Newsletter Sept 2009

The wildly successful Arts and Crafts Under the Palms returns for the 19th season this October. Much more than a fall craft show, Arts and Crafts Under the Palms is a so-cial event in Tampa Palms • Amazing crafts and gifts ready to

tuck away for the coming holi-days

• Face painters to delight young visitors

• Friends to walk and chat with during the first nip of Fall

…... and much much more

Applications are currently being accepted from local craftsmen and artists. To obtain an application click onto www.tampapalmswomensclub.com, subject A/C Festival Under the Palms. For any additional questions, contact Stella Hardman at 977-2261.

More Fall Fun From The Woman’s Club…

The Tampa Palms Women's Club will hold their annual New Membership Luncheon at 11:00 a.m. on Thurs-day, September 17th at the home of Stella Hardman, 5301 Anton Court lo-cated in the Coventry Village. If you are a resident Tampa Palms (I-IV) we encourage you to take part in this fun event. Members will provide a delecta-ble appetizer, entree or dessert from their personal kitchens a treat everyone en-joys. This is a great opportunity for you to learn more about the club and meet new friends. If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Membership Chair, Audrey Bartley at 971-3294.

DID YOU KNOW? . . . . . . . Established in 1987, the Tampa Palms Women’s Club is an organization dedicated to service and social interaction? General business meet-ings with informative and entertaining programs are held the first Thursday of the month at 10: AM. at Compton Park ,16101 Compton Drive.

September 3, 2009 First regular meeting of the new season will begin at 10 AM. Paula Welenc, Dir of Fisher House, will de-scribe Fisher House which houses family members of vet-erans and active duty service members requiring long term hospitalization.

October 1, The guest speaker will be Dr. Douglas Klotch. who will provide information on facial rejuvena-tion and other methods to keep us looking beautiful and healthy. We are very fortunate to have Dr. Klotch take time out from his busy schedule. Thanks Holly!

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Mark Your Calendar

Arts and Crafts Under the Palms

Saturday and Sunday October 17th and 18th

City Plaza Center

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News From the TPOA

TPOA Annual Budget Meeting

Each year the the Board of Directors prepares and ap-proves a budget for the coming fiscal year and submits this budget to the membership (the voting representa-tives) for confirmation at the TPOA Annual Budget Meeting. The FY 2009-10 Budget proposes no increases for FY 2009-10. The annual assessment rate of $200 per resi-dence remains the same. The fiscal year 2009-2010 budget meeting will be held:

Tuesday, September 15th 7 PM

Compton Park General Purpose Room

The TPOA is the standard bearer for Tampa Palms which includes oversight of :

• 2,277 Single Family Homes • 1,045 Apartment Homes • 27 Businesses

The TPOA the community Center and two parks:

• Meetings and recreation in a safe environment

• Tampa Palms private “state park” complete with Hillsbor-ough River access and camp-ing

• Facilities serving over 50,000 visitors per year

• A community website and a newsletter

Budget Overview 2009-2010

The Budget Meeting will include discussions on the pro-gress made toward creating an improved Compton com-munity center without inter-rupting on-going operations during the improvement process. Please mark your calendar for September 15th and join your neighbors.

$0  $200,000  $400,000 

Single Family

Apartment 

Commercial 

Proposed FY 2009-10 Budget Income ($000)

Assessments 813 Late Fees 7 Misc Income 12 Interest 8 $840

Expenditures Operations 703

Contribution to Reserves 137

$840

Revenue By Source

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Tampa Palms Golf & CC is proud to host the ClubCorp Charity Classic 2009

Open Hearts, Open Doors! September 16th, 24th and 26th

September 16th - Community-wide Open House September 24th - Golf Outing & Dinner

September 26th - Swim-A-Thon & Health Fair

For the third consecutive year, ClubCorp is proud to host the world's largest one-day charity golf and dining event - the ClubCorp Charity Classic. Last year, the event raised $1.7 million for the se-lected charities, and this year that legacy continues here at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club.

Wednesday, Septem-ber 16th, 6-7pm - Charity Classic Open House! Join your friends and meet your neighbors when you attend this Neighborhood BLOCK Party at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club. Come and enjoy Beer, Wine & hors d'oeuvres. Activities planned as well as a give-away. This event is open to everyone – Members & Non-Members! A donation of $10 is suggested, 100% of the proceeds going to our Charity Classic. RSVP by Monday, September 14th.

Thursday September 24th - Charity Classic Golf Outing & Dinner $88 a person or $300 for a foursome gets you an op-portunity to play one of the areas best golf courses, a great dinner and help out some deserving charities. The outing will be a scramble format with a 12:00 pm shotgun start followed by a putting contest, prizes, dinner and awards.

Saturday, September 26th - Charity Classic Swim-a-thon & Health Fair- Come watch our swim team in action as they show their support by swimming there way into dona-tions. Call for details on how you can sponsor a swimmer or make a reservation for our Health Fair.

We hope you will join us as we open our hearts and open our doors. For more information and to RSVP call (813)972-1991

The New Tampa Family YMCA on Compton Drive is partnering with the Lance Armstrong Foundation to create a wellness program for can-cer survivors. The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) unites people through programs and experience to empower cancer survi-vors to live life on their own terms and to raise awareness and funds for the fight against cancer. The LAF focuses on cancer prevention, access to screening and care, research and quality of life for cancer survivors. . The New Tampa Family YMCA is extending its service to the community by providing a fitness training program for cancer survivors who may be experiencing weakness or fatigue resulting from their treatment and/or disease. Through this program, the YMCA’s goal is to help survi-vors improve muscle strength and flexibility and increase their endurance to improve functional ability and quality of life. There are three programs, design to meet individual needs.

LIVESTRONG Team

(12 week program meets 2x week. 5-10 members per ses-sion. New session will start every other month) Classes Mondays and Wednesdays at 6pm Sign-Up at the Welcome Center

LIVESTRONG Personal Exercise Program (12 one on one sessions with coach)

If you prefer to work solo, this is the approach for you. We will match you with one of our LiveStrong coaches that best matches your schedule!

LIVESTRONG Approved Group Exercise Classes (Water Aerobics, Indoor Cycling, Yoga and Stretch Classes which will be taught by trained staff to address the special needs of survivors)

If you, or someone you know is a cancer survivor and who is willing to share his/her thoughts about a pro-gram here at the YMCA or is interested in becoming a part of our program, please contact

Jon Dearolf, Membership Director or Vanelis Vazquez, Wellness Coordinator at 813-866-9622.

ClubCorp Charity Classic 2009

Cancer Survivor Program Debuts at YMCA

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The 2009-10 Academic Year marks the 9th year of aca-demic excellence for Chiles Elementary. Have you heard of CAMP Chiles? It is the school motto - children are my priority.

You can see the “camp” influence in signs welcoming the students for the 2009-10 academic year all around the school. Since 2002, the first year Chiles could be rated, Chiles has beeni rated as an “A” school by the Fla Dept of Education. Chi les a l so rece ived an “AYP” (adequate yearly pro-gress) rating in the no schools left behind program.

Chiles has been recognized by the Hillsborough County School Board for having 96% attendance for 8 years. Check out the informative Chiles’ classroom web sites at http://chiles.mysdhc.org/Classroom%20Websites

Chiles PTA Charting a Course for Success The Chile PTA has also received an award for having 100% membership for 7 years. Suzie Morse is once again Chiles PTA president and the Chiles family is always looking for parents and commu-nity members to get involved in our school.

Meet The Teacher Was A Success New students and return-ing students and their par-ents had an opportunity to meet their 2009-10 teach-ers and check out the classroom on August 24th. This was great fun and a good way to start the year!

A few Important Notes

Chiles grade level curriculum nights are the following:

In the unlikely event of an evacuation, the Chiles reuni-fication site is Liberty Middle School which is located at 17400 Commerce Park Blvd. Most likely parents would receive a call from the School District’s Parent-link sys-tem explaining the emergency and where the children could be picked up.

Chiles Elementary School Home of the Falcons

www.thelodgefordogs.com

K and 1 Sep. 8 2 and 3 Sep. 10 4 and 5 Sep. 3

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The 2009-2010 school year is off to a great start! Ms Kimberly Keenan, TPE principal, sent each family a back to school mes-sage for the entire Tampa Palms family, along with some important tips for the coming year. Here are some excerpts.

Dear Families, Happy New School Year! We are ex-cited to celebrate Tampa Palms 20th Birthday! 20 years of “taking flight and soaring to new heights”. The teach-ers and staff are looking forward to partnering with you so that we can create the very best instructional environ-ment for your child. Safety-Our Number 1 Priority Your child’s safety is of the up most importance to our staff. Please assist us in keeping your child safe by fol-lowing the school’s safety procedures. Parents should only pick up their children in the car rider line. Please don’t park in the staff lot and walk over to get your child. The more children we have walking in the parking lot, the greater our chances of having a serious accident. Thank you for your understanding. Remember our chil-dren’s safety is worth following the procedures. Mark your Calendars Open House will be held on Thursday, September 17th from 5:00-6:00pm and 6:00-7:00pm. The book fair will be open the evening of Open House for pur-chases. Please note this infor-mative evening is designed for parents to get an overview of the curriculum, assess-ments, and classroom procedures.

Honoring Grandparents The administrative staff and teachers are thrilled to an-nounce that we will be hosting our annual ever Grandparents’ Breakfast. On Monday, September 14th children in grades Kindergarten through second grade and on Tuesday, September 15th children in third through fifth grade may enjoy a special Tampa Palms morning with their grandparent. Grandparents and their grandchildren may arrive at school on their designated day from 7:30-7:45 and go directly to the child’s classroom. Grandparents will meet the teacher and their grand-child’s classmates and watch our morning show. At 8:15, all grandparents and grandchildren will journey to the cafeteria to enjoy a delicious breakfast prepared by the cafeteria staff. Our special morning will conclude at 8:45am. Grand-parents will pay $2.50 the morning of the breakfast and the children will eat for free. We hope that your family will be able to participate in this very special day!

Important Anti—Bullying Information Hillsborough County Public Schools has adopted an anti-bullying and harassment policy to insure that all of its students and school employees have an educational set-ting that is safe, secure, and free from harassment and bullying of any kind. Our Tampa Palms is program is entitled- Be a Buddy, Not a Bully! 1. We will not bully others. 2. Bullying is cruel-not cool. 3. We will try to help students who are

bullied. 4. Say it is wrong and NEVER join in with the bully. 5. We will try to include children who are left out. 6. It’s better to be a buddy, then a bully. 7. If we know that someone is being bullied we will

tell an adult. We are requesting that all families help to support our Be a Buddy, Not a Bully! program by discussing these guidelines for behavior with their children on a regular basis.

Kimberly Keenan, Principal—Tampa Palms

Tampa Palms Elementary-20 Years Old “Taking flight and soaring to new heights”

Tampa Palms Elementary Important Dates Grandparents Breakfast

Kindergarten-2nd Grade Monday Sept 14th 7:30 AM

3rd Grade –5th Grade Tuesday Sept 15th 7:30 AM Open House …………….Thursday, Sept. 17th

Session 1 5 to 6 PM Session 2 6 to 7 PM

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Rotary Clubs in New Tampa Breakfast and

Evening The New Tampa Rotary –Evening was created this year and meets every Thursday at 6:15 PM at Hunter's Green Country Club for fun, fellowship and Rotary infor-mation. Dinner is optional and the view from the back of the room of evening sun is spectacular. Upcoming speakers include: 9/3/9 Dr. Stephen Levin, New Tampa Foot & Ankle in

Wesley Chapel. Dr. Stephen Levin is a member of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. His Podiatric Residency and Surgical Residency was at Montgomery Hospital Medical Center in Norristown, PA. Dr. Levin has published article in Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Professional Associations include President, Hillsbor-ough County Podiatric Medical Association; Member, Florida Podiatric Medical Association; Member, Ameri-can Podiatric Medical Association; Fellow, American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons.

9/10/9 Brigadier General (Ret.) John C. Reppert Dr. Reppert of St. Petersburg, Florida is a member of the

Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College. After retiring from the U.S. Army in 1998, following nearly 33 years of active service, Dr. Reppert be-came executive director (Research) for the Belfer Center for Science and Inter-national Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Uni-versity. He had command and staff tours in Germany, Korea, and Vietnam.

9/24/9 Mary Alvarez, Tampa Sports Au-thority Board of Directors

For more information about the The New Tampa Rotary –Evening please con-tact Dr. Said Irvani at NTpmRo-tary@gmail.com or 376– 0974. You can also visit the club website at :http://www.rcntevening.org/ Information regarding the The New Tampa Rotary –Breakfast was not available at print time. For more infor-mation contact Matt Palmer at 972-9235 or matt.palmer@earthlink.net.

Community Director: Jo Ann Conrad Property Manager: Bonnie French

16101 Compton Drive Phone: 977-3337 Fax: 978-8067 E-Mail: tpoamail@aol.com Web Site: www.tpoa.net

Board of Directors Bill Edwards, President 972-4238 Jake Schoolfield, Vice-President 998-2620 Barbara Shimer, Secretary 971-8063 Dudley Bryant, Treasurer 977-7630 Ernie Angelilli, Director 875-3800

CDD 16311 TP Blvd. West Phone: 977-3933 Fax: 977-6571 E-Mail: cdd.tampa@verizon.net

CDD Board of Supervisors Gene Field 977-1162 Patty Maney 977-7129 Andy Miller 979-0225 Randy Marlowe 866-1091 Bill Shimer 971-8063

One Source (Landscaping Contractor) Joe Laird, Project Manager 267-1756

Tampa Palms Parks Compton Park 972-0897 Hampton Park 972-5699 River Park 971-6241

Police & Fire 911 Non-Emergency Police 231-6130 Fire 223-4211

Local Schools Tampa Palms Elementary 975-7390 Lawton Chiles Elementary 558-5422 Liberty Middle School 558-1180 Freedom High School 558-1185

Miscellaneous Street Repairs 274-8055 TECO 223-0800 Waste Management 621-3053 Water Department 274-8121

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 6-9 Chess

2 1:15-2:15 YOGA 6 PM Fly Fish-ing

3 10 Women’s Club General Meeting

4 5

6 7

8 10-11 Children Music 12-4 Art Studio 6-9 Chess

9 1:15-2:15 YOGA 6 PM CDD Meeting

10

10 Women’s Club Bridge

11

10-11 Children Music

12

13

14 4 PM RMC

15 12-4 Art Studio

1-3 Woman’s Club Board Mtg

7PM TPOA Budget Mtg

16 1:15-2:15 YOGA

17

18 10-12:30 Chil-dren Music

19

20

21

22

12-4 Art Studio 6-9 Chess

23 1:15-2:15 YOGA

7-9 North Tampa Arts

24 10 Women’s Club Bridge

25 10-12:30 Chil-dren Music

26

27 28 4 PM RMC

29 10-11 Children Music

12-4 Art Studio

6-9 Chess

30

1:15-2:15 YOGA

September

Tampa Palms Elementary Important Dates Chiles Elementary Important Dates Grandparents Breakfast Grade Level Curriculum Nights

Kindergarten-2nd Grade Monday Sept 14th 7:30 AM

3rd Grade –5th Grade Tuesday Sept 15th 7:30 AM Open House ……………Thursday, Sept. 17th 2009

5 to 6 PM & 6-7 PM

K and 1 Sep. 8 2 and 3 Sep. 10 4 and 5 Sep. 3

Tampa Palms CDD Meeting Agenda

September 9 , 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Compton Park Recreation Building 16101 Compton Drive, Tampa, FL 33647 1. Roll Call 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Strategic Planning 4. Public Comments 5. Board member discussion items 6. Management Updates Monument Construction Phase II Monument Project Amberly Park Other Business 8. Public Comments 9. Board member discussion items 10. Adjourn

Be A Part of the Future

Schools, in particular elementary schools, shape our youth and chart the future of our community. You can stay tuned with TPE’s plans and progress through the TPE SAC.

The School Advisory Council (SAC) overseas the School Improvement Plan process throughout the school year. SAC is made up of teachers, staff, and administrators, as well as parents, community members, and business partners.

All interested individuals are always welcome to attend the meetings to observe the School Improvement Plan process. The following are the dates of the SAC Meetings for the 2009-2010 school year:

All meetings are held at 2:30 pm at Tampa Palms Elemen-tary. If you have any questions or if you would like addi-tional information about the SAC, please contact Kimberly Keenan, Tampa Palms principal at 975-7390

  September 8th,    February 9th,   October 13th,     March 9th,    November 10th,     April 6th  December 8th,     May 11th.     January 12th,