VOL. 35 NO. 4
The Villages at Country Creek, Estero, FL • www.seabreezecommunications.com
From The Master Board By Steve Zielinski Spring is Here! T h e r e ’s b e e n a l o t happening all season at VCC, and it seems that there have been more pool parties, block parties, and get-togethers than ever before. Let’s keep it up! Financially, VCC is now earning interest on our money, cutting fees, and simplifying the way we handle our reserves. Previously, our monies were in banks that only insured up to $250,000 (standard practice). Because there were larger amounts of money in each of several banks, the total amount was not FDIC insured. VCC money is now totally secure so that all funds are FDIC insured. It has been a long arduous process to solidify our funds in banks that insure our funds and also provide interest accruing accounts to increase our capital. Special thanks to our present General Manager Sharon Pisanchyn, our
outgoing Master Board (MB) members, and GSML for their efforts to produce financial stability. ICON was terminated, and GSML (a CPA firm) was hired to get our financials in order. It has been a lengthy undertaking for them to get our monthly statements in order. The good news is that their efforts are paying off in that we now have accurate financials. Welcome aboard to our new MB members: Lee Eisenberg, Denny Simonavice, Dawn Snodgrass, and Doug Wilson, who are joining current MB members Greg Bertke, Dave Hoffman, and Steve Zielinski. The new MB has elected as its president Denny Simonavice, Doug Wilson as its Vice President, and Greg Bertke as its Secretary. It is our focus to continue working to make VCC a wonderful, active lifestyle community which we all love and enjoy. There are also plenty of new things going on in the Village of Estero that will make SWFL a vibrant destination over the next couple of years. Our Communication Committee will keep us updated in future Villager postings. Don’t forget to load the Hotwire/Fision mobile phone apps so you can pick up VCC news while you are up North or traveling this summer.
CCLGA News By Karlene Reilly T h i s y e a r ’s C C L G A Championship tournament w a s o n e t o r e m e m b e r. On Thursday, March 7, the second day of our tournament, we started out on an overcast morning with rain predicted. There were three flights of 18 hole golfers and two flights of 9 hole players. The 18 holers started on the front 9 and the 9 holers on the back nine. At about 9:30, the heavens opened up. At first John Alfuth, our golf pro, told us to stay put on the course. A few minutes later he charged around to every hole and told the
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players to leave their golf balls where they were on the course and go immediately to the clubhouse. After a “pow wow” with the club officers, we were told that there would be an hour delay. We were then able to go home and change into dry clothes. The 9 holers were CCLGA News on page 4
APRIL 2024
CCMGA News By Don Polulak It has been a busy golf league season this past February and March. We just finished the Elmer Rawson Match Play Tournament, and a couple of weeks later we started to play our League Championship. The winners of the Elmer Rawson Event were as follows: • Blue Flight 1, Chris Migut. This was Chris’s first year playing in the Men’s League. • Blue Flight 2, Mark Deery. Mark is a repeat winner having won in last year’s event. • White Tee, Phil Beloin. Phil also won this event in 2022. The winners in the Chuck Hunkins League Championship, which was a 2-day event, were as follows: • Overall Champion with a low gross score of 132, Garry Kraemer. This was Garry’s 2nd Championship having won in 2022. • Blue Flight 1, low net score of 116, Pete Buechner. • Blue Flight 2, low net score of 126, Bob Maguire. • White Flight, low gross winner with a score of 146 was Nick Neher. • White Flight, low net with a score of 119 was John Mowrey. Congratulations to all of you gentlemen!! That marks the end of the MGA 2023 & 2024 tournaments. Thanks to all that participated. We hope you enjoyed the competition. Mark your calendar for our last MGA golf and luncheon meeting on Friday, April 19. A friendly reminder to park the golf carts on the golf path, and no golf carts are allowed on any of the par 3 fairways.
Left to right Chris Migut, Left to right Pete Buechner Phil Beloin and Mark Deery and Garry Kraemer
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Left to right Nick Neher and John Mowrey