The News of August 2012 - ISSUE #49
...an official publication of the Community Association — Named Best Newsletter in Hillsborough County 2011
August Dates to Put on Your Calendar
SCC Photo Club Announces June Competition Winners
CA Board Meeting
8th
Watch videos of the Board meetings on your computer. Go to suncitycenter.org, click on Association, then on Meeting Videos.
Items for the next issue due on
15th
Lavade by George Seeley
Surveys Due
31st Next Issue in your mailbox on
Sept. 1
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On the Inside CA Schedule................. 3 CARE......................... 21 Club Happenings.......11+ Consumer Affairs........ 24 Crossword.................. 21 CryptoQuote................. 7 Deputy Chris............... 30 Entertainment Corner... 5 Expanding Horizons..... 7 Golf........................ 25-26 Military Affairs............. 18 Movies........................ 31 Newcomers.................. 2 Plants Happen.............. 8 President’s Report........ 3 Scams........................ 29 Sports.................... 25-28 Sudoku....................... 23
Watching by Roger Kele
Winners have been announced in the June competition of the Sun City Center Photo Club. Five perfect scores were awarded. Stan Lipski received a 15 for What the Painter Sees, George Seeley received the perfect score for Lavade, Gayle Fischer received her perfect score for Moon Lit Sun Flower, Roger Kele received his perfect score for Watching and Kathy Vitale received the score for What Will I Face Today? In the Color Print category, at the Advanced level, George Seeley won golds for Lavade and Airborne. Rose Stack won a silver for Costa Rica Ginger Plant. Marianne Strehar won silver awards for Desert Pita Bread Maker and Bedouin Weaver. Glenn Laucks won a silver award for Golf, Anyone? Stan Lipski won a bronze award for Coming Home and Bill Leasy received a silver award for Does Anyone Give a Hoot? and a bronze for On Eagle Watch. At the Intermediate level, Bill Odell won silver awards for Orchids at Biltmore and Let’s Go Fishing. In the Monochrome Print category at the Advanced level, Gayle Fisher won a gold for Old Man. George Seeley received a gold for Get Out of My Way and Bill Leasy received a silver for Everyone’s Grandmother and a bronze for Are You Looking at Me? In the Color Digital category, at the Advanced level, Glenn Laucks won a silver for Erding Cathedral, Germany. Gayle Fischer received a gold for Moon Lit Sun Flower and a bronze for Gentle Friend. At the Intermediate level, Kathy Vitale won golds for I See You and What Will I Face Today? and a silver for A Simpler Place. Ron Shackelford won gold awards for Lake Moraine and Shazam and a bronze for Yummy. Pat Jones won a bronze for A Scent of Beauty and Matt Steers won a silver for Santo Domingo Street Lamp. At the Beginner level, Andre Ledoux won gold awards for Orchid and Watching the Sunset
Cont’d. on page 19
DID YOU KNOW???
What Will I Face Today? by Kathy Vitalee
Moon Lit Sunflower by Gayle Fischer
For more information on the Photo Club and its activities, visit its website at www.photoclubscc.com or visit the learning lab at 960D Cherry Hills Drive.
The SCC Community Association is now sending email updates about “What’s New with the CA.” There are three ways to make sure you’re on that list. 1. Go to the CA office and fill out a simple form (name, street address, email address) at the front desk. (See form on page 3.) 2. Send an email to sccboard@ suncitycenter.org with your name, street address, and email address, requesting to be added to the email list. 3. You can also join the list on the CA website: suncitycenter.org Editor’s Note: DID YOU KNOW??? is a new feature. If you have a suggestion about something you know that would be useful to others, send it to hodgespress@yahoo.com.
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The News of Sun City Center
August 2012
Where Will YOU Take the SCC Story?
We will publish your picture taken elsewhere in your SCC T-shirts or holding a copy of The News of Sun City Center. Email your photo with a caption to sccnews@verizon.net or deliver it to the CA office.
SCC EMERGENCY SQUAD
LIGHTS AND SIRENS REMINDER
England
We’re sending out this notice to remind all of our folks in Sun City Center that it is a Florida State law to pull over to the side of the road when you hear the sirens and see the lights of an emergency vehicle. Last year your Emergency Squad responded to over 6,000 emergencies right here in Sun City Center. It is so important for our vehicles to respond to your emergencies in a timely manner. Having an emergency vehicle stuck in traffic because someone failed to respond to “Lights and Sirens” can cause a delay that could mean the difference between life and death. Thank you so much for your cooperation. —Submitted by: Jan Huber, Asst. Chief PR
PLEASE READ—WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIND YOU Marian and Bob Pitcher celebrated their granddaughter’s 16th birthday in England with a visit to Hampton Court Palace.
Take a moment to go outside of your home to check that your house number is visible from the street. It is imperative that our Emergency Squad can locate your home in an emergency. We ask that the numbers be block numbers at least 4” high. It is preferable to place the numbers over the garage if visible from the street. Place the numbers on the house if you have a sideways garage.
The NEWS of Sun City Center A publication of the SCC Community Association 1009 N. Pebble Beach Blvd. Sun City Center, FL 33573 813-633-3500
Please remember that time is of the essence in an emergency. Help us to find you quickly and safely.
News Office: 813-642-2070 (located in Old Town Hall)
—Submitted by: Jan Huber, Asst. Chief PR
NEWCOMERS
Editor-in-Chief: Karen Jones sccnews@verizon.net
June 2012
List prepared by Linda Bowker from CA staff data. Report corrections, additions to CA at 633-3500.
Last
First
Williams
Jaime & Ivelisse
Goad
Gene & Sharon
Kowalski
Hometown
St
Phone
Riverview
FL
541-5885
1004 Andover Cir
Ely
MN
Joe & Amy
1203 Bluewater Dr
Omaha
NE
938-3277
Lea
Ralph & Diane
1344 Bluewater Dr
Mundelein
IL
907-1566
Colon
Juan & Maria
705 Brannen Cir
Maunabo
PR 718-510-2668
Mutti
George & Claire
1701 Bryn Mawr Ave
Merrimac
MA 978-346-8082
Wall
Gary & Pamela
1204 Caloosa Creek Ct
Bradford
NH 603-938-5298
Jozefak
Jan & Bety
1312 Caloosa Lake Ct
Czechoslovakia
419-4334
Love
Marta
707 Churchill Pl
474-5575
Putala
Walter & Shirley
1701 Cloister Dr
New Britain
CT
Santiago
Robert
1737 Coco Palm Cir
Albany
NY
1737 Coco Palm Cir
Albany
NY
Stauning-Santiago Betty
Num Local street 649 Allegheny Dr
938-5069
922-4159
Arlene
229 Courtyard Blvd # 101 McKees Rocks
PA
419-4891
Tremble
Richard & Eleanore
241 Courtyard Blvd # 105 N. Tonawanda
NY
260-3308
McLain
Sidney
Honolulu
HI
484-0986
Linkous
Douglas & Christine 1733 Del Webb Blvd W
Palmetto
FL 941-345-2369
Hoffman
John & Janis
1116 Emerald Dunes Dr Tampa
Kanwar
Ken
1622 Faxton Dr
549-9482
Sandhu
Vera
1622 Faxton Dr
549-9482
Merrill
Barbara
1910 Grand Cypress Ln
Corning
NY
767-8119
Bodmer
George & Sally
1411 Jacobson Cir
Riverview
FL
244-0414
Christensen
Arnold
501 Lime Tree Ct
419-4135
Gordon
Robert & Nancy
205 Linger Ln
922-4168
Mayoka
John & Linda
1813 New Bedford Dr
Winston-Salem NC 423-833-1871
Morrow
Douglas & Brenda
2252 New Bedford Dr
Ellaville
GA
McAvene
Donna
Accomac
VA 757-894-4414
Griffin
Michael & Vicki
2310 Piper Glen Ct
Lutz
FL
909-9512
Widener
Dan & Christie
2318 Platinum Dr
Elwood
IN
237-0101
Bosch
Frank & Malia
308 Stroll Ln
922-4118
Russell
Dennis & Cinda
311 Stroll Ln
922-4062
722 Ojai Ave
Malvern
Rockford
FL
AR
IL
Reporter Uta Kuhn
Contributors: CA Board of Directors and Staff, John & Linda Bowker, Susan Muise, Ron Pelton, Judy Schings, LeRoy Skinner, Judy Stimson Photographer: Judy Stimson
Kleppner
2213 Del Webb Blvd E
Reporter Phyllis Hodges
758-4270
922-4241
CA Board Liaison: Ann Marie Leblanc Advertising: John Wolf newsofsccads@gmail.com 813-938-8721 Publisher: Sun City Center Community Association Monthly deadline:
15th of each month Advertising: The NEWS is not liable for errors in advertising; it does not endorse and cannot verify the accuracy of representations made by advertisers who are solely responsible for advertisement contents. The NEWS welcomes announcements, articles, photos and stories about our community.
The News of Sun City Center
President’s Report By Ed Barnes
Community Survey The Community Surveys were mailed on July 16. All CA members should have a survey document by this time. These surveys were sent first class mail and should be forwarded to our snowbirds. I encourage everyone to complete the survey—this will be the basis for going forward with a long range plan for improvements to your community amenities. The results of this survey will be reported to the Membership at a Town Hall meeting on October 4 at 7 p.m. in the Community Hall. Remember, our goal here is to use a process which will produce an independent, unbiased and objective assessment of the needs of the membership—key here is needs of the membership in total. It is your future and your facilities, so please fill out and return the survey. Coffee and Conversation In one of the “What’s New in the Community Association” emails, I indicated that we have had some preliminary discussions with Freedom Plaza about their residents becoming dues-paying members of the CA. Freedom Plaza would use the same concept for dues payment as Aston Gardens and the Courtyards. There are many pluses and minuses associated with this as well as many issues that need to be identified and resolved. We will be holding two Coffee and Conversations on this subject—August 13 and September 13—both at 9 a.m. in the Caper Room. Bring your ideas and thoughts —we want to hear from you. We are planning a membership survey on whether to proceed with this matter in the October issue of The News of
Sun City Center. If the membership is in favor, we will need to develop some changes to our Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and maybe the ‘84 Agreement. These changes will be voted on by a mail out referendum in the December timeframe. What’s New with the CA? What is this “What’s New in the Community Association?” Last month we started sending out by email a summary of the issues/topics your Board of Directors is working on in order to keep the membership informed of what we are doing. I plan to do this only when we have some significant issues that you should be aware of. If you are not receiving these emails and would like to do so, please complete the form on this page and turn it in at the CA office. Forms are also available in the office. This is an easy way for you to keep up with what your Board is doing. Management Contract At the July Board of Directors meeting, the new management contract with The Continental Group as the property manager of the CA was approved. The new contract will save us money and will allow us to retain Lyn Reitz as our community manager and Jackie Remus as our accountant. Good job by the Management Contract Re-compete Committee led by Vice President Chuck Collett.
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NEW ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT By John Bowker At the CA Board Meeting on July 11, the CA Board approved the contract with the Continental Group to provide management and accounting services to the Association effective January 1, 2013 as presented. This will be expensed from the Operations Account Management Fee. Mr. Collett, who had chaired t h e c o nt r a c t r e n e w a l committee, commented to the audience: “For those of you who d i d n’ t h e a r this from prior m e e t i n g s , Chuck Collett, we had ten CA Vice President potential contractors that attended our initial processes, but only two that actually submitted formal bids for renewing our contract. The good news is we got a great fiveyear contract with the Continental Group that will reduce next year’s contract costs by almost $15,000 over this year’s costs. The escalator clause on the new contract is relatively low
PHOTO BY JOHN BOWKER
August 2012
at only 3%. The net effect is this: if you take the entire five years of the proposed contract, we are “flat lined.” We will spend over five years the same amount on average that we are paying Continental in 2012. We will be lower in 2013 and 2014, approximately the same in 2015 as we are now, and slightly higher in 2016 and 2017. There were some issues identified last year that they have readily agreed to take steps to correct. So I think it worked out to be a very good deal for the Association and, of course, we retain continuity because the Continental Group has been managing the Association, I believe, for 16 years.” As part of the new contract, we are delighted that the same two C ontinental employees now working with us, Community Lyn Reitz, Manager Lyn Community Reitz and Manager Accountant Jackie Remus, will be continuing in those capacities.
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION SCHEDULE
CA Contact Information Phone: 633-3500 Email: sccboard@suncitycenter.org Website: suncitycenter.org
CO-AP Needs You!
(CO-AP = Council of Owner Association Presidents) Are you a homeowners/property owners association president? The CA sponsors monthly informational meetings that should be attended by ALL of SCC’s 100+ presidents. If the president cannot attend, a representative should attend in his/her place. The next meeting is Monday, September 24. Bill O’Dell chairs the CO-AP meetings and Howie Griffin, CA director, is the CA liaison. If you as a president have a concern about your association or about the state codes affecting your group, please let one of them know so it can be addressed at one of the future meetings. See you on the 24th in the Caper Room!
August 1 8 13
Board Workshop Board Room – 9 a.m. Board Meeting Rollins Theater – 9 a.m. Coffee & Conversation Re: Freedom Plaza Membership Caper Room 9 a.m. The Commuity Leaders and CO-AP meetings will not be held in August.
September 5 12 13 18 24 27
Board Workshop Board Room – 9 a.m. Board Meeting Rollins Theater – 9 a.m. Coffee & Conversation Re: Freedom Plaza Membership Caper Room 9 a.m. Community Leaders Florida Room 9 a.m. Co-AP Meeting Caper Room 2 p.m. Budget Review Florida Room 9 a.m.
Proposed agendas for monthly Board Meetings are discussed at the Board Workshops and posted on Official Bulletin Boards the Friday before. They will also be posted on our website (suncitycenter.org – under “Association.”) Every Wednesday: Orientation for new members in the Board Room starting at 1 p.m.
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The News of Sun City Center
August 2012
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The News of Sun City Center
Coffee and Conversation to Focus on Freedom Plaza Talks
By Phyllis Hodges Has the time come to allow residents of the Freedom Plaza campus be members of the Sun City Center Community Association? That’s the topic of a “Coffee and Conversation” with CA President Ed Barnes that is set for August 13, 9 a.m., in the Caper Room (Atrium, Central Campus). This session is the first public forum for CA members to learn more, get questions answered and voice opinions. Why now? In a July CA email update, members were told that the board has held some preliminary discussions with Brookdale Senior Living, the owners of Freedom Plaza, for two primary reasons. 1) The first is to accommodate CA members who move to Freedom Plaza as they transition to a new “life care” environment. Although Freedom Plaza has many amenities—pools, workout area, clubs, etc.—some members wish to maintain their CA member friendships in their clubs and activities. To do that now, they must seek a waiver for each club where they wish to retain membership. 2) The second is added income will offset any additional maintenance costs. Brookdale would pay regular CA dues for each of its residents—currently 475. Note: This is the same agreement the CA now has with Aston Gardens/Courtyards. You might ask, “Why would Brookdale Senior Living agree to such an arrangement?” In informal discussions, a Brookdale spokesperson said they would like to be able to offer a seamless transition to prospective residents who are CA members. Their marketing outside SCC would benefit as well by including the CA membership. They also view such a move as promoting a more cohesive community. The Brookdale property adjoins the western boundary of SCC.
The blue arrow indicates the location of Freedom Plaza. CA President Ed Barnes is emphasizing how important it is for CA members to understand all aspects of the issue and voice their feelings early. There will be a straw vote ballot in the October News of Sun City Center to gauge the pulse of members. If it is evident at that time that the majority of members do not object, the discussions will proceed. He said that this matter has not been presented officially to the board, thus there is no board position or recommendation to the members. All agree that it would not be productive for a lot of time to be spent in discussions with Brookdale if members do not see a benefit to them and their fellow CA members. Members are encouraged to send questions they would like to have covered at the August 13 session by email prior to the meeting if they wish (sccboard@suncitycenter. org). They can also be dropped off at the CA office in an envelope marked “For Ed Barnes.” Want more insight into the Freedom Plaza campus and its history? See page 189 in the front white pages of your 2012 Membership Directory.
DONATIONS 6/7/12 thru 7/11/12 CLUB/ORGANIZATION AMOUNT AAUW $25 Dr. Michael Caruso $1,000 Monday Movies $130
APPLIED TO SCC Library Fitness Center License Fee offset
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What’s New at the Library?
It’s hot outside but inside the library it is nice and cool. Summer is a great time to sit indoors with a good book. Bestsellers recently purchased include: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn; Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich; Bloodline by James Rollins; I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson; Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand; Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter; Canada by Richard Ford; Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank; The Third Gate by Lincoln Child, Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Imperative and The Innocent by David Baldacci. Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank is a delightful summer read about a widow who returns home to Sullivan’s Island with her young son to recover from the devastating loss of her husband. Although Jackie and her mother have not always seen eye-to-eye, the family welcomes Jackie and Charlie back and entertains them with Low Country stories of Blackbeard the Pirate and former island resident Edgar Allan Poe. A delightful story of family love told with wit and warmth.
Nonfiction For our nonfiction readers, many of the titles on the New York Times Bestseller List for nonfiction are now available. New titles include Wild by Cheryl Strayed; The Amateur by Edward Klein; An American Son by Marco Rubio; Barack Obama by David Maraniss; Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson; I Hate Everyone…Starting With Me by Joan Rivers; The Price of Inequality by Joseph E. Stiglitz; What Really Happened by Rielle Hunter and My Extraordinary Ordinary Life by Sissy Spacek.
DVDs Thanks to the generosity of several of our community members, the library is in the process of adding more than 200 DVDs to our collection. Although they are not new releases, the movies are ones that the library did not own before. The additions are a nice variety of comedy, documentary, action/adventure, western, and BBC mini-series. When all of the movies have been cataloged, a separate list will be posted so that everyone can see what has been added. Meanwhile, we have also purchased some great new releases including Safe House, Man on a Ledge, John Carter, Act of Valor, Big Miracle, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Woman in Black, 21 Jump Street and several new dance instruction DVDs. Large Print Books We have added 16 new large print books to our collection with funds donated by the Sun City Center Woman’s Club. Among them are: Reagan and Thatcher: the difficult relationship by Richard Aldous; A Natural Woman by Carole King; Beach House Memories by Mary Alice Monroe; Service: a Navy seal at war by Marcus Luttrell ; Juliette Gordon Low: the remarkable founder of the Girl Scouts by Stacy Cordery and Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. When added to the titles purchased with funding from the Interfaith Social Action Council, our large print collection has improved considerably. We are grateful for the support of so many organizations and individuals throughout the Sun City Center Community. —Elaine Birkinshaw
SPOTLIGHT ON ENTERTAINMENT You will be able to enjoy some SUPER entertainment starting in September. The St. Petersburg Opera Co. will perform in the Rollins Theater. The Tampa Bay Heralds of Harmony will hold a concert in the Community Hall. Tickets for both will go on sale Wednesday, August 29, 9 a.m., at the Atrium-Kiosk. Thereafter, tickets will be sold Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, at the KIOSK. Both events have reserved seats and are open to the public. More details below. Info: Judy Schings, 813-642-2001. ....St. Petersburg Opera Co. - The three Sunday dates are September 23, 2012, Highlights of Sweeney Todd; January 20, 2013, Highlights of Tosca; and May 19, 2013, Highlights of Ariadne auf Naxos. You can either purchase all three operas as a mini-series for $30/person or an individual opera ticket for $12/person/opera.
July 4 Fireworks Celebration
....America the Beautiful will be presented by the Tampa Bay Heralds of Harmony, Sunday, September 30, 2:30-4:30. Tickets will be $15/person.
If you enjoyed the Sun City Center July 4th Fireworks display, how about letting the corporate sponsors know. Brandon Honda and Minto Communities made this possible. Letters of thanks can be sent to: John Marrazi Bill Bullock Brandon Honda Minto Communities, LLC 9209 Adamo Drive 10150 Highland Manor Drive Tampa, FL 33619 Suite 200 Tampa, FL 33610
....The 2012-13 Entertainment Series of Shows will include MondayMonday, The Ditchfield Family Christmas Show, Abacadabra, Earl Turner and Band, and Patrick and Matilda on Sundays. Fridays will include Rocky and the Rollers, the Hub Caps, Top 10 Rock ‘n Roll and Yesterdayze. There will also be a Showcase on Wednesday this year... free to series ticket holders. The series will be $70/person/series. And on Sundays enjoy a wineand-cheese reception, sponsored by Brandon Honda! Brochures will be distributed by the end of August.
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The News of Sun City Center
Team Effort Makes Fourth of July Special dollars in the Fireworks Fund box. You can also mail a donation to the SCC Community Association, 1009 N. Pebble Beach Blvd., Sun City Center FL 33573. Call 813-633-3500 if you need more information.
PHOTO BY KATHY KNEUREK
FREE Diabetes Self Management Education Classes
This free six-week program is offered by the Florida Department of Health -Hillsborough County and hosted by the Sun City Center Community Association. You Can Manage Diabetes! * Classes are led by a Certified Diabetes Educator. * Each class provides valuable tools and information designed to help you take control of your diabetes. Location: SCC Community Association Sandpiper Room Class Dates: Each Tuesday beginning September 11 through October 16 Meeting Time: 3:30-5:00 p.m. Cost: FREE
There were many multiple firings with a variety of colors for the enjoyment of the viewers celebrating Independence Day.
We were extremely fortunate to have had generous corporate support since the few thousand dollars the 2012 Fireworks Fund yielded was far from enough for the display. Brandon Honda and Minto Communities footed the entire $21,000 bill for the fireworks, and the Fireworks Fund paid for expenses such as security, permits, set-up and clean-up. ClubLink graciously allowed the use of its property again this year, and Sandpiper Grille stepped up to the plate by donating the evening’s music and providing an “old fashioned barbeque” food station. Nick Egarhos, Sandpiper’s owner, estimates they served about 650 people. Let’s consider all the people who volunteered their time to make the day special. Over 100 people answered the call for help with the breakfast. They sold tickets, cooked, served, cleared tables, replenished supplies, etc. Some worked their three-hour shift; some showed up at 5:30 a.m. and stayed through clean-up. Five volunteers from The Organ and Keyboard Club played for solid one-hour shifts. Volunteers from the Security Patrol, Emergency Squad, Radio Club and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) were on hand, as well as Sheriff ’s Office deputies and our own CA Maintenance Department crew. Looking forward to 2013, Joanne and Sam Sudman, who organized the 2012 breakfast, have agreed to serve as co-chairs again in 2013. Ann Marie Leblanc, who organized the fireworks for the past two years, has agreed to accept that job again next year. As you might expect, fundraising has already started, and corporate support is certainly not guaranteed. Residents are urged to stop in the Community Association office and drop a few
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By Phyllis Hodges If you ventured near the SCC Community Association’s Central Campus and the adjacent ClubLink property on N. Pebble Beach Blvd. on July 4 and saw the activity in the morning and again in the evening, it was quite evident that Independence Day in Sun City Center is something special. The Fourth of July breakfast was the second for SCC. Last year’s breakfast that CA Director Ann Marie Leblanc spearheaded was part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration she chaired, and it was so popular that another was set for this year. The cadre of volunteers served about 1,025 people from 7 a.m. to noon. Diners were having a great time meeting new people, socializing with those they already knew, and enjoying the food and great organ music. Last year’s fireworks display—again part of the 50 th events—was so well received that fundraising started immediately for 2012. Talk to anyone who saw this year’s fireworks and you’ll hear accolades galore: “Awesome. Spectacular. Phenomenal. Best I’ve ever seen.”
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PLANTS HAPPEN
August 2012
By Ron Pelton
WHAT’S BUGGING YOU? Part 3 This is the end of the trilogy on bugs found in Florida. These last are the UGLY ones. I must clarify however, what I mean by ugly. As I said last month not all are bad and many are beneficially good. The first covered the good or predatory bugs the second addressed solely the “bad bugs.” These in Part 3 are not really “ugly” bugs but a condition in your landscape that may exist that is not esthetically pleasing. Again I am indebted to the contributions of Sydney Park Brown, former Hillsborough County Extension Agent, as well as much compilation from the University of Florida Department of Agriculture. Here are the ten ugly bugs:
plant. If the tree or ornamental plant is unhealthy or under stress it will be damaged to a greater extent than healthy ones. Fertilize, irrigate, prune and carry out other approved practices to keep plants healthy. If practical, some galls that occur on the stems and limbs may be pruned and destroyed. 3. Bacterial Nodules on Roots
Mushrooms 5. Mushrooms - Fairy rings are caused by a mushroom spore producing fungus. Although the fairy rings are caused by fungi, there are no fungicides that will totally control the underground growth of the fungus. Rarely is a disease present.
Bacterial Nodules on Roots - Not to be mistaken for root-knot nematodes. Nodules are formed by bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant nutrients These nodules are loosely attached to the roots of plants such as beans and peas. Nodules can be observed with the naked eye on legumes shortly Sooty Mold after planting, usually two to three weeks. The color of the nodules is 1. Sooty Mold – Sooty mold important because it can tell the is a black-colored growth that can observer if they are actually mature completely cover the leaves of a enough to fix nitrogen or not. If plant. This fungus is basically a the nodule is white or gray it is too cosmetic problem; however , it can young to be fixing any nitrogen. reduce the amount of sunlight a plant However, when the nodule turns gets, causing some minor growth pink or red the nitrogen fixing has difficulties. The bottom line is that begun. A pigment in the roots called it just makes a plant look ugly. This leghemoglobin, which supplies fungus does not attack the plant oxygen to the bacteria is responsible itself. It feeds on a material called for the color change. honeydew. Honeydew is excess, sugary sap that is excreted by the bad bugs such as aphids and whiteflies discussed in part 2 of these articles. The way to control sooty mold is to control these insects. The use of an insecticidal oil and/or follow up with soapy water will help wash it off.
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Galls 2. Galls - Galls occur on a wide variety of woody plants. These growths may be the result of fungi, bacteria, nematodes or mites, but insects are the prime cause. The Galls are abnormal growths of plant cells formed in response to adult egglaying insects which lay eggs in active growing plant tissue. The irritated plant tissue quickly surrounds the egg and protects and provides food. Long ago, they were known as gallnuts because they tasted as bitter as gall. Galls vary widely in size, shape, texture and color. Generally galls do not seriously harm the
4. Psocids – Barklice are more properly named Psocids (pronounced “SOSS-sids”). They are also called tree cattle because of their habit of living as a group on the bark of hardwoods, particularly oaks. They are also sometimes noticed on citrus trees. Large numbers of adults and nymphs are occasionally seen on trees, living underneath a fine silken webbing. These insects do not harm the tree, but feed on lichens, fungi, and dead animal and plant matter. No control is needed and the webbing will eventually disappear on its own.
8. Lichens – Lichens are flaky moss-like organisms that grow on the bark and branches of our landscape trees or shrubs. They do not attack and kill. Plants covered with lichens may look trashy, but there are reasons why they are covered. They grow rapidly when exposed to sun. If a plant is declining and covered with lichen, there is some other cause. Lichens are just taking advantage of a sunny situation.
Temperature Effect 9. Temperature effect on Gardenia and Hibiscus - Warm days and cool nights cause the older leaves to yellow and drop off. This is not a nutritional deficiency. Yellowing leaves are not uncommon as there is some normal drop or more if Earthworm Castings the soil is too wet or too dry. The amount of water your hibiscus needs 6. E arthworm Castings - is dependent on how warm and how Sometimes mistaken as mole cricket dry are the surroundings. activity. Earthworms aerate the soil and turn plant debris into organic soil. Where high populations of earthworms are present, small mounds, or castings of fecal matter are deposited on the lawn surface. These are used in fertilizers since the nitrogen is slowly released and will not burn plants or their root systems. Castings also contain phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and potassium. Manganese Deficiency of Sago 10. Manganese deficiency of Sago - This is a common problem of sagos called frizzle top, and is caused by a manganese deficiency. To prevent problems in the future, use a special palm fertilizer containing Spanish Moss manganese or purchase manganese separately at a garden center or 7. Spanish Moss - Spanish- nursery. This is not the same as moss, is not a true moss. It is an Epsom salts, which is magnesium, epiphytic plant, which grows on so don’t confuse the two. another plant, but does not rely on the host plant for nutrients; epiphytes Well, that is it relative to some make their own food and are nonparasitic. It is associated with, but of the bugs, etc. found in Florida. I does not cause the decline of trees. hope you found this information Actually, many people find it to be interesting and/or beneficial. If you have any gardening questions please quite beautiful. feel free to contact me at ronpelton@ tampabay.rr.com.
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The News of Sun City Center
August 2012
EWING SMITH
A Man of Accomplishment By John Bowker He moved into Sun City Center 30 years ago, attracted here by the lovely and well kept homes and peaceful atmosphere. He may have noticed a few landscaping details not exactly the way he would like to see them — most people would just look the other way figuring that “they” (the local officials) would take care of things sooner or later. But there was a difference with Ewing Smith. I have chatted with him for at least two decades about 100 different projects, and I simply cannot recall his ever using the word “they” when he speaks about getting things done. His preferred term is “I” or “we.” It was in 1982 that Ewing retired from his office as dean at the Dutchess Community College of the State University System of New York in Poughkeepsie. Moving into a new residence in Sun City Center, he found that his passion for property beautification could be continued as a hobby starting right at his own home on West Del Webb Blvd. But it wasn’t long before his eye for beauty began picking up on landscaping faults around town that needed upgrading. “This has been a well maintained and attractive community right from its Del Webb beginnings,” Ewing told me, “but there were many details that needed attention ... and we still have much to do around town.” The more he looked into how things might get done here the clearer it became that the best approach to solving the lesser annoyances would involve his own rakes and saws. For the larger projects he needed support from federal, state and county agencies. He knew he would need the attention of specific representatives in those organizations who really wanted to help ... and then his job would be to just keep reminding them of unfinished work. Ewing laughed as he recounted the matter of getting an old and broken fence along State Road 674 removed by the state — “took five years,” he said! In 2006, with counsel and sharing from former CA Board President Walter Cawein, they put on a presentation for the community in which they described how to “fill the cracks” where something needs to be done but there is not clear
ownership or responsibility for the upkeep of an area. They had engaged the support of John Luper of WCI in the construction of the sign on our Sun City Center Boulevard entryway that lists some of our service and activity clubs and engaged the design talents of local architect Jim Cruthis to produce the sign that now adorns that highway. Ewing has personally planted many new trees in various places in the community made possible by a
maintained by the neighborhood and with Ewing’s persistence — but the time came when Ewing was to move and no one stepped forward to take over Pretty Place. Shortly, attention was needed to conform even to county requirements and, today, there is no sign of this lovely setting right there along the highway. The History Society has a collection of his papers showing what he was able to accomplish as a volunteer and un-elected resident
Ewing Smith
Among his first accomplishments was the design of Pretty Place on West Del Webb Blvd. Years later, the county took it over and you would have trouble finding it now. Florida State Tree Grant he solicited. They were only six inches long when he received them, so he was able to put them in the ground himself and did away with the red-tape and delays that might have occurred. Some of those trees Ewing showed me are now 9-10 feet tall! There is a rather unimaginative spot part way along Del Webb Blvd West across from Middle Lake where there is no residence and the county keeps the foliage to their standards so the canal from that lake into Cypress Creek will function in their flood control program here. Twenty years ago Ewing and a couple of his neighbors went in there and chopped out much of the old and dying trees and vastly overgrown wildflowers, and established a mini-park with a bench for anyone looking for a quiet place to relax. He named it “Pretty Place” after a Boy Scout camp next to a highway rest area he had admired in North Carolina. It was beautifully
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Dance Clubs
Academy of Ballroom Dance Club Saturday, August 4, at Community Hall 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Members free; guests $6. Free lesson: Hustle 6:30 -7:15 p.m. Music by Bernice Dubro Dressy casual. Everyone welcome, Singles tables available. BYOB For further information, call Jean Kostka at 634-1235 or Lennie Crooks at 642-9975.
MOONGLOW DANCE CLUB
The Moonglow Dance Club will feature the live music of “Expressions” (Paul & Kathy) at its monthly dance on Thursday, August 23. Join us at Community Hall, S. Pebble Beach. Blvd., for listening and dancing from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Dressy Casual. BYOB: cups, ice water & napkins provided. Singles are always welcome. Club members are FREE and visitors pay $5 per person at the door. If you think that you can’t ballroom dance, remember we are not “Dancing with the Stars.” We each enjoy doing whatever our bodies allow us to do, in time to the varied music we have from a different live band every month. No one will be judging your performance, so just come and have fun dancing your own style to live music. For more information, call 813-633-1297 or 813-642-8845. —Gail Bouverat
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Music from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s Sunday - August 12 Community Hall Member Meeting 6 p.m. Dancing 7 – 10 p.m. Entertainment: “The Kegg” BYOB OBG Members free, Non-members $5 For more info call: 633-5649 —Valerie Liotta/Bill Fiacco
“Vacation Days” Square Dance This is the great, hot month of August, which is traditionally known as the “vacation month.” The lucky residents of Sun City Center, who always think they’re on vacation because they’re living in Paradise, will be able to celebrate the month by attending the Sun City Center Swingers Square Dance Club’s “Vacation Days” Mainstream/Plus Square Dance on Friday Night, August 17, 2012. Club members will appease the dancers’ voracious appetites with delicious finger food. The Club will supply beverages. Dancers--make sure you attend this wonderful Special Event Dance which will surely help allay your summertime blues. These Special Dances, along with the Club’s regular Friday Night
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Mainstream/Plus Dances are held in Community Hall, 1910 S. Pebble Beach Blvd. Pre-Rounds 7 - 7:30 p.m. Mainstream/Plus Dance 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Bob Ellis calls on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Friday of the month; Art Springer calls on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. Pat Hagen cues. The Club’s Beginners Square Dance lessons and Plus Workshop Class, held on Tuesday Nights in Community Hall, are discontinued for the summer. Classes will begin again in the fall. Square Dancers—come join us for this Special Dance and every Friday Night for great dancing, fellowship and refreshments. Remember Dancers, the Club dances all summer. For further information, call Geri at 633-9742 or Leah 6333986. —Dick Schultz
No Classes in August 2012 Foxy Seniors Dance Club
The Foxy Seniors Dance Club is having a Karaoke & dance on Saturday, August 18, in the Florida Room in the Atrium Building from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening of fun where you can dance and/or sing, hosted by ReAct Entertainment (Suzanne & Bruce). Open to Sun City Center, Kings Point and their guests. Couples & singles welcome. Members pay $3. Non-members pay $4. BYOB. Casual Attire. For information or to reserve a table for eight, phone Angelina at 813-634-1865.
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The Cabaret Dance Club is closed for the summer and will reopen in October 2012.
Catch The NEWS on the web at suncitycenter.org “Overtures” End Summer Concerts The South Shore Symphony Orchestra Features Beethoven, Wagner, Strauss, Suppe, Copland, Verdi An ending filled with beginnings is how the South Shore Symphony Orchestra will conclude its summer series of concerts August 4 in Sun City Center and August 5 in Riverview. “A Collection of Overtures” is drawn mostly from scores for operas, operettas and other stage works, ranging from Richard Wagner’s “Overture to Tannhauser” in 1845 to Aaron Copland’s “Outdoor Overture,” composed for use in a high school music program in 1938. Conducted by Dr. Susan Bailey Robinson, the SSSO will present, in addition to the Wagner and
Copland works, the overture to Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Nabucco,” the “Poet and Peasant” overture by Franz von Suppé, Johann Strauss II’s overture to “Die Fledermaus,” and the overture to “Egmont” by Ludwig van Beethoven. The performances are Saturday, August 4, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at St. John The Divine Episcopal Church, 1015 Del Webb Blvd. E., Sun City Center, and August 5 at 2 p.m. at The Regent, 6437 Watson Dr., Riverview. $10 tickets are available online at www.thessso. org and at the door prior to concerts, if available. —Edward Brown
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SCC Patriots Club Presents Annual September 11 Observance
August 2012
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Wayne Bengston Featured Photographer at the SCC Chamber of Commerce
The Patriots Club will again present its annual September 11th Observance. The event will take place as follows: Day/Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Time: 10 a.m. Place: Community Hall (South Pebble Beach Blvd.) As part of the program, the club will again be collecting donations for the Wounded Warriors Rehabilitation Program at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. We would like to invite everyone to attend this special observance in order to honor and remember those who lost their lives on that awful day in our history. Are you flying a tattered, torn, faded flag from a flagpole at your house or business office? If so, please remove it and take it to the Community Association Office located at 1009 N. Pebble Beach Blvd. They will accept the flag for proper disposal M-F from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is disrespectful to fly the flag when it is in disrepair. SO PLEASE DO NOT FLY IT, UNTIL YOU CAN REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE. Thank you. —Uta Kuhn, President Patriots Club of Sun City Center
Save the Date for the Sun City Center Men’s Club 50th Birthday Celebration The SCC Men’s Club is hosting a free event open to the public with live entertainment and coffee with cake and ice cream. Mark your calendar now for Thursday, October 25, 1 to 4 p.m. at Community Hall, 1902 South Pebble Beach Blvd. The club, which began as an informal social gathering, developed into one of the largest service clubs in our community: Dedicated to Provide and Promote Charitable Community Service, Cultural, Social and Civic Interest, and to Cooperate with Other Clubs and Organizations in the Best interest of Sun City Center. SCC Men’s Club members are needed as volunteers to help with the Birthday Celebration. Please contact Jim Rottman, President Elect at 813634-8122 to signup. —Don Murphy, VP Programs
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Country Road by Wayne Bengston Wayne Bengston is the Sun City Center Photo Club’s featured photographer for the summer photo display at the SCC Chamber of Commerce. This is part of a series of photographic displays at the SCC Chamber of Commerce at 1651 Sun City Center Plaza. Wayne’s exhibit is entitled Am e r i c a n a . H i s i n t e r e s t i n photography was sparked by the scenery around him and he has taken many country and city landscapes. Wayne has been a member of the SCC Photo Club for several years
and has received many awards in competitions. His photos have placed high in FunFest voting as well. His work will be on display at the Chamber through September 13. For more information on the SCC Photo Club and its activities, please see our website at www. photoclubscc.com or visit the photo learning lab at 960D Cherry Hills Drive. —Vicki Breaugh
Photo Club Meeting Tuesday, August 14, at 6:30 p.m. Ever wondered how to take people in and out of photos? Want to learn about High Definition Range (HDR) photography? Curious about the features in the new Windows 8? The SCC Photo Club meeting on Tuesday, August 14, in the Caper Room will cover these topics and more! Matt Batt, who is a computer professional as well as an awardwinning photographer, will be conducting this session for us. Community members and guests are welcome to attend. For
more information on the club and its activities, please see our website at www.photoclubscc.com or visit the learning lab at 960D Cherry Hills Drive. Dues for the 2012 year remain at $20 per person or $30 per household couple and provide access to club activities, competitions and classes as well as the photo lab with computers, scanners and large format printers. —Vicki Breaugh
Ceramic Club Holds August Sale
(L. to R.) Carl McGary, President, SCC Men’s Club; Steve Overton, Guest Speaker, Don Murphy, VP Programs SCC Men’s Club Steve Overton, former WFLA Consumer Investigator for the very popular news feature “Eight on Your Side,” shared some of the great tales of his years on the program and in the news media. His presentation on how reporters operate was animated, humorous and revealing. Following his presentation, a buffet lunch was catered by Banquet Masters. —Don Murphy, VP Programs
The Sun City Center Ceramic Club is happy to announce its end of summer sale from August 13 thru August 31. Many garden, decorative and household products will be sold at discounts from 20 to 50% off! Come see our beautiful array of gifts for the young and young at heart. We’re here for all your gift and personal needs; if you don’t see it, perhaps it can be special ordered. The Ceramic Club is located at the end of Library Walkway between the SCC Library and the CA Office, open Monday through Friday 9 a.m.. to 4 p.m. All are welcome and remember “BUY LOCAL”—and the club thanks you. —Monica McPhillips
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SEW ’N SEWS “HAPPY STUDENTS”
Metaphysical Society August Presentations
August 1 – Dr. Carol Roberts Share s He r R e c e nt Pe r uv i an Experiences. Dr. Carol Roberts, founder of the Brandon Wellness Works and who helps physical bodies heal themselves, will speak on her experiences with Inka Shamanism while sharing the experiences from her recent trip to Peru. She will explain how participation in Shaman sacred ceremonies like “Soul Retrieval” the individual can heal themselves, as well as contribute to the well being of the whole world because the soul of the world can also be wounded. August 8 - Enhance Your Relationship With The Divine. Victoria Hawkins is an Intuitive Artist, Yoga instructor, writer, licensed clinical social worker and a student of all things Divine. Through the years she has found that all of these paths have led to the same place- into a relationship with the Divine. Spirit Art came about as she discovered her ability to be a channel for Divine guidance through art and word. August 15 - Reincarnation fact or myth? Rev. Holli Cantrell, a certified hypnotherapist, and Rev. Joe
Kelly, a former clinical psychologist and certified hypnotherapist, will share their experiences with past life recall. Many books have been written on the subject of a person’s “memories” that strongly support the concept of former life involvements. Oftentimes, people’s fears, phobias, likes and dislikes, talents and abilities, negative and positive relationships hark back to a past life or lives. Explore how to recognize former life memories, how to access them, how to learn to trust, honor and preserve these revelations. August 29 –The Journey of Mediumship. Andrew and Tamara Overlee, the founders of Joy of Healing, have been working for 26 years as a team with their spirit family, a group of teachers, philosophers and healers. Andrew is a full trance medium, who works as an instrument for healing energies that promote wellness physically and mentally. Tamara is a semi-trance medium for automatic writing, the author of “The Truth of Life from the World of Love and Spirit.” They will speak about the lineage with their spirit family, the three forms of mediumship. —Ed Leary
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Beginning Quilters Show off their Class Project! L to R: Vicki Brown, Ann Wendt, Kathy Norton, Katherine Benoit, Mary Lou Bogdan, and Norine Brink. Seated is Class Instructor Jan Ring. Su n C it y C e nte r S e w ‘n joy of creating something beautiful, Sews Club recently concluded a and to enjoy great fellowship. beginner quilting class. “Quilter Membership is open to any Sun ‘wannabees’ received lessons, tips City Center Community Association and techniques from professional Member and annual dues are $10. members in the club”, stated Pam Meetings and Classes are held Davis, Club President. Each class Monday through Friday in the Arts member completed a table runner and Crafts Building. The Sun City made up of several different blocks. Center Sew ‘n Sews Club also has By making a variety of blocks, the a long and interesting history of students learned different quilting service to the community. Projects techniques. “The participants will during the year include sewing be able to enjoy their quilt project items of need for “The Kids Place”, for many years to come”, Davis The VA Hospital, RCMA and other concluded. charitable organizations. Sew ‘n Sews Information For information on becoming a member, call Linda at (813) 390-2377 The Sew ‘n Sews Club provides a or email scc.sew.n.sews@gmail.com. place and equipment for experienced and novice stitchers or quilters to —Katherine Benoit learn new techniques, to share in the
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New SCC Art Gallery Director
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Trash or Treasures?
Sew ‘n Sews Annual Luncheon
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At the 2012 Sew ‘n Sews annual luncheon last month, Club President Pam Davis welcomed a record attendance. The club has over 50 new members since last year this time, bringing the total membership to 148. “It is amazing to see so many new faces,” Pam Davis stated. “Our club is just thriving, offering more classes and more activities than ever before. It is nice to see so many interested in sewing and quilting. And it has brought us some extraordinarily talented members as well,” she concluded. One such new member is a nationally-recognized quilter, Vita Chalone. At the meeting, Vita presented a spectacular “show and tell” with many of her quilts. She Vita Chalone with one of her many has been published in numerous quilts shared at the Sew ‘n Sews national quilting magazines and Annual Spring Luncheon. has many awards. Vita is a new resident of Sun City Center this year and says it has been a wonderful experience. “ I have been quilting since 1985 and the SCC Sew ‘n Sews is the best club I could ever imagine finding,” Vita stated. —Katherine Benoit
The Elegant Gardeners Club will be sponsoring “Trash or Treasures” on October 13, from 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Community Hall. This event is similar to the Trash & Treasure sale held last fall in observance of Sun City Center’s 50th Anniversary. Garden Club members are currently planning the event, inviting CA Clubs to join us by renting tables to set up for the sale of “flea market” items and/or their club items to add to their treasury. What is one man’s trash is another man’s treasure so the saying goes. Most of us have things we no longer need or use that can be donated to “your club.” Tables can be reserved by calling Garden Club President Teri Brockway at 633-9767. Cost for table is $10 for up to three 8-ft. tables. Clubs have choice of set-up spot on first-come first-serve basis. If your club is interested give Teri a call. In addition, Burchard Galleries will be doing antique appraisals in
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adjoining rooms in Community Hall. Appraisals will be three (3) items for $5. In an effort to expedite appraisals, garden club volunteers will be at the kiosk in the Atrium in early October to take appointments for time slots. Priority will be given to CA/KP residents presenting their CA/KP ID’s. An official ticket with time slot will be issued with payment at that time. Plans are to have seating available while waiting for your time slot, and possibly a secure “coat check” available for items to be appraised so folks can shop while waiting. Garden Club members want to make this a fun event for all and will continue planning details to make it so. Contact your club president for additional details. —Carol Sowers Elegant Gardeners Club
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GFWC SCC Woman’s Club Bunco Group Offers Summertime Friendship and Fun
Members and friends of the GFWC SCC Woman’s Club are playing Bunco from 9 a.m. to noon on the 4th Wednesday of every month in the Sandpiper Room. Bunco is a dice game that is easy to learn and fun to play. The Woman’s Club meets from September through May, and the Bunco group provides a great opportunity for people to get to know each other better and have a good time year round. Other ongoing activities are the Birthday Club and the Lunch Bunch. Guests are welcome, but please call Nan Dorsey, 633-8132, if you would like to attend, as they do need an even number of players for teams. —Roselyn Cruthis
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Luncheon and Fashion Show A committee has been formed to to make preparations for the first-ever Fashion Show and catered Luncheon to be offered by the Art Club In SCC. The affair is tentatively scheduled for early in January, 2013. The exact date and other details will be announced in coming months but it can be stated now that all fashions shown will be available for purchase.
The Luncheon/Fashion Show committee members: Top row (L to R): Kristene Littrell, Connie Erikson, Jill Scott, Virginia Laudano. Front row (L to R): Jo Cox, Jeanne Will, Marsha Lucidi, Nancy Saunders. Committee members not shown, but equally appreciated: Eileen Blackman, Marne Zig.
From left: Peggy Person, Kathy Gray, Carla Miles and Anne Rankin enjoy a morning of friendship and fun playing Bunco, a social activity of GFWC SCC Woman’s Club .
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Come One, Come all, Come to the Cabaret
What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play. Come to the Cabaret. Put down your knitting, your book and your broom and come to the Cabaret. Bring your partners, bring your friends and your neighbors to the Cabaret at Community Hall on Saturday, September 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person. Proceeds from the event will benefit The Athena House in Tampa. Sun City Center resident Pam Treadwell was channel surfing one evening when she came upon an
interview with a staff member of Athena House. She heard the staff member describe the problems of women veterans and how invisible these valiant women are when they return.
Joann Podgurski, Frank and Dee Weder, and several dance troupes.
what Athena House offers to local homeless women veterans, Pam was motivated to spearhead a fundraiser for the shelter. She and another Sun City resident, Brenda Coman, a veteran, have put together a cabaret variety show that will entertain everyone.
in Tampa, which provides safe housing and employment services specifically for female veterans who are homeless after an honorable discharge from the armed forces. It is the first transitional housing program within the State of Florida specifically designed to address the unique needs of homeless female veterans.
Tickets will go on sale at the Atrium beginning August 27 and will be available Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. until noon. Anyone wishing to reserve a table of eight or has questions, please contact Jody: 938-4614 or Pam: 634-4218.
According to Sara Romeo, CEO of Tampa Crossroads, Inc. and Director of Athena House, “Our
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goal is to assist our homeless and at-risk veterans back into a life of independence through economic self-sufficiency.” The Athena House offers a highly structured program which is staffed 24/7 and offers counseling support and treatment exclusively to homeless female veterans. The Athena women are provided safe housing for up to 24 months. During this time they learn the life skills they will need to support permanent, independent living and leave the life of homelessness behind them forever.
The nature of women’s roles in the military have changed drastically in recent years so that many are now deployed on the front lines She believes that despite the fact where their experiences adversely that women soldiers face the same affect their mental health. Because challenges on the front lines as men, of the effect their service has on the services available to them have them, a woman who has served not caught up to the needs they have. in the military is four times more Pam said, “Here you have women likely to be homeless than a nonputting their lives on the line, some veteran woman. Currently, of the wounded as severely as their male nearly 18,000 homeless individuals counterparts, and not only do they in Hillsborough County, 10%, or not get the recognition they deserve, approximately 1800, are veterans, All proceeds from this cabaret they don’t have the services they need which is twice the national average. variety show will benefit homeless to reintegrate into society.” The Athena House is a 16-bed and at-risk women veterans being After learning more about transitional housing program located served by the Athena House.
Bill Barker will emcee. Sun City’s very own Senior American Idol, Troy Coman, will sing at the event. Other featured entertainers include Charles Wirick, John Cortese, John Foster,
Come taste the wine, Come hear the band. Come blow a horn, start celebrating. Your table’s waiting.
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Military Affairs
August 2012
Military Order of the World Wars
NOAA Executive Officer Address MOWW/MOAA Meeting
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RADM Larry Chambers to Speak at August MOAA Meeting RADM Larry C. Chambers will be the featured speaker at the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) meeting / luncheon on Wednesday August 1 at the Sun City Center Atrium. The event will take place at 11 a.m. in the Florida Room ($14). ADM Chambers received s c h o l a r s h ip of f e r s f rom t op universities, including Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but opted for the U.S. Naval Academy, earning his naval aviator’s gold wings in 1954. He flew just about everything the Navy used as fighters or fighter-bombers during his career. He started flying in the WWII vintage Corsair and did his last flights in the F-18. ADM Chambers was given command of the USS Midway (CV41) in March 1975 and the ship was subsequently ordered out of Subic Bay Naval Station in the Philippines to take position off the coast of the Southern tip of South Vietnam. The Midway took over 3,000 Vietnamese onboard before sailing to Thailand
(L to R) Lt Col Frank Zahrobsky, USAF (Ret) and CAPT Donald Aiken, USN (Ret)
RADM Larry C. Chambers to offload them and the Air Force helicopters. Chambers was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1976. He assumed command of Carrier Group Three in 1979-80. He retired from the Navy in 1985. —B. Frank Kepley, CAPT, USN, (Ret)
MOWW Presents LtCol Frank Zahrobsky with Silver Patrick Henry Award
CAPT Aiken discussed the Captain Donald Aiken Jr. the Executive officer for the three aspects of hurricane hunting, National Oceanic and Atmospheric i.e., reconnaissance, surveillance and Administration (NOAA), Aircraft research. He stated that the tracking Operations Center (AOC), Tampa, part of the equation was very good, FL, since January 2008, gave a but that measuring the intensity of presentation at the Sun City Center the storms is something they are Plaza Club on June 21. The meeting continually trying to improve. He was a joint meeting between the discussed the current methods being Military Order of the World Wars used to evaluate the storms pressure, (MOWW) and the Military Officers temperature and wind speed. Association of America (MOAA). He noted that NASA and Also known as the “Hurricane NOAA are now working together Hunters,” the AOC provides a variety on developing and using unmanned of aircraft in support of NOAA’s systems that can reach elevations of mission to understand and predict 60,000 feet. changes in Earth’s environment —B. Frank Kepley and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation’s economic, social and environmental needs.
From right: LtCol Gordon Bassett, USAF (Ret) presents LtCol Frank Zahrobsky with Silver Patrick Henry Award. LtCol Frank Zahrobsky was presented with the Silver Patrick Henry Award for achieving outstanding advances for the Sun City Center Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) during his leadership serving as Chapter 226 Commander for the past two years. The award was presented at the Sun City Center Plaza Club on June 21, 2012, during a joint Military Officers of America Association and MOWW joint meeting. The award speaks to the extraordinary leadership he demonstrated in continuing the efforts of his predecessor by significantly rebuilding a waning chapter and markedly increasing its member numbers by 18 percent, which, for a midsized chapter, is an outstanding achievement. In addition, his substantial involvement in striving to improve the MOWW leadership conferences, which involve eight chapters, has been extraordinary. Col. Zahrobsky was instrumental in obtaining $13,000 in grant money that is used for the various MOWW youth programs, and he has increased the number of high schools now participating in the programs from six to 30. He has also contributed greatly to increasing the number of JROTC and Boy Scout programs that now participate in the MOWW programs.
Sheila Greason, the MOWW Chapter Commander-Elect, was presented with a Region Certificate for the Sun City Center Chapter of Military Order of the World Wars newsletter, which has won the best chapter newsletter award for the last two years. The certificate was presented by the recent past Region 6 Commander, LtCol Gordon Bassett, at the Sun City Center Plaza Club during a joint meeting of the MOWW and Military Officers of America Association (MOAA), on June 21, 2012.
PHOTO BY FRANK KEPLEY
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Sheila Greason Receives MOWW Region Certificate for Outstanding Newsletter
Sheila Greason receives award from LtCol Gordon Bassett, USAF (Ret).
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PhotoWinners cont’d. from page 1 and a bronze for Drying Out. Roger Kele won a gold for Watching, a silver for Fog in the Canyon and a bronze for Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon. Rod Rodrigues won gold awards for Hawaii Sunset and Jamestown Windmill at Dawn. Sharon Bolton won a silver for 1985 June Lavender Flower. Joyce Hicklin received gold awards for Fairbanks Dalia, Mom and I and Yukon Woodchuck. Kathy Griffith won gold awards for Protea in Maui and Who’s There? and Vicki Breaugh won a gold award for Stained Glass Reflections.
In the Monochrome Digital category, at the Intermediate level, Ron Shackelford won a gold for Omaha Beach Cemetery and, at the Beginner level, Kitty Steers received a gold for Rocks to Cross. In the new Creative category which is judged at the Advanced level, Stan Lipski received a gold for What the Painter Sees. Allen Maser won a gold for Joe Pa and a silver for Windblown and Rod Rodrigues won a gold for Tree Nymph Spiral. —Vicki Breaugh
Homewood/NCWS Youth Volunteers Present Check to Patriots Club
What the Painter Sees by Stan Lipski
PHOTO BY JIM BUTNER
Uta Kuhn, center, president of the Patriots Club of SCC, is shown receiving checks totaling $ 1 4 3 4 f rom ( L & R ) Mackenzie Steele & Taylor Randall, youth volunteers at Homewood Residence in SCC. The love offering came from donations for June. Jim Butner, Worship Leader for NCWS said, “Mackenzie & Taylor have been a tremendous help to us when we do our worship service on Wednesdays at Homewood. The girls just decided to do this volunteering gig on their own. What a blessing!” Uta Kuhn said, “The donation will help replace faded/tattered flags, expand our club projects to promote patriotism in our community and financially help support the Wounded Warriors Program. —Jim Butner
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SCC EMERGENCY SQUAD PROMOTES FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM
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We come from all walks of life, different backgrounds, different ages, different talents but we have several things in common. We are all part of a 440-person family known affectionately in town as “THE SQUAD.” We have all made the decision to volunteer our time and efforts to this organization and we believe in our motto of “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.” You may know some of us. We are EMTs, front office personnel, cooks, maintenance men, dispatchers, drivers, blood pressure technicians IT specialists—the list goes on and on and there are so many ways to serve. (L to R) Noreen Schramm, Chief; Margaret Kenny, Robin Watt We all help to make this organization function smoothly and we’re here for you—24/7—365 days a year. Robin Watt, an EMT on the Squad, and Margaret Kenny, RN at South If you think you might like to know more about us and if there may be Bay Hospital, have partnered with the Emergency Squad to initiate a fall a fit somewhere for you, please call 813-633-1411 or visit our website www. prevention program within our community. scc-ems.us. In 2011, the Squad responded to over 6,000 emergency calls —Jan Huber Asst. Chief PR and approximately 60% of these calls were for falls. We’ve treated and transported patients with broken hips, arms, shoulders, legs and ribs. We are hopeful that some of these emergencies can be prevented with a few friendly reminders and attendance at one of our “Fall Prevention Programs.” If your organization, club, HOA, living facility, etc. is interested in a presentation given by these volunteers, please contact Robin Watt at 813843-1289. —Jan Huber, Asst. Chief, PR
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Fran Orenstein Fran Orenstein’s books are written for the “Tweens” but should also be enjoyed by anyone interested in the lives and activities of this generation’s young people. Fran says people still read her favorite book Fat Girls from Outer Space because they can relate to it, recalling their own sometimes painful adolescence. Fran’s latest books are more sophisticated with some dealing with historical romance. Fran was born in New York and grew up in Brooklyn and the Bronx, so she met people of many cultures who settled in those areas when they emigrated to this country. She has a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Brooklyn College, a master’s in counseling psychology from the College of New Jersey and a doctorate in child and youth studies from Nova Southeastern University. Fran wrote her first poem when she was eight years old and submitted her first short story when she was just 12 years of age. She worked for awhile as an early childhood teacher while being a full-time mom to her three children. She was an editor/writer for three national career education magazines before working for 22 years for the New Jersey state government. She worked in many areas including rehabilitation counseling and managing women’s programs including writing policy and legislation. Before retiring Fran worked as Special Projects and Disability Officer for AmeriCorps. She loves to read and write and has more time now to write newsletters , brochures, political speeches and is free to continue her presentations at national and international conferences on gender equality and violence prevention to any group that is interested. While Fran is proud of her many accomplishments, she considers her three children and four grandchildren her finest legacy.
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Air Duct Cleaning By Susan Muise
If you are relying on Yellow Page or newspaper advertising to choose a company to clean your air ducts, please know that those are purchased ads and can say anything the purchaser wants. The information in them is not necessarily accurate. The National Air Duct Cleaners Association in Washington DC tells us that a reputable firm will charge $400 to $1,000 to clean ducts in an average 2,000 sq. ft. home. A business advertising duct cleaning for under $100 should be a red flag to tell you to watch out. The charge is probably to check one duct only. Additional ducts are usually at a much higher cost. If you do call one of these companies for an estimate, make sure to get other estimates, too. Don’t let that company scare you into having very expensive work done without double checking. Make sure to get a written estimate explaining all work that will be done before they do it. Again, get a second opinion before allowing any work to be done. The company should have a Florida State and Hillsborough County license and should be able to provide copies of these for you. They should also be members of professional organizations and have certificates of those as well. Know that a tech cannot verify that you actually have mold in your
ducts. That has to be done by a certified professional. What the tech tells you is mold, may very well just be dirt. Red flag!! Get another opinion!!! Always check with your own A/C Company as to whether they recommend and take care of duct cleaning. Hiring another company may invalidate your warranty. Always check with the Sun City Center Consumer Affairs Committee (633-3500) or Hillsborough County Consumer Protection Agency (9033430) before hiring anyone to clean your ducts. The Environmental Protection Agency says duct cleaning is unnecessary in most situations. There’s no proof that it prevents any health problems. They tell us that studies conclusively show that there is no proof that dust levels in homes increase because of dirty air ducts. Keeping your filters properly changed and having regular maintenance on your air conditioner is a much better idea. If you are having trouble with your A/C unit, have it checked by a reputable, licensed A/C contractor. This is some good food for thought as we are into these warm summer months. We hope you stay cool!
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Hogans League of Sun City Center and Kings Point
Hogans League of Sun City Center and Kings Point
Paul Gorney, Don Mowry, and Mike Arghittu.
6/23/12: Freedom Fairways, H-Skins: 1st Place: Don Koester - 8 Skins; 2nd Place: Charlie Caloosa Greens Ladies’ Golf Brown - 5 Skins . Low-net: Charlie Brown and Don Koester 6/ 28: Even Holes: A FLIGHT - Tied at 57; Low-gross: Charlie (L to R): Charlie Brown, Mike 1st place Mary Miller 28.5; 2nd Brown – 77. McClintic, Bill Giblin, and place Mildred Kolb 29 (Match Ruben Jones. of cards). B FLIGHT 1st place 7/2/12: Buffalo Creek, A-Skins: Vivian King 28.5 ; 2nd place 1st Place: Rich Lucidi and Paul 7/9/12: Buffalo Creek, A-Skins: Nancy Mast 31. C FLIGHT: 1st Gorney - Tied at 2 Skins: Low- 1st Place: Ron Doncouse and place Monica Schofield 33; 2nd net: Ruben Jones – 69; Low- Don Mowry - Tied at 2 Skins. place Betty Williams 34. gross: Ruben Jones – 84. Birds: Low-net: Paul Gorney – 69; Paul Gorney - #11 Par 4. Low-gross: Paul Gorney – 86. 7/5: Count only par 3’s : A FLIGHT Joan Huebner 23; Joan Camelio 24. B FLIGHT Joanne Edwards 28.5; Nancy Mast 28.5. C FLIGHT Vivian King 24.5. D FLIGHT Noreen Schramm 22; Mary Merrill 28.5. Hogans League of Sun City Center and Kings Point
6/18/12: Buf falo Creek , A-Skins: 1st Place: Butch Gadd 2 Skins; 2nd Place: Paul Gorney, Buzz Wetzel, Burt Easter, Ron Doncouse - Tied at 1 Skin. Lownet: Buzz Wetzel – 67; Lowgross: Buzz Wetzel – 80. Birds: Buzz Wetzel - #8 Par 3 and #18 Par 5, Butch Gadd - #8 Par 3, and Paul Gorney - #9 Par 5.
Standing (L to R): Don Mowry,
Paul Gorney, Rich Lucidi, and (L to R): Ron Doncouse, Butch Gadd . Seated: Ruben Ruben Jones, Paul Gorney, Don Jones. Mowry. 7/4/12: Sandpiper PalmsOaks, A-Skins: 1st Place: Ruben Jones - 3 Skins; 2nd Place: John Apostolou - 2 Skins. Low-net: Ruben Jones and Ron Doncouse - Tied at 64; Low-gross: Ruben Jones – 81. Birds: Ruben Jones - #15 Par 4 and #16 Par 4.
7/11/12: Sandipiper Palms – Oaks, A-Skins: 1st Place: John Apostolou - 3 Skins; 2nd Place: Denny Wintersteen and Don Mowry - Tied at 2 Skins. Lownet: Don Mowry – 66; Lowgross: Don Mowry and John Apostolou - Tied at 89. Birds: John Apostolou - #8 Par 3 and #17 Par 3, Denny Wintersteen - #3 Par 4, Ruben Jones - #14 Par 3.
Standing (L to R): Buzz Wetzel, Paul Gorney, and Butch Gadd. (L to R): Ruben Jones, Rich Seated (L to R): Ron Doncouse Lucidi, John Apostolou, and Denny Wintersteen. and Burt Easter. 6/20/12: Sandpiper Palms – Lakes, H-Skins: 1st Place: Ruben Jones and Don Mowry - Tied at 2 Skins. Low-net: Don Mowry – 58; Low-gross: Don Mowry – 83. Birds: Ruben Jones #13 Par 5.
(L to R): Ruben Jones, Ron Doncouse, John Apostolou,
7/7/12: Freedom Fairways , A Skins : 1 st Place: Mike McClintic - 3 Skins; 2nd Place: Charlie Brown - 2 Skins. Lownet: Ruben Jones and Mike McClintic - Tied at 57; Lowgross: Ruben Jones – 67. Birds: Ruben Jones - #3 Par 4, #9 Par 4, #12 Par 4, and #17 Par 4, Mike McClintic - #1 Par 4, #12 Par 4; Charlie Brown - #9 Par 4.
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Charlie Brown - #12 Par 4; Don Koester - #15 Par 3, and Karen Jones - #9 Par 4.
(L to R): Don Koester, Ruben Jones, Burt Easter, Bill Giblin, and Gary Marchman. Hogans League August Schedule Mondays, Aug. 6/13/20/27, at Buffalo Creek. Wednesdays, Aug. 1/8/15/22/29, at Sandpiper. Saturdays, Aug. 4/14/18/25 at Freedom Fairways.
Holes-in-One
Mary Jo Miller Mary Miller had a hole-in-one on hole # 1 at Caloosa Greens on June 29 . The feat was witnessed by Sandy Letendre & Jean Walker.
(L to R): Denny Wintersteen, Paul Gorney, John Apostolou, Don Mowry, and Ron Doncouse. 7/14/12: Freedom Fairways, H-Skins: 1st Place: Don Koester - 3 Skins ; 2 nd Place: Gary Marchman - 2 Skins. Low-net: Don Koester – 53; Low-gross: Ruben Jones – 68. Eagles: Gary Marchman - #3 Par 4. Birds: Gary Marchman - #10 Par 3 and #11 Par 3; Ruben Jones - #12 Par 4 and #14 Par 4; Burt Easter #18 Par 3; Bill Giblin - #9 Par 4;
Joan Camelio On June 21, Joan Camelio made a hole-in-one on the 73-yard hole #10 at Caloosa Greens with a 9-iron. It was witnessed by Noreen Schramm & Mary Jo Miller. John Gibson had a hole-in-one on the 14th hole at Club Renaissance last week on his 88th birthday!
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7/2: Low Net: 1st Place Flight 1 Jim McClafferty. 1st Place Flight 2 David Gerow.
6/29: 4-Person Scramble: 1st Place Gross Flight 1 Jim Betts/John Lyons/ Paul McGrath/Steve Perkins; 1 st Place Net Flight 1 Ray Parsons/Sue Sussman/Gene Newby/Bill Barker. 1st Place Gross Flight 2 Al Lozosky/Tom Wagaman/Ron Kling/Don Edwards; 1st Place Net Flight 2 Dick Green/ Dave Green/Roark Williams/Chuck Weir. 1st Place Gross Flight 3 Ray Parisen/Ann Parisen/Paul Stammen/ Shirley Stammen; 1st Place Net Flight 3 Dick Jackson/Jean Jackson/Doug Lazarus/Chris Sparks. 1st Place Gross Flight 4 John Monck/Bill Graham/ Vince Esposito/Greg Franczyck; 1st Place Net Flight 4 Betty Ellis/ Celeste DeBono/Carolyn Clark/Joan Emmrich. Men 6/18: 3-2-1 Best Ball: 1st Place Roark Williams/Mike Porta/Dick Sovich/ Greg Franczych. 7/2: Team Quota Points: 1st Place Bill Horobec/Cliff Buck/Ron Kingston. 7/9: 3-2-2 Best Ball: 1st Place Jim Betts/Cliff Buck/John Lyons/Bob Murman. Ladies 6/19: A-B-C-D Scramble (18 Hole Ladies): 1st Place Debbie Lester/Betty Ellis/Jan Thumberg. 6/19: Low Net (9 Hole Ladies): 1st Place Judie Gannon. 7/3: 1-2-3 Best Ball (18 Hole Ladies): 1st Place Liz Lewis/Pat Bulis/Linda Bessignano. 7/3: Low Net (9 Hole Ladies): 1st Place Judy Huss. 7/10: Low Net (18 Hole Ladies): 1st Place Flight 1 Carolyn Avrett. 1st Place Flight 2 Jane Magalski. 1st Place Flight 3 Joan Emmrich. 7/10: Low Net (9 Hole Ladies): 1st Place Judy Huss. Renaissance Prize Fund Tournament 6/18: 2 Net Best Balls 4-somes: Flight 1 Kyle Creasy/Jack Lawhead /Terry Boyd/Pat Jaccoi (123). Flight 2 Jan Huber/Frank Zahrobsky/Linda Scarbrough/Ken Scarbrough (121). Flight 3 Rich Ricca/Bill Naylor/John Richards/Clint Williams (114). Flight 4 Joe Zeligman/Jerry Harter/Dave Birkett/Doug Carroll (121). Flight 5 Bob Winters /Linda Winters/Vic Linn/Judy Linn (121).
6/22: Low Net: 1 st Place Flight 1 Rosalie Killian. 1st Place Flight 2 Lorraine Fritzel. 1st Place Flight 3 Mary Arpaia.
7/16: Team Quota Points: 1st Place Flight 1 George Fenwick, Manny 6/29: 2 Best Balls: 1st Place Wally DeBono, John Gelcich. 1 st Place McIntosh, Janine Johnson, Jo Nieter. Flight 2 David Gerow, Bob Gray, Men’s League 7/6: 2 Person Alternate Shot: 1st Place Jerry Sandusky. Jane Boccieri, Jo Nieter. 7/2: Individual Low Net Red, White 18 Hole Ladies and Blue: Flight 1 Bill Naylor (67). 7/13: Even Holes ½ Hdcp: 1st Place Flight 2 Pat Jaccoi (63). 6/15: Mystery Holes ½ Hdcp: 1 st Flight 1 Mary McClafferty. 1st Place Place Ruth Gaughf. Flight 2 Rosa Gerry. 1st Place Flight 7/ 9: Individual – 4 Clubs Rotating: 3 Pat Ernst. 1st Place – Ed Annen. 6/22: Low Net: 1st Place Ruth Gaughf.
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Ladies League 6/19: Individual Low Net: Flight 1 Anne Skinner (65). Flight 2 Rosie Kintz (70).
6/29: Better 9 ½ Hdcp: 1 st Place Dorothy Turner. 7/6: Low Gross: 1st Place Ollie Keller.
7/13: Throw Out worst hole each side 7/3: A-B-C-D Red White and ½ hdcp: 1st Place- Ruth Gaughf. Blue Scramble: 1st Place Dorothy Anderson/Karen Goldwater/Betty 9 Hole Ladies Ann Bauman/Deloris Durm (66.6). 6/15: Points Plus Hdcp: 1 st Place 7/10: Individual Play Gross/Net:1st Flight 1 Jane Boccieri. T-1st Place Flight Gross Lois Scoppettuolo (86); Flight 2 Lorraine Fritzel and Terry Net Joann Beattie (67). 2nd Flight Wynne. T-1st Place Flight 3 Mary Gross Priscilla Haney (89); Net Rosie McClafferty. Kintz (67). Friday Nine Hole Couples 6/29: Four Person Texas Scramble: 1 st Place Bob Stephens/Marion Stephens/Kyle Rollins/Betty Rollins (60). 7/6: 2-Person Modified Alternate Shot: Flight 1 Bob Majewski/Linda Majewski (31.6) Flight 2 Ed Barnes/ Nancy Barnes (28.8). Sandpiper Men 6/21: Green Tee Shamble: 1st Place Ron Bimson, Ken Defreeuw, Mike Prach, Tony Torre. 6/28: Team Chicago: 1st Place Rocky Pucci, Jim Rottman, Mike Prach. 7/5: Individual Low Net: Flight 1 1st Place John Mader. Flight 2 1st Place Jim Rottman. Flight 3 1st Place Bob Keyes. 7/12: Combined Team Net: 1st Place John Mader, Rocky Pucci, Carl Lingertot. Ladies 6/19: 1,2,3: 1 st Place Jan Hulme, Nancy Saunders, Phyllis Wright, Joan Huebner. 7/3: Low Net: 1st Place Judy Gilman. 7/10: Individual Points: 1st Place Joan Huebner. Falcon Watch Men 6/18: 2 Best Balls: 1st Place Flight 1 Vid Valiusaitis, Manny DeBono, Dave Boyer. Place Flight 2 Harry Porter, Dave Brady, Jerry Sandusky.
Caloosa Greens President’s Cup Winner Jane Fischer
A Golfer’s Thank You Note To God Thank you very, very much for this truly wonderful game, Where every hole is a thrilling journey And they’re never quite the same. Thanks for the green, green grass And all the beautiful trees, That can be seen on every fairway As we gaze out from the tees. Also thanks for blue, blue skies And even the wandering streams, That catch our slicing shots and Interrupt our most ardent dreams. And thanks for truly great friends We have played with over the years, Who have shared our greatest joys And understood our occasional tears. And one final remark, dear God, About this game that’s so much fun, Do you think you could possibly arrange For me to make a hole-in-one? —Tod McGinley
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Two SCC Softball Players on Winning Team at the Peach State Classic
SCC Softball Players July Tournament Results SCC softball players Jim Sumner, Ron Champagne and Gary Nicolay were on the road again, competing in the Florida Half Century Softball Tournament held at the Diamond Plex Softball Complex in Winter Haven, FL on July 7 and 8 in weather with a 100-degree heat index. Jim Sumner played for the over “70” Bucs and Bulls team. Although Jim had a homer and three triples, the team finished 2nd this month. In June they won the monthly tournament and are now rated 3rd in the state. Ron Champagne plays for the over “65” Bucs and Bulls team that played in the top division and is rated 6th in the state. Ron had some key hits but the team had an off weekend finishing 4th. His team has won two tournaments this year as they have improved their rating from the 15th spot. Gary Nicolay plays for the Villages Beef O’Bradys over “65” team. In the championship game, Gary had six RBI’s that included a Grand Slam Home Run in the 6th inning. They won 11-4. Gary’s defense and courtesy running for other players helped the team hold their opponents to 27 runs while they scored 70. The team is rated No. 1 in the state. —Gary Nicolay
Notice to All Sports Teams Please send your results/schedules/news to sccnews@verizon.net by the 15th of each month.
Ron Champagne and Gary Nicolay Sun City Center softball players Ron Champagne and Gary Nicolay traveled to Marietta, Georgia with the east coast of Florida Cardiac Kids over 60 softball team and won the June 2012 Peach State Classic, AAA Division softball Championship. Highlights included Ron Champagne’s .666 batting average, stellar defensive play at 2nd base, running the bases as a courtesy runner and driving in the winning run in the bottom of the 7th of the Championship game. Gary Nicolay was selected for the all-tournament team, awarded the “Gold Glove Trophy” for Best Defensive player, averaged .762, with two inside-the-park home runs and three walk-off home runs. Both players were thoroughly exhausted after playing eight games in three days of 96-degree weather. —Gary Nicolay
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SPORTS PAGES Are you into sports or baking or card games or do you have a special talent to showcase this fall at the Tampa Bay Seniot Games? The schedule of activities is listed below so you can plan ahead. Entry Forms are available now and are due by mid-September. For just $20, you get an opening ceremony breakfast, participation in your activities (many include lunch) and Awards Luncheon. Best deal in the area!
32nd Annual Senior Games Event Schedule Thursday, September 27 Activity Time Site Pickleball - Men’s Doubles 9 a.m. SCC Pickleball - Women’s Doubles 1 p.m. SCC Friday, September 28 Pickleball - Mixed Doubles 8 a.m. SCC Monday, October 1 Registration/Check-in 8 a.m. Uuniversity Area Community Center (UN) Opening Ceremony/Breakfast 10 a.m. UN Baking Contest 10 a.m. UN Talent/Showcase 10 a.m. UN Tuesday, October 2 Table Tennis/Women 9 a.m. All Peoples Life Center (AP) Table Tennis/Men 10. am. AP Pinochle 1 p.m. AP Spades 1 p.m. AP Softball Team 8 a.m. Williams Owens Pass Softball Complex (OP) Wednesday, October 3 Lawn Bowling 9 a.m. SCC Billiards - Men’s (all) 9 a.m. Peabody’s Billiards (P) Darts - Women’s (all) 9 a.m. P Billiards - Women’s (all) 12 p.m. P Darts - Men’s (all) 12 p.m. P Thursday, October 4 Golf 9 a.m. Summerfield Crossings Golf Softball Throw-Accuracy 9 a.m. AP Football Throw-Accuracy 9 a.m. AP Frisbee Throw-Accuracy 9 a.m. AP Softball Team Finals 8 a.m. OP Friday, October 5 Tennis - Singles 8 a.m. Sandy Freedman Tennis Complex (SF) Tennis - Doubles 10:30 a.m. SF Shuffleboard 9 a.m. Barksdale Senior Center (B) Cribbage 9 a.m. Oman K Lightfoot Center (OKL) Dominoes 9 a.m. OKL Power Lifting 9 a.m. Jaskson Spring Rec Center (JS) Monday, October 8 Hobby Show Setup 9 a.m. AP Swimming 9 a.m. Family Complex Bowling 1 p.m. Pin Chasers Bowling Tuesday, October 9 Hobby Show Display 9 a.m. AP Corn hole 9 a.m. AP Basketball -Free throw 1 p.m. AP Wednesday, October 10 Hobby Show Pickup 9 a.m. AP Track - All Dashes Report 9 a.m. KHS Track-Running Long Jump 11 a.m. KHS Shot Put 11 a.m. AP Discus 12 p.m. AP Thursday, October 11 1-Mile Run 9 a.m. KHS 1-Mile Walk 10 a.m. KHS Standing Long Jump 11 a.m. KHS Friday, October 12 Awards Luncheon 11:30 a.m. UN Hillsborough County Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Conservation
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SCAMS John Bowker If you have had a call or an email that came to you “out of the blue” that promises you either wonderful or terrible things, please send them to us by email at sccnews@verizon.net or in a letter to the News of Sun City Center, 1009 N. Pebble Beach Blvd., Sun City Center, FL 33573. We only want to hear about these scams firsthand, so please don’t tell us about things you have heard that have happened to others. I wish there was a good way From : “L i v e r w o o d In c .” to warn everyone about these awful ( h o o t 6 2 6 @ w o w w a y . c o m ) things that are going on around them. Subject: Re: Winning Notice We know that newspaper readership We’re still waiting for your mail is way down (so we congratulate to claim your prize of £1,500,000.00 you for reading this!) and we know British Pounds Approx.($2,455,006 not everyone has a computer that USD), in Liverwood Promotion Draw. receives email messages such as Send us your name, address and most of those below. But we all have telephone number; we will forward telephones and those can be the the details. worst sources of misleading scams (You can be sure the details will for people who are not the least bit require your bank account numbers, suspicious that some gentleman with maybe your social security number a nice voice may be calling only to for “tax purposes” or your credit card ruin their financial future. details. It’s all phony but first they This month I have received calls want to rope you in.) and messages that are all so familiar, ---------------------but were new to my callers: We never get involved in ---------------------national politics, but please realize The f irst is f rom a ver y that President Obama is not going upset young man who starts with to pay your energy bills. The scheme “Grandma! I need your help but was first reported in May, when please don’t tell my mother because Dallas-based Atmos Energy warned she will kill me!” Your first reaction, its 3 million customers in 12 states of course, is to say “Is that you Billy? that scammers had been asking for (or the name of your grandson, Social Security numbers to enroll in of course). Immediately the caller the faux federal program. According confirms that he is Billy and needs to the pitch distributed via email, you to send him some money right Facebook, text message, phone and, now to get him out of whatever kind in some cases, door-to-door sales, the of trouble he tells you he’s in. The government would pay a month of voice is stealing from you. Call your energy costs through credits offered grandson or his mother to confirm by the Obama administration. That this. was a total fraud (but can be easily confused with a different Federal ---------------------Another very dangerous call program that aids the very poorest comes to you from the Supervisor people with some help toward their of Juries in Tampa wanting to know bills). why you didn’t show up for jury duty ---------------------yesterday and he was calling just Here is an email notice sent to confirm you are in town and to out by some crooks ... but for all the warn you of the heavy fine you will world it looked like it came from receive in the mail. You, of course, are a well-known banking institution shocked because you never received right here in town: Due to concerns, a notice for jury duty. “Oh? I can’t for the safety and integrity of your believe that”, the caller says, “because online account we have issued this you were the only one sent a notice warning message. It has come to who did not come yesterday. The fine our attention that your account you will receive is $500 (or whatever information needs to be updated he thinks you will accept) and I am due to inactive members, frauds and filling out the paperwork right now. spoof reports. We ask you to visit the Tell me, mam, what were you doing following link to start the procedure yesterday that kept you from serving of confirmation on customers data. your community?” It then showed a website ... As the call continues, the caller totally bogus. And don’t you love the begins to soften a bit and finally grammar? agrees to simply accept your payment ---------------------over the phone by credit card instead John: I have been receiving of having you arrested. Oh yes, and he needs those three numbers on repeated text messages on my cell the back of your card along with the phone about once a week saying main number, expiration date and that I have won $1000 for registering exact name on the front of the card. at Target. I have never shopped at Please understand; this is all a scam. Target! (Gosh! Maybe you should!) The caller is not from any court. He’s ---------------------stealing from you. Hello. My name is Hassan ---------------------Mohamed. I have a top female client Here is a snap shot of messages that intends to invest on Real Estate readers have sent to me this month: or in any lucrative investment in your
country. I hereby request for your sincere assistance to actualize this project and as my representative in your country. Hoping to hear from you to continue this discussion. You can contact me with my personal address: hassa2mohamed@live.com. Thanks, Mohamed. ---------------------Subject: (Contact me, Mrs. Lisa Chognot, through my personal email: iris.nls@w.cn. You have won £720,000 from Irish Lottery. Send 1.Full Legal names 2.Occupation 3.Tel. 4.Country to us.mc1615.mail.yahoo.com/ compose?to+iris.nls@w.cn . -------------------John, the caller said he was with the Microsoft 35 Team and they had found an error in my computer that would crash my computer if not corrected immediately. He gave me a
code to type in that was supposed to be very secretive. I became suspicious and hung up. I have a Dell computer so I called their technical support and they confirmed that it was a fake call from a hacker who would have stolen from me. ---------------------DEAREST ONE, GREETINGS, MY NAME IS JOHN KWAME, I N E E D YOU R U RG E N T ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER S OM E H U G E A MOU N T OF MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY. FREELY CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE NUMBER BELLOW OR EMAIL FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THANKS AS I ANTICIPATE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REGARDS, JOHN KWAME 0023-543-209-290
Editor’s Note: Last month in the Scams article, I stated that you would have to pay to get your credit score. Since that time, a new website is offering FREE credit scores with no strings attached, no contract, no fees to be collected. I found this site to be very informative. I hope you do, also. The website is:
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Consumer Fraud Prevention – Tips and Numbers You Need to Know
PHOTO BY PHYLLIS HODGES
Submitted by Deputy Chris Girard
Preparation and communication are key when you want to prevent financial loss due to either scammers or simply misunderstandings. Here are two actual scenarios for you to consider: I n t h e f i r s t s c e n a r i o, a homeowner hired a contractor to trim his trees. The individual trimmed some branches, received payment for the service and explained to the homeowner that he needed to go pick up his truck and removal crew. The tree trimmer never returned. The resident was left with a yard full of limbs and was out of pocket the money for a job never completed. In this case, because there was no contract signed and the worker was not properly licensed or bonded, the case became a civil matter. Yes, the homeowner was cheated but without proper business credentials and no legal agreement, the case could not be criminally charged. Because of
this, the resident’s only recourse is civil court. But we will get to that in a moment. In the second scenario a woman hired an in-home nurse to help with her husband’s medical care and to help her around the house with cleaning, grocery shopping and whatnot. Because the woman wished to save some money, she did little checking before hiring the caregiver. Unfortunately, the woman did a poor job and, after receiving money for services not yet rendered, left. When the cheated woman contacted the Sheriff, the only name she had to give us was the false one the caregiver had offered. Again, we could not pursue the case as a criminal matter. Unfortunately, because the victim had nothing to go on but a false name, her chances in civil court were also very slim. Here are a few tips that will help keep you from becoming a victim of this type of scam: • Only consider representatives from reputable companies you can track via name, phone number, address and/or website. • Only hire properly licensed, bonded and insured contractors. • Contact the Better Business Bureau at 800-525-1447 to check up on the prospect. • Insist on and check references, ask specifically what work was done.
• Insist on seeing a prospective serviceperson’s driver’s and/or occupational licenses. This is not rude. In fact, some professions keep their licenses publically posted If you end up in a civil dispute over work, or in a landlord-tenant issue or have a dispute with a neighbor that you are unable to successfully arbitrate, we strongly recommend the Southshore Community Justice Center. This free service is sponsored by the 13th Judicial Circuit Court and will assist you in civil matters. Call them at 813-672-7442. Other important numbers to have on hand both before and after you hire someone or have a dispute with a neighbor include: Seniors Versus Crime (813-634-8666), the Consumer Protection Agency (813-903-3430) and Bay Area Legal Services (813-232-1343). You can also file a complaint or download a complaint form at the Consumer Protection Agency online at www. hillsboroughcounty.org. Prevention is the best deterrent, so I strongly recommend that you follow the steps above before hiring anyone to do anything for you. But, if you find yourself in a civil matter, do not hesitate to call the numbers above. All are non-profit community services working every day to see justice done. Be safe out there!
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MOVIES at the Rollins Theater
VILLAS ON THE GREEN PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION SUN CITY CENTER, FLORIDA On Wednesday, June 27, the Villas On The Green Property Owners Association with plants and trees supplied by Hillsborough County through the Adopt-A-Pond program planted approximately 450 plants of seven different varieties and eight cypress trees in their small pond. The VOG Pond Committee members Ed James (chairman), Carolyn Deming, Lannie Cardwell, Al McPhillips, Dick Walker (president of VOGPOA), Ray Kahle (VOG treasurer), Charlie Kirchner (VOG board member) and George Strawn, along with volunteers from Osprey Lakes HOA John Jackson and prospective Adopt-A-Pond program volunteers from other areas in the community (Jeffrey Rein and Roger T. Kennicutt), accomplished the planting. The Adopt-A-Pond program is a three- year program available from Hillsborough County with Jennifer Aragon, Environmental Scientist and Coordinator, providing the plant and tree recommendation and coordinating the county efforts and supplying the plants and trees. All went well even though Tropical Storm Debby had just passed through the area. —Ed “Dutch” James
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(L to R) Lannie Cardwell, Ray Kahle, Carolyn Deming, Helen James, Ed “Dutch” James and George Strawn. Ed “Dutch” James provided the photos.
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Two CIA agents, Tuck and Frank who are also best friends, have been benched because someone’s after them. Tuck is divorced with a son whom he’s not close to, and Frank is a ladies man. Tuck decides to try and find someone so he places his profile on a dating website. Lauren, a woman also looking for a guy, sees Tuck’s profile and goes with him. She later bumps into Frank and he hits on her and she goes out with him. She’s intrigued by both of them. When they learn that they’re dating the same girl, they agree to let her choose. But both can’t help but use their skills to keep tabs on her and each other. And also sabotage each other’s dates with her. Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger, Chelsea Handler Language: English; Subtitles: English Rated: Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some violence, action and language Run Time: 1:37
August 27 (L to R) Lannie Cardwell, Lee Melatti, Ed “Dutch” James, Roger Kennicutt, Dick Walker, Al McPhillips, John Jackson and Jennifer Aragon, Hillsborough County Adopt-A-Pond Environmental Scientist and Coordinator.
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“Big Miracle”
107 min.
Rating: PG
Based on the true story of a small town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Local newsman Adam Carlson can’t wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer. Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, she’s also his ex-girlfriend. With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the world’s attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War. Genres: Drama, Family, Adventure Actors: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Dermot Mulroney, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson Language: English; Subtitles: English Rated: Rated PG for language Run Time: 1:47
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