Submitted by Michelle McKinnon and photos by Brenda Moody, Rita Jones , Kathy Downer, Mary Ann Gifford. Videos Betmar Video Club
Nov 19, 2024
TUESDAY AT COFFEE:
COFFEE NEWS NOVEMBER 19. 2024
MICHELLE’S MESSAGE
We are welcoming back more and more snowbirds! What a treat for us to have you back. Hurricane Milton put us back a few weeks, but events are up and running! I am looking forward to the Turkey Talk Luncheon where we will be honoring Judy Gearsbeck for her many years of service to Betmar!! (Donations can still be made in the office until Wednesday 11AM) YUM YUM GOBBLE GOBBLE THANKS THANKS!!
VOLUNTEER SHOUT OUT
Thank you, Judith Hall, Linda Ames, and Henna Smith, for organizing a fantastic Craft Fair
Thank you Troy Duprey for the 10 turkeys you donated today!
Thank you, Richard and Bailey Johnson from Shuffle, for doing a final hunt and seek for remaining piles of metal left at the curb. Fortunately, all of it was gone by the time they went looking or it was hiding. Metal can be taken to the shuffle metal recycling center by the shuffle court if not too large for normal transport.
I also want to give a huge shout out to the guys from Properties and Mac McKinnon. Did you all see the huge dent they put in the pile of debris on Lakewood using the chipper bought in one or our last hurricane messes. Noisy but wow, what an improvement. So, Pasco County, our guys have got you beat.
Goundsman Dustin says a big Thank You for your donations!!
ACTIVITIES
*Healthorama Calling all resident nurses and allied health professionals. The Healthorama Health group is a group of retired and almost retired semi and professional health care workers who meet once or twice a year. We promote wellness in the park and sponsor the annual health fair. If interested in meeting others and offering a minimal amount of time and I mean minimal, please contact me or another contact listed in the directory under Healthorama Health Group. Hope to see some new faces. Thank you. Marsha Frain 231 629 2999
*Dog Park Calling all dog park users. Monday November 25, 2024, at 10 am is our annual dog park decorating party. Does not take long. If you wish to be on the roster for dog park newsletters sent out a few times a year please text Marsha Frain at 231 629 2999
*Plant Steet Six contractors met at the Plant Street Great Divide on Friday and our little road was put in as an emergency bid. So things are moving; but, they will be given 150-180 days to complete the project once the contract is let to a bidder.
*John Perry will be at the pavilion again Friday afternoon at 2:00 with some great oldies classic rock and roll music from the 50’s through the 80’s and it’s all free
*** also, John will be at the “music and entertainment “at club house #3 Friday night at 7:00 for more great music!
*Thomas Promise and The Perfect 10 The Thomas Promise Toy Drive drop box is decorated and ready for toys to fill it up!!! Let’s support our local charity for children by bringing in new toys, games, puzzles, sport items, jewelry and gifts for suggested ages of 7 to 15. The tall box is next to the Thomas Promise gray bins between CH#2 and the Annex!!! The Toy Drive will end on Thursday, December 12th.
A Special Wednesday Night at our Betmar Bandstand on December 4th will be promoting the Thomas Promise Toy Drive. Bring an unwrapped toy to drop in the box and receive a ticket for 2 special drawings that night. Must be present to win!!
Our Betmar Pickleballers will be wrapping the gifts under the leadership of Darlene Paine.to be given out at the Thomas Promise Christmas Dinner with Santa on December 20th. All Zephyrhills school children receiving the weekend food backpacks are invited with their families to Dinner with Santa!!
*CHRISTMAS DECORATING IN THE PARK We are looking for volunteers to help decorate the park for Christmas. The date is Saturday, November 30, 2024.
We will be serving coffee and donuts at 8 a.m. and Hospitality will be serving lunch following the decorating of the park. Carol and I will be available after coffee to sign up anyone that is interested. You can also call us at (978) 500-1666. It’s a great way to meet new friends and have fun.
*Movie Night 4 tickets left for dinner and a movie for $3 at 5PM CH2, $3 for just a movie at 6PM -Bring money for share the wealth, pie, popcorn, and soda/water. Movie-Old Dogs
*OnSpot Dermatology Tuesday, Nov 19th , TODAY, On spot dermatology has a pop up clinic set up in the White Room of Apache clubhouse till 3:30. WALK-INS are welcome. As of Friday, they had 7 open appointment times. So, go get the skin checked
*ESSENTIAL OIL CLASS Thursday in the annex from 1-2-hope to see you there!!
*CLUB PRESIDENT AND TREASURER MEETING December 3rd 11am-CH2
BETMAR BANDSTAND
Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 20 please join us at 6:00 in Clubhouse 2 for a fun evening of music by our own Jam Bandits. This will be the last Bandstand show for November due to Thanksgiving. Our next show will be December 4 when we will have a toy drive on behalf of Thomas Promise. Please bring a new unwrapped toy for a child. Our Pickleball/Tennis Club members will be wrapping the toys for distribution, and we thank them for doing this. So let’s all try to bring a smile to the face of a child and their families by bringing a gift for a child who may not otherwise have much. Bring a donation and have the opportunity to maybe win a door prize. As always, we thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow night and again on December 4.
BINGO BISTRO-Pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, pasta salad, and sandwiches
CHORUS
Don’t forget the Christmas concert and tree lighting Dec.1 at 7pm in CH 2 -No tickets needed
COMMUNICATIONS
Anyone wanting to post any ACTIVITY, EVENT or CLUB DATES in the December or January Calendar must get it to me no later than this Friday, Nov 22nd. I will be printing the calendars next week. USE EMAIL communications@betmar.org
DANCE CLUB
Line dance lessons continue every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday in clubhouse # 3 from 10:30 till 12:00. Come and enjoy. Next Saturday night November 23 our dancing music will be provided by West Wind. The doors open at 6:00 and dancing from 7:00 until 10:00. All are welcome. Bring your friends and have a good time. New Years Eve tickets are now on sale in the annex for residents only on Tuesdays before coffee and donuts. Tickets remain at only $20.00 each. Please get the tickets of your choice now as tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday November 30th. Will Yancey will provide the music. Call Pam Ward for more info at 989-859-6905.
GAME CLUB
Welcome back bridge players. Mondays Contract 6:15pm CH#3 Tuesdays Duplicate 6:15pm Apache Wednesdays Contract 6:15pm CH#3- COME join us. Any questions call Bailey 207-812-2093
GARDEN CLUB
The Garden Club has beautiful plants for the enjoyment of all Betmar Residents. PLEASE do not take the plants out of the gardens!!! Feel free to contact any member of the Garden Club and we will be happy to suggest a plant for your garden. The Betmar Gardens were damaged by Hurricane Milton and the gardeners are working hard to repair the damage. It is appreciated if the plants are left in the gardens.
GOLF CLUB
Thanks for all the help at the Course clean up! We are still in need of starters and Rangers, especially on the weekends!! Contact Mike Poulin if you can fill in any of the empty slots. 443-243-1393.
The Golf Membership/Board meeting is Monday November 25th @ 9am CH2 Terri Williams Golf Communications Director 269-501-4752
LIBRARY
I have 10 Books And you take 5 What do you have? That’s right, you have A black eye and A broken hand.
The November library meeting did not take place due to the library being closed for remodel. For all our book lovers we packed around 18000 linear inches of books, talking books and DVDs. We also packed over 1000 jigsaw puzzles. Those all must go back on our new shelves. Not counting the jigsaw puzzle room, we now have 19000 linear inches of new shelves. That gives us 1000 linear inches of new shelves. We have 110 linear inches of brand-new books which still gives a cushion of 900 linear inches. We will be making some changes in your library. A few of the changes affect our book kiosks that sit at the entry displaying new or nearly new books. We will keep one kiosk at the library for brand new books. We also plan to keep the remaining kiosk at club house two to stay as a trading library. The internet is coming to a library near you! The plans are still in the development stage, but we hope to be able to provide printer services as well as internet services. That’s it for now. We are still waiting for the certificate of occupancy to be issued! Stay tuned, Toni
MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
Music Entertainment in CH #3 this Friday night starting at 7:00 p m John Perry is your host.
Also selling tickets for our December 6th & 7th show which is titled Potluck. Tickets are $5.00 and guaranteed to be a good show
PROPERTIES
Well, it looks like we missed Sara and that is great news for us Betmarians. With that, just wanted to let everyone know that we just got word from a county contractor for debris pickup. They will be in Betmar today or possibly tomorrow. Golf courses are coming along, and we hope to have Gold 9 open very soon. The White course soon after as we wait for the overseeding to take hold. Thank you for all the kind words about the properties team and the efforts that they have put into making Betmar back to the paradise we are all accustomed to enjoying. Thank You, Mac McKinnon Betmar Properties Director/Councilor 813.838.0399 Cell
SHUFFLE
Shuffleboard activities are up and running. See the board for dates and times.
Tuesdays Turkey shoot starts today. Monthly prize.
Come test your skill only takes 10-15 min. Tuesdays 8:30 to 9:30 or so meet you on the court.
Beginner lessons call Bailey Johnson 207-812-2093
TABLE AND CHAIR SET UP
Block assignments for Table & Chair volunteers are published in each month’s Betmar Bulletin. Blocks are mapped out on page 28 of the phone book. The block assignment for the second half of November is blocks M & N (Comanche & parts of Kay, Mohawk & Powhattan).
Schedule for this period follows:
Wed 11/20 8 am Bandstand
Fri 11/22 8 am Christmas Sale
Sat 11/23 4 pm Dance (major)
Mon 11/25 8 am Bingo & Chorus rehearsal
For questions, contact Tom Brown
TENNIS/PICKLEBALL CLUB
The Annual Pickleball/Tennis Club Christmas Home Tour will be Tuesday, Dec 10 – tickets – $10 donation each – will be available in the office, at Coffee , or call Laraine Roberts @ 517-230-2331 or Colleen King @716-450-1633
This year there will be 6 homes and an Afterglow Party in CH 3. You must have a Home Tour ticket for the Afterglow – it all begins at 6:30pm.
THEATRE
Meeting Wednesday at 1:30 Ch 2 to discuss March play! CH 2
TOPS
“It’s all fun and games until you have to unbutton your pants 👖!”
Inviting all elastic waistband Betmar folks to the next TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting on Wednesday morning. Voluntary weigh-in starts at 8am with the meeting following around 8:45. Hope to see you there! 🦃 🍗 🦃 🍗 🦃
WHAT NOT BARN
Remember the whatnot Barn is open on Tuesdays now. We’re happy to pick up all your leftover yard sale items. We’re having a big sale Tuesday and Friday on George Foreman grills and coffee makers. We still have those white chairs outside for $1 each, many are in great shape they just need to be cleaned. We still have bedspreads and comforters of any size any color $5. Linda P still has a lot of women’s clothes outside in boxes for sale for $1 per item. Where can you find deals like this? Only one place your friendly neighborhood whatnot Barn
Just a reminder that the whatnot Barn and the bike Barn will be opened during the Christmas sale on the 23rd of November
What-Not Christmas Sale
The Christmas Sale will be held in Clubhouse 2, from 9 to1 this Saturday, November 23rd. We will gladly accept any late donations if you bring them to the Clubhouse between 9 and 10 a.m. on Friday.
We have lots of merchandise for your decorating pleasure, and don’t forget — our sale is a great place to shop for golf cart decorations for the parade. Refer any questions to Tom or Dee Brown.
JOKE OF THE DAY
Two babies were sitting in their cribs when one baby shouted to the other “Are you a little girl or boy?”.
“I don’t know” replied the other baby giggling.
“What do you mean, you don’t know?” said the first baby
“I mean, I don’t know how to tell the difference,” Was the reply.
“Well, I do!!” Said the first baby chuckling, “I’ll climb into your crib and find out.”
He carefully got himself into the other baby’s crib, then quickly disappeared under the blanket. After a couple of minutes, he resurfaced with a big smile on his face. “You’re a little girl, and I’m a little boy,” he said proudly.
“You’re ever so clever,” said the baby girl, “but how can you tell?”
“Well, you are wearing pink booties!” the little baby boy laughed
BIRTHDAYS
Janet Blair’s Birthday was 11/17. Like a fine wine, she’s aged to perfection!
Rich Hadley 76
Happy 80th birthday to Jeanne Frost on 11/21/24
SICK BAY
Tony Mastro…, Charlie Hadley, and Bob Kraft
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