Terrace Crossings

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813-986-3651 Join our “Friends of the Oaks” group on Facebook

February, 2018

Please join us on our new Facebook page.

Request access to our Facebook group at “Friends of the Oaks.” Any resident having an issue or problem that they would like to discuss with managers, please call the office at 813-986-3651 and set up an appointment on a Tuesday or Wednesday between the hours of 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

We will continue to have the extra roll-off dumpster for large items that you need to dispose of until

February 28th. After this time the dumpster will be removed from property and then any large items will need to be moved from your site at your own expense so take advantage of the extra dumpster while we have it this month. Please call the office to let us know that you have items that need to go in this dumpster and we will schedule a time that the staff can meet you to dump your items

Remember, we are a family community that has children in our park and they are not focusing on traffic within the park so please drive the speed limit and stop completely at all stop signs.

We have signed a contract with a towing company, so going forward, please park in your designated

parking space and not any other place that is not designated as parking in the community. After tagging notification, improperly parked vehicles will be towed at the owners expense

FYI: We try to read the water meters around the 11th or 12th of each month and we send out monthly rent statements for the next month by the 20th of the month so you have plenty of time to bring your rent to the office before it is due on the 1st . If the 20th falls on a weekend, then it will be delivered to your home the following business day. Please pay your rent and utilities on time to avoid a late fee of $45.00 and also a $6.00 per day late fee. Thanks to all of you who pay your rent and utilities on time. We appreciate you being so prompt in taking care of this matter. As we have stated in prior newsletters, we will not accept a partial payment from anyone as of January 1, 2018. Lastly, when you write your check/money order, please make sure it is payable to the correct entity. For Example: If you live in Terrace Crossings then make

the check/money order payable to Terrace Crossings.

If you are renting from Park Place, then make the check/money order for the rent payable to Park Place and make the check/ money order for the utilities payable to Terrance Crossings.

We hope this clears up any misunderstanding that you have from the past.

Don’t forget that you are supposed to have your 2018 mobile home registration decals posted on the window closest to the roadway. Please make sure you remove all previous year decals.

Representatives from the Tax Collector’s office will be on property in March to issue notices to homeowners without decals. Decal renewals notices were mailed late October 2017.

DON’T FORGET

YOUR ‘SWEETIE’

ON VALENTINE’S

DAY!!!

VALENTINE’S DAY “FACTS”

On Valentine's Day, 2009, 39,897 couples,

friends and families got together in Mexico City, and kissed for 10 seconds. It's the world record for the most simultaneous kisses.

73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.

Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone, on Valentine's Day, 1876.

While in prison for performing Christian marriages, St. Valentine befriended Julia, the daughter of the jailer. When the emperor Claudius discovered that he was still preaching Christianity from his jail cell, he was executed (270 A.D.). In his last letter to the jailer's daughter before his execution, he signed it "From your Valentine", which is where the holiday got its name.

The Chinese New Year is celebrated

February 16 this year.

2018 is the “year of the dog.”

February 2nd is the day the Groundhog – Punxsutawney Phil – comes out of his burrow on Gobbler’s Knob after a long winter sleep to look for his shadow. If he sees it, he

regards it as an omen of six more weeks of bad weather and returns to his hole.

Florida State Fair 2/8/2015 - 2/19/2015 4800 U.S. Highway 301 N, Tampa, FL 33610: Tickets: Adult Advance Online (Ages 12 and Older) $9.00 Child Advance Online (Ages 6-11) $5.00 Senior Advance Online (55 and older) $7.00 The Florida State Fair is the first state fair of the year. Agriculture exhibits with over 6,000 animals: white knuckle or family friendly rides or on one of the largest midways in the United States. Traditional fair foods and the latest concoctions!

http://www.floridastatefair.com

NFL SUPER BOWL LII

Teams still TBD!

February 4, 6:30 p.m. on CBS

Super Bowl 52 will be hosted in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota at U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis

Justin Timberlake will perform at halftime. PRESIDENTS' DAY (February 19) is intended to honor all the American presidents, but most significantly George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Their birthdays were celebrated separately until 1968 when Congress created a uniform system of federal Monday holidays and shifted three existing holidays (including Washington's Birthday) to Mondays. The law took effect in 1971, and as a result, Washington's Birthday holiday was changed to the third Monday in February and renamed Presidents’ Day.

FIVE REASONS TO LIST YOUR HOME WITH

PARK PLACE HOUSING

1. We know your community . . . your Community Manager is the Park Place Housing Sales Consultant – and is very familiar with your community. Your Community Manager lives in your community and can talk about it as a resident, a manager and a salesperson!

2. We know the market . . . Park Place Housing sells homes throughout the West Coast of Florida. We know what homes are selling for and what buyers are willing to pay.

3. We know home sales . . . we are in the business of selling homes – it’s an art and a science and we’re good at both! We know how to capture a serious buyer’s interest and how to turn a “looker” into a buyer.

VALENTINE’S DAY THOUGHTS ABOUT

LOVE “Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.”

John Lennon “Love is all you need.” Paul McCartney

THE DAYTONA 500 60TH EDITION - February 18, 2017

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is returning to the DAYTONA 500, as the Grand Marshal for the 60th running of “The Great American Race.” Televised on the Fox Network.

4. We know people . . . we know how to talk with “lookers” and serious buyers – and, we know how to tell the difference. We’re skilled in pointing out the features of the homes we sell as well as the benefits of the communities in which they’re located. We know how to find out what buyers are looking for and match them to the home that meets their needs and wants!

5. We advertise . . . we feature homes for sale on our web site, in newspaper ads

Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The 2017 Black History Month theme is "Celebrate Black Lives Today.”

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK February 11 – 17

International Random Acts of Kindness Week is a change to step out of your normal routine or comfort zone and attempt a new random act of kindness each day of the week.

FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART MONTH

KEEP YOUR HEART HEALTHY AND STRONG

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) – including heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure – is the number 1 killer of women and men in the United States. It is a leading cause of disability, preventing Americans from working and enjoying family activities. CVD costs the United States over $300 billion each year, including the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity.

1. Spare contact lens cases 2. Broken costume jewelry 3. Dictionaries 4. Wrinkled wrapping paper and crushed bows 5. Latex paint (if it’s more than a year old) 6. A bread machine 7. VHS workout tapes 8. Manuals for appliances and electronics

(they’re all available online) 9. Cookbooks you’ve cracked open once 10. Random vacuum cleaner attachments 11. Old remote controls you don’t recognize 12. Scrunchies that have lost their scrunch 13. Incomplete decks of playing cards 14. Bridesmaid dresses (go to

operationprom.org for info on how to donate)

15. Take-out menus (everything’s online!) 16. Picture frames with broken easel backs 17. Road maps (there’s GPS on your phone) 18. Mixtapes 19. Unidentifiable keys 20. Almost empty bottles of bubbles 21. In-line skates 22. Contents of goodie bags from kids’ parties 23. Impossible puzzles never finished 24. Free gifts from cosmetic purchases 25. Orphan mittens

26. Travel guidebooks 27. Chargers for old electronics 28. Wire hangers from the dry cleaner 29. Dusty potpourri 30. Chopsticks and soy sauce packets 31. Your “fat” clothes 32. Carpet remnants 33. Filled coloring books 34. Stretched-out bras 35. Scratched nonstick pans 36. Anything with an antenna 37. Prescription eyeglasses that are no longer

your prescription (go to lionsclubs.org for info on how to donate)

38. Umbrellas with bent or broken spokes 39. Allen wrenches from DIY furniture 40. Checkbook registers 41. Disposable cameras 42. Musical instruments no one plays (go to

mhopus.org for info on how to donate) 43. Business cards 44. Smelly towels 45. Fishbowls 46. Fancy loose teas you received as a gift 47. The Yellow Pages 48. Soccer uniforms the kids have outgrown 49. Vases that came with delivered flowers 50. Commemorative spoons and plates

50 THINGS YOU CAN THROW AWAY

GO TO http://floridastrawberry.org/recipes

For easy and delicious strawberry recipes

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"If apples were pears And peaches were plums And the rose had a different name. If tigers were bears And fingers were thumbs I'd love you just the same."

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Life's burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. - Sydney Harris

FEBRUARY IN FLORIDA

DREAMS CAN COME TRUE – ASK US

HOW

The Oaks 813-986-3651

THE HOMES

OF PARK PLACE 813-985-8820

ALSO, YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND RECEIVE $500.00!

_________________ Date

Pay to the order of__________YOU_______________________________ $500.00

----FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS & 00/100--------------------------------------------------------------

--Dollars

Signature_____________________

THE OAKS or TERRACE CROSSINGS 10321 Main Street

Thonotosassa, FL 33592

‘PICK-YOUR-NEIGHBOR-PLUS’ WANTS TO PUT MONEY IN YOUR POCKET

How? Refer someone who… ~Purchases a new home and moves it to a vacant lot in The Oaks or Terrace Crossings. ~Purchases a Park Place model home already in The Oaks or Terrace Crossings..

~Purchases a pre-owned Park Place home already in The Oaks or Terrace Crossings (does not apply to listings or homes sold under $10,000).

Be sure to refer the buyer to THE OAKS office (813-986-3651) or to Park Place (813-985-8820) before the purchase is made. If an all-cash deal (cash for full price plus sales tax, tag and title) or an outside-financed (not Park Place) deal, the $500.00 check will be mailed to you within 40 days after closing. If it is a Park Place Lease Option, you will receive $250.00 within 30 days after closing and the balance of $250.00 after 6 months, subject to your referral paying monthly charges on time and in full for this period.

MONEY IN YOUR POCKET AND YOU

GET TO HAVE YOUR FRIEND OR FAMILY LIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

HOW MUCH BETTER CAN THAT GET!!

LET US PUT SOME

EXTRA CASH IN YOUR

POCKET!

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