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February, 2016
Kings Point Breaks New Ground in Pickleball
Resident leaders of Kings Point Suncoast broke ground on a new athletic complex on January 18. When the project is complete Kings Point will have eight new pickleball courts as well as stands to watch the action, making it the area’s Pickleball facilities leader. “We have listened carefully to our neighbors throughout Kings
Point and we are delivering what they want: More and better fitness and wellness options,” said Liz Argott, president of the Federation of Kings Point Associations, which budgeted $450,000 for this project. “The Pickleball Complex fits into our long-range plan for enhancing the quality and variety of recreation amenities in this 55+
Members of the Pickleball Club are excited about the groundbreaking for their new courts.
community,” Argott said. Officials and project planners said the project should be complete no later than April 2016. “We are very excited about this project,” said Ginger Anzalone, Vice President of Vesta Property Services, Inc., who oversaw the project on behalf of Kings Point. “The Pickleball League began in
2001 when we built courts at the newly-opened Kings Point South Club,” she said. “Through the efforts of their passionate and dedicated players, this group has grown to over 200 fans of the sport. We look forward to their continued enthusiasm for the game with this new beautiful Pickleball Complex!” Continued on Page 4
Residents, pickleball players and guests listen as President Liz Argott speaks about Kings Point’s commitment to give residents what they want.
Community Church College Celebrates 40 Years
By Larry Piechoski An Educational Institution “That is Old But Acts Young”, The Community Church College on North Pebble Beach is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary. It is one of the longest-existing institutions in Sun City Center. It was started in 1976 when this whole area was mostly farm country and had far fewer people. Back then, the founding minister of the Community Church, Robert Gingery, had the idea that people want to keep learning when they retire. He decided to form a place where people of all kinds and denominations could come for entertainment, inspiration, and information on every subject. Even though the church, quite a large building, would provide offices, classrooms, and school equipment, the offerings would be secular and on every topic of interest - practical, self-help, entertainment, academic, hobbies, health. In all those
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Pictured College Board and Staff, L to R- Jan Kopische, Judy Stevens, Anne Ginevan, Dean, Barbara Brtva, Muriel Akroyd, Ann-Mary Kapusta, Lisa Ushman, Wiley Mangum, Roxann Seeley and Office Manager Larry Piechoski along with picture of Dr. Gingery.
years, the school has been as steady as the warm Florida winters, always there and never missing a year or a “minisemester”. Just as the church was the first church in town and would welcome and provide a gathering place for every religion (hence the name “community” church), the school would provide a venue for every interest, for everyone who wanted “lifelong learning” of whatever kind. It would be a service to the community. Last year for the first time courses began to vary in length from as short as one week or as long as six weeks. This year there will be some offerings at entirely different times from the traditional two six-week terms. In the discussion stage are plans for a possible “single lecture day” (a smorgasbord of one hour lectures all taking place during a single day so people can get sort of a “Whitman’s Sampler” of the kinds of things
the school offers) and some “skills workshops” which, if there is community interest, may appeal to working people as well as retirees interested in improving communications, persuasion, problem-solving and other skills in a hands-on and interactive manner. This term there will be sixty different classes. Courses range from retirement planning, Medicare, and nutrition to dealing with finances, to how-to and hands on classes such as photography and conversational Spanish, to a slide presentation on great works of art, to dealing with emotions, to entertaining subjects such as “naughty texts of the Bible” taught by the church’s senior minister. The school has long been a serious operation, run
professionally by people with a background in education and administration. Many of the instructors and students come back year after year as well. The Winter/ Spring term runs from February 8 through March 18. Each class meets for 90 minutes and the cost is $25 for a six-week course or $6 per session if you want to attend on a class-by-class basis. Walk-ins (someone who has not registered for the entire course, but wants to try out or attend a single session) are welcome. And in fact, that’s a good way to “test the waters” - to drop in on the first of several classes and then decide which ones to attend all the way through. Full descriptions, times, and classrooms for every course (as Continued on Page 4
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