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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SUN CITY CENTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Sun City Center
April 2018
...an official publication of the Sun City Center Community Association
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION SCHEDULE APRIL 9 Board Workshop to discuss Agenda Board Room – 9 a.m. 11 Board Meeting Rollins Theater - 9 a.m. 17 Community Leaders Meeting Florida Room – 9 a.m. MAY 7 Board Workshop to discuss Agenda Board Room (new CA office building) – 9 a.m. 9 Board Meeting Rollins Theater - 9 a.m. 15 Community Leaders Meeting Florida Room – 9 a.m.
Agendas for the monthly Board Meetings will be posted on Official Bulletin Board in the Atrium the Monday before and on the CA website (www.suncitycenter.org – under “Association”). They will also be sent via “What’s New in the CA” email. Every Wednesday: Orientation for new members in the Boardroom in the Modulars starting at 1 p.m. sharp (with exception of April 25). Beginning May 2, Orientation will be held in the Boardroom of the new CA office building.
CA Contact Information Phone: 633-3500 sccboard@suncitycenter.org Website: suncitycenter.org Information Center 813-633-4670
Frances Hubicki: 97 And Still Painting
By Paula Lickfeldt Frances (GiGi) Hubicki was born in Philadelphia, PA, 97 years ago. She grew up during the depression. When she was sixteen she went to work to help the family financially. She always liked to style people’s hair, so her brother paid for her to go to school to get a hairdressers license. She worked in a shop doing hair until she married and had her children. After she married and had children, she stayed at home to take care of her family. Many of the churches in Philadelphia had classes for adults. GiGi would walk the children to school and go to one of the churches to take painting classes. When her husband got sick, she became his caregiver. After his passing, in 2003, her daughter and son-in-law, Jim and Lynn Bodner moved her to Sun City Center to live with them. After moving to SCC, GiGi signed up to take a watercolor class with Roberta Snyder. GiGi and Roberta became good friends. Roberta introduced GiGi to many different types of art media including acrylics. As she began to learn more about different art techniques she would remember that when she was taking classes in Philadelphia, she always wanted to learn about the science behind the art. She joined the Art Club, took many classes and painted.
Every year since she has lived in SCC, GiGi has had paintings in the annual art show. She has a collection of ribbons in all categories to show for her effort. One year she won four blue ribbons, one in each of the categories that she had entered. This year she had three paintings in Exhibits which means that the paintings are on exhibit only and not to be judged. GiGi was the artist of the month in
the past and in 2017 she had her own gallery exhibition. Three of her great grandchildren came to see her art work in the gallery exhibition and one of the boys, Jack, said, GiGi, your work is great! The gene for the love of art was passed on to some of her great grandchildren. Two of the boys love art and a great granddaughter got a minor in art when
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Pottery Club Members Help Fight Hunger
By Kai Rambow
Emergency Squad instructor and EMR driver, Barry McKee, teaching Emergency Squad volunteers how to properly stop rapid blood loss.
Stop the Bleed By Kai Rambow
“Someone can bleed out in three to five minutes,” opened Barry McKee in a recent training session for Emergency Squad volunteers. Trauma is the leading cause of death for those under age 46. “A doctor can clean an infection. They can’t clean dead.” Would you know what to do if someone had an accident and was bleeding severely?
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“I love making bowls,” gushed one member, “so this was a great opportunity to make more.” Pottery Wheel club members made several trips to St. Petersburg to create 77 bowls for the recent Empty Bowls event. Their commitment and contribution helped raise over $7,200 in bowl sales with an additional $6,200 in-kind contributions. Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists at a local level. In this case, The Clay Center in St. Petersburg hosted the fundraising event. At the event, members of the public could purchase the bowl of their choice, then receive a bowl of soup. Pottery Wheel club members not only contributed to Empty Bowls, but bought bowls as well.
Stop the Bleed is a national program intended to help bystanders be trained as to what to do with a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. Just as people are trained for CPR, Stop the Bleed imparts how to prevent someone dying from blood loss. Similarly, just as first aid kits and defibrillator kits can be found in many locations, the goal is to have tourniquet kits stationed there as well. The good news: it’s very easy to learn what to do. The even better news: the Emergency Squad volunteers will be offering this vital training for our community. If your church group or club would like to have members trained contact the Emergency Squad at (813) 633-1411 x400. Leave a message with your name and phone number; messages will be checked every day.
Danielle Hanson (left) and Terrie McNamara at The Clay Center in St. Petersburg. Pottery Wheel club members made several trips to create/contribute 77 bowls to the Empty Bowls fundraising event.
HAPPY EASTER April 1, 2018
After selecting their bowls, people could choose a soup for lunch.