It’s summer time, and according to Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, “the living is easy.” However, things still happen ’round Melrose.

Plan to take in the following:

Wednesday – 10 am COFFEETALK at ShakeRag Artists’ Collective -  Bellamy Avenue (SR 26)

Aqua Fitness Classes by Michel Laxson
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
Melrose Bay Park
Register and Pay at 8:40AM
Class from 9-10AM
$5 per person per class, cash or check

Friday – 4:00 pm Melrose Farmer’s Market – Heritage Park

Friday – 7:00 pm Santa Fe Lake Dwellers Annual Meeting – Trinity Parish Hall -  all are invited. See their Newsletter, click here.

WHAT:            Aqua Melrose Classes

WHERE:         Melrose Bay Park at foot of Quail Street

WHEN:            EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY

TIME:               9AM (June-November)

TAUGHT BY: Michel Laxson, AEA Certified Aquatic Fitness Professional

COST:               $5 per class, cash or check.

NOTE:              Please arrive 20 minutes prior to class to register, etc.

At the July 14th Meeting of the Melrose Business & Community Association (MBCA), we furnished each attendee with a questionnaire which included the following questions:

     1) What you view as “hot issues” that may affect the Community such as new development, police coverage, roads, schools, taxes, utilities, etc.
     2) What additional stores and/or services you would like to have available in Melrose?
     3) How can we attract and retain additional businesses and services to Melrose?
     4) What else should the MBCA be doing for the Community?

Kimberly Moore from the Gainesville Sun attended and published an article about the meeting which appeared on the front page (no less) of the Wednesday, July 21st paper. See“Melrose struggles to discover its identity” by clicking here. This has drawn mixed comments from various persons, some approving of it and some taking exception.

In the August 09th Gainesville Sun appeared an article from a Melrose resident expressing their views about Melrose titled “Why Melrose should be a city”. To view this click here.

I invite all to take a look at these two articles and voice your opinion here. Let’s get an old fashioned debate going on these two portrayals of Melrose plus your own views as to how you see Melrose now and into the future.

MONDAY, June 14th at 7:00 pm – Another Successful Aging in the Lakes Event
Lecture: Moovin and Groovin: Key to Longevity
Laughing Eagle Studio, Melrose, Florida

Directions: From the only light in Melrose, travel south on State Rd 21
for exactly 4.5 miles (just past Lake Winnott Rd). At top of hill, look for black and white striped mailbox on left, sign on fence “Laughing Eagle Ranch” and picture of an eagle.

Turn left into property and follow the dirt drive past the house, bear left when you see the red barn and continue to the back of the property and park at the studio.

Cate Miller home #475-1258 cell #716-753-6075. Please wear loose,
comfy clothing and supportive shoes. We will have snacks after lecture.
Sounds like there will audience participation

WEDNESDAY, June 16th – COFFEETALK 10 am to Noon
ShakeRag Artists’ Collective, Great coffee, conservations, nibbles, and music
Don’t miss it!

FRIDAY, June 18th 9:00 am
Join the Fun!
Aquatic Fitness Classes
Melrose Bay Park, foot of Quail Street, Melrose
Instructor: Michel Laxon, AEA Certified Aquatic Fitness Professional
For details, click here.

FRIDAY, June 18th Melrose Community Farmers Market, 4:00 7:00 pm
Melrose Heritage Park

Please don’t pick up any plastic bottles that may be laying in your yards/mail box,  etc.

Click on the Snopes web page below to watch the video.

Good safety info that I never heard of; be careful and watch the video if you don’t believe it.

Pay attention to this.

1. a plastic bottle with a cap.
2. a little Drano.
3. a little water.
4. a small piece of foil.
5. Disturb  it by moving it; and BOOM!!
6. No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc..

People are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards, just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the trash.
But, you’ll never make it!!! It takes about 30 seconds to blow after you move the thing.

See “SNOPES” below….it’s true. This happened a few days ago…April 27, as a matter of fact.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bottlebomb.asp

Hopefully we will all have one minute; praying together.

Any time is good, collectively may be stronger—who knows. Did you know that during WWII there was an adviser to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every day at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and peace?

There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America .

If you would like to participate:

Every evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time, stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, and for a return to a Godly nation.

If you know anyone else who would like to participate, please pass this along. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have. Please forward this to your praying friends.

Here’s some great advice that comes from a few years ago.

Read and find out how timely it is.

“The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled.

Public debt should be reduced.

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled.

The assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome becomes bankrupt.

People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”

Cicero – 55 BC

Shakerag Presents:
Grant Peeples in Concert 7:30PM
Wed. May 5th……$5. Donation
Bellamy Avenue (S. R. 26) at Grove St.
Downtown MELROSE
Join Us For Cinco de Mayo/ Mexican Food, Drinks…..
Don’t Miss It…….

For more information on Grant, click here.

And We’re Off…….

Race on Over for the

Melrose Senior Community Center

Kentucky Derby Fundraiser

Post Time: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 3 PM – Dark

Track: The Prugh & Adkins Property

706 and 708 Seminole Ridge Road

Melrose, FL 32666

Appetizers ● Dinner ● Mint Juleps & Beverages

Musical Entertainment ● Silent Auction ● And More

Tickets $25.00 Each ● All Proceeds Benefit the Senior Center

Call 352-215-8157 to Reserve Your Tickets Now