The News of
Sun City Center
September 4
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Sun City Center Photo Club Competition Winners
In the Color Prints Masters category, Jackie Hanson took gold for A Fine Old Man, and silvers for Tasty Bamboo and The Mandrill. Hanson was also awarded gold in the Mono Prints Master’s Level for Do You Feel Lucky? In Mono Prints Level 2, Kathy Griffith won gold for Spiral Staircase. In the Master’s Unassigned Category, Jack Migliore won for Flight Into Darkness. In the Digital Color Master’s Category, Bobbie Ray won gold for Early Morning Reflections, tied with Carol Feldhauser, who received the award for Sandhill Jump. In the Digital Color Advanced Level, Ron Shackelford won gold for Feed Me. Digital Color Level 2 ended in a three-way tie for gold: Wally Erickson (Delicately Exquisite), Barbara Klimczak (Misty Morning in Csechy Krumlov) and Kai Rambow (Risky Drying). In the Unassigned Level, there was another tie: Robert Miller (Come Fly With Me) and Jack Migliore (That Distant Look) both received gold. In the Digital Mono Master’s Category, Bobbie Ray (Shadows and Reflections) and Robert Miller (Somewhere Over the Mountain) both won top awards. In the Digital Creative Category, Robert Winch won gold for Elements of the Bridge. Congratulations to all the winners!
Jack Migliore: Flight Into Darkness
Kathy Griffith: Spiral Staircase
Ron Shackelford: Feed Me
Kai Rambow: Risky Drying Carol Feldhauser: Sandhill Jump
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Pollard Receives South Bay Outstanding Volunteer Award
By Paula Lickfeldt Les Pollard was presented with the South Bay Hospital Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award. Les was born in Great Britain, moved to Canada, and then to The United States of America. He is a citizen of all three countries, though he prefers to be called “American.” Les and his wife Jean Ann, also a citizen of Britain, Canada and the USA, have been married for fifty-eight years. They have two daughters, one son-in-law and one grandson. In his life before retirement, Les was a mechanical engineer/project manager specializing in material handling and structural steel design. He worked both in Canada and the USA for a Houston, Texas based company. While living in Canada, they owned a timeshare in Sarasota, FL for several years. They decided that when they retired, they would move to Florida. Les retired in 2004 and moved to Sun City Center because a good friend had recommended SCC to them. After moving to FL, Les decided that he would like to learn to play a tenor banjo. In 2005, he did just that. He bought a banjo, learned to play it and joined The Front Porch Pickers. Les has
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Les was an ambulance driver for the SCC volunteer Emergency Squad, Emergency Medical Responder, and dispatcher for the squad for ten years. After retiring from the squad, Les decided to volunteer at South Bay Hospital in the emergency department. Emergency department employees describe Les as always being kind to everyone. He has a way about him that allows him to talk with the patients and
to help put them at ease. The nurses say that he is always right behind them making beds, sending labs and getting anything that they or the patient might need. He listens to patients as they explain their needs and wants and does everything in his power to make them happy. Great job Les and Jean Ann. You are both assets to the Sun City Center community.
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a repertoire which includes quite a few Irish songs and the song Put Another Log on The Fire. Les and Jean Ann are also active members of St. John the Divine Episcopal Church. They belong to the Irish Connection Club, the Canadian Club and the Oldies But Goodies Dance Club. They like to take bus trips and attend functions with their many friends.
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The Mary Petro Program is funded by the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay and provides financial assistance to residents for food and medicine. Must be full time residents of Sun City Center or Kings Point. For information, call 813-634-8306.
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