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Vol. XXII, No. 45	King's Gate Club - a 55+ community, Nokomis, Florida	November 14, 2009

HEALTHLINE:   Visited Fran Saylor this week.   She appreciates all the prayers, cards and visits and loves her powder blue prayer shawl.   Congrats to the Prayer Shawl Group.       ---Irene Bette

NOTICE:   During this morning's meeting, please pick up your First Notice of Annual Meeting.   All those not picked up MUST BE MAILED!       ---Michele Rachal, KGC Office Manager

GUIDE DOGS:   We are pleased to have visit us today - KGC-PRINCESS.   She is now four months old.   Lorraine, our puppy raiser, says she is a "Good Girl".   All you good KGC residents, now coming back to roost for the winter, please remember we are still collecting your disposable - linens, towels and also eye glasses (which will be forwarded to the "Lions for Sight").   Deposit these items in the Blue Tubs in the closet nearest the Video room.   Thank you for your support.       ---Nip Barker

PATIO PARTY:   Tomorrow (Sunday, Nov. 15) is the first Patio Party of the season, from 2 to 4 PM.   Entertainment will be by Lee and Char.   Ice Cream Social by Loretta Brian and her committee, and it will be a chance to visit with friends and neighbors and to meet new residents.   Plan to attend - you will enjoy the afternoon!       ---Shirley Bethke

WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT will begin this coming Tuesday (11/17) in the Activities Room at 8:30 AM.   A wonderful group to encourage and support you, in your quest to lose weight.   We are always there with new ideas and recipes, to help you along the way, and to laugh together when we all are having a hard time!   Questions???       Call Debby Hatch, 488-3398

LADY GOLFERS interested in playing 9 holes on Wed. afternoons, beginning Nov.18th at 2:30 PM at Calusa Lakes, please sign up in the clubhouse by Sunday noon.   ?? ---Mary Carpenter or Sue Simmons.

BEGINNER LINE DANCING on Thursday, Nov.19th will be at 10:30 after the BOD Mtg.       ---June McMains

SOLOS will meet at 5 PM, on Thursday, Nov. 19 th, at Casey Key Fish House, on Blackburn Point Road, just after the bridge on the left.   Sign up in the clubhouse.       ---Betty Mohr and Leota Kelsey

THANKSGIVING DINNER:   Come join your friends and neighbors in the Clubhouse for Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, 26th November. 1 PM, Appetizers; 2 PM, turkey dinner and all the fixings.   Please bring a dish to share .Tickets, including tax, is $8.00 P/P, and BYOB.   We need volunteers to help cook, carve, serve, hostess per table and clean up crew.   We shall be selling tickets on Saturday 14th and 21st and signing up volunteers.   When buying your tickets, please advise if you want a table with specific friends.   Don't miss this culinary delight; the Chefs of Uzbekistan......(would you believe Nokomis?) have voted this a dinner not to be missed.       ---Alan & Rosemary Holdway, 412-3872

CHRISTMAS SALE:   The Christmas Boutique will be available on Saturday, Nov 21st, before and after the meeting, and it will be set up until after bingo on Tuesday, Nov. 24th.       ---Angie Richards

NY-NJ CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON will be at Millie's Restaurant, 3900 Clark Rd. Sarasota, Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 1 PM.   Please sign up, and wear your name tags.   Hope to see many of you there.      Any questions, call Eleanor at 485-9714.

ATTENTION - WANNABE GUITAR PLAYERS:   If you are interested in learning to play the guitar, please attend a meeting which will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 9 AM, in the Activities Room.   If you don't have a guitar, we will discuss how to obtain one at that meeting.       ---Ron Carpenter

YARD WASTE DUMPSTERS:   Sarasota County has adopted the policy of collecting only yard waste in the yard waste dumpsters.   Construction materials must not be put in these dumpsters!   Place construction materials in the compactor or, if too bulky, place those items in the 8 acres' bulk collection area.   If you have any questions, call the office.       ---Charles Clotfelter,  General Manager

CABLENEWS:   News items to be shown on the KGC TV channels, should be e-mailed to cablenews@kgc.cc, or left on the clip, on the door to the Control Room, at the foot of the stairs to the stage.   Dee Hicks will be the cablenews operator beginning Sat., Nov. 14, for a couple of weeks.   News items can be called into her, or left on her clip at 45 King Arthur Dr.   A reminder to our returning friends:   Cablenews can be found on either Channel 117 or 795.   Have trouble receiving it?   Please contact Comcast to correct the problem.       ---Barb Amatrudo

MOVIE for Wednesday, Nov. 18th will be UP, an animated movie with the voices of Ed Asner and Christopher Plummer.   After a lifetime dreaming of traveling the world, 78-year-old homebody, Carl (voiced by Ed Asner) flies away on an unbelievable adventure, with Russell, an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer (Jordan Nagai), unexpectedly in tow.   Together, the unlikely pair embark on a thrilling odyssey, full of jungle beasts and rough terrain.   Rated PG.   Planet Earth 7:00 PM.   Movie 7:30 PM.       ---Arlene Hyde

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:   Chairpersons for both this year's Christmas Dinner and New Year's Eve Dance are needed - please consider. Info from previous year's events, is available.   Worker volunteers are always plentiful.   Contact:   George Agricola, 488-8520, or Jim Purkey, 412-1228

SHUFFLEBOARD STANDINGS……… Monday, November 9, 2009

WELCOME to these return renters, who have been renting in KGC for several years:
     Terry and Janice Roberts, from Southport, ME, who will be at 138 Camelot Drive until next May.
     Phyllis Brown, from Petersham, MA, who will be at 12 Castle Drive until next April.
                 Shirley Bethke and Martha Hicks, Welcome Committee

SENIOR MOMENT:   I must confess to yet another one… so please wish a belated, Happy Birthday to these KGC friends:   Jim Bryson, Dorothy Holden, Dick Nolin and Walt Smith, and warm birthday wishes to all the following KGC residents with November birthdays.       ---SL

November  4    Jim Bryson
November  4    Dorothy Holden
November  6    Richard Nolin
November  9    Walt Smith
November 15   Lavern Crawford
November 17   Julie Walker
November 17   Judy Auerbach
November 17   Jim Diebold
November 18   Andy Amatrudo
November 18   Fred Fleck
November 20   Angela Richards
November 21   Mary Lou Caron
November 23   Rolland Kast
November 24   Jim Walker
November 26   Tom Tyler
November 26   Frank Hochmoth
November 28   Joseph Eichenlaub
November 29   Tony Cownley
November 30   John Gregory
November 30   Thomas W. Hicks

TRAVEL:  
November 26, 2009 - Thanksgiving - Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre.  I need a wait list...sold out.
January 3rd, 2010 -  Murder-Mystery Train Ride, leaving approx. 3:00 PM.  Enjoy Two Guys, Two Girls, a train and a Killer Act!  Journey back to the late 1940's the Golden Era of Railroads, and the dawn of lounge acts for an evening of fun food, and of course, MURDER.  $78, includes trip transportation, driver's tip and food gratuity. JOIN US FOR FUN ADVENTURE.
January 12, 2010 - George M.   An evening show, leaving at 4 PM; reservations are still open. $65.00
January 14, 2010 - Hard Rock Casino, $25.00  Sign up now, pay later.
January 24, 2010 - Sunday, leaving at l0 AM.   George M.   Wait listed. $64.00
March 7, 2010 - Sunday, The King and I.   Wait listed.  $64.00
March 18, 2010 - Silver Foxes
March 26, 2010 - Sailor Circus
April 18, 2010 - Ring of Fire.   Wait Listed   $64.00
Dec. 19-20th, 2009 - Christmas in Ocala.   This is an overnight; something new this year to get you in the holiday spirit.   We will spend the day at Silver Springs; then if you want to rest in the afternoon, the bus will return you to the hotel.   In the evening, we will return to Silver Springs for a wonderful turkey dinner, and view the festival of lights.   Sunday AM, we will have breakfast at Arthur's, in the hotel, go the Carriage Museum and stop at Russell Stover's outlet on the return.   $199.00 per person, based on double occupancy.   Pick up a flyer today and make your reservations; need a count for hotel reservations soon.   There will be a Mel Tillis concert, with his daughter Pam, called "A Tillis family Christmas" that is included in your trip, but if you want reserved seats they are an additional $15 for VIP seating.   Payments are due.   I can take a credit card for this trip only.   Any questions please contact me:   Mary Lou, 484-6807.
     View the pictures of the Baltic Cruise on the web page, www.kgc.cc click on the ship and scroll down to Baltic Cruise 2009.  Hope you enjoy.
     November 20th Good Morning America, on ABC - debut of Oasis of Sea.  We still have room - 16 decks.  Consider joining us - Feb. 20-27th, 2010
     Have a great week,. see you at the TRAVEL DESK.
Don & Mary Lou Richmond, Travel Coordinators 484-6807; John & Sandy Eade, Travel Partners

HALLOWEEN VIDEO AND PHOTOS: Go to the King's Gate club web site and click on the arrow in the middle of the center photo to start a 10-minute video of the Halloween Party created by Chuck McIntyre. Click here to view the Halloween Photos taken by Sandy McIntyre, Chuck Collins, and Tom Hicks. There are three pages of photos with a link at the bottom of the first and second pages taking you to more photos.

THOUGHTS:  It's so good to be back at KGC!  When Fred had a problem, several days after we arrived, I couldn't believe how fast our neighbors were here when they saw the paramedics.   Many others volunteered to help, too.   Fortunately, he is fine.   I tell this to emphasize the camaraderie at the Club.   What a wonderful place to live!       --SJB

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag,
          and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.
 
                    ---Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, US Marine Corps

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