6894

RESIDENTS’ CLUB AUDITING COMMIT-

TEE

LITA MADRANO RICK HENRY

ROBERT HISLE 487-7817

RESIDENTS ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

OPEN POSITION

Residents

enjoying

the

Spectrum

Lunch

THE WHAT, THE WHEN, THE WHERE

TROPICS RESIDENTS' CLUB MEETING 2ND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH

IN CLUBHOUSE @7PM PRESIDENT: RICHARD STOLL

408 839-3358

B BUG FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE DOORS OPEN 5:30PM

MOVIE STARTS 6:30PM LOCATED NEXT TO THE LAUNDRY ROOM

AND "SPLIT ENDS BEAUTY SALON" 102 PALM DR.

MOBILE HEALTH VAN EVERY THURSDAY @ CLUBHOUSE

11 AM—3 PM

LINE DANCING 2ND AND 4TH MONDAYS

3:30-4:30 IN CLUBHOUSE

TROPICS POTLUCK DISH TO PASS

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH 5:30PM AT THE CLUBHOUSE

STEVE EVANS 386-0506

BINGO - EVERY WEDNESDAY DOORS OPEN 4:30PM

EARLY 6:30PM REGULAR GAME 7PM SNACK BAR 5:00PM

MELODY PETERSON 266-2607 OR RICHARD STOLL

CRAFT CLUB MONDAYS: 2P.M. IN CLUBHOUSE

LORIS COOK 489-7027

TROPICS TRAVELERS SEE FLYERS IN CLUBHOUSE

CONTACT: Richard Stoll

TROPICS COFFEE CLUB MON-FRI 8:30AM IN CONFERENCE RM

JACKIE HILL 489-4388

TROPICS SPRING CHICKENS EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

8:30AM IN CLUBHOUSE CAROLYN HOPPES 489-6894

LIVE 2B HEALTHY EVERY MON, WED & FRI 1:30 PM

SEE CALENDAR OR FLYERS IN CLUB-HOUSE

B BUG COMPUTER CENTER MON-FRI 8AM-12:30PM

B BUG BUILDING 102 PALM DR. LARRY CORNELL 487-1040

YOGA MON., WED., FRI.

8:15-9:45

TROPICS CERAMICS CLUB MONDAY 11-2, THURS 4-8

(BEHIND POOL) MELODY PETERSON 266-2607

December Message

From Board President Richard Stoll

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays!!!! I’m trying to be Politically Correct.

Can you believe another year has almost gone by? Now is the time to be in an

eating mood. We have a Christmas Breakfast with Ham and Cheese Quiche, a

Ham Dinner for Christmas dinner and Prime Rib for New Year’s Eve. WOW!!!!

Make sure you have your tickets for the two dinners.

We have some great events coming up in the New Year: January – Chinese

New Year, February – Mardi Gras, March – St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, April – Beatle

Night, etc. Lots of fun and dancing coming up. This Board is in the party mood.

Speaking of the Board we have two vacancies, Secretary and Board Member. We

hate to see Steve leave us.

Are you noticing the beautiful improvements in the Park? Miguel and staff

have been working hard to improve the looks. Notice the new fence or rocks at

the entrance. The GREEN around the Club House. Have any of you tried out the

new exercise equipment in the pool area?

Bingo is going very well. We would like you join us. It is said to be good for

seniors for keeping the brain active and eye sight exercise. Give us a try. The

Snack Bar is open for a quick and delicious meal before Bingo. You do not have to

play to enjoy the meals.

We appreciate all the people and students that are volunteering to make

our events go so smoothly. The Board members work hard and appreciate the

help in putting on all the events. Have a great holiday season and talk to you

soon.

MILLENNIUM MEMO 2018 was a Year of Change for me. My youngest daughter got married, my wife retired, Millennium moved to new offices…and I turned 65, something my knees remind me of every morning. For The Tropics, however, 2018 brought more of the same—and that’s a good thing! Just a few examples:

Home prices remained high--and even increased over last year. I’ll provide more details next month but it is safe to say that if someone wants to become your neighbor and enjoy The Tropics lifestyle, he/she will have to pay dearly!

The Tropics is already one of the finest communities in the State but we continued making upgrades anyway. The most recent example: $66K to complete Phase 2 of the Tree Project. A more fun project: the new Entrance Sign. Your Rent Dollars at Work!

Lots of Tropics residents earned Kudos for their service to the Park, too many to mention here. Miguel earned a special Staff Kudo earlier this year for winning a Bessire & Casenhiser “Above & Beyond” Maintenance Award.

SPARC continued to be a big asset to the Park, as Stacee described in the November Memo. SPARC is ending the year with a Winter Wellness Seminar & Senior Warm Kit Program, something new for us. That one sounds fun. You’ll get hot soup & bread, learn from a panel of 3-4 speakers and build a “warm kit,” including scarves, socks, gloves, beanies…I hope to have a report for you next month.

The Flood Control folks did their annual Creek Clean-up, this time using goats! That was fun to watch, wasn’t it? I’m typing this in early November, so I don’t know if our family of turkeys survived Thanksgiving. Let’s hope so.

Thanks to the many volunteers, Clubs, Residents Club Board, the folks at B & C and, most of all, your amazing, dedicated, hard-working, award-winning Park Staff for making The Tropics such a desirable place to call home. Here’s to doing even better in 2019! Christmas in The Tropics As usual, Tropics residents have a chance to end the year in style, starting with the Dec. 2 Potluck, then the big Christmas Dinner, New Year’s Party…residents in our other Parks would be jealous. For me, this is also that exciting time of year when I find out what I’m getting my wife for Christmas. I can’t wait for that! Enjoy the parties, thank your Park Staff for such a great year...and have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! George Turk

Tropics Residents’ Club-

Christmas Dinner Saturday, December 22 Doors Open 5:30 pm

Menu

Christmas Salad Baked Ham with Sauce

Potato Savory Petite Peas and Pearl Onions

Dessert

Join Us Celebrate This Special Day

Residents Free Must Have Ticket Tickets available from Board Members

Last Day Dec. 19

Sunday, December 2

Food is Served at 5:30 pm Bring Food to Share

Enjoy the companionship & Have fun

We serve coffee and Tea

Bus Bingo starts at 6:15pm

Any questions call Steve Evans (510-386-0509) or Beatrice Bartz

Seems like yesterday when we wished everyone Merry Christmas

and Happy New Year -- now it is here again. The older we get the

faster the time goes so we need to stop and smell the roses.

The annual $2.00 HCD fee is on the December statement as well as

the electric credit for sub-metered resident spaces. The Tri-City

Mobile Food Bank will be here on Friday, December 7 and Friday,

December 21, 2018. A big Thank You to Kathy and all the

volunteers that help make it run so smoothly.

The swimming pool will be heated thru December 31, 2018 and

many residents are taking advantage of the warm weather. Both

the ladies and men’s exercise rooms have been updated with new

paint, carpet and machines that work. Stop by and check it out.

Looking forward to the beautiful displays and lights that our

residents put up for the holidays.

Merry Christmas to all.

Nancy Payne

Resident Manager

Manager’s Corner for December 2018

Welcome to New Residents 10 Palm Drive – Bernard and JoAnn Harteau 40 Palm Drive – Aryland and Gloria Gong and Mok Lam 314 Kauai Circle – Richard and Carolyn Erchinger 202 Hawaii Circle – Helena Tan Wee

General

Thursday, December 13

7 PM

A MESSAGE FROM LARRY CORNELL

The b bug club is looking for some volunteers who would like to come to the b

bug computer club and learn how to eventually take over the daily operation.

I have been volunteering going on 11 years now and it has been very rewarding. I

love helping the residents who come to the b bug for help, but who is going to

take over when and If something happens to me? Does it cease to exist?

Hoping someone can come forward, Larry Cornell

Grill Open 5—

6:30

Snacks until Break

All Profits go to

Local Charities

Every Wednesday @ Tropics Mobile Home Park Regular games start at 7 pm

*****PACK COSTS*****

1 PACK—$9.00 2 Packs—$13.00

3 Packs—$16.00 4 Packs—$19.00

5 Packs—$22.00 6 Packs—$23.00

7 & 8 Packs—$25.00

*****SPECIAL GAMES*****

Two Strip Games—$1.00 each

Double Action—$1.00

Treasure Hunt—$1.00 each

Flash Games —$1.00 each

90 % pay

out

First Timers

get Free Pack

Tropics Residents' Club Breakfast

Saturday, December 8 Doors Open 8 am

Ham and Cheese Quiche

Christmas

Potatoes

O’Brien

Plus All your favorites

No Ticket Needed

$3.00 at door for ALL

Christmas Bingo at 9:15 am

Best Wishes for those Under the Weather

Pat Harris Peter Lowe

Ceramic Club News

The Tropics Ceramic Club welcomes all who are young at heart and still

like to “play with clay”. We have our ceramics room, equipped with clay, a

large variety of molds, as well as kilns to finish your work. The ceramics

room is located behind the clubhouse next to the swimming pool. It is

currently open Mondays 11 to 2, and Thursdays 4 to 8. By all means drop

by, if you think you would like to express yourself in clay, or just like to see

what is going on. You can meet us, and see some of the attractive items we

have made. No experience necessary!

If you are not available at those times, you may call Melody Peterson at

266-2607, and she will arrange a visit at a convenient time.

As to Club Meetings, these are now held EVERY OTHER

MONTH, except during summer, on the first Tuesday. So

we will be meeting Tues., Dec. 4, at 2:00 p.m. in the

Conference Room in the clubhouse. All are welcome.

And our sympathies go out to the recently deceased So Yon Chang, 446 Samoa Circle Dorothy Lewis, 528 Trinidad Circle

Board Meeting Minutes October 4, 2018 The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Ernie Odiamar at 7 pm. Roll call was called with all Board members present. There was a quorum. A missing tape recorder made it not possible to read last month’s minutes. The treasurer’s report was given. There was some confusion on the Snack Bar P&L. Richard moved it not be accepted until corrected. The bingo repost was read and accepted. No report for Travelers no action.

Correspondence and e-mails: An e-mail from Staci, SPARC, was read about December 7th gathering. Also an e-mail was read about a resident wanting to get Neighborhood watch going.

Old Business: Open position for Secretary still open. Casino Night was successful Jazz night—More tickets need to given out. Board members will get some. Holiday Flea Market—Ruth will start table sales at Breakfast, October 13. Banner is being up-dated, ad in Tri-City placed and space reserved for Banner. Overnight Bus Trip – Needs more riders. Live 2B Healthy exercise class has changed time to 1:30 pm Mon, Wed and Fri Michael O’Quin, Breeze editor, said he has more people helping, especially Mary Lou Sandolo.

New Business: November Breakfast is Pumpkin Pancakes, Patty Sausage and eggs Thanksgiving Dinner will be prepared by the Board and is November 24 Deck the Halls – Decorating the Club House for Christmas is at 6 pm November 27, Pizza party to follow Christmas Dinner was voted on to be catered by PBS catering, featuring a ham dinner on December 22 Brenda Sands presented a well-prepared outline for Madi Gras. It was approved by the board. Madi Gras is on February 23. The Board voted to let an Elder Abuse speaker and Coffee with Cops at the October Breakfast SPARC has announced a new health Mobile, WOW, will start in November. A trial run will be Friday, October 5, 1-4 pm Bingo donation was discussed. It was decided and voted on by the Board that a $1,000 will be donated to the New Haven Schools Foundation.

Up-coming Events: Pot Lucks – October 7, Breakfast—October 13, and Jazz Night—October 2. Meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m.

Here’s Lookin’ Atcha!

The Tropics Jazz Night on October 27, was a walloping success.

The Breeze thanks the band, Fog City Stompers, and the Holman family for

graciously staging the event.

Group One - If you do not receive your Breeze, please call Marylou Sandolo, 366-9650

Your Street Delivery Hero Phone QuantityAcapulco,Polynesia,Palm149,50 POSITION OPEN 24

Hana Roger Taylor, 131 Hana 386-2154 12

Madrone Tom Chitwood, 119 Madrone 489-2103 14

Hoya Carolyn Hoppes, 482 Hoya 489-6894 15

Panama, Makaha Jadee Bacelis, 469 Panama 491-5444 21

Seema. Kawella Ray Miller, 489 Seema 475-1950 21

Lanai, Samoa Rick Henry, 443 Samoa 487-7817 26

Honolulu Rocky Samson, 427 Honolulu 471-7332 16

Fiji Ruth Scarson, 416 Fiji 487-4831 16

Tropicana 368-386 Allison Hughes, 373 Tropicana 471-2050 19

Tropicana 387-403 Carl Hughes, 373 Tropicana 471-2050 18

Group Two - If you do not receive your Breeze, please call Michael O'Quin, 265-4091Kona Fred, Ruby Barker, 169 Kona 489-3947 20

Trinidad Virgil Lewis, 528 Trinidad 324-1773 14

Cumana Ernie Odiamar, 535 Cumana 703-8753 17

Waikiki, Hawaii Traci Kinel, 252 Molokai 927-0255 25, 31

Palm Drive 1-19 Carol Lowe, 12 Palm 324-1985 19

Palm Drive 20-39 Dianne Steele, 26 Palm 471-1750 20

Palm Drive 40-60 Irv Mayer, 51 Palm 487-0235 21

Palm Drive 61-90 Michael O'Quin, 70 Palm 265-4091 30

Palm Drive 91-109 Dan Galindo, 91 Palm 471-7870 16

Tahitian Hazel Carr, 363 Tahitian 489-9416 22

Hula James Rosenheim, 220 Hula 467-3425 18

Jamaica Gloria Lovato, 238 Jamaica 324-0071 18

Molokai Steve Evans, 265 Molokai 266-2607 18

Oahu Christina Demello, 57 Palm 18

Maui Ruth Churchill, 301 Maui 489-3053 18

Molokai J.J. Libbon. 313 Kauai 366-4270 18

Distribution of The Tropics Breeze

Hi, Everyone!! People have been so helpful in getting out The Breeze. But now we are in need of another Delivery Hero to bring it around to the homes on Acapulco and Polynesia. If you have a spare half hour, just once a month, and would like to help, please call your editor: 265-4091.