News of December 2009
Welcome To The News Of Kings Point By Adam Porter ! " of the News of Kings Point. What you are reading is your newspaper. Full of the stories you will want to read. Stories about places you want to go and things you like to do. Stories your spirits. In the coming months, you will see your friends, your neighbors # these pages. It’s all up to you. Get excited. Get involved. It’s your community, and this is your forum to share all the wonderful things going on in it. Tell us about your club, your dance or your dinner. Invite your neighbors to share your favorite pastime, to learn about hobbies that engage and entertain you. Send us announcements, articles, photos and stories about our community. The more the merrier! And let your creative hair down too! Send us your poetry and your prose. Take us back in
time with you as you “remember when.â€? Tell us about someone who means something to you. If you know of somewhere fun to go and something fun to do, we’ll help you tell your neighbors. If you have a favorite recipe, we would love to give it a taste. If your place of worship or civic club is hosting a class or helping out in the community, we would love encourage folks to get involved. Just keep in mind‌ The News of Kings Point is committed to being fun, informative and inspirational # your community. Therefore, these pages are not the place for “spirited debateâ€?, no matter how civil. We will not publish political or religious letters to the editor, no matter how impassioned or well intentioned. We will not take sides, so leave your soapbox in the closet. We will publish thank yous for good service and letters from appreciative readers praising
Meet Your Editor Displaced Islander and Gulf Coast country boy, a local monthly much like the News of Kings Point. He has been writing and editing professionally ever since, including feature reporting for major national magazines and publishing a monthly lifestyle magazine. As the Editor in Chief of the News of Kings Point his goal is not only to provide you with compelling, up-to-date news about the goings-on in your community, but also to offer creative writers in the Kings Point community the chance to showcase their talent. As Adam says: “It was how I got my start, so I want to give folks that same opportunity. Besides, with all the amazing residents of Kings Point, I bet there are some wily media veterans out there who could teach me a thing or two.
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Guiding Lights for Those Who Cannot See Labradors, Golden Retrievers, Goldadors (Labrador/Golden Retriever mix), Smooth-Coat Collies, Australian Shepherds and Hungarian Vizslas. After weaning, puppies are placed with volunteer puppy Established in 1982, raiser families where they Southeastern Guide Dogs is one learn house manners, basic obedience and social skills. The dog schools in the country. The most important thing a puppy organization’s training model raiser does is to fully socialize his is based on love, respect and puppy. That means the puppy repetition. goes to work, the barbershop, Located on 23 wooded acres in church and restaurants with his Palmetto, Florida, Southeastern raiser. Results of this early and Guide Dogs currently has more thorough socialization is a dog than 800 active guide dog teams across the country and important quality in a successful continues to create more than 70 guide dog. new teams annually. A member At 14 to 20 months of age, the of the Council of U.S. Guide dogs return to the school for Dog Schools, Southeastern also intensive harness training that maintains accreditation by lasts between 6 and 8 months. the International Guide Dog Dogs will learn 40 separate Federation in Reading, England. commands. But it will also learn Southeastern Guide Dogs operates its own breeding refusal of any command that colony, with more than 100 will jeopardize the safety of the breeder dogs including team.
A Florida Night Before Christmas
Following successful training, the dogs are paired with visually impaired students as new teams, spending 26 days of onsite training before they take on the world. Southeastern Guide Dogs’ commitment doesn’t stop there, however. They offer proactive follow up programs through their Graduate Services division, including home visits and Guiding Lights to Page 2
Inside Just Ask Anne................. 3 Christmas Surprise ......... 7 Bus Trips ......................... 8 Horticulture Column Aston Gardens ............... 5 C.A.R.E. ........................... 9 Golf .................10,11, & 12 Celebrates 10 Years Deputy Rob ................... 6 Taze Events ............. 13,14, ...............................15,& 16 Community Alert
Crossword .....................17 Contract Bridge ........... 17 Sudoku .......................... 17 Horoscopes .................. 18 Solutions to puzzles...... 18
Anonymous T’was the night before Christmas and all through the town, No noses were frozen, no snow % & % tucked into bed, They all wore shorty pajamas instead. ' * not very hard, For holly trees grew in every back yard. In front of the houses, Dads and Moms were Adorning the bushes and coconut palms. The sleeping kiddies were dreaming in glee, + the tree. They all knew that Santa was well on his way, In a Mercedes-Benz, instead of a sleigh. And soon he arrived and started to work, He hadn’t a second to linger or shirk. Night Before Christmas to Page 4