2 - CA
September 2019
The News of Sun City Center
OFFICIAL NOTICE BUDGET WORKSHOP
FOR CA MEMBERS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 FLORIDA ROOM 9:00 AM YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE
2020 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BUDGET
APPLICATIONS FOR DIRECTOR
AVAILABLE IN THE CA OFFICE There are three positions open for three-year terms January 2, 2020 – January 4, 2023 Completed applications must be returned to the CA office by 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Dues and Facility Use
By Diane M. Loeffler After the formal board meetings, area residents have the opportunity to address the board. Recent discussions centered on the issue of our dues. Should others be allowed to use our facilities even though they do not pay dues to maintain them? What do our dues entitle us to? The Kings Point yearly charge of $125 will allow their residents to join Community Association (CA) clubs but not to use our pools or Fitness Center. There is a precedent for charging fees. The CA has an agreement allowing residents of Freedom Plaza to join our clubs and also use our pools and fitness center. There were questions on how this would affect national organizations who use our facilities. Some of these memberships run through June. One resident says that she and her husband would like to dance in empty rooms and use the pickle ball and shuffleboard courts without having to join clubs or plan in advance. These issues will be addressed in future meetings.
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L to R: Pam Cardwell, Lois Wilson and Joan Fawcett.
The Porcelain Doll Group moved from Mary’s home to the Community Association Campus. For a time, they shared space with the pottery club. When the Arts and Crafts Building was built the China Painters Club was able to move across the street into their own space. The cost for membership in the China Painters Club is $15 per year. There are no classes required for membership. Members of the club are very willing to help new members get started. Classes, however, are available. A new person is loaned a kit with paint, brushes and other necessities. When the decision is made to join the club, the “loaner kit” is returned and supplies that the new member may
Our dues remain relatively low because we have so many volunteers and because we have been careful about spending and diligent in maintaining and protecting our facilities. There have been some problems with unscheduled room use. In one instance, a room had been reserved. The maintenance staff set up the room to the requested specifications and waxed the floor. Later someone decided to use the room while the wax was still wet, move the furniture, and leave trash behind. The room was in poor condition for the group who reserved it. There have been several instances of vandalism to rooms by individuals who have not reserved them. Also, signs and gates have been torn down and once the temperature on the walking pool was turned up from the state mandated 88-89 degrees to 106 degrees. Will we continue to volunteer and to treat our facilities with respect? Failure to do one or both could undermine the framework that allows us to keep our fees low.
want are purchased. Supplies: paints, brushes, and other necessities are kept by the club for purchase by the members. The club has a lot of white ware that members may purchase and there are also catalogues for the purchase of supplies and white ware. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday the club room is open for working on projects. Thursday is a teaching day. A monthly club meeting is held on the First Tuesday of the month. Members may go to the club room to paint at any time. The SCC China Painters Club is always wellrepresented at the Florida State Fair each year. Many ribbons including best of show have been awarded to SCC residents. China painted pieces are on display in the club room on Cherry Hills. The public is invited to visit the showroom and make any purchase they would like. The money made on the sold pieces benefit the club and the member who made the piece. After the cost of making the piece is returned to the artist, any remaining funds are given to the club treasurer for club expenses. Pieces are also voluntarily donated by club members for sale in the showroom and at FunFest. Ten percent of the profits made through the sale of these projects is donated to the CA. The club also donates to other organizations during the year.
Newcomers
List prepared by Linda Bowker from CA staff data. Report corrections, additions to CA at 633-3500.
Trail Blazing By John Lampkin
Houdini made an elephant disappear. Not to be outdone, Penn & Teller made Elsie the Cow disappear. Even more impressive is a disappearing act on the Sun City Center Nature Trails starring of all things, plume moths! Imagine that you’re a dragonfly or Blue-gray Gnatcatcher looking for your next morsel. You spot a promising little moth moving through the clearing and just as you are about to pounce, it’s gone. Poof, it is now a twig or piece of dried grass. And even more maddening is when the flying fluff is a mated pair, a tasty twofer, as in the photo. Camouflage in one form or another is a main line of defense for many species. Moths especially are masters of duplicity, mimicking tree bark, bird poop or debris. In fact, one large group is called “grass veneers” because they hug the stems and disappear as just part of foliage. There are 147 maddeningly similar species of plume moths in 26 genera in North America and it’s safe to say that our pair is one of those. Each head is immediately under the twig and each has one wing hanging down and one wing angled upwards at an angle. Who needs an elephant or Elsie the Cow? This is magic! The Nature Trails is an ongoing project of the SCC Audubon Club in cooperation with the SCC CA. The trailhead is located opposite North Lake on Del Webb West between Vincennes and Seton Hall. Join us for interpretive walks on the first Tuesday of the month at 9 am.
Statement of Purpose
The Sun City Center Community Association serves the residents of Sun City Center by providing assistance for the elderly, assistance and essential services to tax exempt entities, and operates in lieu of a municipal government, thereby lessening the burdens of government (Hillsborough County, Florida).
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