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56 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2020 Just in case: Check with your club contact to confirm meeting place, date, and time. Fishing Club Here you go. Something has happened that I never thought would happen. I have not been able to go fishing for three months. I have been around for 68 years and nothing like this has ever happened to me. All the parks and lakes are locked up. No party boats going out to ocean fish. California has been in a total lock down due to a virus. To tell you the truth, I am in shock. With that said, here is what I have been doing at home to pass the time. I have over 10 tackle boxes that needed to be cleaned out. It will probably take about a year for me to do this. I believe by then this virus will be defeated. I also have to clean my reels and fishing poles. That should take me about two months. I guess I have plenty of things to do before we get to go fishing again. Tight lines to all my fishing friends and remember this too shall pass. The picture I sent you was taken years ago when we were still able to go out and catch fish. ~ Richard Carrasco, ricarrasco52@gmail.com TOPS Some of us think, "If only I could wire my jaw shut, or lock myself in a room away from my favorite foods, I could lose weight." Well… here is our chance. Our jaws are not wired shut, but we are pretty much shut up away from many of the temptations that previously were stumbling blocks in our attempts to lead a healthy lifestyle. We are now ordered to "shelter in place," and since we know what is good for us, most of us are doing just that, staying home but for a few necessary exceptions. So, we have no bunco parties with tasty snacks, no wine club to tempt us with new wines and hors d'oeuvres, no bridge or poker at someone's house with beer while playing, no horseshoe dinners followed by six tempting desserts at a private home, etc. Even the casino buffets are shut down. Now, we are left creating our own food (unless we trust the take-out kitchens of Beaumont) and our own snacks. This is our great opportunity to control our own diet. We certainly have the time to weigh, peel and chop, to prepare ahead of time, and to check the carbs, calories or nutrition, in what we plan to eat each day. If you have saved old copies of the TOPS magazine (or go to the website for Take Off Pounds Sensibly) you can find dozens of recipes you haven't tried yet. Discovering new and tasty dishes can be an adventure you hadn't planned on during this confinement. So, now all we have to do is to figure out how many steps or exercises we can do while circling the kitchen island in our homes. By the month of May, our country may have a better outlook, and when we are ready to come back as a supportive group again, we at TOPS pray that you will be happy and healthy. When safe, why not join us, and make a healthy difference in your life today? We meet Tuesday, 8 am, in The Lodge Ballroom. ~ Andi Henderson 918-497-6491 Hikers are ready to hit our local mountain trails again. The next hike is Wednesday, May 13. We hike five miles round-trip with a moderate elevation gain and enjoy a lunch out together. We hike the second Wednesday of the month. Contact Lynette Simonson (951) 377 0392 or email lynette.simonson@gmail.com for more information about the club or the next hike location. ~ Lynette Simonson TAKE A HIKE CLUB