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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SUN CITY CENTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Sun City Center
August 2018
...an official publication of the Sun City Center Community Association
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION SCHEDULE
AUGUST 1 Bandstand Concert Tommy Johnson – 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 6 Board Workshop CANCELLED Boardroom – CA Office - 9 a.m. 8 Board Meeting Rollins Theater - 9 a.m. 11 Pool Party Games, Music, Entertainment, Food 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. SEPTEMBER 10 Board Workshop to discuss Agenda Boardroom - CA Office - 9 a.m. 12 Board Meeting Rollins Theater - 9 a.m. 12 Bandstand Concert Kevin Brooks/Bill Lindsay “Elvis” 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 18 Community Leaders Meeting Florida Room – 9 a.m. 24 CO-AP Meeting Caper Room – 2 p.m. 26 Budget Review Florida Room – 9 a.m. NOTE: Community Leaders Meetings are not held in August. 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 CA office starting at 1 p.m. sharp.
Hot Weather, Cool Activities By Diane M. Loeffler Rain seemed to dominate the forecast in late June and early July, but the afternoon stayed sunny for Sun City Center’s Fourth of July events. After a breakfast attended by 1,310 CA members and guests, the activity moved to North Campus. Entertainment Director, Renee Bray, extended the time for karaoke to two and a half hours this year “due to its popularity.” She also says, “We hired locally for the gazebo entertainment. Sun City Center residents Thor Stevens and Cyndi Berger are entertaining this year. New this year is corn hole. The game boards were donated by the Sawdust Engineers.” The day was very warm and many Sun City Center residents and their guests found relief in the pool. Bernice Preston sat at the edge of the pool while grandchildren Natalia, Nico and Luke Preston enjoyed the water. The Preston children live nearby and are able to join their grandmother at the pool from time to time. Guests Robert and Tracy Greenwood were spending the day with Tracy’s parents, Bruce and Cricket Fraser. They currently reside in Yuma, Arizona. The Greenwoods were among the many
The pool was a popular place on July 4. Front L to R: Trevor Greenwood, Tracy Greenwood holding Caleb Fraser, Kathy Jones. Back L to R: Robert Greenwood, Cricket Fraser, Bruce Fraser and Garry Jones.
residents and guests, young and not-soyoung, who happily visited and played in the water. The gazebo was surrounded by CA residents. Some danced, some sat on the ground or on lawn chairs, and others enjoyed the music from the comfort of their golf carts. Resident Jean Ervine says, “I like the concerts because I can
bring my golf cart. I can’t walk very far, but I can drive right up to the concert and sit in my cart. This is a very nice day. I could go to the pool and enjoy a concert.” One Sun City Center resident had a great idea for keeping cool while
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July 4 breakfast: A Great Way to Start the Holiday
By Diane M. Loeffler Were you one of the 1,310 community residents and guests who began your holiday with the annual breakfast at Community Hall? For five dollars, we were served a hot meal accompanied by orange juice and coffee. All were served by Community Association members, our friends and neighbors who devoted a couple of hours or more so that we could gather together at the start of Independence Day. Walking up to the entrance, we were greeted by smiling faces. Walt Cawein offered information on the Sun City Center Veterans Memorial and an opportunity to buy a brick. Across from him, volunteers with the Security Patrol sold raffle tickets for a golf cart and told us how we could become a member of their valuable organization. Inside we purchased tickets, looked at photos from our community’s past, and pondered our chances of winning the 50/50 drawing. Volunteers cheerfully served us our food, flag-waving ushers let us know where there were empty seats, and servers brought us coffee and juice. One of the 28 bussers, Anne McGervey, has been volunteering as a server for four years. She says, “It is a way to meet people, reconnect with people, and have fun with people.” McGervey also volunteers during the holiday
breakfast, at the Information Center, and at South Bay Hospital, as well as taking communion to the residents of Plaza West. One of the breakfast coordinators, CA Director Bob Sullivan, says the breakfast is “totally self-supporting. The breakfast even supports the rest of the day including the free ice cream. The two breakfasts, Fourth of July and Christmas, pay for all the supplies you see here: grills, aprons, cushions for the workers’ stools.” Another breakfast coordinator, Pat Sullivan, says, “We like to say this is for the community and by the community.”
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Breakfast volunteers Brenda and Floyd Curvin paused for a moment for this photo. Curvin is the administrator of the Facebook page, Sun City Center Residents. He says, “We are up over 400 people. We try to keep residents involved.”
Bill and Bree Regis may have been the only father-daughter team volunteering for the Fourth of July Breakfast.
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Ann McGervey has volunteered at the Fourth of July Breakfast for four years. She says, “It is a way to meet people, reconnect with people, and have fun with people.”
Larry Smith was one of the servers who kept us supplied with coffee and orange juice.