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| September 2010 |
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 I am now away from C.C. and enjoying some R & R up in Minnesota. However, many exciting things are happening at the clubhouse as I write. One of those being that new carpeting has arrived! We are thrilled to see the last phase of our redecorating coming to fruition. Jeanne is also excited to have new carpeting in her office, (but now realizes the walls also need to be painted!). No hurricanes have threatened Fort Myers this season. However, this last week has produced an over abundance and continuation of rain. Outside activities have slowed, but inside the clubhouse we have plenty to do. Forty-five residents are expected at the Polish dinner being prepared by Candy Simeone and her committee. Next month, we are planning a Middle Eastern dinner with many authentic dishes including baklava for dessert. I have been reviewing many of the links on our Cinnamon Cove website. I hope you will also take the time to do so. Two of the more important links are regarding Rules and Regulations found in Disaster Plan and Visitors' Guide. Answers to many questions that you may have thought about are found there. For instance, "Is the clubhouse open if evacuation is required during a hurricane" OR "How will I get the gates open if electricity goes off during a hurricane" OR, simply, how many of you know how many things we can recycle for pickup? There are a good many rules that we may not be aware of. It's a good place to refresh your memory. Our next Master Board meeting is tentatively scheduled for September 20th, 9:30 AM, at the clubhouse.  Road Trip!   When we think of Cinnamon Cove we think of one word - FRIENDS! That is what started us thinking about a summer road trip! We have made friends with people who live at C. C. year round and with snow birds who come for any of 3, 6, 8 or so months. In the spring as some leave to go North we receive numerous invitations to come visit in New York or Canada or Virginia or wherever! Did they think they would ever really see us? Probably not, but little did they know of our love of travel! This summer season we have toured Williamsburg, played tennis on a home court in Virginia on the York RIver, eaten crab cakes on Chesapeake Bay, toured the Patuxent Naval Air Station in Maryland, tested our new passports on the US - Canadian border, lunched in Guelph, Ontario, helped with the tobacco harvest in Aylmer, Ontario, put our toes in the sand and water on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie, all because of friendships started at Cinnamon Cove. These are memories we shall treasure and we will look forward to more next summer season. (Look out New York!) Not only have we had wonderful experiences in person,
email allows us to keep in touch with other friends and hear about their
trips, and the books they are reading and what they are growing in their
gardens. Yet as the cold season approaches, we ALL look forward to meeting
in Florida to share stories, tennis, bocce, shuffleboard, cards, bicycling,
pool activities, the exercise room, social activities and more at Cinnamon
Cove. FRIENDS make it all that much more special. The T-shirt says it
all - "LIFE IS GOOD!"  Welcome to the Cinnamon Cove Website ! If you are planing to spend some time at the Cove this September, check out some of these sporting events. Most all of the events are very easy to get to and are within 20 to 30 minutes. High School football is outstanding in the Fort Myers area with several schools having done very well in state playoffs. Some games to see might be: Sept. 3 – Dunbar at Naples, Sept. 10 – Cape Coral at Fort Myers, Sept. 16 – Cypress Lakes at South Fort Myers and Sept. 24 – South Fort Myers at Bishop Verot. Soccer is also strong in this area with boys teams at Bishop Verot, Fort Myers, South Fort Myers and North Fort Myers very good. Strong Girls teams are Cypress Lakes, Bishop Verot and Estero. Check out The News Press for a schedule of games and times. Florida Gulf Coast University, an NCAA Division I school, plays some good soccer against some strong teams in September. The Men's team (8-7-1 in 2009) has a nice four team round-robin on Thur. 9/16 with Ohio State vs USF at 5:00 pm and FGCU vs Drexel at 7:30 pm. Then on Sat. 9/18, USF takes on Drexel at 5 pm and then FGCU battles Ohio State at 7:30 pm. The Women's team (11-5-3 in 2009) also have a strong round-robin on Fri. 9/3 as Miami U takes on Arkansas at 4:30 pm and FGCU at 7:00 pm, then on Sunday. 9/5, it is Miami vs Kent State at 11:00 am and then FGCU vs Arkansas at 1:00 pm. Great fun to watch good soccer on a warm, sunny September day. Of course those of you that are Major League Baseball fans have the Tampa Bay Rays, 2nd best record in the majors, just two hours away in St. Petersburg. They play the Yankees Sept 13, 14 and 15th. Might be fun to watch those two great teams in a cool domed stadium. With the NFL starting up, and you don't mind that two hour trip, the Miami Dolphins host their rival New York Jets on Sunday, Sept 26 at 8:20 pm. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Cleveland Browns on 9/12 at 1:00 pm and then play the Pittsburgh Steelers on 9/26. Of course those golf courses still have low greens
fees, the dogs are still racing on Bonita Beach Road and many good college
football games will be on the TV, if the weekends are still too hot
!! Enjoy a great stay at Cinnamon Cove in September.  You Can't Hold A Good Man Back Bob Sempsey, at 85, has had sadness in this life, having lost two wives and two adult children. "I'm of an age where I don't want to get married," he said, "but you never know. It can strike again and poof! It could happen." His second wife, Alice, died unexpectedly in 2004 after a stroke, and Bob has put a dozen roses on her grave in Pine Island every Sunday since then. Now that's a lot of loving. Through the years, Bob has become well known for helping out at Cinnamon Cove. After four years as president of Villas One, he became president of the Master Board for three years, during which time they paved all the swimming pool decks with bricks and pavers and remodeled the front entry. Bob has also been head chef for the pancake breakfasts for two years. Our recreation director, Jeanne Hopkins, can't say enough about Bob's contributions! "I have many special moments with Bob! He is a wonderful giving man, who loves to please. He has made countless pineapple upside-down cakes and rum cakes, of which I often take pieces home. I don't eat them here in case I get stopped on the way home for a DUI! Once I get home, Jeff and I fight over the rum cake ... he usually wins!! Bob is also the master of bacon frying and pancake flipping. He is an instrumental member of the pancake team! Without his knowledge, we wouldn't have been ready for all those hungry people on Saturdays!" As if this is not enough, in his spare time Bob spends four hours every week doing maintenance work and fixing sprinklers for Villas One. He brushes off a compliment by saying, "It gives me something to do. It's difficult living alone." Bob is certainly a man of habit and humor. He has dinner every evening with his neighbors Sunny and Lucy, except on Fridays, when he treats them to dinner at "FRIDAYS." Now and then they go on Tuesdays. You guessed it ... "RUBY TUESDAYS." He also frequents PARROT KEY every day at 11:00 for two and one half beers. Why a half glass of beer? "Well, I pay for two and they give me a half." Why PARROT KEY? "Alice's picture is posted right over Bob's Bar so I can look at Alice and enjoy my beer. They call me 'Kissing Bob' because all the waitresses give me a kiss on the cheek. If I don't come every day, they get concerned and say, 'Where's Bob? Where's Bob?' They get used to seeing me, and Daryl, the boss, likes my Rum Cake." Bob's Rum Cake has become legend here at Cinnamon Cove. "When I met Alice," he recalls, " I guess you could call it love at first sight. The first time we went out for breakfast, Alice told me she liked to have a little brandy in her coffee and smoke a cigarette." "Oh, Alice, I don't like anyone smoking around me," said Bob, "So she took her cigarette, ground it out in the ash tray and never smoked again!" Little wonder it was love at first sight! Before retirement, Bob worked for Pennsylvania Bell Telephone starting out as a cable splicer's helper and finishing as the Central Office Supervisor of the Eastern Area, spanning a career of 40 years. Then he took a buy-out and started his own telephone business for eight years. Bob has always been there to support the tennis program.
He says, "I think it's the one thing that people enjoy most. Tennis
always draws a crowd." (And for that, he got BIG kiss on the cheek!)  Health Tips #1 Why your heart loves Hershey’s - Something about eating chocolate ... it has such an instant feel-good effect. And it turns out there's a reason to feel good. Research suggests that special antioxidants in cocoa may play a role in keeping blood pressure low. How Low Can You Go? Sweet Truths About Chocolate #2 Step into a Younger Age and Body - Here's a wake-up call: From an antiaging perspective, forgoing a daily walk is as bad as skipping a night of sleep. Walking every day is as important as sleeping every night, and it's good for you whether you're a professional athlete or a potato chip. But, needless to say, the back-and-forth walk between the fridge and the couch isn't enough. So swear on the holy book of your choice that you'll dedicate 30 minutes a day to walking. Break it up into 10-minute chunks if you must, but don't even think about skipping it. Build Stamina and Discipline #3 Better-Than-Blueberries Fruit - When it comes to antioxidants, there's a certain fruit group that may be giving blueberries a run for their money. And you'd be "plum" foolish not to eat 'em. Stone fruits -- specifically, certain varieties of plums and peaches -- may have antioxidant levels on par with those of the nutrient-packed berries. Red Means More Greenbacks Healthy Recipe: Pork Medallions with Cherry Sauce!
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