On The Bay | May 2022

May 2022

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GET IN TOUCH Fran Roach, General Manager

305.964.4048 - gm@dbycc.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President..................................Leo Chomiak Vice President.......................... Rob Sperber Treasurer................................. Domingo Moreira Secretary..................................Steve Jacobson Directors.................................Gary Alvo

Leo Mendoza Randy Millian

Gary Sandler MPOA Representative..............Edith Neuwahl

Controller

305.964.4042

Kathy Villamizar, Member Billing 305.964.4044 - memberbilling@dbycc.com Luz Sarabia, Accounts Payable 305.964.4043 - ap@dbycc.com

Daniella Tosta, Director of Membership & Marketing 305.964.4049 - d.tosta@dbycc.com

COMMITTEES Finance ....................................Domingo Moreira Fitness & Tennis......................Steve Jacobson Golf & Greens........................Leo Chomiak House......................................Leo Mendoza Membership.............................Randy Millian Grievance................................Gary Alvo

Craig Corcoran, Director of Golf

305.256.2500 - c.corcoran@dbycc.com

Anacelis Torres, Director of Food & Beverage 305.964.4045 - a.torres@dbycc.com

Surelys Negron Figueroa, Executive Chef 305.9254.2111 - s.negron@dbycc.com

Jessica Terry, Catering Manager

305.964.4051 - j.terry@dbycc.com

Daniel Stover, Director of Golf Course Maintenance

MAIN DIRECTORY Clubhouse....................................305.254.2111 Dining & Social Reservations......305.278.8688 Fitness Center..............................305.964.4052 Front Gate Security....................305.256.2518 Golf Shop....................................305.256.2500 Member Billing............................305.964.4044 Tennis Shop..................................305.256.3366

305.256.2516 - d.stover@dbycc.com

Renny Ramirez, Director of Fitness

IN THIS ISSUE

305.964.4052 - fitnesscenter@dbycc.com

Pedro Leon, Director of Tennis

786.287.2660 - p.leon@dbycc.com

Cheryl Porter, Head Tennis Professional 305.256.3366 - c.porter@dbycc.com

Erik Ruiz, Facilities Manager

305.254.2112 - e.ruiz@dbycc.com

Kylie Bringola, Membership & Marketing Manager 305.964.4053 - communications@dbycc.com

3 A Letter From The President 4 A Letter From The GM 5 Around The Bay 7 May 2022 Calendar 10 News From Membership 11 News From Golf 13 News From Golf Course Maintenance 14 News From Food & Beverage 15 News From Tennis 16 News From Fitness 17 Member Birthdays 18 Membership Anniversaries #dbycc

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A Letter From The President Dear Deering Bay Members, We are headed into what will be an busy and exciting summer at Deering Bay. Director of Food & Beverage Anacelis Torres and Executive Chef Surelys Negron Figueroa are preparing new lunch and dinner menus that will be rolled out within the next few weeks. I am sure I speak for many of us when I say that I am very much looking forward to trying their new creations!

Leo Chomiak President Board of Directors

Although we have received the permit to proceed with the construction of the 19th Hole Restaurant, ORIGIN Construction has been conducting final site evaluations, particularly of the underground area. Shortly, they will be driving in the pylons which will cause some dirt and noise for a few days, likely causing temporary pool closures in which we will keep you all updated on.

The scheduled improvements to the Driving Range will be installed in June, including taller poles and netting, Cover Shot practice tents, and Astroturf hitting mats.

Thanks to our Director of Membership Daniella Tosta, we have seen great interest in the Club, especially in the month of April. The Full Golf initiation fee has officially increased to $125,000, with all other categories increasing proportionally by 60%. The Board of Directors has approved changing the Young Executive Membership to one uniform category as of May 1st as well. The Young Executive Membership now has an initiation fee of $50,000 and a 15% discount on Full Golf dues for those under 40 years old.

The club continued its strong financial performance through the end of the first quarter highlighted by many golf events, strong merchandise sales and continued membership growth. Year-to-date revenues have exceeded the prior year by $650K and the management team has done an excellent job at controlling operating expenditures and remaining under budget. Overall, the club has generated positive net operating income, exceeding prior yearto-date results by $56K. After much analysis and debate regarding the Club’s different management options, the Board has reached an oral agreement to extend the Club Management Agreement with Troon for 2 years. We are working with legal counsel to finalize the contractual agreement.

This decision was made after thoughtful consideration and reviewing proposals from other club management companies, such as ClubCorp, Kemper Sports, McConnell Golf, Hampton Golf, and Concert Golf. In addition, members of the Board had discussions with GGA Partners, which is an international consulting firm for golf and country clubs around the world, and Kopplin Kuebler & Wallace, which is an executive search firm specializing in the country club and hospitality sector.

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The terms that have been negotiated will fundamentally transform the Club’s relationship with Troon. Going forward the relationship will be founded on a performance based compensation plan, which will be measured according to key performance indicators or “KPIs” focusing on measuring: • • • • •

members satisfaction, staff satisfaction, executive management retention, members food & beverage satisfaction, and members golf course and golf operations satisfaction.

There are differing weighting given to the various KPIs listed above with the greatest weight being given to members satisfaction. These KPIs align with performance measures and bonus criteria for Fran Roach, our General Manager.

The extension agreement will employ a carrot and stick approach towards establishing Troon’s management fee during the extension period. Meaning, their performance between June 1 and December 31, 2022, will establish the base management fee for 2023 and 2024.

Meaning, if Troon “fails to meet” all the KPIs, then their base management fee for 2023 will be approximately 23% less than the management fee they are receiving in 2022. If Troon “meets” all the KPIs, then they will be entitled to receive a management fee for 2023 that is approximately 8% less than the management fee they are receiving in 2022. If Troon “exceeds” all the KPIs, then Troon will be entitled to receive a management fee for 2023 that is approximately 8% more than the management fee they are receiving in 2022. Moreover, in 2023 and 2024 Troon’s management fees will be subject to similar adjustments based on their performance in those years.

Performance will be measure throughout the year to gauge progress and identify trends via an independent third party. Club has negotiated various options to terminate the extension agreement early.

The Board’s rational for extending the agreement with Troon centered around our belief in our current team led by Fran Roach and the rest of the executive management team. We believe the current team, that has only recently been assembled, needs an adequate period of time to effectuate the changes our members desire and deserve. There have already been noticeable progress in many areas and we are excited about the future possibilities.

Over the past several years, the Club and its members have experienced a great deal of challenges and inconveniences. We felt it is critical to provide for an extended period of stability, improving services and experiences at the Club for our members and their guests.

With that in mind, the Board decided to support the team by not making any wholesale management changes that could end up upsetting the apple cart.

Have a great month and start to summer!

Leo

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A Letter From The General Manager Dear Deering Bay Members, I hope everyone had a fantastic April and that May will be even better!

April was a great month here at the Club and I wanted to thank each one of you that spent the Seder and Easter holidays here with us at Deering Bay. We were honored to have been a part of your celebrations.

Fran Roach General Manager gm@dbycc.com

For our Golf department, it was a busy month with the finale of the Men’s President’s Cup, the Men’s Club Championships, and the Women’s Club Championships, there was some great golf played. Congratulations to all of our winners, especially Jonathan Dresnick, Jose Buezas, and Maria Dresnick.

The Junior Golf Program is in full swing thanks to Assistant Golf Professional Jonathan Behee. We are looking forward to thew last few weeks of the Spring Junior Season, culminating in the Junior Club Championship on Sunday, May 15th.

The Tennis Department had a wonderful month as well with our Women’s Member-Guest Tournament which had to take place over two days because of an amazing turnout! Our Women’s USTA 6.0 and 7.0 have represented Deering Bay so well and will be competing in the State Championships in Orlando!

I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has donated to our Team Member Nick Serpa as he battles cancer. I am so proud to say that we have raised almost $25,000 for Nick and his family! Nick is so grateful for all the support from Deering Bay’s members and associates.

We have restarted the Team Member of the Month Program and when the votes were counted we had a tie and decided to name two winners, Golf Course Maintenance team member Gino Perez and Assistant Golf Professional Jonathan Behee!

On Monday, May 9th, we will be having a Team Member Appreciation Day to say “thank you” to our amazing team members that work so hard every day for us.

To our members leaving the area over the next several weeks, I hope you have a fantastic summer. We will miss seeing you all around here, but I can guarantee that this next season will be one of the best yet.

I am always available to listen to your comments or feedback at any time. The future is bright at Deering Bay! Have an amazing May! Fran Roach, PGA General Manager 5

Around The Bay

Congratulations to our two Team Members of the Month, Assistant Golf Professional Jonathan Behee and Golf Course Maintenance Team Member Gino Perez.

We cannot thank you two enough for all that you do for our members, the Deering Bay Team would not be the same without you!

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May 2022 Calendar of Events SUN

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-Mother’s Day Brunch

-Sunday Brunch -Junior Club Championship

-Pasta Night

-Mexican Night

-Mexican Night

-Gems of the -Cinco De World Wine Mayo Mexican Tasting Night -WGA Game Day

-Fiesta Tennis Night Out

-Men’s Interclub @ DBYCC -Ladies Night

-Pasta Night -WGA Closing Day

-Pasta Night

-Club Luncheon

-Prime Rib Night

-Prime Rib Night -MGA #5

-Prime Rib Night -Movie Night

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-Sunday Brunch

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-Mexican Night

-Member Mixer

-Pasta Night

-Dueling Pianos

-Prime Rib Night -Sunshine Saturday

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-Memorial Day Pool Party -Memorial Day Tournament

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DEERING BAY COMMUNITY Shred Event

Shred your documents safely and securely with our annual mobile shredding service

Saturday, May 14th, 2022 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM DBYCC Parking Lot

Free to all Residents and Club Members of Deering Bay Please call Deering Bay MPOA for more information 305.232.1741

Shredding provided by DocuGreen Corp.

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News From Membership Dear Deering Bay Members, As we spring into summer, I want to specially thank Kylie Bringola, who has evolved so much and demonstrated professionalism here at Deering Bay, I’m truly proud of her.

Also, I am very excited for our team members Jonathan Behee and Gino Perez who tied as Employees of the Month, we will be celebrating with them all month, they are both equally hard workers and we love them, you guys’ ROCK!

Daniella Tosta Director of Membership & Marketing d.tosta@dbycc.com

In the membership world, as you know all of our membership initiation fees have increased this month, now that we completed the bar, fitness center and kids club, Deering Bay is currently at the top of the country club market in Miami-Dade. So, hurry up if you would like to sponsor a family member or a friend for membership here at the Bay, we will be reaching our capacity soon.

With a successful 1st quarter, the Club Membership Committee, Board of Directors, and Membership Department has made a few changes and modifications to the club membership: Changes for new membership applicants -New initiation fees: Full Golf $125,000 – Tennis $37,500 – Associate $26,250 (waiting list) -New Young Executive Membership (under 40yrs old): Initiation fee: $50,000, Dues: $15,103. Locked in rate at time of upgrade.

-Mandatory membership sponsorship: All new applicants must be invited and sponsored by a club member in good standing. In case of not having a sponsor, the new applicant must be interviewed by the Club’s Membership Committee.

Changes for current Members -Young Executive upgrades: All current Young Executive members are locked in to the initiation rates at the time they joined the club.

-Family Add On: Family Add On members may have 15% off discount towards their initiation fee at the time of upgrade.

-Family Discounted rate: A family member of a current member in good standing will be offered a 15% discount all initiation fees.

I am looking forward to a great summer here on the Bay! Daniella

Upgrading Members Ken & Kathy Deckler Preview to Full Golf Guru Gowrappan Preview to Full Golf

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Chris & Lisa Montero Preview to Young Executive

Alejandro & Ana Pedroza Preview to Full Golf Nicolle Barantes & Alberto Peralta Preview to Young Executive

News From Golf Dear Members, As the season starts to wind down we start looking toward our summer projects and next year’s enhancements.

We are looking forward to updating the Driving Range with new Astroturf mats and Cover Shots with shade to hit under. We are also looking to set up next year’s tournaments schedule so everyone has plenty of time to clear their schedules. Coming Soon!

Let’s first congratulate our Men’s and Women’s 2022 Club Champions; Jose Buezas and Maria Dresnick! Both of these golfers played great over two days and 36 holes to be crowned champions. We would also like to congratulate Jonathan Dresnick for being the winner of the President’s Cup, our season long match play event.

Craig Corcoran Director of Golf c.corcoran@dbycc.com

Looking onward to May, the Men have their 5th and final MGA event of the year on Saturday, May 14th. Deering Bay will also be hosting the Men’s Interclub on Wednesday, May 18th.

Our team is looking to finish strong as this is the last interclub match of the year. We look forward to showing off our Club and Course to the surrounding golf clubs!

The Women have just two more WGA events of the season! The closing day for the WGA will be on May 12th. On this day we will have our closing luncheon and highlight all the champions of the season. We hope everyone is able to make this final sendoff.

Thank you to all the juniors that were able to come to the last Sunday Funday as a part of our Spring Junior Clinics. This is great preparation for the Junior Club Championship on Sunday, May 15th. If you need any information about this clinic series or the championship please call the Golf Shop!

As the 2021-2022 season comes to a close, I wanted to thank all of the members and the entire Golf Department Team for making my first season here at Deering Bay an amazing one. I am very much looking forward to an even better season this Fall.

Thank you, Craig Corcoran, PGA Director of Golf

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News From Golf Mark Your Calendars ... upcoming golf events

Thursday, May 5th WGA Game Day Thursday, May 12th WGA Closing Day President’s Cup Champion Jonathan Dresnick

Saturday, May 14th MGA #5 Sunday, May 15th Junior Club Championship Wednesday, May 18th Men’s Interclub @ DBYCC

Men’s Club Champion Jose Buezas

Women’s Club Champion Maria Dresnick

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Monday, May 30th Memorial Day Tournament

News From The Golf Course Dear Members,

Daniel Stover Director of Golf Course Maintenance d.stover@dbycc.com

The windy and dry month of April has made moisture management on our course challenging. The maintenance team has been working hard to minimize the hydrophobic dry spots on certain fairways and tees. The silver lining is that this wind has masked our high mosquito counts. However these conditions are forecasted to change in the first week of May. When this happens, the golf course maintenance team will begin fogging within the property with an organic product to control our mosquito populations. Skin So Soft with Picaridin or any bug spray with DEET will do just fine as an added layer of protection.

However please be sure to apply these products while you are on the cart path. DEET will burn turf as fast as any herbicide and can take days or weeks to recover depending on where it was sprayed. As an example the picture below is off from #13 collar. If this was applied on the green we may have had to replace grass.

Fogging will begin at 7:15 am on days of favorable winds and when the mosquito counts warrant an application. This should provide sufficient time for the applicator to get ahead of golfers and avoid disturbing our residents. As always you can email me at any time with questions or concerns at d.stover@dbycc.com Daniel Stover

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News From Food & Beverage Dear Members, April was an exciting month in the Food & Beverage Department with Seder Dinner and Easter Brunch. Thank you to everyone that joined us for these events, it was great to see so many Deering Bay families and extended families.

Anacelis Torres Director of Food & Beverage a.torres@dbycc.com

We have been hosting live musicians on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays in the Dining Room to complement our weekly specialty nights.

Executive Chef Surelys, Executive Sous Chef Robert, and I have been working on new offerings and will be rolling out new lunch and dinner menus within the next few weeks.

May will be a great month here on the Bay featuring a wine tasting, Mother’s Day Brunch, a Club Luncheon, a Ladies Night, a Member Mixer, and a Memorial Day celebration. We are also looking forward to hosting a multitude of private events including weddings, birthday parties, and graduations - we are honored to host you and your loved ones here at Deering Bay on these special occasions.

I hope everyone has a great month and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Anacelis

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News From Tennis Dear Members, Summer is about to begin, and here at Deering Bay your tennis department is encouraging all the members to get out and play tennis this May, as tennis is a great option for exercise and it can be done with little risk. It is an ideal sport for families and individuals to play during this time, and it can be done safely.

Pedro Leon Director of Tennis p.leon@dbycc.com

When it comes to our programs, all clinics, lessons and matches continued with great success as scheduled. We had an exciting and busy month, our 6.0 and 7.0 senior USTA women’s teams both won the local championship and advanced to sectionals. The 6.0 team is going to Orlando April 30 – May 2nd and the 7.0 team is going May 14 – 16th.

Also the 3.5 USTA Women’s 40 & over finished the local league in 2nd place and the 3.5 USTA Men’s 18 & over has been very competitive in every match. We really want to congratulate all these teams and wish them the best representing our club and city in Orlando.

Regarding our special events last month, on Thursday the 21st and Friday the 22nd we celebrated the Annual Women’s member guest, it was an event full of fun and good level of tennis and after two days of hard fight and intense competition the winners were: (7.5) Champion: Britta Reinhardt-Moser & Claudia Bertschinger (6.5) Champion: Geraldine Blakely & Lizzie Schaul (7.5) Runner Up: Heather Hewitson & Silvia Amat (6.5) Runner Up: Blake Drew & Paulina Escalante We would like to remind to our members that besides the all events and matches taking place within our program we also offer clinics and private lessons: Ladies’ clinics: Tuesday & Thursday 9:30 – 11:00am Men’s Clinics: Tuesday 7:00 – 8:00am Kid’s Group lessons: Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 4:00 – 6:00pm Please call or pass by the tennis Pro Shop for further information. On behalf of your friends from the Tennis Pro Shop, have a wonderful month.

We look forward to seeing you!

Pedro

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News From Fitness Dear Members, It has been a great month in the Fitness Center with inperson classes and training. We have received some great feedback about the space and it is awesome to see so many members in there each day.

Renny Ramirez Director of Fitness fitnesscenter@dbycc.com

With all of our new machines, I will be doing demo orientations on Mondays and Saturdays from 12:00pm - 1:00pm. This will be a group orientation of up to four members, by appointment only. Please call the Fitness Center at (305) 964 - 4052 or email me at fitnesscenter@ dbycc.com to schedule a time to become familiar with the machines!

We will also be hosting a TechnoGym expert this coming Saturday, May 7th from 12:002:00pm in the Fitness Center for an in-depth demo on each machine and piece of equipment we have!

The TRX bands are up and running in the Group Fitness Room and are ready to be used by the members. If you have questions about how to use the TRX, please do not hesitate to ask myself or any of our other Fitness Center Team Members.

We will be rolling out our summer fitness schedule starting on June 1st. We are in the process of setting up Zoom capabilities for our in-person classes so that our members that are not here over the summer can still participate via Zoom.

We are so excited to be open and training again! For more information, please call the Fitness Center at 305-964-4052 or email us at fitnesscenter@dbycc.com. Please feel free to come check out the new gym and reach out to us if you have any questions.

Renny

*** For more details and an updated weekly fitness schedule, please visit the “announcements” section on your member homepage or contact Renny at fitnesscenter@dbycc.com ***

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Happy Birthday To Our Members!

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Christiane Reis

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Olivia Fenton Jesus Pereda Marchant Kuys Chris Montero Fernanda Rojas

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Paula Aizemberg

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Francisco Correa Jonathan Tegnelia

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Deborah Heimbouch Brian Schaefer

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Cynthia MacEachern

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Stefan Chomiak Diego Mejia Danielle Squires

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Sarah Abella Phil Grossman Victor Matos

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Mary Frank Lee Koniver Bob Kuhn

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Shirley Kaplan Alex Perez

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Donald Green Jenny Harrington Nancy Yanakakis

Anthony Clavero Don Elliott Carolina Garcia Barbara Rostov

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Dale Kulvin

David Baum

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Karell Campbell Alberto Ramos

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Judy Elbaum Veronica Mejia Joseph Sultan Howard Wallach

Kim Aboulhosn Alice Jay Block George Levine Ramon Pacheco Dario Rosales

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Alexander Adams Suzanne Armstrong Alfredo Botty Donna Feldman Ingrid Rodriguez Maria Shedd

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Guilherme Neves Adam Spector Maria Wright

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Marco Ferri Ryan Hegarty Charles Kalstone Karen Kulvin Anthony Tegnelia

Donald Beery Jay D’Mello Joshua Moskowitz Ronna Siegel

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Leslee Gross Ryan Schatz Scott Villanueva

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Thierry Moser Kelli Powell

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Caroline Fenton Thor Gould Nick Lee Valeska Martins Martha Pozo-Diaz

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Chris Crystal Isabel Fontecilla Barry Siegel Virginia Voell

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Daphne Eggert

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Mark Levitats

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Maria Dresnick Charles Herington

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Alexander Deckler Sara Klein Juliana Neves Eduardo Perez

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Stephanie Cabrera

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May Member Anniversaries Thank you For Your Continued Support!

30+ YEARS 31 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Greenberg 31 Years: Mrs. Kutner 31 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Kaskel 31 Years: Mr. Green 31 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Nachwalter 31 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Goldberg 31 Years: Dr. Pacin & Dr. Ronner 30 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Baron 30 Years: Dr. & Mrs. Rapperport 30 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Griesemer

25+ YEARS 29 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Bolton 28 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Faruup 26 Years: Dr. & Mrs. Rogoff 25 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Toyotoshi

20+ YEARS 24 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Siert 23 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Lester 22 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Wolofsky 22 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Woerner 22 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Foyt 21 Years: Dr. & Mrs. Wruble 21 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Menendez 20 Years: Dr. & Mrs. Levine

15+ YEARS 17 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Leon 15 Years: Mrs. Jordan

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10+ YEARS 13 Years: Mr. Trax & Mrs. Kranys 13 Years: Mrs. Fisher 13 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Golden 12 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Campo 12 Years: Dr. & Dr. Martinez 12 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Escobar 12 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Fluxman 12 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Zinn 11 Years: Dr. & Mrs. Borja 11 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Cummings 11 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Ehrenreich 11 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Sonenreich 11 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Mantilla 11 Years: Dr. & Mrs. Messinger

5+ YEARS 9 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Macias 9 Years: Dr. & Mrs. James 8 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Sigala 8 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Marshall 8 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Correa 8 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Tsitseklis 7 Years: Dr. & Mrs. Grant 7 Years: Mr. & Mrs Nosbusch 6 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Clark 6 Years: Mr & Mrs. Sloto 6 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Nakano 5 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Connolly 5 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Kayal 5 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Sepler

1+ YEARS 4 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Lagonowicz 3 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Solowey 2 Years: Mr. & Mrs. Steiner 2 Years: Mr. Kressner & Mr. Rosso 1 Year: Mr. & Mrs. Zuloaga 1 Year: Mr. & Mrs. Montero 1 Year: Mr. & Mrs. Perkins 1 Year: Mr. & Mrs. Blank 1 Year: Mr. Kacer 1 Year: Mr. & Mrs. Docherty 1 Year: Mr. & Mrs. Heimbouch

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