As we begin to wind down the activities of the 2019-2020 Citrus Hills Women’s Club year, we can look forward to the annual April Volunteer Appreciation Celebration. I am proud of starting this tradition when Presi-dent in 2015, so this will be our 6

th! It is our

opportunity to pay tribute and recognition to the many dedicated and loyal ladies who volunteer to serve on the various commit-tees of our Club. Without their involve-ment, dedication of time and talent, generosity and creativity, we certainly could not provide all the activities and events, nor all the donations to charities and scholarships of which we are so proud. Please join us to help celebrate their exceptional efforts. And when you see just how many of our members are involved in our many en-deavors, we hope it will encourage you to step forward and join the ranks of such valued women for next year! Many thanks to Pat Crawley and the great committee she headed to create a special décor and elegance for this event!

April also brings the election of Officers who will lead CHWC in our many endeavors to provide opportunities for Companionship, Charity and Community throughout the year. Please join us to sup-port the wonderful and talented women who have generously agreed to dedicate their time and much energy to make next year a memo-rable one! Thanks to the Nominating Committee of Diane Edwards, Trish Coyle and Sharon Davis for managing this effort.

In addition to the above, our April Luncheon meeting will feature the presentation of donations to the nine Non-Profit organizations select-ed by the Community Outreach Committee of Carol Peterman, Chair, Nancy Kellow, Mickey Johnston, Nina Doran and Joanie Matrosic, and approved by the Board of Directors. Here is a great example of our commitment to and support of Community through our efforts to provide Charity.

Editor: Marta Iler

Issue # 8

CHWC April 2020 Newsletter

Presidents Message

Carter Blankets 3

Charity Donations 4

Membership 5

In the Spotlight 6

Tampa Bay Downs Trip 7

Bunco Bash 8

Maj Jongg Tourney 9-11

Scholarships 12

Volunteer Appreciation 13

Golf Scramble 14

CASA 15

Sunshine 16

CCFRC 16

March Luncheon Photos 17-19

Membership Renewal 20

April Luncheon Form 21

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

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Nancy

Our Membership chairs Elizabeth D’Andrea and Barb Shipman will host a new member tea on April 3

rd. It promises to be a gracious opportunity to personally welcome our newest members

and become acquainted with them. It is a time for asking questions about our Club and providing answers. We often get great new ideas and suggestions at the teas, as fresh eyes provide new insights and ideas. The teas have proved to be a great success in sharing information and cama-raderie with our newest members!

As usual, I like to announce the great success of our fund-raising efforts. The annual Bunco Bash was held on February 26

th to a resounding success. Fielding over 100 players, fun was

had by all and generated a generous $1500.00 for our Charity/Scholarship funds. The Bunco Bash was chaired by Kay Stegemann and Andrea Strogney, with their wonderful committee of “Bunco Babes” who created the baskets and prizes and were most generous in their gift of time and talent.

The annual March Fashion Show, “Travel in Style”, held on March 11th was another great suc-

cess, raising $1,633. Many thanks to Betty’s Boutique, and member/owner, Shelia Abrahams for providing the lovely fashion, accessories and many special donations for our baskets and si-lent auction. Thanks also go to Chairs Joanne LeBlanc and Phyllis Wood along with a dyna-mite committee of wonderful volunteers. The committee turned the Hampton Room into a vision of travels to distant lands. As it is our tradition, the models were selected from the hard-working committee, a small perk for all the dedication and efforts. Models included Nina Doran, Brenda Huntsberry, Mickey Johnston, Myrta Keelan, Joanne LaBlanc, Claudia Pesino, Honey Re-galia and Ileen Zavoda.

Our Spring Golf Scramble, “Masters at Citrus Hills”, will be held on March 20th, so look for news

of that fun event in the next newsletter. It is bound to be a huge success and is always the high-light of the year for golfers! Chair Nancy Roberts and her great committee are hard at work to produce a fantastic event!

Our last scheduled event ,The Military Card Party, is coming up on April 1st for your enjoyment.

Yes, it is April Fool’s Day, but don’t be foolish, join the fun of this rousing game of talent and luck! It has been several years since we offered this popular event, and we have Kay Stegemann and Joan Herzog along with a great group of dedicated volunteers to thank for this timely resurrec-tion of a once favorite game! Sign up to join in the fun, it is an easy card game that can be learned quickly in the introduction and trial run of the game. Sign up now to participate in this event!

In news of our activities, we cancelled to bus trip to the Victory Casino Cruise due to lack of participants. And considering the concern over transmission of the Corona Virus, we felt obligat-ed to cancel the bus trip to the Raymond James Museum and Mazzaro’s Italian Market for this year. Erring on the side of caution was a tough decision, but we believe it was advisable as we had no assurance of the sanitation situation. Trust that this very popular event will be included in the Activities agenda for 2020-2021.

I look forward to seeing y’all in April!

CHWC Makes Blankets for Carter St. School

Continuing a long-standing tradition for the Citrus Hills Womens Club, 20 blankets were completed at a lively work session on February 13th at the Central Ridge Library. Scissors snapped and rulers measured as eve-ryone’s fingers were busy cutting and tying.

Hats off to the following members who shared in this project:

Virginia Fancy, Diane Trowbridge, Marilyn Provencial, Madonna Ray, Beverly Harris, Joan Stankiewicz, Jan Minek, Marie Radoc-cia, Jackie Huband, Claire Quigley, Kim Janssen and Nikki Puccio

A special thank you to Nikki Puccio and Jackie Huband who organized the work session. Forty-Five blankets will be delivered to Carter St. School for the start of the 2020-2021 school year.

Pictured left to right: Diane Trowbridge, Marie Radoc-cia, Madonna Ray, Joan Stankiewicz, Jackie Huband,

Virginia Fancy, Jan Minek , Beverly Harris, Marilyn Provencial, and Nicki Puccio.

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Charitable Donations to be Given to Agencies at April 8

th Luncheon

At the April 8

th Luncheon, in addition to celebrating the

wonderful CHWC Volunteers, we will also be celebrating the local charitable agencies who will be receiving donations from CHWC this year. The funds provided to these agencies help to provide a magnitude of services for those individuals and families in Citrus County who need their assistance. We would also like to recognize and thank CHWC members who choose to bring food donations to our monthly luncheons for the Family Resource Center as well as items for the Humanitarians, and CASA. Thanks to the members who play bingo with the residents at Brookdale every Friday as well those who make blan-kets for, read to and have puppet shows for the little ones at Carter Street Head Start School. Many of you bring items for the children to monthly luncheons to help enhance their lives. The organizations and Carter Street Head Start School appre-ciate and thank you for these donations. The criteria used in picking organizations for donations each year are focused on charities that aid “women, children and families”. The charities that have been chosen for this year by the Community & Charity Outreach Committee of Chair, Carol Peterman and committee members Nancy Kellow, Nina Doran, Mickey Johnson and Joan Matrosic are:

Carter Street Head Start School CASA of Citrus County

Citrus County Advocacy Center “Jesse’s Place” Community Food Bank of Citrus County Citrus County Family Resource Center

Citrus County Harvest, Inc. - “Citrus County Blessings” Citrus Fine Arts, Inc.,

Find- M’ Friend (100 Scent Kits) Voices for Children – Citrus County

CHWC celebrates your generous giving throughout the year in providing items each month to the agencies, making a donation for a ticket to win a basket or at-tending an event as well as all the other ways you help by making a donation in any way.

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Humanitarians of Florida

The Humanitarians of Florida is a Charity that CHWC has collected supplies for many years. Their needs are:

Canned or Bagged Dog Food, Canned Cat Food Old Blankets or Towels

Please bring to the luncheons and look for bins labeled

“Humanitarians of Florida”

CHWC Membership Committee News

We want to welcome seven new members to our CHWC

family: Gerri Schwenkler-Pennington, Jean Lasch, Mary Grabowski, Donna Maurek, Shirley Robinson, Anne Lundberg, Kathryn Fitzgibbons, Teri Thomas and Audrey Fletcher.

Please introduce yourself if you see these members at the April Lunch-eon.

The Membership Committee started accepting renewals for 2020 - 2021 at the February luncheon. You may print the Membership form and bring it to the April luncheon, drop it off in the CHWC box in the Pro Shop, or mail it to Barb Shipman at the address shown on the form. Dues re-main at $25 or $60 if you wish to have the Newsletter mailed to you.

Please put the application and check in an envelope and bring it to the April meeting. If you drop it off at the Pro Shop, also please use an en-velope and print "membership" on the front.

Members are encouraged to submit their applications by the end of May to ensure that their information is included in the 2020 - 2021 Membership Directory.

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Name: Mary Pike Member Since: 2016 State: Ohio Birth Month: July Fun Facts: At Ohio Wesleyan, Mary was involved in the International Club. Graduation gift was a trip to Europe. Lived in Singapore shortly thereafter. Mar-ried life took me to the Middle East, South America and the American West. Have been around the world twice. Currently, volunteer as first Mate on the Eco Heritage Tour Boat for the Crystal River Preserve and State Park and for 3 years as Information staff in the Discovery Center of the Homosassa Spring State Park. Having a wonderful time discovering Florida’s Citrus County. Wish: As teacher and player of Mah Jongg I wish that everybody comes to love Mah Jongg as much as I do.

Name: Carol Malec Member Since: 2014 State: Michigan Birth Month: August Fun Facts: Enjoy walking in the Skyview area and Bella Vita activities. Co-Chair for CHWC Book Club; Member of SCORE of Citrus which assists per-sons interested in starting or expanding a business. Lived in Germany and worked as promotional and professional cosmetics advisor for Revlon and Elizabeth Arden. Was a sales rep for the Naples Daily Newspaper - of the Scripps Howard Company. Last 16 years of career was an academic enrollment counselor at Hodges University of Flori-da. Wish: That we could all get together and remember that we are all human beings and try to respect our differences. Open Secret: Contestant in the Miss Black Michigan Beauty Pageant and

Represented Michigan in the Miss Black America Beauty Pageant. While working in the exclusive Elizabeth Arden - Red Door Salon in New York, Barbara Bush, Elizabeth Dole and Nancy Reagan were my clients.

Name: Eve Taylor Member Since: 2017 State: Delaware Birth Month: September Fun Facts: Love playing Mah Jongg, Reading, Needlepoint, Bridge, Gardening, Cooking and Fun theme parties. World traveler and happily married for 54 years to my “everything” husband, Bill. Wish: Peace and harmony in families. Open Secret: At 17 years old, I won the Miss WAMS Beauty Con-test and was awarded lots of prizes.

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Tampa Bay Downs Trip in February 2020 On Sunday February 16th, 51 members and guests of the Citrus Hills Women's Club traveled to Tampa Bay Downs for a wonderful day at the races! The weather was perfect, and it was a great day for the horses and their jockeys. After a filling buffet in the Tampa Bay Downs pri-vate party suite, the members and guests watched and cheered for 6 thrilling races. Since there were several upsets, some attendees came home with a bit more cash than they had on arri-val! A good time was had by all.

The trip was coordinated by Gwen Hetherington and Claire Lindley, members of the CHWC Event Committee. Citrus Hills Women’s Club is a social and charitable organization for the pur-pose of making friends, sharing fun events and providing service to the community.

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The Citrus Hills Women’s Club Bunco Bash

For several years the CHWC has sponsored fund raising activities to support it’s Scholar-ship and Charity programs. The Bunco Bash is one of the many events that raises money for that purpose.

This year ‘s event was held on Wednesday, February 26. Over 100 players participated even though the weather was less than pleasant.

As with this type of event, the Club relies on many volunteers. This year’s Bash was co-chaired by Kay Stegemann & An-drea Strogney and was supported by Alice Arena, Peggy Bock, Gerd Borne-by, Diane Edwards, Carol Haire, Joan Herzog, Nancy Kellow and Nadine Wiley.

There were 5 Raffle Baskets, and Share The Wealth prizes. Some of the raffle prizes came from: Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Aroma Fine Wine and Spirits, Jimmy T's New York Deli and Ferris Groves. Mike Scott’s Plumbing provides the bottled water for all fundraisers. The Committee also donated many gifts.

The winners of the Bunco’s were as fol-lows:

Dot Klingerman most buncos, Mary Ann Kuebler 2

nd most buncos. Lois Vertenten Most wins, Ju-

dy Brower 2nd

most wins. Paddy Simmons most Bunketts Cleo Salmons 2

nd Bunketts. Booby

Prize not telling.

The Bunco Bash raised over $1500 to support the Scholarships and Charities.

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Mah Jongg Tournament Nets $2,001 for CHWC Scholarships and Charities

On Thursday, March 5, 2020 one hundred and forty-four ladies attended the day long Fall Mah Jongg Tournament fundraiser presented by the Citrus Hills Women’s Club. The Hampton Room at Citrus Hills Golf & Country Club was all decked out in Spring and Easter décor. Sixteen games of Mah Jongg were played by each team of four. The top eight players who received prize money were: 1

st place: Kim Arcabello with1,010 points, 2

nd place: Jan Baker with 950

points, 3rd

place: Kate Johnson with 920 points. Three ladies tied for 4th

, 5th

and 6

th place with 870 points each. They were Gaetana Kalafsky, Carolyn Rob-

ertson and Eileen Mayew. 7th

place went to Carol Morrison with 840 points. Tied for 8

th place were Sue Fendenheim and Marion Kravac with 810 points

each. A bobby prize was awarded for the lowest score of the day. Thirty–two door prizes were awarded to attendees and ten lucky ladies went home with beautiful baskets they won by donating to CHWC’s Scholarship/Charities Fund allowing for a contribution of $2,001.00 to the fund. Our thanks and appreciation to the fifteen ladies from Black Diamond who play in the tourna-ment for items donated for a huge basket. Cheers to those on the committee who also donated items for this event.

The Chair of this fundraiser, Carol Peterman, and her talented and efficient committee of Diane Edwards, Fran Geyer, Cathy Lieberman, Mary Pike, Jackie Huband, Pat Soper, Andrea Strogney, June Dunn, Claire Lindley, Sally Smith, Kay Stegemann and Nanette Mitchel made the day delightful for those pre-sent.

Our appreciation to all who attended as it is you who contributed so much to make this event successful.

The Citrus Hills Women’s Club is a social and charitable organization established in 1986 for the purpose of making friends, sharing fun events and providing service to the Community. Membership is open to all women residents of the areas defined as the Villages of Citrus Hills. The club has a moto of “Companionship, Charity and Community”.

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Mah Jongg Tournament—Continued

Winners of Citrus Hills Women’s Club Spring Mah Jongg Tournament – Back row left to right: Kim Arcabello, Jan Baker, Kate Johnson, Carolyn Robertson, Eileen Mayew. Front row left to right: Carol Morrison, Marion Kravac and Sue Fendenheim. Not pictured Gaetana Kalafsky.

Committee for CHWC Spring Mah Jongg – Back left to right Fran Geyer, Claire Lindley, Cathy Lieberman, Kay Stegemann, Diane Edwards, Sally Smith, Nanette Mitchell, Front Row left to right Pat Soper, June Dunn, Chair Carol Peterman, Jackie Huband and Mary Pike.

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Mah Jongg Tournament—Continued

Our gratitude to the efficient and talented Chair and committee of Carol Peter-

man and her crew of Diane Edwards, Fran Geyer, Cathy Lieberman, Jackie

Huband, Pat Sober, Claire Lindley, Andrea Strogney, Sally Smith, Mary Pike,

June Dunn, Kay Stegemann and Nanette Mitchell who made the day a delight

for everyone. Your hard work, dedication and the enjoyment we have preparing

for and facilitating this event makes for a successful fundraiser twice a year. See

everyone in October!

Scholarship Committee News

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As part of its on-going efforts to support the hard-working

students within Citrus County, the CHWC has awarded four

deserving women, who are presently studying at Withlacoochee Technical College, scholarship funds to

assist with the costs of their programs. All four women are preparing to enter the healthcare field and will be

completing their programs and be able to begin working by

the end of the summer. Scholarship Co-Chairs Claire Lind-

ley and Marcia Schenker visited WTC on February 11 to

meet with the women, and spoke briefly with each one about

their studies and their future plans. It was gratifying to learn

that they all live locally and plan to work within our county up-

on completion of their studies. Their enthusiasm, hope for the

future and genuine appreciation was evident in each of our

conversations.

Our second task this past month was to collect high school

scholarship applications for 2020. The committee co-

chairs went to Citrus High School and Lecanto High

School to pick up the high school scholarship applications and meet with the guidance counselors in

charge of scholarships. The full Scholarship Committee will be meeting twice in March to review the ap-

plications and determine the most deserving students, who will then be recommended to the Board to re-

ceive the CHWC 2020 scholarships of $1000 each. Each committee member will be putting in countless

hours of reading, reviewing and scoring in order to make the very best recommendations. We are grateful

for this high level of volunteerism for a very worthy cause!

At our February Luncheon the Scholar-ship Committee made $280 in raffle donations, for overall total earnings thus far of $1690. We drew one $100 raffle winner at the Luncheon, Mary Beth Yates. We encourage everyone to donate to this worthy cause. $100 prizes will be awarded at the March, April and May luncheons as well.

Picture taken above with scholarship winners, WTC Counselor, and members of the CHWC Scholarship

Committee. From left to right: Brittany Porter-Smith, Counselor Ryan Naugle, Lori Roberts, Lindsay Red-

dick, Sara Simms, Marcia Schenker, Claire Lindley, Ina Herzer.

Mary Ann Maleno, won the $100 drawing. Pictured

are Claire Lindley, Mary Ann and Marcia Schenker.

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At the April luncheon we will be honoring the scores of members who’s time and talent make our club run smoothly. Say thank you to them and think about volun-teering yourself.

Volunteer Appreciation

Luncheon

Alice Arena Alice Scholes Alvina Bragin Andrea Strogney Ann Massey Barb Shipman Barbara McBride Betty June Egan Betty Sanger Beverly Harris Bonnie Buesching Brenda Huntsberry Carol Haire Carol Ann Husted Carol Peterman Carol Pikosz Carrie Mostul Cathy Lieberman Cheryl Ringel Cindy Mendenhall Cindy Summers Claire Lindley Claire Quigley Claudia Pesino Clydie Williams Cynthia Williams Dalia Halpern Della Nugent Denise Uva Diane Ballou Diane Edwards Diane Kohm Diane Trowbridge Dianne Dwyer Dianne Joyner Dot Klingerman Edie LaSala Elaine Vermeer Elizabeth D’Andrea Fran Geyer Gail Glazer

Gerd Borneby Ginger Fancy Gwen Hetherington Gwen Kanastan Harley Manning Helene Scherling Henny Feldberg Honey Ragaglia Ileen Zavoda Ina Herzer Jackie Huband Jan Bauer Jan Vultaggio Jan Minik Janet Greig, Jean Laird Jean Scheedel Jeanette Olsen Jo Eichler Joan Herzog Joan Matrosic Joan Stankiewicz Joan Welsh Joanne LeBlanc Judy Peacock Judy Stone Julia DePinto Julie Kranker Julie McDaniel June Dunn Karen Settle Karin Logston Karol Malec Kathy Kuehn Kay Stegemann Kelly Keys Kim Janssen Linda Hardy Lois Foley Lois Vertenten Madonna Ray

Margaret Nesbitt Maggie Ferguson Marcia Porterfield Marcia Schenker Marie Radoccia Marilyn Provencal Marta Iler Mary Allin Mary Beth Yates Mary Lou Kosty Mary Pike Mary Stansfield Michelle Talamini MeiShu Dolan Mickey Johnston Myrta Keelan Nadine Wiley Nancy Capaccio Nancy Joyner Nancy Kellow Nancy Krebs Nancy Previte Nancy Roberts Nanette Mitchel Nanette Mitchell Natalie Boscia Neva Wood Nicki Puccio Niki Webb Nina Doran Pam Brink Pam Depew Pat Crawley Pat Patterson Pat Soper Paulette Castro Peg Koback Peggy Bock Phyllis Wood Rebecca Sky Rose Marie Caffrey

Sally Greiner Sally Smith Sharon Davis Sheri Tigner Shirley Vandilk Sue Smith Susan Corio Susie Moncrief Susan Walsh Green Suzanne Luzier Trish Coyle Vera Swade Vickie Marchione Virginia Fancy

Join us for

“THE MASTERS @ CITRUS HILLS” Charity 9-Hole Golf Scramble

Sponsored by the Citrus Hills Womens Club

Friday, March 20, 2020 @ 9:00 AM

Golf to be played on The Meadows at Citrus Hills Golf & Country Club

The Masters @

Citrus Hills

CH

Please arrive no later than 8:00 AM to sign in, get your breakfast bag, buy your

basket tickets, 50/50 raffle tickets, check out the silent auction items, the guessing game and

$$ MONEY TREE $$

Cost $50 per player which includes golf fees, coffee and tea, breakfast bag, full lunch with cash bar, games, and prizes. Proceeds will go toward scholarships and local

charities. Lunch will be a Taco Salad (Beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, sour cream and guacamole)

For those who like to dress for the theme, awards will be given for the cleverest attire. Please complete the form below in full and place it with your check made payable to CHWC in the

CHWC Drop Box at the Pro Shop or mail it to the chairwomen:

Nancy Roberts, 1298 West Skyview Crossing Dr., Hernando, FL 34442

Sign up solo or with a partner; we will build your foursome.

Remember, March 20, 2020 is during Lent. Anyone needing a fish substitute on their Taco

Salad, please indicate on the form below. No substitutions will be made the day of the event.

NAME BEST PHONE # DIETARY/RELIGIOUS FOOD REQUEST

EMAIL ADDRESS Will you use your own cart? YES NO

Handicap for 9 holes:

PARTNER’S NAME BEST PHONE # DIETARY/RELIGIOUS FOOD RE-QUEST

EMAIL ADDRESS Will you use your own cart? YES NO

Handicap for 9 holes:

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Cards were sent to: Lourie Crowley. Bren-da Huntsberry, and David McBride (Barb’s husband)

Contact Nancy Joyner at (352) 249-7050 or email njoyner2@tampabay.rr.com or Denise Uva at (973) 896-7180 or uva.denise@gmail.com if you know of someone who needs a bit of sunshine.

Please bring food to benefit the food pantry at the Citrus County Family Resource Center to the April 2020 luncheon. The center needs canned meats, fruits and vegetables, spaghetti and spaghetti sauce, side dishes, cereal, peanut butter, mac & cheese and soups and/or any other non-perishable food item you can bring.

Citrus County Family Resource Center

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Citrus Hills Women’s Club P.O. Box 1494 Hernando, FL 34441