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1 Johnny Appleseed March 4 th Board of Directors Meeting March 5 th Homeowners Assn Meeting March 9 th Daylight Saving Time Change March 9 th St. Patrick s Day Dinner March 14 th Poker Run March 22 nd Annual Yard Sale March 26 th FMO Meeting

2 Newsletter Staff: Jim Hanoian Newsletter Committee Chairman and of Newsletter February was a busy and eventful month with lots of activities and events. Several were fun, some were business related, a few were for learning new skills, and others were about remembering those that are no longer with us. March is bringing more activities and new events. Be sure to mark your calendars so you won't miss out. Thank you to all those attending and participating in the Annual HOA Meeting. The meeting was eventful, since votes were cast for new Board Members, the 2014 Budget, and changes to the Standing Rules. The results are as follows: Elected to the Board: Donna Shaver and Milda Kolesar, both for 3 year terms President: ChandraMa Hanoian Vice-President: Milda Kolesar Second Vice-President: Terry Jansen 2014 Budget was passed The Standing Rules changes all passed Thank you to Joann Barber and Dan Janis for their service on the 2013 Board. Your hard work and skills were greatly appreciated by us all. On behalf of the Board and the Saddle Oak Club community, a huge thank you to Nancy Pollom for her efforts and participation in events and activities during her year as Event Coordinator and Vice-President for She continues to be a much valued member of the current Board. The Event Coordinator for 2014 is Milda Kolesar. Anyone wishing to plan an event or reserve the clubhouse can contact Milda at her home or see her at Saturday Social. She is eager to help volunteers plan successful events, both those with experience and those who are new to activity hosting. As always, we, at Saddle Oak Club and all of the members of the Board are grateful to all of you who volunteer to chair and work at the many events we have here each month. We are also appreciative of all those folks who attend the activities and events. Without one another we would not have the friendly, social events and activities we all enjoy. Sincerely, ChandraMa Hanoian Saddle Oak Club HOA President Lee Justice Advertising Manager SOCNewsAds@gmail.com Peggy Gooch Circulation Manager springpeepers1545@gmail.com Paulette McNally Photographer and Activities Coverage plmcnally@gmail.com Linda Otto Event Posters lotto_3@msn.com Marilyn Strobert Thank-You, Bits & Pieces, and Save the Date Pages Hopeful5255@yahoo.com Tim Strobert Personnel Backup Ramgo815@yahoo.com John Blacker Calendar joblacker@cfl.rr.com Grace Spiller Proofreader Kathy Smith On-Line Newsletter Submit articles to: SOCNewsletter@yahoo.com or Contact any person on the SOC Newsletter Staff Submission Deadline is the 15th of the month

SADDLE OAK CLUB COMMUNITY MANAGER S CORNER MARCH 2014 Come on Spring Time.

It is that time of year when you will see Brian (maintenance) out planting flowers, pressure washing, trimming, washing the fence lines, and killing weeds. Now is the time to beat the heat.

Stop in and see what we have done and also take a good look maybe you can get some ideas to what you could do with your own home.

3 SADDLE OAK CLUB COMMUNITY MANAGER S CORNER MARCH 2014 Come on Spring Time. Hopefully the cold winter days have passed by now and we can get out in the yard to trim out the dead debris and plant spring flowers. It is that time of year when you will see Brian (maintenance) out planting flowers, pressure washing, trimming, washing the fence lines, and killing weeds. Now is the time to beat the heat. Well the construction at the office is finally complete. It has been a long process but well worth the wait. Stop in and see what we have done and also take a good look maybe you can get some ideas to what you could do with your own home. NEW Stephanie Ray SEASONAL RESIDENTS For those residents that fly north in the spring, please remember to stop in the office and let us know that you are leaving. Fill out a House Check form for the Citizen Patrol before you leave. We will miss you, but this is not good bye it is see you soon. Be well and safe. What s New??? We are always working behind the scenes to make this community the best in Ocala. See some of the things we have been busy doing Remodeling the Office - complete Important Reminder, the Speed Limit is 15 mph in the community. I have seen several residents and their guest speeding out of the community. I sit in my office and watch as people speed out like it is a race to the finish line. I have had complaints about residents not stopping at stop signs and speeding on other streets as well. Please obey the speed limits, come to complete stops at the stop signs and watch for residents walking. Thank you!

Birthdays 01. Robert Bourque 01. Mike Cady 01. David Dobelbower 01. Judy Lott 01. Janet Stacy 02. Lisha Burry 02. Betty Zukierski 03. Peter Mascaro 03.

Tony Pace 08. Rowena Wilson 09. Kristine Hamilton 10. Susan Black 12. Frank Ruck 12. Gee Sauvageau 13. Sammi Koester 15. Tom Leahy 15. Bobbie Teem 16.

Ronald Terlecki 22. James Wessner 23. Nancy Hoiaas 24. Gary Mott 25. William Keffel 25. Thomas Pritchard 26. Denise Donofrio 27. Dan Carlin 27.

Vince & Marilyn Andrews 16. Jim & Fran Fritz 21. John & Diana Phinney 21. Roger & Sandi Pelchat 24. Bill & Ann-Marie Stanley 25. Pat & Dave Wilkinson 26.

4 Birthdays 01. Robert Bourque 01. Mike Cady 01. David Dobelbower 01. Judy Lott 01. Janet Stacy 02. Lisha Burry 02. Betty Zukierski 03. Peter Mascaro 03. Dewey Stovall 04. Wesley Hannah 06. Robert Evers 06. Myra Hancock 07. Karen Bissette 07. Bob Lobe 08. Nancy Dougherty 08. Beverly Monnette 08. Tony Pace 08. Rowena Wilson 09. Kristine Hamilton 10. Susan Black 12. Frank Ruck 12. Gee Sauvageau 13. Sammi Koester 15. Tom Leahy 15. Bobbie Teem 16. David Sanborn 18. Susan Donini 18. Donna Shaver 20. Ian (Mac) McKenzie 21. Bill Evans 21. David Koester 21. Salvatore Tantalo 22. Marilyn (Joan) Hansen 22. Ronald Terlecki 22. James Wessner 23. Nancy Hoiaas 24. Gary Mott 25. William Keffel 25. Thomas Pritchard 26. Denise Donofrio 27. Dan Carlin 27. Tom Pollom 27. Gloria Rydecki 28. Lucy Baisch 29. Ron Anderson 29. Linda Born 31. Robert Ficek Anniversaries 01. Bob & Sandy Austin 03. Vince & Marilyn Andrews 16. Jim & Fran Fritz 21. John & Diana Phinney 21. Roger & Sandi Pelchat 24. Bill & Ann-Marie Stanley 25. Pat & Dave Wilkinson 26. Tim & Marilyn Strobert For additions or corrections to the Birthday or Anniversary lists, or to add the year to your anniversary, please contact: Jim Hanoian at or

Minnor & Jing (Sky) Beer 5685 SW 56th St Lot 280 Date arrived: 03-2013 Minnor s Birthday: 01-02

instructor They have one child His Home: Canada Her Home: China Annie Panasuck with Lilly 5615 SW

& land sales Hobbies: Gambling One Child, 3 Grandchildren 6 Great Grandchildren Home: New York

5 Minnor & Jing (Sky) Beer 5685 SW 56th St Lot 280 Date arrived: Minnor s Birthday: Sky s Birthday: Their Anniversary: His occupation: oil worker Her occupation: dance instructor They have one child His Home: Canada Her Home: China Annie Panasuck with Lilly 5615 SW 60th St Lot Arrived: Birthday: Owned a roofing business, time share & land sales Hobbies: Gambling One Child, 3 Grandchildren 6 Great Grandchildren Home: New York City Phone number correction (again, sorry!): The phone number for Ken and Lynda MacIntosh should be:

Tony & Lucille Allard 5515 SW 60th St Lot 116 509-4276 Closed: 01-2013 His Birthday: 04-21 Her Birthday: 10-23 Anniversary: 12-13-2012 His Occupation: Contractor Her Occupation:

Arrived: 11/2013 Birthday: 05/17 Owned artist supply store, Jackie of all trades Hobbies: Quilting, artist 4 Children Home State: NJ Welcome committee for new residents is

6 Tony & Lucille Allard 5515 SW 60th St Lot Closed: His Birthday: Her Birthday: Anniversary: His Occupation: Contractor Her Occupation: Eye Tech Hobbies: His Motorcycles, Hers: Sun Worshiper She has 2 sons His Home: Canada Hers: New Jersey Pet: Katie Lynda Kacicz with Pip 5633 SW 58th Pl Lot Arrived: 11/2013 Birthday: 05/17 Owned artist supply store, Jackie of all trades Hobbies: Quilting, artist 4 Children Home State: NJ Welcome committee for new residents is chaired by Kathy Simmes at If you haven t been welcomed by the committee, please give Kathy a call. Phone book changes/corrections should be submitted to Virginia Clark at

His name was John Chapman, born in Leominster, Massachusetts in March of 1774. In reality, he was a careful, organized and intelligent orchard and nursery farmer.

7 Johnny Appleseed This month s cover features Johnny Appleseed, who is remembered on March 11 th. While many of us have probably grown up thinking this fabled character was a fictional childhood story, he was a real man with alert blue eyes, sandy hair, slender build and a colorful personality. His name was John Chapman, born in Leominster, Massachusetts in March of In reality, he was a careful, organized and intelligent orchard and nursery farmer. At the age of 18, he began to travel the unsettled lands on foot from Massachusetts to as far West as Ohio, and did indeed carry a leather bag filled with apple seeds. However, rather than scattering them, as he is so often depicted, he planted them in organized, fenced-in orchards and nurseries after he acquired the land. He would then move on, returning after the trees became established to tend, graft and harvest the apples, mend the fences, and then sell the trees and land to incoming settlements who would benefit from having a fruit orchard which would otherwise not have grown in that area. Many of these areas still exist to this day. He also had an elaborate system of burying his money along the waysides. He was a frugal man and, despite the money he made with this enterprise, did travel with no shoes, shabby clothes and meager provisions, as settlers and Indians always offered him accommodations, food, refuge, stories and friendship. And rumor has it that, for a time, he indeed did travel with a pot on his head to avoid having to carry it. After 50 years of walking the countryside, while visiting a friend in Indiana and, after a lifetime of never having ever been sick, died of pneumonia at the age of 71. In 1966, a US postage stamp was issued in his honor.

One cold day in February, I rode around the neighborhood and found no

I saw a dreary day in Kentucky, a mid-winter, snowless day in Ohio

The sunset smelled of warm dinners from cozy homes, whose lights

I saw an SOC winter with its own little polar vortexes, and one

Articles typical of summer, spring and fall fun were left for now,

8 One cold day in February, I rode around the neighborhood and found no sign of Florida. I saw a dreary day in Kentucky, a mid-winter, snowless day in Ohio with no one about, the scant, brittle woods of New Hampshire. The sunset smelled of warm dinners from cozy homes, whose lights glowed with the aura of all that was within them. I saw an SOC winter with its own little polar vortexes, and one backyard boasted a lonely, solitary winter visitor. Articles typical of summer, spring and fall fun were left for now, until fresher and brighter thoughts decorate them as reward for their winter patience. Photos and article submitted by Paulette McNally. Thank you, SOC, for allowing me to shoot your stuff.

There were days when even the sun offered no warmth or glow, just a smile to

Winter brings its own charms and purposes, and in SOC is nothing more than the

Here the deer hide in the calm of their own shadows, and spend the season among us

Safe beneath the ground that we no longer tend for now lie buds that wait and look

9 There were days when even the sun offered no warmth or glow, just a smile to assure us he was still in place in the sky, behind the fog, the drizzle and frost. Winter brings its own charms and purposes, and in SOC is nothing more than the memories of blizzards we left behind years ago. Here the deer hide in the calm of their own shadows, and spend the season among us where no harm can befall them. Safe beneath the ground that we no longer tend for now lie buds that wait and look for the long, sweet days of coming spring. Though the winter is keen and chill the hearts of roses we ve already planted are beating still and all their bloomings will come true.

10 Toots Lobe organized this 5-day trip to Key West. Next planned trip is to Biloxi, Mississippi in March, and another for October to Myrtle Beach. Come to the Saturday morning Social to see the beautiful disc of over 300 photos. Photos courtesy of Rick Ida, article by Paulette McNally

On behalf of a grateful nation, the staff

tribute on February 3, 2014 to Eugene L.

was ever honored for what they received.

12 On behalf of a grateful nation, the staff and volunteers of Hospice of Marion County and the Hospice Veterans Partnership of Florida pay special tribute on February 3, 2014 to Eugene L. Heintz for Dedicated Military Service to America and for Advancing the Hope of Freedom and Liberty for All No serviceman was ever honored for what they received. Honor has always been the reward for the sacrifices they have made.

When I must leave you for a little while, Please, shed no wild tears to make your

with light thoughts of me, And for my sake and in my name Live on and do all things

Feed not your loneliness with empty days, But fill each one in useful ways Which

Reach out your hand to friends in greeting That is where you will find me That is

13 When I must leave you for a little while, Please, shed no wild tears to make your days harder Don t hug your sorrow through the coming years, Rather start the day with light thoughts of me, And for my sake and in my name Live on and do all things the same. Feed not your loneliness with empty days, But fill each one in useful ways Which during my life I may have kept you from. Reach out your hand to friends in greeting That is where you will find me That is how I send you comfort, hold you near; For I will wait for you, no matter how long To once again share all that was us Through the eternity which has been promised us. Photography and poetry by Paulette L. McNally

Our last vote resulted in the following restaurant for next month's luncheon: April 24: Olive Garden FMO MEETING An important FMO meeting and luncheon will be held on Thursday, March 13,

Information will be shared about the background and purpose of FMO and how vital it is to each and every homeowner in Saddle Oak Club. Lunch will follow the presentation.

BEREAVEMENT REPORT by Fran Bolson Eugene Heintz passed away on Jan. 24. He is survived by his wife, Peggy. Lisa Wedeking passed away on Jan. 26.

14 BITS & PIECES MEN'S BREAKFAST The men's breakfast will take place on Wednesday, March 19, at 8:30 AM at the IHOP restaurant on Rt Please sign up at clubhouse. LADIES LUNCHEON The ladies luncheon will be held at noon on Thursday, March 20, at the Braised Onion. Sign up at the clubhouse. Hope to see you there! SADDLE OAK SINGLES The Lunch Out for March will be at Red Lobster on Thursday, March 27, at 11:30 AM. Please sign up on the clipboard at the clubhouse to reserve your spot. We will be voting for future locations at this lunch. Our last vote resulted in the following restaurant for next month's luncheon: April 24: Olive Garden FMO MEETING An important FMO meeting and luncheon will be held on Thursday, March 13, especially for homeowners who are not presently FMO members. Come to the clubhouse at 10:00 AM. Information will be shared about the background and purpose of FMO and how vital it is to each and every homeowner in Saddle Oak Club. Lunch will follow the presentation. Reservations are limited to 30 homeowners who sign up in the clubhouse or contact Bob or Nan Bull at to reserve their place. BEREAVEMENT REPORT by Fran Bolson Eugene Heintz passed away on Jan. 24. He is survived by his wife, Peggy. Lisa Wedeking passed away on Jan. 26. She was hit by a car at the entrance to Saddle Oak in December. Jerry Harp passed away on Feb. 3. Maurice (Moe) Jarest passed away on Feb. 11 in Rhode Island. SUNSHINE REPORT by Fran Bolson As we go to press, residents in the hospital include Bill Kolesar, James Johnson, Tom Pollom, Randi Blacker and Walt Oller. Those in nursing homes include Bernie Kozlowski, Bill Sammons, Lucille Davis, Jean Stephens, Johnnie Stephens, Charlene St. Peter and Jean Powers. Residents who were hospitalized last month and are now at home are Gladys Ouimette, Billie Thoresen, David Yogerst and June Walters. Please keep these folks in your thoughts and prayers.

BITS & PIECES (page 2) PORK ROAST DINNER THANK YOU by Linda Otto I would like to thank everyone for attending the Pork Roast Dinner in February. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

15 BITS & PIECES (page 2) PORK ROAST DINNER THANK YOU by Linda Otto I would like to thank everyone for attending the Pork Roast Dinner in February. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves. A special thank you to David Anderson THE CHIEF DISHWASHER OF THE NIGHT. Volunteers did such a wonderful job - from setting up, serving, and cleaning up. Also, thank you to Toots Lobe for the beautiful handmade pins for the volunteers. And thank you to Dave and Phyllis Gibbons for being our head cooks in charge. A job well done as usual. None of this would be possible without volunteers. WANTED Plastic bags from Walmart, Publix, Walgreens, etc. - used to make bed mats for the homeless. Kathy Smith CHEDDAR BAKED CHICKEN RECIPE Ready in 50 minutes. Servings: 6 A crunchy, cheesy coating provides an exciting blend of flavors for baked chicken. Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup crispy rice cereal 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 3 skinless, boneless chicken breast 1 teaspoon garlic powder halves (cut in half) 1 egg 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 tablespoon milk Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350º F (175º C). Coat a medium baking dish with ¼ cup melted butter. 2. In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. In a separate bowl, beat together the egg and milk. In a third bowl, mix the cheese, bread crumbs, and cereal. Dredge chicken pieces in the flour mixture, dip in the egg mixture, then press in the breadcrumb mixture to coat. Arrange in the prepared baking dish. Drizzle 2 tablespoons butter evenly over the chicken. 3. Bake 35 minutes in the preheated oven or until coating is golden brown and chicken juices run clear.

Elvis did not leave the building until everyone was full and tired from dancing!

Roast Pork Dinner and Dancing Hosted by Linda Otto Elvis did not leave the building until everyone was full and tired from dancing! We all had a great evening and a good time. Dave and Phyllis Gibbons