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THE VILLAGE VIEWS Living, Playing and Working in Harmony with Nature Since 1971 1 Aspen Circle, Innsbrook, MO 63390 • 636-928-3366 • www.innsbrook-resort.com EDITION: May 14 to 20, 2015 “In the Watchful Shadows” by Guy Sextro EVENTS THIS WEEK Highway Cleanup Saturday, May 16, 9:30 a.m., PMB Keep our little part of the planet beautiful by joining this volunteer clean-up of Highway F. You can use it as a hands-on lesson for your kids about community service! Meet at the PMB at 9:30 a.m. for donuts and coffee. Ext. 180. IHS Porch Music: Gary and Carol Bibb Saturday, May 16, 2 p.m., LC Next up in the Innsbrook Historical Society’s (IHS) ongoing Porch Music Series are Gary and Carol Bibb, a husband and wife country and country gospel music duet who write and perform their own original, family-friendly songs about life, hope and love. Many of the songs have landed on the Top 100 and Top 40 charts in Europe. SB Concert: Well Hungarians Their daughter Kim, a previous state fiddle champion and current Saturday, May 30, 7:30 p.m., FH back-up fiddler for many Nashville bands, will join them on the Join us in the Farmhouse Field for a country music concert. stage. Rain or shine. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and FREE. Concessions will be open. Bring your coolers, blankets coolers. Questions? Call Dan West at 314-740-5521. and lawn chairs! Ext. 180. Kids’ Horseback Riding Camp UPCOMING EVENTS Monday–Thursday, June 1–4, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., Stables Price is $250 per child. $100 deposit per child - nonrefundable. Countdown to Memorial Day Ages: 6 and up (no adults, please). For reservations, call the There is only one week left until we officially ring in another stables at ext. 300 or email [email protected]. IBK summer season on Memorial Day weekend, May 22-25. What color will the cups be this year? You’ll have to come to Camp Innsbrook Amazing Race find out! A schedule of events is listed below. Get more details Saturday, June 6, 10 a.m., FH on our calendar of events at Are you ready for an adventurous race and good times with www.innsbrook-resort.com/events or call ext. 180. your family? Then get your team together, with at least one child, and get ready to explore Innsbrook and enjoy fun Saturday, May 23 surprises along the way. Compete for unique prize certificates. Tennis Tournament, 8:30 a.m., FH/AC Cars are recommended to get from place to place, as well as Walk/Run, 8:30, 9 a.m., FH swimsuits and goggles. Rain or shine. Don’t forget to get your Model Airplane Show, 9 a.m., Fireworks Point passport stamped at the Camp Innsbrook Tent. Ext. 180. Innsbrook Anniversary Party, 2 p.m. FH Camp Innsbrook Crafts, 2 p.m., FH Honor Servicemen and Women - Deadline This Week! We will print the names of the servicemen and women in Sunday, May 24 your family in the Memorial Day edition of the Village Views, Catholic Service, 9 a.m., FH which is dedicated to the family and friends of Innsbrook Protestant Service, 10 a.m., HC property owners and employees who serve(d) in the armed Sailing Regatta, 1 p.m., Cedarpass Beach forces. If you submitted a name last year, we will reprint Pickleball Fest, 1 p.m., Stables tennis courts that message in this year’s tribute. If you need to update last Summer Breeze Kickoff Concert: Dirty Muggs, 7:30 p.m., FH year’s entry or would like to make a new entry, please submit Monday, May 25 the name and information to Karen at ext. 180 by Friday, May 15. You can also fill out the online form at: Boat Auction, 10 a.m., Skating rink parking lot (FH area) www.innsbrook-resort.com/memorial-day-tribute. Memorial Day Service, 1 p.m., FH LOCATION CODES: FH-Farmhouse • AC-Aspen Center • CH-Clubhouse • HC-Harmonie Church • GC-Golf Course • PMB-Prop Mgmnt Bldg • CI-Camp Innsbrook • SB-Summer Breeze Concert • LC-Log Cabin Kids’ Horseback Riding Camps Available INNSBROOK NEWS Camp dates: June 1–4; June 8–11; June 15–18; June 22–25 and Construction Updates June 29–July 2. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily. $250 per child. $100 non- Clubhouse Bar and Grille refundable deposit per child required. Ages 6 and up (no adults, The clubhouse restaurant will open for business on Friday, May please). Ext. 300. 22. at 11 a.m. Please call ahead to ext. 0 for reservations as we Do You Have a Flag Ready to be Retired? expect to be very busy debuting our new fresher menu, Boy Scouts in Wright City are having an American flag wonderful staff and rustic and refined look! You don’t want to retirement ceremony on Saturday, June 6. If you have an miss the live music scheduled for Friday, May 22 in the bar area American flag that is ready to be retired, you can drop it off at from 8-11 p.m. and Monday, May 25 on the new deck from noon the Property Management Building for the ceremony. Ext. 180. to 4 p.m. Ext. 0. Aspen Center Food Service Changes INNSBROOK CLUBS After this Friday, May 15, there will be no food service offered at the Aspen Center as our efforts move to completing the finishing Green Hats Luncheon touches on the Clubhouse Bar and Grille for its opening The next Green Hats Luncheon will be on Tuesday, May 19 at Memorial Day weekend. A barbecue buffet and new food items 11:30 a.m. at Bandana’s in Wentzville, 1 Ruggeri Dr. (on the south will be offered at the Country Market on May 16–17. Ext. 0. outer road). RSVP to Joanne Hachtel at 636-745-8711 or Shirley Smith at 636-745-8388 by May 15. Country Market Opens May 16! The Country Market will open on Saturday, May 16 for the 2015 Ladies’ Tennis season. Stop by during business hours Friday–Monday, 8 a.m.–8 We have ladies tennis on Fridays at 9 a.m. at the stables courts. If p.m. (with the exception of Memorial Day, May 25, when they you would like to play, we would love to have you! Not serious, will close at 4 p.m.). You’ll see a selection of new menu items, just fun. Call Mary Jo Zara at 314-570-1072. including fresh food and housemade pizzas you can cook in your Living in Harmony with Nature and Wildlife own home, as well as a BBQ buffet on May16–17. Ext. 333 Want to learn more about how to live in harmony with nature and Memorial Day Party Notes wildlife in Innsbrook? Send a note to [email protected] In a wooded development such as ours, parking is always a to receive our group’s quarterly newsletter with tips and special consideration. Here are a few tips to make the day run resources for living near so many wild neighbors. smoothly: Weekly Bluebird Report • Please carpool. Innsbrook bluebird chicks are fledging! We have 46 fledglings • Golf cart parking allowed in Outdoor Riding Arena. fluttering around right now with 222 more chicks soon to follow. • Properties located on west side of Innsbrook, north of the There are still 63 active nests and 42 eggs being incubated. If you Farmhouse, please enter via West Innsbrook Circle Dr. and would like your nest box included in our weekly report please park in the Summer Breeze or Ice Skating Rink parking contact Shirley at 636-745-0088 or [email protected]. areas. Please note that these are property owner-run and organized • Properties located on the east side of Innsbrook (east of Hwy. clubs. If you have club news you’d like to share, call ext. 180 F) and far west side of Innsbrook including lakes Alpine, or email [email protected]. Kitzbuhl, Linden and Grendel – please enter via Meadow Valley Drive to Farmhouse Drive and park in the Farmhouse Drive designated parking areas. NATURE NOTE • Handicap parking will be available at the Farmhouse. May Beetles On another note, please remember that a valid ID is required for When dusk comes buzzing and those 21-and-over planning to visit the beer truck. We will also crashing at your window like a have margaritas for sale for $4, cash only. Stay tuned for more fleet of primitive aircraft, the may information in next week’s Village Views. Ext. 180. beetles are out for the night. When it comes to landing, may beetles July Weeklong Camp Innsbrook is Sold Out can only crash. They collide The July Weeklong Camp Innsbrook is completely full. Spots do with window screens, rather than remain for the June Weeklong Camp, which runs June 15–19. landing gracefully, because of their Ext. 180. hardened front wings. May beetles, also known as June bugs, are Inspect Your Dock those rounded brown beetles of dusk. During the day, they bur- Since boating season is here, we encourage property owners to row underground. At dusk they emerge to feed on plants, to mate check the electrical outlets at their private docks for safety. Any and to lay eggs. While flying about, they are attracted to outdoor exterior receptacle should be GFCI protected. In order to test the lights. After crashing against your screen, they usually stay long GFCI outlet, push the “test” button firmly and then plug enough for you to inspect their beetle features.