Pocono Farms Weathervane

September 2015

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Our Community From Your Board of Directors 2

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Thoughts from the Manager

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Women’s Club News

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Crime Watch Activity Report

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Letter to the Editor

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Calendar of Events Pocono Farms Events

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September Calendar

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Sports Round by Round

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All Day German Beer Specials at the “Beer Hans” From 5-8pm Join us in the Grill Room for special German menu selections with live entertainment!

2015 Board of directors meeting schedule all meeting times are 7pm unless otherwise noted

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 Friday, October 23, 2015 Friday, November 20, 2015 Friday, December 18, 2015

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From Your Board of Directors

by NEIL CARLSON

I truly hope that everyone has been enjoying their summer in the Farms this year. June brought us a little more rain that I think everyone would have liked, but July brought us some great weather and events in the community. We have a great staff who all work very hard to provide opportunities for us to enjoy the amenities of the community.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Neil Carlson, President Mike Elbert, Vice President Collette Houston-Ong, Treasurer Rich McCormick, Secretary Director, Brian Cavanaugh Director, Frank DeBrincat Director, Harry Hamill Director, Rich McCormick Director, Peter Volpe Director, Bill Weimer

In addition to that, they also do a great job of coordinating our annual membership meeting. This year, as with years past, we did not get a great number of members to attend, but those who did brought their comments and concerns. I want to focus this article on community feedback.

The vast majority of our neighbors only attend once a year to bring their concerns and questions, but once a year is not enough. We on the board need your feedback to help us drive the community toward fulfilling member’s needs and expectations. I know there is a feeling among some members that the board isn’t concerned with feedback and do not care what the members think. That is entirely untrue.

Those of us who volunteer to serve on the board do so because we love this community and are willing to commit our free time to helping the community be more inclusive and successful for every single resident.

Committee Liaison Assignments: A & B/Environmental Rich McCormick Communications Mike Elbert Crime Watch Bill Weimer Elections/Nominations Rich McCormick Finance Collette Ong Fitness Mike Elbert Golf Frank DeBrincat Long Range Planning Harry Hamill Pool Bill Weimer Recreation/Tennis Brian Cavanaugh Ad-Hocs POS System Upgrade Community Garden Marketing

To that end, over the next few months we will be rolling out a few initiatives to facilitate feedback from the membership and provide details on how your annual dues continue to make Pocono Farms a premiere community in the area. Something that is not new, however, is the monthly board meeting.

This is a perfect venue to bring questions and concerns to the board and witness how the Farms is being managed. Additionally, we will begin publishing a recap of the monthly board meetings in the Weathervane, in an effort to make membership aware of what is going on and help increase participation.

Our committees are currently forming for the upcoming year and we need volunteers to participate on those committees. It is not a significant time commitment and is a very important aspect of how things around the community get accomplished. Please stop by the office to get more information on the committees and fill out an application.

Mike Elbert Brian Cavanaugh Appointed as needed

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE (Liaison: Mike Elbert) Peg Scott Linda Becht John McDonnell Marianne Stephen

I mentioned earlier that we will be providing details on how the dues money is making the community better every day. The first item I would like to detail is the paving of the cul-de-sacs. This is an expensive endeavor and we have been working both internally and with PA American Water to get to each culde-sac. To date, 38 of the 76 paved cul-de-sacs have been re-paved. We are in the process of assigning a grade to each of the remaining cul-de-sacs in order of condition. This was done about 8 years ago when we started the paving project and we know some have weathered worse than others since then.

DEPARTMENT HEADS General Manager 894-4435 ext. 100

David Timko dtimko@poconofarms.com

Accounting/Office Manager 894-4435 ext. 103

Lorraine Daviduk ldaviduk@poconofarms.com

Golf Pro 894-4435 ext. 110

Kyle Monahan golfshop@poconofarms.com

Enjoy the remainder of the summer and I hope to see you around the community.

Greens Superintendent Adam Herman 894-4435 adamh@poconofarms.com Chef pfchef@poconofarms.com 894-4435 ext. 130 Food & Beverage Director 894-4435 ext. 132

Katrina Weithman katrinaw@poconofarms.com

Activities Director 894-4435 ext. 113

Joe Sprovkin recdir@poconofarms.com

Director of Security 894-4435 ext. 105

Artie Furman afurman@poconofarms.com

Building Coordinator & Compliance Director 894-4435 ext. 104

Richard Savage rsavage@poconofarms.com

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Thoughts from the Manager

By Dave Timko

Another annual meeting of the Pocono Farms membership has come and gone. There were 162 property owners represented at the meeting, which has been about the average over the past few years.

As was written in the last month’s Weathervane, neither voting issue passed. Members had the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns on each issue prior to going to a vote. Members were passionate both for and against each issue.

Although the motion was denied to allocate funds to go after those who do not pay their fair share, we are still pursuing our options with the PFCCA legal counsel. We cannot sit back and continue to let 80% pay for 100% of the cost to operate the Association. One point that did need to be clarified from the annual meeting is the collection process.

The first step is that we (PFCCA) send out the yearly operation assessment to all property owners.

This is where 80% pay their dues.

The 20% that do not pay their dues are sent to the collection attorney. This process costs the Association nothing. The attorney adds 35% on top of the balance sent to him to collect. That is over $450.00 on a balance of $1,302.00. If there is no response to that action, then we proceed to the magistrate filing for a judgment. This is where it starts to cost the Association money.

Our annual assessment billing is approximately $2,000,000.00.

Bad debt at 20% of 2 million is equal to $400,000.00

The official publication of the Pocono Farms Country Club AssocIation, Inc.

Therefore for each drop of 1% of the bad debt percent equals $20,000.00

PUBLISHED BY NIKI JONES AGENCY, INC.

If bad debt were 19%, the total bad debt on 2 million would be $380,000.00 or $20,000.00 back into operations.

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That goes back to the fact that our focus needs to be on collections and decreasing bad debt. If we were at 10% bad debt ($200,000.00 of 2 million billing), that would put $200,000.00 back into our operating account. Not that 10% is acceptable, but the point is with $200,000.00 back into our operating account by decreasing bad debt by 10%, would allow us to do much more for the entire community. The increase in bad debt did not happen overnight and there is no silver bullet that will get us to the 10% level in a short period.

However, the process must be started and we should not rule anything out to recover funds that are due to the Association. In future community updates that are held in the Clubhouse, we will continue to update our status on this specific topic and others that affect the community as a whole.

P: 845.856.1266 E: info@nikijones.com Articles appearing in The Weathervane are presented as a community service. They do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher or of the Pocono Farms Country Club Association, Inc. The publisher and the PFCCA disclaim any liability for any advertisements published herein, in no way endorse or guarantee these ads and reserve the right to reject any ads submitted. Position of advertising in the newspaper is not guaranteed.

The next step is to seek the assistance through the court system. The cost really starts to escalate the further we move through this process.

Because the issue failed does not mean that we’re going to give up on collecting this 20%. We are not. We know that if the voting issue passed it would have given us a small pool of money to start working these accounts through the legal system. However, we will find a way to start the process on a few accounts and show the return on that investment. This will give us something to show that by investing to go after these bad debt accounts that the return warrants the expense.

In addition, there was another question brought up at the annual meeting referencing a decrease in bad debt of 1% equals $20,000.00 back into operations. To clarify that point, it should have been referenced to the following:

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Women’s Club News Crime Watch Activity Report

BY RUSS KELLY

The end of the year for committee participation is here, and we hope new volunteers will step up and join for the upcoming year. Fortunately the Crime Watch committee has always managed to attract enough volunteers to keep the committee active. There is always room for a few more, so give it a try.

Sixteen drivers and co-pilots drove 98 hours this past month. It was reported that BB’s were shot at a home in the Hunter/Black Bear area and a mailbox was damaged by exploded fireworks on Daisy Lane.

Residents should report these incidents to the local police and our Public Safety Director. The police have a nonemergency number that will take these calls. The number is 570-992-9911 and our Public Safety Director can be reached at our main office 570-894-4435 x 105.

There have been a few responses from the flyer that was included with your general meeting package concerning checking in on single occupant homes.

We will be discussing this at the next meeting and seeing how volunteers can be the most helpful.

A few items convicted burglars told the police when asked how they target a home for break-ins are “always carry a clip board and dress like a landscaper.” He’d always try doors before breaking a window. He said neighbors usually don’t react to hearing one window break, only if there is a second one.

By Pat torregrossa

Our August luncheon was held on August 12th at the Clubhouse. Joan Schipper our President opened the meeting at approximately 12:20 PM. She thanked the Hostesses, Patti Butler and Dorothy Sirolly. Joan then acknowledged birthdays, one being hers’ and Tressa Della Santi, then asked if there were guests and they were acknowledged. Joan also recognized that this is the 42nd Anniversary of the Pocono Farms Women’s Club. The Secretary, Patricia Torregrossa read the minutes from the last meeting and they were approved. Andee McGuire the Treasurer read the report and we have $3,326.13 as a final balance. Andee mentioned the groups that we gave monies to last year and asked for recommendations for future groups. Lucille Dever our Ways & Means Vice President had no report for this month. Joan then mentioned Thank you notes that were sent to the people that helped with the Tricky Tray.

New business: September’s meeting is our Election of Officers: June Centonze and Dorothy Sirolly will be the Election Committee.

sale of school buildings and more help in elder care for our area.

Hostesses for next month were picked: Marion Koshar and Shelly McDade, 2 winners of 50/50 Ann Shincovich gave her share to Food Pantry.

Our next luncheon will be September 9th and our speaker will be the Kettle Creek Enviornmental group. We hope to see new faces and encourage new members.

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We then said grace and had a delicious lunch.

After lunch our Speaker was State Representative David Parker. He explained his district which includes Coolbaugh Township. School Tax reform was the leading focus, which is working towards some type of solution. He also mentioned several other bills which he is working on, one for Labor & Industry for Breast Feeding and one for Dog tethering. We then had several questions from the group, which Representative Parker answered ie.

Enjoy the last of the summer. We know we’ll be losing a few drivers in the coming months.

Give it a try. Call Ed Aalbue at 570-894-8071 or Russ Kelly at 570-894-4034 if you can drive for a few hours a month.

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Letter to the Editor

In the Farms To my Fellow Homeowners, On July 18, 2015 we held our annual meeting. At this meeting we had 156 homeowners out of 1,600 homeowners. This is less than 10% of our community.

If you want to be heard you must come out and voice your opinions and ideas. It is one day out of the year so make it a point to join your fellow homeowners and show your support for our community.

PFCCA Office Hours Monday - Saturday 8:30am - 12:30pm & 1:00pm - 4:30pm

ID Badge Picture Hours:

8:30am - 12:00pm & 1:00pm - 4:00pm Capital Improvement Fees on transfer of property: House: $1,252 Lot: $626

At this meeting I was glad to see our senior homeowners come out and voice their concerns and opinions to our board’s request for an increase in our annual dues. They brought up a lot of good points about our bad debts and other items of concern.

Building Regulations: Permits are required from the township and from PFCCA. Please check with the office (894-4435) as to your specific needs.

Thank you to all who came out to this meeting. I hope to see more homeowners in our future meetings.

• Building permit required from respective township and PFCCA before construction begins • Construction permitted from 7am - 7pm Monday- Saturday – excluding major holidays • Resale certificates are required. Fee is $250.00. Resale and other related documents can be obtained at www.homewisedocs.com

Remember, without your voice the board can only do what they feel is right for all of us. So try to make the monthly meetings and of course our yearly meeting.

Thank you all, Your Fellow Homeowner Hugh Doran

Refuse Collection: Curbside pick-up on household trash and recycling is done on Mondays and Tuesdays beginning at 6:00am

by County Waste 570-382-3304. Please refer to the pickup list on our website www.poconofarms.com to determine your pickup day. County Waste will only pick up household trash and accepted recycling. If you have any other items to discard, please call them at 570-382-3304 to set up arrangements.

Major Holidays that will affect your collection days are: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Christmas. When those holidays fall on a Monday or Tuesday, garbage collection will shift by one day.

Animals: Dogs must be leashed or on owner’s property at all times.

Wildlife, such as deer and black bear, are common at Pocono Farms. We ask that you NOT FEED any wild animals.

Emergencies: For ALL emergencies including medical or fire please contact 911 first, then contact Public Safety at 570-894-4435 x105.

Weathervane DEADLINE NOTICE In order to produce a better newspaper for the Community, a Weathervane submission deadline has been established.

All articles, announcements, classified ads, etc. must be submitted to the Newsletter Coordinator on or before the 5th of each month for publication in the next issue of The Weathervane. Submissions made after this date will not be considered until the following month.

Your cooperation is appreciated.

Publication of articles is subject to the approval of the Communication Committee.

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Pocono Farms Events

Thirsty Thursdays

LABOR DAY CELEBRATION

6:00—8:00pm

Friday 9/4 6:30-9:30pm Family Pool Party

Each Thursday we have a different beer special!

Ask your bartender or server for details September 3rd Cheese Steak Night 11.50 Beef and chicken with mushrooms, onions, peppers and cheese for topping, French fries, cheese steak pierogies and coleslaw.

September 10th Pizza Party $9.95 A variety of flatbread pizzas with assorted toppings. Served with Caesar salad and breadsticks.

September 17th Chicken & Dumplings $11.95 Served with tossed salad, mashed potatoes, vegetables and rolls and butter.

September 24th Hand Carved Honey Glazed Ham $10.95 Served with tossed salad, whipped yams, vegetables, rolls and butter.

To reserve a table contact Katrina 570-894-4435, ext 132 katrinaw@poconofarms.com

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Saturday 9/5 12-5pm BBQ (behind the Clubhouse) 12-1pm Face painting & temporary tattoos 1-5pm Full Court Press (behind Clubhouse) 1-1:30pm Crafts (in the Community Room) 1-2pm Open fish at the dock 1-4pm Petting Zoo (behind Clubhouse) Pony Rides (behind Clubhouse) 1-5pm Bouncy House (behind Clubhouse) 2-4pm Dance Party w/Games (on Beach) 3-4pm Family Volleyball (court by Beach) 4-5pm Candy Bingo (under the tent) 5-10pm Prime Rib Night - in the

Grill Room - Reservations Required 5:30pm Movie (in the Community Room) LABOR DAY MENU Veggie Burger.............................................................$4.00 6oz. Hamburger........................................................... 6.75 Angus Hamburger 8oz............................................... 7.75 add cheese................................................................75 BBQ Pulled Pork......................................................... 4.00 Buffalo Wings (with BBQ or Buffalo Sauce)............................75 Hot Dogs...................................................................... 2.75 Sausage and Peppers................................................... 3.75 Chicken Tenders (3).................................................... 3.50 Waffle Fries.................................................................. 2.50 Potato or Macaroni Salad.......................................... 1.75 Chips.............................................................................. 1.25 Corn on the Cob........................................................ 2.50 Brownies....................................................................... 1.75 2 Cookies...................................................................... 1.50 Watermelon................................................................. 1.25

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Sunday 9/6 3pm Volleyball, Horseshoes and

Bocce Tournaments 6:30pm 5th Annual Night at the

Rodeo Buffet Reservations Required Live Music by the McWilliam Bros.

Mechanical Bull (behind Clubhouse) 7pm Bonfire and S’mores (until gone) Monday 9/7 Clubhouse Open Noon to 6PM 12-2pm Fun on the Beach! Relay races, Water balloons, tug-of-war....

No outside alcohol is permitted to be brought onto PFCCA, Inc. property within the boundaries of our Association established liquor license.The established liquor license covers 90’ from the water’s edge, and a width of 400’ from the tree line near the Fountain through the Beach Lane side of the playground.

Can Soda 1.50 Bottled Water 1.50

Juice 1.00 Virgin Drinks 3.25

TIKI BAR Open Noon to 8:30pm Can Beer Domestic..................................................$3.00 Can Beer Imported.................................................... 3.50 Special Summer Brews............................................... 3.75 Glass of Wine............................................................... 5.50 Daiquiri (strawberry or banana).............................. 5.00 Pina Colada................................................................... 5.00 Margarita’s (original, mango, berry, tropical).......... 5.00 Mixed Drinks....................................................... 4.50-6.00 You must have your PFCCA ID Badge to purchase and redeem alcoholic beverages.

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1 •3PM-7PM - Pool Hours •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •7PM - Yesterday Band Practice

2 •3PM-7PM - Pool Hours •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours •10AM - Water Aerobics

3 •3PM-7PM - Pool Hours •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •6PM - Thirsty Thursday

4 •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours •10AM - Water Aerobics •11AM-7PM - Pool Hours

5 •11AM-7PM - Pool Hours • - Labor Day BBQ & Festivities •10AM-12PM - Kayak Club

6 •11AM-7PM - Pool Hours •Night at the Rodeo Buffet •10AM-2PM - Dumpster Hours

7 •11AM-7PM - Pool Hours •12PM-6PM - Clubhouse Open

8 •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •7PM - Yesterday Band Practice

9 •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours •12PM - Women’s Club Luncheon

10 •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •6PM - Thirsty Thursday

11 •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours

12 •St. Ann’s Golf Outing

13 •Mixed Couples Golf Event •10AM-2PM - Dumpster Hours •11AM - 19th Hole Sundays •1PM - Private Party

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15 •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •7PM - Yesterday Band Practice

16 •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours

17 •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •6PM - Thirsty Thursday

18 •Pocono Farms Invitational Golf Event •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours

19 •Denny Bachelor Invitational Golf Outing

20 •10AM-2PM - Dumpster Hours

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22 •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •7PM - Yesterday Band Practice

23 •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours

24 •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •6PM - Thirsty Thursday •7PM - Board of Directors Meeting

25 •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours

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27 •Board Appreciation Dinner •10AM-2PM - Dumpster Hours

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29 •10:30-12PM Mommy & Me Open House •7PM - Yesterday Band Practice

30 •8AM-12PM - Dumpster Hours

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Pocono Farms Swim Team

BY PAUL McCRONE, Head Swim Team Coach

The 2015 Pocono Farms Swim Team season was very short, but what it lacked in time it made up in success! Our team had 82 swimmers this season.

Our youngest swimmer was 5 years old and our eldest swimmer at the age of 18. We had highly competitive swimmers and we had swimmers just learning and being introduced to competitive swimming. The team practices 5 days a week with 5 meets. Once again the team represented our community with great sportsmanship and were a very competitive team. As always, the team

competed in the Pocono Summer Swim League.

The season had many highlights. The team especially shined the Championship Meet held at ESU on July 25th. Seven teams were involved this year at Champs! The team placed 3rd overall and multiple swimmers won medals. Our swimmers of Pocono Farms did awesome. To mention a few, eight-year-old, Liam Ong walked away with an amazing nine medals. He stepped up to swimming in the 11-12 year old Medley Relay with fellow eight-year-old, Carter Mui. Along with Tyler Mui

and Evan Meister, they won the gold! Patrick La Bella won two gold medals in the breaststroke and backstroke. Tyler Mui had the best day of any swimmer from any team. He won gold medals in all of the individual events he was entered! Tyler won gold in the 11-12 boys Freestyle, Butterfly and Breaststroke. He also broke the champ record in the 11-12 Breaststroke. It was an amazing day for Pocono Farms!!!

On Thursday July 31st, the team held its banquet where all the swimmers on the team were recognized for all of their hard work. The event was held at the Pocono Farms Clubhouse for the ceremony portion and then there was a pool party! Each swimmer received a trophy and several swimmers were recognized by age group for their exceptional accomplishments throughout the season.

The largest honor any member of our team can have bestowed is the Galen Award. Each year a swimmer is chosen who best demonstrates what we want a Pocono Farms swimmer to be. The award is in memory of a former member of the team who tragically lost his life and will always be remembered as the type of person who we, as coaches, want our swimmers to be; a person who demonstrates work ethic, team spirit, and high character. This year the winner of the award was Patrick Labella. Patrick is an outstanding competitive swimmer who intends to swim in college.

The Swim team had our annual Laps for Cancer and through the efforts of our swimmers and supporters we raised over $1,000.00 that will be donated to the Monroe County Hospice House.

It always had made me proud to be involved in a program that gives back to a great cause. You will not find harder working young people than those on our swim team!

I would like to thank all members of the Pocono Farms community that supported our team this season. The Board of Directors, the General Manager, and the entire Pocono Farms staff were extremely helpful in providing this program for our children. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also like to thank the parents of the swimmers and the swim team committee for all their hard work, Joann Schaefer, Jen Pecorale and Eileen Tierney and especially Donnalee Serrano. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to recognize my coaching staff, Jen Pero, Deb Pero, Louis Schaefer, and Jon Montanez, who did an outstanding job coaching the team this season.

The team will be losing three members who are leaving due to age, as they will be attending college this fall! Brian Nova, Lana Esposito and Michael Schaefer all will be missed very much. We wish them the best!

On a personal note, I would like to announce that I will not be returning next season as the Coach of Pocono Farms. I cannot express the feeling I have for Pocono Farms and its members. It has been an honor to coach your children and be a part of the Pocono Farms family for the last 25 years. I wish everyone the best of luck in the future.

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26th Annual De nny Invitational Pig Roast & Golf Tour nam e nt

Round by Round

Sep tember 19th

BY Frank deBRINCAT

pocono fa rms co u ntry clu b Basket of Cheer Mulligans Circle of Gold Putting Contest

Well, our season is winding down.

Where does the time go? When do the putts start dropping? We have had a very successful summer and some fun and exciting events. Congratulations to our champions this year of our major events over the last month. Our Memorial tournament (formerly known as the Member/Member) was a huge success with great weather, great food and entertainment, a great golf course and some interesting and fun golf. This year’s champs were Tom Sirolly and Steve Bunker. Not new to the winners circle and a great come from behind win. Special congratulations to our new Club Champions, Tim Holland (Men’s Champ) and Krista Kissell (Women’s Champ). This year we got to experience the challenge of Medal play on our course. A great weekend to test our mettle and perseverance. Thanks to all participants.

8:30am... Registration 11:00am... Lunch 1:00pm... Shotgun 6:00pm... Arrival of the “Sacrificial Hog” 6:30pm... Pig Roast

Return to 182 Lake Road, Tobyhanna, PA 18466 Prices include lunch, dinner, beer, and Uncle Bud’s Blazin Bloodys while they last!

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Timmy Gaudette (1st Flight) Mike Gaudette (2nd Flight) Jim Ribardo (3rd Flight) There are still more events and great golf left in September. Enjoy the Pocono Farms Country Club experience before Mother Nature takes over. Special thanks to this year’s committee members: Tim Holland, Rodger Spear, Marybeth Sturtevant, Shane Falls, Tommy Stultz and A.J. Oravec.

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Pl ay for Pink

By Judy Miles It was raining, July 14, 2015, as I drove toward the golf course to participate in the Play for Pink Invitational Tournament. Tee time was 9:30am. The ladies of Pocono Farms Ladies Golf Association had donated breakfast for the expected 55 men and women golfers. The staff had the golf carts ready to roll. The continental breakfast was held inside the restaurant, rather than the outside porch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; good decision. After much speculation and checking weather reports, we teed off at 10am to play as many holes as possible. It rained for a short time during play, but we managed to finish 18 holes. The sun finally came out! We had a great lunch, gave prizes for the winning teams, and raffled the donated gifts from the ladies. This was the 18th year the Pocono Farms Ladies Golf Association had been giving to breast cancer victims, hospitals, or research to eradicate breast cancer. Almost $5,000 was given to Play for Pink. What a great day!

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Clubhouse Hours

September 2015 Monday Tuesday

CLOSED 12pm - 5pm Kitchen closes at 5pm

Wednesday 12pm - 5pm

Mark your calendar Saturday, Sept. 5th - Prime Rib Night Sunday, Sept. 6th - Rodeo on the Beach

OPEN

Kitchen closes at 5pm

Thursday

12pm - 10pm

Monday, Sept. 7th Noon—6pm

Friday

12pm - 11pm

Wednesday, Sept. 9th - Women’s Club Luncheon

Kitchen closes at 10pm Kitchen closes at 10pm

Saturday

11am – 11pm

Sunday

11am - 7pm

Kitchen closes at 10pm

Phone: 570-894-4435 ext. 132

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Sunday, Sept. 13th - Football Sunday Kick-off

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