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Page 1 September 2019 Edgewater Club Inc. Newsletter

2840 Waxwing Lane, Englewood, Fl. 34224 55 & Over Community Tel: (941) 473-9706

Office open Tuesday 7:00AM –8:30AM

NOTE FROM PRESIDENT by Sue Campbell Well the summer is coming to a close soon and we will be heading to our southern homes. The pool

has had some issues with the pump and so a new pump is scheduled to be installed by the end of Au-

gust. The patio and furniture have been cleaned and are looking very good. The sidewalks along the

building will be cleaned as well. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Editors: Margaret Bennett & Noella Menard Email: margare898@aol.com; noellamenard@gmail.com

MAKING OUR CLUB OUR FUN PLACE TO BE by Maryanne Patricia Cameron.

“Yes, it’s me again Ethel” (Ray Steven, Country singer and song writer). The greatest GIFT we can give our club is our creativity. Anyone who knew Barbara Riddle saw creativity at its finest. Whether it was art, clowning, or planning an event, she shared her creativity with us all. Carol White, Donna But-land , Marlene Demetrious, John Switchulus, Renee Dickenson are among those who have brought crea-tivity to the club through their ideas and their work, and Cedric Leblanc made parakeets to dress up one of our streets at Christmas time. There are many more residents here who have talents to give and share; think about what you might bring to the club, what change, what activity or moneymaking event that could be considered. The club had many moneymaking events at one time; these could once again be revived, and new ones could be added. Apathy or indifference can suppress our creativity, our ability to speak up about what is important, and our individuality; it can also restrain our interest to be in-volved. There are no well paid volunteers. Anyone who steps forward in a leadership role is trying to work for a greater purpose. Let’s all encourage the creativity of the person who steps up to volunteer. Open discussion is healthy; step forward with your ideas; none is insignificant; all are worthy of consid-eration. If you have differing ideas with someone, tell them quietly face to face, or write your thoughts and place the paper in the box in the office. Let’s also support those who have stepped up to work on the board of directors. It would be nice to see more members step forward for each of our major board positions and some to seek the unfilled board of director positions. But, let’s please support whoever is chosen. Once again, the club needs fresh ideas, leadership and many volunteers. We need to bring new aspirations for the life of our club.

SUNSHINE NEWS by Donna Butland

GET WELL/THINKING OF YOU CARDS sent to: Nancy Fournier, 6263 Parakeet Rd, partial

knee replacement surgery on Sept. 30; home and recovering, and has begun walking with her

sister's help; Sheila Muller, 6132 Partridge Ave, had a stroke to right side of her body, is in rehab at

Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, slow recovery with difficulty in moving parts of arm/leg/foot

on right side and speech problems. Send cards to home address; Don Erickson, 6144 Partridge

Ave/5270 K5 Rd, Escanaba, MI 49829, has shingles; send cards to Michigan address; Silvio Catalano,

6252 Parakeet Rd, was injected with pain blocker and poked a hole in a vein which caused it to drip

blood and create a hematoma in his groin. He was in rehab recovering and developed another blood clot

in his shoulder which has been dissolved; remains in Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte; cards

can be sent to his home.

SYMPATHY CARDS were sent to: Clara Kustra, 8503 Gull Dr/132 Wadleigh Falls Rd, Lee, NH 03861,

on the passing of her husband George; Mary Critchett & Bob Doborwicz, 6185 Oriole Blvd/7 High-

land Ave, Seymour Ct, 06483, on the passing of Mary's mother.

Gary & Patricia Worst, 1281 Blue Heron Dr. Holiday Estates III, from OH Al & Becky Polster, 1510 Sanderling Dr. Holiday Estates III, from IN Guy & Vivian Ary, 2810 Kiskaee Dr. Holiday Estates III, from OH

NEW MEMBERS

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POTLUCK DINNER/ BUNCO / POOL AEROBICS by Lee Cavey

We are now at the end of summer and what a great summer it was. Our last potluck will be on Sept. 21st at 5:00 p.m., dinner starts at 5:15 p.m. followed by another great movie. Remember to bring a dish to share and your own serving spoons.

Bunco is the second and fourth Wednesday, September 11th and 25th at 12:30 p.m. Wear your name tags and don’t be late.

Swim exercises are from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, and the first Monday of the

month, which will be September 2nd, we start SHARE A LUNCH at 11:00 a.m. in our pool area; come join

us and bring lunch to share.

CRAZY BRIDGE by Pat Cameron

Members are truly enjoying crazy bridge - might even have to make it weekly? September dates are

9-12 and 9-26. Bring your dollar and join us. We have had fantastic snacks to enjoy while playing~

Even Alita's rum balls!

THE RED HATTERS By Nana Ellis The gals had a great luncheon at Stephano’s last Wednesday and locations for our next two

luncheons have been decided, so the Red Hatters will be meeting at the Cracker Barrel on Wednesday,

September 18, at noon; then the October luncheon will be held at Snook Haven, just off River Road near

the Venice Avenue exit, on October 17th, at 11:00 a.m., a Thursday, in order for us to enjoy the banjo

players. Hope we will be seeing some of our ‘Snowbirds’ by then.

HAND & FOOT by Elizabeth Nutter

In September, Hand & Foot continues as usual. Collette Carroll ,475-3228, will be the contact person for info and scheduling. For those who are interested in learning how to play Hand and Foot, NOW is the right time...fewer players and more attention to you. It is not a difficult card game and not one where you have to remember what's played, etc. Just be at the clubhouse at 6 p.m. on Thursday evenings and enjoy the fun. Love to have you!

PENNIES by Bob Carroll

We all have such busy lives that we need a break once in a while. We will not be playing PENNIES dur-

ing the month of September. Will let you know when we start up again.

LIBRARY REMINDER by Arlene Gorman

Please remember no hard covered books or outdated magazines should be left in the library. Thank you for helping to keep the library organized.

THE PAINT BRUSH BUNCH- by Bonnie Shepherd

Classes will begin Monday October 7th at 1:00 pm in the all-purpose room. We do not have a specific project planned at this time but we will discuss projects for our upcoming season. If you have an idea you'd like to share but are unable to attend at this time, please share with Bonnie Shepherd, May Miller, Vicky Badger, Joyce Rockefeller, Jo McKough or any other member who will be at our first meeting. The Craft Fair will be November 16th . We will need volunteers for this fun event, so please keep this date

open to attend or help!

2020 Fashion Show

Please join us for a planning meeting for the 2020 Fashion Show, November 11th at 3:00 pm in the all-purpose room. For further information contact Bonnie Shepherd, 816-674-3975.

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BINGO by Millie Brown

We are still looking for volunteers to help with Bingo. Thank you to the member who has said she will help but, at this time, can only work one Tuesday a month from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00

p.m. That is great, but if a few more volunteers could help, they would only need to work once a month, either from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. or 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. We really need your help as bingo is a great contrib-utor to the clubs financial funds. You can contact either Rita or Millie. If you want to call Millie at 941-473-3127 she will gladly pass the message on and make sure it gets to the right people.

LEMON BAY ISLES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION by Cheryl Miller

Wow…September is here – soon many of our snowbirds will be returning to Lemon Bay Isles; and our season will soon take off with all our activities. I understand the rainy season has

spurred the growth of everything, so please do your best to keep your property in good shape, but also, be patient with the law service vendors – I understand it is so wet that many yards are a bit overgrown. As always, please remember to walk against, and ride with traffic; the speed limit in the park is 25 mph, and please pick up after your fur babies. Enjoy our “little piece of paradise”. Stay well and be safe!!

HOLIDAY ESTATES III HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION by Arvilla Collins

As we all know, it is time for us to start heading to our southern home! We'll be arriving

between September and January. Many will want to do repairs, build new and change things outside

their homes. Don't forget, we live in a deed restricted community. This means we agreed when we

bought, that we would live by certain rules. Whether you belong to the homeowners association or not,

you must abide by the deed restrictions. If you are making a change, you must submit them to the

homeowners association before you apply to the county or to a contractor. None of the board members

want to have to come to you after you have made a change and tell you that it must be removed. If you

do not have a copy of the deed restrictions, you can go to the Edgewater Club website, click on Holiday

Estates III, and you will find a copy there. If any board member can help you, please do not hesitate to

contact use. Good luck and quick recovery to our Secretary Margaret Bennett on her surgery.

BROADWAY PALM DINNER THEATER by Bob and Pat Cameron

2019-2020 SEASON OFFERINGS

The Broadway Palm Dinner Theater is located in Ft. Myers, FL - about an 80-minute drive from our club-

house. It offers fabulous entertainment and excellent food. It is a daytime outing with no work involved

on your part - just drive or walk to the clubhouse and get on the motor coach, sit back enjoy the ride,

walk in and out of the show. Also walk through the line for your food as it is a buffet with all you can

eat. The motor coach leaves at 9:50 a.m. and we return at approximately 5:15pm. You return with a

full stomach and a lot of smiles. A fun time is had by all. The sign-up sheet will be at the clubhouse bul-

letin board ready for your signature. The price posted will be all inclusive. This will be $89 per per-

son. (The BPDT made a major price increase).

The 3 shows chosen are SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS, GRUMPY OLD MEN (musical), and KINKY

BOOTS. More information in October.

NOTE FROM YOUR EDITORS Margaret Bennett and Noella Menard

Newsletters are available in the club library. If you need more copies please stop in office on Tuesday morning. Additional copies will be printed for you. Thank you Millie Brown , Judi Libby and Emma Craig for printing these. We also hope you are enjoying receiving the newsletter through email and remember you may also visit the website to view current and past newsletters.

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A SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS The Edgewater Club would like to honor all our Veterans on

November 11, 2019. The Veterans can be living or deceased.

Simply fill out the form provided below.

NAME OF VETERAN: ______________________________________

BRANCH OF SERVICE: _____________________________________

HIGHEST RANK: _________________________________________

MEDALS/HONORS: _______________________________________

LOCATION (S) SERVED: ___________________________________

YEARS OF SERVICE: ______________________________________

SUBMITTED BY: ___________________________DATE: _________

TELEPHONE: ____________________________________________

PHOTO: Will be returned after the event, please label. Any questions, please contact Cheryl Miller 269-579-9951 or Nancy Fournier at 586-246-2372. Please bring with you if returning prior to the event or mail to N. Fournier 6263 Parakeet Road, Englewood, FL 34224 if you will not be here by Veterans Day and want to be included.

ACTIVITY TIME DAY(S) CONTACT PHONE #

Pool Exercise 9:00-9:45am Mon. Wed. Fri. Nana Ellis 474-6172

Pool Aerobics 10:00-11:00am Mon.- - Fri. Lee Cavey 473-2173

Bridge 12:30pm Monday Patty Minke 474-3860

Mahjong 12:30pm Mon. & Friday Cindi Martin 475-2399

Bingo 4:30pm &6:00pm Tuesday Alita Marlo 421-2158

Bunco 12:30pm 2nd&4th Wed. Lee Cavey 473-2173

Poker: Dealer’s

Choice

6:00 - 9:00pm. Monday Alita Marlo 421-2158

Crazy Bridge 1:00pm 2nd&4th Thur. Pat Cameron 474-4358

Hand & Foot 6:00pm Thursday Collette Carroll 475-3228

Pinochle 6:30pm Thursday Charlotte Dobney 473-0298

Texas Hold’em

Poker

6:30 pm Thursday Gus Schaefer 204-3333