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Vol. XXII, No. 13	King's Gate Club - a 55+ community, Nokomis, Florida	April 4, 2009

THANKS:   My family and I would like to thank you for all the cards, flowers, and food that you sent at the time of Peter's death.   What a wonderful, caring community.       -- Marge Havey

THANK YOU all for your care and concern. So many cards and prayers were greatly appreciated. I am at home again after a 2nd visit to the hospital. This time I hope my problems will decrease as time goes by. Best Regards to you all.   It was hard to miss the KGC Fair this year, for the first time in nine years.   God Bless you all...       -- Vince Caudy (# 285)

SPRING DANCE:   "Hearts and Flowers" will be held tonight. Social at 6:30, dancing at 7:00 P.M. Music by Fred and Jean Valasek.   No charge, but you must have a ticket to attend. BYOB and an hors d'oeuvre to share. Please bring canned goods for the needy.       ?? - call Cranes or McMains.

PRESIDENTS CUP - KGC GOLF OUTING:   Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 2 PM.   Nine holes of golf at Calusa Lakes.   Happy Hour at 5:30 PM.   Dinner at 7 PM.

KGC NEWSLETTER:   Please send all newsletter articles to newsletter@kgc.cc   This new e-mail address (thanks to Charlie Fote) will make it easier, for everyone, to contact the editor.

MAGAZINES:   Please do not bring magazines dated before January 2009 to the library. When you are cleaning out for the season, take magazines, that are more than 3 months old, to the recycle container along with your brochures, catalogs, and newspapers. We do like all Smithsonian and National Geographic magazines.   Thank you for your help.       -- Eleanor Barth

TENNIS:   Last meeting of the season will be on Thursday, April 9th, at 1 PM in the library.       -- George Smakto

SHARON STOUT, of 254 Camelot, reports an untimely change (just after the new KGC directories have been printed), in her phone number.   Contact by her cell phone only; the number is printed in the new directory.   Simply cross off her previous, MA landline number.

Stained Glass Group:   Please return any stained glass pattern books you may have borrowed before leaving for the summer.       -- Jessica Prentice

BILLIARDS FOR WOMEN league play has ended for the season, with the following results:
1st - Margaret Goff (Capt.), Gisele Bossom, Sandy McIntyre, Sonia Scheerer
2nd - Kerrie Morawa (Capt.), Joan Potts, Dee Hicks, Angie Richards
3rd - Inez Mercer (Capt.), Jessica Prentice, Leota Kelsey, Barbara Amatrudo
4th - Betty Mohr (Capt.), Vicky May, Betty Dowling, Lou Grimme
Congrats to Margaret and her team!   Also, thanks so much to the following subs:   Gigi Conway, Ruth Grimaldi, Sharon Kenney and Lois Luther.   Cheers and thanks to Melanie Pillar for helping us as a sub when she was needed, as she was a regular on our teams before!   Summer practice and learning, for summer, will switch from Sunday to Monday at 7 PM.       -- Inez Mercer

FINAL JETTY PICNIC for the season.   Come and hear the plans for everyone heading North, and see the last "green flash".   Thursday - 16th of April at the North Jetty ... Social at 4 PM and supper at 5 PM.   Don't forget your place setting and favorite dish to share for twelve.       -- Claire Becker

UNCLAIMED BOOKS:   Two bags of books from the book fair are in the library, with notes attached, for the buyers to claim them.       -- Barb Tompkins

OHIO SUMMER GATHERING:   Final call.   Plans are set for Wed., June 17.   Information and sign-up sheet will be removed on Saturday, April 11.   Please have check made out to Robert Winchester, prior to April 11, or mail to 2345 Bristol Rd., Columbus, Ohio   43221. Phone: 614-451-9801       -- Bob W.

TRAVEL:   Our travel season is just about over; 68 are traveling with us on the Cruise to Bermuda at the end of the month.
      Sept. 2009, Best of the Baltic with Princess Cruises, with 2 nights in Denmark, including Scandinavia and Russia with Oslo, Norway. All details on our web page.  Check it out. We have 30 scheduled to travel with us.
      Feb. 20-27, 2010,  Oasis of the Sea, one of the newest and largest cruise ships; it will be a real experience on this ship.  All details on our web page including videos of this Royal Caribbean ship.
      Again, we want to express our thanks to everyone that traveled with us this season. We are looking forward to our 2009-2010 Season. Remember if you want to travel this summer, see the Happy Heart Tours fliers in the clubhouse; they offer lots of trips for the summer months. If you are planning any big trips please consider VIP World Travel; they are also our travel partners.   Just let them know you are from King's Gate Club.   Any travel questions please feel free to give us a call.   Have a great summer.
      Don and Mary Lou Richmond Travel Coordinators, 484-6807; John and Sandy Eade, Travel Partners, 484-4440.

PATIO PARTY:   Last Sunday's patio party was delightful.   The music by "Harmony" was very enjoyable, and the ice cream sundaes were delicious.   This event was chaired by Rosalind Marray, and her committee consisted of Jim and Linda Petty, Bob Jeffery, Sally Zimny and Pat Savoie.   Thanks to all of you.       -- SJB

KING'S GATE REALTY, INC:   The Board members of the Realty Company for this year are:
      Don Fisher, President
      Melanie Pillar, Vice President
      Charlotte Alex, Treasurer
      Kae Hardesty, Secretary
      Sue Logan
Associate Board members are Ruth Zabielski and Tom Patricca.   Sales Associates are Cheryl Patricca and Judy Skowron.   Liaison to the KGC BOD is Jim Walker.   These people work very hard for OUR benefit.

GUIDE DOGS:   Duchess and Baron will visit Kgc on April 11. Duchess is recovering nicely from surgery to her knee. Baron will return to the Main Kennel at SEGD in six to eight weeks for training as a Guide Dog. This will be the last visit for our "Puppies" to KGC until late October.       --   Nip Barker

PRINCESS AVE BLOCK PARTY was March 28th, and a good time was had by all 34 residents and renters attending. Pretty windy but the party must go on!   Good food, good camaraderie. We have someone's POTHOLDERS.       -- Jackie and Nip Barker

SCARY MOMENTS:   We were visiting with Jessica and Jim Prentice at the Princess Ave. Block Party, and Jess told the following story:   "We were enjoying another nice day kayaking on the Braden River, but then they are all nice on the water here.   We saw many birds and turtles plus about 23 gators sunning themselves along the river banks.   One almost got us... we were watching a nest of baby gators and the mother surfaced under my paddle.   It then swung around and dove under Jim's boat, rocking it a bit with her tail.   He was able to stabilize it from capsizing, etc....close call averted once again.   The other night we took a short bike ride and just beside Laurel Road, in the ditch, a small gator was laying there looking up at us!!   How many times will we get away with this?"   Thanks, Jess, for sharing this story with us.   You both better be careful - we want you with us for many years to come.       -- SJB

THOUGHTS:   Many of our owners and renters are getting ready to leave our "little bit of paradise."   As I sat at the Sailor Circus last Friday evening, watching the kids work so hard, I thought once again how fortunate we are to be able to enjoy all these activities.   I've been to the Sailor Circus about 25 times and Fred has attended about 18 times. In this case, thanks to the Richmonds for setting up this delightful evening.       -- SJB

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