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Vol. XX, No. 15	King's Gate Club - a 55+ community, Nokomis, Florida	April 18, 2009

CONDOLENCES:   Carolyn (Kayo) Green, formerly of 300 Avenue of Dukes, passed away on April 14th in Dayton, Ohio.   Cards may be sent to:   Robert Green, 7115 Salem Crossing Pl., Englewood, Ohio  45322.   Any memorials to:   Children's Medical Center of Dayton, One Children's Plaza, Dayton, Ohio  45404.

THANK YOU:   Since returning back home to KGC, from hip replacement surgery, I want to let you all know how much I appreciated your thoughtfulness.   Your cards, calls, gifts and visits certainly brightened each day and made my recovery go by in a much more positive way.       Best regards,   Clara Jensen

MUSIC APPRECIATION:   Last of the season - tonight!   Saturday, April 18th, 7 to 9 PM, in the KGC Clubhouse.   First hour, light classical music, followed by a DVD musical tour of the great city of Vienna.   Our new audio system is guaranteed to blow your socks off!   Lemonade provided; feel free to bring snacks to share.       -- Alan and Rosemary   412-3872

VOLUNTEER HELP REQUESTED:   Library chairperson to manage KGC Library.
Summer volunteers:   Safety Patrol coordinator, from May through September; and
      Kitchen Management, from May through September.
      If interested in any of these positions, please contact George Agricola or Jim Purkey.

NOTICE:   Going north for the summer and want to put your Verizon landline phone on the seasonal plan?   Call 1-888-230-4844 (toll free) to put your phone 'on vacation' at no cost - FREE.       -- Neil Crane

MISSING DVD:   The last person who had the children's DVD, Toy Story, did not return the 2nd disc.   Please check your DVD player.       -- Jean Ickes

BLOOD MOBILE will be at KGC, in the Ave. of King's parking lot, on Friday, May 8, 2009, from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM.   Please sign up on the scheduling sheet, posted in the clubhouse.       -- George Agricola

LAPTOP NEEDED:   The Club is in need of a laptop for the Water Plant.   If you have an older laptop that you no longer need and would like to donate it to King's Gate Club, please contact       Charlie Fote at 484-5398

MOVIE for Wednesday, April 22nd will be Doubt, with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.   Based on the Pulitzer Prize, and Tony Award, winning play, Doubt was nominated for 5 academy awards.   Rated PG-13.   Movie at 7 PM.   Dean Martin before.       -- Arlene Hyde

BINGO is now over for this season and will start again in the fall.   A Big THANK YOU to Helen Tebbets who has chaired this popular activity!

TREE TRIMMERS will be here Monday April 20, to start tree trimming.   Please sign up in the office, right away.   Please take a look at your palms; if you can see seed pods, then the palm should be trimmed.   Palms start at $15.00 & up.       Any questions, please e-mail Rich Davis at davis@kgc.cc

REMINDER FOR RESIDENTS:   Although we had a nice rain this week, Southwest Florida is still in a drought.   Betty Dowling noted from her newspaper,   "Dear water user: Go easy, please."

TRAVEL:   Bermuda Cruise leaves next Sat Morning; 1 suitcase and 1 carry on, per person.   We will be in the area of bus pick up by 7:00 AM, on Ave. of Queens, for luggage drop off; bus leaving at approximately 7:45 AM.   If you want to bring water or a snack, feel free to do so. We have 68 traveling with us on Sat. 4/25/09;  returning about 3 PM, on May 2nd, 2009.   Any questions, please call me at home.   484-6807       -- Mary Lou
      Sept. 2009 Cruise:   Best of Baltic with Princess Cruises, 2 nights in Denmark, including Scandinavia, Russia, and Oslo Norway.   All details are on the web page and the travel board in the clubhouse. We have 30 scheduled to travel with us, and would love for you to join us.
      Feb. 20-27, 2010: Oasis of the Sea, one of the newest and largest ships; it will be a real experience on this Royal Caribbean ship.   Information on travel board and web page, www.kgc.cc - click on the ship.   Our ports are St.Thomas, St. Maarten and Nassau, Bahamas, but on this cruise you can enjoy the ship, and you don't have to leave it at all.
      Call VIP World Travel 377-0017 or 1-800-323-7448 nationwide, let them know you are from King's Gate, what trip your interested in, and they will get you booked.   Your travel coordinators, Don and Mary Lou Richmond, 484-6807 and John and Sandy Eade, travel partners. 484-4440.

ORCHIDS to Gigi Conway for arranging the Easter Buffet at the Holiday House.   Well attended and much enjoyed!

KIND WORDS:   As you know, Alan Holdway recently lost his mother.   He penned the following thoughts...
 
  "Mum, we thank you for everything you did for us,
  For teaching us not to forget to say please and thank you.
  For always encouraging us to strive to be the best we can be.
  In tough times remain strong, never give in and keep your sense of humor.
  And to look on the bright side, there's always a silver lining."

What a wonderful tribute to your "Mum", Alan, and I know she was equally proud of you.       -- SJB

THANKS to Vernon Crane for building the cart for the new "cribbage" tables.   It was hardly mentioned that this was needed, and the cart was built and ready for use.

NEW OWNERS:   Welcome to Ed and Teresa Coleman (and Gerry Coleman) who have purchased 178 Princess Ave.   Ed and Teresa are from Valhalla, NY, and Gerry is already a resident here.   We hope you enjoy many happy years in King's Gate Club!

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:   Have been writing about people doing good deeds outside the Club.   Today I want to highlight the work that is done here in the Club by Mike McDonald.   He is a retired plumbing contractor and his pet projects here are the water and sewer plants.   I'm told that if you see a hole in the ground, you will probably find Mike in it, repairing a broken pipe.   Mike is very "low-key" and never wants any thanks for the volunteer work he does here - but - we do all THANK YOU!   (There are many others who work here, too, and we'll "catch up" with them in the future).       -- SJB

THOUGHTS:   We've had some excellent speakers come into the Club to speak to us on various subjects, such as Identity Theft, and the Sergeant from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office who spoke on safety issues. These speakers are very informative, and hope we will continue to have speakers come in to talk with us in future seasons.       -- SJB

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