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Author: Nov 24 

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S H R I M P F E S T  @  S H A W N E E  W I N E R Y
May 19, 2012, will be the date for our annual Shrimpfest @ Shawnee Winery. 
The party will start around 1 PM and will be kickin til we run out of beer!!!
Shawnee has a great selection of wine and the sangria is to die for
(yes I can speak from experience) and they also have beer.
We will have shrimp and burgers so just bring your lawn chairs and 
kids are welcome. Also this is not a “club exclusive” event so 
bring friends and family! The more the merrier!!! 
This year will be marked as a memorial for 
“Gumbo Ron” Ron Bertrand who passed away about a year ago.
He played at this phlocking every year and had his own unique 
trop rock flair! He is certainly missed and so we decided to 
dedicate this years gathering in his honor.
So come help us celebrate a great man and his music!!!

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$1,000 check  Presented to
Sylvia with VAVS


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 T I C K E T S    O N    S A L E     N O W !   !   !   !   !   !   !
(private party for all parrot head members of any club starting at 5)

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Its that time again………5th Trip Around the Sun Birthday Party planning!!!!!!  Committee meeting Monday, October 17th, 5:30P.M.  at Walt’s Pizza in Marion.  This is our biggest event and takes lots of man hours so please plan on attending.

Thanks to Mary Ann West for all your hard work on making the Bocce Ball Tourney a great success.  Preliminary totals are over 1300.00 raised for Habitat for Humanity.

UPCOMING EVENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oct. 21st from 7-10P.M. Trop Rock artist John Reno will be performing live at Tommy’s No Wake Lounge at the beautiful Lake of Egypt.  We will be accepting canned goods that evening to be distributed to local food pantries.  Come and enjoy an evening by the water with some wonderful trop rock music.

John Reno Flyer

***************ELECTIONS ARE CLOSE***********************

Elections are fast approaching.  Anyone seeking a position must be a member in good standing and submit a nomination form to the elections official prior to November 1. Officers and Directors will assume office on January 1 of the following year.  Positions up for nomination this year are President, Secretary, Director of Membership, Director of Events,  and Member at Large.  For information on Board Member duties cick the By-Laws link to the left.  Nomination forms will be emailed and available on the website closer to elections.  The position of Webmaster is also available.  If you have any interest in this position see any board member.

 

Wow!!!!!!!!!  What a phlocking good weekend for SIPHC.   The day started with our trash pick-up on Saturday morning.  Thanks to the following people for showing up on Saturday and picking up trash in the rainy weather: Bob and Wendie Rongey, Ed and Mary Ann West, Scott and Stephanie Hall, Alan and Jackie Jones, Edie Rivers, Carol Copeland, Kistin and Kenady Lober.

Saturday afternoon we headed up to the square for Hubfest to sell some goodies and raise money for Habitat for Humanity.  Thanks to all that helped sell goodies. 

Sunday afternoon was a phun filled day making lap blankets for local nursing homes.  The wonderful SIPHC ladies made 43 blankets that afternoon.  A big thanks to Bobby and Wendie Rongey for hosting the event.  The food was delicious and the socializing with other phlockers was the best. 

Blanket makers: Edie Rivers, Kenady Lober,Stacy Luckett, Kegan Luckett,

Stephanie Hall, Jackie Jones, Kistin Lober, Cathy Frey, Carol Copeland,

Wendie Rongey.

 

 

Interesting Margarita Facts:

  • As a Guinness Book Record holder in 2001, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville in Orlando held a 9 year record for the largest Margarita ever concocted at an astounding 7038 gallons
  • On average, Americans consume 185,000 margaritas per hour
  • Over 4 million margaritas are served annually in Margaritaville restaurants
  • At Margaritaville, Margaritas ‘on the rocks’ beat out their frozen sibling 60/40
  • The Margaritaville way to drink a Margarita, Salt always beats out No Salt
  • Margaritaville Las Vegas sells more Margaritas than any other Margaritaville location with an estimated 1 million Margarita’s served annually
  • The first frozen margarita machine was invented in 1971 using  soft-serve ice cream machine technology.  In 2006, Margaritaville  debuted  The Frozen Concoction Maker, introducing shave and blend technology to  home users.

 

The basic Margarita comprises 3 oz. tequila, 2 oz. Triple Sec and 1 oz. fresh lime. You make it as follows.

  • Take a lime slice and rub it around the rim of a cocktail glass so that salt will stick to it, take glass and rub rim in salt.
  • Pour seven parts of tequila, four of Triple Sec and three of lemon / lime juice into a shaker filled with ice cubes and shake vigorously for fifteen seconds.
  • Carefully pour the mixed drink into a glass being careful not to catch any salt on the rim.
  • Enjoy.

As you can see, there’s not much to it!

Today, there are countless varieties on the traditional Margarita and if you’re looking to spend your day with a bit of ‘change’ take a look below for some creative ideas on how you can reinvigorate your Margaritas with a bit of flare. Take a look at some ideas below:

Bloody Margarita (1.5 oz. Tequila, ¼ oz. triple sec ½ oz. Lime Juice, 1 oz. Orange juice)

Blue Margarita (2 oz. Tequila, 1 oz. Blue Curacao, 1 oz. Triple Sec, 1 oz. Lime juice)

Beer Margarita (2 bottles of light beer, 6 oz. Tequila, 1 can limeade, mix in blender)

Pink Margarita (2 oz. Tequila, 2 oz. Lime juice, 1 oz. Cranberry juice, 1 oz. triple sec)