Welcome New Residents

Paula and Ed Bartholomew are new full-time residents at 2634 Macon Circle. They are originally from Ohio where Ed retired from Beaver Excavating as equipment maintenance supervisor. Paula is not retired and is looking for a full-time clerical position. They are the parents of six children and fourteen grandchildren. Ed’s interests are drag racing, watching football and playing cards. Paula enjoys reading, bingo and swimming.

Kay and Braden Bender are new full-time residents at 19499 Charleston Circle and are Florida residents. Braden is a plant engineer at D3 Glass and Kay is retired; she was self-employed in finance and bookkeeping. They are the parents of four children and three grandchildren. Braden’s interests are working with horses and being on the farm. Kay’s interest are horses, gardening and yoga.

Denise Fortier and Les Fiuk are new part-time residents at 2834 Tara Lakes Circle and are originally from Canada. Both are retired from General Motors where Les was in production and Denise retired after forty-one years as maintenance clerk. They are the parents of one child. Les’ interests are old classic cars, motorcycles, playing hockey, baseball, pool and darts. Denise enjoys yoga, walking, riding her bike and gardening.

Judy and Rich Girty are new full-time resident at 2580 Tara Blvd. and are originally from Ohio. Rich is retired after forty-two years as a machinist at Cincinnati Milacron and Judy retired from Cintas after twenty-eight years as executive assistant to the CFO. They are the parents of two children and five grandchildren. Rich enjoys golf and they both enjoy bowling, swimming in the pool, and time with family.

Mary MacElveen is a new full-time resident at 19256 Potomac Circle and is originally from New York. Mary just retired from Stop and Shop where she was a cashier. She is the parent of two children and also has two cats that keep her busy. Mary enjoys swimming, reading and her Utube site which is a blog she started a year ago about the rights of victims.

Diane and Randy Smith are new full-time residents at 3002 Tara Lakes Circle and are originally from Michigan. Randy is a retired truck driver with USF Holland and Diane is a retired registration manager at Zeeland Hospital. They are the parents of two children and five grandchildren. Randy likes to play golf and water volleyball. Diane enjoys shopping, swimming, meeting new people and walking other people’s dogs.

WELCOME TO TARA WOODS, Joanne Byrne

Paula and Ed Bartholomew

Denise Fortier

THE WELCOME COMMITTEE The Welcome Committee is delighted to welcome Sue Clark to our group, replacing Frankie Lindon as the volunteer in charge of birthdays and anniversaries for our community. She will take over the database, keeping it updated with new residents as well as deleting residents no longer residing here. We are grateful for Frankie’s outstanding work keeping these records. If you see her around the park, please give her a pat on the back and a big thank you for a job well done!

The Welcome Committee is composed entirely of volunteers who donate many hours to greet new

residents and inform them of the various aspects of our community as well as to gather information about them and keep important records up to date. This information is used to publish the Tara Woods Resident Directory and inform residents via The Columns of changes of addresses or phone numbers

Mary MacElveen

and of our neighbors’ birthdays and anniversaries. Our Orientation for New Residents is generally held on the first Saturday of each month and newcomers are encouraged to attend and receive a packet of information and lots of pointers about our community.