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South Tampa's South Adult 55+ 33611 Tampa Mabry, Dale South 6220 A perfect retirement community in the right right the in community retirement perfect A HAPPY OCTOBER 2014 NEW HOMES MEANS NEW DEALS AT It’s fall and along with it being fall, we WINWARD LAKES? have the holiday seasons to start thinking about (yes hard to believe). We have new homes entering the community and we are Some of the residents start the ready to make deals on them . . . so, if you have been decoration process with , then on to Thanksgiving, thinking of trading in your home, stop in and see us at the and then . For the new residents, we do not allow trick office. Or if you have a friend what is looking, send them in or treating in the community, but we do ask if you go out on the and you will receive a bonus if a new home is purchased. road, please watch for children. Pulling out or coming into the community, they can be on the sidewalk. Brand New Homes 3724 Winward Lakes Dr. PICK YOUR NEIGHBOR!! Along with Halloween we have Mother-In-Law Day, Sweetest 3719 Spinnaker Dr. Please call the office for 3729 Spinnaker Dr. Day, and Oktoberfest, and of course don’t forget . information .… Whatever you celebrate, enjoy and have a great October. Pre-Loved Homes 813-839-2812 We must remind you to please check with the office if you 3714 Winward Lakes Dr. wish to do anything that affects the outside of your home in 6207 Starboard looks . . . this is very important. If you do not, you may find 3702 Yardarm Dr. that you have to remove something. Thank you. PLUS . . . MORE NEW HOMES COMING IN!! We have new homes coming in and the community is really something that every resident should be proud of. We have another new home coming in at the end of September also, so if you are looking to upgrade, we are ready to work with you the best we can. WINWARD LAKES IS ON FACEBOOK . . . We have had a lot of comments about the remodeled bathrooms, we thank you. Each year we look at what we feel needs to be upgraded, and that is why we ask in the survey what LIKE US AND STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ALL THE LATEST you would like to see done. This does not mean it gets done FROM WINWARD LAKES! ASAP, but we do get it on a list and when it makes it to the top of the list and has not been done we get to work on it. So we always thank you for positive input. Waiting for you . . . Rent increase is this month along with the state $5.00 filing fee.

Bud and Ginger Marion. Mother-in-Law Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in October – October 26 this John Wood 10/1 Sabastian Giordano 10/13 year. Modeled on the celebration of Ruth Carlton 10/2 Ann Roberts 10/14 Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, Mother-in- Michelle Fletcher 10/7 Ingrid Waldron 10/18 Law Day was first celebrated on March 5, Elfriede Labarre 10/8 Alfred Capece 10/20 1934 in Amarillo, Texas, where it was Gloria Collins 10/9 Glenda Gritzmaker 10/21 initiated by the editor of the local Forrest Keneipp 10/10 Louis Patavino 10/21 newspaper. The observance was later moved to the fourth Sunday in October. Wayne Wildgrube 10/10 Myrna Toney 10/21

Marlene Patavino 10/12 S. Pete Reuben 10/30 Mothers-in-laws have never enjoyed the widespread respect and Ruby Vanhoose 10/12 Robin Blau 10/31 devotion that mothers have received over the years, and the

rising divorce rate has given the whole concept of in-laws a less Libra , there are a lot of new ideas and thoughts floating around permanent place in the national imagination. This may be part of in your head at the moment. Try to de-clutter your mind so you the reason why Mother-in-Law Day has failed to catch on like can focus on what’s important. During October you will meet and Mother's Day, Father's Day, and even Grandparent’s Day, but find new and interesting friends. Are you sleeping okay Libra? It many people feel that mothers-in-law deserve a special day of may be because of all of the things going on in your head. their own, if for no other reason than for their good humor in Sleep is vital to good health, and you need to make sure you get enduring the many jokes that have been told about them. good quality sleep. Remember, sleep better for better health.

Scorpio, you have a lot on your plate, but don’t forget to take Here’s a nice mother-in-law story . . . care of yourself. Gentle exercise is important to maintain your I’m so lucky! I love, love, love my mother-in-law. She accepts me health. Calm, quiet walks will do, and make sure you get away for who I am even though we are different. I feel like my in-laws for at least half an hour every day. Try to have some time away love me like part of their family–though I call them by their first to rebuild energy levels that may be getting depleted with all names not mom and dad. And although, we don’t always agree your activities. on everything, she is so careful to make sure anything she does with the kids or around our house is all right with us first. She is like a second mother, but in some ways better because she doesn’t get on my nerves the same way my mom sometimes does (no childhood baggage to resurface). Now, granted we don’t live near each other so we only see each other a few times The is a holiday celebrated in the Midwest, and a year, but we have spent time alone together and find things to parts of the Northeast on the third Saturday in October. The first talk about. I hope if I am a MIL someday that I can follow her Sweetest Day was planned by a committee of 12 Cleveland example. candy makers. Boss's Day , celebrated on October 16 , has HAPPENING IN OCTOBER traditionally been a day for employees to thank A Nightmare on Franklin Street their bosses for being kind and fair throughout the October 17 - 31 year. This day was created for the purpose of Tampa Theatre, 711 N. Franklin Street, 813-274-8287 strengthening the bond between employer and Back by popular demand, 15 nights of petrifying programming, employee. Although the holiday is still controversial, it has with enough variety to haunt everyone from the hard-core horror become increasingly popular since its creation. fan to the most gentle ghosts and goblins. The Halloween- themed series features Classic Horror Films, Family-Friendly Patricia Bays Haroski registered “National Boss' Day” with the Spooky Movies, Cult Favorites, Live Performances and an U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958 while she was working as a Exclusive Lights-Off Paranormal Investigation. secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Hours: For Show Times, visit www.TampaTheatre.org Illinois. Haroski believed that young employees sometimes did Admission: Ticket prices vary by event not understand the hard work and dedication that their supervisors put into their work and the challenges they faced to Brews By The Bay at the Tampa Aquarium do so. Four years later, in 1962, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner October 10, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. backed Haroski's registration and officially proclaimed the day. Florida Aquarium, 701 Channelside Drive Come party with over 20,000 sea creatures and sample over 100 craft beers. There will be delicious food from area restaurants and live entertainment. All aquarium exhibits will be open. Columbus Day was first celebrated on October 12, 1792 to General Admission: $50 in advance, $60 day of event; Aquarium honor the day Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas in Members: $45 1492. One hundred years later, it was celebrated again at the urging of Clearwater Jazz Holiday President Benjamin Harrison. Since October 16 - 19 1920, it has been celebrated annually Coachman Park, Clearwater and, in 1971, became a federal legal VIP & reserved seating available! Earth Wind & Fire, Dirty holiday to be celebrated on the second Dozen Brass Band, Spyro Gyra, Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, Monday in October. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros The traditional Columbus Day in the General Admission $15 in Advance; Children 12 & Under Free U.S. includes a parade down New

York's Fifth Avenue. Parades and Dixie's Tupperware Party Favorite pageantry are often featured in smaller towns and cities. October 15 – 19 – Straz Center Wed.-Fri. 7:30 p.m.; Sat. 2 & 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m. 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place,813-229-7827

“Not your grandmother’s Tupperware Party!”-- Evolving from the ancient Celtic holiday of , modern HALLOWEEN has become less about ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes and candy. The Celts used the day to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and also believed that this transition between the seasons was a bridge to MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE the world of the dead. Over the millennia the holiday WINWARD LAKES TRIP TO transitioned from a somber pagan ritual to a day of merriment, WASHINGTON, D.C. costumes, parades and sweet treats for children and adults. APRIL 9 – 14, 2015 CONTACT ANNETTE WADSWORTH Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, 813-789-7581 when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the COMMUNITY DINNER traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All TH Hallows’ Eve and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved WHEN: OCTOBER 18 into a secular, community-based event characterized by child- WHERE: CLUBHOUSE friendly activities such as trick-or-treating. In a number of TIME: 6:00 P.M. countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the DINNER: BRATS AND SAUERKRAUT nights get colder, people continue to usher in the winter season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats. Sign-up sheet at the Hall. Please bring a dish to pass

One quarter of all the candy sold annually in the U.S. is WHAT IS A BLOOD MOON? There is a total eclipse of the full moon purchased for Halloween.!! on October 8, 2014 . This is the Northern Hemisphere’s Hunter’s Moon – the name for the full moon after the Harvest Moon. It’s also known as a Blood Moon , and this eclipse is the second in a series of four so- called Blood Moon eclipses. During a Blood Moon eclipse the moon Oh how we love pumpkin appears red – the red color is caused by scattering of sunlight through season. You did know this the Earth's atmosphere, the same effect that causes sunsets to gourd-ish squash has its own appear red. Some believe the Old and New Testament Biblical season, right? Winter, Spring, references to the Blood Moon serve as an omen of the coming of the Summer, Pumpkin.... We end times. The Book of Joel includes this passage, ". . .the sun will anxiously anticipate it every turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and year. terrible day of the Lord comes. . .” The Blood Moon is also mentioned ~Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer in the New Testament book of Acts as being associated with the . Check out our website – go to . www.steinercommunities.com and click on Winward Lakes

~ October 2014 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Garbage Pickup 3 4 O’ pumpkin pie, your time has come ’round again and I am autumnrifically happy! Coffee/Donuts 9:30 a.m. ~Terri Guillemets Bingo 10:30 a.m.

5 6 7 8 9 Garbage Pickup 10 11 Garbage Pickup Bingo 7:00 p.m. Blood Moon Eclipse Sharp! Coffee/Donuts 9:30 a.m. Bingo 10:30 a.m.

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12 13 Garbage Pickup 14 15 16 Garbage Pickup 17 18 Dinner Bingo 7:00 p.m. Clubhouse Sharp! Coffee/Donuts 6:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Bingo 10:30 a.m.

HOA Meeting Columbus Day Boss’s Day Sweetest Day 19 20 21 22 23 Garbage Pickup 24 25 Garbage Pickup Bingo 7:00 p.m. Sharp! Coffee/Donuts 9:30 a.m. Bingo 10:30 a.m.

26 Mother-In -La w Day 27 28 29 30 Garbage Pickup 31 Garbage Pickup Bingo 7:00 p.m. Sharp! Coffee/Donuts 9:30 a.m. Bingo 10:30 a.m.