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A Thankful Time of Year

As we approach the final quarter of the year it is a time for your Board and Commit-tees to reflect on the things achieved in 2015 and the

preparation for 2016. At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) coming up on December 8th all the Com-mittee Chairs will, once again, be reporting on their accomplishments and plans. Spoiler alert! Things continue to look good in Marsh Creek.

I don’t want to steal anyone’s thunder but we remain in great financial shape, our landscape health is good, there have been no significant security incidents and house sales and purchases have been vigorous.

This is my last year as your President. After three years it is time for someone else to take a turn. It has been a busy and exciting three years but it has also been extremely satisfying. The dedication and hard work of all the volunteers that do

the job behind the scenes to make it appear that nothing is going on is really outstanding. For those of you who have not participated in community committees I can assure you there is an incredible amount that goes on every day as irrigation systems need fixing, landscaping needs replacing, drainage pumps need monitoring, signs need paint-ing, bridges need repairing, bills need paying and much more.

Inside this edition of the MCNJ are the biographies of the three residents who have so far volun-teered to serve on the HOA Board. Anyone else interested has until October 30th to submit an applica-tion. You can apply by:

• Going to our website at www.mcoa.us and logging in

• Clicking on “eForms”• Clicking on “Board Candidate

Application and Information Sheet” and fill in the blanks

• Clicking on “submit”In a few weeks you will receive

a package from MAY Management which will invite you to the Decem-ber 8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and which presents the 2016 budget. Also in that package will be a proxy which we ask you to

sign and return as part of the AGM process. Please follow the brief instructions, place in the pre-ad-dressed envelope and SIGN OVER THE FLAP WHEN YOU SEAL THE ENVELOPE. Once again this year there will be three easy ways to return your proxy:

1. Mail it to MAY Management2. Drop it off at MAY Manage-

ment3. Drop it off at the Reception

Desk at the Marsh Creek Country Club (there will be a box, clearly marked, behind the desk even when it is unmanned)

Each year we beg and plead with you to return your proxy and each year we just scrape by with the min-imum necessary to remain “legal.” Please, return your proxy as soon as you can. It only takes a minute.

Finally, your attention is drawn to the centerfold of this edition which hopefully will answer any and all questions you might have about our mailbox project. The next Marsh Creek News Journal will be in December so have a Happy Hal-loween, a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the beautiful Marsh Creek autumn weather.

NOVEMBER 2015 VOL. 15, NO. 3

Neil Beck

Read the online version of the Marsh Creek News Journal at www.staugustine.com/marshcreek

The following Marsh Creek residents have volunteered to stand for positions on the Marsh Creek Owners Association Board of Directors. As of publication date there are three volunteers to fill three current openings. Barbara O’Connor is seeking re-election after being appointed to an open seat 2 years ago. Barbara is the current Board Secretary and Member of the Roads and Com-mon Property Committee. Jerry Scheid, a former President, is also running for re-election. Jerry is one of our most active residents managing drain-age and irrigation issues among many other tasks. Ben Leaderman is the third to volunteer thus far. Ben is the current Chair of the Roads & Common Property Committee. If anyone else is interested in joining the Board please express your interest as follows:

• Go to our website at www.mcoa.us• Log in• Click on eForms• Click on “Board Candidate Application and Information Sheet”• Filling in the blanks • Click on “submit.” Applications close October 30th.

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The function of the Marsh Creek News Journal (MCNJ) is to serve the entire Marsh Creek community. The MCNJ editor aggregates content from residents and other sources and uses that content to inform the entire community. First priority will be given to reporting news and activities of the Marsh Creek Community, community organizations, committees and other news and events that directly affect Marsh Creek residents. Second priority will be given to articles of general interest as space permits. Content space in the Marsh Creek News Journal is controlled by the St. Augustine Record and the editor reserves the right to abridge any submission or defer its publication until a later issue. The MCNJ accepts no editorial content that contains items of a political or religious nature or items that might be controversial, divisive, insensitive or pit neighbor against neighbor. Items must be verifiably factual and may not contain comments that could be considered libelous or slanderous toward businesses or persons. The Marsh Creek News Journal is published 6 times a year in January, March, May, July, September and November. Articles must be received as an electronic e-mail attachment by the last day of the month preceding publication and should be sent to the Acting Editor at [email protected] . Letters to the Editor must be signed as well as brief and in good taste. Views expressed are those of the writer and do not express the viewpoint of the editorial staff of the Marsh Creek Owners Association or Marsh Creek residents. As with general content letters to the editor may not contain items of a political or religious nature or items that might be controversial, divisive, insensitive or pit neighbor against neighbor. Items must be verifiably factual and may not contain comments that could be considered libelous or slanderous toward businesses or persons. All advertising submitted for publication in The Marsh Creek News Journal must be received by the 10th of each month for publication the following month. All matters concerning advertising should be referred to The St. Augustine Record advertising sales staff. Ads may be e-mailed to your sales representatvie, [email protected] or sent to The St. Augustine Record, C/O your sale representative, One News Place, St. Augustine, FL 32086.The Marsh Creek News Journal’s acceptance of advertising does not constitute an endorsement or approval of any product or services by the Publisher, Marsh Creek Property Owners Association, The Marsh Creek Country Club or any Marsh Creek resident. Publisher reserves the right to refuse advertising that does not meet the standards of the publication.The Publisher of the Marsh Creek News Journal agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Marsh Creek residents and Property Owners Association and its directors, officers and members from any claims asserted against or financial liabilities incurred by them arising from commercial content of this publication or anything contained in any advertising copy, including without limitation any claims of whatever nature asserted by advertisers or potential advertisers.The Marsh Creek News Journal is published for the residents of the Marsh Creek Community, St. Augustine, Florida under the authority of the Marsh Creek Owners Association.

Acting Editor Suzanne Beck 247 Marshside Drive St. Augustine, FL 32080 [email protected]

Editorial Approval MCOA Communications Committee MCOA Board of Directors

Publisher The St.Augustine Record/ St. Augustine Media One News Place St. Augustine, FL 32086

Advertising Leah Nelson (904)819-3475 [email protected]

MCOA 2015 BOARD NOMINATIONSCANDIDATE 1: Name: Barbara O’Conner Address: 290 Fiddlers Point DriveE-mail: [email protected]: 904-461-8614CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE

I have been a Board Member for two years and have served as Board Secretary. Dur-ing that time I have also been a member of the Roads and Common Property Commit-tee.PREVIOUS WORK AND/OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

I have also served on the Marsh Creek Country Club Board of Governors where I was a member of the Golf Committee and the Tennis and Fitness Committee.

SKILLS/ABILITIES/EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS SPECIFIC TO MCOA NEEDS: Beautification (interest in maintaining beauty of Marsh Creek’s landscape and infrastructure) Long range planning

(keeping Marsh Creek as a desirable, progressive community) Good organizational skills (effective in planning)GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR MCOA:

Maintain the quality of Marsh Creek while focusing on cost management Communicate effectively with Marsh Creek residents Continue to have Marsh Creek as a quality community.

CANDIDATE 2:Name: Gerald ( Jerry) ScheidAddress: 178 Herons Nest LaneE-mail: [email protected]: 471-6914CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE

Previous experience on Marsh Creek Owners Association MCOA Board or Commit-tee: 10+ years Roads & Common Property Committee, 8+ years Drainage & Irrigation Chairman, several years Board Member and past President of the MCOA.PREVIOUS WORK AND/OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

Past President of National Corrugated steel pipe and pvc plastic pipe Associations; Member of American Road Builders executive Committee; Member of several committees responsible for develop-ment of national construction standards.SKILLS/ABILITIES/EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS SPECIFIC TO MCOA NEEDS:

My experience has been and will continue to be working with Engineers, Contractors and regulatory agencies to maintain and improve the infrastructure of the MCOA.GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR MCOA:

Maintain and improve our infrastructure in the manner that will best serve the needs of our community going forward.

CANDIDATE 3:Name: Ben LeadermanAddress: 182 Herons Nest LaneE-mail: [email protected]: 904-547-2984CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE

Chairman, Roads and Common Property Committee Member, Finance CommitteePREVIOUS WORK AND/OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

President, Riviera of Chevy Chase MD Condo Association. President, Northlake Ho-meowners Association, Laurel MD. Owner/Operator, A Step Ahead Shoes, a chain of 5 stores in the Metro DC and Baltimore Area 1993-2008. Sales and Marketing Executive, Art Litho Co 1978-1993. Territory Manager, The Lane Co. 1963-1978

SKILLS/ABILITIES/EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS SPECIFIC TO MCOA NEEDS: Communication and leadership skills. Proficient in project management and cost-benefit analysis; extensive

experience with graphic communications; consulting with and to Fortune 500 companies; accomplished negotiator familiar with R F P and other bidding processes.GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR MCOA:

Maintain and enhance the beauty of our community. Continue our history of sound fiscal management. Ensure the stability of our infrastructure for now and the long term.

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‘ACTING’ EDITOR’S NOTE:

Suzanne Beck

Continuing with the “WHAT WE DO AND WHY” articles that I mentioned in the last edi-

tion; a special thanks to Ann Reid who has put thoughts to paper and has given us a heads up with what the Villa’s part of her committee is all about. As you’ll remember Tim Palmer enter-tained us with the Know your Neighbor articles from time to time. We’ll miss those but now someone has stepped up to the plate! Mr. John Sykes. I’m calling it “WHO LIVES IN MARSH CREEK”. And the first one is here, in this current edition. Thank you John and we’ll look forward to more.

Also see a short article “WHO DO I CALL” helping to clarify with information concerning sick or injured animals.

I think we have some really great articles from many residents this edition. Again, thanks to all for taking time to share with the rest of us.

As Laura and I close out our residency in Marsh Creek, we want everyone to know that we consider it a privilege to have lived amongst all of you. The past 20 years have been the best of our lives and we firmly believe that the wonderful residents of this community have made that possible.

When we moved here in 1995, we were the 253rd family to live in Marsh Creek. Needless to say, we have seen a lot of change since that time, but the things that have remained constant are the cordial-ity and friendliness of all who live here. Prior to moving to Golden Oaks Lane, our social life revolved around mostly work acquaintanc-es, what little time there was for socializing. It was not long after arriving in Marsh Creek that we realized what “living the dream” really means. Our time quickly became consumed with golf,

community and social functions, and enjoying the ambiance of St. Augustine. Then, as now, we were welcomed by everyone we met and included in more social events than we could attend. We were on our way to overdosing on fun!

We consider the success of the community directly attributable to the many volunteers, past and present, who work selflessly to maintain and improve the prop-erty, oversee the financial wellbe-ing, ensure the safety of our streets and maintain lines of communica-tion to all residents. To all, please accept our sincere gratitude for a job exceptionally well done.

While we will be moving to California, Florida and Marsh Creek will forever be considered our home. We wish all “Creekers” the very best life has to offer in the years to come.

Tim & Laura Palmer

Open letter to the residents of Marsh Creek

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Your Safety and Security Com-mittee at work… we are going to install two signs near the front gate. One will be as you exit Marsh Creek and proceed toward A1A cautioning drivers to be on the lookout for bikers riding on the sidewalk, coming from the right. We have had three “inci-dents” where exiting vehicles and bicycles have tried to occupy the

same space at the same time. Bad Karma. Fortunately, there have been no serious injuries, but we are pushing our luck. Drivers tend to look for oncoming vehicular traffic, especially from the left so it is easy to miss a bike on the sidewalk coming from the right. We will also put up a sign along the sidewalk warning bikers of vehicles exiting Marsh Creek.

We are also concerned about increased U-turns in front of that exit when the urgent care facility opens. Half their patients will want to go south on A1A and that location is a convenient opportunity to head in that direction. We’ll monitor this as it may call for another (tastefully designed) caution sign. Residents already expect it, but our visitors may be less sensitive to the prospect of wide U-turns.

By way of early warning, with narrow exemptions, fireworks that “shoot or explode” are illegal in every ju-risdiction in which we reside, Florida, St. Johns County, and St. Augustine. The only exceptions are by permit for agricultural purposes (i.e., scaring away varmints) or for the municipalities themselves. They are a fire hazard and personal injury risk. A few years ago we had a brush fire caused by fireworks at the bridge on the #2 fairway. They are also irritating to sleepy neighbors who may not share your enthusiasm for late night revelry. We had

some problems on July 4and early on the 5th, so I will remind you again before Dec 31.

Finally, but most importantly, since I have taken over as chair of Safety & Security from Jim Wittmeyer, I have become very much sensitized to our issues regard-ing speeders, stop sign scofflaws, inveterate texters and the like. I hear frequently from residents who complain about it, and I am much more watchful now so I see it myself. Folks, many of us are terrible drivers. I have come to believe that it is primarily because we are inside the gates so we seem to think the rules don’t apply to the same degree. Stop signs are mere suggestions urging you to take your foot off the gas unless, of course, you are late for something. When questioned about running a stop sign, “Oh, I never stop at that sign” or “Traffic never comes from that direction” just aren’t acceptable answers although we have heard them both. No one would say that to a cop outside the gate. I’ll bet most of us stop at the stop sign on Mizell at the 16th St. intersection where we know a Sheriff ’s deputy is often parked. (N.B., forewarned is forearmed.)

I was jogging recently (slowly, clearly within the posted speed limit) on Marsh Side Drive heading toward the intersection with Marsh Point Circle. A car turning right onto Marshside Drive from Marsh Point Circle ran the sign and was almost rear ended by another car traveling down Marshside Drive! I don’t know if the of-fending driver didn’t see the oncoming car, thought she could make the turn more comfortably, was stupid, or just inconsiderate. It really doesn’t make any difference. It was dangerous and wouldn’t have happened if she had obeyed the law and actually stopped.

Regarding speeding, I don’t think we have a lot of speeders but we have a number of drivers who speed a lot. I mean go real fast. I would rather have 40 drivers go 28 mph than 28 drivers go 40 mph. We don’t want to

By John Hutson

Safety & Security Reporthire the Sheriff ’s Department to patrol our streets, but that’s an option. You know who you are (and, actually, so do I.) Slow down, please.

Violating the law isn’t funny; it isn’t cute; it isn’t your right.

You’re not more important that everyone else. Please be considerate of your neighbors.

Over the past few years, a number of basketball backstops have been installed in driveways of Marsh Creek homes. While a few had applied

for Architectural Review Board ap-proval, as per Marsh Creek regula-tions, many had not. Though some are placed in less conspicuous areas, there are those that are in full view of adjacent homes. Structures that have been in place for a period of time are considered “grandfathered

in”, but the ARB is requesting that some action be taken by these ho-meowners out of consideration for their neighbors.

• First, if the backstop is no longer being used, please have it taken down.

• Second, if still being used, please attempt to screen it from view, as well as possible, or move it to a less conspicuous place.

The ARB regulation for such structures has been newly revised to provide more clarity for future instal-lations. This revision follows:

Games and Play StructuresThe location of all permanent

basketball goals and other recre-

ational/play structures must be approved by the ARB prior to in-stallation. The objective is to assure that such equipment and structures are installed so their view from any street or neighboring residence is screened to the greatest practical extent. The ARB may require ad-ditional landscaping to screen such installations from view.

Play equipment such as badmin-ton nets, volley ball nets, portable soccer goals and portable basketball goals may be erected for immedi-ate use without ARB approval. However such equipment shall be removed from view when play is over at the end of the day.

By Phil Tutschek, ARB Chair

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A few weeks ago we had a sick rac-coon and a sick deer wandering through our community. It raised the question “Who do I call?” It’s a little compli-cated.

• If the animal is dead as a result of a collision with a vehicle then call the non-emergency line to the Sheriff who will come and dispose of it 904 824 8304.

• If the animal appears sick, disori-ented and acting uncharacteristically then call Animal Control 904 829 2737.

• In some cases, such as the recent

deer incident, Florida Fish and Wildlife want to be called at 866 293 9282.

Do NOT call the gate as the security guards are there to monitor vehicular traffic in and out of the community and not to make phone calls to the authori-ties. In fact, both the Sheriff and Ani-mal Control don’t want to talk to the guards and will only speak to the person involved, the person actually reporting the incident, as they are the only ones with first hand knowledge. Calling the gate just delays the reporting process.

What is a Patio Home? Patio homes are homes designed for the person who wishes to spend more time doing lei-sure activities and less time maintaining a yard. Currently, Lawn Ranger and Baker Irrigation handle the mowing, trimming, mulching, fertilization, weed/pest control and the irrigation system. All of these services are included in the monthly fee. The semi-enclosed courtyard areas that

exist primarily in the Villas are one exception and the Individual homeowner can make arrangements with Lawn Ranger to handle these areas if needed. If modifications to the sprinkler system are needed or other treatment is needed, they can be done on an individual basis for an additional fee which is paid directly to Lawn Ranger or the Baker Company.

Where are the patio homes located? Patio homes are the homes along Marsh-side Drive North, Lakeway, the cul de sacs adjoining Lakeway, the entire Sum-mer Bay area, the two streets in the Wandering Lane community and the Villas. The patio homes committee’s main purpose is to handle timely resolution of questions and concerns when the need arises. The most efficient way to handle issues is to go the MCOA website and initiate a Landscape Preference and Con-cern form. This automatically generates a report for the “open item” list, a report that automatically goes to Lawn Ranger/Baker. Items stay on the list until the issue is resolved. As chairperson of the patio homes, I also receive these reports and review each one. I get more involved when issues aren’t resolved right away. In times of the “proper” amount of rain, issues are almost non-existent. With too little rain, we get lots of reports of dry spots and we try to address these with making minor changes to the irrigation system, if possible. Too much rain cre-ates problems too. This past summer, with so much rain, it has been difficult to mow without doing damage to the sod. Sometimes, rather than cause damage, individual homeowners chose to defer the mowing, which is a better solution.

The committee continually focuses on the costs of providing these services while maintaining the desired standard of appearance and maintenance. We work very closely with the Roads and Common Property Committee in the decision making process. Every three years, we revisit our existing contracts, interview and get bids from lawn maintenance companies. If you are a patio home owner, your input is appreciated and taken into consideration when we renegotiate the contracts.

MARSH CREEK OWNERS’S ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES What we Do and Why?

Patio Homes

Ann Reid

WHO DO I CALL?

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There’s hardly a bad time to visit Paris, provided you avoid those very French labor distur-bances known as “greves”. But thankfully, the French were in a good mood when the O’Brien’s Air France flight from New York and the Nelson’s TGV train from Aix en Provence arrived in Paris – an omen of good things to come.

The trip really began back on Fiddlers Point Drive, where next door neighbors, Brian and Louise and Tom and Carmen, flirted with, and then planned “un reunion Parisien”. Of course, the idea bubbled up out of several bottles of red wine, as most good ideas do, as a way to enhance the Nelsons 30th wedding anniversary travel plans already set. Et bientot, there we were, two couples in Paris on the eve of La Fete Nationale, when the French celebrate overrunning La Bastille and achieving their “independence”.

Louise Nelson takes in the Louvre and les bateaux mouches from her hotel room above the Seine in Paris

The Nelsons had booked themselves into Hotel Le Quai Voltaire, loaded with history, and neighbor to Karl Lagerfeld’s next door Parisian hideaway. This trip down memory lane landed us on the same floor and possibly the same “chambre” where we began our honeymoon

three decades earlier. The rooms, now modernized, still had the fabulous large French shutters that open up to the Seine River below and the Musee du Louvre on the

other side. Magnifique, quoi?Paris is, if nothing else, all about restaurants. Our

opening experience came from L’Epi Dupin, an up-and-coming Paris eatery boasting a young Michelin-rated chef. Several of the dishes were unknown to us, even with English translation when needed. Yet we experi-mented, indulging in an evening of assorted wines and imaginative culinary creations, topped off by small snifters of Calvados over dessert.

What made the evening even better was our lovely young server. On this night, this young woman singlehandedly erased many of the bad memories we had of previous rude restaurant workers in the City of Lights. She was charm-ing, delightful, and friendly.

Fully sated from dinner, we headed off to savor another uniquely Parisian experience: the Firemen’s Ball. You see, in celebration of La Fete Nationale, Paris’ Sa-peurs Pompiers have this odd tradition of opening up ev-ery neighborhood fire station across the city, and for two nights turning them into raucous dance halls to thump and pulse well into the early morning. We thought we’d arrived early to get in line, but 9:45pm was already too late. An around-the-block line of revelers waited to

get in. So, with jet lag beginning to overtake the newly arrived O’Briens, we reluctantly hailed a cab to retire for the night and missed this experience.

On July 14th, Bastille Day/La Fete Nationale, it was up early for fresh OJ, baguette, croissant, and café noir at a nearby café, and then a short hike to the Pont de

la Concorde. Paris’ colorful military parade and aerial fly-bys were getting underway. Thousands of locals and tourists joined President Holland and other French and foreign dignitaries to watch the festivities from around Le Champs Elysees. Colorful uniforms, and plenty of tanks and planes to enthrall the kids and renew French patriotism. The afternoon provided time for a leisurely cruise down the Seine in a Bateau Mouche to see Paris and its bridges from Notre Dame to le Tour Eiffel.

But maybe the best was to come. The famed and legendary Le Moulin Rouge!

That evening after dinner we descended the slope of Montmartre for the short walk to our evening’s en-tertainment. Clearly, we were exchanging the beatific embrace of Sacre Coeur Basilica for something far differ-ent, because ahead shone gaudy red neon signs and there was Pigalle, the once notorious quartier for the city’s sextrade. And as we turned the corner to walk along Le Boulevard Cliché, reminders of those days became more apparent – perhaps best captured by the “Musee de l’Erotisism”. The old Pigalle still lingers beneath a bare (no pun intended) veneer of 21st century respectability.

Brian Nelson

48 Hours in Paris

Carmen and Tom O’Brien (c) flanked by Brian and Louise Nelson dining at L’Epi Dupin in Paris

The O’Briens and Nelsons cruise the Seine aboard a bateau mouche.

Scenes from France’s National Day parade and festivities in Paris, July 14, 2015

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Still, nothing prepared us for the out-of-this-world show at Le Moulin Rouge, one giant 90 minute extrava-ganza of dancing, singing, acrobatic and physical feats by superbly talented performers, and enough gaudy costumes to conjure up memories of Liberace. And yes, there was some can-can, and yes, there were bare female breasts, or it wouldn’t be Le Moulin Rouge, n’est-ce pas? But the show has been updated to match visitor expecta-tions from those acquainted with the multi-million dol-lar productions in Las Vegas, like Le Cirque du Soleil.

We got back on track with more elevated culture the next morning at La Musee D’Orsay, the wonderful collection of art housed in the former Gare d’Orleans railway station down the Seine from our hotel.

Then a final bistro lunch with the O’Briens before they headed off to Barcelona. But not before we had a passing glimpse of a hard-charging Joe Montana, the for-mer San Francisco 49’ers quarterback, rushing through a front line of pedestrians – his goal apparently, the nearby Louvre.

Final thought and lesson learned from this trip: don’t be stupid when you travel. Out of impatience, I was, and I broke two of my biggest rules - (1) don’t deal with street money changers, and, (2) don’t deal with street money changers. I was waiting to buy euros at one of the official money changing shops at La Gare de Lyons. My eye was on my watch and the train schedule, know-ing I needed to buy food for the trip, was aware time was running out. When the line failed to move, I became impatient and fell for the offer to buy euros from the friendly guy who suddenly appeared alongside me. I mulled over my situation, but not for long enough. It was a smooth scam, with some fast moving hands. And when it was over, all I got for my $200 USD was one single 20 Euro note wrapped around five US $1s. Just more than the cost of the sandwiches I sped off to buy before catching our train. By then, my money changer had already fled the building.

I kicked myself for hours and hours for this mistake. First one ever in years of traveling the world.

But after I calmed down, four or five days later, I realized, c’est la vie, non? And no matter what, for the Nelsons and O’Briens, “We’ll always have Paris.”

The Men’s Golf Association (MGA) had two very success-ful tournaments in the past two months. In August the format was a “shamble”. The winners for the August MGA tournament were:TIED FOR FIRST: Dan Bradley Ray Kivi Ralph Crandall Alex StamatelosTIED FOR FIRST: Wayne Bar-

bour Bob Kerr Tim Palmer Tony CutrinoTIED FOR THIRD: Kevin Downey Lee Oliver Frank Zygmont Don MarcoccioTIED FOR THIRD: Joe Lopinto Sonny Hubbs Jim Gar-rison Brian GaleThe September MGA event was a “two-man team shoot-out”. In this tournament, each flight winning team and the best second place team played in a five hole “shoot-out” for the overall tournament championship. The winners were: SHOOTOUT CHAMPIONS: Bill Abare / Skeeter Key, 2nd Place Don Marcoccio / Tim Palmer, 3rd Place Sonny Hubbs / Alex Stamatelos, 4th Place Don Erion / Jim Garrison, 5th Place Bob Marshall / Dan Bradley FLIGHT WINNERS:Flight 1 1st Bob Marshall / Dan Bradley, 2nd Jim Liakos / Tom Alex Flight 2 1st Bill Abare / Skeeter Key, 2nd Jerry Smith / Eric Schacht Flight 3 1st Don Erion / Jim Garrison, 2nd Mathew Mc-Carty / Steve Lynn Flight 4 1st Sonny Hubbs / Alex Stamatelos, 2nd Don Marcoccio / Tim Palmer

The Nelsons and O’Briens outside Le Moulin Rouge in Paris.

MEN’S GOLF

Cary Splane

MEN’S SENIOR INTERCLUB:Each month a team of eight senior Marsh Creek men compete against 15 other clubs for the Senior Interclub team championship, rotating monthly with participat-ing clubs, some as far away as South Georgia. Odie Skeen, Dave Spring and Bruce Brown have competed for over 15 years. Additional team members include Henry Dean, Ralph Crandall, Reggie Smith, and Don Erion. Given the challenges of our own course, our team performs quite well when competing in other venues.

UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIPS:November 20-21.: The Senior/Super Senior Club Championship: Senior Gross, Net and Legends (Green tee) divisions. December 4-5: The Men’s Member-member Club Championship: Pairings Party/Steak Cookout on Thursday December 3rd.

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Giving Thanks Mon-day will be celebrated for the third year on November 23rd at Marsh Creek Country Club. MCCC members, with the assistance of the Club management,

have organized another patriotic event to recognize and assist our military heroes in their transition back to civilian life. The two previous events have raised signifi-cant amounts of money for the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), while providing an enjoyable afternoon of golf and an evening of camaraderie with Wounded Warrior Alumni, active duty service mem-bers and, of course, other club members.This year will be no exception!

Giving Thanks Monday, November 23rd, will be both a golf and tennis event, in order to include more members in a very rewarding, fun filled day. There will

be a stirring opening ceremony, which will include a military color guard, a solo bugler trumpeting the National Anthem, a bagpiper and a fly-over by retired military pilots. For those who attended the Giving Thanks Monday event last year and witnessed the marvelous open-ing ceremony, this year will offer an even greater tribute that will set the tone for the remainder of the day.

This year’s event will consist of a golf tournament for 144 participants, which will include 12 WWP Alumni and ac-tive duty military personnel. The Tennis Center will simultaneously host men and women’s tournament which will lead to a cocktail party at the club for all golf and tennis participants. The “Happy Hour” includes an awards ceremony for golf and tennis winners and will consist of a cash bar, hors d’oeuvres and raffles for unique gift baskets. The donation for golf will be $80, $60 for tennis and $25 for attending

just the awards ceremony/cocktail party. Members participating in the sporting events will receive a welcoming gift, box lunch, tournament prizes, in addition to attendance to the cocktail party. Guests are welcome.

This event is being held to recognize the contribu-tions of our brave service members and assist those who have been injured in the line of duty through the Wounded Warrior Project. Generous contributions from our sponsors have made it possible to con-tribute all donations to the Wounded Warrior Project. Last year this event raised almost $15,000 for WWP. Members and Guests should sign up at the golf or tennis pro shops, or

the front desk at MCCC, beginning on October 20th. The sooner the better, as the slots are expected to fill up quickly and time will be needed to plan the final details.

Bob Marshall

First Coast Opera Voices

Nancy Perry

What a party! St. Augustine’s cel-ebration of 450 years featured spec-tacular fireworks, music on stages set up all over town, a pedestrian area that included the Plaza and the Bridge of Lions, and a free concert at the Amphitheatre on Sunday, Sept. 6. The St. Augustine Orchestra joined forces with the Community

Chorus and the Youth Chorus to perform selections that reflected our Spanish heritage. Soloists from First Coast Opera, Soprano Nathalie Fares, Mezzo Regina Torres, Tenor Juan Unzueta, and Baritone Stephen Mumbert, sang numerous pieces, including highlights from Car-men and Man of La Mancha. Actors from the Limelight Theatre read letters and descriptions written in 1565. The concert was the brainchild of EMMA, and was directed by Gary Cadwallader.

By now the 450th is a cherished memory, as we look forward to a new season, when First Coast Opera takes you to Paris! Our opening production is Opera Paris on Saturday, November 14 at 7:30 pm. It will be an evening of classic operas set in Paris and environs, performed semi-staged in the beautiful “swimming pool” area of the Lightner Museum. Extended excerpts from Verdi’s La Traviata and Puccini’s La Bohème will be sung by rising talents, most of whom are new to St. Augustine audi-ences.

• Shannon Kessler Dooley, soprano, is a California

native who now lives in Pittsburgh, where she was an artist in residence with Pittsburg Opera for two years. She has also sung with The Metropolitan Opera, Utah Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony, Asheville Symphony and Erie Philharmonic. Shannon’s husband, baritone John Dooley, appeared with FCO in last year’s Getting to Know You.

• Soprano Rachel Hanauer is currently an Instructor of Voice at St. John’s River State College, and has been a soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. She received her Master’s degree from Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and her Bach-elor’s degree of U Mass Amherst.

• Matt Morgan, tenor, performed with New York City Opera for four consecutive seasons. Other performances include Gotham Chamber Opera, Amarillo Opera, Sacramento Opera and Dayton performing Arts Alliance. A frequent guest artist with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Matt serves on the faculty of the University of Florida.

• Natalie Polito, soprano, is the 2015 winner of the Mario Lanza and Elain Mal-bin Vocal Competition. The Chicago native is an alumna of the prestigious Young Artist Programs at Santa Fe Opera, Opera Saraso-ta, and Virginia Opera. She holds a Master’s degree from The Boston Conservatory, a Bachelor of Music degree from Northwest-

ern University, and currently resides in New York City. • Baritone Cory Schantz is a frequent performer with

Atlanta Opera, most recently singing Count Ceprano in Rigoletto. He has also performed with Baltimore Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Rimrock Opera, Billings, MT. Upcom-ing roles include The Mikado with Capitol City Opera in Atlanta. Cory earned his D.M.A. at the University of Oklahoma, and is currently on the faculty at Reinhart University in Waleska, GA.

Tickets to Opera Paris at $35 each are available online at www.firstcoastopera.com. There will be open seat-ing, with two intermissions. Wine, soda, and water will be available for purchase. For more information, or to purchase tickets with a credit card by phone, call 904 417-5555. Like us on Facebook!

November 23 – Save the date for a great event!

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Imagine growing up in a small village facing the Firth of Clyde, looking toward the Isle of Arran, perhaps seeing Ireland on a clear day. Golfers will immediately recognize the place as Ayrshire on Scotland’s west coast famous for several courses including Troon and Turnberry, where the British Open (now called “The Open”) is played

regularly. Literary aficionados might recognize Robert Burns’ birthplace being Ayrshire. Our neighbors Johnny and Joyce Kean came from such a place named Ardros-san, directly on the coast. Childhood chums, Johnny was from a nearby village West Kilbride and Joyce from Ardrossan. They met at a local café with a jukebox, at-tracting teens wanting to play their favorite songs and do what teenagers do.

Anyone familiar with life on the British Isles after the Second World War, know the challenges moving for-ward. Goods were rationed in Scotland till 1953, families helped to pay the bills by growing potatoes, turnips and picking them for income; Johnny’s first job! Their school years were spent in Ayrshire, where he was a competi-tive swimmer around West Ayrshire and Joyce helped the family in various ways to make ends meet. Young adulthood came around with more responsibility. Upon joining the Ayrshire-Strathclyde police force, a real eye opener for a young officer was dealing with coal miners wanting to brawl on Friday nights at the pub. Thankfully Joyce working as a medical administrative assistant, only checked injured miners in for treatment.

Wanting to use his engineering talent, he decided to join the army graduating from Royal Electrical and Me-chanical Engineering School, then spending nine years

traveling and serving in Libya, Yemen and Northern Ireland, wherever needed. Then life changed again. Hired by Jacobs Engineer-ing, began a new adventure in the energy industry, send-ing him to Durban, South Africa, on a career journey that hasn’t ended. Working closely with integrated oil and chemical companies in-cluding SASOL and British Petroleum, was an opportu-nity to master engineering skills involved in the con-struction, manufacturing and servicing of offshore oil rigs. Talk about location, Amanzimtoti, where his em-ployee Royal Dutch Shell was located south of Durbin, is a world renowned surfing destination.

Returning home to Scotland they built their dream home in Ardrossan, a beautiful brick home overlooking scenic Firth of Clyde, the lawn running down to the sea, Johnny helped design and oversee some of the construc-tion. Their son Paul already had graduated from Durbin University while in South Africa, and then attained a second degree from the University of Manchester. Today he works as a manager in Glasgow; and still enjoys play-ing in a band formed with childhood friends.

Danger is always present on offshore oil platforms, especially the early days of exploration in the North Sea. While working in Aberdeen Scotland (1988), the Piper Alfa rig operating off the nearby coast, exploded killing 167 workers, although not directly involved, the disaster was grim reminder that there isn’t room for error. Yet the North Sea was where the action was and oil projects took him to Holland, configuring pipeline, the Arctic Circle to assist Fluor, a company known for building some of the world’s toughest projects, and with Subsea7 helping to engineer, “seabed to surface offshore platforms”.

For many years the Kean’s had a vacation home at Hunters Creek, near Orlando and Disney or as locals say ‘the attractions”. America captured their imagination and hearts early on and when Johnny’s company asked if he would relocate to America, it didn’t take long before

they were applying for citizenship, studying for the test and generally learning about American civic life. During our conversation, it was obvious the humble joy they feel in becoming United States citizens, the courage it took leaving Scotland, and to start a new life in America.

While Joyce was busy at home in Scotland, Johnny began looking for one in America. With Saint Augustine already being their favorite town, serious house hunt-ing narrowed the choice to Marsh Creek. A deciding factor was security features as well as the quiet peaceful neighborhood feeling, adding to its attractiveness. Today, Joyce enjoys her time with many friends, loves Zumba and walking. She volunteers for local needs in the county and at one time headed up the volunteers in Fla-gler’s emergency department. Johnny still works in the industry he loves. He starts his week flying to Houston where he is a senior manager for McDermott, an interna-tional engineering, procurement, and construction and installation company with operations around the globe. Having seen much of that world, they’re happy to now call Marsh Creek home.

John Sykes

The Keens- Joyce, Johnny, Paul and his wife Carolann

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Meet Theo and Ailine Helms. Recently they built their lovely home at 241 Marshside Drive after moving here from Michigan. Theo had just retired from a long career in law enforcement as officer in both state and city police department. During the majority of his years in service he held the position of Conservation Officer. Most of us would recognize this title as a game warden. Thus his love of nature makes Marsh Creek a perfect home. Ailine is currently employed as a commercial airline pilot. Her posi-tion as Captain of an Airbus 320 takes her mainly on domestic flights and occasion-ally to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. The Helms like an active

outdoor life, so retiring to Florida has been a plan for a long time. They love the beaches and environment of Northeast Florida the best. Theo quickly became a part of the neighborhood men’s kayaking group and finds the wildlife of the local creeks most fascinating. He thinks he knows most of the names of the new birds he has spied. Both Theo and Ailine enjoy tennis. Tennis is probably the first activity Ailine looks forward to playing upon her retirement. She has joined the Ladies’ Tennis Group and has played occasionally as her busy flight sched-ule allows.

By CAMille KAy

Hope these new photos are helping you recognize new neigh-bors in the community. If you know of a new neighbor I’ve missed, I would welcome your call: (Camille Kay 461-4111).The new neighbors pictured here would enjoy a call from you. Find their phone numbers in our community directory on our website. (www.mcoa.us).

Although Barbara Herlong is new to Marsh Creek, she is certainly not new to Florida. She grew up in the Clearwater area and graduated from Florida State University. She still cheers on the Seminoles. Prior to her condo living in Saint Augustine, she has lived in a number of places includ-ing Jacksonville, The Florida Panhandle, Detroit, Manhattan, and Nashville, due to various positions her late husband had with The Episcopal Church. He retired from the Ministry as Bishop of Tennessee, so Barbara has many interesting stories of the people they’ve met throughout his career, (Queen Elizabeth being among them!) Barbara is committed to staying active. She takes

classes at the Council On Aging and soon hopes to join the YMCA. Recently, after a long hiatus, she has returned to tap dancing. Barbara began dancing as a toddler and was in her first recital at the age of 2! She feels if music flows inside you, moving with it is a fun physical and mental exercise. Please welcome Bar-bara at 420 Marsh Point Circle.

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For some time members of the community have been talk-ing to Board Members about the state of the Marsh Creek wooden mailbox posts and car-riers outside the Villas. As you drive through the community you will see the carriers and posts in various states of disrepair. Some are leaning, some are rot-ten and some are hanging by a thread. Some of these boxes are

more than 25 years old and the wrinkles and sagging are showing. The most common description I hear is “shabby”; certainly not the kind of image we want for Marsh Creek. Painting every three years is just a band aid. We have struggled with finding a solution.

There is a limit to what the Association can do as these mailbox units are the property of each individual homeowner and we may not spend HOA funds to repair or replace mailboxes. Your HOA Board of Direc-tors is charged with finding solutions to problems like these and to make decisions that maintain and enhance Marsh Creek as an exemplary place to live and, impor-tantly, that maintain property values.

As you know, the Long Range Planning Committee, a volunteer group of ten of your neighbors, has been making recommendations on updating and enhancing the community. The committee has considered possible mailbox solutions as part of that process. The commit-tee’s first thought was to get tougher on the compliance front and identify all the dilapidated mailboxes that are considered below standard but we were sensitive to the fact that maintenance of these aging boxes is not an easy task and we were reluctant to impose a solution on homeowners that was expensive and difficult to obtain. The supplier no longer “repairs” these boxes and will only “replace” them.

Though the Board does intend to be more vigilant in the compliance process we sought an opportunity to give homeowners an alternative; an opportunity to upgrade the appearance of their mailboxes while enhancing the overall appearance of the community, reducing long term maintenance issues and doing all this with a cost effective solution. It has taken a year of talking, investigating and reviewing sample after sample but we believe now we have found a win-win for the homeowner and the community.

I am aware that some people like the current mail-boxes but the fact is they are becoming harder and harder to maintain. Homeowners have experienced more and more difficulty finding anyone to repair the three sided mailbox carrier.

Again, our current supplier will no longer repair,

only replace and then always as a single unit including the post.

The Association cannot, by statute, spend Associa-tion funds on mailboxes (other than the normal three year painting cycle) for homeowners but we have come up with a new standard that looks good, costs less and is easier to maintain. That new standard (The MARK II) has been developed with the leadership of neighbor volunteers and has been approved by the Board and the ARB. The new standard is made of an extruded mate-rial with the color running all the way through, will not rust and is weed whacker resistant, fade resistant and guaranteed for 12 years. The manufacturer (made in the USA) does all the outdoor furniture for Disney World! These mailboxes are being custom made for us in lots of 100.

So, here is the plan...In October the Property Manager will be going

through the community and will identify those mail-boxes that are in need of repair in order to meet com-pliance standards. Those standards are simple. The post must be straight, the wood in good shape, no peeling paint and the joints of all the pieces tight without gaps. In addition, there are some standards established by the U.S. Postal Service about height and setback which are currently NOT adhered to in many cases.

Those NOT meeting compliance standards will have three choices:

1. Find someone to repair the current box and post 2. Replace their current post and three sided carrier

from Pelican Fence3. Move to the MARK II. We have asked Pelican Fence to confirm their cur-

rent pricing and they will charge $275 for replacement of the entire unit including the post. They will not replace the three sided carrier alone. The black mailbox insert will be an additional cost to the homeowner for the Pelican Fence alternative.

De-installation of the old post and wooden three sid-ed carrier, installation of the new MARK II in concrete with a new black aluminum powder coated mailbox included will actually cost fifty dollars less ($225) than replacing the current unit. The MARK II mailboxes will be put in straight and all at the same height. MAY Management and members of the “mailbox committee” will arrange everything for you. You don’t need to do a thing except to follow the instructions, fill in and mail the tear off sheet at the end of this article.

If your current mailbox meets com-pliance standards you don’t need to do anything. No one will be asked to

purchase a new mailbox unless your current mailbox fails to meet compli-ance standards and you cannot find any way to repair it.

We hope, in the interests of a consistent look within the community, people will replace their mailboxes with the MARK II whether your mailbox meets compli-ance standards or not. For those that commit to the MARK II early we have put together a bundled pur-chase price of $225.

The $225 price is at a significant discount because of our bulk pur-chase. That bulk purchase price will be guaranteed up until March of 2016. Later purchase pricing may not be at the low bundled bulk rate and the price will be up to the various suppli-ers and installer and cannot be guar-anteed.

The picture below shows the current mailbox and, thanks to Photoshop, the same location on the same street with the MARK II (facing page).

Neil Beck

Introducing the Mark II Mailbox

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Ten of the new mailboxes are on the way and will be installed in front of various homes so you can see what they look like in place. We urge people to have a look and see the difference. Here are the addresses where you will be able to see the MARK II installed.

320 Marshside Drive North817 Kalli Creek Lane246 Marshside Drive247 Marshside Drive249 Marshside Drive918 Birdie Way701 Wandering Lane834 Summer Bay Drive221 Fiddler’s Point Drive307 Marsh Point Circle

Two more things: First, some of you have asked about the newspaper

shelf we have on the current mailbox. The MARK II does not have a separate shelf for newspapers and flyers. We found that adding a newspaper shelf/slot/tube would add a significant cost to the box and to the installation cost and we questioned whether that expense was justified. We have had no complaints from the Villas residents whose boxes have no newspaper shelf where flyers, etc. are placed between the box and

the flag. We looked through other St. Augustine neigh-borhoods and found that almost no mailboxes have a newspaper shelf. We also found that the St. Augustine Record and other newspapers do not deliver to those shelves and toss the papers on the driveway. Only the Marsh Creek News Journal (6 times a year) uses those shelves.

We also discovered that the shelf on the current mailbox is one of the biggest culprits as to why the wood rots and the pieces warp and separate. Because there is no airflow, moisture remains inside and the wood deteriorates. Add a little lizard or bird poo in there and the situation gets worse.

However, some of you use those shelves for other purposes like leaving notes or magazines for neigh-bors so for those who really want a separate shelf we have asked the supplier for a price for individuals to purchase and install their own. We just didn’t want ev-eryone to have the extra expense for something people might not need or want.

Second, some of you have expressed concern that having two different mailboxes out there will look

odd. Yes, we agree, and, with around 600 non-Villas mailboxes out there, we recognize this will be a lengthy transition. That is why we will do everything we can to encourage people to move to the MARK II. Also, for those people who choose to stay with the current mailbox and post, assuming it is in compliance, in the spring, as part of the normal three year painting cycle, we will be painting the old boxes in a similar color to the MARK II. This will minimize the difference in ap-pearance at no additional cost to the homeowner.

I hope I have covered everything but if you have more questions, my e-mail box is always open at [email protected].

If you are ready to commit to replacing your current box with a MARK II, fill in the slip below and send with a check for $225 made out to Marsh Creek Own-ers Association. The rest will be done for you!

The first order will go in on December 1st so if you are ready to commit to the MARK II make sure MAY Management has your request and check before that date.

Mail to:MAY ManagementAttn: Marsh Creek Mailboxes5455 A1A S #103, St. Augustine, FL 32080

REQUEST FOR

MARK II MAILBOXYes, sign me up for a MARK II Mailbox. Enclosed is my check for $225 made out to “Marsh Creek Owners Association.”

Name:

Address: St. Augustine, FL 32080

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For the past few years, Joan and I have been pleased to house gifted singers who have come to St Augus-tine to perform in First Coast Opera productions. Last fall our new Artistic Director, Curtis Tucker, selected

John Dooley to perform in “Getting to Know You”, the first performance of last season and Curt’s introduction to First Coast Opera’s fans. John is an outstanding singer whose musical talents equal his flair for opera. His singing was recently hailed by the Wall St Journal as “a warm, supple baritone”.

We had an enjoyable time during John’s stay with us, learning about his background and many performances with opera companies throughout the coun-try including his appearance in Carousel with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, which was broadcast, live on PBS. Almost as an aside, he told us about how he and his wife Shannon spend their summers – at a very unique music resort on Lake Kezar in western Maine. Estab-lished in the early 1900s, it has developed into a place where many guests return year after year for a week to enjoy wonderful music, meals prepared by a Paris trained chef, the lake-side activities and relaxing. After John’s enthusiastic description of Quisisana, we decided right then to make a reservation for 2015 which was fortunately accepted. It was great to see John again on our arrival in August and a day later to meet his wife Shannon, who was back for her seventh summer, and their one year old baby, Renee.

What is unique about Quisisana, which is Italian for “A place where one heals oneself”, is that the performers all work in various jobs throughout the resort during the two month season; in the office, waiting on tables, preparing food, cleaning cab-ins, and helping with lake-side activities. They range in age from 18 to 37 and many have professional credits to their name. Alumni have landed on

Broadway and in the Metropolitan Opera. The highlights (in addition to the food)

are the evening performances; Saturday kicks off the weekly cycle with samples from the performance menu. Sunday was chamber music, Monday Broadway hits, Tuesday piano music, Wednesday Hair-spray, Thursday Madam Butterfly and Friday Concert Night-an evening of fine vocal music.

On Tuesday we were really pleased to learn that John’s wife, Shannon, has been selected to perform in the initial produc-tion of First Coast Opera’s 2015-16 season which will be held on Nov. 14 at the Light-ner museum. Opera Paris is a concert style production featuring Act 2 of La Traviata and Act 3 of La Boheme. Shannon, who is an accomplished soprano, performed the leading role of Cho Cho San in Madam Butterfly on Thursday at Quisisana and John was Sharpless. It was an extraordinary performance and Shannon is considered the finest soprano of Quisisana’s 2015 performances. In the 2013 Season, Shan-non joined the roster of The Metropolitan Opera. She has performed in many opera productions throughout the United States and France and was the second place win-ner in the Mildred Miller International Competition. While in St. Louis, where she earned her bachelors degree, Shannon won the Artist Presentation Society Artist of the Year. It will be a real treat to wel-come Shannon to our home and to enjoy her First Coast Opera debut.

And now you know the First Coast Opera and Quisisana connection! Hope-fully, all of you will share our enthusiasm for Shannon’s singing and will attend the Nov. 14, 2015 Opera Paris performance. It promises to be a memorable evening. For tickets go to www.firstcopastopera.com. See you there!

What’s the connection between First Coast Opera and Quisisana?

Al LeBeau, Director First Coast opera

Photos courtesy of Robert Stone

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Ovarian Cancer Early Aware-ness; in 2012 I wrote an article for the Health Corner of the Marsh Creek Journal. It de-scribed my journey with ovarian cancer in 2004. Recently Leslie Allegro and I were chatting and the subject came up. Leslie sug-gested after reading the article that it might be useful to repub-lish it. Some of it is now outdat-

ed, but the most relevant parts remain the same.Ovarian Cancer is still a very deadly disease. It is

usually diagnosed at stage 3C, which means that there has been metastasis to other areas of the body. And, at that stage, the mortality rate remains about 80%.

I am aware of at least two Marsh Creek Women who have died of the disease since I wrote the 2012 article. These were not irresponsible women. Like most of us, perhaps they simply were not familiar enough with the symptoms to recognize a problem existed before it reached a late stage. So, since September is Ovarian Cancer Early Awareness Month, I think this is a timely

moment to remind all of us of the facts and what we can do to help prevent another death.

• LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. Ovarian cancer whispers. Its symptoms are often very subtle and eas-ily mistaken for other things. Bloating, constipation, abdominal pain, and a sudden urge to urinate are the most common. If you sense something might not be quite right, see your doctor. And if you feel you’re not getting the right answers, be assertive. Demand a vaginal ultrasound and a CA125 blood test. Together these two diagnostic tools invariably show the presence of ovarian cancer if in fact it is there.

• If you have had breast cancer or have had someone in your family who has had ovarian cancer, know that you are at a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer.

• Seek the most aggressive surgery and treatment you can find. That does not mean just locally or region-ally. It means anywhere in the country, and it means at a reputable institution that does the surgery often and regularly. You can get a lot of information on-line, but beware of websites which propose miracle cures, etc…there are a lot of folks out there who promise what they can’t deliver and make money doing it! It’s easy to

find the best places that treat ovarian cancer by look-ing at the USNEWS annual hospital ratings list, and/or Googling “best hospital to treat ovarian cancer” or some such phrase. There is also good information at the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and the Ameri-can Cancer Society websites. When you locate a center for surgery and/or treatment be sure to ask about how many of these surgeries the surgeon does each year and what his/her success rate has been.

• In today’s world of medicine you must be your own advocate. Again, be assertive. Don’t be afraid of demanding clear information about diagnosis and treatment. Ask questions. If you don’t understand, keep asking. You are very much on your own when seeking information and treatment, so be as thorough as you can be in your search, but don’t panic. It feels urgent, I know, but a couple of extra weeks to be sure you end up in the right place is better than rushing into it, not having all the relevant information and ending up in the wrong place.

Thanks for listening (reading). Take care of your-self. You’re worth it!

Scottie Brownsberger

HEALTH CORNER

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• http://staugustine.com/marshcreek The Secret Garden

By Phil TuTschek and cindy PilkingTon

Maddie Cotter, of 702 Pinehurst Place, was raised in Ireland in the after-math of WWII where her parents, like many of their neighbors, had farmland on which they raised vegetables, fruit and some cattle in their “kitchen” gardens. This is where she first developed her inter-est in plants and flowers. Maddie studied nursing, while Malcolm, also raised in Ireland, learned carpen-try and construction. They made their individual ways to America, Maddie first settling in Texas, but they each arrived in New York City in 1969, met and married, and raised their two children in the town of Brewster north of New York City.While Maddie continued as a nursing consultant and Malcolm in construction, both in

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the greater NYC area, they began to plan on retiring to Florida. First travel-ing to the south and west coasts, they eventually worked their way up to St. Augustine and decided this was where they would retire, which they did in 2005. They bought a home in Marsh Creek which Malcolm, then retired, began to improve. Maddie continued nursing, but be-gan to plant her gardens,

which she lovingly tends today.

On the driveway side, there is a tall ligustrum hedge “fence”, a bottle brush tree and a bloom-ing Hawthorne tree. The left front and bed have a viburnum hedge, sago palms, a pink blooming hawthorne tree, plumbago, juniper, sea grape, crown of thorns, thryallis glauca (rain of gold) shrubs, bur-gundy and green coleus,

deep pink penta, pink vinca, a magnolia tree and bottlebrush.

In the front yard there are multiple sabal palms encircled by flax lily. And then in the right yard bed, there are Palatka holley, viburnum hedge, dusty miller, yellow lantana, as-paragus fern, oleander, a li-gustrum tree and a pygmy date palm. Such a lovely touch of Irish charm.

What did I return to? Nothing but patches of sun and rain, rain, rain! If this is what your summer has been for the most part, I am sorry. Maine needs rain; you don’t!

From all reports, Pam Celestino did a great job with A Feast of All Saints. Since I really enjoyed the book, I

am sad I missed it. Now I am looking forward to the discussion of Killing Patton led by Harry Metz. I’ve never thought of myself as stupid, but I must confess to a dumb move. When I ordered this book from Amazon.com/UsedBooks, I simply plugged in the title and hit “add to cart.” Wednesday night I grabbed the book to begin reading. Did you know there are two Killing Pat-ton’s? Who’d have thought?!

November has Judy Riggle weighing in on an infor-mative, yet often disturbing, non-fiction book by Re-becca Skloot. The Immortal Life of henrietta Lacks tells the story of a poor black woman who died at 31 of cervical cancer but not before her doctors, without her consent or knowledge, removed some of her cancer cells. They were able to be replicated, a first. In the years since, these

HeLa cells have been the subject of thousands of studies worldwide. Yet her family never received any benefits from this research. This story raised my hackles, I tell you.

Something lighter and fictional is in store for book club in December, Steve Berry’s The Paris Vendetta....led by yours truly. This is Book 5 of the Cotton Malone series, as well-crafted as the others. Who can’t love a hero who after retiring from the Magellan Billet, opened a book store in Denmark? On top of that, his best friend is Henrik Thorvaldsen, an unbelievably wealthy industri-alist and with whom Cotton gets caught up in a mission of vengeance. And together they become involved in a plot targeting the global economy. An edge of your seat narrative, for sure.

Since my last column I’ve read two of Raymond Village Library’s Book Club selections. Salt Dancers by Ursula Hegi was a beautifully written portrait of an American family, its carefully guarded secrets and of a daughter’s journey to her past, one filled with fragile memories and deeply hidden rage. I liked this book but did not love it, perhaps because I’m not particularly introspective. I would recommend it, though primarily

for women readers. As one reviewer asked, “Is a book good because you enjoy it, or is a good book one that is capable of allowing you to experience the extreme emo-tions of its characters?” My answer... either or both!

The other was written in 1961, just a few years before the author’s death, The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck. This book club makes a point of returning to some older but great literature and this certainly quali-fies. I last read this book when I was a mere 26, not really old enough to understand just what discontent can mean in an adult’s life. Steinbeck weaves this thematic thread through the whole story and into each character’s life, Ethan and Mary Hawley, Danny Taylor, Joey Morphy and others. A true American classic, the book was made into a movie in 1983 starring Donald Sutherland and Teri Garr. It might be fun to get this from the library, if they have it, and really visualize these wonderfully developed characters.

Book Club meets the 1st Weds of each month at 7 PM in the Men’s Card Room where coffee and dessert can be consumed while the discussion flows around you. Or you can join us for dinner at the Book Club table at 5:30. We’d love to welcome you aboard!

Cindy Pilkington presents the award to Maddie Cotter

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Country Club NewsMarianne Messler Clubhouse Manager

Welcome back to all of our members who were away for the summer!

This is going to be a very exciting and wonderful season. Please welcome our new Executive Chef, David Hardy, and Food & Beverage Director Kevin Stowers. I know you will love all of the changes in our F & B Department as well as Chef ’s delicious homemade foods.

We have a very busy fall for all of our members and we hope you join us for all of our events. Folks are signing up early this year so don’t get left behind! If there is something you really want to come to, sign up now. Judy will be calling to con-firm reservations one-week prior to the event so if you do not get a phone call confirming an event, please let me know.

OCTOBER• MUSIC TRIVIA NIGHT – Tuesday, October 13th – 5:30 pm - $15.50++ per person - enjoy our buffet featuring “Ring of Fire” roasted chicken, “Unchained Melody” of fresh vegetables, “The Onion Song” lyonnaise potatoes, “Blueberry Hill” cobbler, from 6 pm to 6:45 and then impress everyone with your music knowledge! Should be really fun – this is a first time event with Music Trivia, so please join us.• LOCALS NIGHT OUT HAPPY HOUR – Friday, October 16th - Enjoy the music of Dennis Fermin – we will have LIMITED complimentary hors d’oeuvres - and a special Tapas menu will be available. Drink specials! Call and let us know you will be attending so we can staff accordingly.• SEAFOOD NIGHT – Thursday, October 29th – RESERVATION TIMES – 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm - $28++ per person – this event will be a sell-out, so sign up soon! Enjoy some of your favorite seafood to include Steamed Alaskan Crab legs, Mussels in a garlic, shallot, and wine sauce, Seafood Newburg with rice, Fried Shrimp, Roasted red potatoes, Corn on the cobb, Lemon pepper green beans, assorted desserts. NOVEMBER• MCWA NEON LIGHTS ON BROAD-

WAY – Saturday, November 7th - $50 per person. 6 pm to 9 pm. Don’t miss this fabulous event sponsored by our own Marsh Creek Women’s Association – go to marshcreekwomen.org to sign up and for more information.• 20TH ANNUAL VETERANS DIN-NER – Tuesday, November 10th – you don’t have to be a Veteran to attend this moving and patriotic evening. Come out and help us celebrate 20 years hosting this event. Special guest is General Dan Cherry. $29.50++ per person - 5 pm to 9 pm. Call Judy to sign up today.• 3rd ANNUAL WOUNDED WAR-RIOR TOURNAMENT – Monday, No-vember 23, 2015 - watch your e-mails for more information – play golf, play tennis, or join us for food and drinks. Proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior project. Sign up board available at the pro shop or at the tennis center beginning October 26. Can’t make it? You can still contrib-ute to this most worthy cause. • THANKSGIVING DAY BUFFET – Thursday, November 26th – TWO SEATINGS – 12 noon and 3 pm. Join us for a bountiful buffet with your favorite traditional favorites. This event sells out super quick – call today. $27++ per adult; $14++ per child under age 11.SAVE THESE DECEMBER DATES • TUESDAY DECEMBER 15th – HOLI-DAY MEMBER MIXER• THURSDAY DECEMBER 31st – NEW YEARS EVE BLACK AND WHITE BALL 8P.M. – 12:30A.M.

MEMBERSHIP PROMOTIONS – We want YOUR friends and family!

I have a few special promotions going on this fall for Local Business Owners and Junior Members (under age 40). If you have a friend who would like to join the club, please give me a call.This is the best time of year to join! I will give club credits to all members who bring in new members! If your friend joins YOU WILL RECIEVE:FULL member - $500 club creditEXECUTIVE member - $300 club creditSPORTS ACCESS member - $300 club creditSOCIAL member - $200 club credit

NON RESIDENT - member - $100 club credit

Memberships are a great gift for your

children! Ask me about our Legacy Mem-berships.

Give the gift that lasts a lifetime!

WELCOME MATPlease join us in welcoming our new memberships to the club!Kendyl Alghrim – Boston, MA Paul & Diane Banfield – Ithaca, NYStefanie Bernstein & Andy Smith – St. AugustineAndy & Amy Birchall – St. Augustine

Mike & Daria Boles – Norwood, VADrs. Ernest & Maria Carames – St. AugustineChuck & Heidi Fuller – Groveland, MADenny & Jane Harris – McLean, VAScott & Julie Rayburn – Roswell, GAChip & Joelle Spain – Davidson, NC

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The Food and Beverage Department has some amaz-ing things in store for everyone mov-ing into the fourth quarter of 2015. We have aligned our core philosophies with a focus on fresh ingredients, healthy options, and simple

yet creative preparations. Are you ready for some new menus?

Your first glimpse of our new direc-tion has come with Chef Dave’s daily specials, and has been very well received. This approach, solidified on October 6th implemented our new menus. We hope you have the opportunity to join us for Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner for some new delicious menu selections.

We would also like to introduce the addition of a limited menu in the 19th

hole, being offered from 3 to 6pm on Saturday’s and Sunday’s, starting in Octo-ber. We hope that this added service will give our members some additional dining options moving into golf season. Here’s a glance at some of the items to be offered.

• 19 HOLE FARE: 3pm-6pm Saturday and Sunday- Wings: Mild, Hot, Sweet Datil, Daily Soup, Truffle Parmesan Fries, Chicken Santa Barbara Sandwich, The Creek Burger, Blackened Chicken Caesar Salad

Also, below is a small sample of some of the menu items. Check out our full menus next time you’re in the clubhouse. If you haven’t tried us yet, now’s the time.

• SUNDAY BRUNCH: Oat and Almond Granola, Blueberry or Banana Pancakes, Yogurt, and Fresh Fruit, Huevos Matanzas, Classic Eggs Benedict, 6oz Filet Mignon and Eggs, Smoked Salmon Platter, Shrimp and Artichoke Sauté, Grilled Shrimp BLT Salad

• LUNCH: Wings, Fire Roasted Red Pepper Hummus and Vegetable Wrap, The Creek Burger, Fresh Local Catch Sandwich, Chicken Santa Barbara Sand-wich

• DINNER: Starters & Salads - Shrimp & Andouille Skewer, Spinach Artichoke Dip, The Creek Wedge Salad. Mains -New Zealand Rack of Lamb, “Maple Leaf Farms” Duck Breast, Seared Atlan-tic Salmon, Daily Fresh Local Catch, “Seminole” Prime Rib au Jus, Includes all 19 Hole Fare

Ask Your Server about our home made dessert selection.

October Hours of OperationTuesday – Saturday 11am-3pmWednesday’s and Friday’s 5-8:30pmSunday Brunch 9am –3pmSaturday and Sunday 19th Hole 3-6pm

We hope to see all of you very soon!

What’s new in dining at Marsh Creek Country Club?

Kevin Stowers, Food and Beverage Director

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It’s that time of year again for “touchable art.” The 14TH AN-NUAL TACTILE ART SHOW, Oct 2-Nov 1, 2015, will be on display in the main gallery at the St. Augustine Art Association at 22 Marine St. This exhibit, originally designed to engage blind and visually impaired children in experiencing art, gives all visitors an opportunity to actually “touch” every piece of art in the main gallery!

The exhibition is produced in partnership with the FL School for the Deaf & the Blind and sponsored by Community First

Credit Union. Upper level students bring their Braille typewriters to the gallery and create the signage for each piece of artwork. Students of all ages visit on field trips to experience the show. Student work is also on display.

Join us for the opening reception, First Friday Art Walk, Oct 2 from 5-9:00pm, or throughout the month of Oct. Contact us at [email protected] or (904) 824-2310 www.staaa.org

The St. Augustine Art Association is pleased to present Lisa O’Neil’s new painting “Restless Hearts,” as the centerpiece of our Celebrate St. Augustine Exhibition, installed to commemo-rate the 450th Anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine on display through November.

When Lisa approached the Art Association about the prospect of producing this work, we were eager to offer space and support. A two-time winner of the prestigious Carl Steinsieck Award for Best Figure Drawing, Lisa created the iconic Francis Drake charcoal portrait that is featured in our award-winning “Art y Facts of Drake’s Raid” permanent art & archeology exhibit.

In the course of preparing for “Restless Hearts,” Lisa also produced a series of his-torical portraits that were exhibited in our Tiberio Gallery in January 2014. After that, she traveled across country for intensive studies in Old Master’s techniques.

A work of the quality and scale (6’x8’) of “Restless Hearts” does not happen over-night, or in a vacuum. It required years of training, interviews with local historians, extensive costume research and volumes of figure studies by the artist. It also involved the support of family, friends, mentors and a host of community organizations, includ-ing the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida, who awarded Lisa an Artist Ventures Grant for the initiative.

St. Augustine Art Association NewsPLEASE TOUCH THE ARTWORK!

Diane Bradley

What to do with all those pine cones?!

With the Holidays just around the corner….here’s a great idea provided from MaryJo Wilson. Thank you!

MaryJo Wilson

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Camille Kay

NinerNews

Opening Day….37 Golfers eager to play! On September 10th the Niners began their 2015-16 season

with a Scramble, a fun team participation game as well as a little competition. Two teams tied for 1st place in this com-petition with the third place team trailing by one tenth of a point! The two teams tied for first were: 1. Chris Ernst, Louise Parker, Rosemary Hurley, Sue Marcoccio & 2. Anna Benincasa, Karen McCutchen, Camille Kay. Third place honors went to Chris Brindle, Mary Hooff, Mary Ann Meyer, and Cecilia Marchionna. Results for proximities and chip-ins were: longest putt, Chris Ernst; closest to the pin, Anna Benincasa; chip-ins: Hilde Berdine & Linda Vaughters. If these results are any indi-cation of the good golfing we’ll be seeing this year, we’ve got a great season ahead of us!

Both the golf course and the golf balls “came into the Club” for our Opening Day luncheon! Table runners em-bellished with fairways and greens and golf ball cake pops decorated each table. Wow – this impressive and delicious décor greeted all golfers as we entered the dining room. Nancy Erion provided the inspiration for this theme and was aided by her committee in decorating. Chef David offered a wonder-ful lunch of avocado & chicken salad with mango mousse for dessert.

Mary Lou Garrison, our President, welcomed all, and introduced the new Board, citing the many “behind the scene” jobs that were done all summer to prepare for this season. On behalf of the group, she extended a big thank you to the Club staff for their never ending cheerful help. She also thanked Peggy Gachet and Rebecca Crum for their generous financial assistance in producing this season’s membership booklet. Gina Wilson organized and created the booklet as she has done for many years now.

It just happened to be a very special birthday for Ceci Orvis, so Mary Lou presented Ceci with a cake and best wishes from all the Niners.

Our next big event is an Inter-Club Tournament which we are hosting. Niner teams throughout Jacksonville have been invited for a golf scramble followed by lunch and prizes. Look for all these ladies riding and playing our course on October 15th. This huge Inter-Club event is being organized by Su-zanne Beck and is quite an undertaking. With Niner participa-tion, support and enthusiasm we know it will be a success.

Slowly our snowbirds will be coming back to Saint Augus-tine so our Fall member participation will grow. In addition, as of mid-September, Niners have also welcomed eight new mem-bers to our group. They are: Sara Assenmacher, Chris Brindle, Sally Carlson, Dr. Lydia Daniel, Patti Kegelmeyer, Peggy Lennon, Paula Skinner and Pam Proctor. If you are interested in becoming a new member too, please call Pat Lopinto (687-0559), membership chair, or Mary Lou Garrison (217-7219), president.

A SAD FAREWELLThis summer we said goodbye to 2 lovely ladies; Jan Menendez and Mar-jorie Dardenne. As both were golfers, the LGA and the Nine Holer ladies planned a “Memorial Round of Golf and Luncheon” to follow. The weather did not cooperate, no golf was played but the luncheon did take place. Many stood up and shared a few words about their dear friends, who will be so missed.

Joint first placeProximity & chip in winners Joint first place

Third place Opening day decorations

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MONTH YTD MONTH YTD % Change

2013 2014 2015 90 yr 2013 2014 2015 90 yr 2013 2014 2015 90 yr 2013 2014 2015 90 yr vs. last year

JAN 4 8 7 7 4 8 7 7 0.6 6.7 5.2 2.5 0.6 6.7 5.2 2.5 -22%

FEB 6 8 9 8 10 16 16 15 1.5 6.6 2.3 3.1 2.1 13.3 7.5 5.6 -43%

MAR 3 7 8 8 13 23 24 23 3.8 5.0 2.3 3.4 5.9 18.3 9.8 9.0 -46%

APR 7 6 10 6 20 29 34 29 4.7 3.3 2.9 2.9 10.6 21.6 12.7 11.9 -41%

MAY 5 5 5 8 25 34 39 37 8.9 2.2 1.0 3.3 19.5 23.8 13.8 15.2 -42%

JUN 10 10 14 12 35 44 53 49 5.5 4.9 4.6 5.2 25.0 28.7 18.4 20.4 -36%

JUL 15 16 14 13 50 60 67 62 10.0 11.8 5.9 5.8 35.0 40.5 24.2 26.2 -40%

AUG 9 15 17 12 59 75 84 74 5.5 7.6 11.3 5.7 40.5 48.1 35.6 31.9 -26%

SEP 9 11 21 13 68 86 105 87 2.9 9.9 12.4 7.0 43.4 58 47.9 38.9 -17%

OCT 9 4 10 77 90 97 6.9 3.0 5.5 50.3 61 44.4

NOV 7 8 6 84 98 103 2.7 6.2 2.3 53.0 67.2 46.7

DEC 4 5 8 88 103 111 3.9 2.6 2.8 56.9 69.8 49.5

TOTAL 88 103 111 56.9 69.8 49.5

Rain Amounts (in inches)Rain Days

Rainfall is measured by Charlie Compton - 90YR Source http://www.weatherbase.com 10/1/2015

Alex Becker

We had rain 21 days in September totaling 12.37 inches. September rainfall was more than last year’s and more than the 90 year average. Rainfall total for this year is less than last year’s but more than the 90 year average. This report is also available on our Community web site (MCOA.us).Attention Owners of Patio/Villa Homes Please note any lawn problems at your home or that of an out of town neighbor. Report these to May Management or via a Patio Homes Landscape Preferences and Concerns e-Form on our web site (MCOA.us).

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• http://staugustine.com/marshcreek MARSH CREEK WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

Hilde Berdine, Corresponding Secretary MCWA

A Vintage Year of the MCWA is underway! More than 100 members attended our first luncheon, which

featured the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants,” who created floral arrangements using native landscape greenery and flowers. New members were helped to feel at home, thanks to the Membership Committee, chaired by Victoria Zavasnik and Marie Elena Calabrese. They created a “buddy system” that matched each new member with an experienced MCWA member. Sign up early for the November 11th luncheon to secure your place for our Veteran’s Day Program, “Bittersweet Wine” highlighting Allison Simpson, a local historian.

Our Outreach Committee Co-Chairs, Helen Boxer and Pattie Nolton, an-nounced that the committee has been busy throughout the summer. One of our designated charities, The Emergency Shelter and Homeless Coalition, sponsors 18 homes housing families with a total of 36 children. All the children received shirts, shorts, and shoes for the school year supported by an anonymous mem-ber gift of $750! MaryAnn Meyer, Nancy Sublett and Paula Hutson helped sort, bundle and distribute all the items for the

children! The first fundraiser of the season,

“Neon Lights on Broadway,” will take place on November 7th at Marsh Creek Country Club from 6 to 10 PM. Music will be provided by PZ Entertainment with Phil Farino for your listening and dancing pleasure. Tickets are now avail-able for $50 per person. Please place your check, payable to MCWA in the folder marked Neon Lights at the front desk. Residents of Marsh Creek, Club members and guests are welcome. If you cannot at-tend the event, why not consider becom-ing a Patron? One hundred percent of your contribution will go to our charities! Patrons will be recognized throughout our community in local publications, including the event program.

Donation levels are: Best Musical $250, Best Original Score $100, Best Choreography $50. Patron forms are located in a folder marked “Neon Lights on Broadway Patrons” at the front desk.

Our Social Events Committee Co-Chairs, Patti Kegelmeyer and Carlyn Moyer, have organized a calendar of activities for old and new members to get to know each other better and take advantage of a variety of regional venues. On November 18th there will be a bus trip to The Mall at Millenia in Orlando for a day of shopping. Guests are wel-

The MCWA donates back to school clothing to the Emergency Shelter and Homeless Coalition.

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come at this social event. Sign up at the November luncheon for the annual St. Augustine Garden Club Tour of Homes. The walking tour takes place on De-

cember 6th. Please visit our website for additional information on social events or any other aspect of the MCWA: www.marshcreekwomen.org.

MARSH CREEK WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

Mark your calendarNOVEMBER 7: Fundraising Event: Neon Lights on Broadway NOVEMBER 11: MCWA November Luncheon Veterans Day--Bittersweet WineNOVEMBER 18: Social Event: Shopping trip to The Mall at Millenia in Orlando DECEMBER 6: Social Event: St Augustine Garden Club Tour of Homes DECEMBER 9: MCWA December Luncheon Tiny BubblesMARCH 14: Fundraising Event: Venetian Carnivale

Traveling plant ladies

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