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Golf Teams Contribute To Episcopal Church Building Fund

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By BARBARA ROUTEN

Tribune correspondent

Published: May 10, 2008

SUN CITY CENTER - The second annual golf tournament of St. John the Divine Episcopal Church of Ruskin attracted 108 golfers March 29 at Club Renaissance in Sun City Center.

Proceeds benefited the building fund for the construction of a new church on East Del Webb Boulevard.

"We will formally break ground on May 25 at 4 p.m.," said tournament coordinator Ilene Hemmingway. The Rev. Tracy Wilder will preside, and Bishop Dabney Smith of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida will attend.

"St. John the Divine Episcopal Church will become a two-campus church when the one on East Del Webb is completed," said Carole Del Castillo, church publicity chairwoman. "We will be the first in the Diocese of Southwest Florida with a two-campus church - one in Ruskin and one in Sun City Center."

At the fundraiser, golfers were divided into four flights - groups "of golfers that are similar in either handicap ability or gender," Hemingway said.

Flight No. 1 had nine teams. The first-place winner of the bunch was the Tampa Bay Radiology Oncology Team - Kevin House, Randy Larson, Jack Potter and Ed Vazquez.

Flight No. 2, the women's flight, contained five teams. The flight's first-place team was Jan's Team, made up of Bev Valentine, Cheryl Karpinsky, Jan Harding and Barb Strubble, members of the Caloosa Golf and Country Club.

Six teams competed in flight No. 3, one of two mixed flights. The first-place team was Ralph Kohnke, Dorothy Misenheimer, Judie Marr, and Bob Mills.

Flight No. 4, the other mixed flight, had seven teams. The first-place winner was Pliska's Team - Bob Bancroft, Gene Pliska, Carol Pliska and Chris Curry.

Chet Budziak won the putting contest; Tim Chaney came in second; and Ken McLoone and Jim Aune were runners-up. Bill Whitehead, Jan Harding, Carol Slaughter and Chaney each won a closest-to-the pin contest.

Resort Offers Free Osteoporosis Screening

RUSKIN - The public is invited to two free events at Riverside Club Golf and Boating Resort, 2550 Pier Drive.

The first is an osteoporosis screening sponsored by the Living Well Healthcare Corp. of Ruskin from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The company provides information and instruction to people at home, on site or at work to motivate them to manage their health independently - not only their physical health, but also their emotional and mental health, said Carolyn Tinglin, administrator of Living Well Healthcare.

The second is a program called My Time, My Story, featuring Mary Jo LoVerde and Emory Austin, that will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at the resort. LoVerde will describe her step-by-step process that leads to a better-balanced life. Austin uses humor to tell stories and communicate information. That talent earned her the National Speakers Association Council of Peers Award for Excellence.

Free refreshments will be served. Free gift bags, a free prize drawing and the free chance to record one's own story will be available at the My Story Kiosk.

For reservations or information, call Shari Kirkeeng from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at (813) 641-7840.

School Plans A Night Of Science Magic

RUSKIN - Cypress Creek Elementary School, 4040 19th Ave. N.E., Ruskin, will hold its Science Magic Night beginning with a scholastic book fair at 5 p.m. Thursday in the media center.

Pizza, nachos, pickles, doughnuts and soda will be available for sale from 5:30 to 7 p.m. outside the lunchroom.

Second-graders will sing about the earth and the environment at 6 p.m. in the courtyard. The grand finale will be the release of butterflies the students have been nurturing and studying.

Representatives from the Museum of Science & Industry will present "Physics Fun," about the physical world from 6 to 6:45 p.m. and "Shocking Truth," about electricity from 7 to 7:45 p.m. in the multipurpose room.

A 15-minute "Black Lights, Music ... Magic!" session will take place at 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m. in the music room. Participation is limited to 30 per session.

Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center will sponsor activities such as netting aquatic organisms in water hauled from the Little Manatee River; sifting out soil-dwelling critters with a Berlese funnel; creating coasters, pinch pots and medicine bags from local natural resources; and learning about Ice Age fossils found in Hillsborough County.

"This is going to be a very special night for all involved ... especially me," said Ellen Kleinschmidt, event publicity chairwoman. "I have been the music teacher at Cypress Creek Elementary School for 17 years. This will be my last event at Cypress Creek. I, along with many of my colleagues and many of our students, will be relocating to the new Reddick Elementary School in Wimauma next year."

Seeing Kleinschmidt work her musical magic one more time is another compelling reason to attend the special night.

This Is Like Writing A Grocery List

RUSKIN - The South Bay Genealogical Society, which provides regularly scheduled Ask-a-Genealogist help, workshops and seminars, invites any interested South Hillsborough County resident to join the society and attend the group's meeting at noon May 20 at the SouthShore Regional Library, 15816 Beth Shields Way.

Cindy Hineman Davis, who said, "If you can write a grocery list, you can write life stories," will present "Writing Your Memoirs." She will explain why recording one's story is important to the writer and to one's progeny.

Reservations must be made by Wednesday by calling Rose Huggard, (813) 633-0868.

DAR Group To Hold Year's Final Meeting
SUN CITY CENTER - The Colonel George Mercer Brooke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 1 p.m. for refreshments followed by a 1:30 meeting on a new date, Wednesday, and at a new place, Buhr Hall of Redeemer Lutheran Church, 701 Valley Forge Blvd.

The meeting will be a memorial service to honor all members who have died this year.

The meeting is open to local members, members of other DAR chapters and women interested in becoming part of DAR.

For information, call Nancy Payne, (813) 634-6017.

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

neighbors@tampabay.rr.com.

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