EXPRESS. October 2009 VOL. 29, NO 1. BUDGET FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW. Bob DeBott, President 38 Queen of Waters PRESIDENT'S REPORT

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1 EXPRESS October 2009 VOL. 29, NO 1 PRESIDENT'S REPORT The good news is by the time you get this newsletter, the pool should be in operation again, barring anymore unforeseen problems cropping up. There shouldn't be, we are past the "destruction" stage and well into the construction phase. The shower-dressing rooms rehabs are also into their finishing phases and we are in the final stages of finishing the lowering of the manhole covers. The propane station was taken out of service a month earlier than we had planned because of problems developing with the refueling equipment. If you have purchased a tag for propane, stop by the office and we will refund your money. We are now in the final stages of getting our permit to operate a waste disposal facility. We had to make some changes and modifications to qualify for a renewal permit. We are looking at doing some minor roadwork in the near future, repairing some of the worst spots. The fiscal year has ended and the new assessment charges and budget start in effect. One of the changes that you will notice is that we are on a coupon booklet style of payment. We also have the automatic deduction from your bank account in effect if you so choose. Since I'm on that subject, all payments will be mailed to the management company. The SLOA front office will not be accepting any maintenance payments. Since the new budget is in operation, that means the Board has to start putting the budget together. To end on a happy note, WE FINISHED THIS LAST YEAR UNDER BUDGET FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW. Bob DeBott, President 38 Queen of Waters STORAGE RENTALS All storage rentals are due October 1, and must be paid no later than October 31. Storage Lots Shed Lots Boat Slips These are all due October 1., and are to be paid at the office at Saddlebag Lake. Please do not include the storage rental in with your assessments. BLOOD MOBILE The blood mobile will be here Friday, October 16, from 8 a.m. to noon. Blood Banks of Mid-Florida will have their bus outside the street side of the Clubhouse. You need to first come into the Clubhouse to do some paperwork before getting on the bus. If you are a newcomer in the Resort or have donated before consider donating a unit of blood. It will be most appreciated. It's painless and only takes about 20 minutes of your time. Appointments can be made with Greta Dain. Greta and Dick Dain 20 Grey Fox Lane or

2 Saddlebag Express 499 Saddlebag Lake Rd. Lake Wales, Florida (863) Editor Sue Beagle 75 Saddlebag Lake Rd. (863) MEN'S CLUB The Men's Club meetings are the first and third Mondays of each month starting November through April. All men are invited to join. The dues are $5 annually. The Men's Club activities for the month of November include the business meeting at 2:30 p.m., November 4. Note the change for the month of November. Meeting Wednesday, November 4 as officers will not be back until then. The social meeting is November 16, 2:30 p.m. Snacks and drinks will be provided for the social meeting. Reminder of upcoming activities: Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, Nov. 26, at 1 p.m. Men's Club Officers: Pres. John Cox VP John Zampieri VP Bob Exler Ticket Man Ed Romanosky Sec. Virgil Frost Treas. Dick Clark John Cox, Pres. 39 Silversides AT THE CASINO Clem was on vacation in Atlantic City, playing the slot machines. It was his first time in a casino and wasn't sure how the machines operated. "Excuse me," he said to a casino employee. "How does this work?" The worker showed him how to insert a bill, hit the spin button and operate the release handle. "And where does the money come out?" asked Clem. "Usually at the ATM." replied the casino employee. WOMAN'S CLUB Where did the summer go? October is here and hopefully some cool weather. Hope all of you had a wonderful summer! We are ready to see everyone return to have Tun in the sun at Saddlebag!" We have lots of plans for the women in the Resort that participate with the Woman's Club. It is a time to have fun, meet new friends and enjoy the social gatherings with other ladies and to welcome new residents to join in our social organization. Dues are $5 per year and they start collecting them at our first meeting in November. Our dues plus the money raised from our yearly events, such as: the Christmas Bazaar, Craft Fair and Granny's Attic Sale, help us to finance our many services to the Resort. We are open for any suggestions for new fundraisers. Please contact any member of the Woman's Club board with any ideas. Please mark these dates on your calendar as a reminder of the good times to come: 11/6/09 Luncheon/Meeting SHADES OF AUTUMN. 11/27/09 9:00 A.M. Decorate Club house for Christmas. 12/05/09 CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 12/11/09 Luncheon/Meeting CHRISTMAS 12/25/09 Christmas potluck 1/08/10 Luncheon/Meeting HOLLYWOOD 1 /22/10 GRANNY'S ATTIC 2/5/10 Luncheon/Meeting WESTERN 2/26/10 CRAFT FAIR 3/5/10 FASHION SHOW 4/2/10 Luncheon/Meeting RAINBOW Also, in December we are planning a Christmas Tour of Homes, (date pending). We're hoping this will be an evening affair so we can all see how clever and beautifully decorated some of the homes are here in Saddlebag. Diane Clementson will be chairing this event. Contact Diane if you would like to have your home on the tour. Don't forget our annual Woman of the Year 2

3 Award! Submit 3 or more paragraphs explaining why that person deserves to be Woman of the Year and sign it. Please put your submissions in the suggestion box. Volunteering to help with any of our fundraisers, theme luncheons or other endeavors will be greatly appreciated. Please plan on joining us this year! We look forward to another great year of fun, friendship and volunteering to make Saddlebag a great place to live. Officers for 2009/10: President Nancy Balch VP Jaye Wright Sec. FayeWirth Treas. Karen Vincent Off. AtLg. Diane Clementson Remember: Live Laugh Love Grow Jaye Wright, V President 11 Beaverkill WOMAN'S CLUB CHRISTMAS BAZAAR It won't be long and it will be Saturday, December 5. That's the day of the Woman's Club Christmas Bazaar. A lunch for $5 will be prepared and served by the "Mad Hatters", a red hat ladies group here at SLR. The menu will be printed in the November Express. We are going back to having raffles!! (4 in fact.) Four of our club members are making up baskets pertaining to: Gardening Marlene Kopp Get Pampered Shirley Hertzog Golf Bonnie Reynolds Kitchen Ann Purdy We are hoping for donations to these baskets and items will be tagged as to donors. The Silent Auction was popular last year, so we will do it again. Donations are appreciated. Our champion ticket seller, Sally Hamilton ( ) is in charge. The Christmas cookies and sweets booth was a big money maker last year, thanks to Madeline Conway and all the members who brought homemade goodies. We hope you will support this booth again. Another popular booth is the second hand Christmas booth. We are now accepting items. Contact Terry Mounce, 59 Woodruff Way or Judy Luko or take to Granny's Attic and mark "Christmas". We will again have "New and Nearly New". Shirley Hertzog ( ) and Barbara Marksbury ( ) are collecting items for that. The craft ladies make and sell lovely items and donate all the money to the Woman's Club. If you would like to donate one or more of your own craft items to their booth, it would be greatly appreciated. Sammie Siegfried has donated all her beautiful handmade jewelry, to be sold at half price, to the Woman's Club and Lea Vandenberk will be in charge of sales. We thank Sammie for being such a supportive participant of the past bazaars. If you would like to have a table to sell your own craft items, contact Judy Luko. Whole tables will be $10 each, 1/2 table $5. You or your spouse must be a member of the Woman's Club to participate. Help us make this bazaar a big success so we can continue to do good things for the Resort. Dues are only $5 per year. Last April we voted to donate $6,000 to help update the lighting systems in the Clubhouse and surrounding buildings. We also gave $4,000 to make the ladies locker room in the screen room more handicap accessible and to spruce it up a bit. Wait until you see the results!! You will be both surprised and delighted. They have done more than we ever expected. Judy Luko, Co-chair 57 Saddlebag Trail Marilyn Storm, Co-chair 29 Blue Quill LINE DANCING TO BEGIN. Don't forget Monday, October 26, is "D" day, dancing day. Beginners will be from 12:30 p.m. until 1, with regular line dancing until 2. We have all gotten a little rusty over the summer but it won't be long until it all comes back. Dancing is great exercise and can be a lot of fun, so give it a try. Joan Hannon 24 Silver Doctor

4 SADDLEBAG BEAUTIFICATION/ GARDEN CLUB The Garden Club has been quite busy with new projects for the period of November 2008 through May Some of the large projects were: 1. Planting of oak and holly trees at the beach area. 2. Planting of palm trees in the new palm garden at the back of the Resort and along the trail at the Memorial Gardens. 3. Removing the old bushes, preparing for the installation of new Kwik Kerbing, leveling, laying ground cover and shoveling and raking of stone in all of these individual areas, plus the raking, weeding, spraying and watering of the individual garden areas in the rest of the Resort. Future plans for the club will be additional Kwik Kerb and stone around the rose bushes and palm trees in the Memorial Gardens. This will in turn reduce the hours the club spends in weeding and spraying of weeds and replacing the mulch two times per year. This, of course, will be made possible only if donations continue to be given to the club. We will also be planting more trees in the Resort, as we have money left in the "Tree Fund". This will be done in the fall and winter months after we receive Board approval for the locations. The following gifts were received by the Garden Club from March 17 through August 29, In Memory of: Given by: John Glavey M/M Dave Wiechart, M/M Lynn Viele, M/M David Canankamp, M/M Barry Montgomery, M/M Al Luchenbill, M/M Arnie Stebbins, M/M Harry Benecke, M/M Dick Clemens, M/M Jim Kopp Bill Teetsel M/M Bob Tromley, M/M Jim Kopp Betty Brunty Coterie Club Howard Keach M/M Al Luchenbill M/M Jim Kopp Wes Schafer Wilford Watkins Mary Jane Schafer....Wilford Watkins John Lynch M/M Bob Tromley Sandy Lynch CowgiH..M/M Bob Tromley Mariorie Feldbauer...M/M Jim Kopp Joe Broich Erla Broich The following gave monetary donations: M/M Frank Todosciuk, Marjorie Peacock, Elinor Roeschen, M/M Clyde Wright, M/M Allen Ross, M/M Don Johnston, M/M Don Lingan, M/M Skip Feldbauer, M/M Barry Woods, M/M David Rankin, Mother's Day Committee. A donation was given by M/M Jim Kopp, as a retirement gift for Barry Woods in honor of his 23 years of service to the Air Force. Barry and his wife, Beth Ann, have a home on Night Owl Circle. A gift of palm trees and plants from M/M Barry Parker and M/M John Voorheis, were given as prizes at the Garden Club Dance. A gift of a palm tree to be planted this November in the new Palm Garden at the back of the Resort was given in memory of John Glavey by M/M Tom Stout. Thanks also to the Saddlebag Social Dance Committee for sponsoring a dance with all the proceeds going to the Garden Club. The club received a grand total of $1,073 (this amount was the Dance Club donation from the tickets sold, plus the 50/50 drawings held by the Garden Club). The dance was a complete success and the entertainment was excellent. Thank you to all that attended and participated in the 50/50 drawings. I also want to publically thank John Crummey and his entire crew for all their help. We could not have done all that was accomplished without their help. Another thank you goes to all the members of the Garden Club, summer volunteers and residents who gave so much of their time and "muscle" in the Memorial Gardens and all other areas of the Resort. The next thank you goes to all residents who delivered their flowers to the Beach area for the Sunrise Easter Service on April 12. It was a beautiful service and your flowers made it more beautiful. Saddlebag is a great community. All we have to do is ask for volunteers, flowers, gifts and donations and they just appear like magic. Not much more I can say except THANK YOU!!!!!! The Garden Club. Marlene Kopp 17 Grey Fox

5 TRAVEL Travel News for 2009/10 Welcome back everyone. Are you ready now to take some fantastic trips???? I sure hope so!!!! Here's a list of trips that are planned. There are a lot more possibilities other than the ones listed. See me for a list of trips and to ask for a particular place/trip you would like to do. Ellenton Outlet's Pizza and Pipes: 11/17/09 $41. Key West-overnight: 01/11-13/2010. AND DONT FORGET OUR CARNIVAL CRUISE!! SIGN UP NOW! DONT LET THIS GREAT ITINERARY AND PRICE PASS YOU BY! WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FANTASTIC TIME AND WE WILL SURELY MISS YOU IF YOU DONT JOIN US ON 1/10-17/2010. As always, check out the Travel Bulletin Board in the Clubhouse for everything that is planned and to sign up. Contact me for Nancy Balch 9 Silver Doctor ATTENTION: BINGO PLAYERS Beginning Friday, October 16, Saddlebag Lake Resort Bingo will resume its regularly scheduled season, playing through Tuesday, April 13, Bingo will be played every Tuesday and Friday, beginning at 6:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30) ANNOUNCMENTS: 1. All "wild" numbers will be called during games in which they occur, so please do not "remind" the caller that it is a wild number. Some folks might have missed it when first called. 2. Speed Ball will be closed BEFORE THE NUMBERS ARE CALLED BACK BY THE CALLER AS IS CUSTOMARY. We look forward to seeing you all back for SLR Bingo for evenings of fun and games! (Refreshments will be available, same as last year.) Ginny Lowell, Chairman, Bingo Committee 37 Royal Coachman SLR WOMAN'S CLUB THANK YOU The Woman's Club wishes to say Thank you" to all of you who participated in the February 27, 2009 Spring Craft Show. Many people enjoyed the delicious luncheon made by Greta Dain, Erla Broich and their kitchen crew. The dining room was decorated with flowers and taken care of by Loraine Dusina and Mary Lou Shimp. The crafts, displays and demos were all awesome. The quilt demos were done by Laney Thomas and the SLR Piecemakers. The beautiful queen quilt made and donated by Louise Shirkey and the Piecemakers was won by Nancy Lester. The $25 donated by the Woman's Club was won by Jay Carter. The two embroidered tee shirts donated by Fran Cox were won by Donna Luchenbill and Peggy Brown. The crafters, volunteers, exhibitors and buyers were all necessary to make our show so wonderful. A sincere "Thank You" to you all. Make your plans, and we will all do it again in Fran Cox 39 Silversides Or COTERIE CLUB The Cotorie Club will meet for a meeting on Friday, Nov. 13, at noon, in the Annex. We will then leave for Bob Evans restaurant for lunch at 1 p.m. All divorced, widowed and single women are welcome. Please call Ann Smolsky at if you are going to join us. Nola Morgan, President 2 Night Owl Cir (c) AEROBICS It's that time again! Get out your weights, mat and water bottle and come to the Clubhouse Tuesday and Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. First class starts on October 20. Hope to see you. Jean Lawrence 93 Saddlebag Trail

6 SLR COMMUNITY CHURCH CHOIR The Community Church choir will begin rehearsals at 9 a.m. on November 1, on the stage in the Clubhouse. It will be good to see all returning members from previous years and new members are always welcome! Mary Windisch 23 Royal Coachman SLR GOLF The first meeting of the SLR Gotf Club will be held on October 7. Assuming the officers are back. As of this writing I have no idea if they will be back. Bob Trombley 23 Silversides KITCHEN BAND The SLR Kitchen Band will begin practice on Wednesday, November 4. Practices will be held on stage in the Clubhouse from 1 to 3 p.m. each Wednesday. We welcome new members to attend the first practice and new members will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. Numbers are limited only on the amount of room we have on stage. If you are interested in having fun with us, please come. Sue Beagle, 75 Saddlebag Lake Rd FUN DAY 2010 It's not too early to start thinking about Fun Day Our theme of "Broadway Comes to Saddlebag" offers many, many options for parade entries, music, dress, etc. Start making plans to join a day of fun for everyone. Saturday, February 13, Lynn & Iris Viele, 2010 Chair people 22 Sliver Doctor (after December 1) Sue Beagle, Editor 75 Saddlebag Trail, Next deadline October 12, dick.sue@thebeagles.net MEMORIAL GARDEN The engravings for the Memorial Garden can be purchased from Jo Ann Menichino at 4 Grey Fox, The cost will be $25 and any other donations will be greatly appreciated so we can maintain the garden. The Memorial Garden and the Garden Club (Vicky Sayers and Marlene Kopp) have combined their resources to update the Garden. There were many people that helped work to accomplish this task and we cannot give enough "Thanks" to all of them. All of the volunteers worked hard to accomplish making all the gardens look "Beautiful". Engravings were ordered for the following people: In Memory of: Donated by: Kenneth Racie Kenneth Lewis, Jr. Jesse McKnight M/M Jim Lennox, M/M James Wierenga, Roy Bodet and Edith Leiter Maurice & Marion Small..M/M Francis Small Geo. & Lorraine Libbv...David Libby, Peter Libby, Mark Libby Ken Zorn M/M Essenberg John Glavev M/M Bob Sayers, Kay Smith Bill TeetseH Elaine Teetsell Dorothy Ritz Sam Ritz Roger Belanger Ken Rice, Russell Sayer Eleanor Ganz M/M Gordi Farrer Willadee & Walter Elletson.M/M Dennis Mariorie "Marty" Feldbauer M/M Gary Marsh, M/M Tony Meichino Donations Given In Memory of: Donated By: Mary Ann Robinson.Marilyn Storm John Glavev M/M Jim Hannon Peter Cultrera (Vick Sayers father) M/M Gary Pahl, M/M Gary Marsh, M/M Jim Hannon Jo Ann Menichino 4 Grey Fox LENDING LOCKER If you need supplies from the Lending Locker you may contact Harold Hoagland at Virginia Toering 60 Silversides

7 SLR SOCIAL DANCES In case you forgot to take your dance schedule home for the summer, here are the dates, themes and entertainers for the 2009/1 0 social dance season. *December19 Christmas Jim & Mandy *Note the new date. December 31 New Years Eve Brad Petty Band January 9 Disney Night Two Smooth (Decorate you or your table.) January 23 Lost in the 50's Hyjynx (formerly Dan Farese) February 13 Fun Day "Broadway Comes to Saddlebag" Two Smooth February 27 Red Carpet Glamour Joni Canova March 13 St. Patrick's Brothers Good March 27 Happy Trails Jim & Mandy April 3 Garden Party Mike Laine (This is a Garden Club fundraiser and not part of the regular season.) In case you had to leave before the Garden Party fundraiser last season, we raised over $1,000 for the Garden Club!!! Thanks to all who supported us in this event but even greater thanks goes to the hard working and dedicated Garden Club!! Get your sun dresses out or your floral hats ready because Mike Laine agreed to come back (at a reduced rate again) to entertain on April 3, 2010! We had a great season last year and are looking forward to an even better one this year. Please let us know if you have any suggestions as to how to improve. Your SLR Social Dance Committee: Gary and Dennie Pahl Clarence and Robin Tweedie John & Marilyn Geiger Vern & Linda Forbes Bill & Ann Purdy Dennie Pahl 82 Silversides LIBRARY Comments from the Library During October the library will be open Monday and Thursday, 10 to Noon. Thanks to the summer volunteers who have kept the library open. We look forward to our winter volunteers returning soon. As you arrive in Saddlebag, stop in and fill your name in on the calendar to volunteer. Please note: there will be a library volunteer meeting October 1, 3 p.m., in the Clubhouse. Large print books must be signed out, as well as 14-day books, books on tape and movies. Please return all books and DVDs in good condition so they may be enjoyed by everyone. Those of you returning to Saddlebag will notice that we have several new movies on DVD. We appreciate your 25 cent donation as it allows us to purchase new movies for your enjoyment. Barbara Marksbury 5 Night Owl Circle Cynthia Garcia 49 Queen of Waters COMPUTER HELPERS AND USERS GROUP (CHUG) Computer/Classes will start on October 1. The first meeting will start with a short meeting. A date to remember is November 12. Lindsay Albers from Smart Computing Magazine will be here. Let's all show up and give her a big Saddlebag welcome. I have had a request to do some of the new stuff, i.e., twitter, facebook, etc. The problem I have with that is, I don't do any of that stuff. So, if there is anyone out there that can show us how to do it, please step forward. Later on in the winter we will try to schedule someone to do Ebay. More information will follow in the coming months. We are looking forward to seeing everyone back at Saddlebag. So, have a good trip. Bob Trombley 23 Silversides Amazing simple home remedies: A mouse trap placed on top of your alarm clock will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

8 SADDLEBAG COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT) The Saddlebag CERT continued training through the summer. Several team members worked at the Polk County Hurricane Expo in June. Denise Heady, from the Polk County Health Department gave a presentation at our June meeting: "Are You Ready to Shelter at Home?" In July, team members attended a Firewise Workshop at Indian Lake Estates. We continue to meet monthly. If you would like to volunteer, or if you have supplies to donate, contact Ken Hall, Barbara Marksbury, Sec. 5 Night Owl Circle SLR SONGBIRDS.1st rehearsal on November 5th, 7 to 8 p.m., in the Clubhouse. Requirements: "Love to Sing". Any questions, call me, after 9 a.m. at New members are welcome. Virginia Toering, Director 60 Silversides (c) U.A.r. As we come to the end of our summer patrols, I would like to thank all of the volunteers who have given so many hours to the program. Without volunteers this and all of the many functions of Saddlebag would not be possible. Now it is time for the winter patrols to begin and take over where our summer people left off. A special thanks to Agnes Swatzell, scheduler, Karen Park, secretary, Tony Menichino, maintenance and Joan Hannon, my assistant. If anyone would like to join the C.A.P. program, we are taking applications for next season. On behalf of the Sheriff's Dept., Saddlebag and coordinators, a big THANKS. Jim Hannon, Coordinator 24 Silver Doctor CALLING ALL KNITTERS. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH A GROUP OF LADIES THIS SUMMER WHO HAVE BEEN KNITTING SKULL CAP/HELMET LIN- ERS FOR DEPLOYED TROOPS. If you would like to help out, donations of yam (dark 4 ply worsted weight yam, NOT WOOL) would be much appreciated. These need not be full skeins. I will be back in SLR by mid November and would collect yam after that. I have had good luck at garage/yard sales finding part skeins in case you are a "rummager" like I am. If you would like to help out by knitting a few caps, please me and I will send you the pattern which is really easy. Thanks much for your help!!! Dennie Pahl 82 Silversides denniepahl@yahoo.com Amazing simple home remedies: If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem. THANK YCIJS THANK YOU! The numerous cards we received from the Saddlebag Community was overwhelming. We wish everyone the very best and all our blessings. Gil and Midge Schleweis I would like to thank all who sent cards during my recent surgery. Receiving cards from friends is somewhat expected. Receiving cards from acquaintances is a special treat. But receiving cards from Saddlebag is a truly unique experience. Four times I call to Lois and said, "Honey, who ARE these people?" She'd say, "They live in Saddlebag, they're neighbors." Complete strangers, but neighbors. Thank you all again. Bob Lapsley

9 I A4CCE THANK Many, many thanks for the visits, calls, cards and delicious food from you wonderful friends and neighbors, when I was hospitalized in June. Special thanks to Marilyn Storm and Nancy Lambert for their 6 hour vigil in the ER. I just love you all! Madeline Conway I want to express my thanks for the gifts, flowers, cards and calls. They meant so much to me and our family. Saddlebag is sure something special. Bob Exler Words are inadequate to express how I feel about the love and care extended to me by so many of you after the devastating loss of my husband, so I'll just say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. Janet McKnight I want to thank everyone for the cards and phone calls during my illness. Elaine Teetsell WHAT DO RETIRED PEOPLE DO ALL DAY? Working people frequently ask retired people what the do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day Marilyn and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a policeman writing out a parking ticket. We went up to hem and said, "Come on, how about giving a senior citizen a break?" He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a not too nice name. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires. So Marilyn called him a jerk. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. Personally, we didn't care. We came into town by bus. We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's important at our age!