Greetings, Fellow IACA Members:

This has been an eventful couple of months, weather-wise, since the last newsletter. Many of us experienced periodic severe thunderstorms, including flooding. In some cases, we lost power in our homes; I lost power for over 6 hours. Some people still reject climate change as contributing to our volatile weather conditions. I am not one of them!

Despite these conditions, we still scheduled our normal monthly socials, day trips, happy hour events, and Board meetings as planned.

July's social at St Michael's was particularly memorable. IACA served its main entree with delicious salads made by Board members and other members. Attendees received it well, and many requested that IACA repeat this offering at a future social event, with the Board in total agreement. I want to thank IACA member Paulette Ansello for her wonderful recommendation of serving salads as a main entree.

Another memorable moment at July's social for me was filling in for Fred Corritone, our entertainment director, while he was away. I realized that this was no easy task, supplying music, announcements, and the 50/50 drawing as well. I nervously got by as Freddy's substitute and will be happy to return the entertainment reins to him for future socials.

Our annual day-at-the-races get-together at Colonial Downs in New Kent, VA, took place on August 20th. Although it was very hot and humid, everyone who attended had a good time, as we were under an overhead covering and could cool off at the adjacent Rosie's casino.

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Best Regards,

Rick Gentile