President’s Message

President’s Message

Elizabeth deBoer

Wishing you a Happy and Healthy August!
California has now changed its mask requirements to match CDC guidance:
Vaccinated people do not need to wear masks, except in the following settings where masks are required for everyone:

Unvaccinated people are required to wear masks in indoor public settings and businesses, like:

    • Retail
    • Restaurants
    • Theaters
    • Family entertainment centers
    • Meetings
    • State and local government offices that serve the public

Presidents Letter, March 2019

Elizabeth deBoer

Hi Vista friends,

Wishing you all the luck of the Irish. Hopefully you will able to attend some of the activities scheduled for this month. We have some fun activities planned for you.

Movies, Quail Botanical Gardens, Fine Dining, Happy Hour, Bunco, Game Group, Bridge, Luncheon, Coffee Meeting which is now located at Pegah’s on Sante Fe in Vista. I might suggest the Strawberry Crepes at Pegah’s the are yummy.

As ever, Trudy

President’s Letter, February 2019

Elizabeth deBoer

Hi Vista friends,
What a fun meeting we had in January at Pegah’s. The Chinese Auction was a lot of fun. We will be meeting there in February also. Remember we will be celebrating our beginnings and also Valentine’s Day with a wrapped Valentine gift for exchange. And we will be eating a nice celebration cake in addition to our breakfast.
What fun some of us had at the special event in January, where we made stained glass mosaics. (see some photos on page 7 ). February’s special event should be fun also and the view from Double Peak Park is super. Happy Valentine’s Day.

Trudy Snell

Presidents’ Message

Elizabeth deBoer

Hello Ladies,

What an informative and entertaining speaker we had at the November Coffee. Thank you to Lynn Hillman for arranging for her, Dorothy Chance, to speak. Doris Teich has done another fine job of selling our Entertainment Books. We made $161 on them. Thank you, Doris.

We are looking forward to a funfilled and wonderful Holiday Party on Dec. 7. Don’t forget to bring your Toy for the Marines. Hope to see you all there.
If you are unable to attend, we wish you the very best of Holidays and all the best for the coming year. We are hoping to see more of you at all our fun events.

We are looking for a Corresponding Secretary for the rest of the year. If you would be interested in this position, please contact Janet or Trudy. Lynn Hillman is unable to continue in this position.

Please do not hesitate in the coming year to approach us about any concerns that you may have regarding Vista Friends and Newcomers or with new activity ideas

Happy Holidays & New Year,

Janet & Trudy

Presidents’ Message

Elizabeth deBoer

Hello Ladies,

VFN has been contacted by the Oceanside Newcomers to explore the feasibility of consolidating the two groups. Your board has agreed that it is important to explore this proposal without any preconceptions. We ask for your support during this process which will not actively begin until early next year. We would welcome from you those questions which you believe it is most important that we answer in order to make the most informed decision possible. In an effort to avoid possible rumors as we undertake this process, please contact a board member for the most accurate information. We will also use the newsletter to keep you updated.
We need your help. We are having some difficulty getting the appointed interest group to help with the monthly hospitality set up. Further on in this newsletter is a list of the interest groups and the month they are expected to assist. The hospitality chairman will contact the interest group chairman well in advance of the coffee meeting to allow sufficient time to line up helpers. The helpers will assist in bringing the plastic tubs holding hospitality supplies into Arcadia Place and do any other small things needed to set the room up and prepare the coffee for our meeting.

Next month we are going to take a look at whether or not there is an ongoing need to have both a recording and a corresponding secretary. It would seem that as our numbers have diminished and the world has changed the tasks involved could be handled by one person. Please share your thoughts on this with Trudy and me.

Did you know that VFN is paying a $6 portion of each member’s holiday luncheon cost? This December luncheon is always a special event and a lovely way to reconnect with people we may not see frequently. This year we are holding the luncheon at the Twin Oaks Golf Club. This is a new venue for us and Linda Mueller and her “elves” are sure to make this a memorable time for us! (see flyer on page

In friendship, Trudy & Janet

Presidents’ Message

Elizabeth deBoer

What a fun time we had at the September Coffee Meeting. Our entertainer Jim Gibson got some of us up and dancing. Rosters were handed out, what a great job Sandy did on them. Kudo’s to the Book Club and Lynn Hillman for set up etc. Doris Teisch had the Entertainment Books at the coffee, if you would like one please contact her. Thank you, Doris for undertaking this fundraiser. Thank you, to Mary Dahlberg, Mary Held, Linda Mueller for helping with the Bingo for the Arcadia Residents.

We are looking for some more members to come forward with program ideas. Please call Virginia Hueth to present your ideas.

Plan on attending the Holiday Party. Please see more information on Here.

In Friendship, Janet & Trudy

President’s Message

Elizabeth deBoer

Dear Vista Friends,
Your board continues to examine and implement ways to make our group both viable and vibrant. Below is some of the latest news on that front.
The monthly hospitality tasks have been redistributed. Lynn Hillman will oversee this process, (that means the coffee and supplies ride around in the trunk of her car) and the calling tree will still remind the birthday girls to bring treats. What is different is that every month one of the interest sub-groups will be responsible for helping Lynn bring the supply box in from her car and set-up and take down the room.
The sub-groups have been set-up in a monthly rotation and the head of each sub-group is responsible for seeing that the ladies in that group step up and do their part. For example:

September-Book Club

October-Bridge

November-Bunco

December-None

January-LEI

February-M&M

March-Stitch & Bitch

There is some confusion in my notes for April & May so I won’t go further, but I think you have the idea. The “Mailing of paper newsletters” invoices have gone out to those who have been receiving printed newsletters. It offers them the option to go to e-mail; arrange for e-mail to a friend or relative on their behalf or pay $33 to continue to receive a paper newsletter. The deadline for those responses is October 12, 2017.

You may recall that some years ago Arcadia Place asked that we start our meetings at 9:30 am. Since then “the creep” has set in and our starting time has been drifting back toward 10:00 am. Effective this month we will start our meeting at 9:45 am. That will give you time between 9:30 and 9:45 to get your coffee and socialize a bit before we start. We want to be thoughtful as to our guest status with Arcadia Place.

With kindest regards, Janet & Trudy