Club News and Activities

LOOKING FOR SOFTBALL PLAYERS KAREN JESSOP, HERONS GLEN The Herons Glen Softball Team is looking for new players for the 2025 season. Hoping to add to the team with players who have some experience playing baseball or softball in the past. This is a very competitive “seniors” league and players must be a minimum of […]

OFFICIAL SOURCES FOR INFORMATIONHerons Glen Golf and Country Club website:https://hggcc.comHerons Glen Homeowners Association website:https://heronsglenhoa.orgHerons Glen Recreation District website:https://heronsglencc.comHerons Glen Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/HeronsGlenHOA weekly bulletin emails and online:https://www.hggcc.com/Wordpress/index/php/blog See more below: HGRD weekly newsletter emails and online:https://heronsglencc.com/group/pages/communicationsThe Heron newspaper online:https://hggcc.com/Wordpress/inde.php/communications/Community TV Channels 901 and 902 NEED TRANSPORTATION?The following is a list of volunteers that will be taking […]

Author’s Note: I interviewed Dan for this article about a month ago, after the editorial team decided to feature his photography in our first online issue in November. Dan was delighted to have been chosen and enjoyed selecting the photographs that are featured in this issue. Unfortunately, Dan passed away before this went to publication. […]

SAILING MODEL SAILBOATSTHOMAS MYERS The radio-controlled sailing sport, or hobby whichever you prefer, is not a well-known pastime. It is very popular in many retirements communities but also in some cities like Dallas and San Francisco where major racing events are held. The American Model Yacht Association (AMYA) has over a hundred registered clubs and […]

On Monday evening, October 14, the Herons Glen Travel Club met for our October meeting in the ballroom to honor Jim Gormley and his 17 years of leadership to our club. Jim has worked tirelessly to plan and coordinate activities for our club for a myriad of destinations. The club has taken many local, national […]

In a 1789 proclamation, President George Washington called on the people of the United States to acknowledge God for affording them “an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness” by observing a day of thanksgiving. Devoting aday to “public Thanksgiving and prayer,” as Washington called it, became a yearly […]

  I’m sure you’ve all heard of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Now we have Redilocks, a ten-year-old with flaming red hair. She was Maureen O’Hara and Lucille Ball all wrapped into one, a ravishing beauty.   On a dark and dreary day in late November, Redilocks was on a mission in a nearby forest. […]

The Lee County Solid Waste Department’s residential curbside recycling slogan is “Recycle Smart, 5 for the Cart.” This means there are five categories of materials that are acceptable in your weekly curbside recycling bin, and these are the only five categories of materials that are appropriate. There may be other “recyclable” items that are not […]

Oktoberfest’s roots can be traced back to 1810 in Munich, which is the Bavarian region of Germany. On October 12th of that year, the crown prince of Bavaria, who later became King Louis I, married Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The Bavarian royalty invited the entire city of Munich to attend the celebration. A large feast […]

Even though our beautiful garden area between Herons Glen Boulevard and the lake to the left of golf hole number 18 is formally named the “Butterfly Garden”, there are myriads of other kinds of insects there also. The most numerous species of insects are in the order Coleoptera. We commonly know them as “beetles.” Insect […]