MARY DESILVA
On March 11 the Gateway Women’s Club Gateway Gals on the Go group was able to reschedule their Bocce event due to rain on the original day February 25. The temperature was a cool 55 degrees but quickly warmed up while they played. To accommodate the large numbers of signups, there were two sessions, one at 9:15 a.m. and the other at 10:15 a.m. Mary Desilva did the registration and set up the teams. The referees and sign holders were Michelle Karnes, Sandy Schwartz, and Sharon Desrosiers. All had a great time plus some stayed for lunch at the club.
… MICHELLE KAREN, SHARON
DESROSIER, MARY DESILVA,
VALERIE EMERSON, BOBBI KINKADE,
SANDY SCHWARTZ
BARB HANLIN, MARY ANDERSON
JO IWANSKI, JANET GEORGE
OKLEWICZ, DEBRA GLANCY,
STEPHANIE MENA
STEPHANIE MENA, BOBBI KINKADE
SANDY SCHWARTZ
ELSIE RIVARD
Fifteen GWC ladies went blueberry picking recently at the Blueberry Bunch Farm near LaBelle. It was a perfect sunny morning to be out in rural Southwest Florida. Although the picking season was three weeks late due to the weather, there were still berries to pick. The participants just had to hunt for them. The blueberries seemed sweeter than those of previous years. Good news: No bugs and no snakes were encountered in the blueberry fields!
After an hour or so of picking, the group headed to the LaBelle Brewing Company to continue their socializing. Their waitress was wonderful, and the food was very tasty. The ladies decided that they would be interested in blueberry picking next year and liked the LaBelle Brewing Company!
You may be wondering what they will do with all the blueberries they picked. As for this writer’s blueberries, some will remain as fresh fruit, some will be frozen, muffins, blueberry crisp, and preserves!! Overheard was one family talking about making smoothies! (Look for the recipe shared in the earlier announcement of the blueberry picking event. Feel free to share more recipes, too.)
Special thanks to our carpool drivers: Michelle Karnes, Mary DeSilva, Linda Birkheimer, and Elsie Rivard.
