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TTHHEE CCOOLLUUMMNNSSVol. 25 No. 4 Tara Woods Homeowners Association – www.twha.us April 2014

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who parti cipated and worked hard to make the weekend a big success. The volunteers donated their ti me and energy to run the games and serve the luncheon. The offi ce made sure the Fire Depart-ment and the Drum Corps were available. The clubs put on their thinking caps and came up with interesti ng and amusing interpretati ons for the “Countries of the World” theme. Uncle Sam, the Pope, and a strange Chinese gentleman ensured good weather for one of the best parades ever. The Appeciati on Committ ee would like to invite you to share your ideas, comments, suggesti ons or changes for next year’s weekend. Comments: positi ve, negati ve or neutral are appreciated. Please forward them to Frank Millett e or Polly Brown in writt en form for considerati on at our next meeti ng. Thank you, The Appreciati on Weekend Committ ee

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Roch (Rocky) and Lee Beliveau residing part time at 19736 Kara Circle. They are from New Hampshire where Rocky worked for New Hampshire Ball Bear-ing and Lee worked for East-ern Mountain Sports. His hobbies are whittling and reading, her hobbies include knitting, cross stitch, cro-cheting and sewing. They both like camping. They are the parents of two children and one grandchild.

Julio and Magaly Estrem-era are residing at 19512 Charleston Circle. They are originally from New Jersey and he is still working as a business consultant. Their hobbies include fi shing, arts

and crafts, reading, billiards, cards. They also enjoy games, cooking, walking, exercising, swimming and dancing.

Darryl and Susan Yohn are residing part time at 19684 Charleston Circle. They are from Pennsylvania where he works for Lancaster County Vocational School. Their hobbies include crafts and cooking. They have three children, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.Joanne Byrne

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Deepest sympathy to the families and friends of Sophie Sciarpelletti, Ernie Griffi n and Al Greenaway and former resi-dent Tom Kelly who passed away in the past month. Wishes for a speedy recovery are sent to Norma Jones, Nancy LeClair, Rich Alheit, Jim Hodder and Bob Reidel and to others in our com-munity who are convalescing. If you are leaving our commu-nity because of health reasons, know that you will be missed and wished a successful move.Stay well, Nancy Wuebbeler 288-5778

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SYMPATHYATTENTION VETERANS

On Memorial Day, May 26th, we will be honoring the veterans of Tara Woods.

Our goal is to have a permanent memorial at the clubhouse. What we need now is a list of all

veterans, branch of service and time served.

There will be a sign up sheet in the Club house or you can email me at

[email protected].

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COLUMNS STAFF

REPORTERSReporters will be noted by their bylines at the end of

each article.

EDITOR: Donna J Phillips

ASSISTANTS: Bev BayerLouise Patterson, Linda Janis

and Linda Engel

PHOTOGRAPHYAnn Kabbas & Pat Sparany

CALENDER: Polly Brown

CIRCULATION: Gail Sanfi lippo, Manager

Coordinators: Rose Toscano, Lee Brda, Lloyd & Carolyn Kelsey,

Ralph Latimer, Kathy & Roger Rafferty,

Ed Simko, Pauline Paquette, Jane & Bill Crawford,

George Stelling, Dolores Paeth, Gerald & Julia Wehrung,

Troy Duda and Agatha Breen.

By the time you receive this, the “crazy, busy” month of March will be over, or close to it. It started with the Appreciation Weekend parade, which was out-standing this year. All the state clubs participated and worked very hard on their creative en-tries with the theme, “Countries of the World”. The pipe & drum band was excellent and added to the theme as well. All those who marched or rode in golf carts got in the spirit and had a great time. Those who watched were treated to a trip around the world. George and I had a great time leading this wonderful and diverse parade as the grand marshals. On that note, I must make a correction to my article last month. I wrote that Dolo-res Paeth was the grand marshal of the parade last year. She was grand marshal two years ago. My apologies to Jack Boylan, who received this well-deserved honor last year. I lost a year in there somewhere, but should have checked my facts. Did you know that there is a plaque on the wall in the card room that lists the grand marshals through the years? Thank you to the New Im-

age Chorus and Sound & Light-ing for hosting the lunch on Fri-day and Saturday, and to all who organized and worked the games. Thank you, also, to management for providing this two-day event topped off by a fun party.

We had a productive Home-owners meeting in March, with members voicing their concerns about the rules and regulations not being followed by visitors and renters, as well as some of our residents. There were some excellent suggestions made that we will take to management for consideration. The problem may lie in the fact that renters who rent directly through the owner are not aware of the rules and regulations. The residents of Tara Woods are very proud of this community and how it is maintained. The Board listens to all concerns and our director with that responsibility meets with management on a monthly basis. All concerns are discussed and usually resolved in a timely manner. I have always found management to be open to sug-gestions regarding community improvement and beautifi cation. We strive to maintain an open

line of communication with the management staff in the offi ce.

April brings the Activities Committee sponsoring Bon Voy-age Party on April 5th, bidding farewell to our residents who start heading north for the sum-mer. Come out and enjoy some great food and entertainment while visiting with your neigh-bors.

The next meeting of the As-sociation is on Monday, April 7th, at 7:00 PM There will be a special cake to honor all the volunteers who give so much of their time and talents to support the on-going activities, events and committees that keep our community active and lively all year. I look forward to seeing you there.

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Prepare for Health Care Costs in Retirement

As you save and invest for retirement, what are your ultimate goals? Do you plan on traveling the world? Purchasing a vacation home? Pursu-ing your hobbies? People often think and plan for these costs. Yet, too often, many of us overlook what potentially could be a major expense during our retirement years: health care. By preparing for these costs, you can help yourself enjoy the retirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned.

Many of us may ignore the impact of health care costs because we just assume Medicare will pay for everything. But that’s not the case. In esti-mating health care costs during retirement, you may find that $4,000 to $6,000 per year per person for traditional medical expenses is a good starting point, although the amount varies by individual. Furthermore, this figure does not include the costs of long-term care, which can be considerable. To illustrate: The national average for home health aide services is nearly $45,000 per year, and a private room in a nursing home is nearly $84,000 per year, according to a recent survey by Genworth, a financial security company.

So what can you do to help cope with these costs? Here are a few suggestions:

supplemental insurance you may carry and other factors.

spot any coverage gaps before you become eligible for Medicare at age 65. Also, be aware of the seven-month window for enrolling in Medicare, beginning three months before your 65th birthday.

scription drugs; Medigap, which covers gaps in Parts A and B (in-hospital expenses, doctor services, outpatient care and some preventive services); and Part C (also known as Medicare Advantage, which is designed to replace Parts A, B, Medigap and, potentially, part D). You have several options for Part D, Medigap and Medicare Advantage, each with varying coverage and costs, so choose the plans that best fit your needs. (To learn more about Medicare and supplemental insurance, go to www.medicare.gov.)

care insurance solutions, contact your financial advisor.

your assets is allocated to investments with the potential for both growth and rising income.

a health care directive, which allows you to name someone to make choices on your behalf.

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Telephone: 731-0854

OFFICERS FOR 2013 President……………………...… Janet Daly……..…..………………………. 567-2285 Vice President ……………….…. Frank Millette ……………………………. 543-2954 Secretary ………………………. Diane Burns ……………………………... 567-1391 Treasurer ………………………. Paul Montelaro …………………….……. 543-0988 Membership Secretary ………… Celeste Perre …..………………………… 731-7146 Director ……………………….. Judy Brda ……….……………………….. 731-1797 Director ……………………….. Ann Millette ………………………………. 543-2954 Director ……………………….. Bill Nothnagel …………………………... 567-1192

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Activities ………………………. Linda McKay ……………………………. 543-1637 Community Improvement ……… Judy Brda …….…………………………. 731-1797 Kitchen Committee ……………. Janet & George Daly ………………..…. 567-2285 Memorial Committee ……….…. Jane Crawford ………………………….. 731-0103 Judy Brda ……….………………………. 731-1797 Nominating Committee…………. ………………………....……………….. Park Purchase Committee ……… Tony Perre …………………………….… 731-7146 Rent Negotiations ……………… Paul Montelaro ………………….………. 543-0988 Appointments to or resignations of these committee chairpersons are to be approved by the TWHA Board of Di-rectors. Board meetings are the first Tuesday of each month (see clubhouse calendar for times). All are welcome.

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At the Association Meet-ing in January, there were 300 paid members. Today there are 260 paid members. The rea-son for this is that many of the memberships that expired on January 31st, 2014 have not been renewed. This article is a gentle reminder for any resi-dents who have not yet paid dues for 2014, to please do so now. Your help is needed to keep our membership num-bers up.

Dues can be paid now, es-pecially for those who will be leaving for several months. Checks should be made out

TWHA DUES FOR 2014

to TWHA. Of course, cash is always accepted. Dues can be put in the rent slot outside of the homeowners offi ce in the club-house. They can also be put in the box outside of my lanai door. If you are not sure of your membership status, please call me. I will be glad to give you that information. Dues that are paid now will expire on January 31st, 2015.

I look forward to hearing from you.Celeste Perre, Membership Secretary19747 Pandora Circle, Lot 435Phone 731-7146


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Mark Your Calendar For

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April 5th BON VOYAGE PARTY ...................................1:00 PMApril 12th New York-New Jersey/New England

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Special Events This Month


So Ladies and Gentle-men………These cold months of “winter” here in Tara Woods have given me time to look at the past into the Entertainers’ histo-ry. With the help of many current members, and most especially Miriam Norris, I was able to see what the productions were in the beginning, and I want to say thank you to all of you for your dedication to this group of se-niors who refuse to grow up. This has been one busy group of people. I know that the past columns presented this information but it has been awhile and I feel it is time to be re-freshed. The Entertainers began in 1992 when Miriam and Wayne Norris and Helen Moore thought that this community needed some additional sparkle. Their fi rst production was “So Nice Not to See You” which they performed in April and again in October of 1992. I guess the

snowbirds heard so much about it they demanded a replay. They really struggled as they had none of the advantages that we now take for granted. There was no sound system, no light system and they had no money to pay for the production. They even

had to purchase tickets to the show themselves, this in-

cluded cast and crew. Do you think we could pull that one off today? The next year they put on a variety show called “Tara-iffi c Follies”. It is interesting that many of the early shows that were put on were actually writ-

ten by members of our community. At the end

of this article I list the shows and years, it is quite an

impressive body of work that our small community has presented. My hat goes off to you all. Even-tually the sound and lighting im-proved on stage and in the hall; this then was turned over to the Sound & Lighting Committee. These dedicated Entertainers

continued to put on two or three shows a year until 2001. The shows were presented in January, February, March or April, once in December. Since 2001 the month of March was selected as the best time to produce the shows. I wonder if there were fewer other activities going on, because to-day I am not sure we would have space on the calendar to present any more shows. These people who worked on the production back stage and on stage were a dedicated group. Almost every one we see today that has been around Tara Woods since the late 1990’s was involved in some way in a production.

We have much to thank all of them for. They gave us a great base which to continue to build on. Well I could ramble for many more lines but I think you get the idea. You need to look into your soul and see if you see a spark that could urge you to come and join this group that has such a long tradition. Maybe there are those of you who could write an original play that would be en-joyed by our audience. I hope I have given some of you some-thing to consider. If you have any questions you may call Polly Brown at 731-1614, Claudia Weiss at 980-0866 or myself Pat Dunning at 599-4490; we would love to talk to you.

Our next meeting is April 19th.

Pat-one, Stage ManagerEntertainers

ENTERTAINING NEWS This is the list of the year, month and titles of shows that were presented: (note, from 2001 to

now the shows are in March)

1992 April & Oct. So Nice Not to See You1993 January Tara-Iffi c Follies March Private Affair December She Married Well1995 January Getting Momma Married March Laff In1996 February Vodvil Daz March When God Comes to Breakfast-

Don’t Burn the Toast March The Traveling Sisters1997 February Old Radio Shows March The Haunted Theater March The Neglected Husbands Sew-

ing Club1998 January Night Beats – A Ridiculous

Musical April Mystery At Rutherford House1999 January Second Time Around March Fables, Foibles & Far Out

Fairy Tales2000 January Millennium Madness March Arsenic and Old Lace

2001 Something Old & Something New

2002 You Can’t Take It With You 2003 The Face on the Barroom

Floor 2004 Rumors 2005 That’s the Spirit 2006 Moon Over Buffalo 2007 Those Were the Days – A Vari-

ety Show 2008 Hotbed Hotel 2009 50th Reunion - The Musical 2010 Meanwhile Back on the Couch 2011 You’re a Good Man Charlie

Brown 2012 And Then There Was Nun 2013 Carol Burnett and Friends 2014 The Scheme of the Driftless

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Be one of the winners at our Tuesday night BINGO.And you can win more than once during the night!

If your eyesight isn’t as good as it once was, now youcan play too. We have really BIG game packs and“Specials” that are 8 ½” x 11” with 2” numbers.

No additional charge for the ticket that can make youthe “King” or the “Queen” for the night and earnyou even more money on “Special” game sheets.

Game packets are sold with either 6 game squares persheet or 9 game squares. The “Specials” have 3 gamesquares per sheet. You can buy as many as you’d like!

Our Tuesday night BINGO session consists of 14 regulargames and 6 “Special” games.

BINGO at Tara Woods

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GOLF BEGINS TUESDAY, MAY 6THContacts: Judy Brda, 731-1797Bill & Jane Crawford, 731-0103

ATTENTION ALL GOLFERS - MEN & LADIES

SUMMER GOLF MEETING FOR 2014

Ladies, join us on the fi rst and third Sunday of each month at 7:00 PM in the card room. Cost is $3.00

Will you have the fi rst Bun-co or the last, or the most? Will you have the most wins, or the most losses? If you do, the prize money will be yours! Come join the fun.

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Where did the winter go? Oh yeah we live in Florida we did not have one ! We are so lucky to enjoy living here where you don’t have to shovel that white stuff !!!

Bon Voyage party time April 5th. It’s a bar-b-q, catered by the Red-neck Barbecue, chicken and ribs and all of the fi xings. See poster in club-house for fi nal details. The last day to sign up is April 1st. The legend of Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster has surfaced somewhere in Tara Woods. Find him and put your answer in the box in the clubhouse with your name. I know there is a fun-loving, creative Tara Woods resident who wants the magic to continue here and will be willing to take over Activities. Call me and I’ll tell you how easy it is!!!

Good-bye to all of our snowbirds, see you in the spring!Linda McKay

ACTIVITIES

This year’s annual Charleston Circle Party will be an Italian theme party.

The date for the party is April 19th, 2014. It will be held again this year at the clubhouse pool beginning at 4:00 PM. Dinner will be served at 6:00 PM and the price will be $11 per person. Only 200 tickets will be going

on sale so when they are gone that will be it. Closing date for ticket sales will be April 10th, 2014, so get your tickets early so you don’t miss out on all the fun we have had in the past years. This year’s dinner will consist of homemade meatball sand-wiches, salads, chips, etc. Beer and wine will be provided and,

of course, you can bring your own BYOB & ICE. Live music will be by Colton James on the pool deck.

Tickets will be available for sale starting March 22nd by con-tacting the following persons:

Jane Crawford 731-0103Dottie Hargrove 567-2682Dawn Benjamin 543-5077

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If you need to make any additions, changes or corrections to your listing, please call

Polly Brown at 731-1614 to be included in the next monthly update

and next year’s directory.

CORRECTIONS TO THE CURRENT TARA WOODS DIRECTORY APRIL 2014

Additions:BALDWIN, Kathy2634 Macon Circle, Lot #250 .............. 913-238-3820 .......KSBALDWIN, Larry2634 Macon Circle, Lot #250 .............. 913-945-0016 .......KSBARNES, Kay2830 Cloister Street, Lot #331 ............. 616-754-3197 ....... MINICHOLSON, Debbie2830 Cloister Street, Lot #331 ............. 616-490-3297 ....... MIWILKES, Jim & Mary2849 Tara Lakes Circle, Lot #500 ................599-8932 ....CANPhone # Changes:CONGDON, Dottie2770 Orlenes Street, Lot #383 (new) ...........896-8445Address Changes:DOMEY, Bob & BROCHU, V. Linnea - New home is at 19284 Potomac Circle, Lot #685. Their phone numbers re-main the same. Moved from their Kara Circle homeMAGGERT, Lloyd & Sharon - New home is at 19726 Kara Circle, Lot #529. Their phone numbers remain the same. Moved from their Macon Circle homeWILCZEK, Gerry & Cookie - New home is at 2822 Cloister Street, Lot #333. Their phone number remains the same. Moved from their Kara Circle home.CONGDON, Dottie - Moved to 2770 Orlenes Street, Lot #383. New phone #: 896-8445Misc. Changes: None Delete the Following Names:DENIS, Robert & Patricia2830 Cloister Street, Lot #331 ..........................................SoldGREENAWAY, Al2868 Steamboat Loop, Lot #287 ...............................DeceasedGRIFFIN, Ernie2840 Steamboat Loop, Lot #280 ...............................DeceasedIMPINK, Donald & Carol19284 Potomac Circle, Lot #685 ......................................SoldJOSSELYN, Shirlee19736 Kara Circle, Lot #530 ............................................SoldPERRY, Edna2536 Macon Circle, Lot #184 ...........................................SoldPIVARNIK, Bob & Gail19764 Cottonfi eld Road, Lot #447....................................SoldROGERS, Chuck & Betty2822 Cloister Street, Lot #333 ..........................................SoldVITULLO, Dick2849 Tara Lakes Circle, Lot #500 .....................................Sold

HORSESHOES Garden Club Luncheon

Friday, April 11th.Open to Garden Club members ONLY.

This is a GREAT time to decide to join.Dues payable at Luncheon are $5.00

Luncheon at Bianca’s salad, main course, dessert, soda, coffee

tax & tip $18.00Total: $23.00 Cash Only

For more info see sign up sheet in clubhouse

Or call Rachelle 543-7755

YOU’RE INVITED!

Don’t forget every Friday at

1:00 PM at the pits.

Come join us for some laughs.

Questions call Patty Sparany 543-5144

Kentucky Derby Party

Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

4:00 PM

BYOB, place settings and a hearty appetizer to share.

Rose Bouquet Raffle & Authentic Mint Juleps.

Watch the Run for the Roses on the big screen.

Bet on your favorite.

Dress for the occasion.

Hats for ladies & gentlemen encouraged!

Please sign up on the bulletin board in the clubhouse


Birthdays in April2 Joe Foster

Suzy Loesel

Carole Stonhill

Carol West

Marilyn Workman

3 Audrey Bernard

Mark Van Ort

4 Richard Letourneau

5 Nancy Buettner

Ed Gatens

6 Bob Apple

Steve Corey

Ray McKinnon

7 Millie Hammond

8 Belle Berman

Terry Gagnon

Pete Pracher

9 Jack Alexander

Robin Swartz

10 Elaine Ahern

11 Phyl Apple

Sandy Dahlhofer

Sandra Moser

12 Ann Conrow

Dave Hebert

Frieda Martino

Frank Millette

Emily White

13 Bonnie Geary

14 Ken Jones

Beverly Ray

Dotty St.James

15 Perry Finkle

16 Art Clegg

Deb Towne

17 Jack Boylan

Marie Cooper

Dorothy Foster

Peter Morton

Darlene Wehlage

18 Joe Medici

19 Linda Renzulli

20 Roy Moorhead

Julie Vanderplaats

22 Cheryl Douglas

Margaret Medici

25 Jane Sturgis

27 Lou Cashin

28 Irmgard Murdock

Herb Trubenbach

30 Jim Hanson

Elissa Manna

Patti Thompson

Anniversaries in April 3....... Elly & Fred Hoar - 69 Yrs. 4....... Peggy & Ray Flynn, - 55 Yrs.

Joan & George Henrick

8....... Barb & Dave Stepniak

Susan & Joe Van Sickle

12...... Bonnie & Manny DiGrazia

Jo & Sam Topping

13...... Nell & Ken Jones

16...... Pauline & Ray Paquette

18...... Pat & Tom Hubert

19...... Bev & Herb Langill

Louise & Richard Letourneau

20...... Mary & John Burke

22...... Mary & Bill Nothnagel

23...... Mary & John Costantini,

24...... Vi & Gordy Sando - 72 Yrs.

Congratulations!!

25...... Becky & Warren Lundmark

26...... Nancy & Mike Burk

27...... Priscilla & Bill Taylor

30...... Janine & Peter Morton – 65 Yrs.

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Anniversaries 50, 55, or 60+ in May 2014


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MY TRAVEL PLANS FOR 2014

I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Kahoots.

Apparently, you can’t go alone. You have to be in Ka-hoots with someone.

I’ve also never been in Cogni-to. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don’t have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my children, friends, family and work.

I would like to go to Conclu-sions, but you have to jump, and I’m not too much on physical ac-tivity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.

I’ve been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand fi rm.

Sometimes I’m in Capable, and I go there more often as I’m getting older.

One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin fl owing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!

I may have been in Continent, and I don’t remember what coun-try I was in.

It’s an age thing. They tell me it is very wet and damp there.

PLEASE DO YOUR PART! You can do your bit by remem-bering to share this with at least one unstable person.

My job is done! Life is too short for negative

drama and petty things. So laugh insanely, love truly

and forgive quickly! Well that forgiveness part is up

to you!!!

From one unstable person to another... I hope everyone is hap-py in your head.

We’re all doing pretty well in mine!


CARIBBEAN CRUISEJanuary 16 – January 24, 2015

TARA WOODS’ ANNUAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE will be on board Celebrity’s CONSTELLATION.

This 8-night cruise leaves out of Ft. Lauderdale with stops in St. Barts, St. Croix, San Juan and the private island of

Labadee, Haiti. Deposit ………. $250 pp

Final ………. October 27, 2014

The Celebrity “PICK YOUR PERK” promotion has been brought back and is good until April 15, 2014. It would be to your benefi t to take advantage of this promotion. We always know when these

promotions will expire, but have no ‘heads up’ when Celebrity will bring them back.

YOU CAN’T BE TOO EARLY – BUT YOU CAN BE TOO LATE!

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SPORTS AROUND TARA WOODS

TENNIS ASSOCIATION MEETING

The Tennis Association meet-ing that was held on February 23rd was well attended. On the agenda for that meeting were possible revisions to the Associa-tion By-Laws. After quite a bit of discussion a majority of the members in good standing ac-cepted the revisions. The com-mittee responsible for reviewing and suggesting changes to the old By-Laws was comprised of George Daly, Warren Engel, Glen Fisher, and Fred Puhlfuerst. Also updated at that meeting were The Rules of Play and the sheet on Code of Conduct, On-Court Rules, and Tennis Etiquette.

As for updates to the tennis courts, it was noted that four new scoring posts were put in place and Fred Puhlfuerst was thanked for using the pool “noodles” as part of the new scoring posts. The bright yellow and pink noodles are very easily readable from across the courts. Fred was also thanked for fi xing the aw-ning support poles on the white benches that sit on our courts. The court numbers on both sides of each court were also put up by Fred. Thanks to Fred for taking the initiative to improving our tennis court area. Nancy Scho-eppner cleaned the top white part of the nets on Courts 3 and 4 with a special cleaner. Thanks to Nan-cy, those nets now look so much better. There will be a sign-up sheet posted on the tennis bul-letin board for people willing to clean the nets on a monthly basis.

A list of paid Tennis Association members will also be posted on the tennis bulletin board.

The Tennis Association will hold their next meeting on Sun-day, March 30th, at 5:45 PM. At that meeting there will be an elec-tion of offi cers for the 2014-2015 tennis season. Plan to attend that meeting to vote for our Tennis Association President, Vice-Pres-ident, Secretary, and Treasurer.

You need to be a member in good standing to be eligible to vote at any Tennis Associa-tion Meeting, which means you need to have your dues paid for that year. Our Treasurer will be collecting the $1.00 dues at the monthly meetings.

ROUND ROBINThe tennis Round Robin held

on Sunday, February 23rd, had a good attendance, as 29 people played tennis on a beautiful, sun-ny day and later 48 people en-joyed pizza from Jet’s Pizza.

The tennis Round Robin scheduled for Sunday, March 30th will be hosted by Bob & Debbie Polenska, with help from Roger & Kathy Rafferty. Bob has decided to make Jambalaya for the dinner. The monthly Tennis Association Meeting will be held at 5:45 PM, following the dinner. Sign up to play tennis that day, as everyone seems to enjoy the op-portunity to play with and against different players.

The last Round Robin of the season is scheduled for April 27th. That dinner will be hosted by George & Janet Daly.

APPRECIATION WEEKENDIf you attended the evening

social and dance on Saturday evening at the close of the Ap-preciation Weekend of February 28 and March 1, you know that recognition was given to the win-ners of all the games that were played. As for the three games on the tennis courts, we had 55 people playing on Friday, and 60 people playing on Saturday. We had to total the scores of all three games to determine the man and woman winner for each day. I thought it would be interesting to list the winners of the three separate games that were played on the tennis courts that week-end. If we could award a prize to the winners of the “Hole in the Board” game, Friday’s winners would have been Henri La Liber-ty with 3 and Glen Fisher with 4. Saturday’s winners would have been Henri La Liberty (again) and Eddie Amarando, both with 5. You have to have very good aim – or lots of luck – to get 5 balls through that small hole in the board!

As for hitting any of the three chairs on the court, it may have looked easy, but I can tell you it wasn’t at all easy – and the score sheet will back me up on that. Friday’s winners would have been Lee Brda with 8 and John Goers with 15. Saturday’s win-ners would have been a tie with Linda Engel and Agatha Breen both getting 12 and George Daly and Art Frederick both getting 9.

As for knocking down those 10 bowling pins, that wasn’t easy

either. No one knocked down all 10 pins either day, but these are the people who knocked down 9 pins on Friday: Anita Sherman for the women, and Eddie Ama-rando, Bob Polenska, Glen Fish-er, and Warren Engel for the men. On Saturday, no woman got all 9 pins, but for the men, Barry Maberry, Glen Fisher, Richard Binkowski, and Gene Dickie all knocked down 9 pins.

Even though you didn’t get mentioned at the Awards Night, “Congratulations” to all of you for your success in the individual tennis games.

We hope to have all three games again at next year’s Ap-preciation Weekend and we hope that the workers who volunteered their time will help out again at the games next year. Your help was greatly appreciated at this year’s games! We could not have the games without all of you vol-unteers working together. Thank you!

TENNIS LESSONSBeginner tennis players who

want to learn the basics and any-one wishing to improve their tennis game are invited to come out to the tennis courts on Mon-days at 12:00 Noon. Instructors are Don Boehlke, Warren Engel, Glen Fisher, and Fred Puhlfuerst.

TENNIS LEAGUESWOMEN’S LEAGUE

On Thursday, March 6th, both of the Tara Woods women’s teams – the Angels and the Lady Bugs – were scheduled to play

each other. Unfortunately, the weather had other plans. Before the rain started, however, the Lady Bugs had won 2 of the 6 sets. They planned to fi nish the match on March 11th.

March 20th marked the end of the Women’s tennis season. The Tara Woods Lady Bugs played the top-ranked Herons Glen Vol-ley Girls, and the Tara Woods Angels played the last place team from Six Lakes. Because of the March 10 deadline for the Col-umns, the fi nal standings can’t be reported here, but they should be posted on the tennis bulletin board.

The end-of-season round robin and luncheon were held at Herons Glen on Thursday, March 27th.MEN’S LEAGUERed LeagueNo report.White LeagueNo report.Blue League

On Thursday, February 27th, the Eagles beat the Six Lakes Colts, taking 5 sets, and losing only 1 set. As of that date, the Eagles were in 4th position in the league standings and only three points out of third place. They think they have a good shot at picking up third place.

Our two Tara Woods Blue Teams – the Eagles and the Ti-gers – were scheduled to play each other on Thursday, March 6th. That match was postponed because of rain.

Submitted by Linda Engel

TENNIS NEWS

The progress report of our “TARA WOODS MAGIC” soft-ball team is encouraging. We came close to getting into the win column. Our last two games in Febuary were close, more timely hitting and less miscues, and “we

had’em”. We think the “rust” is fi nally wearing off.

We had a spaghetti dinner in March to raise funds for equip-ment, and thank you to all who attended. More on this in the May issue.

And speaking of thank you, our fans who come out to the games are amazing. Thank you for your support and encourage-ment, it is greatly appreciated. In fact they are the talk of the league. Hopefully we can reward them with a win.

Our players are: Warren En-gel, Joe Parise, Janell Wissler, Steve Pittenger, Bob Evans, Bill Nothnagel, Roger Rafferty, Jon Gold, Bob Polenska, Pam Moore, Tony Penelli, Don Buechner, Ray LeClair, Jim Brown, Bernie Sciarpelletti, Larry Baldwin, Jim

“scoop” Dahlhofer, Wyatt Lon-gacre, and Mike Burk {on IR}

Any snowbirds, pack your glove and liniment for next season.

Hopefully next issues headline will be, “WE WON’

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ing salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a band he vows to organize; this despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marion the librarian. You’ll hear Seventy-six Trombones, Goodnight Ladies, Shipoopi and more!

25/11 HEART SONG – Florida Rep Theatre 27 DEADLINE – 5/11 performance of DIXIE SWIM CLUB - Off BPT 30 BOZ SCAGGS – THE MEMPHIS TOUR – BBM

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A BIT OF LONG ISLAND TRIVIALong Island became alive with “The Sound of Music”, when Carrie Underwood and Company brought the Alps to Bethpage for live TV. The hills may be alive with the sound of music…..but who knew those hills (Alps), an Abbey full of singing Nuns, seven frolicking von Trapp kids, even ‘Edelweiss’, were all just south of the Long Island RR tracks. The musical was staged indoors at Grumman Studios, the birthplace of Apollo lunar modules and now home to massive sound stages. This production was the fi rst full scale musical staged LIVE for television in more than 50 years. It was also the highest NBC viewed broadcast since “ER’s” April 2, 2009 fi nale. And to think, “The Sound of Music” all happened from the Grumman Studios in Bethpage, LI, New York.

HAVE A HAPPY & ENJOYABLE SPRING!

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COMPUTER CLUBThe Tara Woods Computer

Club provides free computer classes each Thursday at 10:30 AM in the Card Room at the Clubhouse. These lessons are open to all residents and visitors. We discuss Computer Basics on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, and cover Advanced Top-ics on the other weeks.

In March, we covered the es-sentials of the Internet and how to use it, including how to search for information effectively and how to use your email program. This month we intend to con-clude the Basics series with home networking, pictures, games, and an overall wrap-up of Microsoft Windows.

The advanced topics that we discussed in March centered around ebooks, reader devices such as Kindle and Nook, how to download ebooks from the In-ternet or the Public Library, how to change the format of an ebook to match your device, and some new inexpensive programs that let you read ebooks on your Win-dows PC, laptop, or tablet. This turned out to be one of the most popular topics with our mem-bers. In April we plan to go over Facebook and Twitter, then Anti-Virus and Security.

We spend as much time as we need to on each topic, so the scheduling of these lessons is tentative. The next topic that will

be covered is always posted on the bulletin board in the Club-house. Feel free to attend only those classes that appeal to you. Most of them stand on their own and do not require that you at-tend the earlier ones. Each les-son is scheduled to last about an hour, but tends to run overtime with general questions from the members. You can ask me any question at all and I will try to answer it.

Beginning in May, we will be meeting at my home during the off-season like we did last year. These meetings are to be held on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays. They offer a more relaxed atmosphere, with coffee and donuts provided

for free. This year I intend to teach Microsoft Offi ce in detail. This will include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, along with other related topics.

It’s never too late to join our group, even if you’re a total nov-ice. Bring your laptop computer with you if you want to follow along (this is optional). Bring something to take notes with.

Please call me with any ques-tions or comments at 652-0488. I can help you with any of your computer needs. I’m looking for-ward to seeing you.

Dave St.Laurent, The Computer Tutor567-2285

What a great parade we had on Appreciation Weekend. All the clubs did a fantastic job. I can’t say enough about our Italian en-try. Thank you to the Dunnings and Dorsetts for the pizza cart and to the Heidmous and Weh-rung entry of the wine cart. Great job to all of you. Mike Girty your ideas are always wonderful - the gondola and the pope mo-bile. Chick Jakacki did a great job as the pope, and your secu-rity detail was amazing. Debbie and Bob Polenska, great job as the tourists. Bill Goodhue, you steered that gondola on the right

course. A big thank you to those who walked in the parade. Our fi rst place prize was won because of each and every one of you. Thank you!

Our last meeting of the sea-son will be Sunday, April 13th at 4:00 PM. One of the suggestions I had when you fi lled out the sug-gestion sheet was a golf cart drag race. Well, we are going to give it a try. We will hold the race in the clubhouse parking lot. Deco-rate and soup up your cart and bring it to race. There will be a $2.00 entry fee which will be col-lected the day of the race and a

cash prize will be given to the fastest cart. If you don’t have an entry, we need you to cheer on your favorite driver.

After the big race, the club will provide burgers with the fi xings. There will be a signup sheet to bring salads and des-serts. BYOB and money for raffl e tickets.Barb Goodhue

MIDWEST CLUB

Our next event is our annual Yankee-Red Sox-alright... World Champion Red Sox--party at Beef O’Brady’s on Thurs-day, April 10th. Our meet time is 6:45 PM, as the game begins at 7:05 PM. I’m sure you all know to wear your fi nest Yankee and Red Sox gear. The club will pick up the tab for all beer, wine, soda & coffee. Club members are responsible for their own food checks. A complimentary des-sert will be served. There will also be free raffl es. Sign-ups started March 10th and the deadline is April 4th, so if you haven’t signed up, please do so ASAP.

Thank you to all club members who attended the New England-Mid Atlan-tic and New England-Midwest chal-lenges. Your support is appreciated. The Midwest hosted a very fun party, with a delicious meal.

The Lobsterfest is Saturday, April 12th and being that the Columns dead-line is March 10th, I have no informa-tion to give you, so please watch the

bulletin board and Channel 195 if you are inter-ested in this event.Judy Machnicz

NEW ENGLAND CLUB

GARDEN CLUBThe Garden Club wants to Thank

everyone who donated to our Trash and Treasure. We also want to thank Fred Puhlfuerst for repainting the garden‘s sign. It looks GREAT !

This year’s Garden Club Lun-cheon is Friday, April 11th. This event is open to Garden Club mem-bers ONLY. This is a GREAT time to decide to join. Dues payable at Luncheon are $5.00.

Luncheon at Bianca’s/salad, main course, dessert, soda , coffee, tax and tip $18.00. Total: $23.00 Cash Only - More info and sign up sheet in clubhouse .

April 12th is our last meeting for this season.

We voted instead of a meeting we would get together after pan-cake breakfast and take a trip to Riverland Nursery, which is SW Florida’s premier garden center and nursery, specializing in native and other sustainable plants. They have a picnic area and we will be bringing our own lunches. If you are inter-ested please begin to speak to each other about car pooling. We will be leaving after breakfast around 9:30 AM from the clubhouse

Address: 13005 Palm Beach Blvd, Fort Myers Fl 33905 phone #239-693-5555

It is approximately a 30 minute drive on I-75, exit 141 FL, 80 E to-ward La Belle

A sign-up sheet will be in the club house on March 12th.

April Florida Gardening CalendarWhat to Plant

Annuals: Plant heat-tolerant annuals, such as coleus, vinca, and portulaca. Bulbs: Cannas thrive in the heat of summer. New variet-ies have colorful leaves as well as fl owers. Herbs: Some to start now include basil, coriander, cumin, and mint. Vegetables: Continue planting warm-season crops, such as southern pea, bush bean, and sweet potato. Mulch beds well and monitors irrigation if the weather is dry. What to Do

Pests: Monitor insect activ-ity and learn which bugs damage plants and which do not. Flow-ering plants: Check for thrips if leaves and/or fl owers of gardenias and roses are damaged. Tomatoes: Watch for pests, disease, and nu-tritional disorders on developing tomato plants. Palms: Identify and treat environmental and nutritional disorders in palm trees. Oleanders: Inspect chewed or ragged leaves for oleander caterpillars at work. Fruits: Propagate fruit crops by air layering and grafting. Perennials and bulbs: Divide clumps of bulbs, ornamental grasses, or herbaceous perennials to expand or rejuvenate garden beds or to pass along to friends. Shrubs: Choose from a wide variety of shrubs to add to the landscape now.

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We had another good time and good turn-out for our March meeting. Thanks to George Daly, Ken Clark and Dave Si-monson for preparing the deli-cious Cuban sandwiches which were accompanied by a wonder-ful array of salads provided by members. We had a fun time playing “Show Me The Money”, led by George D’Alessandro, as-sisted by Tony Perre. Thank you to all who helped and provided the great food.

Our next meeting is the Lob-ster Fest with the New England Club on Saturday, April 12th at 4:00 PM. This is for our two clubs – only! By this time, you should have had a chance to get a table and buy your tickets. They will be on sale through Saturday, April 5th at Coffee & Bingo. If you’re new to either clubs, you don’t want to miss this one!

The club voted to go to the new Golden Corral on Pine Is-land Rd. on Saturday, April 26th, for our “Out-to-Lunch” meeting – the last meeting of the season. Details will be posted on the bul-letin board and e-mailed to you. Please let me know if your email has changed or if you want to be added to the list.

As always, our meetings are open to everyone from New York or New Jersey. Visitors, new res-idents and renters are especially welcome. No dues - Just come for the fun!

I look forward to seeing every-one on Saturday, April 12th. Janet Daly


POOLSIDE PUB LIFE

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INSIDE DELTURA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB TARA WOODS RESIDENTS

ALWAYS WELCOME!

LUNCH SPECIALS EVERY DAY 11-3, HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 3-6

WITH SOME KIND OF FUN GOING ON EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK!

STOP IN AND GRAB A CALENDAR OF EVENTS TODAY

EVERY WEDNESDAY AT THE FOUNTAIN GRILLE: 5-8 “TASTE OF ITALY”

ALL YOU CAN EAT FINE ITALIAN THEMED BUFFET & A FREEWINEWITH DINNER $10.99

MONDAY: BURGER NIGHT 2 FOR 1 TUESDAY: KARAOKE

THURSDAY: “NAME THAT TUNE & TRIVIA NIGHT”

FRIDAY: LIVE MUSIC & FISH FRY SPECIAL SATURDAY: KARAOKE

SUNDAYS: LIVE MUSIC POOLSIDE PUB STYLE - SUNDAY 1-4PM

“MIKE GLEAN” PERFORMING LIVE! FRIDAY APRIL 4TH & 18TH 5:30PM

“COLTON JAMES” LIVE APRIL 11TH 5PM

“BRIAN LOWE” LIVE SUNDAY APRIL 6TH & 13TH 1PM

MAY 5TH CINCO DE MAYO-COURTYARD PARTY 3PM LIVE MUSICALL SPECIALS AND EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGES WITHOUT NOTICE… 4/2014

tara woods - april 2014

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