Tara Woods - March 2014

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TTHHEE CCOOLLUUMMNNSSVol. 25 No. 3 Tara Woods Homeowners Association – www.twha.us March 2014

ENTERTAINING

NEWS

So Ladies and Gentlemen…….March is here and I know that you want to know the answer to one burning question, “What the heck is a spoonerism anyway?” Good question. It is a play on words which our ‘spooners’ do with great style and to perfection (?). Well, as perfect as we get. To get a better idea of what a spoonerism is, simply make sure to come to our production of this year’s play, “The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter and other Spoonerisms”. But what is a Driftless Shifter? I am afraid you will have to come and see for your-self. Be sure you get your tickets either before Saturday’s coff ees, or at bingo or even at the door. Our shows are on March 7th and 8th, 2014, doors open at 6:30 PM, show starts at 7:00 PM. Do not be the only one in the community to miss this great com-edy. As a notice to our community, our front row seats are reserved for the audience members that need to be close, for what-ever reason. Just tell one of the ushers and they will make sure you are in the perfect seat. Come and laugh—it is good for you.As we look to close this season, our Director’s job continues. Claudia is searching for 2015’s show to present to you all. The cast and crew will be taking a well-deserved rest for a month or so then they will be getting the scripts to look at for next season. The life of theater is ongoing. When I can, I will let you know what the show will be; I am sure that it will be another blockbuster.

This is the time when you should be think-ing, “Gee it looked like they had so much fun on stage, maybe I should look into this Entertainers thing”? If you are think-ing that you might like to join our cast and/ or crew you may contact Claudia Weiss at 980-0866 or Polly Brown at 731-1614 or myself, Pat Dunning at 599-4490 or anyone else who is a part of our pro-ductions. We have need for almost every position from painting, props, sewing, backstage, and on stage. So think about it; we would love to have you join us.

Pat-one, Stage ManagerEntertainers

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Ron Andrews, Carol Shields and Barbara Lenhart Pat Sparany, Norm Libby and Joyce Elsbury

Pat Dunning, Barry Maberry, John D’Amico,Jon Gold, Carol Shields, Barbara Lenhart

and Irene D’Amico

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Stew and Sherry Franklin are new residents living on 19461 Cotton Bay. They are originally from Cape Cod, MA. Sherry is retired and Stew is still working. They are the parents of 2 children and grandparents of 3 grandchil-dren. Stew enjoys cooking and Sherry enjoys photography, read-ing and jigsaw puzzles. They both love going to the beach.

Karen Nelson is a new full

time resident living at 2613 Ma-con Circle. She was originally from Virginia and Minnesota. She is retired from working at a college library. Karen enjoys gardening, sewing, scrap book-ing and cooking. She is the par-ent of 3 children.

Alan and Nedra Ray are full

time residents living at 2848 Steamboat Loop and were pre-viously from Illinois and Indi-ana, Alan is retired from Elkhart Housing Authority and Nedra is

retired from Elkhart Community Schools. Alan’s hobbies are writ-ing, sports and biking. Nedra’s hobbies are reading, crafts and traveling. They both like to go antique hunting and watching sports. They are the parents of 3 children and grandparents of 2 grandchildren.

Shirley Sternquest is a new

full time resident residing at 2627 Macon Circle, originally from WI. She is retired and was previously a school bus driver. Her hobbies include knitting and reading. She has 4 children and 6 grandchildren.

Joanne Byrne

WELCOME NEW RESIDENTSDENTS

I would like to ask all of the residents walking their dogs to please refrain from walking in the immediate areas of the Club-house, Shuffl eboard, or Tennis Courts. Pets are not allowed in the recreation areas. You are still able to use the common areas around the lakes, and the areas in back and out front.

Thank you all for your help re-garding this issue.

Doug Objartel

Manager’sCorner

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EDITOR: Donna J Phillips

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PHOTOGRAPHYAnn Kabbas & Pat Sparany

CALENDER: Polly Brown

CIRCULATION: Gail Sanfi lippo, Manager

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Troy Duda and Agatha Breen.

We’re back a month from the Tara Woods annual cruise, and I’m already ready for another one. This relaxing, luxurious cruise was arranged by Dolores Paeth, our resident cruise direc-tor, better known as “Mother Superior” to the Tara Woods cruisers. If you are new to Tara Woods, you must meet Dolo-res. She was our Appreciation Weekend Grand Marshal last year – a well-deserved honor. She has served this community for many years as our own, per-sonal travel agent, arranging “Trips and Tours” to enhance our lifestyle here in Tara Woods. Thank you, Dolores, for your energy and enthusiasm and also perseverance and fortitude to comply with the demands of your travelers. Dolores works very hard to accommodate your requests.

Ann and Frank Millette jumped right in to their new po-

sitions on the Board. They are proving to be great additions, as they take on their responsibili-ties and share new ideas. I look forward to a productive year as we move ahead into 2014. Just a reminder that the Board is here to work for you. It is comprised of volunteers with a broad spectrum of expertise and capabilities. If you have a concern or issue you would like to bring before the Board, you are welcome to attend any Board meeting and address the Board. All concerns are taken under consideration and dealt with to the best of our ability. Not all issues are solvable, but we do our best to resolve an is-sue taking the well-being of all residents into consideration. You can also talk to any Board member individually, who will bring the information to the Board. All the residents of Tara Woods are important to us and

we strive to maintain the affable lifestyle you are here to enjoy.

March is an extremely busy month in Tara Woods. The Entertainers show, Trash & Treasure, the St. Patrick’s Day Party, a Spaghetti Dinner Fund-raiser for our softball team, The Magic, and The New Image Chorus show are just the high-lights of all that is going on in March. All these groups work very hard for months to prepare these events for your enjoy-ment. Please support them as much as you can.

I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting of the As-sociation on Monday, March 10th at 7:00pm. This month’s Words of Wisdom: “Patience is the ability to idle your mo-tor when you feel like stripping your gears.”

Janet Daly

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Janine Morton and her 4 sisters grew up in Normandy, France, which was a beauti-ful beach front resort. Life was good until the Germans took over their city and for 4 years their lives became very differ-ent. The Germans used their beach for R/R for their soldiers and Janine and her family lived in fear. Her family wept tears of joy the day they saw the parachutes dropping from the sky, seeing the Americans and English come to rescue them. Indeed they rescued them.

Pete Morton grew up in Glens Falls, New York and in the service was a CB stationed in the Pacifi c and China. Af-ter service he studied drafting and was employed in Iceland, working in a military mainte-nance airport. He joined friends in Heidelberg, Germany and visited Paris, where he met Ja-

nine at a dance. With a twinkle in his eye he reports, “She fell in love with a rich American”.

They married and moved to Glens Falls, NY where Pete studied at Skidmore College while working 44 hours per week in a supermarket. Janine did childcare and worked in a school cafeteria to help sup-port her “ rich” American. After Pete graduated from college he got a job with Social Security and rose in the ranks of employ-ment. Eventually he became a representative of the Social Security Disability Program at SS’s Baltimore headquarters.

During these years they also owned an apartment on the beach in Cabourg, Normandy France, right next door to the famed Le Grand Hotel at les Jardens.( Fortunately, this mag-nifi cent casino building was not bombed during the war). They

enjoyed many happy days in this beautiful area.

They raised 2 adopted sons, Greg and Wayne. Greg (the father of two) lives in Sabal Springs and visits his parents every Monday and Thursday to play pool, dominos and have a beer! Wayne, who unfortu-nately died last summer, was a teacher in Pakistan, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and Florida.

This marvelous 89 year old couple found Tara Woods 25 years ago, and reside on Pan-dora Circle. They were very active, Janine went to the pool every day and still does beautiful crochet work. It is obvious they are world trav-elers when you see all their treasures in their beautiful home. Janine proudly points to a prized possession sitting on a shelf above the mahog-any grandfather clock. It is a

replica statue of the Statue of Liberty. Pete proudly reports Janine, his bride of 65 years, is a shrewd shopper and when she found this treasure at Hope Hospice for 30 dollars, she de-clared “France gave America

the Statue of Liberty for free, you should give me a bargain”! She won! Indeed they are both winners and we are winners to have them at Tara Wood’s.

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Saving Is Good... BUT IT’S NOT INVESTING

It’s a good thing to have some savings. When you put the money in a low-risk account, you can be pretty sure it will be readily available when you need it. Nonetheless, “saving” is not “investing” — and knowing the difference could pay off for you far into the future. Think about it this way: Saving is for today, while investing is for tomorrow.

You need your savings to pay for your daily expenses, such as groceries, and your monthly bills — mortgage, utilities, and so on. In fact, you might even want your savings to include an emergency fund containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses to pay for unexpected costs, such as a new furnace or a major car repair.

These are all “here and now” expenses — and you could use your savings to pay for them. But in thinking of your long-term goals, such as college for your children and a comfortable retirement for yourself, most individuals typically can’t simply rely on their savings — they’ll need to invest. Why? Because, quite simply, investments can grow — and you will need this growth potential to help achieve your objectives.

To illustrate the difference between saving and investing, let’s do a quick comparison. Suppose you put $200 per month into a savings account that paid hypothetical 3% interest (which is actually higher than the rates typically being paid today). After 30 years, you would have accumulated about $106,000, assuming you were in the 25% federal tax bracket. Now, suppose you put that same $200 per month in a tax-deferred investment that hypo-thetically earned 7% a year. At the end of 30 years, you would end up with about $243,000. (Keep in mind that you would have to pay taxes on withdraw-als. Hypotheticals do not include any transaction costs or fees.)

This enormous disparity between the amounts accumulated in the two accounts clearly shows the difference between “saving” and “investing.” Still, you might be thinking that investing is risky, while savings accounts carry much less risk. And it is certainly true that investing does involve risks — investments can lose value, and there’s no guarantee that losses will be recovered.

Nonetheless, if you put all your money in savings, you’re actually incurring an even bigger risk — the risk of not achieving your financial goals. In fact, a low-rate savings account might not even keep up with inflation, which means that, over time, you will lose purchasing power.

Ultimately, the question isn’t whether you should save or invest — you need to do both. But you do need to decide how much of your financial resources to devote toward savings and how much toward investments. By paying close attention to your cash flow, you should be able to get a good idea of the best savings and investment mix for your particular situation. For example, if you find yourself constantly dipping into your long-term invest-ments to pay for short-term needs, you probably don’t have enough money in savings. On the other hand, if you consistently find yourself with large sums in your savings account even after you’ve paid all your bills, you might be “sitting” on too much cash — which means you should consider moving some of this money into investments with growth potential.

Saving and investing — that’s a winning combination.


TARA WOODS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 2600 TARA LAKES CIRCLE 33917

Telephone: 731-0854

OFFICERS FOR 2013 President……………………...… Janet Daly……..…..………………………. 567-2285 Vice President ……………….…. Frank Millette ……………………………. 543-2954 Secretary ………………………. Diane Burns ……………………………... 567-1391 Treasurer ………………………. Paul Montelaro …………………….……. 543-0988 Membership Secretary ………… Celeste Perre …..………………………… 731-7146 Director ……………………….. Judy Brda ……….……………………….. 731-1797 Director ……………………….. Ann Millette ………………………………. 543-2954 Director ……………………….. Bill Nothnagel …………………………... 567-1192

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Activities ………………………. Linda McKay ……………………………. 543-1637 Community Improvement ……… Judy Brda …….…………………………. 731-1797 Kitchen Committee ……………. Janet & George Daly ………………..…. 567-2285 Memorial Committee ……….…. Jane Crawford ………………………….. 731-0103 Judy Brda ……….………………………. 731-1797 Nominating Committee…………. ………………………....……………….. Park Purchase Committee ……… Tony Perre …………………………….… 731-7146 Rent Negotiations ……………… Paul Montelaro ………………….………. 543-0988 Appointments to or resignations of these committee chairpersons are to be approved by the TWHA Board of Di-rectors. Board meetings are the first Tuesday of each month (see clubhouse calendar for times). All are welcome.

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By Gib Loesel

Over the years The Tara Woods Masonic Club has met for breakfast, an occasional dinner and once in a while an outing to the theater. It is an opportunity for fellowship and to share sto-ries of interest about the Masonic Order and other items of interest. Unfortunately, there is no system in place that allows us to identify the new resident homeowners who are members of the craft. If

you are a Mason and interested in becoming a member (no dues) please contact Bob Cooney @ 239 731 2158; Ken Ferris @ 239 543 3033 or Bill Hampton @ 239 543 5843.

We recently had a great break-fast at Pine Lakes, pictured are (bottom left Bib Sickles, Bill Hampton and Ken Ferris; right Bob Cooney and Cliff Phillips. Give one of the brothers a call and join us at our next outing.

Tara Woods Masonic Club

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CORRECTIONS TO THE CURRENT TARA WOODS DIRECTORY MARCH 2014

Additions:ESTREMERA, Julio19512 Charleston Circle, Lot #36 ............240-0133 ...... NJESTREMERA, Magaly19512 Charleston Circle, Lot #36 ........... 240-3774 ...... NJFRANKLIN, Stew & Sherry19461 Cotton Bay, Lot #178 ........... 774-487-1151 ......MAREDGERS, Dave & Brenda2845 Cloister Street, Lot #318 .................599-8450 ... CAN

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Delete the Following Names:DICKIE, Don & Rita2753 Steamboat Loop, Lot #389 .................................. SoldBOOKBINDER, Geri19574 Cotton Bay ................................................ DeceasedBUER, Carl19561 Cotton Bay ................................................ DeceasedGIAMBRA, Sue19512 Charleston Circle, Lot #36 ................................ SoldMOORHEAD, Suzanne2806 Cloister Street, Lot #337 ............................. DeceasedREYNOLDS, Margaret ........................................................ 2858 Tara Lakes Circle, Lot #300 ................................ SoldRINGLEBEN, Gil19637 Kara Circle, Lot #465 ............................... DeceasedRYAN, Milt19671 Woodfi eld Circle, Lot #114 ....................... DeceasedTURCOTTE, Norman19658 Pandora Circle, Lot #463 .......................... Deceased

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Submitted by Gib Loesel

I consider any person who is serving or has served in the mili-tary of our great country to be a hero. Those of the Greatest Gen-eration from WW II may have been the greatest, unfortunately, they are becoming fewer and fur-ther between. Whenever I have the pleasure of meeting one of these heroes; I love to shake their hand and hear their story if they are willing to share it.

For those of you who do not know Bill, let me introduce your Tara Woods neighbor, United States Navy Gunners Mate Sec-ond Class, Bill LaFrance who I believe falls into this category.

Bill who will turn 88 on May 15th, like thousands of young men of his generation thought it was his duty to, as they say “join up”. In 1944 he gradu-ated high school in Manchester, New Hampshire with a wartime diploma and immediately left for Boot Camp. Bill who was active in sports playing baseball, foot-ball and track left that all behind along with his 10 brothers and sisters to eventually end up on the USS Stanly (DD-478) a 360 foot Destroyer stationed in the Pacifi c.

On board the Stanly Bill’s battle station was at gun mount #3 where he was the “hot shell” man. When the gun fi red it was his job to catch the “hot shell” which was ejected; Bill says “be-

lieve me they were indeed very hot”. The Stanly was stationed on Picket Line #1 close to Japan and the crew was on duty from 3:30 AM to 9:20 PM. The worst attacks came in the day light hours; during that time he was closed in the guns steel turret. Bill says, “We were lucky, it was hot but the guys below decks had temperatures up to 120 degrees. The mess cooks would bring us sandwiches and water but as you can well imagine, when it came time for bathroom needs, well what can I say.”

“On April 12, 1945 at least 300 planes came over our picket sta-tion to attack the lonely destroy-ers. In addition to their planes and well known Kamikaze pilots the enemy also had in their arse-nal “The Baka” which was fl own by a Kamikaze pilot”.

“The best way to describe this weapon is, a torpedo loaded with explosives; shaped like a rocket with wings, dropped from a bomber and fl own by a Kami-kaze pilot. This man driven me-teor would set off its rockets and the pilot would fl y it at a ship at about 500 M.P.H”.

“The Stanly was hit by two of them, the fi rst one hit the star-board bow and went through the side exploding and stopping the Stanly dead in her tracks, when she recovered the shafts were bent and we were effectively out of commission. The second one ripped between gun mount #3 (where I was) and the aft stack, the Baka’s wing sliced our En-sign in half and went over the side where it exploded. One of my shipmates still has the dam-aged fl ag. Later that day we were ordered to Hagusi, on the way we encountered a Zeke (plane) which tried to bomb us but failed. What a day we had three near fa-tal encounters. We were truly a lucky bunch of sailors, as there were no casualties.”

Bill laughs a little when tell-ing this story because years ago when he was interviewed for his local paper the reporter misquot-ed him saying, “I saw the guy’s

eyes” chuckling Bill says, “Right at 500 M.P.H. I saw his eyes”.

“The Stanly was pulled back to the Central Pacifi c to escort convoys. On August 14, 1945 the Skipper announced the war was over, there was a long mo-ment of silence before the shouts, bells and whistles started”.

This war story has a happy ending … July 1946 … San Di-ego … Bill and his shipmates are in the Hula Hut where they spy two beautiful young girls … using his sailor boy charm, Bill convinces them to go dancing … and as Paul Harvey would say “here is the rest of the story” Bobby his new dancing part-ner ended up being his wife and dancing partner for the next 56 years, Bobby passed in 2004.

Our Tara Woods and very spe-cial neighbor lives on Steamboat Loop where he is enjoying his retirement. Bill loves going out to breakfast with his “buds” and dancing 2 or 3 times a week.

A VERY SPECIAL NEIGHBOR


Entertainment Around Tara Woods

“And I will make them...a blessing.”

The next meeting of the Ladies Inspirational Hour is Monday, March 17th at 9:00 AM in the clubhouse meet-ing room.

Our program is entitled, “Born to be a Blessing”. A special guest will be sharing her life story with us. You won’t want to miss it.

After a time of fellowship and refreshments we will be taking “cups of blessings” to various people in our com-munity.

All ladies are invited to attend. Bring a friend. She will be glad you did.

Questions? Call Ann @ 543-9285

LADIES INSPIRATIONAL

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Be one of the winners at our Tuesday night BINGO.And you can win more than once during the night!

If your eyesight isn’t as good as it once was, now youcan play too. We have really BIG game packs and“Specials” that are 8 ½” x 11” with 2” numbers.

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Game packets are sold with either 6 game squares persheet or 9 game squares. The “Specials” have 3 gamesquares per sheet. You can buy as many as you’d like!

Our Tuesday night BINGO session consists of 14 regulargames and 6 “Special” games.

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The Tara Woods “Magic” Softball team

is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser!

Thursday, March 20th, 20145:00PM –

BYOB & SnacksSpaghetti & Meatballs, Salad,

Bread, Dessert & CoffeeCost: $12/person“Social” Raffl e

Hosted by “The Magic” Softball team

& friends.

Tickets on sale at Bingo and Coffee until March 15th.

CHARLESTON CIRCLE PARTYOpen to all residents. Saturday, April 19th at 4:00 PM at the pool.

More detail to follow in the April columns.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser

Come join the Mah Jongg group. Do not know how to play?We teach the fi rst three (3)

Mondays of the month.We have a great time.

Come & join us on Mondays 12:00 – 3:00 PM

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MAH JONGG

Monday, March 17th, 20145:00PM - BYOB

Corned Beef and Cabbage DinnerDancing-Entertainment-Sing-a-long

Cost: $15/personHosted by Janet & George Daly and

Friends.Tickets on sale at Bingo and Coffee

until March 8th.

St. Patrick’s Day at Tara Woods


Ladies join us on the fi rst and third Sunday of each month at 7:00 PM in the card room. Cost is $3.00

Will you have the fi rst Bun-co or the last, or the most? Will you have the most wins, or the most losses? If you do, the prize money will be yours! Come join the fun.

Questions: Call Polly Brown 731-1614

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Mark Your Calendar For

February 28th RESIDENTS APPRECIATION WEEKEND Poker Run ............................................................... 9:00 AMMarch 1st ........... RESIDENTS APPRECIATION WEEKEND CONTINUES Parade ................................................................... 10:00 AM Awards and Dance ................................................... 7:00 PMMarch 7th .......... Kara Circle Block Party .......................................... 1:00 PMMarch 7th & 8th Entertainers’ Annual Play ...................................... 7:00 PM “The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter”March 8th .......... SPLASH Wine and Paint Party .............................. 1:00 PMMarch 15th ........ Trash & Treasure ................................. 9:30 AM – 12:00 PMMarch 17th ....... St. Patrick’s Day Party ............................................. 5:00 PMMarch 20th ........ Spaghetti Dinner Fund Raiser ................................ 5:00 PM For Tara Woods “Magic” Softball TeamMarch 22nd ....... Movie Nite ............................................................... 7:00 PMMarch 29th ........ The New Image Chorus’ Annual Show .................. 7:00 PM “A Salute to Broadway”March 31st ......... Shuffl eboard Banquet .............................................. 6:00 PM

Special Events This Month

Our Ann Scott is still leading our Inspi-rational group, we are just, with loads of help from Barbara Miller and members of the group and community, leading “the box” project. We hope you are working on get-ting those addresses of whom you want us to send a box of cookies, goodies and useful items to. Please give us the name and ad-dress during February and by March 12th, at the latest, so we can do the purchasing, make plans, and get the boxes ready, etc.

We appreciate any and all contributions for the expense of this project, and you can give your contribution to either of us. We are going to fi ll the boxes on Saturday, March 22nd, after the coffee meeting, and we would be thank-ful for any help you can offer. Every year, we receive many thanks for the boxes they receive and we thank you for your contributions to-wards the project. Many years, we’ve put up a poster in the clubhouse with the letters and photos they have sent in response to our gift boxes. This is truly a community-wide proj-ect, and a worthwhile one to show our service men and women we care and are thinking of them. If you have any questions, you can con-tact Jean Bibeau at 731-7129 or Beth Ferris at 543-6295. Thank you!

Jean Bibeau and Beth Ferris

BOXES FOR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN

Our Ann Scott is still leadingrational group, we are just, withelp from Barbara Miller and mthe group and community, leadingproject. We hope you are workiting those addresses of whom yoto send a box of cookies, goodiesitems to. Please give us the namdress during February and by Mat the latest, so we can do the pmake plans, and get the boxes

Tuesdays at 10:00 AMNo need to sign up

Don’t need a partnerNew teams chosen every week

Easy to learnQuestions: call Frank Millette 543-2954

BocceBocce

Congratulations to the winners of the Christmas decorating; The Daly’s, Lat-imer’s and the Sparany’s great job!

The names were drawn out of a hat since there were so many beautiful homes to choose from. I hope you all enjoyed your gift cards!

I know everyone who at-tended the Valentine Par-ty had a wonderful time. Thanks to Judy, Dawn and the New England Club. Next great party will be St. Pat-ricks Day. Hope you all at-tend. Remember you need to go to 2 parties to go to the

Bon Voyage Party for free and you also need to be a resident.

The party will be April 5th -- save the date.

Thanks to Mike Girty for putting up the new POW fl ag.

Linda Mckay 543-1637

ACTIVITIES


Birthdays in March 1.... Diane Girty, Paul Loud

2.... Elly Hoar

4.... Warren Lundmark

“Cookie Wilczek”

5.... Mary Donald

6.... Joan Hetherington

Aaron Safi rstein

Barbara Sciarpelletti

8.... Lyle LeClair

Barbara Stickles

9.... Lin Anders

10... George D’Alessandro

Paul Roderick

Gary Sponseller

11... Les Beecham

Glen Fisher

Donna Mallinson

12 .. Al Greenaway

13... Diane Burns

14... Mary Bayes

Trish Bendon

Annie Matthias

Alex Morris

Lorraine Smith

15... Pat Gardner

Timmy Zimmer

16... Donna Phillips

Carole Smith

17... Ray Flynn

Ann Sluiter

Andy Vanderplaats

18... Louise Hardy

18... Linda Ulinski

19... Rachelle DellaRocca

Lou Dunning,

Gary Stein

20... Eileen Burkert - 95 Yrs.

Bud Groh

Aaron Homrighouse,

Mary LeClair

Bob Polenska

21... Jim Cawlfi eld

Tom Mallinson

“Smitty” Smith

22... Janet Daly

Rudy Hamilton

Ron Proulx

23... Carolyn Bishop

Donna DeMarco

25... Howie Jacobs

26... Lisa Yoder

27... Al Monack

Bob Uccello

Susan Uccello

28... Howard Gross

Jim Hodder - 93 Yrs.

JoAnn Massie

Susan Van Sickle

29... Casey Glandorf

Roy Ohmes

30... John Discepolo

31... Dot DeSalvo

Florence Jacobs

Dolores Paeth

h Anniversaries in March 1....... Bev & Bill Bayley 2....... Ann Sluiter & Willaim Sandell 4....... Mary Jane & Gene McRae “Cookie” & Gerry Wilczek 5....... Maggie & John Discepolo 6....... Diane & Robert Burns 7....... Carol & John Adney. - 55 Yrs 9....... Bev & Dennis Bayer, Rosemary & Don Girty - 70 Yrs Congratulations!!!12...... Val & Paul Roderick,14...... Muriel & Jack Boyle, 17...... Jane & John Maher, Evelyn & Don Watson20...... Mary & Joe Whitten23...... Linda & Joe Parise24...... Sandra & Charles Calabrese, Aileen & Ken Reese30...... Ruth & Robert Aspin

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Walking into the pub, Sean said to the bartender, “Pour me a stiff one, Jaime. I just had another tiff with the little woman.”

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Sports around Tara Woods“TARA WOODS MAGIC” SOFTBALL TEAM

The Tara Woods “Magic” soft-ball team continues to improve and work together. They are even getting more hits and runs than injuries! Their two managers, George Sullivan and Bob Polens-ka, are still moving players around in order to fi nd the most success-ful placement of players and you can’t beat the enthusiasm and spirit the team exhibits whatever position they are playing.

The many fans continue to fi ll

the stands with fervor, excitement and laughter. The team is very grateful for their continued support.

The TW’s “Magic” team stands out in the league for two reasons. They are the only team with wom-en players, and now have two, Jennell Wissler and Pam Moore and they have a perfect non win re-cord. The Magic for the team will be when the fi rst game is won!!!!

Team members are busy look-ing for local businesses to sponsor

team uniforms for next season. If you know of any businesses inter-ested, please notify a team mem-ber, or Roger Rafferty.

The team will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser at the Clubhouse on March 20th starting at 5:00 PM. Tickets will be $12 and will go on sale Satur-day, Feb. 22nd at coffee. Please try to attend our fundraiser. The “Magic” team thanks you again for all your support.

TENNIS ASSOCIATIONThe Tennis Association meet-

ing that was held on January 26th was well attended. Numerous subjects were covered. Some of the items we discussed were ways that we could raise more money for the Association, possibly in-creasing the dues, and improve-ments to the tennis courts, lights, and benches.

By the time you read this ar-ticle, the February 23rd Tennis Association meeting will have been held. On the agenda for that meeting were possible revisions to the Association By-Laws. The April Columns will provide more information on that meeting.

The Tennis Association will hold their next meeting on Sun-day, March 30th, at 5:45 PM. At that meeting there will be an elec-tion of offi cers for the 2014 sea-son, so be sure to attend that meet-ing so you can cast your vote for the person you feel would make a good member of the Board. All four positions on the Board are open – President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

To be eligible to vote at any Tennis Association Meeting, you need to be a member in good standing, which means you need to have paid your dues for that year. Our Treasurer will be col-lecting dues at the monthly meet-ings; dues are presently $1.00 per person.

ROUND ROBINThe Round Robin held on Jan-

uary 26th was hosted by Glen & Gigi Fisher. They had a lot of help from Bea Sponseller, Dottie Har-grove, and Don & Sharon Boe-hlke. Grilled burgers and brats were enjoyed by 48 people. The 28 men and women who played tennis had a good time playing with different partners against dif-ferent opponents for each of their matches.

The tennis Round Robin sched-uled for Sunday, February 23rd, was hosted by Ron & Sharon Da-vidson, Ken & Beth Ferris, and Dick Heffron. Due to the dead-line for this Columns, we don’t have a head count for the number of tennis players or the number of people who enjoyed the pizza that was planned for the dinner. The monthly Tennis Association Meeting was to be held, as usual, at 5:45 PM.

The next tennis Round Robin is scheduled for Sunday, March 30th. The sign-up sheet will be posted on the tennis bulletin board in early March, so be sure to sign up to play. That Round Robin will be hosted by Bob & Debbie Polenska. The monthly Tennis Association Meeting will be held at 5:45 PM, following the dinner.

The last Round Robin of the season is scheduled for April 27th. That dinner will be hosted by George & Janet Daly.

SONY PROFESSIONAL TENNIS

To all tennis followers: If you would like to see world class ten-nis up close, you are invited to join us on the Sony Open Tennis Trip to Miami on Monday, March 24th. We leave at 7:30 AM and return around 10:00 PM. You can watch tennis from around 11:00 AM until 7:00 PM. See all the top tennis players up close. The bus and center court ticket costs $75.00. We have 55 seats avail-able. Call Fred Puhlfuerst at 731-1552 if you’re interested or for more information. There is a poster in the Clubhouse and on the bulletin board at the tennis courts.TENNIS LESSONS

Beginner tennis players who want to learn the basics and any-one wishing to improve their ten-nis game are invited to come out to the tennis courts on Mondays at 12:00 Noon. Instructors are Don Boehlke, Warren Engel, Glen Fisher, and Fred Puhlfuerst.MIXED DOUBLES FRIDAY LEAGUE

We have now had four weeks of the Mixed Doubles League that started on Friday, January 10th. We were rained out on January 31st, which was a disappointment as we do look forward to playing in this league. We have a group of eight men and eight women who play every Friday at 9:00 AM. We get to play with a dif-

ferent partner each week and we are enjoying our early morning tennis.TENNIS LEAGUESLEAGUES FOR NEXT SEASON

Check the tennis bulletin board for the sign-up sheets that will be posted for all tennis players in-terested in playing on the Men’s and Women’s tennis teams for the 2014-2015 tennis season.

There will be a Men’s tennis meeting on Sunday, March 9th, and a Women’s tennis meeting on Tuesday, March 18th, both at the Clubhouse. More information is provided on the sign-up sheets.WOMEN’S LEAGUE

January 16th marked the end of the fi rst half of the Women’s tennis season. Unfortunately, the Tara Woods Lady Bugs were scheduled to play the top-ranked Herons Glen Volley Girls and only won 2 of the 6 sets. Inter-estingly enough, the Tara Woods Angels got to play the last place team from Six Lakes and won 5 sets and lost 1. With nine teams in the league, the fi rst half of the season ended with the Angels in third place and the Lady Bugs in fourth place, separated by just one win. To see how close the com-petition is – showing just the top four teams – Herons Glen was in fi rst place with 32 wins and Sabal Springs was in second place with 30 wins; the Angels had 29 wins,

and the Lady Bugs had 28 wins. It was a very close fi rst half of the season.MEN’S LEAGUERed League

Nothing to report.White League

The last two weeks have been like a roller coaster ride, with 6 wins followed by 6 losses. With only six matches left for the season, we hope we can have a smoother ride to fi nish the sea-son. Blue League

Our two Tara Woods Blue Teams played each other on Thursday, January 16th. The Ea-gles took 5 of the 6 sets against the Tigers.

The Eagles played Lake Fair-ways on Thursday, January 23rd, they won 4 and lost 2. Prior to that game they were in 5th place. Manpower is still a problem for the team, the cruises in January didn’t help. They are now half way through the season.

On February 6th, the Tigers played against the fi rst place team from Six Lakes. Our Tigers did a fi ne job, winning 3 of the 6 sets. Men’s League Round Robin

Watch for the sign-up sheet for the end-of-season men’s league round robin. This includes all four men’s teams, plus the subs.

Submitted by Linda Engel

TENNIS NEWS

Shuffleboard NotesThe shuffl eboard yard sale held on January 18th was the largest

sale to date, with 48 tables set up. Thank you to all who participated in any way. The people who rented the tables indicated they did very well. The sale had been advertised in and outside the park and was very well attended.

The proceeds from the table rentals are used to fund the shuf-fl eboard banquet in April. All prize monies for the Tuesday and Friday leagues are also funded by the yard sale.

The Tara Woods shuffl eboard travel team continues to do well and is currently in 1st place. Way to go TARA WOODS.

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Club News

GARDEN CLUBAs a reminder our next meet-

ing is Saturday March 8th at 9:00 AM.

Collection for this years Trash and Treasure is Friday March 14th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Please do not drop off items af-ter 12:00 PM (items need to be priced). All electrical items must be in working condition. No bro-ken or dirty items. All donations should be in a condition that YOU would buy. Please remem-ber that the garden club depends on the proceds of this sale to continue to sponser the Fashion show as a free event.

This years Garden Club Lun-cheon is Friday April 11th. This event is open to Garden Club members ONLY. This is a

GREAT time to decide to join . Dues payable at Luncheon are $5.00. Luncheon at Bianca’s/salad, main course, dessert, soda, coffee, tax and tip $18.00

Total: $23.00 Cash Only. More info and sign in sheet clubhouse March 11th.

April 12th is our last meeting for this season. We voted instead of a meeting we would get to-gether after pancake breakfast and take a trip to Riverland Nurs-ery which is SW Florida’s pre-mier garden center and nursery specializing in native and other sustainable plants. They have a picnic area and we will be bring-ing our own lunches. If you are interested please begin to speak to each other about car pooling.

We will be leaving after breakfast around 9:30 AM leaving from the clubhouse

Address : 13005 Palm Beach Blvd, Fort Myers FL 33905 phone #239-693-5555. It is ap-proximately a 30 minute drive on I-75 exit 141 toward FL-80 E to-ward La Belle. A sign up sheet will be in the Club house March 12th.

March Florida Gardening Calendar

What to plant Annuals: Plant heat tolerant

annuals for color such as cros-sandra, gazania, melampodium, and zinnia, that will last into fall.

Bulbs: Plant gladiola corms 6” apart and 4” deep and stake as they grow. Plant caladiums for a

showy tropical display all sum-mer.

Herbs: In addition to their cu-linary value, many herbs are or-namental and attract butterfl ies to the garden.

Vegetables: Warm season crops, such as sweet corn, cu-cumber, watermelon, and pepper, should be planted now for late spring harvest. What to do

Trees and shrubs: Prune when new growth begins after the end of the dormant season. To guard next season’s blooms, begin pruning after the last fl owers fade but before new buds set.

Mulch: Renew or add mulch in landscape beds to reduce weeds and retain moisture.

Fertilize lawns: If not done in February, fertilize lawns this month. Examine lawns for prob-lems: Identify damaging insects and spot treat early to prevent widespread damage. Rule out cultural problems, such as irriga-tion failure, before treatment.

(This is an excerpt from the University of Florida website, please visit for complete infor-mation)

Canadian Club All Canadians are invited

Friday, March 14 @ 5:00 PM

The Club will provide BJ’s Rotisserie Chicken Dessert and a special beach drink

Please bring a side & BYOB

50/50 Draw

If you have not paid your $5.00 dues, there will be a $5 charge and the same for guests.

Please RSVP to Diane Burns – 567-1391 Or email [email protected]

What a great turn-out we had for our February meeting. Eighty-fi ve people attended and enjoyed a delicious fi sh & chips dinner provided by Up N Smoke BBQ, followed by make-your-own ice cream sundaes. It was a fun eve-ning topped off with a rousing game of bean bag baseball.

Our next meeting is on Sunday, March 9th at 4:00 PM. We will once again en-joy Cuban sandwiches and the variety of salads you will provide. Please sign up on the

bulletin board with what you will bring. This is our Club birthday celebration, so birth-day cake and ice cream will be provided. There is no cost for this dinner, but we need accu-rate numbers, so please sign up.

We will be playing “Show Me the Money”, so bring a

few extra dollars to participate in this fun game. There will be a 50/50 raffl e. Remember to wear your name tag for an extra ticket!

As always, our meetings are open to everyone from New York or New Jersey. Visitors, new residents and renters are especially welcome. No dues - Just come for the fun!

I look forward to seeing ev-eryone on Sunday, March 9th.

Janet Daly567-2285

New York/New Jersey Club

A very successful Tara Woods Valen-tine’s Day party was hosted by our club on Friday, Feb 14th. Thank-you again to our many, many club members who served on the various committees. With-out all of you, this would not have been possible!

Saturday, March 15th we will host the New England/Mid-Atlantic Bean Bag Baseball Challenge at 5:00 PM. Hopefully “Blue Power” will once again prevail. We hope to see all of our club members there. As of print deadline, no details have been set, therefore all

Club members will receive a separate newsletter on the Challenge during the third week of February. If you didn’t receive one, contact Dawn or Judy.

Sunday, March 23rd is the annual New England/Midwest Challenge, which the Midwest Club is hosting. Again, no info available at print dead-line, so PLEASE watch Channel 195,

as well as the general bulletin board at the club-house, for their poster. We need a lot of “Blue Power” at this one, too!Judy Machnicz

New England Club


MID-WEST/NEW ENGLAND OLYMPIC CHALLENGE 2014

Sunday March 23rd, 20144:00 PM

It’s the year of the Olympic Winter Games so we will carry on the good will of the games with an “Olympic Flavor” to the New England/ Mid-West Challenge. NO Snow Included!

Are you ready for a new, ex-citing , hi-larious fun twist to the Midwest/New England chal-lenge? Well here it is! This year’s challenge will have dif-ferent teams, cheering fans and of course good food.

How it works: Every game will be played as a team event. Team numbers will vary depend-ing on the game, with no more than 18 players on a team. It will be one team against anoth-er. Those not participating in a particular game will be the fans (cheering section). All games will be played in a relay type fashion. It’s team against team.

Tickets will be sold at Bingo and at Saturday coffee.

$12.00 Per Person BYOBThe key words are fun, fellowship and laughter.

See you there!Sue Lanum/Casey Glandorf

PS: Mid-West volunteers needed for ticket sales, set up, clean up and service. Sign up sheets will be posted.Casey Glandorf


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Tara Woods - March 2014