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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SUN CITY CENTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Sun City Center
July 2022
JULY
CA SCHEDULE
4 Independence Day Celebration Bandstand Area – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food Vendor – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entertainment – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Office/Library Closed Facilities Open 11 Board Workshop Rollins Theater - 9 a.m. Zoom ID: 871 9793 9723 Passcode: 867652 13 Board Meeting Rollins Theater – 9 a.m. Zoom ID: 885 8839 3519 Passcode: 294949 15 Bandstand Concert with the Royz Band 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Agendas for the monthly Board Meetings will be posted on Official Bulletin Board in the Atrium the Friday before and on the CA website “www. suncitycenter.org” – under “Residents” – Upcoming Meeting Agendas. They will also be sent via “What’s New in the CA” email.
Birds, Birds, and More Birds Nesting Here
By Andrea L.T. Peterson According to a count conducted this past May, more than a dozen species of birds—so many of us have never even seen—have been observed nesting along the perimeters of both Wood Duck and Egret Island, two islands within Middle Lake. It is uncertain how many other species have established their nesting places deeper within the dense foliage
of the islands, not visible from Middle Lake yards or even boats floating in the lake closer to the islands. Among species observed nesting are white and glossy ibis; cattle, snowy, and great white egrets; great blue, little blue, tri-colored, green and black-crowned night herons; wood storks; doublecrested cormorants; and anhingas. Among species observed in the vicinity
Juvenile anhinga (photo credit Andrea L.T. Peterson) All other bird photos courtesy Melanie Higgins.
White ibis breeding plumage.
of the islands are: osprey nesting high above, adult and juvenile wood ducks, black-bellied whistling ducks, and black vultures. Thanks to Melanie Higgins, Florida Master Naturalist and Sun City Center resident, for survey results and most of the accompanying photos.
More Pictures on page CA2.
CA Contact Information
Administration Office 1009 N. Pebble Beach Blvd, SCC Phone: 813.633.3500 Hours – 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., M-F sccboard@suncitycenter.org Website: suncitycenter.org Information Center: 813.633.4670
Barbara Klimczak’s Cuban Cutie is 2021 Best of the Best
Rose Explosion
Rickenbacker Drive Road Repairs Cuban Cutie
By Bob Sanchez At the December 2021 Sun City Center Photo Club meeting, Kings Point resident Barbara Klimczak won both first and second place in the annual Best of the Best competition with “Cuban Cutie” and “Rose Explosion.” The Club holds four competitions every year, and the winners in each category are automatically entered. Travel inspires many of Barbara’s photos. She had taken a cruise to Cuba,
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Swimming in Cojimar, Cuba.
hoping to learn about the island and capture interesting images. “I found the ‘Cuban Cutie’ in a popular square in Havana,” she wrote in an email. “The Cuban government pays people to dress in native ways as their job. Hers was to sit in the square and interact with tourists, for a small price, of course. I am not fond of photographing people, but the lighting was right, so I snapped this picture.” “Rose Explosion” was a product of the pandemic. While stuck in her house, she often wandered in the yard to look for photo opportunities. She found a pink rose “the size of a 50-cent piece,” and her imagination went to town. She’d been teaching herself to use filters in a creative way, and the bursting blossom proved a happy outcome. She had spent most of her adult life as a wife and mother, as well as 46
years as a registered nurse. When her daughter became interested in modeling in high school, Barbara accompanied her on photo shoots. Observing how the photographers worked sparked her own interest in photography, but life and work kept her too busy to pursue a hobby. Then with a brand-new camera as a retirement gift, she promptly joined the SCC Photo Club in 2015 and took many of the classes available. Classes covered composition, lighting, Photoshop, and much more. She gives the Photo Club full credit for her skills: “Everything that I know about photography I learned in the wonderful classes that the Photo Club offers.” Her travels have taken her not only to Cuba but to the Czech Republic, because her father was born there. But, she
Photo continued on page CA3.
By Diane M. Loeffler Rickenbacker Drive was repaved in June. North Pebble Beach is scheduled to be repaved later in the month. Parts of New Bedford are scheduled for this year. Gary Bratt has been working closely with the county in an effort to make sure they fix our roads and sidewalks. We can help by contacting the Hillsborough County Commissioners.