Club News and Activities

CELEBRATING TOGETHER. It was with great anticipation that we entered our year-end CANAM game on Friday, March 20. The flags of both countries were flying high, and the excitement was within us all. How wonderful it is that both countries have shared this awesome friendship and camaraderie for twenty years! We all played our hearts out; however, […]

L-R: BRANDI MACCHIA, PRINCIPAL; KATIE HALVERSON, ASST. PRINCIPAL; SUE NINK; AND JUDY PURCEL The Ladies Nine Hole Golf Association (LNHGA) has been busy this spring. Our March Birdies & Blossoms luncheon kicked off a great day of golf with a pick-a-team event. It also offered us the opportunity to present a check for $10,000 to […]

WGA League play ended April 29 for the 2025-26 season. This year, 332 women enjoyed a variety of new and different games in addition to the regular games (best ball, match play, modified scramble). Some games were well received – a few not so much. Lesson learned for next season! But overall, members enjoyed playing […]

THE VICTORS (L-R): RON MORRISON AND BOB GERLICHER. A LEGENDARY SHOWDOWN OF 90-YEAR-OLD CHAMPIONS Billed as “The Doubles Tennis Match of the Century,” an extraordinary tennis event took place on St. Patrick’s Day at Heritage Palms, drawing several dozen spectators who packed the bleachers despite the cold and blustery weather. The match featured two teams […]

Independence Is Built, Not Given Most people say they want to “stay independent as they age.” But independence is rarely something we suddenly gain or lose overnight. More often, it is built quietly over time through small, everyday capabilities: standing up from a chair without using your hands, catching your balance when you trip on […]

HPPA held its Men’s and Women’s Tournament on February 21. • Winners of the Men’s 3.5 + level were Leif Fry and Greg Jurasovich, and second place went to Larry Gutting and Bill Fechter. • Winner of the Women’s 3.5 + level was Linda Jurasovich, and second place went to Susan Roberts. • Winner of […]

The HP Book Club will meet on Friday, April 17, at 2:30 p.m. in the Activity Center to discuss The Mango Tree by Annabelle Tometich. In this poignant and entertaining memoir about growing up as a mixed-race Filipina in Florida, this medical student drop-out turned food critic reckons with her father’s untimely death, her mother’s […]

L TO R: LINDA CAGLIARI’S SISTER, DENISE ROD, LINDA CAGLIARI, BOBBY FASH, DENISE ALLIS, SHARON RYCZEK, ELLEN SHEMANIK, LEA LAZAR, NOREEN KUBINSKI, LORI KWIATKOWSKI, CHRIS CARLSON, AND PATTY HOLMES From Denise Allis: Country themed day at our February 3 Line Dancing class. Country themed day again at our February 7 Line Dancing class. From Mike McCarthy: […]

ANNETTE STILLSON AND THE MANY RECENTLY DONATED BOOKS AND PUZZLES Our HP Library has collected some 8,000 older books and puzzles for Annette’s Book Nook on Fort Myers Beach since Ian ravished the store some four years ago. These donations enabled Annette to re-open her used book store in October, 2024. A number of HP […]