Southfork News “FOR THE RESIDENTS, BY THE RESIDENTS” Happy New Year
January 2015
January January opens a new door for a new year and brings out days that are bright and clear. Here’s to the new year... May it bring more joy and success And less grief and regret.
It brings out days that are cold and gray, and shouts, “Come see what I brought out today.”
To our dreams... May we never stop believing in them And taking the actions that will make them a reality. To our friends, loved ones, neighbors... May we take the time to let them know How much it means to us To have them in our lives. Let us encourage more and criticize less, Give more and need less. And whenever we can, Let us create harmony and peace.
So please review all coming events here in the community that are listed in the monthly newsletter and to all old and new residents, come and enjoy.. Hope this is a start of a New Year with good health and fellowship!
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To new beginnings... Let us start fresh, right now, To make this the very best year ever. A very Happy New Year to all of us!
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
2014-2016
Vice President
Tom Geyer
2014-2016
Secretary
Carol Wild
2014-2016
Treasurer
Mike Gallagher
2014-2016
Directors: Priscilla Medeiros
-2016
Jim McAdams
2014-2016
Harvey Barber
2015-2017
Roger Layne
2015-2017
Mary Freund
2015-2017
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.
Mel Kinney
Phyllis Fisher
Get Well Wishes To All! In Memoriam .Great month with no reporting of any loss of residents.
Our condolences to the family and friends! New Residents Michael & Betty Butler
11039 Maverick
Welcome to our Community of Southfork! Wedding Rick & Diane Unger
1/3
Bob & Donna Elder
1/7
Anniversary
Bill & MJ Cline 1/27 ______________________________________________________________________________
Ladies:
We need you!!!!
Come play shuffleboard on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3pm. It’s easy and fun and a good social time!!!
from the Association President
DEAR FRIENDS SOUTHFORK STARTED THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH A GREAT PROGRAM. OVER 80 PEOPLE ENJOYED “THE CHARACTERS OF CHRISTMAS”. HUGE THANKS TO RUSS WILD, WHO CREATED, DIRECTED AND WAS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS. OUR MANAGER, JOHN, MIKE AND LINDA MILLER AND MARVIN RUSH WERE THE OTHER CHARACTERS! SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN AND SANDI, WHO HELPED RUSS AND I PUT THINGS TOGETHER! THANKS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TREE BUILDERS, TOM, JUDY, MARY, JIM, JOE, JANET AND MARVIN. ALSO, THANKS TO MARY JO AND ALL OF THE KITCHEN CREW. YES, “IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE” WE ARE SO BLESSED TO LIVE HERE IN SOUTHFORK! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!
DOT
Southfork Annual Association Meeting
What: Our annual homeowner’s meeting is a chance to meet new neighbors, catch up with old friends and discuss local issues. The January meeting has been designated by our by-laws to be the first meeting of the fiscal year with any elections/changes needed and to be voted on. Please plan to attend and learn what’s happening in Southfork! Where:
Southfork Clubhouse, January 26th, 2015 at 9A.M. sharp!
Why: It’s your neighborhood, too! With our combined efforts, we can continue to make our community a better social environment with better communication to everyone. We need everyone’s support to help and vote on issues that everyone is happy with! It is next to impossible to please everyone but there are ways to try and appease most of the people. Who: You, the homeowners, must have your yearly dues paid by January 15th in order to vote on any issues. The annual yearly dues is $20.00 per household and only one (1) member of each household is eligible to vote. Submit payment to Secretary, Carol Wild, 11108 Maverick Dr or place in the suggestion box in the lobby of the clubhouse. How: No need to RSVP, just show up! Reason: Come and interact with friends and neighbors. So, if you want “change” this is the time to do it!!! Please, come and submit those ideas that you may be thinking about. If you do not speak up, you will never know if it is something that can make a change. We wait to hear from you, our members.
Southfork Phone Directory Just a reminder that the phone directories should be delivered to the management office by the first week of February. They will not be delivered to each home and each resident must come to the office to pick up their copy. Please note if any changes, deletions or additions must be made, remember, that the management office does not give me any phone numbers to be published but all this info must be given or sent to Phyllis Grossi, 11150 Mesquite or send via email to pkaygrossi@aim.com by the resident. Any changes given now will not be reflected until the next directory in year 2016. Thanks, Phyllis Grossi ______________________________________________________________________________
What the Snowbirds missed this Summer
Easy access to 301 – no traffic Seeing and hearing the mowers, mowing and blowing grass weekly Beautiful sunsets Ladies breakfast outings each month Card nights at the clubhouse Days with thunder all day long, but no rain Monthly activities Hundreds of flashes of brilliant lightning Wondering where the customers were in many stores with empty parking lots Daily pool visitors and almost having the pool to themselves.
Women’s Club
On December 3rd, 42 Members of the Women's Club went to the Golden Corral for the annual Christmas Party. This meal paid for by the club was for all the members in recognition of their generosity and their work during the entire year. We had a good time and thank you to Tanya for the 4 gifts she donated that we raffled. Next month on Jan 7th we will have our 1st meeting of the new year in the Clubhouse at 9:30am. We have a lot of things to discuss and also don't forget your 2015 dues which are due. Happy New Year to all, Marielle
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Let’s start the New Year 2015 with a lot of new winners at our Bingo on Wednesday evenings. It does not seem possible we are into another new year so if you have nothing to do on Wednesday evenings, come join us in a game of bingo. Doors open at 5:15pm and the selling of the bingo sheets stops at 6:15pm. The games start at 6:30pm with a 50/50 starting off the evening.
SOUTHFORK’S CHRISTMAS PAGEANT , December 6th, 2014
A special thanks to all that helped decorate the hall, decorate the beautiful Christmas tree and joined in the lighting of our tree. Thanks for the cookies and drinks. Now we were told we would be viewing Christmas Characters, well assuming the usual suspects, Santa, Rudolph and possible a few elves we all waited patiently for their arrival. “continued on the next page”
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We were certainly surprised at what followed. Russ Wild, a western preacher, known as Marshall Curly Clupepper, arrived to tell his yarn of being in the plains, needing food and finding himself surrounded by a pack of wolves. Taking a knee and lowering his head, he asked to be saved. When he raised his head, he found the wolves had abandoned him, only to circle the Lamb of God. Mike Miller, as the Grinch, try hard as he might, and he did try very hard, found he could not take the Christmas spirit out of the town of “Who.” The spirit remained with no toys, no trees, but the joy of the day. John Bartoszek, our manager, portrayed a saloon patron who told the story of the barkeeper, who took cash from his own cash drawer to help a young lady get home for the holiday. Linda Miller, portrayed an angel and projected what Christmas is really all about. Dot Cady, our president, with her keyboard, brought 80 Southfork residence into harmony singing Christmas carols and wishing all a Merry Christmas. Marvin Rush, last but not least, came with his jingle bells and Santa outfit distributing candy canes and wishing each and every one of us a Merry Christmas. I don’t use this word often, but all I can say is “Awesome.” Subnitted by, Kathy Gallick
In the New Year, we as neighbors, wish all of you the best year you’ve ever had, and that each New Year will be better than the last. May you realize your fondest dreams and take time to recognize and enjoy each and every blessing! Happy New Year and many more!
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Message from the Editor Your help is needed!! Please keep the Southfork News in mind as you attend fun events at the Clubhouse or hear any funny story. You can send your photos and/or stories to me at pkaygrossi@aim.com. You might enjoy being a silent reporter who adds a little pizzazz to our newsletter. See your name in print or be anonymous, your choice. I will need all submissions by the 15th of each month. It takes me a few days to get everything together and I always send the newsletter to print by the 19th. I send it early so the newsletters are delivered back from New Port Richey the last week of the month and everyone here has their copy by the 1st of the month. Thanks, Phyllis
7th ANNUAL HAND AND FOOT TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th, 2015 AT 10:45AM. There will be cash prizes and a lot of good tasty food/snacks. Deadline for paying entry fee is January 19th, 2015. Entry fee is $5.00 per person paid in advance. Please see Phyllis Grossi if you are planning on participating!. All entrants, please bring a finger food and your own beverage. Coffee will be served! Thanks in advance to everyone who will help make this a success and hopefully it can still be held each year. Any questions, call Phyllis @ 567-6105
“COMING TO SOUTHFORK”,
JANUARY ENTERTAINMENT
“CAHAL DUNNE” TUESDAY, JANIARY 13, 2015, 7PM New Year Ticket pricing - $7.50 per person! This man is entertainment at its finest. Cahal is known as “IRELAND’S HAPPY MAN”. Cahal Dunne has appeared on the David Letterman show, PBS, Entertainment Tonight and has performed for several American Presidents. Cahal Dunne’s Irish humor and songs are not to be missed. He will be dressed in green (maybe) and we will be talking green thereafter, not that I am partial to Irish. We will set up in auditorium style seating – no tables. Sponsored by Southfork Association.
___________________________________________________________________ Southfork Ambulance Program membership Reminder – Southfork residents who wish to join or rejoin this program for 2015, must have their dues of $15.00 per person, paid by December 31st. Mary Freund is our new Treasurer and will be recording all funds and billings, issuing new receipts and checks. A new SAP service is going to be offered by Nancy Steding. She will compile a list of “walking aids”, canes, crutches, walkers, chairs, etc. We have numerous forms of rehab equipment stored around our homes, not being used. If you are of a mind to loan any equipment of yours, please contact Nancy (352-567-9339). A listing will be stored on a clubhouse kitchen cabinet. Lastly, a decision was made at our Dec 5th membership meeting to increase the annual 911 ambulance service by one call. For the up-coming year 2015, we will on a trial basis, offer two emergency runs. Thank you, Jim McAdams
SATURDAY, Jan 3rd @ 8AM TO 9AM $3.00 PER PERSON SAUSAGE GRAVY/BISCUITS, SCRAMBLED EGGS & HASH BROWNS, 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
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION FOR EVERYONE This year seems different somehow, despite the traditions and holidays as they have been for years some families have lost loved ones, gained new grandchildren etc, that’s part of life. Expected losses and gains have made the year memorable as we close the calendar of 2011. There is something different in the air with the political parties, economy, job losses and fear of not knowing what the future holds for all of us. Fear, but also patriotism and it’s time for America to change back into the nation it once was and always has been. This calls for a New Year’s resolution for everyone. Love your neighbor. Cherish your family. Appreciate your Country (USA) for its rights, its freedom and its values. This is a resolution everyone should be thinking about now. The world has changed, America has changed and so must we………………………. Happy New Years to all!!!
After Christmas Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the house, nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d taste, At the holiday parties all had gone to my waist. When I got on the scales there arose such a number, when I walked to the store (less a walk than a number) I’d remember the marvelous meals I’d prepared, the gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared. The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese, and the way I’d never said, “No thank you, please.” As I dressed myself in my husband’s old shirt and prepared once again to do battle with dirt, I said to myself as I only can, “You can’t spend a winter disguised as a man! So away with the last of the sour cream dip, get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip. Every last bit of food that I like must be banished. “Till all the additional ounces have vanished” I won’t have a cookie, not even a lick. I’ll want only to chew on a long celery stick. I won’t have hot biscuits or corn bread or pie. I’ll munch on a carrot and quietly cry. I’m hungry, I’m lonesome and life is a bore, but isn’t that what January is for? Unable to giggle, no longer a riot, Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!
Old Christmas Cards Please save all the covers from your Christmas cards (any greeting cards) and place them in the designated box in our Library. They will be sent to a group who uses them to decorate Christmas stockings for prisoners. They used our cards from last year and distributed over 1000 stockings. They sent Southfork a very nice thank-you. Thanks in advance!! Carol Barnett ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Don’t know the woman’s name
HELP-- help me please. At the bazaar at the clubhouse a lady bought two of my ruffled scarves. She said she wanted another one made to order. I've been paid for them and she said she would come by to choose the scarf. I'm waiting for her to choose her color. Thank you Jeanne Bittman 352-437-5139 ________________________________________________________________ A Christmas Pageant By the Southfork Players Those of you who were too busy to attend this event, missed an excellent show. We can only hope that the team of Russ Wilds and Mike Miller return with another offering. Sheriff “Curly” and the “Grinch” were awesome and tremendous supporting roles were provided by Linda Miller, John Bartoszek and Santa (Marvin Rush). As it turned out, Santa needed a bigger sack and maybe more Elves. Submitted by, Jim McAdams
To All!
At this time, I am not taking new customers. I would like to express a heart felt "Thank You" to all the wonderful residents of South Fork who have used my services." Sincerely, Sherry Morvatz ______________________. Let Me Fix That Car Detailing, Minor Plumbing Repair, Minor Electrical Repair, Minor Structural Repair, Minor Roof Repair, Window Screen repair, Ceramic Tile Installation, Laminate Floor Installation, Gutter Cleaning, Pressure Washing, Solar Tube Installation, Skylight Installation. Jim Morvatz C 843-222-2713 H. 437-4782 Will rake your lawn @ $5.00 per bag. Bobby Hahn 567-7125
Handi-Lady at your service
Pressure Washing
My name is Debbie and I am a resident of Southfork. I would like to help you with things you need done around your house. No job is too small. My rates are very reasonable. Based on a flat fee. References upon request 336-202-2829 __________________________
See Andy @Clubhouse
Avon: Catalogs are available. Call Tanya or Bobby 567-7125 tbhahnfl@yahoo.com Retired Master Electrician Available to do electrical jobs at reasonable rates. Contact Jerry McClellan 11040 Maverick Drive Home: (352) 437-5219 Cell: (352) 999-2908 __________________________ Handyman Repairs by George Free Estimates. Warranty on all work. Home: 352-437-5300 Cell: 410-852-6663 Your neighbor here in Southfork.
$65.00 per house, $25.00 for Green side only Help Available Let me help you keep the sun shining in your world. Compassionate Professional and Discreet Care. Retired nurse will assist you with bathing, shower, apply lotion to skin. File nails, shampoo/set/comb-out hair, simple cleaning, grocery shopping, errands, comfort care. Will sit with loved one while you go out. Will check on loved one if you live out of town and I will report conditions to you. Discuss your other concerns/need s. Additional info posted on board in library and I live in Southfork. Call Jean at 352-437-5139. Suggested donation: $10.00/hour.
Weekly Calendar of Events Sunday Church of Your Choice…”May I” card game @6pm ________________________________________________________________ Monday
Coffee Hour @8am…Line Dance @10am…Poker @12 noon (Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm… Hand & Foot @6pm Euchre @6pm
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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 @5:00pm
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Blue bag Trash pickup 1st & 3rd Wednesday…Men’s Golf @10:00am… Quilting @9am… Bridge @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm…Bingo@6:30pm, doors open @5:15pm
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Hand & Foot @9am…Dominoes @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Ladies Shuffleboard @3pm Poker @5:00pm…”Alley” Board game @6pm…
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Trash pickup… (Fall/Winter) Mixed Shuffleboard @9am…Exercise @10:30am…(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm…Poker @12noon WII FIT @9am
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“TOPS” Weight Loss @9am…Bocce @10am…”65” game @7pm…Poker @5pm…
Jan 2nd (Fri)
Men’s Breakfast group 9am
Jan 3rd
(Sat)
Pancake breakfast 8 to 9am
Jan 4th
(Sun)
Card Bingo 6pm (bring $2.00 in dimes)
Jan 7th
(Wed)
Women’s Club 9:30am (Bring 2 cans food for needy)
Jan 13th (Tues)
Cahal Dunne musical entertainment 7pm
Jan 18th (Sun)
Card Bingo 6pm (bring $2.00 in dimes)
Jan 19th (Mon)
Assn officer/directors 9am
Jan 24th (Sat) Jan 26th (Mon)
Hand & Foot Tournament 10:45am (don’t forget your snack) Assoc membership meeting 9am
___________________________________________________________________ Tick Tock I’m writing this in a state of shock, Watching the clock—tick tock, tick tock, Advancing, approaching, relentlessly, A brand new year; Oh, can it be? The calendar says the same thing, too; Time races, vanishes for me; Boo hoo! No, wait! If time flies, I’m having fun! A year of fun! It’s gone! It’s done! I now embrace the blur of time, Because it simply means that I’m Too busy with pleasure, joy, delight To mourn the passing days’ swift flight. So I’m wishing you fast, happy days, Pleasuring you in myriad ways, Filled with happiness and cheer, Oh Happy, Happy Bright New Year! By Joanna Fuchs