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Southport Springs Monthly Newsletter Editor: Joe Grigelevich [email protected] OCTOBER 2016

PICTURE/WORD PUZZLE First Person To E-mail Joe at

[email protected] identifying all ten objects (correctly)

Wins A $10 Winn Dixie GIFT CARD! Take The Barbara Challenge: Anyone getting all

ten objects before Barbara Holdridge wins an XTRA $5

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THANKS FOR YOUR

SERVICE A native of Champaign, Illinois, Sue Redshaw, like many (if not most) High School graduates back in the early 70’s found herself questioning what it was she really wanted to do post grad-uation. After about a year of consider-ing various options including continuing on to college vs. serving her country in the military, she decided to join the United States Air Force enlisting in 1974 under the delayed enlistment

program which enabled her to select a specific job title. She elected to pursue a military position in Law Enforce-ment. Sue’s basic training was at Lake-land Air Force Base in San Antonio, Tex-as. Following her basic training, she was then assigned to Eglin Air Force Base in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida where she served as a Law Enforcement Officer until she was discharged in 1978. While stationed at Ft. Walton Beach, she was tasked with the responsibility of reviewing and rewriting their on-base animal control

program for both domestic and wild ani-mals in coordination with the National Humane Society. Being someone who is a staunch advocate for the humane and compassionate treatment of all ani-mals, Sue noted that it was both a privi-lege and an honor to be asked to take on this particular assignment. I was truly honored when Sue shared with me a collection of Service Medals her Dad, who was a WWII, Veteran had earned

for his service. They’re beautifully framed and right in the middle of the frame at the bottom is Sue’s Law Enforcement badge. What a great keepsake. After leaving the military, Sue entered Illinois State University under the GI bill where she graduated in 1983 with a degree in Corrections and Law Enforcement. She then accepted a position as a Law Enforcement Officer with the Federal Bu-reau of Prisons at Terminal Island in Long Beach California where she eventually was promoted to Prison Counselor. Four years later she accepted a position as Prison Counselor with the State of Illinois Corrections facility where she would remain until retirement in 2012 after 27 years of service. Thanks Sue for both your military service as well as your work in the Federal prison system. You’re a true patriot. We’d also like to thank Sue for her hard work and dedication as one of our Southport Springs HOA Board members.

EVENTS

music by “Replay Entertainment”

music by “Two Kool”

followed by “High Stakes” Nickle Bingo

music by “Tony & Trish”

Available in living color on-line on the first business day of the month www.southportspringshoa

Genealogy Group Meets on the second Monday of every month at 1pm in the Little Clubhouse. I’ve talked to many of you about Genealogy with many of you showing a sincere interest. Now is the perfect time for you to come share your finds

with the group and hear what we’ve found. There are so many new venues that are now available to us to use in our research; and perhaps you know of some we’ve not heard of. So please consider joining us and sharing your knowledge. Hope to see you at our next meeting on Tuesday, October 11th. Please call me at 813-715-7157 or E-mail me at [email protected]

Helen Brown

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Tomato Cage Christmas Tree

Classes Tuesday, November 8th

choose either 10am - noon or 6pm - 8pm

SUPPLIES NEEDED * 1 Tomato Cage * 2 Rolls of 21”x10yds. Of Deco Mesh (green, red, white, silver or golden to match your décor) * Matching Pipe Cleaners * Ribbon - 1 1/2” or 2 1/2”wide * Christmas Balls *Tools (scissors, wire cutters, craft wire) * Optional (a string of 70 to 100 LED lights) Call Sue Jones at

813-838-3908 or at 813-782-0213

REMINDER The Lighthouse Crafters ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR Saturday December 10th

From 9am to 2pm

Bake Sale To Benefit The Sunshine Committee

50/50 To Benefit The Bereavement Committee

Chinese Auction

Sponsored By: Southport Springs Resident Crafters

& Local Crafters

&

Saturday, October 22nd 2pm to 6pm

4030 Russian Olive Lane Everyone is invited to attend a Fall Open House and Holiday Preview at my home.

Fall & Halloween Wreaths and Centerpieces

will be available for purchase.

A display of Christmas Wreaths, Angels, Snowmen, Candy Cane Wreaths and Trees

will be available for your custom order.

Come visit, enjoy refreshments and get a

jump on your Holiday decorating. See you on October 22nd...

Sue Jones

Thanks I’d like to thank the Sunshine Committee for the cards and basket of goodies I received after my recent Achilles heel surgery. I also want to thank all my friends and neighbors

for their cards, visits and well wishes. The difficult part is over...now for the mending. Thanks again.

Tom Rich

Bible Study Southport’s Bible Study group meets every Friday at 9am in the Little Clubhouse. “Studying the Bible helps us grow in faith, grow in joy and grow in wisdom”. Everyone is welcome.

Rita Walters 813-778-4027

No, No, No….It’s not what you think! These are some of the Power Walkers who meet every Monday and Friday at 9am and at 9:30am every Wednesday in the Main Club-house. Power Walking (open to both men and women) helps promote weight loss, improve your sleep, elevate your mood, boost your energy level, decrease blood pres-sure and cholesterol levels and decrease the risk of can-cer, diabetes, and heart disease. And it’s an amazing low cost/no cost exercise program! So if you’re looking for an easy to do “get fit/stay fit” program, why not give Power Walking a try? Have questions? You can call Val Lebo at 813-789-0793 [email protected]

CAN I DO YOGA? Yes you can. Aside from being an

excellent stretching exercise, it’s a

great stress reliever. Yoga has slow

movements and poses designed to

help tone your body. You can begin

practicing anytime. All you need for

our class is a towel or mat to stand

and/or sit on. Our class is held each

Monday starting at 8:00am. If you’re

interested, please come join us at the

Main Clubhouse. If you have any

questions, please call Terri at 813-779

-9555. Hope to see you there.

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Did You Know That...

Ruth McGovern Did you know that for your own protection, three of the most important documents you will ever execute are a Power of At-torney, a Living Will/Health Care Di-rective and a Last Will and Testament. It is vital that we all have these three im-portant documents in place. Without the first two, the Power of Attorney and the Living Will/Health Care Directive, if you suddenly can’t take care of your affairs (financial and otherwise) or make your

wishes known or sign anything, no one can legally do so on your behalf. Someone will need to apply to the Courts to be appointed as your guardian. Without your input, that individual could be someone you would rather not have legally acting on your behalf. Additionally, it’s a time con-suming and very expensive procedure requiring the ser-vices of an attorney, filing fees, advertising costs, an annu-al insurance surety bond as well as paying an annual Guardian ad Litem accounting review fee. The Court ap-pointed Guardian ad Litem will be required to file an annu-al detailed accounting of every cent received and spent to the Courts annually up until your death. If all is determined to be in good financial order, the Judge will approve the financial report and the Guardian will be allowed to contin-ue on for another year caring for your affairs, making deci-sions about you and your assets, signing tax returns etc. This can easily cost between $3,500 to $5,000 annually. If you have made specific decisions about your health care in the event of an accident or illness where you are incapa-ble of providing health care directives, you need to desig-nate someone you trust to carry out your health care direc-tives in accordance with your wishes. The same extends in preparing a Power of Attorney naming someone you trust to handle your affairs both financially and otherwise. Please don’t allow yourself to end up in a crisis situation. If you have not yet prepared and executed these important documents and would like to do so, I have the forms avail-able and will be more than happy to assist you (at no charge). Just call me at 813-788-7248 or at 215-275-2167.

Jack and I would like to thank all of our friends and neighbors for their well wishes, cards, meals and prayers. Southport resi-dents are the most thought-

ful and kindest people in the world. I am getting stronger. It’ll take time; but I’m determined to make a full recovery. Thanks Again.

Carol Keller

SOUTHPORT

SILVER NEEDLES Patti Rich The Southport Silver Needles is a group of women who absolutely love taking a perfectly good piece of fabric and cutting it into tiny pieces and then sewing it back together again into vari-ous works of art. We have our own language such as ‘fat quarters”, ‘charm backs’ and ‘feed dogs’. We all aspire to owning a SABLE (Stash Accumula-tion Beyond Life Expectancy)! Or may-be we just shop faster than we sew.

About once a year our group donates a quilt that we’ve all worked on to be raffled for a specific cause. Thanks to the generosity of our friends and neighbors, we’ve been able to donate several thousands of dol-lars to local charities. In the past we have donated quilts to the preemie unit at Tampa General Hospital, Quilts of Valor for our service men and women, Christmas stockings for our troops, quilts for children in an orphanage in Haiti, and quilts for local individuals receiving chemo therapy. We have also made quilts for the national organization of “Quilts For Kids” which matches quilts with hospitalized children. Our mem-bers have also donated countless pillowcases to the National Conkeer Cancer Organization. We host a Quilt show every other year and our next show is planned to take place in March 2018. The Sil-ver Needles group gets together the third Sunday of every month in the Little Clubhouse from 9am to ap-proximately 3pm which includes a business meeting at 2pm to discuss future plans and ideas. There are no dues; we simply enjoy getting together. One of our favorite things to do is “Show And Tell” when we get to see what everyone has been working on. Some of us also get together for extra sewing on the first Wednes-day of the month in the Little Clubhouse from 11am to 3pm. We’d like to encourage anyone who likes to sew to come join us. We have all levels of Quilters from be-ginners to those with many years of experience. Join now because….there’s “sew” little time. If you have any questions, please call me (Patti) at 813-780-1982 or E-mail me at [email protected].

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Thank You A special thank you to Jane for deliv-ering the beautiful bouquet of flowers from the Sunshine Committee while I was “confined” after my mystery leg

and foot problem. I love flowers and they really made my day! Thanks to all of you.

Helen Brown

MELISSA DOES….DO YOU?

Saw Melissa showering one afternoon last week down at the pool. Thanks Melissa for being a good neighbor. Did you know that two of the worst contaminants to a pool are human perspiration and urine, followed by perfumes, after shaves and body lotions; all of which when combined, require an extraordinary amount of toxic chlo-rine to bring the water quality to government allowed safety standards. A quick rinse before stepping into ei-ther the pool or spa will significantly reduce the amount of chlorine needed to combat this serious issue. So please be considerate and do your part. Thanks. Also - you might want to ask your guests to take a moment and read the pool and spa rules mounted on the fence near the cabana/restrooms. Thanks again.

HEALTHY EATING

Ingredients 4 pounds pie pumpkin, or butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 2-inch chunks 4 large sweet-tart apples, such as Empire, Cameo or Braeburn, unpeeled, cored and cut into eighths 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1-1/4 teaspoons salt, divided 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage 6 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth, or vegetable broth 1/3 cup chopped hazelnuts, toasted 2 tablespoons hazelnut oil Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 450°F. 2. Toss pumpkin (or squash), apples, olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper in a large bowl. Spread evenly on a large rimmed baking sheet. Roast, stirring once, for 30 minutes. Stir in sage and continue roasting until very tender and starting to brown, 15-20 minutes more. 3. Transfer about one-third of the pumpkin (or squash) and apples to a blender along with 2 cups broth. Puree until smooth. Transfer to a Dutch oven and repeat for two more batches. Season with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and heat through over medium-low heat, stirring constantly to prevent splattering, for about 6 minutes. Serve each portion topped with hazelnuts and a drizzle of hazelnut oil. Enjoy!

HE AIN’T GOING NOWHERE! So someone started this rumor last month and dang if it

didn’t catch on like wild fire (like most made up stuff does)! The rumor was that Ray, our trusted and very reliable mail carrier was retiring. I stopped him a couple of weeks back to wish him well and he said, “heck, I ain’t retiring”. Guess this all got started

because Ray was out sick for a few days. Anyhow, Ray said he has at least 4 more years left in him (maybe more). Thought I’d share the great news. We love ya Ray! Ever wonder what a world without rumors would be like?

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LAST MONTH’S PICTURE/

WORD PUZZLE WINNER IS

Barbara Holdridge (AGAIN!)

Privet Court

Emblem on Virgil’s Navy Hat pg. 1 Smoking waste receptacle pg. 5

Cissy Rossano’s AD pg. 14

Taken from Recyclables Article pg. 5

Snoopy’s foot pg. 7

Grapes In Lakeridge Winery Ad pg. 4 Clock in Wood World Furniture AD pg. 9

Lee Edward’s hair pg. 12 BINGO Ad

Courteous Eye pg. 11 Bob Dougherty’s T-Shirt pg. 6

If the answer is yes, then do it. No big

Tuesdays & Thursdays *for as Long As The Big Clubhouse remains Open

*Beginning/Intermediate Line Dancing

with Rose McNatt at 9:00am 813-788-4920

[email protected]

*Advanced Line Dancing

with Val Lebo at 10:00am 813-788-0793

[email protected]

Baby Steppers Line Dancing With Mike Quartucci at 11:00am

267-679-9750 [email protected]

HOA NEWS

We had our first HOA General meeting of the Fall sea-son on September 13th. There were 78 HOA members in attendance. We had two new residents recently join the HOA. Our total membership to date is 359. We, your HOA Board, thank you for your support. For those who attended the September HOA meeting, you heard that your HOA Board was busy during the summer months serving the residents of Southport Springs. We trust you are encouraged by their efforts. If you have any community concerns, recommendations or encouraging words, please share them with your HOA Board. We do listen. As of this writing our clubhouse renovation start date is still in limbo. This unknown makes it quite challenging to schedule social events. We will not sit back and wait. We do have several events scheduled for the Fall sea-son. There may come a time when these events will be held in a tent. Nonetheless, HOA sponsored social events will continue. Effective January 1, 2017, non-HOA members and guests will pay an additional cost for any HOA spon-sored social event. HOA members and their overnight guests or family members will continue to pay the nor-mal cost for a social event. It is anticipated non-HOA members and guests will pay a minimum of $2.00 more per person for the same event. Another good reason to join your HOA. Your HOA provides an updated Southport Springs phone book each year. Please check your information in the 2016 Southport Springs phone book. If any changes to this information are necessary, please con-tact Becky Todd or Judy Hiland to provide them with your changes. In last month’s HOA newsletter, we stated the FMO President, John Salvucci, was resigning effective Sep-tember 1st. We are pleased to announce that the FMO Vice President, Larry North chose to accept this position as President of the FMO. Larry states he will do his best to “accentuate the positive” while he serves as Presi-dent of the FMO. Again, thank you for your support. We do appreciate you. Regards, Barbara Holdridge, HOA President

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(For As long As The Main Clubhouse is Available)

(come early to get your play grids and settle in)

LINE DANCING

LINE DANCING

N-40 Quack...Quack...Quack...Quack

GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE SIXTY-SIX September’s bus trip was to The

Show Palace in Hudson to see their production of ROUTE 66. Had good seats and a great time; and dinner was enjoyable as always. So the four young Texaco Service Station lads brought us from Chicago to LA by way of St. Louis, Joplin, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Flagstaff and San Bernadino with some of the great songs of the late 50’s and early 60’s. “ Cause we’ll have fun, fun, fun till her Daddy takes the T-Bird away…” We drew names for a couple of prizes. Kit Pa-dilla won a free bus trip and Dale Sumner won a bottle of Chateau St. Jean Pinot Noir. All in all, another

great bus trip with everyone having a great time. The next bus trip will be Wednesday, November 30th when we’ll spend a day in the quaint little town of Mt. Dora. By the way...a little trivia: There is no mountain in or near Mt. Dora. Who knew? Anyhow, if you’ve never seen Mt. Dora at Christmas time, you’ll definitely want to go on this one. Mt. Dora is amazingly beautiful and wonderful at Christmas time. So come join the fun. “It’s beginning to look a lot like…” Yup. It’ll be here before you know it folks.

1883, when the locals decided to give their little town a name, they decided that because the area was a series of beautiful rolling hills and the town was situated on beautiful Lake Dora that they would name it Mt. Do-ra. That same year, a two sto-ry/10 room ho-tel was con-structed called the Alexander House which was eventually renamed The Lakeside Inn in 1903; and which still proudly stands on a hill overlooking Lake Dora. The Lakeside Inn is Mt. Dora’s longest continuing hospitality business still offering its customers beautiful accommodations and exquisite dining experiences. In 1910, Mt. Dora was officially granted a charter

and Captain Phillip Donnelly was elected its first Mayor. By 1920 the population had ex-ploded to 623. Today, the pop-ulation of Mt. Dora is approxi-mately 13,000. One of several historical sites to visit while in Mt. Dora is the

Donnelly House, home of Captain and Mrs. Phillip Donnelly. An absolutely wonderful example of Vic-torian architecture, the Donnelly house is part of the magnificent Christmas display that makes Mt. Dora a “must” place to visit during the Christmas season.

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MT. DORA - WELL WORTH THE VISIT Mt. Dora is a quaint little town situated approximately 70 miles northeast of Zephyrhills. History tells us that back in the mid 1800’s, there was a young woman homesteader by the name of Dora Ann Drawdy who was extremely helpful to Federal Surveyors who were working in that area at the time. They were so taken by her help and hospitality, that in 1846. they decid-ed to officially name the lake located in the region they were surveying after her (Lake Dora). Then in

A NOTE FROM AMY Hello Southport Residents. The office staff and I just wanted to send you a quick note to update you on a couple of things. First, my name is Amy Flanagan and I’m currently acting as your Community Manager until a re-placement for Terri Passaro is found. I’m actually the Community Manager of Sundance, your sister community located off of CR54 here in Zeph-yrhills. I’ve been here for the last

month and I must say, your community is awesome! You’ve probably seen some of the changes that are continuing to be made here in Southport including trees along the boulevard being trimmed as well as tree re-moval that’s been taking place throughout the communi-ty. I absolutely know that whomever Sun brings in as your full time Manager will love this place. If you need anything in the interim, please reach out. I’m here a few days a week; but the office staff (Lisa, Sue & Reva) are always ready to jump in and help. Have a great month; and Happy Halloween.

ACH - TRY IT...YOU’LL LOVE IT Hi. For those of you who may not know who we are, that’s me (Lisa Philipp on your right) and that’s Sue Meschino on your left. Both of us work at the Community Office assisting and support-ing your Community Manag-er helping her to maintain an efficient, responsive and productive operation. For those of you who aren’t fa-

miliar with ACH (Automated Clearing House), please let me explain how great it is. ACH provides you with the ability to have your monthly lot rent auto-matically taken from your per-sonal bank account. If you’re like me, you probably have lots of monthly bills that need to be processed and paid; and from time to time, you might find your-

self worrying about whether or not you’ve paid them all; or you may even find yourself questioning whether or not you even received them all in the first place. Like we don’t already have enough stress in our lives. Well...ACH is a great little gem that will help keep you organized and worry free knowing that your lot rent pay-ment will always be paid on time. In fact, you can use ACH to pay your trash bill, water bill and even your pass through tax if you have that included in your lot rental amount. So please don’t hesitate to come see either Sue or me at the office and we’ll help you get it set up. It’s “easy pezy!” All you need to do is bring your bank name, bank routing number and account number. If set up before the 20th of the month, it will be ready for the next month’s payment. So... COME SEE US!

**COMMUNITY CONTACTS**

Interim Community Manager - Amy Flanagan

[email protected]

Office Assistant - Lisa Philipp

[email protected]

Office Assistant - Sue Meschino

[email protected]

Sales Rep - Reva Leonard 813-715-7083

[email protected]

Office Hours - Mon thru Friday 8am - 5pm (Lunch 12pm - 1pm)

Main Number: 813-782-3800

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Pro Shop Manager - Dave Stemen 813-780-7637

[email protected]

AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY NUMBER: 877-786-0604

FROM THE SALES OFFICE Hello Southport residents from the Sales Team. Reva Leonard here. Have you noticed our new homes here at South-port Springs? If you haven’t had the op-portunity to check them out, please make a point of stopping in to see them. We’re planning an Open House next month; so plan on attending it with your friends and family. It’s the perfect time to buy! A new home just has a way of making you feel warm and fuzzy in-

side and you can’t help but to say “I want one!” Sun Com-munities offers special purchase incentives to buyers. We also take every opportunity to thank our residents for refer-ring friends and family to our community in the form of cash incentive. So please don’t hesitate to be a participant either as a purchaser or a referral to a purchaser for one of our new homes. Want to know more? Call my office at 813-715-7083; or better yet, just stop by and talk to ei-ther see me or JoAnn Fearick. We’re open Monday through Friday 8:00am–5:00pm and the 1

st and 3

rd Saturday of

the month 10:00am–2:00pm. If you have someone that wants to find their forever retirement home here at Southport Springs and can make it during those times, we will be more than happy to make an ap-pointment that fits their schedule.

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WELCOME HOME

Let’s all extend a warm Southport Springs “Welcome” to the following new residents.

Veronica Gliotti and Jim Bronold (4009 Russian Olive) come to Southport by way of Spring Hill outside of Nash-ville. Prior to retirement, Veronica was a Communications Specialist and Jim (an Air Force Veteran) was a Systems Engineer for GM. In 2007, just a few years after they were married, Veronica was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer which she, along with the help and support of Jim and her friends and an awesome medical team eventually conquered. Veronica and Jim both said that they were looking for a beautiful 55+ community in Florida to retire to and knew instantly when they drove through the Southport main gate that this was the place. Welcome to your new home guys.

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Happy Hour

BYOB AND SNACKS

A GREAT WAY TO MEET YOUR

NEIGHBORS

Charlene and Rich Abbott are Central New York natives (Syracuse actually) where Rich was a Machinist for a good many years until the company he was working for closed. He then took up snow plowing. Imagine...snow plowing in Syracuse! Any wonder why they decided to retire to Flori-da? Rich was also a volunteer Firefighter for over 45 years. Charlene was an Elementary School Aid for 25 years before retiring. They actually spent the last six win-ters at Rainbow Village before moving here full time. They mentioned that they’d been looking at different golf com-munities over the last two years and knew the minute they drove in, that Southport Springs was the place. They es-pecially liked how friendly every one was. The Abbots hang their hats at 3950 Ranger Parkway. Welcome.

Jane & Floyd Daugherty (3850 Russian Olive) originally from New York have actually lived in the Sunshine Sate for over thirty years coming to us by way of River View, Florida. Jane is a retired Registered Nurse and Flyod (who is not yet retired) is a Health Care Worker and is currently employed by Kindred Hospital here in Tampa. Their story is the same. After a lot of research and visiting numerous +55 communities, they con-cluded that Southport Springs went straight to the top of their list. Here again, the beautiful surroundings and the friendly people and atmosphere are what made them decide. So folks...welcome to the Southport family.

Judi & Ken Mayer (4107 Rockrose Lane) come from way up there in the Tundra (Berlin, Wisconsin). Ken chuckled when he shared that summer in Berlin, Wisconsin lasts about a week. Ken, who is actually an Illinoisan, worked for First Na-tional Bank of Berlin as their Consumer Credit Manager until his retirement. Judi worked as a Client Service Director for a Home Care Agency. Ken and Judi searched for that perfect retirement home for a number of years. They actually stayed in Southport back in 2007. Since then they researched numer-ous 55+ communities and concluded that Southport Springs Golf & Country Club was their number one choice for a few reasons. They love the quality and diversity of our homes, they especially liked how friendly the folks who live here are, they like how beautiful Southport is and last but not least, their daughter and her family live in Tampa. “We found the perfect home in the perfect community”. Welcome to Southport guys.

TIME TO UPDATE Can you believe it? It’s that time of year again when we update our community phone-book. Please double check your present phonebook for any possible errors with your name or your telephone num-ber(s). You can E-mail your corrections to Judy Hiland at [email protected]

or call me, Becky Todd at 813-505-0741. Thanks.

PLEASE READ!

THIS IS

IMPORTANT! From time to time, the

Community Office will E-mail out

important “need-to-know”

information using a feature

known as an

E-BLAST

We urge you to take the time to

read these important messages.

*************

If you are not receiving these

E-Blasts, then your E-Address is not on

file at the Community Office.

You can add your E-address by

E-mailing it to Lisa Philipp at

[email protected]

requesting that you be added to her

E-Blast E-mail listing.

Also

If you chair a group or committee and

have an important message that you

would like to immediately reach 90% of

all residents, E-mail it to Lisa and ask

her to send out an E-Blast for you.

E-Blasting is the best way to get your

message out to everyone; and is second

only to….

as a great way to communicate.

Coffee & Donuts

Every Wednesday 8:30AM

Meeting at 9am In the main Clubhouse

$1/person

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VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH Have you ever been to an event at the Clubhouse and wondered who cleans up after you leave? Did you ever won-der who moves all the tables and chairs back to where they were before the event took place? I’m kind of thinking a lot of people don’t even give it a second thought. Fact is that there’s an entire group of unsung he-roes that do exactly just that. We all

leave and they kick into gear. They clean up, get rid of the trash and straighten up and shut the lights off. One of these amazing volunteers is Rich Fenlock. Rich and Sandy have lived here in Southport for 15 years and Rich has always been someone who has always quietly volunteered to help out in any way he could. Thanks Rich for helping to make Southport the amazing commu-nity it is and thanks for never hesitating to lend a hand.

Let’s

Party!

Gagne, Carole Oct 1 Vogel, Barbara Oct 1 Crutcher, Deborah Oct 2 Prim, Terri Oct 2 Eisenhauer, Carol Oct 3 Gray, Lydia Oct 5 Woodson, Mary Lou Oct 5 Anderson, Randy Oct 5 Jones, Susan Oct 5 Oosterhoff, Shirlee Oct 8 Grigelevich, ‘Charlie’ Oct 11 Benson, Linda Oct 11 McGovern, Ruth Oct 12 Gareri, Kathy Oct 13 Rogers, Carole Oct 13 Fabricius, Patsy Oct 14 Ward, Janice Oct 15 Gallion, Pam Oct 16 Galbert, Judy Oct 16 Speciale-Baxter, Oct 20 Geake, Angeline Oct 20

Aviles, Carlos Oct 14 Bowers, Carey Oct 14 Britton, Lawrence Oct 15 Britten, Thomas Oct 16 Dougherty, Bob Oct 16 Sostilio, Bob Oct 17 Maska, Ted Oct 17 Reitenbach, Erwin Oct 18 Smith, Ray Oct 21 Jaeger, Steve Oct 24 Harris, Stephen Oct 25 Ziemba, Ken Oct 28 Pavlik, Frank Oct 29 Putt, Joe Oct 29 Madl, Joe Oct 30

Phelps, Ed & Ladeama Oct 1 Abbott, Rich & Charlene Oct 15 Ward, Jim & Janice Oct 1 Phelps, Rich & Charlene Oct 19 Coleman, Bill & Cynthia Oct 1 Oosterhoff, Wayne & Shirlee Oct 20 Chobotor, Jim & Kathrine Oct 1 Waitkus, Bob & Cynthia Oct 20 Wedemeyer, Norm & Mary Oct 2 Viner, Al & Marilyn Oct 21 Cyr, Bob & Carol Oct 3 Esquirol, Howard & Beatrice Oct 21 Reid, Larry & Irene Oct 3 Gallion,, Bob & Pam Oct 22 Danes, John & Maryann Oct 4 Robinson, Harlan & Vi Oct 23 Malone, Jerry & Mary Oct 5 Wilkinson, Jame & Mary Oct 24 Caster, Dave & Margery Oct 6 Maxwell, Charlene & Lyso, David Oct 24

Hare, Garth & Darlene Oct 7 Morgano, Joe & Jacqueline Oct 25 Dwyer, Gerald & Lorraine Oct 9 Anderson, David & Gilda Oct 25 Davenport, Harry & Mary Oct 10 Dyer, Bob & Suzan Oct 25 Jacobs, Bill & Mary Oct 10 Hart, Mike & Regina Oct 25 Roman, Ron & Pat Oct 10 Youngblood, Bobby & Frances Oct 26 Carman, Tim & Harriett Oct 11 Prim, Barry & Terri Oct 28 Murphy, John & Jean Oct 11 Brown, Ken & Helen Oct 29 Martin, James & Joanne Oct 11 Porteous, Garnet & Gail Oct 13 Williams, Richard & Dorothy Oct 14

Demers, Cynthia Oct 22 Mackling, Donna Oct 22 Combs, Roberta Oct 22 Bowles, Mary Oct 23 Anderson, Gilda Oct 25 Pietrowski, Linda Oct 25 Douma, Ruth Oct 25 Waring, Marilyn Oct 26 Bartol, Lunda Oct 29

Yeah…

Let’s Party!

Porteous, Garnet Oct 3 Krupkin, Edwin Oct 3 Koebel, Gerard Oct 5 Conover, Harold Oct 6 Sykes, Henry Oct 7 Daugherty, Richard Oct 8 Brown, David Oct 9 Angiel, John Oct 10 Plant, Richard Oct 10 Debus, Bill Oct 12 Norvick, Bob Oct 12

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Note: Please E-mail Lisa Phillip at [email protected] with any additions and/or corrections to birthdays or anniversaries.

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Activities Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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8am Tennis 7pm HOA Dance

2 3

8am Yoga 8am Tennis 9am Power Walking 10am Water Aerobics 1:30pm Horseshoes 6:15pm Dominos 6:30pm Shuffleboard 7pm Pitch

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9AM Line Dancing (beginners/Intermed) 10am Line Dancing (Advanced) 11am Baby Steppers Line Dancing 1pm Hand & Foot 7pm Euchre

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Note: Please contact Joe Grigelevich at [email protected]

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A FEW GOLFING NOTES From Everett Holdridge Our Northern friends will be with us shortly and our golf course will triple with daily play. So again, I’m preaching about the 90 degree rule and how important it is in maintaining the quality of golf course. I’m sorry; but I'll continue to emphasize the im-portance of this until I see no tracks up the middle of the fair-ways. Please... ride up the rough. Also...please remind all our golfing partners to do this. I can assure you that it will be a huge benefit to our golfing community. We've been asked not to drive on the 15th fairways as they are wet and we could damage them. So please be careful. September's travel league visited Babe Zaharias Country Club in Tampa. It was a very nice outing and the course offered us something differ-ent... there was a lot of water. Quite the adventure and well

worth the trip. October we will be going to Lake Bernadette. This is an opportunity for any golfer with a handicap to come play an outside course with other Southport golfers. This event is open to both men and women. Ron Schenher and Jack Keller run the travel league. On another note, please remember to always get a tee time from the Pro Shop. As we become busier, you’ll need to do this; and always be sure to check in. There is still South-port apparel available; so get it before the Snowbirds do. November 13th will be the Fall Ryder cup so find yourself a partner. That's both the men's division and the women's division. Be on the lookout for the sign up sheets. Ron Hargrove and Bev Prince will be handling this and I’m sure they could use some help. The men's match play is scheduled to start November 3rd and sign up is limited to 20 teams. You’ll want to find a partner with a handicap and sign up NOW! Ron Greene and Cliff Eckert will be handling men's match play. The next golf committee meet-ing is on October 11th at 6p.m. See you golfing. And one final reminder; let's all take care of our golf course. Thanks

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CADDY SHACK—THIS AND THAT Dave Stemen - Pro Shop Manager

Sun Communities has purchased a Defibrillator for the golf course and will be on the Ranger’s golf cart. We sure hope you never have to use it. The Rangers and the Pro Shop staff will be trained on how to operate it. Tree trimming has begun. We have already removed nine dead trees from the course. We will be trimming the trees around the tee box on 3 and the green

around 4 to let the sun shine on them. We’re hoping to get approval to add new top soil and sod to #4 green. IGM is fertilizing the greens and tee boxes weekly and course work is ongoing.

Another reminder; if you’re not a golfer, you should not be on the course at any time. Said another way, “you are not allowed on the course at any time if you’re not a golfer”. The only exception is a non golfer can be in a players golf cart while he or she is playing. Please...no bikes, joggers, walkers, pets or sight seers are allowed on the golf course at any time. Please abide by this rule.

Again, like Everett Holdridge, I cannot over emphasize the importance of the 90 de-gree rule. We still see golfers disrespect-ing this rule on a daily basis. Also - anoth-er reminder that all par 3’s are CART PATH ONLY! Here again, I know I keep repeating myself; but for some reason, vio-lations continue on a daily basis. And handicap carts should never be any closer

than 15 feet and should NEVER be on the greens. Last but not least, please fix all divots on tees, in fair-ways and on greens and do not go inside cart sign boundaries or within 30 feet of the greens. Remember to make tee times early and pay in ad-vance if after 2pm. All non-member resident golfers with their own carts expected to be on the course after 2pm will be given a bright pink card to hang on their carts with the date and receipt attached to the back of it indicating that the golfer has paid. Happy golfing...

Attention: All Fall and Winter Leagues that have not signed contracts for the 2016/2017 season need to stop by the Pro Shop and do so. Reminder: All golfers using the driving range are asked to please pick up the golf balls when you’re done.

1st golfer: “I have the greatest ball in the world”. 2nd golfer: “How so?” 1st golfer: “If you hit it in the sand it beeps. If you hit it in the water it floats and if you golf at night it glows.” 2nd golfer: “Hey, that sound great! Where do you get them?” 1st golfer: “I found it in the woods.”

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SAY HELLO TO THE CRANE FAMILY

So did you know that the Florida Sand Hill Crane (Grus Canadensis Pratensis) is protected by the U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act and has been designated as a “Threatened Spices” by the State of Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Spices Rule 68A-27? YES! The Sandhill Crane is a threatened and endangered bird. And we’re lucky enough to have at least three couples residing here at the Southport Springs Golf & Country Club. How awesome is that! The Florida Sand Hill Crane is a non-migratory species that nests in freshwater ponds and marshes and is monogamous (breeds with one mate). They court by dancing, which features jumping, running, and wing flapping. Their nests are built by both mates with grass, moss, and sticks. The Female lays two eggs that incubate for 32 days. Both the male and the female participate in incubating the eggs. Their offspring will begin traveling from the nest with their parents just 24-hours after hatching. At ten months old, juveniles are able to leave their parents. Bonding between pairs begins at two years old. Their diet consists primarily of grains, berries, seeds, insects, worms, mice, small birds, snakes, lizards, and frogs. It is illegal in the State of Florida to feed any bird or animal listed as a protected or endangered species primarily because they will become dependent on humans for food rather than forage for their own. So please….DO NOT FEED THE

CRANE FAMILY. Thanks so much for your help, understanding and cooperation.

Joe Grigelevich Are you kidding me? Next to Christmas, Halloween has got to be my favorite holi-day! It’s that kid in me that refuses to die. And it absolutely rubbed off on our kids. All three are what you would call “middle aged” by now. Holy Toledo! Did I just say my kids were middle aged? Dang it! When did that happen? Any-how, nothing makes me smile more (other than Santa) than to see all the smiling pumpkins and grouch pumpkins; the witches and skeletons and black cats; the big black spiders hanging onto webs draped across the front porch. And how about the houses that had those scary loud speakers?

(B00000000000000000). Buy a costume? NEVER! We made own (with the help of Mom and Dad of course ). I can’t count how many times I went out as a Hobo or Dracula. Take a big ole cork and burn the end of it and then smear the black soot all over your face. Take Mom’s lipstick and run it down the corner of your mouth on both sides so that it looked like blood. Take Dad’s old flannel plaid shirt and stuff it with newspaper and go out in the woods and get yourself a big stick and tie a bag stuffed with newspaper to the end of it. Or maybe Mom made you an eye patch and you went as a pirate. Half the fun and excitement was making your own

costume; and you got to wear it to school because Mrs. Cunningham, your first grade teacher threw a Halloween party. Re-member cutting out pumpkins and witches and black cats and taping them to the school win-

dows? And Mrs. Cunningham had a little brown paper bag filled with treats for every kid; and we even had a Halloween parade in the school cafeteria. Kids today have no idea what they’re missing out in this crazy politically correct world we live in now. Ahhhh...the inno-cence of childhood; how it lingers. That’s why the child in me will never die. Happy Halloween everyone.

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ANN DOES….DO YOU? Saw Ann Dantuma from over on Rockrose Lane out walking Miss Luci and Bier Lee the other even-ing and noticed that she was holding a “pooper scooper” plas-tic bag in her right hand. I com-mented that she looked like she was “Ever Ready”. I got that famous Ann Dantuma smile. Thanks Ann for Helping To Keep Southport Beautiful.

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VETERAN’S ALBUM With Veteran’s Day not the far away, we’d like to remind all Veteran’s that Patti Rich is constantly updating our Veteran’s Album. So for those of you

Vets who haven’t yet submitted a picture, there’s still time to get one in before Veteran’s Day. Also - along with your photo, please include the branch of service and the dates served. You can contact Patti at 813-780-1982 or E-mail her at [email protected]

SOUTHPORT’S

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November 4th & 5th

Dominos Lee Edwards 813-779-9459 [email protected]

Mahjong Joann Fearick 813-335-7519

Hand & Foot Maria Ptyza 813-782-7176 [email protected]

Pitch Ruth August 813-838-1438

Euchre Ruth August 813-838-1438

Bunco Agnes Gallagher 813-788-4012 [email protected]

Bridge Bob Naylor 813-779-0019 [email protected]

Tennis Nancy Koontz 330-289-4246 [email protected]

Horseshoes Dan Jacques 813-780-7913 [email protected] Al Viner 813-779-3949

Shuffleboard John Lynch 760-399-7775 [email protected]

Yoga Terri Prim 813-779-9555 [email protected]

Ladies Power Walk Val Lebo 813-788-0793 [email protected]

Bocci Ball John Lynch 760-399-7775 [email protected]

Golf Everett Holdridge 813-713-6562 [email protected]

Sunshine Committee Lyn Horovsky 813-546-9181 [email protected]

Bible Study Rita Walters 813-778-4027 [email protected]

Bereavement Committee Sandy Fenlock 813-779-2283 [email protected]

Woman’s Club Carol Gagne 813-788-7434 [email protected]

Silver Needles Patti Rich 813-780-1982 [email protected]

Geneology Helen Brown 813-715-7157 [email protected]

Red Hatters Maria Ptyza 813-782-7176 [email protected]

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If you have services that you provide and would like to be listed in the directory, just e-mail me your information at [email protected] and I’ll be happy to add it to the next newsletter. All services MUST be provided by residents only.

SOUTHPORT SPRINGS/SUN COMMUNITIES DO NOT ENDORSE ANY OF THESE SERVICES

House Sitting

Linda Phelps

813-778-1359

Wedding Officiant Wedding Ceremonies & Vow Renewals

Mary Adele

813-782-7872

Shopping

Directory of Southport Services

Golf Club Regripping Gary LeMay 813-401-2435

Weeding & Mulching

Cissy Rossano

813-778-1359

Power Washing

Rick Fratus 813-782-1531

781-635-6403

House Cleaning

Handyman Call For Pricing Thomas Burns

813-862-1898

Cabinet Resurfacing Bill Lincoln

813-394-2799

Wreaths By Sue

Sue Jones 813-782-0213

House Cleaning

Becky Tillich 928-848-0245

Personal Assistant Light Alterations

Linda Phelps 813-778-1359

Transportation

Sue Redshaw 217-653-2991

Transportation

Ann Quinn 845-553-0849

Notary Public Wedding Officiant (no charge for residents)

Ruth McGovern 813-788-7248

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