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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 376-766-3035 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com October 2013 PAST EVENTS The Naked Stage The Naked Stage September production, Here on the Flight Path by Norm Foster, was performed on September 27, 28 and 29.   From left to right: Director Michael Warren, Kat Tetrault, Candace Luciano, Peter Luciano, Joan Cook, and Dick

OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2013   THE 19TH  OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON With Ed Tasca, John Ward, Mark Sconce, Diana Rowland and Roberto Ortiz providing the super entertainment, the latest luncheon—which drew well over a hundred people—was one of our best ever. To our winners—heartiest congratulations, and to the other nominees, we send along our thanks, and say to them: Wait’ll

The Importance of Messiness       Life is messy, of course. No neat corners and predictable conclusions despite our good efforts clear results have a way of slipping through our hands, soapy eels. Thinking now, I see ahead clear lakes and blue skies, but when I draw closer the water is muddied the sky

Coming Home! By Tom Eck   A splinter of daybreak morphed the formless images in the marina below. I sat there on my veranda, thinking about those languishing vessels- both grand and humble- as they nodded to me ever so slightly, acknowledging the fate of their owners’ inattention. The Puerto Vallarta Marina is a charming

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   When we are in Canada during the summer, Herself and I often play at the Aurora Bridge Club in the town of the same name just north of Toronto.  The diagrammed hand came our way there in a duplicate game. East passed in first seat and I

Letter’s to the Editor   Dear Sir,David Pisarra’s guest editorial in the September issue is good. He has made points that are important for immigration anywhere. One, however, was a mixed bag. He said, “We all benefit from the influx of new blood and ideas, and I can’t think of a single time that the current

Blue Shutters By Kathy Koches   She heard them banging, blown by the wind and driving rain. The sound had awakened her from a deep sleep as the storm outside intensified.  She slipped from her bed quietly to check that the windows were all securely fastened.  Satisfied that all was well, she quickly returned to

Preparation & Recovery from Hip Replacement By Ron Krayewski   *Don’t settle for your family doctor’s referral, but interview (over the internet) several orthopaedic surgeons, and choose one that performs 100+ hip replacements per year. *Find out where the site of the incision is to be. Each of front, side or rear entry has it’s

“The Illusive King” By Peter E. Gibbons   In the late 1950’s, Africa didn’t have Safari Parks. To see and hunt game, the services of a “White Hunter” was required. Usually he was a man with years of successful jungle experience exposing animals his clients wished to see, or in those days, kill! His stained

Huckleberry Finn: A Misunderstood Classic By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.”   Generations of parents, teachers and screenwriters have erroneously portrayed Mark Twain’s greatest classic as a children’s story. Containing thirteen killings and depicting the evils of slavery, racism, alcoholism, bigotry, child abuse and corruption, it hardly