December 2014 “The Park with A Heart” Editor:Donna Barkley

Gator Tales

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Lake Hammock Village

36106 US Hwy 27

Haines City FL 33844

863-421-5764

Board of Directors

Lee Emery President (2014) (585)330-6328

Clark Smith Vice President (2015) (863)438-6929

Marilyn Smith Secretary (2015) (863)421-1018

Richard Gould Treasurer (2014) (863)422-5902

Barb Cowles Director (2014) (863)353-7336

Brian Lund Director (2014) (863)259-8054

Gary Saunders Director (2014) (863)353-2901

Committee Chairs

Gator Tales

Donna Barkley (863)232-9837

Phone Squad

Jane Biba (863)422-6531

Sunshine

Carol Gould (863)422-5902

Welcome

Bill Patelunas (863)421-2040

Memorials

Brin McDonald (863) 438-5241

“A SPECIAL INVITATION TO ALL OUR FAMILY AT LHV”

We will be having our Annual Christmas Potluck Dinner on Thursday,

December 25th at 2:00 pm. The price for each Guest & Non Dues

Paying HOA members will be: adults $4.00, children age 5-12 $2.00,

under age 5 free. You must pay 1 week ahead to Eileen Lemay (33

Silver Crest). We would love for “ALL OF YOU” to attend. Please

sign up in the clubhouse with the food you will bring to share and the

number attending.

We want to wish each and every one of you

a Very Merry Christmas.

Who’s Who?

If someone is sick or in the hospital…contact, Carol Gould 422-6531

If someone has passed away…contact Brin McDonald 438-5241

Articles or announcement for Gator Tales…contact Donna Barkley 232-9837

2014 Lake Hammock Halloween Party

A Big Thanks to all those who came to our Halloween Pot Luck Party.

Also a big thank you to those who helped set up. Mary and Dave

Schnopp, also Betty and Lloyd Larry. And, a special thank you to all who

pitched in to help clean up afterwards.

It was a success because of all of you!!

Bob and Brin McDonald

If you can’t join us on December 6, you may take this flyer to

Sonny’s any Saturday in December and they will donate a portion

of your total bill to Haines City and Davenport Relay for Life.

Come join us for early dining at Sonny’s BBQ for a Relay for Life Fundraiser.

December 6 at 5:00 pm. Signup sheet in the club house.

Thank you for your support!

We’ve decked the

halls with

boughs of holly

Now it’s time

for fun and folly

Join us for our 3rd Annual Open House

Saturday, December 13th @ 3:00 pm - ???

121 Silvercrest Dr

Joice and Clark Smith

All are welcome!

Saturday, December 14th

5:00 p.m.

Come join us in the clubhouse for our annual Christmas Cantata.

Admission is “A Can in Each Hand” for the local food bank.

Presented by the Loy Family (Judy Loy 421-0112)

3rd Annual Christmas Caroling Hayride

December 21 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm

at the Clubhouse

Christmas Caroling Hayride

Golf Cart Parade and

Decorating Contest

Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place

Refreshments will be

Birthday Cake, Hot Chocolate

and Coffee

(as this is the date of our monthly birthday celebration)

HOA Board

Tuesday, December 2nd

7:00 p.m.

Lee Emery (585)330-6328

The monthly Board of Directors meeting will be

held in the Clubhouse.

“Stitch & Such”

Thursday, December 4th

2:00 p.m.

Margaret Conley 353-7640

Meet us in the clubhouse for a time to get together

with others and work on your needlework, crochet,

and knitting. If you want to learn one of these

crafts, bring some supplies, and we will get you

started on a project. Everyone is welcome but be

sure to bring your own supplies.

Sonny’s BBQ (Fundraiser for Relay for Life)

Saturday, December 6th

Bob and Brin McDonald 604-0160 or 604-9780

Sonny’s (35620 Highway 27, Haines City) will

donate 15%, 20% or 25% of your total bill to Relay

for Life. Thank you for your supporting our Relay

for Life.

Relay for Life Team Meeting

Monday, December 8th

6:30 p.m.

Bob and Brin McDonald 604-0160 or 604-9780

We will hold our second meeting in the club house

Monday, December 9th at 6:30 pm. We need

volunteers to help with working with fundraising

ideas and we still need walkers.

HOA Meeting

Tuesday, December 9th

7:00 p.m.

Lee Emery (585)330-6328

The monthly HOA meeting will be in the clubhouse.

Please take the time to attend the meeting to hear

what is happening in your park.

Ladies’ Lunch

Wednesday, December 10th

Carpool 12:30 p.m.

MaryAnn Donovan 422-3465

The ladies will be going out to Lang’s (5900 US

Hwy 17/92 W, Lake Alfred 956-1460)

Christmas Open House

Saturday, December 13th

3:00 p.m.

Clark and Joice Smith

Join us for our 3rd Annual Open House

121 Silver Crest Dr – 3:00 PM

Christmas Cantata

Saturday, December 14th

5:00 p.m.

Judy Loy 421-0112

Come join us in the clubhouse for our annual

Christmas Cantata.

Admission is “A Can in Each Hand” for the local

food bank.

Dining By the Book

Tuesday, December 16th

Carpool 4:30 pm

Marilyn Smith 421-1018

Destination: Denny’s in Lake Wales

3rd Annual Christmas Caroling Hayride

Saturday, December 21st

6:00-8:30 PM

Clark and Joice Smith 438-6929

Christmas Caroling Hayride at 6:00 PM at the

Clubhouse with Golf Cart Parade and Decorating

Contest (Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place).

Refreshments will be Birthday Cake, Hot Chocolate

and Coffee (as this is the date of our monthly

birthday celebration).

Birthday/Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, December 21st

6:30 p.m.

Margaret Conley 353-7640 & Joanne Marko 438-

5011

This month we will be celebrating birthday and

anniversaries after the Christmas Caroling Hayride.

Activities Meeting

Tuesday, December 23rd

2:00 p.m.

If you have ideas of activities, places to eat around

town or other things that you would like to see LHV

do, then please join us in the clubhouse as we plan

our January activities. We enjoy having new ideas

to explore.

Christmas Potluck Dinner

Thursday, December 25th

2:00 p.m.

Eileen Lemay 325-1108

The price for Guests and Non-Dues Paying HOA

members will be: adults $4.00, children 5-12 $3.00,

under age 5 free. You must pay one week in

advance to Eileen Lemay (33 Silver Crest). We

would love for “ALL OF YOU” to attend. Please sign

up in the clubhouse with the food you will bring to

share and the number attending.

New Year’s Eve / Texas BBQ Party

Wednesday, December 31st

5:00 p.m. - ??

KZ & Sharon Bowden 353-7676

Cost: $5.00 per person

Music, Games, Prizes

There will be a sign up sheet for covered dishes.

Meat will be provided. There will be a

photographer to take a picture of you in your

Western outfit. If you want a 5 x 7 print, cost will

be $1.00. During the evening, we’ll have a

Cakewalk to benefit Lake Hammock’s Relay for Life

team ($1.00 per walk).

Monthly Park Breakfast

There will be no Park Breakfast in December.

Early Bird Dining

There will be no Early Bird Dining in December.

Activities Chairs

These volunteers will not be hosting all the events,

but they will be the ones finding hosts for the

events and planning the dates. If you have any

suggestions or need more information on these

activities, please contact the following:

Activities: Maria Combs 438-6643 / Joanne Marko

438-5011

Birthdays/Anniversaries: Joanne Marko 438-5011

Breakfast Out: Jane Biba 422-6531

Bus Trips: Joanne Marko 438-5011

Early Bird Dinner: Margaret Conley 353-7640

Dining by the Book: Marilyn Smith 421-1018

Entertainment: Clark Smith 438-6929

Ladies Lunches: MaryAnn Donovan 422-3465

Park Breakfast: Maria Combs 438-6643 / Karen

Wilson 353-2275

Potlucks: Eileen Lemay 353-1108

Get Well Wishes

John Cullen – Home

Wayde Marshall – Home

Gerald Rockwell – Life Care

If you know anyone who is sick or in the hospital,

please let Carol Gould (422-5902) know so she can

get a card to them. If you would like to be put on

the prayer chain, contact Lori Johnson 588-1599.

Condolences

We would like to express our condolences to the

family of Jack McQuade who recently passed away.

Condolences to Audrey Sontag whose nephew

passed away.

Condolences to Stephanie and RachelJoy whose

father/grandfather passed away.

Thank You

RachelJoy and I would like to thank you for your

notes and expressions of care when my father died

last month. Special thanks to Lee and Nanci for the

airport transportation. We are blessed to be a part

of this park with a heart.

Stephanie Strom

I wish to thank everyone involved for their part in

making this community event a huge success.

Special thanks to the VOLUNTEERS who directed

traffic, installed traffic signs, drove taxi carts, made

and sold bake goods, sold coffee & donuts and hot

dogs & drinks. GREAT JOB TO ALL!!

Lee Emery (Lake Hammock Yard Sale)

There were 10 ladies who went door to door to

help make this wonderful collection of $709 for

“Sharing Christmas With You.” This will make

Christmas happier for the needy children of Haines

City. Our thanks to all of you…Marileigh Osborn,

Karen Loveall, MaryAnn Donovan, Brin McDonald,

Joanne Marko, Nancy Roy, Nancy Belski, Joice

Smith, Nanci Emery and Betty Rhoades.

Relay for Life

Please join the Lake Hammock team to raise money

to find a cure for cancer. The Relay will be held on

March 21, 2015 from Noon until Midnight.

Our team name is ‘Lake Hammock Village’, please

go to the web site www.relayforlife.org/hainescityfl

to sign up for our team or to donate toward our

team.

Any questions, please contact Bob McDonald 863-

604-0160 or Brin McDonald 863-604-9780.

Next meeting in the Club House on Monday,

December 8, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. We need Walkers,

Survivors and Caregivers to join our team. Thank

you for your support!!

December Birthdays

1 Sharon Greenfield 7 Gordon Arsenault 7 Chris Dean 7 Brin McDonald 12 Judy Loy 16 Barbara Dickerson 16 Pete Evans 18 John Miller 18 Sue Pickard 19 Becky Allred 19 Ron Cowles 20 Willard Davidson 21 Vito Destefano 21 David Lennox 24 Earla Herring 24 Kay Levinson 25 Greg Schamerloh 25 Marilyn Smith 25 James Welch 26 Jerry Butler 26 Maria Combs 26 Scott Hubany 27 Florine Mackey 28 Steve Pierce 28 Gary Smith 29 David Butcher 31 Greg Blackman 31 Pat Marotti

(If we have missed your birthday, please let us

know!)

December Anniversaries

1 Gerald & Elaine Rockwell 4 Steve & Chris Dean 10 Bob & Debbie Renka 15 Mike & Audrey Molnar 20 Richard & Florence Browning 22 Terry & Renee DeJane 23 Jim & Donna Barkley 23 Wayde & Emily Marshall

(If we have missed your anniversary, please let us

know!)

Community Activities

Haines City

Every Wednesday – Farmers Market – Railroad

Park – 8:00 a.m.

1st Friday of Month – Rock around the Block –

Downtown Haines City – 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

2nd Saturday of the Month – Farmers

Market/Crafts/Food Trucks – Tractor Supply

Parking Lot – 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Davenport

Every Thursday – Farmers Market – 9:00 a.m.-3:00

pm. – Visitors Center @ 101 Adventure Court

2nd Saturday of Month – Cruise-In – Music of 50’s &

60’s – Hwy 17-92 and Bay St. - 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Winter Haven

1st Friday of Month – Pickin’ in the Park – 6:00 p.m.

1st Saturday of Month – Cruisin’ Winter Haven –

Central Park – 4:00 – 9:00 p.m.

2nd Friday of Month – Praise in the Park – 6:30 p.m.

3rd Friday of Month – Dulcimers in the Park – 5:30

p.m.

4th Friday of Month – Strings at Scores – 58-4th

Street NW – 6:00 p.m.

4th Saturday of Month – Downtown Market Day –

Central Park – 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

C & D Bus Trips

Don’t forget, if you are interested in any of the

upcoming C & D Bus Trips, check the bulletin board

in the clubhouse and sign up.

Newsletter Information

All newsletters can be viewed in color on the web

site at www.floridacommunities.com (click on Lake

Hammock at bottom of page). Just a reminder, any

information needs to be submitted to Donna by the

20th of every month. If you have any questions or

suggestions about the Gator Tales, please contact

Donna by email, phone or drop a note in the box

on her screen porch. We are always looking for

ways to improve.

Gator Tales Staff

Donna Barkley (Editor)

172 Glen Este Blvd.

232-9837

donna.barkley@aol.com

Sharon Bowden

P J Roberts

Andy & Nancy Belski

Richard & Marion Speigel

Memorials

For memorials, please contact Brin McDonald at

863-604-9780. If I am out of town, please contact

Lori Johnsen at 863-588-7599 or Marion Spiegel at

863-422-1570. If anyone has any questions or

information on someone who is in need, please

feel free to contact us. Thank you for your help and

support!!

A REMINDER TO ALL RESIDENTS:

HOA dues for 2015 are due by January 10, 2015. Payments can be made to any HOA Board Member…Lee Emery,

Clark Smith, Barb Cowles, Gary Saunders, Brian Lund, Marilyn Smith or Dick Gould.

Only residents who have paid dues by January 10th are eligible to vote for 2015 Budget and 2015 Board of

Directors at the January 20, 2015 Annual Meeting.

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– Ladies Lunch - Lang’s (5900 US Hwy 17/92 W, Lake Alfred 956-1460)

Early Bird – No Early Bird for December

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

9:00 AM Weight Loss

1:00 PM Hand & Foot

7:00 PM HOA Board

3 9:00 AM

Water Aerobics 7:00 PM

Dominoes

4 8:00 AM

Men's Breakfast 10AMShuffleboard 2:00 PM Billiards

2:00 PM Stitch & Such

7:00 PM Bingo

5

Club House Closed

For Carpet Cleaning

6

5:00 PM Sonny’s BBQ

Club House Closed

7

7:00 PM Michigan Rummy

8 9:00 AM

Water Aerobics 10:00 AM

Shuffleboard 2:00 PM Billiards

6:30 PM Relay for Life Meeting

9 9:00 AM

Weight Loss 1:00 PM

Hand & Foot 7:00 PM

HOA Meeting

10 9:00 AM

Water Aerobics 7:00 PM

Dominoes 12:30 PM

Ladies Lunch

11 8:00 AM

Men's Breakfast 10AMShuffleboard 2:00 PM Billiards 7:00 PM Bingo

12 9:00 AM Water

Aerobics 1:00 PM Pokeno 7:00 PM

CLR Game

13 3:00 pm

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6:30 PM Ladies’ Poker

14 5:00 PM

Christmas Cantata

7:00 PM Michigan Rummy

15 9:00 AM

Water Aerobics

10:00 AM Shuffleboard

2:00 PM Billiards

16 9:00 AM

Weight Loss 1:00 PM

Hand & Foot 4:30 PM

Dining by Book

17 8:15 AM Coffee

9:00 AM Water Aerobics

7:00 PM Dominoes

18 8:00 AM

Men's Breakfast 10:00 AM

Shuffleboard 2:00 PM Billiards

7:00 PM Bingo

19 9:00 AM

Water Aerobics 1:00 PM Pokeno 7:00 PM

CLR Game

20 8:15 AM

Breakfast Out R-Eatery

6:30 PM

Ladies’ Poker

21 6:00 PM

Christmas Caroling

Hayride/Golf Cart Parade

Birthday/ Anniversary Celebration

22 9:00 AM

Water Aerobics 10:00 AM

Shuffleboard 2:00 PM Billiards

23 9:00 AM

Weight Loss 12:00 PM

Hand & Foot

2:00 PM ACTIVITIES

MTG

24 8:15 AM Coffee

9:00 AM Water Aerobics

7:00 PM Dominoes

25

2:00 PM Christmas

Potluck

26 9:00 AM

Water Aerobics 1:00 PM Pokeno 7:00 PM

CLR Game

27

6:30 PM Ladies’ Poker

28

7:00 PM Michigan Rummy

29 9:00 AM

Water Aerobics 10:00 AM

Shuffleboard 2:00 PM Billiards

30 9:00 AM

Weight Loss 1:00 PM

Hand & Foot

31 8:15 AM Coffee

9:00 AM Water Aerobics 7:00 PM New

Year’s Eve Party