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Posted Dec 31, 2008 Carefree
celebrated the new year with the music of the Heartland Band. Click
below to see and hear the fun time at the clubhouse. (Be patient
it's takes a while to download)
PART 1
PART
2 |
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Posted Dec 29, 2008
The January 2009 issue of the Carefree Times is
published in "Living Color" on the Times page. |
| Posted
Dec 7, 2008.
The Welcome Back Dance was held
on Dec 6th and was a BIG success. Music was provided by the "Repeatels"
Their version of Johnny Cash was enjoyed by all.
The show from Las Vegas at
intermission was well done and quite funny'
Click on picture for an enlarged
view
Click on the camera for the main
slide show...
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Posted
Nov 29, 2008
The
newly appointed co-coordinator for CAP
(Citizen's
Assisted Patrol) is Dave Peach replacing
Bill
Hammond
(click
for larger picture).
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| Posted
Nov 29, 2008
The December issue of the
Carefree Times can be seen in living color by clicking on the
TIMES button.
Please support their
advertisers.
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| Posted
Nov 28, 2008.
American
Thanksgiving turkey dinner
took
place Nov 27 at 4:15pm. The event was hosted by the
"Canadians"
A
slide show (PDF) is available below as Part 1 & Part2
Thanks
to Linda Clark for providing us with pictures she took.....
Enjoy.....
Bill
Roach
Part 1
Part 2
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| Posted
Oct 25, 2008
The
November issue of the "Carefree Times" newspaper has
been published
on
this website. Just select the button on the left top
of this page marked as
"Times"
Carol
Pickering, Editor
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| Posted
Oct 22, 2008.
According to the Wednesday,
October 22, 2008 Ledger, Athena Real Estate, a Danbury Conn. based
real estate investment and advisory firm, acquired the Cypress
Gardens Campground and RV Park on Oct. 10. Formerly Holiday
Travel Park, the park consists of 191 campground sites and is
located at 7400 Cypress Gardens Blvd. The acquisition
included the related RV sales and truck rental and storage
businesses. The company plans improvements to the site,
including upgrading buildings, fencing and electrical systems, as
well as resurfacing the pool.
Cheers, Sue |
| Posted
Sept 24, 2008
Here are the pictures of the
Carefree Hi Lo golf tournament. We all had a great time.
John Heald and Bell did a wonderful job of organizing the event
and Joann Eschbach and Helen Doblow provided refreshments
following the tournament.
Cheers,
Sue Aber
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| Posted
Sept 24, 2008
Carefree summer residents
enjoyed a sausage breakfast thanks to Carol
and Jack Pickering. 40 residents enjoyed the biscuits and
sausage
gravy. Just being together brought on smiles, laughter and
lots of
conversation. Thank you Carol and Jack.
Cheers,
Sue
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Posted
Sept 16, 2008
Carefree
Computer Group Meetings
Hi
everyone, Dave Clark here with some news about our 2008/9
Computer Group meetings. The aim of the meetings is to
inform you how you can maintain your computer so that it runs
quickly and safely, as well as trying to answer all your
questions. If I get stuck with a Vista problem, I’m sure
Bill Roach will help out and provide backup for me throughout
the meetings. If there are any Mac computer users, please
don’t be afraid to come. They are much simpler to
operate than Windows computers!
I would like
to hear from you in advance if there are any topics that you
would particularly like me to address. All the meetings
will be fun if everyone participates and learns a little each
time.
You can
contact me at this e-mail address:
computergroup@carefreecountryclub.org
The meeting
dates are as follows:
November
17
December
15
January
12
February
16
March
16
Looking
forward to our first meeting!
Dave
Clark
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Posted
Sept 11, 2008
On Sept. 7th, 2008 we
had over 60 people gather in the upper club house for an old
fashion ice cream social. Paul and I spent about 3 weeks
deciding what kinds to make and making 6 gallons. We had 2
vanilla, l cherry vanilla, 1 chocolate, 1 fresh peach and 1
fresh strawberry. Linda Tarpley made a wonderful chocolate sauce
topping and of course we had other toppings. . We had such a
great time and none of use gained an ounce! Believe it or
not, we had very little left over, of which Paul and I were
thankful. Such a nice evening together.
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| Posted
Sept 9, 2008
The water level in all the ponds
and lakes is at the full level mark, as can be seen in the
attached pictures. To see them all you have to do is download
adobe reader 8.0n9 link near the top of this page.
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| Posted
Sept 8, 2007 - 6:27 PM
Thanks to all
ladies that have been making bears in the past. A
large bundle of bears was delivered to the Ronald McDonald House
at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital here in Ohio.
They were
greatly appreciated and will be happy to receive more.
Great job Gals. You have made a lot of little
ones (and parents too) very happy.
Jean
Ann Kantner
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| Posted
Sept 7, 2008
Carefree people never sit still
especially in the summertime. Some of them joined the Senior
Circle members of Lake Wales and saw a Tampa Rays baseball game.
Not only did the Rays win but the hotdogs were
super. How many of these seniors can you recognize?
Editor's Note:
The pictures indicate a date
of March 12, 2003 ....the camera goofed! It was taken just
this past week.
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| Posted
Sept 5, 2008
CAREFREE HOLDS AUG
DINNER/SHOW
This was a spur of the moment
thought to have this dinner/show. We sold 59 tickets. I was so
pleased at the attendance. We had a wonderful show after dinner.
Six of Carefree's finest men
volunteered to participate in a fashion show. Barb Peach, Mary
Wedig and I dressed them in Ladies clothing. They were
escorted by Lew DeLong thru the audience. The audience then were
given ballots to vote for the "Queen of Carefree"
with the winner being Chris Arthur. Those
participating were Al Peach, Dave Peach, Dick Badgley Chris
Arthur, George Masica, and Leif Pettersen. Everyone had
such a wonderful time.
Barb, Mary and I really
enjoyed planning and pulling this whole thing off.
We do have fun in the summer!!!!
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| Posted
Aug 31, 2008
The
Carefree Times has a
new
Computer
Editor. The initial issue is
being handled by Computer
Editor, Carol Pickering.
The
November issue deadline for articles is set as October 22nd.
Articles should be sent to Carol via email at:
Times@carefreecountryclub.org.
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| Posted
Aug 22, 2008
I got this terrific offer from
Scott Moore of Travel and Cruise World. Some of you may be
interested...
Bill Roach
___________________________________
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and Cruise World
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Always
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from the convenient Port of Tampa. This special sailing is
currently being offered for Seniors 55+ at a rate starting at only
$599 per person for an inside stateroom and from $699 per person
for an Oceanview stateroom. Taxes and fuel supplement are a total
of $165.23 per person.
That
means on an inside cabin you can sail for as little as $74 per day
or for an oceanview cabin for as low as $84 per day. This is
a limited inventory offer so call us and if we are on the line
leave your name and number or respond to this email if you are
interested in booking this special departure. See below for
the itinerary and more details of this fantastic cruise vacation.
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Boarding
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09 Dec 2008
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Cruising
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Cruising
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10 Dec 2008
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Cruising
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11 Dec 2008
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San
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Fri
12 Dec 2008
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Philipsburg,
St. Maarten
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Docked
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Sat
13 Dec 2008
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Basseterre,
St. Kitts
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Sun
14 Dec 2008
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Johns, Antigua
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Docked
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Mon
15 Dec 2008
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Tortola,
B.V.I.
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Docked
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Tue
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Cruising
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Cruising
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Wed
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Cruising
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Cruising
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Category
Q-Inside Stateroom from $599 per person
Category
I-Oceanview Stateroom from $699 per person
Plus
taxes of $165.23 taxes and fuel supplement
$450.00
per person deposit due with reservation. Final payment due 7- days
prior to sailing.
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| Posted
Aug 15, 2008
Carefree/Michigan Jamboree
Attached is a PDF presentation
of 6 pictures we missed in the original publication. One of the
pictures shows about 64 Carefree participants.....Wow
Bill
Roach
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| Posted
July 24, 2008. in member's news
Carefree/Michigan Jamboree
Attached is a slide show of the golf
outing we held here in St. Charles, Michigan July 22nd and
23rd. The party was held at our home on the 22nd with golfing on
the 23rd. at Kimberley Oaks Golf Club. We had a fantastic time
and thought we would share some pictures with our Carefree
friends.
New Better Pictures
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| Posted
Aug 13, 2008
CAREFREE/MICHIGAN OUTING AUG
08
The day after our Carefree
Michigan golf outing a group of four Carefree couples consisting
of myself and Mary, Charlie Grisdale, Louise Vitelli of 10th
street Howie and Carol Houghton of Higgins Lake Michigan lot # 472
and Fred and Katie Ducham of Midland, Michigan lot # 769 took off
for a trip in Michigan's upper peninsulla
for a sight seeing tour. Our first stop after crossing the
magnificiant Mackinaw bridge was at St. Ignas State park and
enjoyed some fun at the kewadin casino. From there we went to
Munising and took a boat tour of
national treasure Pictured Rocks on lake superior and an 18 hole
round of golf at the Pictured rocks country club. We made a stop
at Ispeming to visit the Youpers tourist trap for some fun as you
will see. Then off to L'anse to make good our invitation to visit
Ray and Jeanie Sikarski Carefree lot #728.
They were most gracious hosts and treated us all to a great
Trout dinner caught and prepared by Ray with Jeanie putting on the
finishing touches with their fresh grown potatoes and other
delicious treats. You will notice in the group picture in the
background a woodworking mill that Henry Ford
started for production of his wooden frame for the original model
tee's.
Their father worked there. Ray and Jeanie pose at the front
door of their beautiful new home located right on Lake Superior in
one of the pictures.
After spending some time at Objibwa casino for a little
gambling we took off
for Copper Harbor which is Michigan's most northern town what a
beautiful
drive it was on the way back we stopped to visit Delaware copper
mine. After
leaving there we traveled to Taquaminin falls another beautiful
sight then
on to Sault Ste Marie and the Soo locks where they raise or lower
the water
levels so the ships can pass thru from Lake Superior to Lake Huron
and vise
versa. We stayed at another Indian casino called Bay Mills and
Played the
most magnificent golf course you could imagine overlooking lake
Superior
with huge hills and it was beautifully manicured. We then went to
Mackinaw
Island where you have to go by boat. They do not allow automobiles
on the
Island only travel by bicycles, horses and walking. It's a most
popular
attraction and destination and a must see if your traveling in
Michigan then
it was off to the Famous National Park Sleeping Bear Dunes to see
the huge
sand dunes and great views of lake Michigan. You will see Charlie climbing
the dunes which is very difficult to climb. Then back to Howie and
Carol
Houghtons. You will probably notice Fred and Katie missing from
the last
pictures as they had left for home. Their Daughter Dee Dee had
just passed
away. We were all so sorry to hear of her passing.
Bud & Mary Fields
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| Posted
Aug 12, 2008
The Carefree Brainerd
Golf-A-Thon pictures and results are attached. It is a BIG
file and we recommend you have High Speed to download this
feature. It is in PDF slide show format and you will have to
advance each slide manually.
Enjoy....
Bill
Roach
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| Posted
Aug 6, 2008
Results of the 10th Annual
Carefree/Brainerd Golf-A-Thon will be posted here in a few day
with the story and results of the event...
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Posted
July 31, 2008
It was announced that the Lakeland
Race Track has been sold and will be demolished.
Panera's Restaurant on route 17 has closed and likewise
Brennigan's Sports Bar in Lakeland and Auburndale has
closed.
Cheers,
Sue
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Posted
July 31, 2008
There are two items of
interest to Carefree residents in today's Ledger:
Albertson's is to close its Winter Haven store by the end of
August, bringing an end to the company's 30 yeard history in
Polk County.
Albertson's sold the 49
Florida stores to Publix.
And
I quote from the July 31 Ledger: J.C. Penney
will hold a grand opening Friday for its new 104,000 square
foot store at Posner Park. The store includes a beauty
boutique, portrait studio, salon and home decorating
service. Pets Mart also opened a new store this
week at the 80 acre Posner development, at Interstate 4 and
U.S. 27. Posner officials said clothing retailer Ross
and Dick's Sporting Goods will open locations at the site
later this summer or early fall. Target, Best Buy and
Staples are among the retailers already operating at the
$500 million shopping center.
Editors
note - Michael's, Books a Million, Belk are also open.
Cheers,
Sue
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Posted
July 28, 2008
The Lakeland Center or Youkey
Theatre has announced their 2008 - 2009 season.
Broadway Series
Nunsense
Oliver
The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sweeney Todd
Footloose
Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
Entertainment Series
Mel Tillis and Pam
Tillis
Ronan Tynan
Vicki Lawrence and
Mama
Art Garfunkel
Richard Nader's Rock
and Roll Doo Wop Party
Peking Acrobats
Spencers Theatre of
Illusion
Boston
AC/DC: Back in
Black
Pink Floyd :
The Wall
Craig Ferguson
Wrestling
Cross the Line
Maze featuring
Frankie Beverly 2009 Heart and Soul Jam
On Tour Carlos
Mencia at Close Range
Christmas music of
Mannheim /steamroller
Moscow Ballet's
Great Russian Nutcracker
The Lipizzaner
Stallions
3 Redneck Tenors
American Pro Rodeo
Classic
Drumline
Imperial Symphony
Please note that you can
purchase individual tickets and not the entire series. For
tickets call 8638348111. Single ticket sales begin
September 15. Tickets are mailed October 20.
Look up the Lakeland Center on
the web. All the listings for the Broadway series and the
Entertainment Series for the 2008 - 2009 are now available.
Don't forget that you can purchase single tickets instead of the
series.
Cheers, Sue
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| Posted
July 24, 2008
Attention all Carefree shoppers
------- Michael's is now open at the Posner Center located at I4
and route 27.
Cheers, Sue |
| Posted
July 17, 2008
Christmas in July was celebrated
at the clubhouse with a potluck hosted by Pat and Ed
Richards.
White Elephant Gifts were
exchanged. The following is a video of the event.
Carol Ann
Click on camera:
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| Posted
July 7, 2008
While we were driving down route
27 towards Lake Wales, I noticed that a new Walgreens is being
built on the corner of Chalet Suzanne Road and Route 27. If
we are going to have a new Walgreens can a CVS drugstore be far
behind?
Sue |
Posted
June 27, 2008
Carefree's Palms &
Pines group met for the second year running. Minnesota
hosted this year's event from June 12 thru the 14th.
Ruttgers Resort was the place to meet with three days of golf,
games, food and beverages. It just goes to show you
that Carefree friendships really are 12 months a year.
Kay
Click Picture for
Enlargement |
| Posted
June 17, 2008
I just received an email from
Nancy Arthur about new residents behind the 8th street fence this
week.
Click on the camera to see them.
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| Posted
June 5, 2008
Ed (Our Manager) reported on May
12th that the lack of rain was having an impact on the park.
Carol Pickering took some
pictures this week to show the results of little or no rain.
CLICK on camera to see pictures
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| Posted
May 30, 2008.
Hold on to your hats -
Kohl's will open in the spring on Rte 27 next to Home Depot.
Sue |
| Posted
May 29, 2008
If you are interested in keeping
your computer up to date , then you should check the
Computer Group Web Site page.
Dave |
| Posted
May 16, 2008
According to the Ledger dated
May 14, 2008, the rumor is confirmed: Winter Haven is
getting a Honda dealership. The five acre Winter Haven site
is located in the 6000 block of Cypress Gardens Boulevard between
Hill Nissan and Hoagland Hyundai. Carl Atkinson, co owner of
Orlando based Greenway Autotmobive Group said the firm will build
a 40,000 square foot dealership on Cypress Gardens Boulevard, with
plans to open in January 2009. And that's all the news for
now.
Cheers, Sue |
| Posted
May 15, 2005
This is the end of the year
party for the "Carefree Quilting Club." The quilt
was pieced together by our club members and will be
"raffled" off at the park this fall.
The picture on top is at the
Crisis Pregnancy located in Winter Haven, taken in March
2008. The Quilt Club donated 3 baby
quilts. The Bears Group donated a large box of Teddy
Bears and one Carefree resident donated 2 infant outfits.
Joann Fischer
Click on picture for enlargement
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| Posted
May 14, 2008
Life at Carefree has been busy
after the Snowbirds have gone.
The new generator for the sewage
plant has arrived, the clothes lines and the fence are gone and
the new fence is operational.
Enjoy the pictures
from the warm, sunny south.
Cheers, Sue
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| Posted
May 12, 2008
Carefree News Report: from Ed
at the Carefree Office
Weather
Conditions:
We have had no rain
for the past four weeks and none in the forecast.
This is extremely
hard on lawns and landscape since we are only allowed to water
once a week.
Pool
Temperature:
The pool water temperature is
now being kept at 85 degrees.
Front Security Gate:
The
gate is in and working.
Instructions to all owners will be mailed to them in early
September. ( Photo by J. Petrie)
This mailing will
also include;
The vote to amend the
Declaration of Covenants, Easements and Restrictions passed with
348 yes votes and 4 no votes.
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May 12, 2008
CLICK
HERE TO READ DETAILS
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| Posted
May 1, 2008
If any Carefree member has a
serious computer problem this summer check out the Computer Group
page for solutions to your problem.
David Clark |
Posted
April 24, 2008  Correction
May 6, 2008 (Radloff)
New trees have been planted at
Carefree - two yellow tababilias, two pink tababillias, and
a purple flowering tree. All of these trees should blossom
while the Snowbirds are present in February or March. You
will find the two yellow tababilias near the front gate by the new
palms, one pink tababillia in front of the clubhouse in the circle
and the other pink one between # 8 and #9 golf holes. The
purple flowering tree is also in front of the clubhouse but
slightly to the left. A big thank you is owed to Bob Strejc
for his research and planting and also to Chuck
Radloff, Diana
Strejc, Linda and Jim Tarpley and Sue Aber for there assistance in
the planting. These trees were donated through monies
contributed by varioius Carefree people. Let's keep Carefree
green.
Cheers,
Sue Aber
Carefree
News Reporter
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| Posted
April 15, 2008
The
Carefree Cookbook will be available in November at a cost of $10.
Anyone
wishing to receive a copy or copies please contact Linda Andre at
LindaAndre75@gmail.com
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| Posted April 1, 2008
Two members with camera watch
the sunset from a park bench on Lakeshore Drive at beautiful Lake
Bess. CLICK picture for enlarged view.
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| Posted
March 19, 2008
The Citizen's Assisted Patrol for
Polk County held a one day training seminar on becoming qualified
to act as a "CAP" deputy for the Polk County
Sheriff, Grady Judd. There were most communities in Polk County
attending the training seminar. Sheriff Grady Judd spoke to the
group during the seminar.
A PDF slide show is attached....
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| Posted
March 9, 2008.
Beautification Project of the
2nd tee ceremony took place on Sunday March 9th. Slide Show
attached
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| Posted
March 4, 2008.
The New Resident's Reception was
held on Sunday evening, March 2nd . A PDF slide show of the
event can be seen by clicking on the camera.
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| Posted
March 2, 2008
They finally completed the
Carefree Rubber Ducky Pool Party on Saturday March 1, 2008. Slide
show below...
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| Posted
February 25, 2008
The Street Bocce Ball Games
ended today. Results will be posted soon. Attached is a video of
the parade and the crowning of Ms Bocce Ball 2008
CLICK here
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| Posted
February 23, 2007
What
is happening to the new dock planned for Carefree? Click on the
camera and see ....
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| Posted
February 19, 2008
Meet the candidates for the
Carefree Board of Directors was held on Monday Feb 18th. Click on
the camera below to see the slide show.
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| Posted
February 19, 2008
Your Golf
Committee has been hard at work rebuilding the 2nd tee as a golf
course beautification plan. Here is a picture submitted by Pat
Thomas of the project progress.
Click on picture
for enlarged view...
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| Posted
February 11, 2008
The
annual CanAm Golf Tournament concluded today with the Canadians
winning. The annual event is now tied at 3 wins apiece. (
Pictures by LeRoy & Nancy Martinson)
Click pictures
for full view
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| Posted
February 06, 2008
On February 6th Carefree held a
Karaoke "Happy Hours" at the clubhouse. It was hosted by
Dave McKellar of Lot 446.
Click on camera to access slide
show...Click on pictures to advance slide show.
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| Posted
February 03, 2008.
Virgil Enger of Lot 567
bowled a perfect 300 game on Feb 1st in the Carefree Friday Group,
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