BROOKSIDE BLUFF NEWSLETTER©FEBRUARY 2016©

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Activities

Monday, 2:00 PM, If you are interested in playing Double Deck Pinochle (must have amarriage in trump), come to the club house on Mondays. If it has been a considerabletime since you played, Cheat Sheets will be provided to each table. It will be fun. Everyone is welcome. Bring your dollar. You don’t have to know how to play. You canlearn. ***************************************************************************************** Tuesdays 1­4 PM, Watercolor Painting with Verna and Bobbie have started. If you wouldlike to get together once a week to paint and share painting ideas, please join us at theclubhouse thru mid April. . ****************************************************************************************** Wednesday Crafts, 1:00 PM Activity Card Room. Bring whatever you’re workingon….crochet, knitting, quilting, painting etc. ****************************************************************************************** February 2, 5:00 PM, Groundhog Day Dinner, $8.00 per person. Menu is fried chicken,homemade potato salad, baked beans, rolls, dessert, coffee, iced tea & lemonade. Please bring your own table service. 50/50 drawing. Saturday Jan 30 is the cutoff datefor tickets!! Don’t miss out on this annual dinner as tickets are limited!!. LindaHutson has tickets at lot 247 ******************************************************************************************* February 4, Noon, Ladies in park potluck. All ladies welcome to come and join the fun &food. Please bring your own table service and a dish to pass. February 8, 6:00 PM,“Anastasia” family musical group will be performing for a love offering. Baskets will be ontables for donations. ******************************************************************************************** February 12, Women’s golf outing at Lake Placid Country Club, 9:30 AM shotgun. Cost

for golf is $28. Lunch after. Details and signup sheet posted on bulletin board in hallwayin park clubhouse. ******************************************************************************************* February 12, 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM) Susan Hudson Carmen will be ourValentine Show this month. She has appeared on “HeeHaw” with Roy Clark and CharlyMclain and is a Texas Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee, as well as having performedwith Jerry Lee Lewis. She is a Nashville recording artist & sings classic country &50’s/60’s rock n roll. We will have a small table buffet of sweets to eat, ice &lemonade. Come & enjoy. If you don’t have a sweetie, let me seat you at our table withother singles. There will be door prizes from local businesses and 50/50 drawing. Ticketsare $15 per person and are available from Marilyn Ellinger, Rd, lot #351, ****************************************************************************************** February 13, 6PM ­ 9PM, Music for Karaoke & Dancing, FREE, COME ONE, COMEALL. To celebrate Valentine’s day by singing to your sweetheart or dancing to yourfavorite tunes. Lots of songs for you to choose the perfect song or bring your own songs. This is a time to show off your vocal talents. Bring your own drinks and snacks and enjoya relaxing evening. Questions, call Ellie or Bruce Miller. ***************************************************************************************** February 18, 10 AM, Memorial Service. To make sure that no one is forgotten, pleasegive their name & information to Linda at the office. We will be remembering all thosewho passed away since our last service in February 2015. Brookside Chorus will rehearse for the memorial service on Wed, Feb 3, 5:30 PM,; Tues, Feb 9, 5:30 PM; and Tues, Feb 16, 5:30 PM. ******************************************************************************************** February 18, 1:00 PM­ Ladies out of park lunch at the Hibachi Buffet in Sebring . Pleasenote time change because of the Memorial Service at the clubhouse at 10AM. Pleasesign up in the clubhouse by February 16th. Please arrange your own transportation. Ifyou ride with someone, we usually give $5.00 apiece to the driver. Address is 2870 Hwy27 N, Sebring 33870 February 28, Pie Auction: Please have your donated pies, cakes etc at the clubhouse tobe viewed at 4:00 PM (anyone can donate and/or bid so please come & enjoy with us). The auction begins at 5:00 PM. This is an annual fund raising event and is as much funto watch as to participate. ******************************************************************************************* ACTIVITY COMMITTEE FUNDING: Funds are raised for projects by holding variousactivities such as dinners, entertainment, yard sale, 50/50 drawings and the pie auction. All monies raised are deposited in the general fund. Activities which require funding fromthe general fund, such as summer dinners, must be requested and voted on by the

committee. If funds are available, the amount requested will be granted based on thecommittee vote. All activities which require funding must submit a written request to thecommittee with a specific line item budget. Special projects, such as purchase of the stage, are accomplished when there aresurplus funds available. This procedure of depositing everything in the general fund wasvoted and approved by the Activity Committee this past year. It makes it easier for thecommittee to control funding. There are specific activities in the park which are allocatedfunds based on past expenses and at the organizer’s request, such as bingo and thesummer dinners. The success of the Activity Committee and park activities depends solely on theparticipation of park residents. Please attend the various functions to support the park. Attendance at Activity Club meetings held the first Wednesday each month at 3:00 PM isalso helpful. Thank you, Jeanne Bremer, Activity Committee Chairperson ******************************************************************************************

Door Prizes & Winners for New Year’s Eve party were:

Jerry Williams ­ $15 certificate for haircut from “Cliptomania” on Magnolia St, Arcadia(they do men’s, women’s & children’s hair) Betty Lutz ­ FREE shampoo, cut & blow dry from Cliptomania Marilyn Ellinger ­ $25 JC Penney gift certificate. Sharon Austin & Cathy Bennett ­ Each won a bottle of Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante. One 50/50 winner of $105

Door Prizes & Winners for comedian “Harley Worthit” show Carolyn Drake ­ Free permanent & haircut from Samara Romain of “Cliptomania” Another lady (name unknown) won a free shampoo/cut & style by Liz Christenson of“Cliptomania” There were two 50/50 winners of $45 each.. *******************************************************************************************BE SURE TO CHECK THE CLUBHOUSE BULLETIN BOARD FOR ANY CHANGESOR NEW ACTIVITIES ******************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************

BLOCKING ID THEFT WHEN A LOVED ONE DIES

Immediately send death certificate copies by certified mail to the three main creditreporting bureaus and request a “deceased alert” be placed on them. Mail copies tobanks, insurers and other financial companies..Report the death to the Social Securityoffice, the IRS and the DMV In obituaries, don’t include the deceased’s birth date, place of birth, last address or job.Starting a month after the death, check the departed’s credit report atannualcreditreport.com for suspicious activity.

Welcome New Home Owners

Harry Kiser & Susanne Shade, Lot 301­302, (purchased from Shirley Meyers) *******************************************************************************************Jane & Bob Hunt, #324, 7728 Brookside Way ******************************************************************************************** Richard & Nannette Whitmore, #333­334, (purchased from Tankersley) ******************************************************************************************** Jan & Sandra Hanson, #304­305, (purchased from Bob White) ******************************************************************************************** Tim & Mary Marzec, #183­184, (purchased from David Slyford)

Resident Announcements

Chuck & Imogene Lloyd would like to thank all the people in the park for all the nice getwell cards and phone calls during Imogene’s hip surgery. A special thank you to Bill andJudy Roose, Mary and Dick Gaudette, Linda Dean and Jeannie Smith ******************************************************************************I would like to thank all the people of Brookside Bluff for their prayers, thoughts, and getwell wishes on my recent foot surgery. What a “caring place” Brookside Bluff is. Thankyou again, Ron Warner

Park Announcements

There is a “Lost & Found Box” now located at the mailbox area at the back near theclubhouse. It is in the back row at the left side, a large box #12 with a sign on the front ofthe box. There is no key for this box. Items are occasionally found throughout the parkinside & outside. If you find an item, please place it in this box so that it can be found byit’s owner.

*******************************************************************************************Reminder that a late fee will be assessed if your Association fees are not paid by the 15theach month. *******************************************************************************************Deadlineto submit information for the March newsletter will be February 25.Either take to the office or put in the pink bag at lot 206. ********************************************************************************************

More Zen TeachingsJ J J

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when youcriticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably well worth it. Good judgment comes from bad experience…and most of that comes from bad judgment. There are two excellent theories for arguing with women. Neither one works :D Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.

Upcoming Events ­ Save the Date ­ Details Later

Mar 4 ­ Blood MobileMar 12 ­ Bob White­Keith Vaughn Memorial PicnicMar 13 ­ Gordy & Debbie performers ($15)Mar 18 ­ Steak FryMar 19 ­ PRECO Annual Meeting/PicnicMar 27 ­ Easter Dinner (Volunteer needed to chair this event) *******************************************************************************************

TECH TIP

What is a Smart TV & how to make your old TV “Smart”: A smart TV has built ininternet connectivity allowing access to video on demand (movies, tv shows) among otherinternet options. The new TV’s usually come with pre­installed “apps”, such as Netflix,Amazon Prime, Hulu, YouTube to name a few. Also, some new tv’s have the option toadd more apps from the online TV store just like adding apps to an ipad from Apple. Youneed a highspeed internet connection with at least 10mbps in your home. There is a costto use many of these (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu) some are monthly memberships, orannual or on a pay per view basis. Note: If you have a new Smart TV, you must update the software or the apps may not

work properly. In the menu settings you can select to have your TV do automaticupdates. You can turn any old TV into a Smart TV by adding a settop box such as Roku,Chromecast or Apple TV to name a few, giving you access to hundreds of stations usingthe internet. The cost for these devices is $40 on up. The Roku you plug into your old TVusing the 3 colored cables & follow setup using the remote provided (very easy) or youcan use one hdmi cable if your TV has an hdmi port. If your TV has a USB port, you canbuy a streaming stick which plugs directly into your TV and works the same as the settopboxes. No additional charges for these devices, just the stations you subscribe to.