Heritage of Hawk Ridge Community Association, Inc. 

Hawk Ridge Putterings

June 2007

Phone: 636-561-7895
Email: smc@heritageofhawkridge.com
Website: http://www.heritageofhawkridge.com
Gatehouse: 636-625-3825

Pro-Shop Grill & Golf Reservations: 636-625-3836 or 636-561-7864

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WOODWORKING CLUB
DOES OUTSTANDING
JOB ON PODIUM

It began last December with an email query that Shirley Barnes sent Stu Cassell. She inquired if the Association could purchase a podium for use at the annual Cup of Christmas Tea and various other community events. After researching the cost of podiums it became evident that a nice one was simply too expensive to purchase. We contacted the newly formed Woodworking Club and asked Barry Bingham if it would be possible for them to make us a podium. A while later Barry & Len Ketterer met with Stu and showed him detailed plans and cost estimates. The club then set up a working schedule and completed the podium and presented it on May 25th. More details about the podium project appear laterf this newsletter.
 

Daytime Bridge - 5/03/07 High Mary Heideman 4930 2nd Delores Jones 4110 Low Sandra Heuay 860 Highlights - Two small slams were bid & made by Linda Hanson & Betsy Miller. 6NT Mary Heideman and Andree Wayman 6NT The small slam pot was so small that the girls declined to take it. The last time we’ve seen anything that small was when Stu _____________________________  (insert your own punch-line).	Evening Bridge - 5/08/07 High Delores Jones 4210 2nd Pat Goddard 3810 Low Carole Waugh 1150 Highlights - Stanley Jones and Hugette Duff bid 6 No Trump and made 7 No Trump. They split a pot of $6.25 and left twenty fives cents in the the slam pot. Evening Bridge - 5/22/07 High Carole Waugh 4790 2nd Jim Singleton 4590 Low Pat Marusic 1040 Highlights: Jim Waugh and Betsy Miller bid and made a small slat at 6 No Trump. They split $3.75. Jim plans on investing his winnings in pork belly futures, and Betsy Miller says she’ll use her money to take a long awaited trip to Wentzville, a lovely area this time of year. Congratulations and Mazel Tov to both of our winners!
We now have the following bridge games going: Evening Bridge, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, Daytime Bridge, 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 12:30 PM, Practice Bridge 2nd & 4th Mondays at 12:30 pm, and Social Bridge, 2nd Thursday of each month at 1:00 PM. If you are interested in playing bridge, be sure to call either Andree Wayman at 625-2225 or Jeanette Hage at 625-0655. . The Daytime Bridge is played on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 12:30 pm, the Evening Bridge is played on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm. There are also Practice Bridge sessions on the 2nd & 4th Monday at 12:30 pm for beginners and those who need to brush up on their game.
“Hand & Foot” Winner for May is Thelma Kehres with a grand total of 75,605 points

The Pro-Shop Grill and Golf Course are now open from
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM - Tuesday - Sunday
Closed on Mondays.

HERITAGE HAWKS

Special thanks to Ellis Nelson (seen pitching) who organized our first Senior Men’s softball league. Also thanks to Al Bronstein, who leads the Men’s Stretching classes, Vince Koehr for designing the logo for our shirts, and Joan Ketterer , who embroidered all of our shirts and hats.There are still tickets available to our Softball Stomp on June 9th, featuring a pool side tail-gating party and dance with the band Third Degree.

HOOFERS TAKE THE STAGE

Our HHR tap dancers, the Heritage Hoofers, had a busy, busy spring - full of many hours of practice. Finally , they were ready for their performance on May 20 at Wentzville Holt High School in the recital for Angie's Dance Studio. To quote one of the gals, " We absolutely were the most "seasoned" dancers in the show, but we absolutely had the most fun!"

Then on May 25, the troupe participated in the Sr. Olympics tap extravaganza, along with 22 other acts from the St. Louis area. No awards were given for the tap portion of the Sr. Olympics, but the ladies felt their performance was definitely worth a Blue Ribbon!

The Hoofers THANK everyone who came out to offer support and encouragement.

HERITAGE OF HAWK RIDGE WOODWORKING CLUB - ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW SPECIAL OUR RESIDENTS ARE

We have folks from all over the country with varied backgrounds, skills, and talents. One of the things that makes our community so terrific is their willingness to share with their neighbors. It would take a full page just to list everyone that has stepped forward to organize a committee, purchase memorial trees, plan a party, spearhead a fund-raiser, start a new activity, create a new club, oversee a golf or tennis league, distribute notices, become one of our resident bus drivers, send cards or flowers, or simply help a neighbor in need. (this listing in no way reflects the vast variety of volunteers at Heritage of Hawk Ridge).

One of the latest examples is our Woodworking Club. Led by Barry Bingham and Len Ketterer, the club not only got together to share and learn new skills, but they accepted a “commission” from the Association to design and construct a podium that is not only extremely well crafted and functional, but is a beautiful piece of furniture as well.

A lot of time went into the design, materials purchasing, and construction of the podium It will benefit all of us for many years to come, and in a way become a symbol of the spirit of our community - HHR is a place where strangers become friends, where people are willing to give of their time and talents, and where FUN & LAUGHTER are found everywhere.

Below are the fifteen men who worked months on the beautiful new podium. We want to thank them for their wonderful gift to the community.

Barry Bingham Galen Bird Frank DeCarlo Ron Erhle Len Ketterer Larian Johnson

Sam Huston Larry Kruse Jim McDaniels Larry Martin Ellis Nelson Frank O’Connor

Jim Poelker Don Roberts Rich Singer

1ST ANNUAL HHR FISHING DERBY - MAY 14, 2007

That’s Charlie Ruhmann holding the largest fish caught during our first Fishing Derby. That beauty measured 20.50 inches and Charlie caught it under the bridge in the last two minutes of the event. He just barely aced out Vince Koehr who caught 19.25 inch bass, and Mike Cook, who also caught a 19.0 bass. The winner of the most fish caught category was Ron Nosal, who caught 32 fish in two hours. Darlene Kiefer won a prize for catching the smallest fish, which was 3 and 1/2 inches long. 15 residents participated in this event and we couldn’t have asked for a nicer day. During the contest some nice blue gill and catfish were also caught. The fishing event took place while the golf course was closed. We hope to do this every year - it was fun!

Butch Wax Dance - May 5, 2007