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Shirley Bethke Mary Carpenter Sandy McIntyre Karen Swanson Sue Logan, Editor		Insanity is hereditary… you get it from your children.
Vol. XXII, No. 18	King's Gate Club - a 55+ community, Nokomis, Florida	May 9, 2009

THEFT?   Whoever 'mistakenly' took the parts, and possessions, from the golf cart parked by the boats (in the 8 acres) on Wednesday, May 6, return them to 150 Duchess Ave.   No questions will be asked.   That was *NOT AN ABANDONED GOLF CART!!!*

THANK YOU to everyone who was so kind to send me sympathy cards, notes, masses and monetary gifts in memory of my brother, who passed away April 25th.   King's Gate is a wonderful, caring community, and I am very glad we are residents.      -- Lee and Jean Ickes

MAY BIRTHDAY:   Genevieve Hale celebrated her birthday on May 8th.   She wrote from Cincinnati, Ohio (where she's visiting her daughter), requesting that she be added to the 'birthday list'.

LIBRARY CHAIRPERSON needed to manage, and purchase books for the KGC Library.   Please contact George Agricola or Jim Purkey.

FOUND:   Did you leave a Judy Picoult book on a library shelf?   No name in it.   Please call Eleanor Barth for info.   941-485-9714

MEMORIAL DAY PICNIC CHAIRPERSON needed.   Please contact George Agricola.

NEW OWNERS:   Welcome to Alan and Wanda Spicer, of Fenton, MI, who have purchased 33 Castle Dr.

MOVIE for Wednesday, May 12th will be Benjamin Button, rated PG 13.   This is an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale, set in the early 20th century, that follows Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt), a man who was born in his 80s and continually grows younger. The story throws linear conventions upside down to explore love, loss and memories from the perspective of a character living under incredibly unique, and unexpectedly difficult, circumstances. Cate Blanchett co-stars in this Oscar nominee for best picture. Movie at 7:00 PM.   Documentary on Manatees before.      -- Arlene

EDITOR'S NOTE:   As you may know, I will continue to edit the KGC Newsletter, while we are in Michigan, this summer and early fall.   Please e-mail your news to newsletter@kgc.cc.   You can call me at 517-321-5323 (this number is in the KGC Directory), or call my cell phone - 517-281-0206.   If you prefer to put your news on paper, please leave it on Chuck and Betty Hamilton's clip, at 270 Camelot DR.   Betty will relay your news to me.   Thanks for your help.   Have a wonderful summer!      -- Sue Logan

TRAVEL:   We have returned from our Bermuda cruise and have lots of good memories.   Thanks to everyone who traveled with us.   Hopefully, you have met some new friends and have fun looking back on our trip.   The Porzio's were royalty on the ship.   I think the head Maitre D, Vincenzo Porzio, was related to our Bud and treated them with extra wine, cheese trays and chocolate strawberries.   We were very happy for Bud and Mary and for the folks that shared the table with them.   The entertainment was excellent, and the ship was beautiful but no place like home.
     Sept. 2009 Cruise:   Best of the Baltic with Princess Cruises, two  nights in Denmark, as well as 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 we would love to have you join us.   Please give it some consideration.
     Feb. 20-27, 2010:   Oasis of the Sea, one of the newest and largest ships; it offers a zip line, skating rink, ice shows, water shows and a real experience on the Royal Caribbean ship.   For more information, check the travel board and the 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 just enjoy the ship - you don't have to leave it.
     Call VIP World Travel 377-0017 or 1-800-323-7448, nationwide:   let them know you are from King's Gate Club, what trip you are interested in, and they will get you booked.   Ask for Sue or Allan, the owners of VIP World Travel.   Any other questions, feel free to call me at home.
     Sad News:   Happy Hearts is closing down.   Due to the economy, she can't make it.   We will miss dealing with them and using them as a travel partner.
                 Don and Mary Lou Richmond, Travel Coordinators 484-6807; John and Sandy Eade, Travel Partners 484-4440.  
 

BEING A MOTHER!
 
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby
     That somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "Normal" is history.
 
Somebody said being a mother is boring....
     That somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.
 
Somebody said that if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good".
     That somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.
 
Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices.
     That somebody never saw her child hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.
 
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a good mother.
     That somebody never helped a fourth grader with his/her math.
 
Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to child-rearing questions in the books.
     That somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose or in his ears.
 
Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first.
     That somebody doesn't have five children.
 
Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery.
     That somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten.
     Or on a plane headed for military "boot camp."
 
Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back.
     That somebody never organized four giggling Brownies to sell cookies.
 
Somebody said a mother can stop worrying when her child gets married.
     That somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.
 
Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home.
     That somebody never had grandchildren.
 
Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her.
     That somebody isn't a mother.

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