Our Members

EXTEND YOUR LIFE BY MAKING FRIENDS At the Activity Center, May will be the time to lay the groundwork for some vital social programming. As I write this column, we just held our “Eight Dimensions of Wellness: Social Health” lunch and learn. While most members know social support is essential to overall health, they may […]

Heritage Palms kicked off its St Patrick’s Day celebration with a parade of 20 or so cars and golf carts decorated in a myriad of green colors to commemorate the holiday. They traveled up Wine Palm and onto Washingtonia Palm before arriving at the Clubhouse. There they were greeted by 430 residents who gathered in […]

Our annual Health Fair was held the morning of March 4, and proved to be a great success. With over 150 people in attendance, the Activity Center was a buzz. The screenings were again the highlight and included balance, blood pressure, blood glucose, and postural alignment, to name a few. The 25+ exhibitors in attendance […]

GARY RODGERS WITH HIS TEAM’S PLAQUE. Close to 100 HP men’s tennis players who play in the Lee County age 50 Plus and age 70 Plus respective tennis leagues and their guests, attended the Men’s Year End Tennis Party held April 1 in the Palms Dining Room. HP had three teams in age 50 Plus […]

CRC members with our March 31 speaker, Carol Obermeier. Seated (L-R): Kathy Tarsiewicz, Miriam Shook, and Judy Dinehart. Standing (L-R): Darrell Rau, Gail McIntyre, Carol, and Maryanne Preston, Chair. Not pictured: Kerri Theisen and Sherie Lammers. The Community Relations Committee held its last event on Monday, April 28 in the Activity Center. Keith Robbins, District […]

From Mike Schmidlkofer: We had our State of Wisconsin party Monday March 3. We had famous Wisconsin food and beverages, played a Famous WI Name game, and had a large raffle for door prizes. 

The lucky Bingo winners. Seated (L-R): Debbie Edwards, Betty Newton, and Marie Carroll. Standing (L-R): Rena Gordon, Maria Milazzo, Rich Firebaugh, Karen MacMillan, Marge Olman, Cindy Highlander, and Steve Boughton. Not pictured: Patrice Carroll, Jeannie LaFaver, Linda Shannon, and Marlene Wessel 235 HP members came to test their luck on HP’s March 12 Bingo Night. […]

The HP 18-hole WGA finished the year with 326 members. We hosted a sunny Member/Guest event on April 2, and closed our season on April 30. Our Charity Event, benefiting the Dubin Center, was held March 27. 195 golfers participated in the event. We raised a generous $40,431 for The Dubin Center, which is based […]

As the season came to a close, many of our golfers headed north for cooler temperatures. But before they left, they enjoyed a flurry of activities. The March 12 luncheon with a St. Patrick’s Day theme saw plenty of green on our members and in the decorations. A 50/50 raffle made several people happy. The charity […]

JANE BREISCH, EDITOR [email protected] A heartfelt “Welcome back!” to one of BTP’s historically prolific contributors, Andy Weiner! He first put pen to paper writing a BTP column called The Mind Game in February, 2012. He faithfully wrote many, many articles providing valuable insights into cerebral, emotional, and sports psychology topics until October, 2019. Happily, he’s […]