Southfork News “FOR THE RESIDENTS, BY THE RESIDENTS” Happy Valentines Day
February 2014
January 27th, Association Meeting Election of 2014 Board Normally the results of the Annual meeting elections is on this page but since it was held at the end of January the results will be in the next issue. So sorry for this but look for results in the March newsletter.
A Valentine Forever A Valentine is nothing like a chocolate or a rose. For in a week these shall be gone, but Valentines remain. If love were always sweet to tongue or fragrant to the nose,
Fun day coming
Each day would be like Valentine’s and we would go insane. A Valentine just hangs around, waiting to be kissed,
Southfork ”FUN DAY” is coming for the first time here in our community.
Long after special days have passed And everyday’s are here.
It will be a scheduled day of events and will start in the early afternoon and end in the evening at the Pavilion with a cookout .
So one is wise to choose one well, And chocolate’s to resist. For in the midst of mania, It’s nice to have one near.
A VERY SPECIAL, HAPPY VALENTINES’S TO ALL!
All are invited and we will have tickets for sale @$5.00 a piece with all cash prizes to be awarded in the evening at the cookout. Even if you do not participate in the events you will also be accumulating points for just signing in at each event and for the purchase of a ticket. This is an all day (outdoor) event, and we hope all of you will come and join us on this fun day! More to come in this newsletter.
Newsletter 1
Newsletter Information Note, any information to be placed in the newsletter, must be submitted between the 1st and 15th of every month. Please contact the editor (Phyllis Grossi) at 567-6105, pkaygrossi@aim.com or drop off the information at 11150 Mesquite Dr. All newsletters can be viewed in color on the web site @ www.floridacommunities.com (click on Southfork at bottom of page.) Suggestion Box Suggestion Box is to be used to deposit, Annual Dues, Letters to the Board etc. All letters must be signed or they will not be honored. Office of Southfork 10808 U.S. 98, Dade City, Fl 33525 Phone: (352) 523-0022,
Fax: (352)523-0611
After Hours: (352)206-4080
_________________________________________________________________________ ASSOCIATION OFFICERS: President
Dot Cady
2012-2013
Vice President
Tom Geyer
2012-2013
Secretary
Carol Wild
2012-2013
Treasurer
Mike Gallagher
2012-2013
Directors: Phyllis Grossi
2012-2013
Jim McAdams
2012-2013
Harvey Barber
-2014
Roger Layne
-2014 2014
Emergency CONTACT NUMBERS IN PASCO COUNTY (911) Pasco Cty Sheriff 352-521-5131
Dade City Police 352-521-1493
Hurricane Updates 800-427-8340
Dade City Hospital
352-521-1100
Sick List. Ed (Doc) Dull
Mary Jo Dye Sandy Kendall
Marie Esche Nancy Steding
Tanya Hahn
Dan Shanbeck
Get Well Wishes To All! In Memoriam Leonard (Lenny) Wilson
Former resident passed away.
Max Bowman
Resident passed away Our condolences to the family and friends! New Residents
Harold and Barbara Mayer
11018 Mustang
Welcome to our Community of Southfork! Wedding
Anniversary
Jim & Barba Christie
2/10
Bill & Rae Walker
2/14
Ed & Jeanne Bittman
2/4
Ed (Doc) & Maggie Dull
2/24
______________________________________________________________________________ Ambulance Program Wine & Cheese Party January 12th A brief Election Meeting transpired, followed by our successful tasting party. Fifty-three tickets were sold, seven different types of wine, with four types of cheese were enjoyed, plus assorted crackers and garnishes. Glad to say our treasury increased by $153.00. On behalf of our Board of Directors, Thank You. Jim & Carolyn McAdams
from the Association President
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Well here we are in the New Year and already talking February events. We have Jimmy Smith coming back by popular demand, there is also a dance scheduled this month. Please read your newsletter for all the scheduled events and help us out by attending and showing your support. By now you all know the lights have been installed at 98 and 301 and so sad to hear about all the accidents happening and it seems they have been caused because some of the people are running the red lights. I have been sending numerous emails to D.O.T. and myself, sat one day to observe and seen a couple of cars running the red lights. Please be careful……..Read the article that was in the local news here in this issue. Please also read about our “Fun Day” event scheduled for March 16th. We need a great number of volunteers to help out with this first time ever in Southfork. So please meet with us on Saturday, Feb 8, at 1pm to help, suggest and organize and give suggestions to make this a fun day for all. To all the newer residents who have moved in over past year and recently, welcome to our home and please let me know if there is anything you would like to see come to Southfork in the line of entertainment or activities. Thanks all,
Dot Cady
Fun day, Sunday, March 16th 2:00pm
Well, we are trying something new again and we hope we get the interest of the community. We will have a day of scheduled events, (all outdoors) starting at 2pm and lasting until the evening hours ending at the Pavilion with a cook out, cash prizes and much more. To help with the cash prizes we will be selling tickets @ $5.00 a person and this starts with giving each person an automatic 25 points just for buying the tickets. All events held on this day will be point related whether you become an observer or a participant. At the end of the day at the cookout, cash prizes will be awarded to the people having the most points accumulated during the day of events. So when you buy your ticket your name must be given and that is the start of the accumulation of points Some of the events are, (this could be changed with more events added or removed): Golf Cart Obstacle tournament (this will be in the RV section), Shuffleboard Turkey Shoot (few items on the court and hitting the puck without knocking down the items), Beach ball event (tossing the ball down the street for the furthest thrown), Broom Ball (like Golf except using a broom with a whiffle ball), Scavenger hunt, Poke along Poker, Toss the ball in the basket (childs football tossed into a bushel basket), Toilet paper Mummy (a 2 team event with one person wrapping the other as quickly as possible using an entire roll of toilet paper). These are just a few suggestions and if anyone has any other ideas we welcome the suggestions or ideas. At the end of the day, all people with tickets meet at the pavilion with a chance of winning a cash prize and more, note, more then one cash prize will be given out. We are asking for as many people as can be to volunteer and help with some of the events. It will take many people to get this going and you can help at more then one event. Please call Phyllis @ 567-6105 for questions, help offered, ,suggestions or ideas. 1st meeting on Saturday, Feb 8th at 1pm.
February 5th, 2014
9:30am
Admission: $8.00
The Southfork Women’s Club is sponsoring a Women’s Fashion show and we have 6 Models wearing some really great clothes from Bonworth’s Fashions in Zephryhills. In order to attend you must have purchased a ticket for entrance before this date and this will entitle you to be entered in the drawing for one (1) month of “FREE LOT RENT”. So make sure to have purchased a ticket ( more than 1 ticket can be purchased with more chances) before February 4tht. No tickets sold at the door!!!
There will be Coffee and Cookie’s served as refreshments. Come and see the fashion’s and a chance for the drawing of the free rent.
Women’s Club
On Jan.15, 47 ladies met in the clubhouse for their monthly meeting. We missed Dot Cady our secretary who was absent because of illness. So Phyllis took her place, read the minutes and her Treasury report - both were approved without changes. We had reports from all the other committees. Mary Bolin head of the Charity Committee thanked everyone for their generosity and read letters of appreciation from the people that we helped. We had 13 representatives from the Lighthouse Ministries who told us their stories. It was very interesting to hear how these men turned their life around and now are helping others. Our club donated $100.00 to them and all the food brought in by the women were donated to them also. Dues were collected for 2014 as they are due in January each year. Feb 5th we will have our fashion show and your entrance fee is $8.00. With this ticket purchased you will have a chance to win one free month of Southfork rent. It was election time and the only position that was changed was the secretary. Gracefully, Peggy Elkins accepted to replace Dot Cady. Thank you Dot for a job well done. My board and I appreciated all the help that you gave us. Thanks to Tanya Hahn who gave us 4 bags of Avon Products to be raffled. Thanks also to Shirley Tiratto, Joanne Bowman and Dee Dee Southerland who did the Social Part of the meeting by celebrating the birthdays of December and January. See you at the fashion show next month and don’t forget to buy your ticket in order to attend. Marielle
Southfork Community Golf Cart Parade ON Saturday, Dec 21st, the above cart was one of 42 golf carts in the Christmas Golf Cart parade that went through the streets of Southfork, Blue Jay and Harmony Heights. What a great turnout and to top this off there were 18 homes visited by our 2 Santa Claus’s. The parade was split up into 2 sections and ½ went in one direction and the other half in the other direction and then met and all traveled to Blue Jay and Harmony Heights to the delight of many residents. This event was held in conjunction with the Angel Tree. There were 140 angels on the tree and every angel was taken and gifts purchased for our homebound residents here in Southfork. 115 gifts went to the Heritage Park Nursing Home and they had a Santa Claus there to hand deliver a gift to each and every resident in the home. All of this could not have been done without the most caring people like this community has and the big heart you have all shown. After the parade all met at the hall where there was Hot Chocolate, coffee, Soda and Cookies and the interaction of all who were in attendance. What a great place to call our home where all reach out to touch someone . Southfork, you are number 1!!
Santa #1 (Mike Miller)
Santa #2 (John Quain)
Getting ready for the parade
Scheduling of the Clubhouse To schedule a function in the Clubhouse, you must reserve the hall with the Association President first. In most case’s the scheduled Association events (such as bingo etc.) takes priority over private party requests. Give at least 30 days to 2 months advance notice for any scheduling and don’t assume the date is available. The same thing goes for the Pavillion and the Pool area. Call the President, Dot Cady for a form that must be filled out for all reservations. This is a must, for just in cases, of damage etc. and the host/ party holding the event will be held responsible and it must be noted if alcohol beverages will be used. If any questions on this procedure, please contact Dot.
PAPER RECYCLING By the time this newsletter reaches everyone we will have a new paper recycling company picking up all (newspapers/magazines only) back in the RV section. It was to be installed the week of January 6th and this is just a notice to let everyone know. The recycling of the newspapers done this way helps the Association with putting on the many events which are free to all members. Thanks everyone for your understanding during the couple of months of no paper pick up by the former company.
SATURDAY, February 1st @ 8AM TO 9AM $3.00 PER PERSON MENU INCLUDES: Home Fries, Scrambled Eggs, Ham or Sausage, Toast or Biscuit, Coffee, Tea and O.J. Take home is available. Can’t get to the clubhouse? We will deliver! Contact, Tom Robinson…..Cell 1-540-529-8247
Steak - out
AN AMBULANCE PROGRAM FUNDRAISER SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014 4PM, CLUBHOUSE This is an advance sale ticketed event, open to everyone. Ticket Sales ending Feb 27th. Tickets will be sold @ $9.00 per person.
The dinner will include steak, baked potato (white or sweet) and a dinner roll. Ticket holders will be asked to bring either a salad or a dessert “pot luck� style. We may be cooking our own steaks. Multiple grills will be set up for our use. Everyone provides their own place settings and provide your own beverages,. A sign-up & needs sheet will be posted.
Contact: Les Meyers, chairman of event.
ANNUAL SHUFFLEBAORD TOURNAMENT MARCH 13TH, 2014 TIME: 9 AM
It’s that time of year again here in Southfork and the Annual Mixed Shuffleboard Tournament will be in full swing. The 2014 Tournament will be held on Thursday, March 13 th starting at 9am. Players should be at the court at least 30 minutes before the tournament starts. The teams will consist of 16 ladies and 16 men. Please sign up on the sheet in the clubhouse if you are interested in playing. Ribbons will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED to all Southfork residents. Maybe more of you, after seeing the great fun the entrants are having, will come and join the teams on a daily basis. . We are hoping to see all of you at this great annual event.
Any questions, please contact Bob Lynch, 716-430-9772.
REWIND DANCE BAND
FEBRUARY 13TH,
7:00pm at the Clubhouse, $7.00 per person
Join us on “VALENTINE”S Day Eve” with this popular dance band for an evening of social merriment and dancing. BYOB and table snacks. For tickets contact: Harvey Barber, Tom Geyer, Jim McAdams
JIMMY SMITH (ELVIS IMPERSONATOR) IS BACK IN THE BUILDING! (THE SOUTHFORK CLUBHOUSE, THAT IS) Tickets $7.00 each , Monday, February 24th, Time: 7pm
Starring: Jimmy Smith from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Jimmy Smith will take us back in time as he sings classic songs by, Roy Orbinson, Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash and Tom Jones along with many others. The second half of the show continues with Jimmy’s “Reflections of Elvis. Blessed with a strong, beautiful voice and a natural ear, Jimmy has developed a tribute to "The King" that leaves Elvis fans clamoring for more. He has faithfully studied Elvis' moves and mannerisms and has perfected them to such an extent that you will surely feel that you are watching the best Elvis show ever. For tickets contact: Harvey Barber, Tom Geyer, Jim McAdams.
GET YOUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY ALL ARE SOLD!
FULL HOUSE EXPECTED!
Dade City News New Signal Is Installed At U.S. 98 And U.S. 301 D.O.T. Determined Signal Was Warranted At Intersection Story and photo by Joe Potter For more years than many of us can remember, a yellow flashing light has marked the intersection of U.S. Highway 301 and U.S. Highway 98 south of Dade City. Traffic signs alongside the north- and southbound lanes of U.S. 301 instructed motorists to lower their speed from 55 mph to 50 mph to 45 mph the closer they were to the intersection. Several property damage and personal injury accidents and a fair number of fatal accidents have occurred at the intersection over the past several years. Now, motorists will have to pay more attention when approaching the intersection since a traffic signal was installed there on Jan. 6 by the Florida Department of Transportation. More than 1,000 homes sit within a mile of the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and U.S. Highway 301 just south of Dade City. The Southfork Homeowners Association lobbied the DOT for eight years to install a traffic signal at this intersection. Many letters were written to politicians who represent the area requesting help from them. The Association’s efforts finally paid off in March 2013 when the DOT notified them that recent studies confirmed a signal was warranted. The DOT said the signal would be installed “as quickly as possible - before the end of the year, if not sooner.” The DOT only missed its self-imposed deadline for installation of the new traffic signal by about a week. DOT inspectors determined between 55 and 81 vehicles per hour made left turns at the intersection. The department also evaluated crash data from January 2009 through December 2012 and concluded that 2.5 crashes per year would be “susceptible to correction by a traffic signal – and - due to the high speed on U.S. 301 at this intersection - crashes tend to be severe.”
Can Recycling in RV section
We need your help……………..Please, please, do not place anything except cans in the receptacle for the can recycling back in the RV section. NO, bags, glass wine bottles, plastic of any kind. There has been trash of every kind found in this receptacle and only “CANS” are to be placed in there. We have a person who takes these cans to a recycling center and the items must be sorted out first because of all other items that do not belong in there. All other plastic, glass etc should be placed in a blue bag for recycling, curb pick up on the 1 st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. Please help and abide by this request!!!!
Phone Directory Just a reminder, because of running short each year……………….no home deliveries will be made of the phone directories. I will bring them to the office and if anyone wants a new one, just ask John or Sandi. Don’t quote me on this but I think they will be delivered around the end of January………..So when you go to pay your rent, stop and ask if they have been brought in yet. Also, if any errors or corrections need to be made, I can make them but they will not show until the next January 2015 when the next book comes out. Remember, each year the deadline for additions/corrections must be made by December 1st.
Thanks, Phyllis Grossi
6TH ANNUAL HAND AND FOOT TOURNAMENT The annual Hand and Foot Tournament was held on Saturday, 1/18/2014 at the clubhouse and was again a great success. There were thirty two (32) entrants and the tournament started at 11am. Everyone brought some type of finger food and we had 3 full tables set up and what a feast of goodies including sandwiches, various entrees and desserts plus and coffee. In between and during the games, everyone took advantage and munched on all the goodies. It looked like a gourmet spread with so much food and it developed a great party atmosphere and there was enough food to feed the entire community. There was a lot of quiet and anxiety at first and when everyone was seated and relaxed, you could then hear the giggles, chatter and laughter start and then the fun began. It s all in the cards and well………..we seen what happened and who the winning teams were and there were a few penalty points on some of the score sheets. I want to thank Irene Schreier & Marielle Quain for taking care of checking in all the entrants as they came in and passed out the rules with seat position’s to each person. They also did all the verifying of the sheets and totaling them to make sure all was correct and to see who all the winners were going to be. I also want to thank my husband, Pat Grossi who kept the coffee going and helping with the food tables and helped where needed. Here are the winners with a total of 10 people and a total of $160.00 given out: $30 each to
Gladys Cline & Frieda Ballerstein.
25,730 points
$20 each to
Carol Whitbeck & Rick Unger
25,120 points
$15 each to Jo Bellows & Carol Wild
25,090 points
$10 each to Nona Gardner & Carol Albers,
24,220 points
$5 each to
22,595 points
Donna Elder & Carol Quandt
So all in all, a big thanks to everyone who entered the tournament, brought food or helped in anyway. It was a huge success and everyone is looking forward to next year already. A successful event is only made when you have great participation! Phyllis Grossi
Thanks To All the Volunteers It would be next to impossible to conduct the many social activities and entertainment, newsletter, breakfasts, bingo, Monday Coffee Hour and the list goes on and on without the help of so many volunteers. The Southfork Association would not be where it is today with out the free time and help that is given. This includes many hours because it is continuous and never ending and especially for some of the same people who do the same things year after year. We have the servers at the events, the can recycling, the 50/50 salespeople, and so many others who do so much along with the taking care of the signs and selling of event tickets and the list is never ending!
The next time you attend an affair, be sure to extend your thanks for all of their hard work and effort. There is always room for more volunteers to join in and help out. Remember, the Association is a social group and our job is to schedule as many events as possible and to keep it an active “55”” plus community as advertised. So try and remember this if something is not going the way you would like it because you will then be asked to help at the next function and that means another volunteer was recruited . Thanks to all!!!!!
Dog Sitting My name is Tom Martini and a new resident. I will do any dog sitting either in my home or yours and my reference is Dr Blake Vet Hospital. Let me Do That Housecleaning ($10 per hr), Laundry/Ironing, Painting, Landscaping ($15 per hour), Window Washing, Snowbird Peace of Mind,any other odd jobs. Sherry Morvatz
Pressure Washing
Call @ 352-467-0929
See Andy @Clubhouse
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Weekly Calendar of Events Sunday
Church of Your Choice…”May I” card game @6pm
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Coffee Hour @8am…Line Dance @10am…Poker @12 noon (Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm… Hand & Foot @6pm Euchre @6:30pm
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Trash Pickup AM…(Fall/Winter) Mixed Shuffleboard @9am… Exercise @10:30am…Sequence @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Ladies Shuffleboard @3pm Bowling (Zephyrhills) @noon…Dble Pinochle @6pm…Poker @4:30pm
___________________________________________________________________ Wednesday
Blue bag Trash pickup 1st & 3rd Wednesday…Men’s Golf @10:30am… Quilting @9am…(Fall/Winter) Bridge @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm…Bingo@6:30pm, doors open @5:30pm
__________________________________________________________________ Thursday
Hand & Foot @9am…Dominoes @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Ladies Shuffleboard @3pm Poker @4:30pm…”Alley” Board game @6pm
_________________________________________________________________ Friday
Trash pickup… (Fall/Winter) Mixed Shuffleboard @9am…Exercise @10:30am…(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm…
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“TOPS” Weight Loss @9am…Mixed Poker @4:45pm…”65” game @7pm
Feb 1st
(Sat)
Pancake Breakfast 8 to 9am
Feb 5th
(Wed)
Womens Club (Fashion Show) 9:30am (must have a ticket To attend)
Feb 7th
(Fri)
Men’s Social Monthly Breakfast (IHOP) 9am
Feb 8th
(Sat)
Fun day meeting at 1pm. Please try to attend! We need Many helpers)
Feb 13th (Thur)
The Rewind Band
(Dance) 7pm
Feb 17th (Mon)
Assoc Officers/Board meeting 9am
Feb 23rd (Sun)
Card bingo (bring $2.00 in dimes/deck of cards) 6pm
Feb 24th (Mon)
Association annual meeting 9am
Feb 24th (Mon)
Jimmy Smith (ELVIS) show 7pm
FUN DAY MEETING Saturday Feb 8th, @ 1pm: PLEASE, WE WOULD LIKE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO COME OUT TO VOLUNTEER AND MEET WITH US IN THE PLANNING OF THIS FIRST GREAT OUTDOOR EVENT. Many volunteers are needed,