Join us at the Clubhouse on Friday, October 24, at 5:00 pm. Details are included in the updated flyer below. Also, we could also use volunteers to help with decorations. Please contact Lynn Livingston to volunteer or with questions.
CHA-Oktoberfest-2025_v2Thanks to everyone who attended our annual Chili Cookoff and congratulations to our winners!
Best Chili: Denise Stratton
Best Side Dish: Todd Ansbacher
Best Dessert: A tie between Carolyn Keefe and Lauren Smith
Got a great recipe for chili? Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 4, starting at 2:00 pm, at the Clubhouse, for the official CHA Chili Cookoff.
Bring your favorite chili, side dish, and/or dessert to compete, or simply come to taste all the different varieties. Bring a dish to share and your preferred beverage. All members and guests are welcome.
Join our neighbor Phil Greene in a fun and educational overview of cocktail history, which will not only examine the history and folklore behind the great drinks but also teach you how to make them at home. During the presentation you’ll be served four sample cocktails (the Old Fashioned, the Dry Martini, the Daiquiri and the Southside), along with light snacks. You’ll even get to shake the last of the four drink samples! Copies of Greene’s five cocktail books will be available for purchase and signature. Don’t miss it!
This event is limited to 50 people. Limit 4 per household.
Click here to RSVP.
Date: Thursday, September 18
Time: 6-8 pm
Location: Cherry Home Association Clubhouse
Suggested Donation: $20/person
The Board Of Directors will be holding an open meeting on Saturday September 13th
at the clubhouse. You are invited to attend in person or via ZOOM. A tentative agenda is attached.
CHA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: CHA Sept 2025 Board mtg – Zoom info
Time: Sep 13, 2025 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Come celebrate (with ice cream!) the dedication of our updated children’s playground that so many of you worked on or contributed to. All CHA members and their guests are invited to a CHA Ice Cream Social on Saturday, August 30, from 1:00–3:00pm at the Clubhouse and playground. The playground dedication will be at 2:00 pm. Free ice cream for all!
Bring your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great grandchildren, husband, wife, partner, grandparents, friends and any other ice cream lovers you know!
If you’re available to help with this event, please use the Contact link above to sign up.
We hope to see you there!
The Michigan DNR is asking that we be alert for a new-to-Michigan invasive insect species, the Asian longhorned beetle. This one likes to chew up hardwood trees, particularly maples. It’s a lovely looking thing, as shown below. More information about this can be found in this newspaper story.
Get your kayaks in the water for the first Cherry Home Shores Kayak Regatta on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.! Details are in the flyer below.
CHA-Kayak-Regatta-Plan-2025Please join the CHA Board of Directors for their monthly meeting on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 10:00 am at the clubhouse. If you’re unable to attend in person, you can join us via Zoom.
A tentative agenda is linked here.
CHA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Aug 2025 CHA Director’s Meeting
Time: Aug 16, 2025 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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A pickleball tournament, complete with awards, was suggested by Mike Germain at the start of summer. Several CHA pickleball players — Ed and Alicia Perdon, Garth Barrett, John Radamacher and Lynn Livingston — teamed up to plan and conduct the tournament.
Defying dark clouds and a passing storm, 14 die-hard pickleball players, among more than 20 who signed up, participated in the first CHA pickleball tournament held Saturday, July 26. Family members and friends cheered as players competed in two events. Cold drinks and popcorn were available throughout the event.
Under grey skies, the Yellow team won the first event testing their pickling skills – groundstrokes, volleys, dinks and serves. Team members were John Radamacher, Ken Ranger and Leslie Etienne. Each player received a small pickleball bag.
The sun came out under blue skies when the players competed in the round robin game plays. Ben Katerberg, was crowned King of the Courts, with Tom Werner as runner-up. Among the ladies, Kathy Dinkle emerged Queen of the Courts and Leslie Etienne was the runner-up.
Players, families and friends partook in a Luau-inspired potluck dinner after the games. Players were pleased with the tournament format and shared thoughts on what worked/what can be improved for the next tournament.
The Cherry Home Shores garage sale will be held on Saturday, July 19, from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm with a rain date of Sunday, the 20th. Contact Kent Van Emst (269-330-1055) is coordinating the event.