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| OHCC LIVING | OCTOBER 2025 | 31 An early Happy Halloween to everyone! Autumn, Ocean Hills Style, is in full swing. e Travel Club is busy planning day trips to parts of Southern California. Places we would like to visit and hope you will also. If there is a place you would like to visit or experience, please feel free to contact us (ohcctravelclub2025@gmail.com) with your suggestions. Here are our upcoming trips: Nov. 5 - 8: A trip to Laughlin Nevada via Motorcoach to the Riverside Resort and Casino on the Colorado River. Included will be trips to Oatman, Arizona, a former mining town, and Bullhead City for a Balloon Festival. e Resort hosts many features in addition to the casino. ere is a six-screen cinema, bowling alley, bingo, a pool, two classic car museums, restaurants, a riverboat cruise and much more. Dec. 22: Join us for a trip to the San Diego Zoo for their holiday spectacular "Jungle Bells." We will experience the magic and spirit of the holiday season with the myriad lights, decorations, and amazing entertainment plus a variety of dining options. ere will be entertainers such as Jingle Brass, a brass ensemble; Reindeer Games, an interactive experience of games and dances; Jack Frost Juggler; Holiday Troubadour; Toy Shop Hop and of course the animals (until 5 pm). Price includes a one-day pass to the Zoo. General Meeting and Elections Oct. 14: We will have a General Meeting, Elections and a Presentation by AFC Vacations regarding a potential trip to New York City in 2026. is will be followed by a question-and- answer session about the Travel Club. 2026: We are working on some wonderful (we think) trips for 2026! Stay tuned. Frequently people on a trip need to cancel. Many people on our wait lists actually have had the opportunity to go on our trips. To be placed on the waitlist or to register for any of our trips, leave a check made out to the OH Travel Club, in the Travel Club envelope at the Clubhouse Front Desk. Add $5 to the price if you are not a member of the Club. You will receive an email conrming your registration. We certainly hope you will join us on one of our trips! Your OH Travel Club Board, Adele, Lynn, Amy, Jeannine and Callie Written by Amy Blount and approved by the Travel Club Board. Travel Club Your new Board of Directors is excited to serve and support our vibrant community of buttery enthusiasts. We are committed to enhancing our club in meaningful ways to help achieve our shared goals — and we deeply value every one of you and your contributions to the Save the Monarch Buttery Club. Our main focus this season is creating and maintaining a beautiful sanctuary garden — lled with butteries of all kinds and the colorful, nourishing owers they rely on. But we can't do this alone. We need your help. Ruth Schafer is leading our volunteer eorts in the garden. Don't hesitate to reach out to her and join us in the garden! In addition to maintaining the garden, we're working to make it an educational hub for the community. While state regulations (from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife) now prohibit the rearing of Monarchs in captivity, we're exploring new, natural ways to inspire learning — without caging caterpillars or butteries. Look for some exciting updates and additions next season! We're also thrilled to introduce our new monthly newsletter: e Monarch Monthly. It will provide you with the latest club updates, tips for buttery gardening, and a calendar of upcoming activities and events. You may have already noticed a new addition to the garden: a buttery observation box placed on the table near the gate. is is where you can help us log buttery sightings and track the number of garden visitors. We're especially interested in counting Monarchs, but also the many other beautiful butteries we see regularly including Cloudless Sulphurs, Mourning Cloaks, Cabbage Whites, Painted Ladies, and Swallowtails. Every so oen, we even get rare visitors, like the Queen buttery — which looks almost identical to the Monarch but has a few subtle dierences. Keep an eye out! Finally, we're hosting an event along with the Pet Lovers Club featuring Bill Toone, who founded the Ecolife Conservation organization. He will provide us with an inspiring presentation of "Roar of the Monarch" - a story of one of nature's most spectacular migrations. Join us Nov. 1 at 10 am in Abravanel Hall. Sign up at the reception desk in the Pet Lover's Club Folder. is is a free event. Written by Rona Cole Save the monarch butterfly