Alamo Area SKP Co-Op/Retreat of Texas, Inc. Lone Star Corral

On Saturday, March 2, 2019, the Lone Star Corral welcomed members of the local communities for our annual Flea Market.  The response was so great, that Larry Brogan, our gate guard, had to open the Flea Market 10 minutes early, due to the long line of cars waiting on the street.  Sales began briskly, with porch items going quickly.  Our members tables inside were equally busy.  Everyone enjoyed meeting and greeting many persons who have visited our flea market before.  Pat and John Swatloski, Patsy Moberly and Larry Smith enjoyed meeting guests. The kitchen volunteers were equally busy, serving both breakfast and lunch to workers and guests alike.  The bake sale table, always popular, did not disappoint this year.  Sandra Million sports a jaunty hat as she waits for her food at the café.  Enjoying some fun at the Craft Corner, Bill Thoday, Kay Markle, and Cyrissa Grimes handled the sale of items from all our clever crafters!       

Kathy Trice enjoys a laugh.

The clean up crew, just too many to be mentioned, did an amazing job at restoring the Clubhouse to its normal operation.  The Flea Market ended at 1 PM and before 2 PM, everyone was finished up!  AWESOME TEAMWORK EVERYONE!   Thanks to our overall coordinator, Larry Smith and his team; outside sales, Edmund Strickler and his team; Bake Sale Table, Juanita Whitlock and her team; the Treasure Table Sales, Sandi Parker and her team; and the Kitchen sale coordinators, Dale and Cheryl Curtis and their team!  See you next year!

We would like to thank and congratulate Larry Smith and all his Flea Market committee members and workers, as well as all those who worked so hard in the kitchen, the Country Craft Corner, the porch sales crew, the Bake Sale crew, the Bargain Table workers, set up and take down workers, and everyone else who played a part, no matter how small, in making this a very successful Flea Market. I haven’t seen any final numbers, but from what we saw, it looks like it was a profitable one.

We would also like to add that this Co-Op has the most talented bakers on the PLANET!!! Y’all are awesome and your baked goods are out of this world! THANK YOU!!…as I sit here at my computer munching on a cookie!

Submitted by Jim & Patti Coble Lot 110

The Lone Star Corral Annual Membership Meeting was held yesterday, February 28, 2019. The following individuals have been elected to serve as the 2019-2020 Board of Directors:

President: Kay Markle
Vice President: Sally Baber
Secretary: Linda Mossman
Treasurer: Larry Smith
Asst Secretary: Sherri Rockett
Asst Treasurer: Leary Sooter
Special Projects: Larry Brogan
Committee Liaison: George Freelen
Director at Large: Steve Bates

Contact information for the Board Members are listed in the “Members Only” section as well as your Membership Directory.

Thank you Directors, for your volunteer service to the Lone Star Corral!

Saturday, February 23 saw the annual 2019 LSC Golf Cart Races.

On a perfect clear afternoon, 12 teams competed on a course fraught with perils – from traffic cones around which the blindfolded drivers, directed by their fearless cohorts, to a graded road, to boulders and even a wheelchair-bound onlooker (who narrowly escaped with his life).

The race was attended by a couple dozen rubberneckers hoping for some blood and gore, who enthusiastically cheered (and laughed) at the antics of the sometimes accurate, sometimes hopelessly befuddled drivers. Winners with a fastest time (adjusted for running over a cone) were Jim and Randi Rigsby, with a time of 1 minute thirteen seconds. Prizes were also awarded for Slowest Time, Most Entertaining and Safest.

A big thank you to park guest John Maxfield for handling the timepiece, and to Bob Wheaton and Rose Schafer for tracking and scoring the times (and disasters)

Here are the Flea Market Menus.

Don’t forget the yummy Bake Sale items!

Submitted by Cheryl and Dale Curtis Lot #102

Our annual flea market will be on March 2, 2019. Members of the Co-Op can sell their stuff, tables are for rent, and large items will be sold on the Clubhouse east porch. Flyers advertising our Flea Market have been posted around in the local area to bring in buyers.

Member table sales are every Social Hour until then.  First table is $10 and each additional table is $5. Sharon Ashford is our volunteer sales lady.

THIS IS A CHANCE TO CLEAN OUT YOUR SHED!

Large items you want to sell on the porch can be brought to the porch from 9-1
on Friday March 1st. All items MUST have name, lot #, amount you want (realizing 10% goes to BB), and lowest you will accept. Around 10 AM we will pull the flatbed trailer around the park to pick up LARGE items. They also MUST have name, lot #, amount you want (realizing 10% goes to BB), and lowest you will accept. If this info is not on them we won’t pick them up.

Do NOT leave items on the porch at other times!! We are not going to go around the park looking for information. After the Flea Market you are responsible for removing any unsold items.

For more information – contact the coordinator, Larry Smith lot #45.

VOLUNTEERS needed for 3/1 for set-up and 3/2 for sale day. Sign up sheets are in the Clubhouse.

Larry Brogan, Lot 86 and John Swatloski, Lot 65 are assembling the new benches.  The benches were designed by Jim Mossman, Lot 60, to freshen up our park!

Thank you for volunteering!  

On February 13, 2019, Ladies’ Lunch Bunch attendees consisting of twenty-four ladies carpooled to D’Hanis for lunch at Just Like Home.  Pictures of the event were taken by Peggy Krepelka and posted on Facebook.  Our next adventure will be March 13 when we will drive to the Castroville golf course for lunch at Julianna’s.  A sign-up sheet is on the table in the Clubhouse along with their menu.  Their address and telephone number are written on the top of the menu.  They also have a website online.  Remember to invite friends and visitors to join us.

Submitted by Diana Stone, Lot #94

Please welcome our new members this month: in lot #49: Robert and Sonjia Sutphin;  in lot #61: Bradley and Lorelei Formo;  in lot #105: Sarah Shirak;  and in lot #129: JoeBob and Glenda Jackson.

Please add their name and lot number to page 24 of the 2018-2019 Directory so you will have a record of our newest members.

Thank You,
Membership Committee

The Brown Bag Auction Team would like to extend a very special thank you to Keith and Neva Dickman, Lot 4.  Keith donated a very special plaque to the auction.  The plaque is titled: NEVER FORGET in recognition of those who serve our country. These items of art take many hours of talent and hard work to complete.  Thank You Keith, for donating your time and talent to the Bluebonnets….we appreciate you.

We also wish to thank Tim and Patsy Moberly who had the winning bid of $150 for the plaque.  Thank you for supporting the Bluebonnets!