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Woman's Club Honors Veterans At Meeting

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By BARBARA ROUTEN, Tribune correspondent

Published: December 8, 2007

Updated: 12/06/2007 06:24 pm

SUN CITY CENTER - The Sun City Center Woman's Club honored veterans at its November meeting.

During the meeting Bob Mills played patriotic music.

Dick Grove, a Korean War veteran and husband of member Janet Grove, spoke to the group about his recent return to Korea. He described the events leading up to the war, the changes in infrastructure of the country from a backwoods, dirt-road place, to a country with modern cities.

The club's November charitable donation was toiletries, candy, reading materials and new holiday cards for veterans in hospitals and thank you cards for the troops in Iraq.

Haley House Is Winner After Poker Run

RIVERVIEW - Commandant John Bain and Joe Stajkowski of the Riverview Detachment of the Marine Corps League presented a $2,500 check to Pat Schenck from the Haley House's board of directors Nov. 16.

The detachment's Poker Run on Oct. 6 brought in the money for the donation. Bain said this will be the first of a yearly poker run aimed at raising money to support the facility.

A poker run "is a motorcycle run where the participants pay a fee to ride as a group," said Jack Skelding, senior vice commandant. "They make stops at preselected locations to pick up a playing card. After they have completed the run they turn in their cards, and the person with the best hand wins a prize."

The Haley House provides lodging for qualified families whose loved ones are being treated at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center Veterans Hospital in Tampa.

Holiday Remembrance Comforts Families

RIVERVIEW - The fourth annual Candle Lighting Holiday Remembrance Ceremony was Nov. 20 at Serenity Meadows Memorial Park, Funeral Home & Crematory.

The service featured songs by Riverview High School's show choir, Vision.

The Rev. Bill Swengros of St. Stephen Catholic Church and Lynn Sayne of Help for Hurting Hearts presided over the ceremony, which honored the memory of people in the community who have died.

It provided a chance "for the surviving family and friends to gather and share experiences and memories together," said Mike Wick, president of Serenity Meadows.

"Our grief, faith and the support of each other give us strength and great wisdom," Swengros said. It helps "those around us put the small things in perspective" and encourages them to "cherish every moment."

Eagle Audubon Donates Freezer To Camp Bayou

RUSKIN - Camp Bayou is colder now, thanks to the Eagle Audubon Society of Sun City Center, which recently donated a freezer to the learning center.

Nancy Terry, Paul Vanvalkenburg, Tony Lavagnino and Dana Ellerbrock represented the society when the freezer was dropped off.

A freezer was one of many items on Camp Bayou's wish list, which can be found at www.campbayou.org/funding.html.

"Keep Camp Bayou in mind when you renovate, upgrade or downsize," said Dolly Cummings, nature center education director.

To offer items, call Cummings at (813) 363-5438 or donate@campbayou.org.

Santa Cruise Excites Dogs, Small Children

APOLLO BEACH - The South Shore Anglers Boaters Club is sponsoring the second annual Apollo Beach Santa Cruise for small boats at noon Dec. 16 by the tiki bar on a private dock in the Bal Harbour lagoon.

Boats will motor along the canals in the southern part of Apollo Beach.

Santa's helpers on the boats will toss candy to children and dog biscuits to dogs along the route.

All boaters may join the parade. Participation is free. For information, call Gloria Marks, (813) 641-2799.

Sorority Samples Holiday Treats
SUN CITY CENTER - The members of the Laureate Zeta Kappa chapter of Beta Sigma Phi got together Nov. 15 at Kings Point resident Mary Burback's home.

President Connie Stephan led a board meeting and thanked everyone who made the chapter's fundraiser sale a success. Then Burback presented a program called Homemade Christmas.

Burback served her sisters almond bars, sugared pecans, Chex mix puppy chow, lemon bar cookies, German chocolate caramel bars, apple-walnut-cranberry muffins and Irish cream. She also gave each a booklet containing the recipes for the holiday treats.

Community Service Center Helps Children

RUSKIN - The Ruskin Community Service Center has adopted the Ruskin Head Start children for Christmas this year.

The center will give each of the 3- and 4-year-olds a toy, a pair of shoes and one complete outfit.

The goal is to raise $1,500 to purchase $25 Wal-Mart gift cards for the children's families, and the center welcome any donations of money or gift cards by Monday The Ruskin Head Start will present the gifts at a party Dec. 18.

For information on where to send contributions, call Dee Fridella of the Ruskin Neighborhood Service Center of the Hillsborough County Health and Social Services Department at (813) 671-7647, Ext. 222, or e-mail fridellad @hillsboroughcounty.org.

Snippets

The Tampa Bay WAVES Unit 55 will meet at 11 a.m. today at the Golden Corral restaurant, 815 Providence Road, Brandon. Any woman who is serving or served honorably in the military sea services or their related reserve components may join. For information, call Jeannette Green, (813) 657-9164, or Barbara J. McGuire, (813) 571-2098. ... The Sun City Center Woman's Club invites Sun City Center residents to meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Sun City Center Library parking lot, 1011 N Pebble Beach Blvd., Sun City Center, to sing carols to shut-ins at preselected sites. Interested parties may sign up at the December meeting or contact Janet Cardulla, director, (813) 634-6692, or Connie Williams, (813) 633-6395, or Jeanne Nenarella, (813) 642-9885.

Send news and photos of community interest to Barbara Routen at The Tampa Tribune, 505 W. Robertson St., Brandon FL 33511, e-mail neighbors@tampa bay.rr.com or call (813) 657-4531.

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