Summaries and Pictures of Past Activities

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Saturday August 23rd - 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
New Residents Club Dinner Dance.
This was our two year anniversary as the August Heat and we had a
great turnout for the dance. The food was good, the company was excellent
and the night was a great success.

Tuesday,August 5th - Noon
Lunch at The Lobster Shack in St. James City.
This is an excellent place to eat. It is also accessible by boat,
if anyone would like to travel that way.

Tuesday, July 1st - Noon
Lunch at The Wind Jammer (formerly Zoe's) on 16681 McGregor Blvd,
This is a very good place to eat! We had about 14 people enjoy a great meal and wonderful conservation.
Thanks to Marge for setting this one up.

Tuesday, June 3rd - Noon
Lunch at the Matlache Oyster House - 1930 Pine Island Road
Thanks to Di Farr for setting this up.

Monday May 19th at 8:45 AM, 10 of us traveled to the Babcock Wilderness.
It was an educational morning as we traveled through the wilderness aboard
a converted, open air, school bus.
After the adventure, we ate lunch at the Fowler Street Grill.
Thanks Bonnie and Al for arranging this trip.

Tuesday May 6th at noon
Lunch at the International Buffet on College Parkway in Ft. Myers.
It is just over the bridge on your right. It used to be the Picadilly Buffet

Monday, April 28th at 10:30 am
Mini-Golf Tournament at Smuggler's Cove in Ft Myers
We used our 2 for 1 coupons from the Entertainment Book for Smuggler's Cove
We had lunch at Johnny Leverocks

Easter Sunday April 20th at 4:00 pm
Easter Sunday Dinner
Susan and Bill Shallbetter's home

Sunday April 13th at 11:30 am..
Palm Sunday Brunch,
Evie and Wayne Frazier's home

Tuesday March 11th at 1:05 PM
Watched the Twins play Pittsburgh - Twins win 9 to 1

Tuesday March 4th at Noon
Cici's Pizza - Cape Coral, 1430 Del Prado Blvd S. 573-7225

Friday Feb 14th 7:00 PM
Valentine's Day dinner at Pipens on Sanibel

Wednesday Feb 12th 11:15 am
Mid-Pointe Bingo Palace on Del Prado and Mid-Point Bridge

Tuesday February 4th at Noon
Lunch at Michael Paul's - 1428 Lafayette St. In Cape Coral

Saturday January 25th.
NRC Dance

Sunday January 19th at 5:00 PM
Potluck Dinner

Saturday December 21nd 6:00 PM
Potluck Dinner
Jolene Brucks newly renovated home - 6:00 PM

December 11th 8:00 PM
Attended "The Mousetrap" at the Florida Repertory Theater
Downtown Ft. Myers.

December 1st - 8th, 2002
Join Susan and Bill (and 66 more from the Cape) on this Western Caribbean Cruise
CAPE SAIL 1
We have contracted for a 7 day cruise leaving from Tampa on December 1st, 2002. It will stop at Grand Cayman, Cozumel and New Orleans. You do not need to be a member of the New Resident Club to participate in this cruise.
< Click on the picture for more details.

November 14th (Thusday)
Fred's Big Band. Dance or listen to the Sounds of Swing.
Riverside Community Ctr - 7:00 PM
We can talk about this at Summer's on the 10th.
3061 E. Riverside Dr - 338-2287

November 10th (Sunday) This is a change.
Potluck Dinner
Pat and Jerry Summers Home - 5:00 PM
4809 Santa Barbara Ct - 549-4600 Email

October 19 th, (Saturday)
Potluck Dinner
Bonnie and Al Hofmann's home- 5:00 PM
524 Trafalgar Pkwy - 573-0989 Email

September 28 th, 2002 (Saturday)
Dinner Dance
Cape Coral Yacht Club
Happy Hour 6:00 PM, dinner and dancing 7:00 PM 'till 10:00
BYOB and an Hors D'oeuvres

September 14th, (Saturday)
Potluck Lunch followed by games
Evie and Wayne Frazier's Home- 11:30 AM
1918 SE 10th Place - 458-5497 Email

August 24th, 2002 (Saturday)
Dinner Dance
Cape Coral Yacht Club
Happy Hour 6:00 PM, dinner and dancing 7:00 PM 'till 10:00
BYOB and an Hors D'oeuvres

August 17 th, (Saturday)
We had another wonderful potluck dinner at Marilyn and Paul Smith's lovely home. The food was wonderful, especially the fact that it was a meal and not just muchies. Not to say munchies are not good, but I enjoy a good meal every now and then. We had a good turnout with 19 people there. Seven of us stayed and played cards until after 10:00. Marilyn and Paul introduced us to their version of rummy. It was fun, with Paul having the winning low score of the evening.

August 7th, (Wednesday)
Sarasota - Ringling Museum in the morning
Lunch at Barnacle Bills

August 6th, 2002 (Tuesday)
NRC Regular Meeting
This is our last official NRC Meeting.
We were drummed out in fashion with Paul Smith's rendition of "Good Night Sweetheart".
Following the NRC meeting:
We had a wonderful buffet lunch at Georgios. They are in the Publix shopping center at Hancock Bridge road and Santa Barbara.

August 3rd, 2002 (Saturday)
Practice for our "Drumming Out" skit
Pat and Jerry Summers House 7:00 pm

July 27th, 2002 (Saturday)
"Red, White, and Blue" Dinner Dance

July 22nd, (Monday)
Sanibel Community Center
Learn how to make shell decorations

July 20th, (Saturday)
Potluck Dinner at Susan and Bill's house.

July 2nd , 2002 (Tuesday)
NRC Regular Meeting
Cape Coral Yacht Club 9:00 AM
Following the NRC meeting: Lunch at Thirsty's

June 26th, 2002 (Wednesday)
"Casino Night"
Evie & Wayne Frazier's house
We had a wonderfule evening. We started it off with wonderful Hors D'oeuvres. It made such an impression that our next Pot Luck Dinner is going to be a repeat of Hors D'oeuvres.

Once everyone was satiated with food, we set up two tables to play cards. One table had a game called "Garbage" and the other "Blackout Bridge". We played for about an hour and then switched tables so people who wanted to play both games would have the opportunity. After that we played "Trivial Pursuit" with the men vs the women. The men, of course, easily won that game.

All in all, a very successful evening. Thanks Evie!

June 22nd, 2002 (Saturday)
"Bahama Breeze" Dinner Dance
Cape Coral Yacht Club
Another successful dance with approximately 120 people attending. We all received dance lessons, had wonderful food and excellent company.

June 15th, (Saturday)
Potluck Dinner
Carol and Dom DiStefano's (New) Home - 5:00 PM
4223 Sands Blvd. 542-5438 or Email

June 4th, 2002 (Tuesday)
NRC Regular Meeting
Cape Coral Yacht Club 9:00 AM
Following the NRC meeting:
Lunch at Jimbo's

May 25th, 2002 (Saturday)
"May Flowers" Dinner Dance
Cape Coral Yacht Club
This was another excellent dance. It was akin to a private party since there were approx 60 people. Hats off to Jolene for finding Christopher's to cater the event. The food was excellent and we had glass plates and real metal utensils. Horray!

May 17th , (Friday)
Lunch Cruise to the Lighthouse Restaurant
We had three boats, (Smith, Casey, & Shallbetter) who started toward the Lighthouse restaurant that beautiful morning, but only two arrived. Bill's boat seemed to run into something and lost most of his power. Concerned for what was wrong with the boat, Bill headed back home. Fortunately, they made it back to Bill and Susan's home, got in their cars and joined the remainder of the group at the restaurant. The food was delicious, the company supurb, and overall it was a wonderful lunch. I would like to do this more often.

The good news is that Bill thinks that his first analysis of what happened was wrong, It now appears that he had a fuel problem and the fix may be as easy as replacing all the filters and putting a water absorbing additive to the fuel. More on the solutiong later.


May 7th, 2002 (Tuesday)
NRC Regular Meeting
Cape Coral Yacht Club 9:00 AM
Following the NRC meeting:
Lunch at Powell's

May 4th, (Saturday)
May "Tur-duc-hen" Pot Luck Dinner and Wine Tasting Party
Susan and Bill Shallbetter's Home - 6:00 PM
Unfortunately, I was too busy tasting wine and eating to take any pictures of this event. The wine tasting was a rousing success. We all had an opportunity to sample 10 Chardonney's and 2 Zinfandel's. We had rating sheets and after we had tasted all the masked bottles, they were unmasked and we could write down our favorites.
The Tur-duc-hen was also a success. This is a combination of turkey, duck and Chicken stuffed into a turkey skin. When you look at it, it looks like a turkey. But the surprise comes when you cut it. It had a corn bread stuffing and a rice stuffing along with the three meats. Thanks to everyone in the August Heat for making this another wonderful culinary delight.

April 30, (Tuesday)
Tour Ding Darling Refuge to view birds,
lunch at the Mucky Duck on Captiva and
then collect sea shells along a Sanibel beach
We met at the Ding Darling Visitor Center at 9:00AM. After a short stroll through the Visitor Center we took a liesurely drive, with many stops, through the refuge. At about 11:00 we headed up to Captiva and lunch at the Mucky Duck restaurant. It is located on the gulf side facing the beach and the gulf. We had a wonderful lunch. After lunch, some of us went back to Sanibel and did some shelling along the beach. All in all, it was another wonderful day with wonderful people.

April 27th, 2002 (Saturday)
"April Showers" Dinner Dance
Cape Coral Yacht Club
This was the first dance put on by the new Board (70) and it was very successful.
The food was good, the company was splendid and the music was just the way we like it.

April 13th , (Saturday)
"April Potluck"
Pat & Ed Casey's Home

April 2nd, 2002 (Tuesday)
NRC Regular Meeting
Cape Coral Yacht Club
This was the first meeting where Board 70 presided over the meeting
and 8 of the 12 board members are from the August Heat.
Way to go Heat!!

Following the NRC meeting:
Lunch at the Lazy Flamingo on Del Prado. We had 10 people
enjoy lunch and good conversation after the NRC Meeting.
Bowling (after lunch) at Friendship Lanes - 1899 Del Prado
Buck and Elaine Berryhill and Bill Shallbetter bowled after lunch.

March 23rd , 2002 (Saturday)
Dinner Dance
Cape Coral Yacht Club

March 20th (Wednesday)
"Miniature Golf Tournament"
Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf
Lunch after at Johnny Leverock's Seafood House

March 16th , (Saturday)
"March Potluck"
Elaine and Buck Berryhill's home
5210 Sands Boulevard 549-6774

March 9th Minnesota vs Cleveland
"Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
Attended a Red Sox or Twins baseball game.

March 5th, 2002 (Tuesday)
NRC Regular Meeting
Cape Coral Yacht Club
9:00 am

Saturday, February 23rd, 2002
"Sweetheart Dance"
Dinner Dance 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Cape Coral Yacht Club

February 16, 2002 (Saturday)
"Valentine Potluck"
We all enjoyed a wonderful pot luck dinner at Colleen and Jon Miller's Home
4936 Pelican Blvd. - 541-4896 or Email

February 5th, 2002 (Tuesday)
NRC Regular Meeting
Cape Coral Yacht Club
9:00 am

Following the Feb. 5th NRC meeting:
We had Lunch at Cape Dog and Deli in Cape Coral. We had a good turnout of 12 people who all enjoyed the excellent sandwiches and soups.
Bowling (after lunch) at Friendship Lanes - 1899 Del Prado
We had seven bowlers, Elaine and Buck Berryhill, Susan a Bill Shallbetter, Marjorie and Joe Fox, and Dick Farr. We had a cheering section of Di Farr, along with Bonnie and Al Hofmann. We all had a wonderful time with a lot of good-natured ribbing, laughing and applauding. Dick found out how slippery the lanes can be and Bill bowled a first game of 165. However, Bill felt remorse about beating everyone so soundly that he bowled a 99 on the next game to appease everyone.

Saturday, January 26th, 2002
Super Saturday Sock Hop
Dinner Dance 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Cape Coral Yacht Club
This was another very successful dinner dance. We had 11 people from the August Heat attend this event. Unfortunately we could only fit eight people per table so we were split up. However, that gives some August Heat members an opportunity to meet new people. The meal was very good; with barbecued ribs being the main dish. The theme was a '50's sock hop. As people arrived they were treated to two beautifully restored 50 era cars parked at the front door. The music was rock and roll and we were treated to a song fest by the "Brylcream". They sang many of the old favorites and they were VERY GOOD.

Sunday, January 20th, 2002
"Chili Cookoff" and White Elephant Exchange
Pat and Jerry Summers' home - 5:00 PM
Thanks to Pat and Jerry Summers for hosting this gastronomic event! We had 20 people in attendance who were treated to numerous Hors D'Oevres, followed by three types of chile, salad, crackers, cheese, etc. But wait there's more, for the sweet tooth in all of us we were treated to three kinds of pies. The meal was delightful, but the company was outstanding.
After dinner we then went into the White Elephant Exchange. Many of us were fortunate enough to go home empty handed but those who did take a treasure or two home will remember them for a long time to come. We all are curious where the mirrored palm tree is going to be displayed in the home of Marilyn and Paul Smith; I know Paul was certainly certainly very curious.

Following the Jan 3rd NRC meeting:
Lunch at Joe-Bob's Tavern. A great place to have lunch.
Bowling (after lunch) at Friendship Lanes - 1899 Del Prado
We had a fun time bowling this afternoon with four bowlers (Elaine and Buck Berryhill, Jerry Summers, and Bill Shallbetter), and four people cheering us on (Evelyn Frazier, Bonnie and Al Hofmann, and Pat Summers).

Notice: We are planning on lunch and bowling after every NRC meeting.
The price for bowling on Tuesdays is $1.60 per game.

December 22, 2001
"No Snow Ball" Dinner Dance
Cape Coral Yacht Club
Seven members of the August Heat were present at the "No Snow Ball" the Saturday before Christmas. Overall there were about 90 people attending. We had a delightful dinner and then danced until about 10:30. It was a fun evening. Buck and Elaine Berryhill sold tickets while Bill and Susan Shallbetter were the "official greeters" welcoming everyone to the party. Jerry and Pat Summers went from table to table trying to distribute pictures of past events that people had purchased and offering other pictures of various New Residents Club activities for sale.

Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Tour the Edison-Ford Holiday House Grounds!
We had a group of 15 who strolled through the dazzling displays of decorated trees and millions of twinkling lights at the Edison-Ford Winter Estates. It was a wonderful evening and well worth the trip. After spending about two hours enjoying the amazing display of lights we returned to the Shallbetter's for dessert and coffee.
Click here for a Picture of the group minus Bill Shallbetter (the photographer) and Elizabeth, Dianne Durbin's daughter.

Sunday, December 16, 2001
Watch the Cape Coral Boat Parade!
This was a wonderful evening! We had 20 people lined up on the Bimini Canal watching the parade pass us by. The weather was absolutely perfect with temps in the 70's and a light breeze blowing. A must do for next year.