The Rose Villa Vikings competed in the Rose Festival Dragon Boat races June 11 and 12. On Friday, June 10, the Vikings held a pep rally with the full Rex Putnam Drum line procession. Jan Wainscott and Martin Lee were honored as our Vykarians.
The Vikings raced two times on …
On April 30, 2022, Dianna Schaffer taught a class on creating marbled paper designs at the Pavilion. Eight residents had a marvelous (marbleous?) time creating works of art using the techniques Dianna taught. An interesting article on this art form can be found here: https://marbleart.us/SomeHistory.htm#:~:text=The%20art%20of%20marbling%20(or,to%20prevent%20erasure%20and%20forgery.
Judy Francis says, “Having fun …
By 
Judie Hansen and 
We are happy to announce that four residents worked at the Treasure House on Saturday, learning the drill on our system of sorting and displaying donations. Thanks to generous residents, new donations from only one week were stacked shoulder high in the garage area. Added to …
By Judie Hansen
and Jennifer Allen
The Treasure House had a few challenges last week due to an A/C compressor that lost its mind and decided to self destruct. Thanks to Steve Waud in Maintenance for supplying a couple of space heaters, but we learned quickly that the heaters and …
Judie Hansen and Jennifer Allen (Co-Managers)
By Elliot McIntire
Editor’s note: Elliot has collected some interesting statistics about the Rose Villa resident population. This is an example.
The most common given names of the 2000 people who have lived at Rose Villa have changed through time. Looking at the total of all residents, the most common …
reported by Carol Brownlow
Mimi Chitty and Larry Sager, neighbors of Jean Lusk, decorated her door in honor of her 100th birthday.
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by Kate Dins
Are you aware of all the resources available under the Foundation icon on Touchtown? If not, check it out! You’ll find links about the Foundation’s financial assistance for residents that include the financial assistance policy and application, as well as the procedure for applying for a mini-medical …
by Kate Dins
(reported by Dianna Schaffer)
An intrepid group of RV residents and staff participated in six days of Lifeguard Certification training this month. As you may know, we are required by state regulations to have a lifeguard on duty whenever the lazy river is operated. During the pandemic, …
by Paul Wathen
Village Voices provides a way for Rose Villa residents to share their interests and expertise with one another through video “episodes” appearing on the resident website, Rvillagers.org. In each episode a resident speaks for about twenty-five minutes, usually with supporting graphics and audio, and since April 2020 …
by Judy Wathen
I had a food related concern and emailed Norine Mulry (Director of Food and Beverage) with the following question. I thought her answer was very helpful and thought others might find it helpful as well.
Question: What is the most constructive way to communicate concerns without being …