The Villages offer 4th Annual Crab Feed and 2010 Super Bowl

This is an all-in-one party on February 7 at the Villages Clubhouse.

The 4th Annual all-you-can-eat crab being served with Ricardo's famous homemade clam chowder, tossed green salad, corn-on-the cob and chocolates squares for dessert...AND oh, yes, the 2010 Super Bowl game will be shown on movie size screen.

Join your neighbors and friends for this great event...dress in favorite team jersey's or jeans and sweatshirts!

All of this for ONLY $45/person.

Villages Italian Club begins 2010 with a Cultural Series

Wednesday - January 20

As the first part of the Italian Club's 2010 Cultural Series, Michael Rogers will present Italy's historical, political and social setting in a study of the magnificent paintings, drawings, sculpture and architecture created by a master of Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci.

Learn about this fascinating artist, inventor, and scientist at the Villages Foothill Center at 7 p.m. Donations for the scholarship fund is appreciated and seating is limited, so please arrive early.

Villages Fitness Center

While improvements are being made to the Fitness Center in The Villages Golf & Country, residents can use Club One located at the Silver Creek Sportsplex at 800 Embedded Way off Hellyer Avenue. It is projected that the use at Club One will be available through December 31, 2009.

Residents are encouraged to check with Community Affairs for the completion date of the Villages Fitness Center.

As a note, during the construction period, the residents are granted free admittance to Club One by showing their Villages ID card.

Holiday colors emerge

Poinsettias were introduced to the United States in 1828. The flowering plant, indigenous to Guatemala and Mexico, has now become one of the major symbols of the holiday season. The Aztecs derived a red dye from the crimson leaves of the plant. (The red leaves are not flower petals.) Later, the bright red plants were used by the Franciscans in Mexico to decorate churches at Christmas time.

December 12 is National Poinsettia Day!