1601 W. Josephine St., Lakeland, FL - March 2017 Hickory Hills Happenings Kate Sherman - Editor [email protected]

GARDENING IN LAKELAND, FL For this month's newsletter I thought it would be interesting to talk with resident's about their vegetable gardens you can see scattered around the park. Gardening has several health benefits and is a great hobby to take up in retirement if you haven't done it in the past. The reward of fresh vegetables is partnered with the health benefits of flexing and stretching exercise, mental stimulation, and socializing with the people who walk by while you putter around outside. It can give a person great satisfaction to look out the window or around the yard and see healthy green plants with tasty vegetables growing on them. Louis Bouffard grows several types of vegetables (and flowers, but that is a subject for April!) despite being a “snowbird”. He grows tomatoes, green and yellow beans, green onions, green sweet peppers, radishes, peas, cucumbers, and lettuce. Louis selected the lot to move his home onto based on great gardening prospects: lots of sunshine and no near neighbors to block that sun. His gardens are scattered around the property with some alongside the house, along the driveway, in front and along the properties fenceline in back. Flowers are mixed in with vegetables both for their beauty and to provide insect and pest protection. Planting basil between tomato plants and marigolds around the tomatoes protects them from pests along with enjoyment of the flowers and herbs. Louis and Alice usually arrive the last week of November and he heads for the garden beds almost first thing to clean up the leftover vegetation and grass clippings that accumulate, weed and turn over the beds to get everything ready for seeds and plants. The first few years he mixed in a couple bags of garden soil in the 5' x 20' bed each year. Now he usually mixes in bone meal to provide the nutrients lost from the heavy rains we see over the summer. Louis also composts his vegetable scraps back into the garden beds to feed the plants. He recommends using crushed eggshells around the lettuce to keep the slugs away and around the tomatoes to provide calcium that helps prevent blossom end rot. Many of the flowers Louis grows come from seeds saved from flowers he grows in their northern home in Quebec province just south of Montreal. He plants the seeds as soon as the garden beds are ready and has flowers by the middle of January to enjoy for the months he and Alice are here each year. He says the secrets to a great garden are soil prep, plant selection, and weed control. Protecting the plants by covering them when frost warnings are issued also keeps everything growing throughout the winter. For those of us used to growing plants during the summer only, the idea of growing them in the winter seems odd, but that's Florida gardening! Arnie Johnson uses organic methods in his garden because Linda has chemical sensitivities and her doctor recommended eating as much natural chemical-free food as she could find. Using small strips alongside his house Arnie has been successful in growing several types of vegetables even in the small strip between his house and a close neighbor proving that Florida's sun is strong enough to power plant growth even when the plants don't receive more than a couple of hours ...continued on page 2 Page 2 Hickory Hills Happenings BIRTHDAYS of sun (as long as that sun is noonday sun). Using a liquid fish fertilizer and organic potting soil that he amends the 01 Mike Burgess beds with each year, the plants are green and healthy as 02 Joe Ziegler you can see from the picture of two cabbage plants he has 03 Joyce Brush grown over the past few months. 04 Jim Kellogg Look closely at the base of one 05 Lorraine Watson of Arnie's cherry tomato plants 06 Frank Cannizzo and you'll see a tube sticking 07 Mary Ellis up out of the soil. He uses these Barbara Olmstead tubes to pour water and liquid 11 Nancy Burgess fish fertilizer directly down to 12 Eddie Hendrick the roots of the plants getting the Jane Hunter nutrients where the plant needs John Hutchinson them and not feeding weeds on 13 Kenneth Merget top of the ground. Arnie also 15 Doug Chandler uses chicken wire fencing to Don Skinner protect some of his plants from 16 Barbara Ariola the rabbits that wander around Francine Liberty the park. A year-round resident, Harold Watkins Arnie starts planting mid- to late-October and grows 18 Angel Canales tomatoes, cabbage, banana and sweet peppers plus a few Nancy Smith experimental varieties each year. By the end of May the 19 Helen Harrower weather is getting too hot and wet to grow vegetables and 22 Cathy Lamb he will clean up the beds for next season. Beth Wamsley New resident Chyrl Grubaugh on Palamino Way Ruby Williams started right away to clean up and plant about nine garden 23 Barb Mattern beds around her home. She is a gardening pro from Ohio 25 Sandy Guiffra who wants to continue her hobby here in her winter Mary Iles home. She also digs in potting soil to amend the sandy 26 Wayne Iles Florida soil and uses both manure and Miracle Grow 27 Yvonne Hagenbuch to provide nutrients to the plants. She is starting with 30 Alice Koslouski tomatoes, squash, eggplant and green beans. Reporting Bill Waldorf good growth in the month she has been here, we wish her 31 Denise Richard good luck with her veggies! ANNIVERSARIES Joe Sherman has tried container gardening with a couple of tomato plants this year, planting them about 02 Ron & Jane Ferguson mid-October, and has harvested several tomatoes 15 Dick Pask & Missy Bouse starting in late January. His container bed is a four foot 17 Carl & Carol (Racette) Liberty high 2'x4' bed about 18” deep that he filled with good potting soil. With regular watering, Joe has not had to GET WELL WISHES add any additional fertilizer; but will mix a pellet type in to refresh the soil along with adding more potting soil Please keep these residents and friends in before planting the container again in early March. We'll your prayers as they battle illness or other crises see how that works out! in their lives: Linda Abarca, Erica Marquez, Tim Schiellerd Hickory Hills Happenings Page 3 AUXILLARY NEWS Joe and Kate Sherman have attended 3 shows at the There is a box in the community mailbox on the table in Theatre Winter Haven and enjoyed them immensely. The the clubhouse screenroom for updates or new residents. theatre has been awarded the title Best Community Theatre Just take a blank sheet and fill in the changes you need in Florida and is advancing to regional competition and (remember to always fill in the name) and place it back we agree that they are worthy of the title! into the box. Hopefully the changes and additions will be at the publishers by the time this newsletter comes Let your editor know by email or phone if you want out. Up-dates will soon follow. your news in this publication and it will be added in this section. The Thursday dinners are well attended and going fine with a nice profit for the HOA each night. Darla, Barb and those who put on each dinner are doing a great job. HOA MEETING The next meeting is March 3rd after coffee. Plan to The HOA meeting was held at 6 pm on February in the attend. clubhouse. After calling the meeting to order and hearing the reports from officers and committee chairmen the RESIDENT'S NEWS board took up old business by reporting the purchase of a On March 5 there will be a spaghetti dinner with trailer that can be used by park residents within the park raffle prizes to benefit Yvette Marquez's daughter to haul trash, yard waste or help with moving large items. Erica who needs to build a medical fund to get put on The trailer cannot be taken outside the park. Dan Shepherd a kidney transplant list. Erica is 31 years old and has reported on the results from the statutory committee's to be on dialysis 3 times a week due to failing kidneys, negotiations with the park owner. The proposed rent a side effect of the diabetes she has been managing since increase has been adjusted downward from $13 to $11 she was 12. Come out and help support someone in need starting March 2017. The main pool will be kept at 82 as you enjoy a delicious dinner. Watch the bulletin board degrees and continue to use the solar cover thru April 14 for details and sign-up sheets. when it is more likely to remain warm with solar heating. The owner will see to better clean-up of the drainage ditch Laurie and Tom Edes enjoying a sandy beach in along Aspen Drive and of homes within the park. Over the British Virgin Islands. They had an 30 citation letters have already been sent. A discussion awesome time on their 18-day bareboat was initiated about park mailboxes – the committee is sailing adventure to the British Virgin researching options and costs. In new business, June Islands with 2 other couples. They all Bartotto proposed a luau for the annual HOA dinner and sail in the summer in Maine and this a motion was made and seconded to use $1,200 toward a was a trip of a lifetime for them. The party put on by a park crew instead of an outside caterer. Islands were beautiful and all enjoyed It was also brought up that the account at Gordon Food swimming, snorkeling, and sailing. No Service needs to be transferred to a new kitchen/dinner shoes for 18 days!! chairperson as Jack Hines no longer lives in the park. A motion was also made to donate the old HOA laptop Georgene Noss welcomed her sister-in-law, a former to Rick Farley for parts, passed by the membership. A resident for a visit and the Shepherds hosted ...continued on page 4 Don & Diane Baker for a few days so they all could go MOBILE HOME DEPOT to the Rich Wilson Show. Your Mobile Home Parts Warehouse! Arlene Ion, Joyce Scruggs, Kathy Beauchamp, DOORS • A/C UNITS • Low-E WINDOWS Helen Sokowloski and Kate Sherman took in the show ALUMINUM PRODUCTS • RV ACCESSORIES How I Learned to Drive at Lakeland Community Theater SCREEN ROOMS • HURRICANE PANELS on Lake Mirror. This thought-provoking show has won 54” x 27” TUBS/SHOWERS a Pulitzer Prize and was very well done. If you have the Lakeland: A/C Installs! chance to see a show here, please do-the cost is minimal 3360 US Highway 92 E and they do a good job. LIC #: CAC1818340 (863) 666-6163 www.mobilehomedepot.net Page 4 Hickory Hills Happenings BAG GAME motion was made and members approved purchase of the aluminum sidewalk signs used to announce dances, Show up at 7 pm on Wednesday evenings to play potluck, etc from Dan Shepherd for $200. Discussion was this fun game! Everyone is welcome to enjoy a team held about purchasing a new power washer to back up the effort… No special talent or physical attributes necessary present older one; possibly an electric washer to make it to have a good time. Louis Bouffard and Dan Shepherd easier for use by park residents. Marie Minter, secretary, are in charge and doing a great job with set up and score stated that she has set up an email address where you can keeping! send messages about HOA business: hickoryhillshoa@ aol.com. The board will look into it. The next meeting is BINGO: March 1. To all of our good BINGO buddies, come join us for a fun ART CLASS evening. I have a great crew June Bartotto will be offering art and that makes for super Bingo class from 10 am to noon. You will do sessions. Thanks again to all who attend our games and watercolors and experimenting with if you haven’t ever played or it’s been a while, come other mediums. Watercolors will be join us for a fun night out. The more players, the bigger $10 for each class, June will provide the prizes. We also have snacks and a drawing during materials. Think what size frames you intermission. Remember, games begin @ 6:30 pm. each have and an idea what size painting Tuesday, Bingo cards are sold 5:30pm until 6:15p.m. See you need for your walls. Call June you there! ~Phil Bates Bingo Chair with questions at 815-878-4717. Classes will probably run through March. rice sers Heaing ir oniioning lly icense nsre ae ic aliy negriy ale per epairs reenaie ainenance aliy nsallaions Satisfaction Always Guaranteed

We will make you eairconditioninglakelandfl.com Hickory Hills Happenings Page 5 CARD PLAYING SCHEDULE have fun socializing with your neighbors. We will also be Mondays Racetrack Canasta 12:45 having some Karaoke nights. Pinochle 6:45pm GOLF: Thursdays Euchre 6:45pm Fridays Bid Euchre 6:45pm If you are interested in joining us for a round of golf, call Felix Bartotto (1628 Aspen Drive) @ 815-735-5019 COFFEE HOUR or 815-878-4717. We will be playing every Thursday Come join us every Friday morning at 9:00a.m. for through the month of March. Tee time is 10 am at the coffee and doughnuts. We talk about upcoming events Sandpiper Golf Course off Socrum Loop Road 6001 and park news. It is a lot of fun! You might even hear a Sandpiper Dr. 9 holes will be done about noon, 18 holes joke or two! will be done? Men & women will have a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board. Be about 15 minutes early to register CRAFTS on Play Day. Bev Parker will again lead crafts this year. Meet at the clubhouse at 2 pm on Wednesday afternoons prepared to HICKORY HILLS AUXILIARY make a new treasure. She will post a sign-up sheet on On the first Friday of every month the group meets the bulletin board describing the item for the week along after Friday coffee to discuss what the park needs for with the cost and anything you need to bring. the betterment of our community. Some of the projects DANCES that they are involved in are: Memorials, stocking and working in the kitchen, decorating of the clubhouse, Along with the HOA sponsored dances announced working in the March HOA Yard Sale and the most elsewhere in this newsletter, we are fortunate to have recent, the community residents photo directory. our own DJ here in the park who will put on dances and Any resident that would like to get involved we can occasional karaoke nights for us. DJ Michael is back ALWAYS find something for you to do. COME JOIN US. for another season, to make you dance all evening and Not All Roofers Are Created Equal! When choosing a business to do work on your home it is important to consider all the factors. Sometimes the cheapest option is not the best. Keep these tips in mind the next time you choose a service provider, especially a roofer. How Many Years in Business? This demonstrates expertise in the field. If a warranty is involved it shows the company’s ability to stand behind it. If a company has been around for a long time, it is probably for a good reason. Who Is Doing the Actual Work? Does the company use subcontractors or their own employees? Employees tend to me more reliable because the business owner holds them accountable day-to-day versus subcontractors who can come and go. Consider More Than The Price! A roof is a durable product meant to last for years. When it comes to durable goods for your home like roofs, air conditioners, windows, etc. who installs them can be an important factor. Remember the old adage “Good work isn’t cheap...Cheap work isn’t good...”

CHECK BACK NEXT PAID ADVERTISEMENT BY: MONTH FOR MORE AllWeather Inc. ROOFING TIPS! 1-800-297-3758 • www.YourBestRoof.com Page 6 Hickory Hills Happenings HOA DANCE AND DINNER throughout his career. We are very fortunate to have him March 11 – street dance and Luau. June Bartotto here and hope lots of people will turn out to hear his show. and crew will be spearheading a luau for the annual HOA See Wayne Glancy, the Roys, the Coys or Barb Bader for member end-of-year dinner. Members will receive a free tickets. meal and non-members can join them for the festivities Come enjoy a fun evening. More information about for $7. No tickets will be sold after March 1st. Talk is tickets will be announced at Friday coffee or contact there will be a parade of decorated golf carts, bikes, Wayne Glancy. and other wheeled vehicles plus decorated tables along HORSESHOES: the route. Judging for best decorations adds to the fun. Catagories will be : golf carts, bikes, Men and Women Everyone is welcome to play anytime on the horseshoe Costumes, pets and table decorations. Parade starts at 3 pits next to the Shuffleboard courts. pm on Palamino Way. After the meal there will be a street PENTANQUE dance to continue the party. The dinner of roast pork, baked beans, potatoes, applesauce and desert will start Mondays & Thursdays @ serving at 4 pm and continue until 5:30 pm. Music will 9:45a.m.on the courts next to be under the awning of the clubhouse. ALL are welcome Horseshoes! to set up tables Saturday around the dance floor. So bring PICKLEBALL your tables from home for your group & lawn chairs for your group. Watch the bulletin boards for more info and Is a great sport and a good way to work out. This game come to coffee hour to hear the latest! June Bartotto, is fun for everyone, we absolutely refuse to take it too Chairperson 815-878-4717. seriously. Let’s fill the courts on Saturday mornings @ 9 March 31 Bill Lindsey – Tribute to Elvis Presley. am Newcomers welcome! Mr. Lindsey can sing most any song and make it sound POOL SCHMOOZE very much like the original singer. He shared some CDs with the committee and ranged from King of the Road to Enjoy chatting with other members of our community After the Lovin and Under the Boardwalk. Lindsey has around the two pools here. Cooler weather sees most performed in the White House and won many awards people around the main heated pool at the clubhouse and hotter weather find us late morning/early afternoon at the adult pool. New park residents – this is a great way to get to know your neighbors! SHUFFLEBOARD: Proudly roofing since 1985 Shuffleboard players meet every Tuesday and Friday @ 10 a.m on the courts. Watch the bulletin board on the courts for sign-up sheets to play with another park. Of course, you are always able to play using the guest equipment whenever you wish. New players are welcome and instructions are provided… along with loaner sticks! No experience necessary. Contact Joe Sherman at 1504 Estate Drive with questions. Also, the club puts on a $5 breakfast on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 7:30-9 am. • Insulated Energy Star Rated Roof If you have never played a game, don’t worry, we will • Manufacturer’s Backed • Financing Available be happy to teach you. Come out and have fun. We can • Roof Leaks always make room for more players!

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FL LIC. #CCC 057091 Hickory Hills Happenings Page 7 POTLUCK Please clean up after your pet: Use the doggie walk March 6 is the date for the potluck this month. Bring on Corral Dr if you are able. Please take along a little bag yourselves, table service and a passing dish for 12 to to clean up after your pet. Please respect other peoples enjoy an hour of good food and fellowship. Please be property as you would expect them to respect yours. respectful of other diners and bring enough food for your Thanks for your cooperation. family group with enough to share as well. Don't take more than you can eat; if you are not sure you will like At the supermarket, I noticed a woman with four boys something take just a small taste. Leave enough for those and a baby. Her patience was wearing thin as the boys who are going through the line last to have choices and called out, “Mommy! Mommy!” while she tried to shop. enough to eat. Go back for seconds after everyone has Finally, she blurted out, “I don't want to hear the word gone through if you are still hungry after your first plate. mommy for at least ten minutes!” The boys fell silent for Kate Sherman is requesting clean-up help from those a few seconds. Then one tugged on his mother's shirt and attending who live on Remuda Dr and Colt Dr this month. said softly, “Excuse me, miss.” We will clean off the food tables, put away hot pads, wash serving spoons, dump and rinse out the coffeepot, put AMMUNITION DUMP chairs back, and wipe down tables and kitchen counters. May sweep and mop if necessary. At one time, the ammunition dump at Nellis AFB, Nevada, was commanded by a colonel whose strict rule PARK RESIDENT VEHICLE I.D. STICKERS was no matches or lighters in the ammo area. To test the Available for purchase from Marie Minter. When men, he would occasionally walk among them with an placed in your vehicles rear driver’s side window, you unlighted cigar between his teeth, stopping now and then will be identified as a resident of our park. Thanks for to ask an unsuspecting airman for a light. One evening the your cooperation. colonel paused to watch a sergeant and his crew unpack bomb fuses. “Would any of you gentlemen have a light?” ...continued on page 8 Page 8 Hickory Hills Happenings STREET CAPTAIN NOTIFICATION SYSTEM: he asked. “Yes, sir!” an airman piped up. The sergeant and crew stood braced for the colonel's wrath. But the deathly Aspen Dr. Deanna Burgess 863-440-4468 silence erupted into guffaws. “Thank you, airman,” the Hickory Hills Dr. Dominic Mercurio 863-688-3270 colonel said and strutted away. With a flourish, the airman Colt Ln Jim & Shelly Coy 740-463-9459 switched off his flashlight and returned it to his pocket. Paddock Ln Wayne Vick 863-680-1097 Chaparral Vi Simmons 863-937-5057 Palamino Dr Judy Muschawick 863-688-5622 I would like to do a feature article on the veteran Corral Dr Carol Harris 863-284-1286 families in the park. For this article the focus will be on Remuda Dr. Dottie White 863-682-6473 families with 2+ family members who served in the armed El Dorado Dr Dave & Bob 603-3712 forces, for example: a father/son/sibline or husband/ Saddle Tr Jim Xenos 863-686-5341 child/sibling/nephew. Also would like to recognize all our Estate Dr Jim Wetmore 863-686-8501 veterans with a list including branch and years of service. Or Bettie McManus 863-680-2814 These will appear in the May issue to commemorate Spruce Dr Nancy Bridges 281-433-6627 Memorial Day. Please contact Kate Sherman in person Call your captains with any updates or changes, at Friday coffee, by email at [email protected] Please! Management will call the street captains with any or call me and I will meet you to hear your story. important information that needs to be sent out quickly.

URGENT CARE Street Light or Power Outage: Call for a Diane Mortimer shared some information about urgent light out @ 834-1240 with the pole number and care doctors that will accept out-of-network insurance. location address; call 834-4248 for a power She experienced rejection of her insurance from several outage (can only be made from a corded land urgent care centers before finding this company and line) or www.lakelandelectric.com thought others might have the same problem. Keep this IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS: information handy so if you have problems getting your insurance accepted you will know to try this company. Police (non-emergency) 834-6966 County Code Enforcement 534-6054 Doctor Today is located at 1429 Lakeland Hills Blvd, Animal Control 577-1762 4435 US HWY 98 N, and at 3810 South Forida Ave here Street Light Out 834-1240 in Lakeland. They also have offices in Auburndale, Winter Power Outage (from corded phone) 834-4248 Haven, Haines City and Bartow if you happen to be in City of Lakeland (Street Maintenance) 834-3300 one of those areas and need urgent care. Phone number is City Right of Way (Corral Dr.) Parcel 834-6230 (863) 858-8000, website www.doctortodaytlc.com. DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) 499-2322 TAG Agency 298-7577 Lakeland Electric (Customer Service) 834-9535 Neighborhood Vet (Privileged Critters) 816-5815 Resident biographies: Carol Harris has agreed to SPCA Animal Shelter 646-7722 speak with residents about their “life before Hickory LRMC Hospital 687-1100 Hills” and their interests/hobbies to add human interest to our newsletter. It helps us to connect with each other Ray of Sunshine: Let Bettie McManus when we know a bit about others' life and interests. Maybe know and post a notice of any resident people can find someone to share their interests/hobbies who is need of receiving a get well or and double the fun! Please contact Carol if you'd like to sympathy card from the Homeowners share your story and be open to her if she approaches you. Association. Bettie is doing a great job in this very important position, so please contact her @ 680- 2814 or @ 1430 Estate Drive when a friend or neighbor needs a kind thought or word! Please use the “in-park” mailboxes located in the clubhouse screen room to send personal cards. full page Hickory Hills Happenings Page 9 UNDER YOUR MOBILE LOOKED HOME LATELY? Insulation Under Your Home Falling Down? Holes and Tears in Your FREE Vapor /Moisture Barrier? UNDER HOME INSPECTION Only with this COUPON

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Homeowners Membership Cards: are now available FMO Weatherization Program: See FMO Rep for 2016. Please see board members or contact Marie Harold Watkins for details to help update your mobile Minter at Friday Coffee Hour to pay dues of $10 per home, with financial aid if eligible. JOIN the FMO today individual or $15 per couple to join the HOA. You to preserve our way of life and to keep it affordable here may give him a call if you wish to be contacted or in the state of Florida. Call Harold 607-759-2724 or need additional information regarding this important Asst. FMO Rep Carol Harris @ 863-284-1286 for more organization to which every resident should belong! information and to apply. On your computer @ www.fmo1. org information is available about Newsletter Deadline: Remember that the due date to the FMO & various programs like get your article published is the 12th of the month prior to “Elite Membership” which includes Customer: AMS Central (Pam) Job: 4 x 6 Postcard publishing. Please deliver to 1504 Estate Drive or email the Cross Country Motor Club for Date: 9.26.15 [email protected] before that date! I look automobile road service. Much like forward to and appreciate your input. Please patronize our AAA, but about half the cost, it covers advertisers! We have a great newsletter and it is printed you & your spouse. You may use this at no cost to our community. Our publisher is looking for website to renew your membership or apply as a new new advertisers to our publication to make it the best it member. Our FMO Park ID # is 0862. can be and to keep the cost of printing to a minimum. So, Your FMO membership entitles you to a bi-monthly subscription of the FMO News magazine. It contains a wealth of pertinent information. The annual FMO AMS membership per household is $25 . . . Cross Country an ,QVXODWHG$OXPLQXP5RRI2YHU additional $35. Please see Harold Watkins or Carol Harris for applications or more info! Every Hickory Hills Manor resident should be a member of this vital organization . . our Community participation is embarrassingly low, so join today to supplement our lifestyle & to keep our Legislative Counsel, Nancy Black Stewart, working for all of us in Tallahassee. The weatherization program is Federally funded to WHY THE WEATHER-LOK help lower income residents reduce their energy bills! back ROOF OVER SYSTEM ? Information & an application can be obtained directly -JGFUJNF
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P: 954.792.2085 F: 954.792.2095 739 S. State Rd. 7 (441) Plantation, FL 33317 [email protected] www.artsgraphics.net Hickory Hills Happenings Page 11 Kate Sherman's 3-bean Chili Hotdogs: Beth A. Stokes 1516 Saddle Tr 315-813- this has gone over well at Soups & Stews on Thursday night 4619 or 863-397-7074. Beth owns and operates “just the • 1 lb ground beef (can mix pork, turkey or vegetarian goods” She has a whole sale line of German hot dogs. ground meat to taste) Regulars and Snappy’s can be ordered. • 3 16 oz cans of three beans: black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans or pork & beans, drained Housekeeping: Darla Hutchinson: 1505 Colt Ln • 1 16 oz can tomato sauce 920-980-4777 She will clean your house and give you a • 1 small onion, chopped haircut!! She will have you and your house ready for any • 1 tablespoon diced green pepper occasion!! Give her a call. • ½ to 1 tablespoon chili powder to taste • 1/8 to ¼ cup BBQ sauce to taste Knitting: Freda Bolduc 1520 Saddle Tr 863-603-9137. She does all types of knitting. She enjoys making baby Brown ground meat(s) in large saucepan. Drain items. Knitted items are special and very personal. Call off any fat and add the rest of the ingredients. Bring her to make a special gift or a lap blanket for yourself! to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, stirring every few minutes, for about 25-30 minutes. Serve as is or Pedicures: Alice Meunier 1427 El Dorado Dr 450- sprinkle cheese and/or sour cream on top. I like to have 800-4232 Nail trimming, heel scrubs etc. I can apply tortilla chips with it and Joe prefers saltine crackers. nail varnish. I could come to your home for a reasonable Freezes well. price. Call for more information. Nov-March

Painting: Wes Carter 1630 Estates Dr. 863-413-1643 NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR He will paint interior or exterior promptly and Avon: Lonnie Dwyer 863-683-0869 reasonably. Call him for an estimate.

Computer: Rick Farley 1516 El Dorado Dr 863-940- Scentsy: June Bartotto will sell you electric warmers 3003 He can diagnosis & repair your computer. He is from Scentsy. They have the aroma of over 80 different reasonable and reliable. Call anytime Nov to April for scents. Something for everyone. Don’t worry about computer issues. leaving a candle burning!!! Turn a warmer on and enjoy your favorite scent. She always has bulbs and waxes at Flooring: John Draper 915 Corral Dr. 863-287-4432 her home. Treat yourself with a gift. 815-878-4717 He owns and operates Advantage Kare Flooring, inc. He is CFI master flooring installer including certified T-Shirts: Wayne Vick 1515 Paddock Ln 863-680- Pergo and Armstrong Hardwood. John is also an expert 1097 He has all the Hickory Hills Manor T- Shirts in both in wood, laminates, ceramic tiles and carpet instilation. long and short sleeves and in many colors. Wayne has He can also do carpet binding. John is a real professional. caps, visors, both plain and personalized. You can even get a coffee mug or license plate. Handy Man: Call and order today! John Hutchinson: 1505 Colt Ln 920-980-4777 John can do a number of things. He can landscape, tile, Tupperware: Cyndy Hittle 848 Chaparral Dr. 863- carpentry, some plumbing and electrical. Prompt & 682-1928 Call or stop by to order your Tupperware today. reasonable. Nov.-March Luis Santiago: 1429 Colt Ln 863-450-7200 Luis is A-HIKING WE WILL GO.... your Patriotic Handyman! He can do all type so repairs from electrical, plumbing, carpentry, painting, vinyl Last summer, my husband took me camping for the siding, etc. He is also a Notary Public, Paralegal and first time. At every opportunity, he passed along outdoor- performs weddings!! If you have a bicycle that needs survival lore. One day we got lost hiking in the deep repaired Luis is your guy! Seniors and Veterans receive a woods. He tried the usual tactics to determine direction 15% discount. – moss on the trees (there was none), direction of the sun Daryl Sanders: 724 Chaparral Dr. 518-224-3476 is (it was an overcast day), etc., etc. Just as I was beginning available for power washing, light carpentry & painting. to panic, he spotted a small cabin off in the distance. He Reasonable and dependable ...continued on page 12 Page 12 Hickory Hills Happenings OUTSIDE BINGO pulled out his binoculars, studied the cabin, turned and led us right back to our camp. “That was terrific,” I said.. Monday “How did you do it?” “Simple,” he replied. “In this part May Manor, located off Brunnell Street between of the country all the TV satellite dishes point south.” George Jenkins and Memorial. Use the south gate off Brunnell. Stop selling at 6:15 pm and start calling I'd had enough of my employees abusing their allotted numbers at 6:30 pm. Snacks available. break time. I posted a sign on the bulletin board: Faith Lutheran Church, 211 Easton Dr. @ 6:30 pm, “Starting immediately, your 15-minute breaks are being food available. cut from a half-hour to 20 minutes.” Lake Morton Senior Center 1510 Commercial Park Drive @ 1 pm, beverages and snacks Wednesday Card Results: Lake Morton Senior Center, as above Euchre Santa Fe Catholic School, 3110 U.S. 92 E. (Memorial Jan. 12: 1st Dan Shepherd, 2nd Dick Pask, 3rd Tom Blvd) @6:30 pm kitchen open Grant Lone Hands Stella Bates. Jan 26: 1st Mary Iles, Highland Village MHP 330 Brewer Rd. (off Brannen 2nd Morris Hand, 3rd Bev Lykins, Lone Hand Bill Rd) @ 6:30 pm free snacks Landen. Feb. 2: 1st Arlene Ion, tie 2nd Jude Woodcock Thursday & Rick Legault Lone Hands Cheryl Grubaugh. AMVETS 1339 E. Gary Rd. @11 am (breakfast and Bid Euchre lunch served) Jan 13 1st Wayne Iles, 2nd Dan Shepherd 3rd Deanna The American Legion, Winn Dixie Shopping Center Burgess Moon Hand Morris Hand. Jan 20 1st Morris on Arianna @ 1 pm lunch served Hand 2nd Barb Hand 3rd Dick Pask. Jan 27 1st Dan Resurrection Church Hall, old Rte 37 @ 6:30 pm Shepherd 2nd Bev Lykins 3rd Wayne Iles Moon Hand kitchen open Dan Shepherd. Feb 3 1st Arlene Ion tied 2nd Ray Roy & Friday Dick Pask Moon Hand Ray Roy. Our sister park, Georgetown on Arianna Street offers Pinochle Bingo on Friday evening with card sales beginning at Jan 9 1st Morris Hand 2nd Phil Bates 3rd Arlene Ion 5 pm to 6 pm and play starting at 6:30 pm. Canteen Jan 16 1st Stella Bates 2nd Phil Bates 3rd Dan Shepherd available. Jan 23 1st Helen Roy 2nd Arlene Ion 3rd Morris Hand. Saturday Jan 30 1st Wayne Iles 2nd Dan Shepherd 3rd Myra Knights of Columbus, 2014 Lakeland Hills Blvd @ 11 Grabowski. Feb 6 1st Phil Bates 2nd Helen Roy 3rd Dick am food available Pask Sunday Santa Fe Catholic School, 3110 U.S. 92 E. (Memorial FLAG FLYING HOLIDAYS: Blvd) @12:30 pm kitchen open

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You might also see some gliders restaurant, but if you haven't tried it yet I think it's a in the air as this area is the highest in Florida at 125 unique place that's a fun destination in itself. If you like feet above sea level. Every day between 8 am and 5 cars, old and new, Ford's Garage celebrates everything pm 863-678-0080. Ford with some fun features both outside and in. Located • • Learn more about Lakeland's history by arranging a at 11105 Causeway Blvd in Branden it's open M-T 11-11, Lake Mirror Historic Tour on the 4th Tuesday of the F-Sa 11-12am and Sun 10:30-11 pm. month. Call ahead for times at 863-834-2280. Look Look for fun car artifacts outside from old pumps to for the lantern at the foot of Main Street on top of the a table that is made from an old auto. Inside, old Fords Loggia. hang from the ceiling and make sure you check out the restroom sinks – I had to really think to figure out how SPECIAL EVENTS IN MARCH: to turn the water on so I could wash my hands! This place has a bar, but it is not the main feature so it's very March 1 Russian National Ballet: Tchaikovsky's family-friendly during the day and early evening. Lots of Swan Lake at Florida Southern. Box office 863.680.4296 interesting things to look at while you wait for your meal. Bok Tower Gardens Lunch and Learn featuring The food is good, all the standard favorites on offer. One Reinier Munquia who will be sharing his experiences special menu item is the 10 lb burger – buy one and set it with the hummingbirds of the Caribbean, Central & in the middle of the table for everyone to take their own South America. Bring lunch or opt to eat from the Blue size burger (please call ahead to order this as it can take Palmetto Cafe. 12-2 pm this event is included with your a while to make). Also featured is a house version of general admission. mac-n-cheese incorporated into several dishes and served March 2-5 & 9-12 Million Dollar Quartet at the on its own. Ford's Garage serves craft beers. Prices are Theatre Winter Haven $24 863-294-7469 moderate and servings generous. March 3-12 Lakeland Community Theater Roald Nearby is a mall, Ace Golf Range and Pro Shop, and Dahl's Willy Wonka $20 seniors Fri-Sat 7:30 pm Sun 2 Old Time Pottery, a large store selling all things pottery pm 863-603-7529 that is a local favorite. Plant City Strawberry Festival Contact the editor with suggestions for non-chain places March 4 Original Highwaymen Art Extravaganza. to enjoy a meal alone or with friends where someone else Free. Davenport Community Center 5 S. Allapaha Ave does the work! I'm hoping this will be especially helpful Davenport 863-419-3300 for the new members of our community, but I think even March 4-5 Bartow Bloomin' Arts Festival Sat 10-5 longer-term residents might find a new favorite place to Sun 10-4 East Main Street. Artist's tents , Victory Lane eat. Car Show, and a flower show at Community Southern Bank on Broadway. Also a children's tent. THINGS TO DO IN AND AROUND LAKELAND March 7 Florida Philharmonia Concert of the Classics FOR LESS THAN $10 7:30-9:30pm. Lakeland's new all-volunteer orchestra at • • Enjoy a free concert by the Lakeland Concert Band College Heights United Methodist Church 942 South March 5 at the Branscomb Auditorium, FSC Pre- Blvd. show at 1:45pm and concert at 2:30 pm. March 10 Wine Festival of Central Florida Lake • • Take in an architectural tour of the historic Polk Mirror Promenade 6:30 pm – 10 pm $60 863-665-3846 County Courthouse, now museum, at 100 Main March 11 MidFlorida Spring Obsession in Munn Street Bartow at 11:00am March 18 (any 3rd Sat.). Park. 8 am – 3 pm Free. Flower and plant sales, patio Hickory Hills Happenings Page 15 art, garden presentations and live jazz music provided by AUXILLARY FASHION SHOW AND RAFFLE Free Time. Florida Dance Theatre's Romeo & Juliet Branscomb The Auxillary Wacky Fashion Show was a huge Auditorium 2:30 & 7:30 pm $20 success and was enjoyed by all. Several hundred dollars March 11- June 10 Polk Museum of Art hosts Duncan was raised for the up-dated sheets to insert in the auxillary McClellan's survey of contemporary glass work. Also directory. The up-dates should be ready for distribution begins the Carlton Ward Nature Photography exhibit. soon. March 18 Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team Show Winter Haven Central Park Art Festival Winter Haven Sat 10-5 Sun 10-4 Food trucks and live entertainment March 24-31 Nunsense at Lake Wales Little Theatre 411 N 3rd St $18 adults Fri-Sat 7:30 Sun 2 pm 863-676- 1266 March 25 Lake Wales Car Show downtown E. Stuart Ave 4-8 pm Always on 4th Saturday March 28 From Generation to Generation FSC Chamber Singers Music Event 863-680-4296 March 30 Jazz Odyssey FSC Jazz Ensemble 863-680- 4296 Lakeland Center Events March 2 Celtic Woman March 9 Annie March 15 The Chieftains March 17-19 Lakeland VW Classic Over 5000 spaces available March 23 Ten Tenors March 27 Illusionist Rick Thomas March 29 The Osmonds – Merrill, Jay and Jimmy March 30 Assisted Living, the Musical

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