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We are very excited to announce that construction of
Presidents Pavilion has begun!
Reserve at Presidents Pavilion TODAY through March 17th and receive the following:
- 2016 entrance fee pricing for Presidents Pavilion
- Elevated priority for location and interior selections
- Elevated priority for existing Apartments or Villas
This is a $10,000+ value...don't delay and miss this opportunity! Schedule your personal appointment to learn more about this exciting project. Call us at (757) 585-7002 or email
kristin.forbes@rivhs.com
Click below for floor plans and interior images.
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New Faces!
(Click on their names below to read story)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATRIOTS COLONY IS 20 YEARS OLD!
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Our celebration packed the Grand Hall. The Colony Chorus was in position. All of us in the audience had an inkling of how we would celebrate our 20th Anniversary by just looking at the program. But few of us knew exactly how it would play out. We residents like to know what's going on (a classic understatement).
The air seemed electrified with expectation. For newcomers, they might learn something about our twenty year history. For old-timers, curiosity may have had them wondering if the program would highlight any past event they had witnessed. And lest we forget the performers, several of them scurried about adding to the nervousness of the jittering air.
Finally, the curtain went up (in manner of speaking). What a delight the evening was! The effect on the audience was similar to a child hearing for the first time a grandparent read Dr. Seuss's book about The Circus McGurkus. We sat slightly dumbfounded seeing all those acts, amazing death-defying feats (to which many of us in our present circumstances could relate), and incredible hidden talents never before witnessed. It stretched us by simultaneously weakening our knees and lifting our spirits.
CONTINUE READING...
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On 11 November 2016, Patriots Colony celebrated another Veteran's Day with a program that deviated from previous years. As all of you know, in the past we had a guest speaker, a band for patriotic music and the color guard. This year was a very special event where four of our WWII era women residents provided a videotaped interview of their experiences during that tumultuous time.
As part of the PCAW "Patriots Project", Dick Sklar and Larry Humes interviewed and produced the video of Ruth Rowland, Nancy Bull, Ellen Morton, and Dottie Freeman. Their insights provided interesting highlights, from a woman's perspective during this period.
From Ruth Rowland, having an uncle slightly modifying her birth certificate so she could join the Navy, to the spouses of loved ones who waited to receive the much censored letters from their husbands in distant locations, it was a fascinating story.
Ellen Morton was so proud of her WAC uniform that people thought it was the only clothing she owned. A marvelous color guard was provided by Tabb High School, NJROTC. This format was so well received, that it will be repeated next year, featuring couples and their experiences during the Korean Conflict and the Cold War.
See ya'll in 2017.
- John Harms -
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From the opening bell at 8:00 a.m. in the Grand Hall until the sounds of silence at 2:30 p.m., Garage Sale 2016 was a ringing success. A "grand," dedicated crew of approximately 75, under the direction of co-chairs Brucelyn Hall and Jim Edwards, ended on a high note.
After months of collecting, sorting, pricing, transporting, selling and then re-packing the leftovers, the volunteers gave it their best. The display tables were well organized this year, so that it was easy to move along the aisles for quick viewing, snatching and then paying.
New to the Garage Sale this year was the addition of "The Jewel Box," housed in a separate room. Under the direction of Ann Nelson and a group of "jewels," aka helpers, the Jewel Box was a busy and profitable part of the profits. The total profit for this year's sale was $2800.00, which was within the range of the last three years to the benefit of the Patriots Fund.
KEEP READING.
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Smiling is infectious, You catch it like the flu. When someone smiled at me today. I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin. When he smiled, I realized I'd passed it on to him. I thought about that smile, then I realized its worth.
A single smile just like mine could travel 'round the earth. So if you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected. Let's start an epidemic quick and get the world infected.
- Nancy Bull -
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OH, SHEET, I FORGOT MY EARRINGS.
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Harry and I had our Air Force friends over to our villa to chat about ideas for the yearly Patriots Colony Halloween Party. We 4 or 5 couples have been entering the "best group costume" category for three years. First year, we were Snow White and the eleven dwarfs; then last year it was 101 Dalmatians. We did not win and became disheartened but I had heard of this idea 9 years ago.
The costume was easy to make - 1 sheet with a hole for the head, a mask and two cardboard signs with your pick of profanity written on them. I was "DOG SHEET" and made my earrings of 2 small "tootsie rolls," slightly chewed with ear wires inserted through the top, put in the refrigerator until the party. They really looked authentic but when we got to the party, I had forgotten them!! However, we won first place!
- Sandy Vreeland -
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I was born in a farmhouse and grew up on that farm in northern Ohio. I lived (and worked on the farm) with my parents, two older sisters, and maternal grandparents until I had been out of high school for a year. That was followed by a year and two quarters at Ohio State, at which time I failed calculus. I thought I would be better suited to being patriotic (Korea) and joining the Army. Needless to say, it was the wish of family that I would inherit and run the farm at some point. Farming was in my blood as that was all I had ever known. It is that background that brings me to this story.
Howard Oakley and I spent a lot of time scouting Patriots Colony grounds for a new location for the garden. We, along with Mike Rowe in his suit and tie, walked every reasonable option for a new location for the garden. I became very interested in the final decision, for several reasons. As the construction of the garden proceeded through many stages, I became more and more interested in asking the Garden Club for one of the new plots. After all, I was a man of the soil, and I would soon be free of my obligations with the Resident Council, giving me an opportunity for other activities. KEEP READING...
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