Grand Hampton News

VOL.1, ISSUE 11 | JANUARY 2013

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A Community Newsletter for Grand Hampton Residents

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Dear Grand Hampton residents,

Woo Hoo! Happy New Year! 2013….amazing!

I am ready to get it kicked off to a great start. I hope you are, as well. We will be working on more editorial to keep you informed of what is going on in the community and nearby. Any suggestions you may have, are always welcome. We think of many things, however, we cannot think of everything. Your participation with articles, editorial ideas, event notices, school news, scout news, charities, and lots of pictures are what make your newsletter the best.

We really enjoyed all of the entries that came in for the Christmas Coloring Contest. There sure are a lot of talented children in this community. Can you imagine how hard it was to pick just one? You would not want that job. If you

have a child who entered, please let them know that their drawing was viewed and we thought they did an excellent job. The winner's picture is displayed inside, along with the runner up pictures. Again, many thanks to our young artists.

As you know, next month is already Valentine's Day. I have a wonderful idea. Send in a "special message" for a loved one and we will post it in the February issue. 30 words or less please. There will be a page dedicated to these messages and your "special someone" can see if you included them. Email messages to [email protected] and make sure to state your name, community, and the message.

Happy New Year! May it be the best year ever for you!

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Hi Grand Hampton families, The holiday season is in full swing as I write this. We have had fun crafting, eating, playing, and meeting the neighbors. We hope you have enjoyed meeting Santa and spinning the Dreidel. There are many fun new activities planned for 2013. To find out dates and times, join our facebook page at Grandhamptontampa. Some of this year's activities include: music on the green, kids karaoke, live trivia, movies on the green, pool parties, costume contests, comedy club outings, Ladies nights and holiday events. Please remember to RSVP to all events. Have a wonderful New Year and we will see you at The Club. Kim CagleLifestyle [email protected]

Reminders:The Clubhouse will also be closed New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

January

W e e K L y Under Three Playgroup Wednesdays and Fridays10:00am-11:30am in Aerobics Room

Walking ClubFridays 9:00am in front of club house (bring a water and wear comfortable shoes)

Bible Studyevery other Tuesday 8:00am-10:00am in the Grand room

Total Body Conditioningevery Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am-9:15am in Aerobics Room

ZumbaTuesdays 6:30pm in Aerobics Room

Water AerobicsAqua-conditioningTuesdays at 11:00am in the Lane Pool Latin HeatMondays and Wednesday at 9:00am in the Aerobics Room Power it up! BootcampMondays and Wednesday at 6:30pm in the Aerobics Room Pool ClubBilliards is held every Thursday at 5:00pm in the Grand Room Kids Art Classes every Tuesday at 3:00pm in the Aerobics Room and are $8.00 per class for supplies.

M O N T H L yBusiness Networking MeetingTuesday, January ?? at 7:00pm and Thursday, Jauuary ?? at 8:00amin the Grand Room (bagels and juice served) RSVP please

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Crime Watch Meetings Second Monday at 7:00pm in Grand Room Craft ClubSecond Tuesday of every month at 10:30am in Grand Room (Bring a craft to work on. Occasionally, a club member or outside specialist will be brought in for fun class on a specific craft). You may bring a snack to share. Ladies Night @ the ClubMeetings last Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm in Grand Room. A fun and social night for the Ladies of Grand Hampton. Meetings that fall on a holiday will be held the third Wednesday. Please bring an appetizer to share. BYOB BuncoWill be held every month but will alternate between being held in the daytime and in the evening. Check the calendar for dates and times. All Bunco’s are BYOB. v

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Upcoming Grand Hampton Lifestyle E v E n T s 2 0 1 3

JanuaryKids’ karaoke party FebruaryWinter WonderlandKids’ Valentine’s PartyComedy club

Marchrubber ducky races for charityeaster egg huntPassover party Apriltrivia/cocktail hour

MayMovie on the green Junelast day of school/ice cream partyMusic on the green/pool party

JulyPool party Augustback to school bash Octoberhalloween party NovemberFall Festival

DecemberChanukah PartyChristmas events

Grand Hampton New Board of Directors

President - Paul Suppicich

Vice President -J eff Knowles

Secretary - Dominic Kouffman

treasurer - Pam McDonald

Director - Walter Stroud

Meeting is January 7th at the Clubhouse.


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Walking through the front gates and gazing down the long sandy path, you breathe in the refreshing peace and love that surrounds you. On the left is a young colt and his mom who were rescued a few weeks ago. Both of them now have a large pasture in which to roam and graze on hay. Sunny is spunky and always ready to play. Mommy Angel is gentle and knows that she and her babies are in a safe, loving place. RVR Horse Rescue has a team of volunteers who rescue abused and neglected horses so they can rehabilitate them and find loving homes for them. RVR rescues anywhere from two to five horses a month from deplorable conditions. Horses have been rescued from small chicken coops, or a crowded room full of barbed wire. Some horses have been dumped by

the side of the road, so hungry they can barely walk. Another had been chained up in a sand pit with no human or animal contact. Then there was the heart-wrenching situation last summer where starved ponies were left to die. In situations like this, RVR steps in and either rehabilitates these hurt, neglected animals or at the very least gives them love in their last moments of life, allowing these animals to die with dignity. One of the starved ponies did pass away, but his fellow ponies survived and have now been adopted to good homes. RVR, located on a forty-acre farm in Riverview, is a place of love and trust. “I have been volunteering there since last June. I, still to this day, am amazed at how the abused, starved and neglected horses are able to give so much love back

to the people around them,” said Karen Pagliro. “These divine creatures have been put through so much, yet they’re some of the most grateful and affectionate animals I have ever encountered. Not only do the horses gain a positive, supportive home, but I get to bring home the love these animals share with me.”RVR is a non-profit organization and is always in need of volunteers and donations. Please visit the RVR website and check out the story about Kimie. You will be taken on a journey of horror, hope and amazing love! www.rvrhorserescue.com To volunteer time, give supplies or monetary donations call Juliet 813-382-3235 or Kit 813-309-4443 Or email: [email protected] v

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Rescue horses also aid in therapy for children with autism and other disabilities


COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (CDD)

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW A CDD is a governmental unit created to serve the long-term specific needs of its community. Created pursuant to Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes, a CDD’s main powers are to plan, finance, construct, operate, and maintain community-wide infrastructure and services specifically to benefit its residents. A CDD is governed by its Board of Supervisors which is elected initially by the landowners, then begins transitioning to residents of the CDD. Like all municipal, county, state, and national elections the Office of the Supervisor of Elections oversees the vote, and CDD Supervisors are subject to state ethics and financial disclosure laws. CDD business is conducted in the “Sunshine”, which means all meetings and records are open to the public. Public hearings are held on CDD assessments, and CDD budgets are subject to annual independent audits. The cost to operate a CDD is borne by those who benefit from its services. Property owners in the CDD are subject to a non-ad valorem assessment, which appears on their annual property tax bill from the county tax collector and may consist of two parts: an annual assessment for operations and maintenance, and an annual capital assessment to repay bonds sold by the CDD to finance community infrastructure and facilities. The Grand Hampton CDD primary area of common responsibility is wetlands, water management and drainage and oversight of Conservation Areas. The CDD is professionally managed by Rizzetta & Company and inquiries should be directed to Greg Cox at (813) 933 -5571. Residents are cautioned to not feed or otherwise entice alligators; this illegal practice can encourage their dependence, create a danger to humans and pets, and threaten their survival. Conservation areas cannot be encroached upon to extend lawns or views! Please contact the CDD with any questions on protected conservation areas.

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Winterfest is an event hosted by the Student Government and the CATS (Caring About Tomorrow's Students) tutoring program at Wharton High School every year. Every club at Wharton has their own booth or activity set up in the gym - they range from cookie decorating, to dance-offs, to arts & crafts and games. Students from Belle Witter and MOSI Elementary Schools come for the day, and are chaperoned by members of Student Government and the CATS tutoring program. The students and their chaperones make their way around the gym to all of the different stations throughout the day. The kids receive goodie bags, lunch, and

Tropicana Speech Turner's 4th & and 5th grade Tropicana Speech Competition has concluded. We heard many great speeches, but had to choose just 2 first place winners. Congratulations to 4th grader Ameya Mujumdar in Mrs. Contardo's class with her speech titled "My Scariest Dream." Congratulations to 5th grader Noah Kilpatrick in Mrs. Quinta's class with his speech titled "Determination." Great job to both of you! Get ready for the next competition! Our runners-up for 5th grade: Joey Cannella with his speech titled "Hulk" and Palak Bhargav with her speech titled "Indian Festival." Our runners-up for 4th grade: Victoria He with her speech titled "Homework" and Kayleen Jenkins with her speech titled "How to Save the Liger."

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From Lanness Robinson, Director of Athletics : The winter sports season has begun and the 2012-2013 school year is off to a great start. We look forward to having many opportunities for success by our student athletes in the classroom as well as on the playing field. As we finish up the fall season, I want to send my best wishes for continued success to our teams and individual athletes who are competing in state series play!

In addition to our annual training, our coaches will continue the “Positive Coaching Alliance” training series this year. This nationally recognized program is designed to empower our coaches with tools to provide a high quality athletic experience which promotes sportsmanship, leadership, and positive life lessons. There are many people whose support and contributions make our athletic program successful. We would like to thank our student athletes, parents, coaches, volunteers, school personnel, officials and community supporters for their commitment to the athletics program. We look forward to the upcoming year and hope athletics will play an active part in your school experience.


Wharton's Winterfest, pairing high school students with elementary students (tutoring throughout the year). They hosted this Win-terfest party for the young students: games,

crafts, lunch and dancing at the end.

Some of the Wharton boys took a break from Holiday music to do the Gangnam Style dance for the group! Then they taught the little ones some of their moves.

this year for the first time ever their own t-shirts. The CATS tutoring program is in its third year of existence, and was started as a way for the leaders of Wharton High School to positively influence the lives of kids at underprivileged elementary schools that will eventually attend Wharton. Every week a team of students from Wharton travels to the two schools and tutors the children. There are four teams and they rotate every week, so each team goes once a month. The tutors serve as role models for the kids, and ideally when the students that are being tutored grow up and attend Wharton, they will become members of the program and be able to go back to their respective schools and tutor the children there. v


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This year I am part of an exceptional committee and I believe the 2013 Relay for Life will bring the New Tampa

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environment. Nominations are accepted in December for categories including litter prevention/removal, community improvement, neighborhood beautification, recycling/waste reduction,

people's gardens and innovative green initiatives. Additionally, Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful awards competitive scholarships to exceptional students participating in their youth programs.

We need your help in order to recognize members of our community that are the treasures of Tampa Bay. Do

you know a girl scout troop that has really made an impact in your area, a boy scout who just completed their Eagle Scout Project, a business who has gone above and

beyond to "Go Green", a civic organization who has made a real impact in the community, a school group who you feel has really made a difference or an individual who has far surpassed your expectations of

an environmental protector? All nominations are welcome! Please submit your nomination by January 9, 2013. Please contact Keep Tampa

Bay Beautiful for more information on nominating a Treasure of Tampa Bay or attend our Annual Awards Breakfast. Don't forget to nominate your Treasure of Tampa Bay! v

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Mayor Buckhorn celebrated the grand opening of the New Tampa Nature Park on Monday, November 26th. The ceremony took place at the park, located at 17001 Dona Michelle Drive. “The New Tampa Nature Park is a great, active park. Children can explore nature and play on the zipline. The park also connects residents with miles of existing trails where they can walk, hike, and bike safely,” said Mayor Bob Buckhorn. "Our commitment to New Tampa is not just in roads and sewers, but it is embodied in our parks and

playgrounds as well." The New Tampa Nature

Park connects to Hillsborough County’s Flatwoods Park trail system giving residents access to miles of trails. The park includes one-half mile long entrance road, parking for 22 cars and two buses, storm water control elements, an elevated boardwalk “nature walk” that crosses wetland habitat, a shorter elevated “marsh walk”, picnic areas, rock and rope playground climber, and a zipline play element. New Tampa Nature Park is a 122-acre parcel of land that lies east of Interstate 75 and south of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. Land for this project was acquired through assistance with the Florida Communities Trust Preservation 2000 program and the Hillsborough County Environmental Lands

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It seems local homeowners are unknowingly throwing away hundreds of dollars each year on home insurance. According to Steve Barry, theaverage homeowner in this areapays about $320 more per year thanthey may have to. “In 2011 alone, 496 local homeownerspaid a combined$158,720 in unnecessary insurancefees. I think a lot of people are getting overcharged without even knowing it,” says Barry. Barry, the owner of the Steve BarryGreat Florida Insurance Agencysays he made this startling discovery after his agency added the savings for clients in the area. “I always knew a lot of homeowners were paying way too much on their policies, but I never realized just how much until earlier this year,” says Barry. Local resident Carmen Fonseca found out firsthand. “Steve saved us $509 a yearfrom where we had our (previous)insurance,” reports Fonseca.

According to Barry, the averagehomeowner was overpaying by24% ($320 per year). Some localhomeowners were getting overcharged by as much as 67%. “I think it’s a shame that people arecommonly being misled by greedyinsurance agents who care moreabout making a big commissioncheck than saving their clients money. As a result, many homeowners arebasically flushing away hundreds ofdollars right down the drain,” saysBarry. With recent layoffs in the area andreal estate foreclosures dominatingthe headlines, Mr. Barry believes it’stime local residents receivedsome good news, “I think people aretired of being told that they can’t savemoney on home insurance. I knowthat for some people, saving $300or $400 per year could make a realdifference in their lives.” The Barry Agency, which pridesitself on “offering better coverage atlower prices” shops around more than 15 different providers to find

the best rates available. The agency was recently appointedby a select group of “A” rated carriersto carry out a competitive homeinsurance program that other agenciesin the area don’t have access to. Focused on a set of nine separatediscounts, the program offerstremendous savings opportunities tohomes built between 1983 and 2012and manufactured homes built after1995. Clients who have had their roofreplaced or completed a “WindMitigation Inspection” can alsoexpect to save hundreds in additionto the outrageously low rates that areavailable to local residents. “People who are looking to savesome money on their home insuranceare urged to call our office today. Allcalls are kept strictly confidential andtake around five minutes to complete,plus we even guarantee same daycallbacks,” says Barry. You can call 813-991-6969 to find out if you qualify. This program expires soon.

The Barry Agency Steve Barry has owned ageniesthroughout Florida since his start in1981 with State Farm Insurance.Over the years Steve hasexpanded to multiple locations andis proud of the Great Florida namesince the inception in 1992. “Our business is built on trustand quality service. We’re always on call,” says Barry.Barry attributes much of hisagency’s success to his strong team. To contact the Barry Agency orto receive a FREE no-obligationquote, call 813-991-6969 [email protected] can visit Steve’s website atwww.BarryInsuranceInc.com v

Local Wesley Chapel Man Uncovers$158,720 Pasco County Home Insurance Scheme




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A revolutionary new technology-driven orthodontic treatment called SureSmile® helps straighten children, teenage and adult teeth in nearly half the time. In New Tampa and South Tampa, Dr. Mark S. Farina a Diplomate of the American

Board of Orthodontics from Farina Orthodontics has been treating patients with the new technology of Sure Smile for the past 3 years with outstanding results. Sure Smile is the hi-tech

Farina Orthodontics offers Treatments in nearly Half the Time option for teens and adults with busy lifestyles who don’t have the time for frequent office visits. In addition to significantly reducing the length of time a patient has to wear braces, the SureSmile system reduces overall patient discomfort by decreasing

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LIVE. LOVE. SMILE. Please call Dr. Farina’s New Tampa location to schedule a complimentary consultation 813-972-2929. His office is located at 15303 Amberly Dr., Ste E, Tampa. v

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