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Rolling Greens News Rolling Greens News Volume 39 February 2018 Issue 2 2018 Winter Olympics will begin Friday, February 9th and ends Sunday, February 25th Name: Joey Mantia Name: Erin Jackson Sport: Long Track Speedskating Sport: Long Track Speedskating Discipline(s): Speedskating, Long Track Discipline(s): Long Track Speedskating Speedskating Height: 5-4 DOB: 9/19/1992 Height: 5’10 DOB: 2/7/1986 Hometown: Ocala, Fla. Birthplace: Ocala, Fla. College: University of Florida Hometown: Ocala, Fla. Olympic Experience Olympic Experience Qualified for the 2018 U.S. Olympic Qualified for the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team - Team - finished third in the 500m. won the 1000m, 1500m and Mass Start. 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games - Team Personal: Started skating on ice when she was 25 years old in 2017 Pursuit 7th; 1000m 15th; 1500m 22nd (tried ice for the first time from Feb.-March, 2017 and returned full time Personal: Personal: In inline speedskating, won 28 World Champion- in Sept. 2017)...Started inline when she was 10 years old in 2002...Is a ships titles, three Pan American Games titles, 15 World Cup gold med- member of the ISU Transition Program at the Utah Olympic als, 12 Junior World titles, and more than 90 national titles...Hobbies Oval...Other teams she is a part of: Team Florida (inline), Ocala Speed include riding motorcycles (inline), Jacksonville Roller Derby, Team USA Roller Derby, Bont Skates (sponsor team)...Is inspired by the inliners who have come before her and made the transition to the ice...Studied Materials Sci- ence & Engineering at the University of Florida...Participated in track & field in high school...Works at Dick’s Sporting Goods as part of the Support Your Local Athletes Contenders Program...Wants to pursue Biomedical Engineering - prosthetics and/or dental materials...Is motivated by the desire to keep improving and reaching higher levels, both physically and mental- ly...Hobbies outside the rink include traveling with friends, watching movies/Netflix and bowling...If she could have any superpower, it Name: Brittany Bowe would be invisibility...Has the ability to sleep anytime, any- Sport: Long Track Speedskating where...Favorite place skating has taken her: Belgium; a beautiful Discipline(s): Long Track Speedskating country with delicious food and great people...Favorite quote: Perfect Height: 5-7 DOB: 2/24/1988 practice makes perfect...Favorite food: Eggs...Favorite music: Alterna- Hometown: Ocala, Fla. tive Rock & Pop...Favorite movie: 3-way tie between Step Brothers, Olympic Experience Titanic and The Prestige. Qualified for the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team - won the 500m and the 1500m, 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games - 2018 U.S. Olympic Team Women's Team Pursuit 6th; 1000m 8th; The Team 500m 13th; 1500m 14th and finished 242 Qualified Athletes 2nd in the 1000m 7 Sports - 15 Disciplines Personal: Played college basketball at Florida Atlantic Universi- 37 Olympic Medalists ty...Started speed skating in 2010 because she saw her friends from 10 Olympic Champions Inline who switched to ice and were competing in the 2010 Games… 103 Returning Olympians Enjoys going anywhere with water and sunshine...Was named an 139 First-Time Olympians Academic All-American in college...Has 32 Inline World Championship 3 Five-Time Olympians medals ...Most memorable speed skating moment: 2015 World Cham- Largest athlete delegation for pionships...Favorite quote: "Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect any nation in the history of the makes perfect"...Favorite music: Electronic Olympic winter games Rolling Greens News P.O. 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Spaghetti Dinner Phone 352-694-1748 2 R.G.H.O.A. President Housekeeping Sandra Leach RGHOA President’s Report Your new Homeowners Association Board has already been busy. We had our first workshop on Monday, December 18 from 1:00 PM until approximately 3:45 PM. We discussed many things including a 2018 calendar of meetings with membership, management, commit- tee chairs, and between Area Directors and their area members; as well as, 2018 HOA-sponsored events. We discussed the direction the Lowest rate for the best cleaning $50 Board wants to take, job responsibilities of Board members, and we have already submitted for our FMO board training. We set the date Tashonda Calhoun 352-653-8193 for our next workshop, and I asked the Board members to bring their Sarah Matthews 352-484-7543 ideas, thoughts, suggestions, areas of concern, things to look into, etc. to share with the other Board members, in order to best serve you. JOINED THE HOA YET? On January 2, 2018 we had our first Board Meeting and HOA Membership Meeting for 2018. Although attendance wasn’t as strong WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? as usual due to the weather conditions and holiday travels, those pre- IF YOU LIVE IN AREA 4, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO sent seemed very accepting of what the Board had to offer. We GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IF I HAVE NEGLECTED TO SEE YOU ABOUT THIS. touched on events for 2018, a plan to increase not only membership I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I HAVE BEEN A BIT but members’ commitment to helping make their HOA better through NEGLECTFUL IN GETTING "OUT THERE" TO SEE YOU, participation in committees and events. We asked that the member- BUT THE WEATHER HAS BEEN A BIT OF A HANDICAP ship remember that it is not just the Board and them, but all of us FOR A HANDICAPPER AS IT IS!! working together that will make our HOA a vital part of our community. TO ADD TO THAT, I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE It should be a makeup of HOA business and social events, but also PEOPLE WHO GOT WHATEVER IT IS WE WERE SUP- gatherings that can address areas of interest or concerns for all of our POSED TO BE PROTECTED FROM WHEN WE GOT THE community.
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