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Shirley Bethke Mary Carpenter Sandy McIntyre Sue Logan, Editor		She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
Vol. XXII, No. 4	King's Gate Club - a 55+ community, Nokomis, Florida	January 24, 2009

TALENT SHOW:  Saturday, February 14, 2009.  Tickets for on sale today for KGC residents and renters, for $6.00, at the weekly RTC meeting.  If available, tickets for non-KGC residents and guests will be on sale, Saturday, January 31 and February 7, at the KGC, RTC meeting.  Get your tickets early, because this has been a sell out show.  Ticket price includes beer, wine, soft drinks, snacks and finger food.  BYOB.  Doors open at 6PM, show starts at 7 PM.     —  The Producer,  Vic Griseto,  488-1788

HEALTHLINE:  Our custodian Beverly Gulsby had surgery on Friday.  Her recuperation time may be up to eight weeks.  Cards & prayers would be appreciated.  Her address is 115 Woodrose Way, Venice, FL 34293.  Ricardo Perez is taking over her responsibilities until her return.  When you see him, give him a warm welcome.
 
Jeanne Winget had hip replacement surgery on Monday, at Venice Hospital, and is doing okay.  She will probably come home on Thursday, 1/22/09.  Cards and prayers would be appreciated.

MANY THANKS:  We greatly appreciate the prayers, visits, and cards we received during Ralph's recovery from two surgeries.  Also for the comforting prayer shawl and the beautiful flowers from the welcoming committee.     —  Ralph and Wilma Kerns

LADY GOLFERS:  All King’s Gate lady golfers are invited to play in a 9-hole scramble on Wednesday, January 28 at Calusa Lakes.  We’ll meet there at 1 pm for lunch.  Golf begins at 2:30 pm; the scramble fee is $5.  Sign up in the clubhouse by Sunday noon.  For more information, call Mary Carpenter or Sue Simmons.

TENNIS PARTY:  The annual tennis spaghetti dinner for past, present and future KGC tennis players is scheduled for February 7.  A sign up sheet is at the tennis gazebo.     —  Dick Nolin  and  Tom Weber

MOVIE:  for Wednesday January 28th will be SWING VOTE with Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll and Kelsey Grammer.  One ordinary guy is giving the candidates a reason to run.  In a remarkable turn of events the presidential election comes down to one vote.  This is a comedy rated PG-13.  Movie starts at 7:00     —  Arlene

SOLOS: The Solo's group will meet on Thursday, January 29th at the IHOP Restaurant, 4369 Tamiami Trail South, Venice at 5 p.m.  Please sign up in the clubhouse and wear your name tags.     —  Jean Davis

KGC BOOK CLUB:  Monday, January 26, at 1 pm, in the library.  “The Faith Club”.  Three women explore their different religions and what faith really is.  On the best seller list.  Everyone welcome.     —  Betty Dowling.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:  At the Annual Meeting on 1/20, Neil Crane, John Eade, Charles Fote, and Jim Walker were elected to the Board for a two-year term.  Officers for the next year are: President - John Eade, Vice President - Charles Fote, Secretary - Alan Holdway, Treasurer - Dick Lyford.  Linda MacMillan has been appointed to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Rae Burmaster. Retiring from the Board are Tom Patricca and Rex Ingerick.  Thanks for all you have done for the Club!

ORCHIDS:  To Ernie Auerbach who recently sang a solo at each of three services on a Sunday morning at church.  Way to go, Ernie!  We admire your positive attitude, which is an inspiration to all of us!

CHORUS:  Time change – Thursday, Janurary 29 only, Chorus will meet at 12:30, in the Clubhouse.  We welcome new singers.  If you sound good in the shower, please join us.
  
TRAVEL: Just a brief note to say thank you to everyone that with us to Broadway Palm on Sunday the 18th of January, the show Singin in the Rain, was one of the best and the food was outstanding. Thanks to all my travelers.
     February 19th, 2009 Hard Rock Casino, $25.00, sold out wait list only.
     March lst, 2009 All Shook Up, tribute to Elvis, Broadway Palm, Sold out...$62.00
     March 15th, 2009  All Shook up, Seats AVAILABLE, call or email. Twilight show leaving at 4pm. $65
     March l9th, 2009 Silver Foxes at Venice Theatre   $20.00 sign up soon always a sell out.
     March 27th, 2009 Friday, Sailor Circus Greatest little show on earth, support our children, you will not believe what they can do and how they perform.  Best deal of the season $l5.00, take your family and friends.   SIGN UP NOW....
     April 25-May 2, 2009  Kings Gate Club cruise to Bermuda, final payments due to VIP World Travel on February 2nd, 2009, you can still sign up.   
     Best of the Baltic on Princess Cruise including Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, Norway, 10 days September 3-13th, 2009. 
NEW TRAVEL FORMS FROM HAPPY HEART TOURS ON TRAVEL BOARD.  IF YOU WANT ANOTHER TRIP WE DON'T OFFER WE CAN BOOK THROUGH THEM FOR YOU.
TRAVEL DESK CLOSED TODAY, WE ARE CHECKING OUT OUR CRUISE SHIP FOR THE BERMUDA CRUISE, WANT TO MEET THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE SO OUR TRIP GOES WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS CALL OUR HOME, LEAVE A MESSAGE OR EMAIL US AT travel@kgc.cc
          —  Don & Mary Lou, Travel coordinators 484-6807, John & Sandy Eade, travel partners 484-4440

SHUFFLEBOARD STANDINGS:

Monday January 19, 2009

TEAM # 6 MAKES COURTS READY JAN 26

SUPER BOWL “43” PARTY:  Tickets on sale today for the Super Bowl Party which is on Sunday, February 1, 2009.  Enjoy the game on the “big screen” with your friends.  Snacks at 5:30 pm – Subs at 6:00 pm – Kickoff is 6:28 pm.  Ice cream bars are also included, all for the price of $6.00.  BYOB.  “Pool” squares will also be available for sale.  Even if your team is not in the Super Bowl, you can cheer for someone else’s team like we will be doing.  Any questions     —  call Gene and Mickey 488-8281

PATIO PARTY:  Thanks to everyone who came out and enjoyed an afternoon of music with Jay Smith.  He is a popular and entertaining performer.  Even with the cooler weather, the ice cream sundaes were a great treat.  Thanks to Chuck and Mary Jane Shelby, Wally Luther and Jim Prentice for helping with the set up, serving and clean up.     —  Co-Chairs Lois Luther and Jessica Prentice
Editor's Note:  Kudos to the Patio Party Co-Chairs, and their helpers, for their great job!   The music, and the sundaes were wonderful!

AUDIO VIDEO GROUP:  Tom Hicks will be chairing this new group, which will meet just after the Saturday morning coffee, Jan 24, in the crafts room. All of the folks that undertake any projects, here in KGC, that  require  audio equipment, please come and join the group, to help Ron Carpenter and I to understand your audio & video needs. We would like anyone else who would like to be part of the Audio & Video Group, to please come and join us.  We are trying to purchase and install a new audio system in the hall and will need help in designing and installing this new system. We are looking forward to working with you in the new Audio Video Group.

KINGS GATE CLOTHING:  See Mary Jane Shelby at her table at the back of the clubhouse on Saturday mornings.  You can purchase clothing she has on hand with the KGC logo or indicate you wish to make a purchase.

IDENTITY THEFT:  Christine Watler, of EdgeTech, who was our guest speaker at the Identity Theft Workshop, has offered to come to King’s Gate Club March 14th, for a Shred Day, at no cost to our community.  More information will be provided closer to the date.

BOWLING:

KUDOS:  to Jean Ickes for the aprons and plastic tablecloths.   -- from the Painting and Drawing Group.

NY-NJ LUNCHEON:  will be held at the Salt Water Cafe on Thursday, February 19,2009 at 11:30 A.M.  It is just at the corner in Publix Plaza so hope you will all attend.  Please sign up.  Any questions call Eleanor Barth. See you there.
  

NEW LIBRARY ARRIVALS:  The following $200 worth of books have been purchased with monies from the Round Table:

NEW CLASS:  Knitting and Crocheting, for beginners or those who wish to refresh their skills.  We will meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, in the activities room.  For more info, please call Rose Jones @ 412-1988.

LIBRARY UPDATE:  AT LAST!! The mystery and fiction hardback and papberback sections have been successfully integrated and weeded. Many thanks to all the library staff who helped in the process. Now we only have 7 designated areas- ROMANCE, NONFICTION AND BIOGRAPHY, AUDIO BOOKS, FICTION PAPERBACK, FICTION HARDBACK, LARGE PRINT, AND WESTERNS.  A special thanks to Jackie Barker and Rose Jones.  Jackie has pulled all the 200 some cards of books missing from the 2008/2009 inventory from the author and title catalogs. We should now have an accurate account of what is on the shelves. Please remember to check out books, so that we do not  come up missing so many volumes.  Rose Jones has made note of all our Large Print books, so we can now purchase books without duplicating what we have.     —  Your Bookie, Barb Tompkins

WELCOME:  to the following renters:
     Frank and Nancy Markowski, 8 Castle Drive, from West Eaton, NY; here until March 1, phone 488-3311.
We hope you enjoy your stay at Kings Gate Club!

CORRECTION:  Jerry and Carole GUALDONI (last name was misspelled last week) are renting 117 Camelot Drive until April 1.  They are from Canadian Lakes, MI.  Phone:  412-3430

ORCHIDS:  To Sandy McIntyre who has been in charge of our phone books and has done such an excellent job in seeing that all information is correct before they are printed.  Sandy has decided to "retire".  ORCHIDS also to Maureen Fitzgerald who is now taking over as Chair of the Telephone Directory.  Our thanks to you both!

KGC PHONE BOOKS:  Profile sheets are available at this morning’s social meeting.  Pick up, fill out and return to the office, to insure your info is correct in the new phone books.  

THOUGHTS:  As I write tonight, we have just returned from the clubhouse where we saw "Pizzazz! American Style," with Pianist Brian URL and Violinist Len Ski.  They also had an excellent bass player and drummer with them.  Our Entertainment  Chair, Emil DePasquale, and his committee are to be commended for arranging to have this wonderful program here for us. There was a large group in attendance, but more are always welcome.  We are so fortunate to have these great programs here, and at such reasonable prices.  Plug for the next program they have lined up for us: It will be the Sahib Shrine Banjo Band.  I have heard them in the past and they are always enjoyable - sooooo - buy your tickets when they go on sale!     —  sjb

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