January Edition 2016 Board of Directors Social Club Committee

January Edition 2016
A message from your Election Committee
2016 election is just around the corner. The Election
Committee has received only 3 signed nomination forms.
Our community needs your support and help. The nominations will be presented at the next monthly Board of Directors meeting on January 11, 2016.
The deadline for candidates' name for the ballot is on
February 2, 2016.
We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and wish you a
Happy New Year!
Election Committee.
Editor:
Deb Brown, 352∙200∙2223
deb@kdjbrown.com
Web Site:
greatcypress.com
POC:
Chad Reid, 697∙3635
Pool Cam:
greatcypress.com
Board of Directors
President:
Zeb Probst - interim
857∙5706
Vice President: Paul Bredlau - interim
868∙1413
Treasurer:
Rich Barrett - interim
863∙0096
Secretary:
Catherine Beyer
378∙5364
Director:
Shelly Hamilton
315∙341∙8920
Director:
Jack Fair - interim
857∙4416
Director:
Joey Musumeci- interim
379∙3441
Social Club Committee
President:
~ Recently the clubhouse door leading to the women's
restroom was found left unlocked overnight. To prevent this
and keep our clubhouse safe, please help each other by
checking and locking the doors when leaving.
~ Pool Rules - Posted in the pool area is a sign that lists
the pool rules, for the sake of everyone’s safety and
enjoyment - thank you for following them.
~ For the safety of everyone in our community, the speed
limit is 20 MPH.
Tom Thompson,
378∙8247
Vice President: Mary Thompson,
378∙8247
Treasurer:
Joanie Mellarkey,
570·479·1913
Secretary:
Betty Kosko,
819∙9599
Architectural Committee
Paul Bredlau,
868∙1413
Ed LaFountain, 534∙3673
Zeb Probst,
857∙5706
R.V. Park
Jack Fair,
857∙4416
Ladies Luncheon
Toni Brunk,
567·204·1307
Men’s Breakfast
Tom Thompson, 378∙8247
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Sign up sheets for any of our breakfasts, lunches, dinners or special events are located on the
bulletin board in the clubhouse. Please sign up if there is something you’d like to participate in or
help out with. This is extremely important as it ensures we have enough of everything needed to go
around. Also, anytime you are planning to bring a dish to a function, please signup and note what
you will be bringing so that others can see what if anything is still needed. If you have signed up
planning to attend and something comes up, please remove your name or let the P.O.C. know.
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Social Club
Ladies Luncheon
January 4th
January 12th
We meet at the clubhouse
the first Monday of every
month at 7:00 p.m.
Our location is:
Needed ~ Volunteers
*Attention*
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10:30 a.m. - Craft day - open to whatever you’d like to work on.
9:30 a.m. - Men’s Shuffleboard
1:30 p.m. - Farkel
6:30 p.m. - Games; Cards, Pool
& Dominoes
10:00 a.m. - Women’s Shuffleboard
6:30 p.m. - Joker
When purchasing
tickets for our events, you
will need to contact your
assigned sales ladies.
Andre`
9:30 a.m. - Men’s Shuffleboard
11:00 am - line dancing w/ Claire
7:00 p.m. - Bingo
Marinette
Claire Zeran
727.868.3656
Olivaud
Camille
Joanie Mellarkey
570.479.1913
Harley
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10:00 a.m. - Women’s Shuffleboard
1:30 p.m. - Farkel
6:30 p.m. - Pool *open to anyone*
We meet the 2nd Tuesday
of every month at
11:30 a.m. at the
Clubhouse for carpooling.
We leave at 12:00 noon.
P.O.C., Toni Brunk
567·204∙1307
Jackie Bredlau
868.1413
Shirley Scarlotta
727.619.3620
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Sams Beach Bar
Andrea Pope
603.505.2233
DeKoster
Jacky Proulx
413.539.0800
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Men’s Breakfast
January 19th
We meet the 3rd Tuesday
of every month at the
clubhouse for carpooling.
We meet at 8:00 a.m.
Help us make sure we get
an accurate head count
by remembering to sign
up.
P.O.C., Tom Thompson,
378∙8247
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January 4th ~ Social Club Meeting ~ 7:00 p.m.
January 25th ~ Agenda Meeting ~ 7:00 p.m.
We meet the first Monday of every month
We meet the fourth Monday of every month.
January 9th ~ Breakfast ~ 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Jackie Proulx ~ chair / Cost - $5.00 pp - at the door
Looking ahead ~
Menu:
02/13/16 ~ Valentines dinner dance - The Retros
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Breakfast casserole
Home fries
Breads
Fruit
Juice, coffee
03/16 ~ Super Bowl Party
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Bring your favorite drink and come enjoy rooting for
your winning team.
03/16 ~ Community garage sale
January 11th ~ Soup Supper ~ 6:00 p.m.
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Cost is $4.00 pp - pay at the door.
Menu:
 all the homemade soup you can eat
 rolls
 desert
You’re welcome to have your own table or donate to
your social club.
03/16 ~ Chinese Basket auction
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This is a “first come, first served” - until it’s gone. Come
enjoy a great meal with your friends!
Start thinking about what you’d like your basket
theme to be and any friends that you might want to
team up with.
03/19/16 ~ St. Patty's Day with SPF40
January 11th ~ Board of Directors Meeting ~
7:00 p.m. Our Board meets the second Monday
of every month.
04/02/16 ~ Pool party with Larry Andrew
January 24th ~ Potluck ~ 5:00 p.m.
Line Dancing - 11:00 a.m. every Thursday at the
clubhouse with Claire Zeran.
Please sign up at the clubhouse and note what you will
be bringing. This allows others to see what's still
needed.
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Claire will be available to teach beginner classes
at 10:30 a.m. providing enough are interested. If
interested please call Claire - 868.3656.
January 30th ~ Dance w/ Cover 2 Cover ~
7:00 p.m. Cost $10.00 pp
Hors D’ oeuvres provided by your Social Club.
Come enjoy a night out with an awesome group,
friends and entertainment and dance the night away.
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The 50/50 of $19.00 was won by Jacky Proulx.
Christmas Day Dinner’s ham was prepared by Tom Congratulations!
Thompson and was wonderful. Thank you also to Christmas Caroling was very enjoyable. Thank
the many wonderful cooks we have in our park.
you to, Joanie Mellarkey for organizing it.
Everything was delicious.
Ken & Pat McCallister would like to thank everyone
The 50/50 of $62.00 was won by Cindy Cirino.
for their well wishes, prayers, calls and cards they
Congratulations!
received after their accident.
Thank you’s -
Our Christmas Dinner Dance was a lot of fun! Tom
Thompson and Kim Capasso did a fantastic job
preparing the beef.
Those we love remain with us,
for love itself lives on.
The 50/50 of $75.00 was won by Jackie Bredlau.
Congratulations!
And cherished memories never fade because
a loved one’s gone.
To Judie Birch for the making of our tickets.
Those we love can never be more than a
thought apart, for as long as there is a memory, they’ll live on in our heart.
The Golf Cart Parade was a fun to watch. Shelly
Hamilton did a great job organizing it and everyone
enjoyed watching.
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~ With Heart Felt Condolences ~
To: Ruth Hoover, family and friends. Frank
passed away after three years of illness. He
leaves behind his wife of 62 years of marriage
and three children. Frank and Ruth have been
residents of G.C.V. for the past 10 years.
Christmas lights and decorations looked beautiful
this year. Thank you to everyone for your
Christmas spirit!
The Christmas light decoration winners were:
First place ~
Second place ~
Third Place ~
Honorable mention ~
There will be a memorial on January 23, 2016
at 2:00 p.m. at the Beacon Baptist Church.
13343 Fivay Rd.
Hudson, FL.
Ed & Barb LaFountain
Janet Tompkin
Sandee Mueller
Graham & Annie Clegg
Your attendance will be greatly appreciated by
the family.
Our Soup Supper was a success as always. Our
soup cooks: Jacky Proulx, Shelly Hamilton, Deb
Brown and Brenda Cloukey. Breads: Betty Kosko
and the Social Club. Deserts: Aline Wellworth,
Jacky Proulx and Deb Probst. To all of the helping
hands in set up and clean up. Thank you for
everyone’s generosity.
I hope to see you all there. They will be serving
food after the service.
You have been my extended family and I love
you all.
Ruth.
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We’d thought it would be fun to spotlight two ~ four couples or individuals from our village each month
and tell you a little something about them that perhaps you didn't already know.
The LaFountain Family
Ed & Barb LaFountain ~ They come to us from Michigan and have lived in the park for about a year. Ed is
blessed with one daughter and two grandsons.
Together their blessed with a daughter.
Jim & Nancy LaFountain ~ Coming from Michigan,
they've lived here in the park since 2009. They are
blessed with two daughters, four grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
We asked what their “over the top” trips were? Barb
tells us hers was going to Disney World with her
daughter, Amber. Ed’s was, watching his daughter
being born.
Nancy’s hobbies are, crafting, writing inspirational
thoughts and journaling. Jim enjoys hunting and
gardening.
Our final question is, who is your “super hero”? Barb
tells us about the admiration she feels for her daughter, Amber. She always knows what she wants and
go’s for it as well as being very focused and career
driven. Ed’s is J.F.K. Why? Because he stood up for
the Cuban crisis, was very connected to the citizens
and was our youngest president.
Jim would enjoy an Alaskan Cruise for his bucket list
trip. Nancy would love to visit St. Augustine at Christmas time to see the lights and decorations.
Thank you both for sharing with us.
We thank you both for sharing with us.
Taking time off from work, Nancy spent over a month
Barb’s hobbies are, crafting, shopping, party planning long car trip with her then, 80 year old dad where she
and visiting the Caribbean Islands. Ed enjoys, huntenjoyed quality one on one time with her dad and
ing, fishing, sports, cards and motorcycles.
getting to visit family members while traveling the
One of Barb’s bucket list items would be to retire and country. This is her over the top trip. Jim’s trip was
their honeymoon to Carmel and his trip to Cancun
travel to Hawaii. Ed’s is to take an Alaskan Cruise,
with his daughters.
visit N.Y.C. and buy a new Harley.
Jim’s super hero is Nancy, whom he has spent 48
wonderful years with. Nancy’s is, Rosemary Shaub.
Because she feels Rosemary is a true, sincere,
Christian friend.
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We’d thought it would be fun to spotlight two ~ four couples or individuals from our village each month
and tell you a little something about them that perhaps you didn't already know.
The LaFountain Family
Meet Judy Logsdon. She’s also part of the LaFountain family. She retired from banking and moved here
three months ago from Michigan to be close to her family. Brothers, Jim and Ed and sister in-laws, Barb and
Nancy.
Judy is blessed with one son and three grandchildren.
Her “over the top” trip was, spending Thanksgiving in Daytona. She and her family enjoyed the 75º weather
on the beach. No cooking, no worries. Best ever
family time.
Judy’s bucket list trip would be to go with the family to an island for the holiday. Drinks on the beach and no
gifts, no shopping, no decorating and no stress at Christmas.
Judy’s hobbies are, shopping and baking.
Her super hero was her mother because she was the family rock. She was very unique and nothing was too
big or too complicated for her. Judy loved knowing she always a phone call away.
Judy, welcome to our park and thank you for sharing a little bit about yourself. We look forward to seeing
you at coming events and getting to know more about you.
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♪Sandee
Mueller
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♪John
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Castiglia
Social Club
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♪Jennifer
Dilandro
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meeting
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♪Marilyn
Minick
♪Vickie Tursi
Board meeting
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♪Barb
♪Conchita
♪Marilyn
LaFountain
Holdsworth
Wood
♪Betty
Deprez
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Robert & Claire
Zeran - 9 yrs
Agenda meeting
7:00 p.m.
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♪Marge
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♪Bruce Cash
Schauer
♪Happy Birthday
♪Gina
&
Amato
Happy Anniversary ♥
to each of you.
May your day be filled with
many great
moments!
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Joe & Edith
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♪Jean
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Sebring
Board meeting Jeff & Kristie
Smith - 17 yrs
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Rogers
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♪Dick
♪Nancy
♪Charlotte
♪Toni
♪Dan
Weyland
Kujava
Smith
Brunk
Ferguson
♪Happy Birthday & Happy Anniversary ♥ to
each of you! May your days be filled with many
wonderful moments!
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