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Volume XIII, January 2018 Issue 1 — 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

January 2018 – Volume XIII, Issue 1

Walden Woods Ltd. 2017 has ended with the month of December. The joint clubs annual Christmas party was again a huge success. Both Social clubs and HOA’s were able to join together and relax for an enjoyable dinner and an evening of dance. Well deserved! Also nice to have both parks come together.

Also we had the “Haw Hee” show showing off all the talent we have in the park. There was standing room only. Great job. Another event to finish out the year, New Year’s Eve. Will report on that next month.

For 2018, we have many events planned, such as the Meet and Greet, Pig Roast/Country Dance, the Flea Market, Auction, Not so Newlywed Game and of course my pride and joy, the Legends. There is more information on these inside the paper and also watch for the flyers inside the clubhouses and at the mailboxes.

For all your ticket purchases for the Ltd, as you probably know, is now in the HOA office, (Sandy’s old office), where you will find Esther every Tuesday from 10 to 2. So far it is working out great.

All the events that take place all year, the dinner/dances, pot luck, bingo’s, luncheon’s, card party’s, breakfast’s, flea market, auction, shuffleboard, the Legends, etc, cannot happen without all the volunteers that we have in both parks. They are a super bunch of people. I have never been turned down, asking for help. We are so thankful to have such a great bunch.

The Ltd Social Board has remained the same and will continue for another year. Great bunch!

I would like to take this time to wish everyone a very happy and prosperous New Year. May we have many more together.

Anne Pearson, President [email protected] 352-212-1078

Walden Woods North It is time to say good-bye to the year 2017 and hello 2018. The 2018 North Social Club Officers have been elected and sworn in. Elected officers are; President, Judy Chapman; Treasurer, Kent Kester; Secretary, Angela Crabtree; 1st Vice President, Cheryl Rehberg; and 2nd Vice President, Vicky Eley. Other members of the committee are Ann Nivers and Linda Moran.

The Club had a very eventful and fun year in 2017 and we plan to continue giving our friends and neighbors in Walden Woods more of the same in 2018 and maybe even some new activities. The Christmas Party was fun and we want to thank the Elks Club members for putting together another great dinner. Once again, this year we will be working closely with the Limited Social Club to create well organized events. We want to thank everyone for their support and especially thank all the volunteers that help us out at each event.

We have several events planned for January and February. In January, a lasagna dinner is in the works plus we are going to bring back the cookie baking contest at the end of the month. Please check the event calendar in the Gazette for the dates and times. Other information and announcements will be posted on the bulletin boards in the clubhouse and by the mailboxes. Some new fun has been happening in the little park by the tennis courts every Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. (weather permitting). A game called “Corn Hole” is played. Roger Ellis and Jerry Winters organized it. Check it out.

Lastly, I would like to thank everyone, especially my fellow club members, for all the help and support I received this past year. I learned a lot about what to do and what not to do. It was fun, most of the time. I look forward to doing it again this year.

Judy K. Chapman, President 352 503-7832 [email protected]

The Social Scene


Table of Contents Advertiser’s Index

Activities “At a Glance” . . . . . . 13 Burt Nowell Thank You . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Christmas Party Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Events Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Flea Market and Auction . . . . . . . . 13 "Haw Hee" Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Homeless Vets Update . . . . . . . . . . . 8 January Birthdays/Anniversaries. . . . . 5 Ltd & North HOA Presidents'. Message 7 Lasagna Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Meet & Greet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Monthly Luncheon @ Plantation . . . . . . 4 New Years from the Gazette Staff . . . . 12 Pet of the Month "Giovanni" . . . . 8 Pig Roast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Red Hats Toys for Tots . ... . . . . . . . 5 Social Clubs Events Ltd. . . . . . 4 Social Clubs Events North. . . . 4 Social Scene – LTD & North. . . . FP

Advanced Allergy & Asthma. . . 14 AirFx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 All Styles Hair Salon. . . . . . . . . . 4 Angel’s Heaven on Earth . . . . . . . 5 Atlas Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Boulerice Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Call Chris First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Changes Hair Design Studio . . . 6 Frank's Carpet Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 G & R Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Michael Anthony Pizza/Restaurant. . . 6 Professional Teeth Whitening . . . . . . . 14 Slater Pressure Wash & Clean . 6 Worthington A/C Repair . . . . . . 4

EVERYONE WELCOME LTD CLUBHOUSE

JANUARY 23, 2018 at 5pm

Please come meet our new neighbors. We have many new faces in the neighborhood and we want them to feel welcome. We will begin with light refreshments and socializing between 5 and 6pm. Our social club and HOA presidents will present short informative talks. There will be drawings for many very nice door prizes from vendors in the community. Don't miss this important event.


NORTH SOCIAL CLUB SCHEDULED EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

January 2018 1 Open House @ North Clubhouse 1-2PM 3 Taste of Walden Woods 5:00PM 6 Coffee & Donuts Meeting 8:30AM 9 HOA 7:00PM 13 North Breakfast 8:30AM 19 Lasagna Dinner 5:00PM 27 Cookie Baking Contest 1:00PM

LTD SOCIAL CLUB SCHEDULED EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

January 2018 9 Luncheon 12:30PM 9 HOA 7:00PM 17 Pot Luck 5:00PM 19 Military Card Party 12:00PM 23 Meet and Greet 7:00PM 25 Super Bingo 7:00PM 27 Breakfast 8:30AM 27 Pig Roast Dinner/Dance 6:00PM 30 Ltd Dining 5:00PM February 1 Flea Market 10:00AM-2:00PM 3 Auction 10:00AM-2:00PM 11 Tea/Fashion Show 2:00PM 13 Luncheon 12:00PM 13 Mardi Gras 13 HOA 7:00PM 14 Valentine Dinner/Dance 6:00PM 17 Animal Shelter Benefit 10:00AM 21 Pot Luck & Not So Newly Wed 5:00PM 24 Breakfast 8:30AM 27 Ltd Dining 5:00PM

Monthly Luncheon

January 9, 2018, at 12:30PM Plantation Inn, 9301 West Fort Island Trail

Crystal River, Fl.

RSVP before January 5, 2018, to Lynn Moore: 382-7580 or Rose Gordon: 382-7117

To my friends and neighbors: I would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and compassion from this wonderful community of Walden Woods. I know Dottie would have appreciated it. I know I did and was surprised at the turnout at her memorial. She was happy and loved it here and will be missed. That's All For Now, Burt Nowell


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

January Birthdays

1 Peggy Peters 18 Joanne Gercar

2 Robbie Simmons 18 Diane Wells

2 Jane Teach 19 George Ewing

2 Yuki Watkins 19 Irene Ladd

3 Anita Jerles 20 Nurul Beshara

3 Irene Kopin 21 Donna Haynes

3 Joseph Zangari 22 Leslie Beaster

4 Roy Hinger 22 Sandy Gauthier

4 Barb Mackanos 22 Larry Johnson

5 Bob Tucker 23 Linda Fernandes

6 Deborah Diehl 23 Earl Green

8 Dale Cornett 23 Midge LaBo

8 Lester Miller 23 Staci McVeigh

8 Charlotte Noah 26 Patricia Ackerman

10 Daniel Sexton 26 Linda Liebentritt

11 Donald Ring 26 Beth Maginn

12 Brenda Seasholtz 28 Deedra Kelley

14 Patty Belt 30 Barbara Eggen

14 Joey Hensley 30 Kelly Gable

14 Cindy Kendziora 31 Sharon Arnold

14 Rita Miller 31 Dennis Crine

14 Tom Mrozinski

January Anniversaries

1 Judy & Joseph Hahnenberg

14 Pamala & Joseph Allis

15 Bill & Kathy Yuhasz

18 Doug & Marcia Norman

23 Eleanor & Ernie Hinricksen

25 Jim & Mona MacNeill

25 Lani & Richard Murphy

The January/February Birthday/Anniversary Party will be held February 28th, at 1:00PM For future dates

Check with Nextdoor Walden Woods and the WaldenWoodsLife.com Website. Call Sharon Arnold (352-382-4685)

DO NOT EMAIL OR RESPOND TO NEXTDOOR

Red Hatters Toys for Tots

Thank you from the Walden Woods Red Hatters Our Toys for Tots Christmas was a huge success this year. The collection box was filled to capacity over ten times thanks to the generosity of all who contributed. God Bless and Happy New Year. Nan Ferreira


Walden Woods Limited Homeowners' Association – From the President

Happy New Year to all of you in Walden Woods. This month at the HOA meeting we will be swearing in the officers for the new two year term. At the December meeting attendance was the largest I have seen in quite some time. I can only hope that our HOA grows larger because the community owners need to know that the residents in Walden Woods are concerned about what is going on and what is planned for our community.

We are still waiting for Sun's response to our rent committee letter sent in November. I wish I could tell you what the owners have planned for 2018 regarding new items, upgrades or repairs. We are due to meet with Sun management in January and we are hopeful to have our concerns addressed at that time.

There will be a Meet and Greet for new residents this month so please come and meet your new neighbors. If you have not renewed your HOA dues it's not too late. I'm hoping we can gain new members at the Meet and Greet.

The Social Clubs are in full swing so let's support them by attending the events they have planned. There will be an additional pet waste station installed near the mail house and as I mention every month please utilize all of the pet waste stations provided for you and clean up after your pet. It is not their fault if you don't and there's no excuse not to. And, as always, please be aware of the speed limit in our community.

I tell everyone that brings these issues to my attention that if you see something report it to the community managers so they can do something about it. Hopefully, I will have all good news for February. Please be safe in all your travels.

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

Walden Woods North Homeowners' Association – From the President Happy New Year to all Walden Woods residents! Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. Our HOA elections were held at the December meeting. Jim Johnson and Rodney Mohyer will be serving on the HOA board for another two year term. I would to like to thank Jim and Rodney for their continued service. I will be serving as President for another term and would like to thank everyone for their support last year and look forward to serving the community in the future. The Social club election was also held at the December meeting and I would like to thank Donna and Everette Faulkner and Robbie Simmons for their years of service on the Social committee. I look forward to working closely with the new Social Club committee in 2018. I would like to thank all of you that have taken advantage of our early HOA signup and encourage all of you that have not signed up to please do so. Your HOA is only as strong as your membership. We will be offering signup for HOA one hour prior to our January meeting. Just a reminder your P-1 Prospectus is a valuable tool when selling your home and should be kept in your possession at all times. Never give your prospectus to a sales representative when selling your house. You should personally give your prospectus to the new buyer. This will insure the new buyer of a CPI rent increase rather than a Market increase. If you have any questions concerning this, please contact your HOA representatives. John Simmons HOA President [email protected] 352-503-2500


Pet of the Month - Giovanni

My name is Giovanni. I am a Scottish Fold. I was very skinny before I was adopted by Barbie and Lenny Nieten. As you can see, I am now very content, and sitting with my first and favorite toy!

Do you have a pet you would like featured in the Gazette? EMail a picture and brief write up to:

[email protected]

Pig Roast

Join us for Jim MacNeill & Co’s annual Pig Roast and Country Dance to be held on January 27th at 6:00. The cost is $10.00 for a great dinner and an evening of dancing to the music of Al of Solid Gold.

Get your ticket from Esther on Tuesdays from 10 to 2 at the Ticket Tron. Seating is limited so hurry and purchase your ticket!

Homeless Vets Update Hello everybody in Walden Woods and a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Tom and I would like to report our stats for the year in collections. They are as follows: We had a grand total of 2,368 lbs of food for the year. Forty pounds of blankets and 1,500 pounds of clothes. Wonderful job everybody. Thank you so much for your generosity. We would also like to congratulate Walden Woods South for the beautiful donation of their Homeless Vet box designed by John Hickey. Also, Walden Woods South veterans are going to take over their collection of homeless vet items and donations and delivery. This will be an exciting opportunity for some of the veterans in their community to help their fellow veterans. We would like to thank everybody in Walden Woods for their support. We look forward to 2018 being an even better and stronger opportunity to help the veterans. It would be a true blessing if we had some people that would be willing to drive the Mission in Citrus. Tom Brannelly and Charlotte Mixon


Walden Woods Haw Hee 2017

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who attended our first annual Haw Hee show. Everyone worked so hard to make it the success that it was. It was a struggle at first to make each segment of the show go very quickly. We had a few mistakes which made it even funnier. The rooster was a surprise to Granpa Jones, as was the shaving cream to Bob Moore. The unexpected is the best.

I would first like to thank the committee who helped me put this together, Gloria Richard, Chris Bergeron, Esther Brunet, Barb Christy, Sally Brault and Faye Davis. Also the performers, Jack McDaniel, Craig Mixon, Ray Watts, Bob Moore, Esther, Jim MacNiell, Bob Berezney, Norm Bergeron, Faye, Dave Pearson, Mary Lou Johnson, Penny Lubischer, Trish Hollenbeck, Barb Tripp, Terri Lance, Faye Jones, Marsha Sobony, Bill Jones, Tammy Hartson, Bruce Osborne and Shirley Richardson. Once again I can’t thank Bob Crowley enough for the music, Jerry Dickerson for the lighting and Larry Johnson for the curtain. A special thanks to Ed Green and Ray Richards for all their help. Last but not least, Eric Graves for our very own announcer.

Thank you to all again for participating and all those who attended.

Ann Pearson

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2017 Christmas Party


From the Walden Woods Gazette Staff

Editor Chris Granger [email protected]

Content Coordinators Advertising Penny Lubisher [email protected] North Social President Judy Chapman [email protected] Ltd Social President Anne Pearson [email protected] Directory Coordinator Jan Winters [email protected]

And many, many, thanks to our dedicated distribution staff: North Ltd Judy Chapman, Coordinator Shirley Benninger, Coordinator Gary Thompson Linda Fernandes Bill & Kathy Yuhasz Bill Fernandez Tom Brannelly Grace Kehoe Ben Sullivan Sally Brault Louie Mackanos Burt Nowell Patty Belt Joann Crowley Bob Crowley ____________________________________________________________________ We would also thank Doug Campbell for his many years of dedicated service producing the Community Phone Directory.


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"

Flea Market and Auction

Once again we’re having our annual Flea Market on Friday Feb 2nd from 10 to 2. Get all your “stuff” ready that you’d like to be rid of and drop them off at the Ltd clubhouse from 10 to 2, during the week of January 29 thru Feb 1. No clothing, bedding or curtains please.

The annual “Bob DeVoursney” Auction will be held on Saturday, Feb 3rd from 10 to 2. Any large item will be picked up on Friday if you call Norm at 382-0434, ahead of time as we have trucks ready for pick up.


Walden Woods Events Calendar

January 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 31 8 pm - 12 am New Year's Eve Party

January 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

7

8 9am 'Ltd Social Club

9 12:30 pm Luncheon - Plantation 7 pm LTD & North HOA Meetings

10

11

12

13 8:30 am North Breakfast

14


16

17 5 pm Ltd Pot Luck

18

19 12 pm Military Card Party -Ltd 5 pm Lasagna Dinner - North

20

21


23 7 pm Meet & Greet @ Ltd Clubhouse

24

25 7 pm Super Bingo - Ltd

26

27 8:30 am LTD Breakfast1 pm Cookie Contest - North6 pm Pig Roast Dinner/Dance -Ltd

28


30 5 pm Ltd Dining

31

1 10 am - 2 pm Flea Market - LTD

2

3 10 am - 2 pm Auction - LTD

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

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