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March 2021 Hidden Shamrock?? We Will Be Hiding SEVENTEEN Green Shamrocks Throughout the Community the RESERVE STAFF Common Areas on St IW-743 - The Reserve At Stone Port - Issue: 03/01/21 Viewed: 03/03/21 09:04 AM 2015 Reserve Circle • Rockingham, VA 22801 • (540) 434-2000 www.liveatstoneport.com Feeling lucky?? Can you find a March 2021 hidden Shamrock?? We will be hiding SEVENTEEN green shamrocks throughout the community THE RESERVE STAFF common areas on St. Patrick’s Day Property Manager- (Wednesday, March 17th). Kehris Snead If you find one, please bring it to the Assistant Property Manager- Clubhouse front doors during office Amy McCracken hours and we will bring your prize out Leasing Consultants- to you! Erica Short Kristin Chapman Nominate Your Neighbor! Kevin Moore We will be gifting those who have Assistant Maintenance Supervisor- been neighborly during this ongoing Jason Kagey pandemic. If you would like to Maintenance Technicians- nominate a neighbor for doing a good Joel Short deed, please let us know. We would Nathan Conley like to thank them with a small gesture Isaiah Kagey of our appreciation! Brodi Hummel We may be experiencing trying times, but it’s touching to see how our community continues to look out for each other. *while supplies last* “Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if “May your troubles be less and each of us offered as a matter of your blessings be more & nothing course, just one kind word to but happiness come through another person.” - Mr. Rogers your door.” Office Hours Be Neighborly Monday 10:00 am–6:00 pm Make it a beautiful day in your Newsletter Ideas? Tuesday 10:00 am–6:00 pm neighborhood by celebrating “Won’t Have an idea or pictures to add to our Wednesday 10:00 am–6:00 pm You Be My Neighbor Day” on community newsletter? Thursday 10:00 am–6:00 pm Saturday, March 20, the birthday of Email us at: Friday 10:00 am–6:00 pm Fred Rogers. The day honors the [email protected], Saturday 11:00 am–4:00 pm legacy of the beloved host of the [email protected] or Sunday Closed children’s TV series “Mister Rogers’ [email protected] Neighborhood.” 540.434.2000 www.liveatstoneport.com We feel so LUCKY to have residents like YOU! IW-743 - The Reserve At Stone Port - Issue: 03/01/21 Viewed: 03/03/21 09:04 AM It’s That Time Again ... Brunch at Cross Remember that daylight saving time Keys Vineyards begins on Sunday, March 14th! So Cross Keys Vineyards is hosting move those clocks ahead one hour Sunday Brunch with Live Music from before you go to bed on Saturday 11:00am-2:00pm on the following night so you won’t be late! dates: If you’re grumpy about losing that hour March 7th of sleep, keep in mind that daylight March 14th saving time is a sign that spring March 21st arrives soon! The tasting room will be open normal Nelson 151 - Virginia’s Long We are looking forward to longer days hours (11:00am-5:00pm), so feel free Weekend Address! filled with sunshine! to stop in for a glass of wine–it’s not Thursday, March 4th too early. Reservations are not Steal the Glass at Blue Mountain required, but are recommended. Brewery from 11:00am-9:00pm. Buy any $5.00 beverage & take home the glass! Saturday, March 13th Bryant’s Cider First Annual Bonfire Party from 12:00-6:00pm. Cozy up by a roaring fire and enjoy yummy brut hard cider! Plenty of room for social distancing. Food Truck TBA soon! Saturday, March 27th Rose’palooza at Valley Road Vineyards from 10:30am-5:30pm. Welcome Spring with all things Rose’: St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts VRV’s new 2020 Rose’ release, Joie -St. Patrick’s Day is an Irish national Sparkling Rose’ & Frose’ slushies! holiday with banks, stores, and Food also available. businesses closing for the day. Sunday, March 28th -Shamrocks are the national Lobster Roll Sundays at Brewing Tree flower/emblem of Ireland. Beer Company from 11:00am-6:00pm. -Legend says that each leaf of the On this side of the mountain... clover has a meaning: Hope, Faith, Friday, March 5th Love and Luck. Josh Davidson Live at Restless -1962 marked the first time Chicago Shamrock 5K Virtual Trail Run Moons Brewing in Harrisonburg from dyed their river green for St. Patrick’s The event will be held virtually 6:00-9:00pm. The beer is made just a Day. between the dates of March 17th (St. few feet away from the bar! Order -Your odds of finding a four-leaf clover Patrick’s Day) and March 20th. food from one of the great downtown are about 1 in 10,000. Participants may complete the run any restaurants or bring your own! time between those dates and submit Friday, March 26th their times on our website Come join us as the Roadducks make (harrisonburgva.gov). If individuals their first appearance at the ever would like to run the event on our popular Cave Hill Farms Brewery in traditional course, let us know and beautiful McGaheysville, Va from we’ll share the race route. 6:00-9:00pm. Once again, all of our proceeds benefit the Harrisonburg Cardinals Wheelchair Basketball Team. IW-743 - The Reserve At Stone Port - Issue: 03/01/21 Viewed: 03/03/21 09:04 AM Spring Into a Clean Apartment! Spring cleaning—we may not look Wit & Wisdom forward to it, but the results of our “You’ve got to have fun efforts can be satisfying. Here are a along the way.” few tips to help you get your home —Victoria Beckham sparkling and your sense of accomplishment soaring: “Having fun is definitely how you’re Make a plan and set goals. Write going to keep yourself loose, Shamrock Pretzels down what areas of your home you and be at your best.” Ingredients: will clean and when. Plan to tackle —Mookie Betts 12 ounces green candy coating only one area at a time. The best part 90 mini twist pretzels (3 to 4 cups) of such a list is crossing off each item “Make a commitment to having fun. Instructions: as it is completed. See your best friends and make time Place the green candy coating in a Check your inventory. Make sure for your hobbies and passions.” microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in you have all the cleaning supplies you —Robert Holden 30-second increments, stirring well will need, including cleansers, cloths, after every 30 seconds, until the sponges, and a mop, broom and “Learning something new is fun.” coating is melted and smooth. Cover dustpan. Gather the smaller items and —Alex Trebek several baking sheets with waxed put them in a bucket or basket so they paper. Dunk a pretzel in the coating are easier to carry and keep together. “We are stronger, we are smarter, until it’s completely covered. Before cleaning, declutter. we have more fun when we include Take it out of the coating using a fork Consider paring down the knickknacks each other—when we include as & let the excess drip back into the you have on display. Give away or many perspectives as possible.” bowl. Place the pretzel on the baking recycle magazines. The fewer items —Leslie Odom Jr. sheet. Repeat on second pretzel, and you need to move while cleaning, the when you place it on the baking sheet, faster you will finish. Use a laundry “Billboard this: position it so that the bottom of the basket to gather items you need ‘Life is supposed to be fun!’” second pretzel is touching the bottom someone else in the household to —Jenny McCarthy of the first. sort through. Repeat a third time, and this time, Start at the top. Clean rooms from “Never, ever underestimate the place the pretzel at the top of the top to bottom—from ceilings to importance of having fun.” other two so that they form a baseboards and everything in —Randy Pausch shamrock shape. Break a pretzel twist between. Don’t forget to clean behind in pieces, so that you have a few short and under furniture and appliances, “Life is too short to not have fun; segments that can be the stems. Dip if possible. we are only here for a short time one stem piece in the coating, then When you are finished, take some compared to the sun and the moon position it at the bottom of the time to sit back, relax, and enjoy your and all that.” shamrock. Dip a small spoon or fork in spotless space! —Coolio the coating & add a dollop of coating in the center of the shamrock, so that “I think of life itself now as a it has a smooth, even surface. wonderful play that I’ve written Repeat with the remaining ingredients. for myself, and so my purpose is Refrigerate the trays to set the to have the utmost fun shamrocks, for about 15 minutes. playing my part.” Tips: —Shirley MacLaine You can store these in an airtight container at room temperature for up “At the end of the day, if I can say to 2 weeks. These also make really I had fun, it was a good day.” cute edible cupcake toppers! —Simone Biles IW-743 - The Reserve At Stone Port - Issue: 03/01/21 Viewed: 03/03/21 09:04 AM March 2021 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nominate Your Dr. Seuss’s Birthday! National Dentist’s Neighbor Starts Day! Today! 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 National Cereal Day! International National Girl Scout National K-9 Women’s Day! Day! 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