Mark your calendars to attend a special ice cream social hour, hosted by Mr. Platt’s family, on Sunday, November 24th, from 4-6PM! (NOTE SPECIAL TIME!) in the Clubhouse. Come out and wish one of our own original members, Dick Platt, Lot 76, a Happy 99th Birthday! Free cake and ice cream will be served. You do NOT need to bring your own table service to this event. Everything will be provided.
Submitted by Samme Buck, Lot 101 on behalf of Mr. Platt’s family
The Construction and Maintenance Committee is asking for volunteers to help replace the cedar posts on the entrance fence. this work will be done Thursday Nov. 21 at 9:00 am at the front fence by the office.
Submitted by John Swatloski, Chair, C&M Committee, Lot 65
The Bluebonnet Auxiliary will hold its November meeting on November 20, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. in the Clubhouse. A busy agenda for the holiday season will be discussed, there are several traditional events upcoming as well as some new ideas to discuss. Be sure to attend and be involved with your park social events. Your voice matters!
Submitted by The Bluebonnet Officers
The Fiddlers will be playing in the Clubhouse on the 16th of November. The first of 
3 shows this winter. Come on out and spend the day listening to some good old Country/Western music brought to you by some fine entertainers. Some are your neighbors from the park. The music starts at 11 am. We stop for lunch at 12 and pick it up again until 3pm. Please bring a covered dish to share at lunch. We’d like to see a good turnout of the SKP members to support these folks.
Submitted by Ron Erkert, Lot 6
On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 10:00AM a program to honor and recognize our veterans took place at the Clubhouse. 
The Bluebonnet Officers wish to thank all those who came out to honor our veterans. We welcomed friends from the American Legion as well as the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Opening remarks on the history of Veterans Day were made and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Ron Erkert led us in the singing of the National Anthem. Ron then sang for us the Civil War ballad “Lorena”. Edmund Strickler led us in a prayer of thanks and gratitude to our veterans. Edmund also gave a reading from Alden Solovy’s Poem, To Bend Light.
The D’Hanis High School Marching Band led by Mr. Chris Castro 
performed several selections to the delight of the crowd. Donations in the amount of $512 were made by LSC Members to the band. 
Refreshments were served by Minta Ross, Rose Schafer and Cindy Smith.
A Special Thank You to our own Bluebonnet Vice-President, Randi Rigsby for her many hours of hard work to organize this event.
Submitted by The Bluebonnet Officers
Starting Tuesday, November 12 at 9:30am in the Clubhouse
A new inside walking exercise group will be getting together. There’s an interesting DVD that presents walking as a fun form of exercise.
Come join in at the Clubhouse.
Submitted by Sandra Million Lot #73
On Monday, Nov 4, about 1:20 PM, the only operable Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive, one of the largest steam locomotives in the world, will be steaming through D’Hanis on its way east from Del Rio to San Antonio. We in the LSC will be able to hear the whistle and see the smoke, if not the locomotive itself, as it passes. There are stops scheduled in Uvalde, Sabinal, and Hondo for public viewing.
No. 4014 is a 600 ton, 7,000 HP, 132′ long articulated 4-8-8-4 monster that was built in 1941 and traveled over a million miles before being retired in 1961. It spent over 50 years on static display at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA before being re-acquired by UP, and its complete rebuild in the UP locomotive shop in Cheyenne, WY was finished just this last May. Since most of the railroad water towers are gone, No. 4014 has two additional water tank cars hitched just behind the tender, followed by the historic passenger cars that make up the rest of the train.
Ice cream social Sunday, 6 P.M. at the Clubhouse. Bring your bowl and spoon! $1.00 per generous scoop, toppings included. Larry Smith and Marlene Moir will be your hosts. Come out and visit with friends, meet guests and lets eat some ice cream!
Ice cream social will be followed by Card BINGO at 6:45 P.M. in the Clubhouse. Stay for the fun.
Submitted by The Bluebonnet Officers
Some of our Board of Directors had a little fun with the October 31, 2019 Board Meeting in the Clubhouse. Pictured are Kay Markle and Linda Mossman as witches, and Sherri Rockett as Albert Enstein! Our BOD meetings are never dull!!
Photo credit to Patti Coble, Lot 110