december 2017 – volume xii, issue 10

Volume XII, December 2017 Issue 10 — W a l d e n W o o d s S u n s h i n e G a z e t t e Page | 1

December 2017 – Volume XII, Issue 10

The Social Scene

Happy Thanksgiving


Table of Contents Advertiser’s Index

Annual Food Drive Update. . . . . . . . . . . 11 Activities “At a Glance” . . . . . . 13 Birthdays/Anniversaries. . . . . . . . . 5 Birthday/Anniversary Party Schedule . . 8 CHRISTMAS DINNER at the North . . . 11 Christmas Party Tables Available . . . 3 Flamingoes Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Halloween Costume Winners . . . . . . 11 Haw Hee" Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Homeless Vets Update . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ltd & North HOA Presidents'. Message 7 Meet 'n Greet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Monthly Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Pet of the Month "Dutch" . . . . . . . . . 8 Pork Chop Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 New Years Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Shuffleboard News Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Red Hatters News . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Social Clubs Events Ltd & North . . 4 Events Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Social Scene – LTD & North. . . . FP Wii Bowling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WW 2018 Phone Directory . . . . . . . . . 4

Advanced Allergy & Asthma. . . 14 AirFx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 All Styles Hair Salon. . . . . . . . . . 7 Angel’s Heaven on Earth . . . . . . . 5 Atlas Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Boulerice Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Changes Hair Design Studio . . . 6 G & R Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Michael Anthony Pizza/Restaurant. . . 14 Professional Teeth Whitening . . . . . . . 7 Slater Pressure Wash & Clean . 7 Worthington A/C Repair . . . . . . 14

Walden Woods North Team Shuffleboard Team shuffleboard will start on the North side on January 9, 2018, and will continue for 8 weeks. The week of February 6th, there will be no game because some of the players will be going on a cruise. In the event of bad weather, games will be made up at the end. Sign up sheets will be in the north clubhouse on the bulletin board by the men's room. please make sure you add your phone number. There will be two playing times: 10:00am and 11:30am. If you don't have a partner, sign up anyway and we will try to find you one. If you are new to our community please join us for we have a lot of fun. There will also be a signup sheet for substitutes. so, if you don't want to play all of the time please be a substitute. Check the weekly schedule to see what team you will be playing. practice on your own for there will be no practice games. Champions will be determined at the end for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places. In case there is a tie, there will be a playoff scheduled. There will be a playoff between the 1st place team on the North and Ltd sides for the "Woody," which will be hung in the winning clubhouse. There will be a party at the end with the North and the Ltd teams to celebrate. The North has the honor this year. So please sign up and have some fun. If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Arnold @ 382-4685 or Jerry Johnson @ 382-0668. Thank You, Sharon Arnold

Christmas Party at the Elks

There are still TWO(2) tables available for the

Christms Party on December 9th!

Call Ann Pearson 352-212-1078


NORTH SOCIAL CLUB SCHEDULED EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

December 2 Coffee&Donuts Meeting 8:30AM 6 Taste of Walden Woods Pot Luck 5:00PM 9 Christmas Party @ Elks Club 6:00PM 20 Pork Chop Dinner 5:00PM 25 Christmas Day Dinner 2:00PM

January 2018 1 Hangover "Open House" 1:00-2:00PM 3 Taste of Walden Woods Pot Luck 5:00PM 6 Coffee&Donuts Meeting 8:30AM

LTD SOCIAL CLUB SCHEDULED EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

December 9 Christmas Party @ Elks Club 6:00PM 10 First meeting for 2018 "Legends" 2:00PM 12 Luncheon 12:30PM 12 HOA Meeting 7:00PM 15 "Haw Hee" Show 7:00PM 20 Pot Luck 5:00PM 20 HOA Meeting 7:00PM 25 Christmas Dinner at North 6:00PM 26 Dining at the LTD 5:00PM 28 Super Bingo 7:00PM 31 New Year's Eve Party 8:00PM-Midnight January 2018 9 Luncheon 12:00PM 9 HOA 7:00PM 17 Pot Luck 5:00PM 23 Meet n' Greet 7:00PM 25 Super Bingo 7:00PM 27 Pig Roast/Dance 6:00PM 30 Dining at the Ltd 5:00PM

Do you have an item of interest to the Walden Woods Community? Email your article to: [email protected] and we will try to publish it in a timely manner, depending on space availability.

Walden Woods WII Bowling We look forward to all of our past bowlers joining in again and welcome any new bowlers that would like to join the fun. With all the new folks in our community, it would be great to have a full roster of 20 teams. Sign-up sheets are posted in both the Ltd. And North clubhouses and bowling will begin the week of January 1. As always, folks at the WW South are welcome to sign up for the league. Again this year, we will be scoring with a handicap rather than scratch bowling. You will be bowling once a week at a time that works for your team. Recommended times are shown on the sign-up sheets. So get your 4-person team together and sign up in the time slot that’s best for you. Please sign up no later than December 27. Any questions?? Feel free to contact Connie Green at 352-613-2871 or Marsha Serba at 518-339-0410.

Again, please sign up no later than December 27. Remember, both the Ltd and North clubhouses have Wii game consoles for our use, so regardless of where you live, you can sign up to bowl at either clubhouse. Also, if you are anxious to get some practice bowling in before we start league, feel free to use the Wii in either clubhouse at any time that will not interfere with other activities. (Look in your newsletter to check when regular activities are taking place).


If you find an error in a Name, Address, phone #, birthdate, or anniversary, please email Chris Granger at [email protected]

December Birthdays

2 Bill Atkinson 13 Sheri McDaniel

2 Anita Emrich 17 Paul Kassay

2 Joanne Price 18 Sandy Bernardo

3 Chuck Lemke 18 Connie Green

3 Jeannene Petrizzi 19 Stan Caldwell

4 Kent Kester 20 Chris Bergeron

4 Terry Lemke 20 Lin Dickerson

6 JJ Behler 20 Bob Martin

6 Butch Bernardo 22 Holly Fleischer

7 Carol Armstrong 22 Wendy Perry

7 Jack Lee 23 Traude Allgaier

9 Frank Zaludek 23 Al Beaster

10 Sandra Block 23 Jim Crouse

10 Nick Fleischer 23 Gordon Gould

10 Jim Wilson 25 Pam Miller

11 Tammy Hartson 27 Keith Laroche

11 Chuck Rheinsmith 29 Joan Keith

12 Trish Hollenbeck 30 Ed Ferreira

13 Julie Adams 30 Butch McDaniel

13 Barbara Flory 30 Gary Thompson

13 Mary Loveland 31 Karen Mendez

December Anniversaries

2 Amy & Glenn Serafine

3 Chuck & Shirley Benninger

3 Gabrielle & Larry Pound

7 Bob & Rose Russell

11 Vance & Bonnie Goldsmith

13 Frank & Sharon Zaludek

15 Dale & JJ Behler

18 Ada & Angel Gonzales

18 Wanda Guinn & Joey Hensley

18 Barbara & Barry Tripp

22 Lynne & Richard Dolan

23 Bruce & Norma Luckenbach

23 Gary & Kathy Williams

27 Christina & Skip Guss

30 Shirley & Mike Chapman

31 Ilene & Robert Davis

The November/December Birthday/Anniversary Party was held November 21, at 1:00PM See Page 8 for future dates.

Call Sharon Arnold (352-382-4685) to Register DO NOT EMAIL OR RESPOND TO NEXTDOOR

Walden Woods Printed Telephone Directory This is your last chance to make any changes to your entry in the printed 2018 WW Telephone Directory. If you are a new resident or have changed your phone number or address, contact Jan Winters at 352.501.0072 or email her at [email protected].


Update on Homeless Vets Hello everybody and again welcome back to all our Northern friends. I know that you've been trickling in and it's good to see you again and I'm sure that more will still be coming. We want to thank everybody who came to the Memorial Service on Veterans Day and we appreciate and honor all the veterans who have served for our country. My prayer first and foremost is that all mankind would learn to love one another and none of us would have to sacrifice Our Lives. On a lighter note, Christmas is just around the corner believe it or not. A friend of mine gave me a wonderful idea that we might do something special for our veterans for the holidays. So if you find it in your heart and your wallet it would be greatly appreciated if you would come up with any type of Christmas item to donate to our homeless veterans. It could be Christmas candy, Christmas cookies, or maybe a Christmas scarf, Christmas hat or even go bigger. Use your imagination. I'm sure it'll be a great Christmas for them to get this extra love and care. And of course food, water and toilet paper donations, or your OTC credit of vitamins and personal care each month are still always welcome. If you would like to donate something non-perishable I would suggest calling the mission in Citrus. Thank you and a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year. P.S .Thank you to the South and The Limited for their generous donation of proceeds from Saturday's events for the homeless veterans. P.P.S. Thank you to the couple that donated their whole year supply of OTC products to the veterans from their insurance plan. Again this is a great way to utilize your OTC products that you don't need for yourself but still fulfill your monthly or quarterly value and give it to someone else who could use it. If you have any questions about what they could use from your OTC plan please call Tom or myself. Tom Brannelly and Charlotte Mixon


Walden Woods Limited Homeowners' Association – From the President

Holiday Greetings to everyone here in Walden Woods. it's hard to believe the holidays are here already. This month at our HOA meeting we will be electing officers for the new 2 year term. Please try to attend. It's not too late to pay your HOA dues for 2018 or to join if your are a new resident. We will be welcoming a new community manager and a regional district manager as well. With the management changes we have not been able to meet with the Sun Management team regarding some of the ongoing issues and improvements for 2018. We are hoping that we can meet before the end of this year. Please support our social clubs as they have been very busy providing events for all of us. If you have visitors coming over the holidays let the office know who is here. Be safe if you are traveling over the holiday season. Please watch your speed traveling around in the park especially since there may be visitors here over the holidays. And again, please pick up after your pets as there are several pet waste stations throughout the community for your convenience. Best holiday wishes to you all and hopefully Santa won't be leaving any lumps of coal.

Nick Fleischer, President LTD HOA, 724-996-8074

Walden Woods North Homeowners' Association – From the President The Holidays are upon us already. We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.; and Christmas is just around the corner. Robbie and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a joyful New Year. Our next HOA meeting will be December 12th at the North Clubhouse. This meeting will be for the election of HOA officers and the Social Club. Please bring your membership card. If you have lost your card, we will look you up on the registration list. The offices that are up for election are President, Second Vice President, and Treasurer. If you are interested in any of these positions, we will be taking nominations from the floor at the December Meeting. Early sign up for the HOA for 2018 will begin one hour before the December meeting and directly after the meeting. We will also be in the North Clubhouse on Thursday December 14th from 9:00 AM to 11:00 A.M. for your convenience. If you can't make it to any of these times, you may also sign up with our Membership Chairmen, Jim Johnson or Jim Crouse at your convenience. I would like to thank those of you that took advantage of our early HOA sign up at our November meeting. John Simmons HOA President [email protected] 352-503-2500


Pet of the Month - Dutch

Dutch is a 17 month "Goldendoodle Parti" and a registered Therapy Dog with Nature Coast Therapy Dogs of Citrus and Hernando counties. He resides on W Rushport Ln with his owner and handler Kathie Henderson. Every week Dutch visits Sugarmill Manor, Superior Assisted Living, Diamond Ridge Rehab, Grand Living Of Citrus Hills and Lifecare. Dutch has proven himself as a Therapy Dog that makes a difference with everyone he visits, especially in memory care. In addition to weekly visits he has been requested to visit individual homes and other facilities. Dutch loves every minute of visits! People enjoy his kisses and "High 5." Dutch is fun loving, always happy, and loves to play. He loves to socialize with humans and all dogs and his favorite kitty friend "Mr. T." Dutch loves to run in the dog park with all his dog friends and chase balls. He also has taken up watching TV and will stop whatever he is doing to watch "The Voice" and "Dancing with the Stars". He loves music and dancing. Maybe dance lessons are next. If anyone in Walden Woods would benefit with a visit from Dutch, feel free to contact Kathie at 503-7091. Next Month: Giovanni

BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARY PARTIES

The schedule for the b/a parties for 2018 are listed below. starting in 2018 the parties will be held on the last Wednesday of the month except in December. I don’t know as of now if invitations will be given out or not. If they are, they will be in your mailboxes in your clubhouse. If not, a notice about the party will be at your mail houses. There is still a peanut gallery, but there will be no sign up sheet. please come and celebrate with your friends

2018 Birthday/Anniversary parties schedules:

January & February - February 28, 2018 March & April - April 25, 2018 May & June - June 27, 2018 July & August - August 22, 2018 Septmeber & October - October 24, 2018 November & December - December 19, 2018

If you will be attending the parties, please call me @ 382-4685. Do not response to me on WW Nextdoor. I need you to call me.

Thank you,

Sharon Arnold

Walden Woods Red Hatters The Red Hatters would like to invite new members to join our group in January. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month. If interested, please call Queen Mom, Nan Ferreira or Vice Queen, Joan Hoffman Get out your Red Hat and have some fun with us. Also, we want to remind everyone that we are collecting for "Toys for Tots" until December 18th.


New Years Party

The New Years party will be held at the Ltd on New Years Eve from 8:00 to 12:00. Bob Crowley will DJ and refreshments will be served.

A donation of $10.00 if HOA member, $12.00 if not a member will be charged. Get your ticket at the ticket office beginning Dec. 5th.

There will be door prizes, a basket of cheer to be raffled and fun with your neighbors.

SAVE THE DATE - "Meet 'n Greet" Attention all residents of Walden Woods Ltd and North. We will be holding a "Meet 'n Greet" on January 23, 2018 at 5pm. Plan to come out and meet your neighbors. More information to follow in the January Gazette.

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Annual Food Drive

Again this year, on the 10th of November, we had our annual Food Drive for the We Care Food Bank. Thank you to all who participated in donating your non-perishable food for the needy. Between the North and Ltd, we collected 550 pounds.

It will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all again. We are blessed with Super People here in the Woods.

Halloween Costume Winners 1st Place Barb &Bill Heib.Popeye and Olive Oyl 2nd Place Lani Murphy & Lani Ulickas, Oompa Loompas 3rd Place. Ray and Gloria Richard, Skeletons

NORTH CHRISTMAS DINNER The North Christmas Dinner will be held on Monday December 25th in the Clubhouse at 2 p.m. It will be a pot luck dinner. The Social Club will be providing turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and ham. We ask those who sign up to bring their favorite Christmas Dinner side dish or dessert. A sign-up sheet is posted in the North Clubhouse bulletin board. Remember, seating is limited, so please sign up as soon as possible.


Flocking the Flamingoes Update

On September 30th the Ltd held a dinner/dance for the benefit of Hospice. The proceeds from the dinner, along with the share n share was $1058.00. A special thank you to all the volunteers who made this possible.

On October 1st began the Flocking of the Flamingo’s which lasted the entire month of October to make awareness of breast cancer. This year it began with Ann Pearson and Gloria Richard, on to Linda Kester and Shirley Chapman, followed by Faye Davis and Bob Berezny, collecting a grand total of $1596.00. Ken and Joyce Carpenter flocked the South park collecting a total of $484.32.

What a great response it was this year. Many were missed but we’ll get you next year.

I would like to thank the volunteers and all the residents who participated in donating with a special thank you to Bill and Barb Hieb, Jim Wilson, Ken and Sharon Horning, Charles and Kathy Miller, Joe Flood, and Bob and Tish Wiggins, along with the South HOA & Social Club. We had a grand total of $3138.32.

To finish it all off Faye and Bob organized a “Save the TaTas” parade on the 30th with 8 decorated golf carts and one decorated bicycle.

GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE who participated in making this such a success.

Monthly Luncheon will be held

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 12:30PM

Plantation Inn & Resort, 9301 W Fort Island Trail Crystal River, FL 34429


Activity LTD North

Bingo Thursday, 7:00PM (Super Bingo Last

Thursday of Month)

Coloring in Fellowship Thursday, 1:00PM

Dominos Saturday, 6:30PM Saturday, 7:00PM

Exercise Class

Mon-Wed-Fri 10:00AM

Game Night Mon-Wed-Fri, 6:00PM

Golf League – Brooksville Country Club Mondays at 8:15AM

Horseshoes (Winter/Spring) Friday, 1:00PM

Knit&Crochet Thursday, 1:00PM Line Dancing Tues & Fri, 9:00AM

Luncheon 2nd Tuesday, 12:00PM – (October thru June)

Mahjong Thursday, 1:00PM

Pickleball - Tennis Courts Tues-Thurs-Sat-Sun, 8:30AM

Pinochle Monday 6:00PM

Pool Mon-Wed-Fri,7:00PM

Red Hatters 3rd Thursday, 11:30AM

Shuffleboard (Winter & Spring) Thursday, 10 &

11:30AM Tuesday 10 & 11AM

Tennis Mon-Wed-Fri, 8:00AM

Texas Hold’em Wednesday, 6:00PM

Water Aerobics Mon(10AM)-Wed-Fri, 9AM

Mon(10AM)-Wed-Fri, 9:00AM

Yoga

Friday, 11:30AM - 1PM There is a $6 fee per session

Walden Woods - "Activities at a Glance"

Shuffleboard at the Ltd

Shuffleboard time is here for all to enjoy. For the remainder of November and December we will play weekly on Thursdays At 10:00 AM. The sign-up sheet will be posted during the week. I will post the play schedule on Wednesday for those that have signed up. This is a fun way to get to know your neighbors, look for a partner for the team play that starts in January, or just get out and enjoy the beautiful weather. The sign-up sheet will be posted at the LTD clubhouse on the outside bulletin board. Come and join in the fun; everyone is welcome. Please remember that other people will be relying on you to play as scheduled.

I am looking forward to seeing many new faces joining the fun! Any questions call Linda Fernandes at 352-382-4441


Walden Woods Events Calendar

December 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 26

27

28

29

30

December 1

2 8:30 am North Coffee

3

4

5

6 5 pm Taste of Walden Woods- North

7 7 pm Bingo - LTD

8

9 5 pm Christmas Party @ Elks - Cocktail Hour6 pm - 7 pm Christmas Party @ Elks

10 2 pm - 3 pm Legends Meeting

11

12 12;30 pm Luncheon @Plantation 7 pm North HOA 7 pm LTD HOA Mtg

13

14 7 pm Bingo - LTD

15 7 pm 'Haw Hee' Show

16

17

18

19

20 5 pm Ltd Pot Luck Dinner5 pm Pork Chop Dinner - North

21 7 pm Bingo - LTD

22

23

24

25 2 pm Christmas Dinner @ North

26 5 pm - 6 pm Ltd Dining

27

28 7 pm Super Bingo - Ltd

29

30 8:30 am LTD Breakfast

31 8 pm - 12 am New Year's Eve Party

1 1 pm - 2 pm 'Hangover Open House"

2

3 5 pm Taste of Walden Woods- North

4 7 pm Bingo - LTD

5

6 8:30 am Coffee & Donuts - North

* Please consult the “Activities at a Glance” (previous page) for recurring monthly events.

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