Newsletter 1

Southfork News

“FOR THE RESIDENTS, BY THE RESIDENTS”

Happy Valentines Day February 2014

A Valentine Forever

A Valentine is nothing like a chocolate or a rose. For in a week

these shall be gone, but Valentines remain.

If love were always sweet to tongue or fragrant to the nose,

Each day would be like Valentine’s and we would go insane.

A Valentine just hangs around, waiting to be kissed,

Long after special days have passed

And everyday’s are here.

So one is wise to choose one well,

And chocolate’s to resist.

For in the midst of mania,

It’s nice to have one near.

A VERY SPECIAL, HAPPY VALENTINES’S TO ALL!

January 27th, Association Meeting

Election of 2014 Board

Normally the results of the Annual meeting elections is on this page but since it was held at the end of January the results will be in the next issue. So sorry for this but

look for results in the March newsletter.

Fun day coming

Southfork ”FUN DAY” is coming for the first time here in our community.

It will be a scheduled day of events and will start in the early afternoon and end in the evening at the Pavilion with a cookout .

All are invited and we will have tickets for sale @$5.00 a piece with all cash prizes to be awarded in the evening at the cookout.

Even if you do not participate in the events you will also be accumulating points for just signing in at each event and for the purchase of a ticket.

This is an all day (outdoor) event, and we hope all of you will come and join us on this fun day! More to come in this newsletter.

Newsletter Information

Note, any information to be placed in the newsletter, must be submitted between the 1st and 15th of

every month. Please contact the editor (Phyllis Grossi) at 567-6105, pkaygrossi@aim.com or drop off

the information at 11150 Mesquite Dr. All newsletters can be viewed in color on the web site @

www.floridacommunities.com (click on Southfork at bottom of page.)

Suggestion Box

Suggestion Box is to be used to deposit, Annual Dues, Letters to the Board etc. All letters must

be signed or they will not be honored.

Office of Southfork

10808 U.S. 98, Dade City, Fl 33525

Phone: (352) 523-0022, Fax: (352)523-0611 After Hours: (352)206-4080

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ASSOCIATION OFFICERS:

President Dot Cady 2012-2013

Vice President Tom Geyer 2012-2013

Secretary Carol Wild 2012-2013

Treasurer Mike Gallagher 2012-2013

Directors:

Phyllis Grossi 2012-2013

Jim McAdams 2012-2013

Harvey Barber -2014

Roger Layne -2014

2014

Emergency CONTACT NUMBERS IN PASCO COUNTY (911)

Pasco Cty Sheriff 352-521-5131 Dade City Police 352-521-1493

Hurricane Updates 800-427-8340 Dade City Hospital 352-521-1100

Sick List.

Ed (Doc) Dull Mary Jo Dye Sandy Kendall Tanya Hahn

Marie Esche Nancy Steding Dan Shanbeck

Get Well Wishes To All!

In Memoriam

Leonard (Lenny) Wilson Former resident passed away.

Max Bowman Resident passed away

Our condolences to the family and friends!

New Residents

Harold and Barbara Mayer 11018 Mustang

Welcome to our Community of Southfork!

Wedding Anniversary

Jim & Barba Christie 2/10

Bill & Rae Walker 2/14

Ed & Jeanne Bittman 2/4

Ed (Doc) & Maggie Dull 2/24

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Ambulance Program Wine & Cheese Party

January 12th

A brief Election Meeting transpired, followed by our successful tasting party. Fifty-three

tickets were sold, seven different types of wine, with four types of cheese were enjoyed, plus

assorted crackers and garnishes. Glad to say our treasury increased by $153.00. On behalf of

our Board of Directors, Thank You. Jim & Carolyn McAdams

from the Association President

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Well here we are in the New Year and already talking February events.

We have Jimmy Smith coming back by popular demand, there is also a

dance scheduled this month. Please read your newsletter for all the

scheduled events and help us out by attending and showing your

support.

By now you all know the lights have been installed at 98 and 301 and so

sad to hear about all the accidents happening and it seems they have

been caused because some of the people are running the red lights. I

have been sending numerous emails to D.O.T. and myself, sat one day

to observe and seen a couple of cars running the red lights. Please be

careful……..Read the article that was in the local news here in this issue.

Please also read about our “Fun Day” event scheduled for March 16th.

We need a great number of volunteers to help out with this first time

ever in Southfork. So please meet with us on Saturday, Feb 8, at 1pm

to help, suggest and organize and give suggestions to make this a fun

day for all.

To all the newer residents who have moved in over past year and

recently, welcome to our home and please let me know if there is

anything you would like to see come to Southfork in the line of

entertainment or activities.

Thanks all, Dot Cady

Fun day, Sunday, March 16th

2:00pm

Well, we are trying something new again and we hope we get the interest of the

community. We will have a day of scheduled events, (all outdoors) starting at 2pm and

lasting until the evening hours ending at the Pavilion with a cook out, cash prizes and much

more.

To help with the cash prizes we will be selling tickets @ $5.00 a person and this starts with

giving each person an automatic 25 points just for buying the tickets. All events held on this

day will be point related whether you become an observer or a participant. At the end of the

day at the cookout, cash prizes will be awarded to the people having the most points

accumulated during the day of events. So when you buy your ticket your name must be

given and that is the start of the accumulation of points

Some of the events are, (this could be changed with more events added or removed):

Golf Cart Obstacle tournament (this will be in the RV section), Shuffleboard Turkey Shoot

(few items on the court and hitting the puck without knocking down the items), Beach ball

event (tossing the ball down the street for the furthest thrown), Broom Ball (like Golf except

using a broom with a whiffle ball), Scavenger hunt, Poke along Poker, Toss the ball in the

basket (childs football tossed into a bushel basket), Toilet paper Mummy (a 2 team event

with one person wrapping the other as quickly as possible using an entire roll of toilet paper).

These are just a few suggestions and if anyone has any other ideas we welcome the

suggestions or ideas. At the end of the day, all people with tickets meet at the pavilion with

a chance of winning a cash prize and more, note, more then one cash prize will be given out.

We are asking for as many people as can be to volunteer and help with some of the events. It

will take many people to get this going and you can help at more then one event.

Please call Phyllis @ 567-6105 for questions, help offered, ,suggestions or ideas. 1st meeting

on Saturday, Feb 8th at 1pm.

February 5th, 2014 9:30am

Admission: $8.00

The Southfork Women’s Club is sponsoring a Women’s Fashion show

and we have 6 Models wearing some really great clothes from

Bonworth’s Fashions in Zephryhills.

In order to attend you must have purchased a ticket for entrance

before this date and this will entitle you to be entered in the drawing

for one (1) month of “FREE LOT RENT”. So make sure to have

purchased a ticket ( more than 1 ticket can be purchased with more

chances) before February 4tht. No tickets sold at the door!!!

There will be Coffee and Cookie’s served as refreshments. Come and

see the fashion’s and a chance for the drawing of the free rent.

Women’s Club

On Jan.15, 47 ladies met in the clubhouse for their monthly meeting. We missed Dot Cady our secretary who was absent

because of illness. So Phyllis took her place, read the minutes

and her Treasury report - both were approved without changes.

We had reports from all the other committees. Mary Bolin head of

the Charity Committee thanked everyone for their generosity and

read letters of appreciation from the people that we helped.

We had 13 representatives from the Lighthouse Ministries who

told us their stories. It was very interesting to hear how these

men turned their life around and now are helping others. Our

club donated $100.00 to them and all the food brought in by the

women were donated to them also.

Dues were collected for 2014 as they are due in January each

year.

Feb 5th we will have our fashion show and your entrance fee is

$8.00. With this ticket purchased you will have a chance to win

one free month of Southfork rent.

It was election time and the only position that was changed was

the secretary. Gracefully, Peggy Elkins accepted to replace Dot

Cady. Thank you Dot for a job well done. My board and I

appreciated all the help that you gave us.

Thanks to Tanya Hahn who gave us 4 bags of Avon Products to be

raffled.

Thanks also to Shirley Tiratto, Joanne Bowman and Dee Dee

Southerland who did the Social Part of the meeting by

celebrating the birthdays of December and January.

See you at the fashion show next month and don’t forget to buy

your ticket in order to attend.

Marielle

Southfork Community Golf Cart Parade

ON Saturday, Dec 21st, the above cart was one of 42 golf carts in the Christmas Golf Cart

parade that went through the streets of Southfork, Blue Jay and Harmony Heights. What a

great turnout and to top this off there were 18 homes visited by our 2 Santa Claus’s. The

parade was split up into 2 sections and ½ went in one direction and the other half in the

other direction and then met and all traveled to Blue Jay and Harmony Heights to the delight

of many residents.

This event was held in conjunction with the Angel Tree. There were 140 angels on the tree

and every angel was taken and gifts purchased for our homebound residents here in

Southfork. 115 gifts went to the Heritage Park Nursing Home and they had a Santa Claus

there to hand deliver a gift to each and every resident in the home. All of this could not have

been done without the most caring people like this community has and the big heart you

have all shown.

After the parade all met at the hall where there was Hot Chocolate, coffee, Soda and Cookies

and the interaction of all who were in attendance.

What a great place to call our home where all reach out to touch someone .

Southfork, you are number 1!!

Santa #1 (Mike Miller)

Santa #2 (John Quain)

Getting ready for the parade

Scheduling of the Clubhouse

To schedule a function in the Clubhouse, you must reserve the hall with the

Association President first. In most case’s the scheduled Association events

(such as bingo etc.) takes priority over private party requests. Give at least 30

days to 2 months advance notice for any scheduling and don’t assume the date

is available.

The same thing goes for the Pavillion and the Pool area.

Call the President, Dot Cady for a form that must be filled out for all

reservations. This is a must, for just in cases, of damage etc. and the host/ party

holding the event will be held responsible and it must be noted if alcohol

beverages will be used.

If any questions on this procedure, please contact Dot.

PAPER RECYCLING

By the time this newsletter reaches everyone we will have a new paper recycling company

picking up all (newspapers/magazines only) back in the RV section.

It was to be installed the week of January 6th and this is just a notice to let everyone know.

The recycling of the newspapers done this way helps the Association with putting on the

many events which are free to all members.

Thanks everyone for your understanding during the couple of months of no paper pick up by

the former company.

SATURDAY, February 1st @ 8AM TO 9AM

$3.00 PER PERSON

MENU INCLUDES:

Home Fries, Scrambled Eggs, Ham or Sausage,

Toast or Biscuit, Coffee, Tea and O.J.

Take home is available. Can’t get to the clubhouse? We will

deliver!

Contact, Tom Robinson…..Cell 1-540-529-8247

Steak - out

AN AMBULANCE PROGRAM FUNDRAISER

SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014

4PM, CLUBHOUSE

This is an advance sale ticketed event, open to everyone.

Ticket Sales ending Feb 27th.

Tickets will be sold @ $9.00 per person.

The dinner will include steak, baked potato (white or sweet) and a

dinner roll.

Ticket holders will be asked to bring either a salad or a dessert “pot

luck” style.

We may be cooking our own steaks. Multiple grills will be set up for

our use.

Everyone provides their own place settings and provide your own

beverages,.

A sign-up & needs sheet will be posted.

Contact: Les Meyers, chairman of event.

ANNUAL SHUFFLEBAORD TOURNAMENT

MARCH 13TH, 2014

TIME: 9 AM

It’s that time of year again here in Southfork and the Annual Mixed Shuffleboard Tournament

will be in full swing. The 2014 Tournament will be held on Thursday, March 13th starting at

9am. Players should be at the court at least 30 minutes before the tournament starts.

The teams will consist of 16 ladies and 16 men. Please sign up on the sheet in the clubhouse

if you are interested in playing. Ribbons will be awarded to the first, second and third place

winners.

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED to all Southfork residents.

Maybe more of you, after seeing the great fun the entrants are having, will come and join the

teams on a daily basis. .

We are hoping to see all of you at this great annual event.

Any questions, please contact Bob Lynch, 716-430-9772.

REWIND DANCE BAND

FEBRUARY 13TH,

7:00pm at the Clubhouse, $7.00 per person

Join us on “VALENTINE”S Day Eve” with this popular

dance band for an evening of social merriment and

dancing.

BYOB and table snacks.

For tickets contact: Harvey Barber, Tom Geyer, Jim

McAdams

JIMMY SMITH (ELVIS IMPERSONATOR) IS BACK IN THE BUILDING!

(THE SOUTHFORK CLUBHOUSE, THAT IS)

Tickets $7.00 each , Monday, February 24th, Time: 7pm

Starring: Jimmy Smith from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Jimmy Smith will take us back in time as he sings classic songs by, Roy

Orbinson, Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash and Tom Jones along with many others.

The second half of the show continues with Jimmy’s “Reflections of Elvis.

Blessed with a strong, beautiful voice and a natural ear, Jimmy has developed a

tribute to "The King" that leaves Elvis fans clamoring for more.

He has faithfully studied Elvis' moves and mannerisms and has perfected them to

such an extent that you will surely feel that you are watching the best Elvis show

ever.

For tickets contact: Harvey Barber, Tom Geyer, Jim McAdams.

GET YOUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY ALL ARE SOLD! FULL HOUSE EXPECTED!

Dade City News New Signal Is Installed At U.S. 98 And U.S. 301 D.O.T. Determined Signal Was

Warranted At Intersection

Story and photo by Joe Potter

For more years than many of us can remember, a yellow flashing light has marked the intersection of

U.S. Highway 301 and U.S. Highway 98 south of Dade City.

Traffic signs alongside the north- and southbound lanes of U.S. 301 instructed motorists to lower their

speed from 55 mph to 50 mph to 45 mph the closer they were to the intersection. Several property

damage and personal injury accidents and a fair number of fatal accidents have occurred at the

intersection over the past several years.

Now, motorists will have to pay more attention when approaching the intersection since a traffic

signal was installed there on Jan. 6 by the Florida Department of Transportation.

More than 1,000 homes sit within a mile of the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and U.S. Highway 301

just south of Dade City.

The Southfork Homeowners Association lobbied the DOT for eight years to install a traffic signal at

this intersection. Many letters were written to politicians who represent the area requesting help from

them. The Association’s efforts finally paid off in March 2013 when the DOT notified them that recent

studies confirmed a signal was warranted. The DOT said the signal would be installed “as quickly as

possible - before the end of the year, if not sooner.”

The DOT only missed its self-imposed deadline for installation of the new traffic signal by about a

week.

DOT inspectors determined between 55 and 81 vehicles per hour made left turns at the intersection.

The department also evaluated crash data from January 2009 through December 2012 and concluded

that 2.5 crashes per year would be “susceptible to correction by a traffic signal – and - due to the high

speed on U.S. 301 at this intersection - crashes tend to be severe.”

Can Recycling in RV section

We need your help……………..Please, please, do not place anything except cans in the

receptacle for the can recycling back in the RV section.

NO, bags, glass wine bottles, plastic of any kind.

There has been trash of every kind found in this receptacle and only “CANS” are to be placed

in there. We have a person who takes these cans to a recycling center and the items must

be sorted out first because of all other items that do not belong in there. All other plastic,

glass etc should be placed in a blue bag for recycling, curb pick up on the 1st and 3rd

Wednesday of each month. Please help and abide by this request!!!!

Phone Directory

Just a reminder, because of running short each year……………….no home

deliveries will be made of the phone directories. I will bring them to the office

and if anyone wants a new one, just ask John or Sandi. Don’t quote me on this

but I think they will be delivered around the end of January………..So when you

go to pay your rent, stop and ask if they have been brought in yet.

Also, if any errors or corrections need to be made, I can make them but they will

not show until the next January 2015 when the next book comes out.

Remember, each year the deadline for additions/corrections must be made by

December 1st.

Thanks, Phyllis Grossi

6TH ANNUAL HAND AND FOOT TOURNAMENT

The annual Hand and Foot Tournament was held on Saturday,

1/18/2014 at the clubhouse and was again a great success. There

were thirty two (32) entrants and the tournament started at 11am.

Everyone brought some type of finger food and we had 3 full tables set up and what a feast of

goodies including sandwiches, various entrees and desserts plus and coffee. In between and

during the games, everyone took advantage and munched on all the goodies. It looked like a

gourmet spread with so much food and it developed a great party atmosphere and there was

enough food to feed the entire community.

There was a lot of quiet and anxiety at first and when everyone was seated and relaxed, you

could then hear the giggles, chatter and laughter start and then the fun began. It s all in the

cards and well………..we seen what happened and who the winning teams were and there

were a few penalty points on some of the score sheets.

I want to thank Irene Schreier & Marielle Quain for taking care of checking in all the entrants

as they came in and passed out the rules with seat position’s to each person. They also did

all the verifying of the sheets and totaling them to make sure all was correct and to see who

all the winners were going to be. I also want to thank my husband, Pat Grossi who kept the

coffee going and helping with the food tables and helped where needed.

Here are the winners with a total of 10 people and a total of $160.00 given out:

$30 each to Gladys Cline & Frieda Ballerstein. 25,730 points

$20 each to Carol Whitbeck & Rick Unger 25,120 points

$15 each to Jo Bellows & Carol Wild 25,090 points

$10 each to Nona Gardner & Carol Albers, 24,220 points

$5 each to Donna Elder & Carol Quandt 22,595 points

So all in all, a big thanks to everyone who entered the tournament, brought food or helped in

anyway. It was a huge success and everyone is looking forward to next year already. A

successful event is only made when you have great participation!

Phyllis Grossi

Thanks To All the Volunteers

It would be next to impossible to conduct the many social activities

and entertainment, newsletter, breakfasts, bingo, Monday Coffee

Hour and the list goes on and on without the help of so many

volunteers. The Southfork Association would not be where it is today

with out the free time and help that is given. This includes many

hours because it is continuous and never ending and especially for

some of the same people who do the same things year after year.

We have the servers at the events, the can recycling, the 50/50

salespeople, and so many others who do so much along with the

taking care of the signs and selling of event tickets and the list is never

ending!

The next time you attend an affair, be sure to extend your thanks for

all of their hard work and effort. There is always room for more

volunteers to join in and help out.

Remember, the Association is a social group and our job is to

schedule as many events as possible and to keep it an active “55””

plus community as advertised. So try and remember this if

something is not going the way you would like it because you will

then be asked to help at the next function and that means another

volunteer was recruited . Thanks to all!!!!!

Let me Do That

Housecleaning ($10 per hr),

Laundry/Ironing, Painting,

Landscaping ($15 per hour),

Window Washing, Snowbird

Peace of Mind,any other

odd jobs. Sherry Morvatz

C 999-2949, H 437-4782

Let Me Fix That

Car Detailing, Minor

Plumbing Repair, Minor

Electrical Repair, Minor

Structural Repair, Minor Roof

Repair, Window Screen

repair, Ceramic Tile

Installation, Laminate Floor

Installation, Gutter Cleaning,

Pressure Washing, Solar

Tube Installation, Skylight

Installation.

Jim Morvatz C 843-222-2713

H. 437-4782

Will rake your lawn @ $5.00

per bag.

Bobby Hahn 567-7125

Pressure Washing

See Andy @Clubhouse

$65.00 per house, $25.00 for

Green side only

Avon: Catalogs are

available. Call Tanya or

Bobby 567-7125

tbhahnfl@yahoo.com

Chlorophyll (Body Healer)

For information, call Bob &

Mable Ianson, 521-3859.

rlianson@embarqmail.com

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Volunteers Needed

Is there anyone who is

willing to help with

activities/entertainment?

Contact Dot Cady with

suggestions or availablility

to help out.

Dog Sitting

My name is Tom Martini and

a new resident. I will do any

dog sitting either in my

home or yours and my

reference is Dr Blake Vet

Hospital.

Call @ 352-467-0929

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Weekly Calendar of Events

Sunday Church of Your Choice…”May I” card game @6pm

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Monday Coffee Hour @8am…Line Dance @10am…Poker @12 noon

(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm… Hand & Foot @6pm

Euchre @6:30pm

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Tuesday Trash Pickup AM…(Fall/Winter) Mixed Shuffleboard @9am…

Exercise @10:30am…Sequence @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Men’s

Shuffleboard @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Ladies Shuffleboard @3pm

Bowling (Zephyrhills) @noon…Dble Pinochle @6pm…Poker @4:30pm

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Wednesday Blue bag Trash pickup 1st & 3rd Wednesday…Men’s Golf @10:30am…

Quilting @9am…(Fall/Winter) Bridge @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Men’s

Shuffleboard @1pm…Bingo@6:30pm, doors open @5:30pm

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Thursday Hand & Foot @9am…Dominoes @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Men’s

Shuffleboard @1pm…(Fall/Winter) Ladies Shuffleboard @3pm

Poker @4:30pm…”Alley” Board game @6pm

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Friday Trash pickup… (Fall/Winter) Mixed Shuffleboard @9am…Exercise

@10:30am…(Fall/Winter) Men’s Shuffleboard @1pm…

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Saturday “TOPS” Weight Loss @9am…Mixed Poker @4:45pm…”65” game @7pm

Feb 1st (Sat) Pancake Breakfast 8 to 9am

Feb 5th (Wed) Womens Club (Fashion Show) 9:30am (must have a ticket

To attend)

Feb 7th (Fri) Men’s Social Monthly Breakfast (IHOP) 9am

Feb 8th (Sat) Fun day meeting at 1pm. Please try to attend! We need

Many helpers)

Feb 13th (Thur) The Rewind Band (Dance) 7pm

Feb 17th (Mon) Assoc Officers/Board meeting 9am

Feb 23rd (Sun) Card bingo (bring $2.00 in dimes/deck of cards) 6pm

Feb 24th (Mon) Association annual meeting 9am

Feb 24th (Mon) Jimmy Smith (ELVIS) show 7pm

FUN DAY MEETING Saturday Feb 8th, @ 1pm: PLEASE, WE WOULD LIKE AS

MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO COME OUT TO VOLUNTEER AND MEET WITH US

IN THE PLANNING OF THIS FIRST GREAT OUTDOOR EVENT. Many volunteers are

needed,