AUGUST 2011 VOLUME: VIII
PUBLISHER: Pat Spanitz pbspanitz@comcast.net CIRCULATION: Volunteers
RIVIERA GOLF ESTATES WEBSITE: www.rivieragolfestates.org
REMINDERS TO THE RESIDENTS
Thanks to some recent showers most lawns are looking better. Let’s keep up the good work and continue to keep shrubs and bushes trimmed and shaped, this shows pride in our community.
Many of us are having family and friends visit this time of year. Remember to make them aware of our safety rules and regulations for our pool, exercise room and common areas. We want everyone to have a good time and be safe. If your visitor stays for an extended time, it is your responsibility to report to the office that they will be here over 30 days. We have a “Neighborhood Watch” in place and if someone is here for an extended amount of time, you simply report this to the office.
Be aware that our hurricane season is upon us, check your property again for loose items that might be threatening to you or your neighbor.
Remember, there will be no August Board Meeting, the next monthly Board Meeting will be Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at 1:30 PM.
Bruce Kean, for the Board of Directors
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD (ARB)
PLEASE NOTE: Since there will be NO Board of Directors meeting in August, please submit your ARB application request to be reviewed at the September Board meeting, no later than Wednesday morning, September 21st, 2011.
Effective May 1, 2011, the Board of Directors eased some of the requirements for ARB applications. A sample of the revised ARB application with the new requirements listed on the back of the form can be found on-line at www.RivieraGolfEstates.org. Of course, copies are in the Clubhouse, too. If you are in doubt about whether or not you need to submit an ARB request, you are urged to submit one. If not necessary, you will be notified, promptly.
The Collier County Public Utilities Division is currently installing the Cross-Connection Control Device throughout our community. The device may be painted, but green or black paint is usual. By law, you may NOT paint it purple or red. And…the device may NOT be covered in any way. It is important for you to note the requirements for landscaping around the device. Basically, plants, no closer than 18”, without thorns or sharp leaves, are the only permissible means to camouflage the pipes and a 36” opening on one side is required.
BULLETIN BOARD
S O C I A L A C T I V I T I E S
LOIS' COMMENTS
We had approximately eighty-five (85) residents attend the July 4th Celebration at the Clubhouse. It was good to see our summer residents come out to brave the warm temperatures and join in on our “Independence Day Celebration.” Thanks to the many individuals who helped with this celebration.
NOTICE
There will be NO Coffee Hour nor any Clubhouse Social Activities for the month of August. Let’s all take a break for the month. We, ourselves, are looking forward to spending a few days up north with family and friends.
If anyone has questions, comments or concerns, please call me at 793-0317, or email me at kean2naples@embarqmail.com.
Lois Kean, Social Director
CLUBS AND GROUPS
AQUATIC EXERCISERS
Aquatic Exercises for the Riviera Women will begin at 9:00 AM every day, but Sunday. If you have any questions, please call
Kitty Kleppinger at 774-4725
BOCCE
Bocce will be held every Monday and Friday at 9:30 AM. Come, play bocce and have fun. If you have any questions, please call
Gareth W. Blackwell at 732-1648
CONTRACT BRIDGE
Wednesday Ladies Contract Bridge will be held at 1:00 PM, each Wednesday in the Annex. There is a Sign up Sheet on the Bulletin Board in the Annex. If you have any questions or want more details, please call
June Tinius at 398-7584
DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
The Riviera Duplicate Bridge Club meets every Friday at 11:45 AM, at the Annex, play begins at Noon. Anyone who plays contract bridge (or party) can play duplicate bridge and is welcome. There is a $5.00 one time fee and the cost is $1.00 to play. Please call for further information.
Gladys Womble, 793-4948
MIXED BRIDGE-TUESDAY NIGHT
Mixed Bridge will start in November on Tuesday nights, in the Card Room in the Annex. If you are interested in playing, please put your name on the sign-up sheet in the Card Room at the Annex or call me at the number below. You can sign up as couples or as singles. If you are a single, we will do our best to find you a partner. If you are new to Tuesday Night Bridge, please add your telephone number next to your name, as I may need to call you in case we don't have enough players to have the game. Play starts at 7:00 PM. Cost is $0.50. Please call if you have questions.
Larry Larkin 793-2961
RIVIERA CARE WEAR
Two dozen baby hats, booties and knitted toys will be dropped off drop off each month during the summer. Now that the warm or should I say hot weather has arrived no baby afghans or lap robes will be distributed till the cooler months.
We can always use knitted or crocheted baby hats and booties to meet our need. If you need yarn, needles, hooks, patterns or just a refresher course on knitting or crocheting give me a call 213-1690. Completed items can be dropped off at my home 770 Charlemagne Blvd.
Irene Paliulis, 213-1690
Riviera Care Wear Coordinator
RIVIERA COMPUTER CLUB
The Computer club has more than 200 members. Any resident (full-time, part-time, renter/owner) can join; $15.00 for individual membership; $20.00 for member and spouse/partner. Sign up at any of the meetings (see schedule below) or by contacting the Club at webmaster.rgecc@gmail.com. We also would like to add to the Tech Squad staff. If you are interested, please send an email to webmaster.rgecc@gmail.com.
CLUB MEETINGS
- Club meetings have been suspended until October
- However, “Help Each Other” sessions will be held throughout the summer on the second Monday of each month. The August session will be August 8th, 2011, at 3:00 PM in the Clubhouse. If you have a laptop PC you are urged to bring it to these sessions.
- The Photography Special Interest Group (SIG) will resume meeting in October
- We are looking for a new leader of the Photo SIG. If interested send an email to webmaster.rgecc@gmail.com.
COMPUTER TIP OF THE MONTH:Some email attachments can be very large and, therefore, take up a lot of space. This can become a problem with some web-based email providers in that they may limit the amount of space allocated to you for email storage. Consider storing these attachments on your computer rather than on the ISP's computer or “The Cloud.” RIGHT CLICK on the attachment in the email and then LEFT CLICK on “SAVE AS” in the dropdown menu. Select a place in “My Documents” or “My Pictures” or anywhere else in your folders to save the attachment. Give it a name you recognize and LEFT CLICK on “Save.” The photograph/video/proposal/document is now on YOUR PC and can be backed up via on online service (Carbonite), a CD, flash-drive or stand alone external hard drive. You can learn more about this and other handy tools by joining the Computer Club and attending the Club gatherings; (see the above schedule).
GENEAOLOGY SUPPORT GROUP
There will be no formal meeting held for the Geneaology Support Group. Anyone interested in researching your family tree, please call
DeAnn Leonard 793-7261
SHUFFLEBOARD
Shuffleboard will be held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Please be at the Shuffleboard Courts by 9:15 AM so that we may be ready to start playing at 9:30 AM. If you have any questions, please contact
Tony Romano at 774-5704.
LADIES AND MEN'S TENNIS
From now until fall, the men and women will play tennis together on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Meeting time is still at 7:30AM for warm-up, with play at 7:45AM.
If any of the men are interested, please call Harry Nuzum at 775-4920 or email him at harry@lmuzum.com, for answers to your questions. If the ladies have any questions, please contact Helen Mavity at 793-3204.
Harry Nuzum
TRAVEL NEWS
Thursday, August 18th, - ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO, Pompano Park, FL
(Under 2 hours away) Top Gaming Facility—Non-Smoking, $49.00 per person
This trip includes Round Trip bus, $25.00 free play slot voucher and $4.00 off delicious buffet (normally $14.97 per person.) Will need name, date of birth, address and driver’s license number. Bus trips are still CI Travel, but called Trendy Tours and telephone number is 449-5065, same office, same people. Leave Naples at 8:30 AM and return approximately 5:30 PM. Flyers are available on the Bulletin Board or call Carol Crislip at 775-3668.
8 Day CRUISE ON CARNIVAL FREEDOM – September 24th – October 1st
Leave from Ft. Lauderdale, sail to Cozumel; Limon, Costa Rica; Colon and Panama. This cruise is through Carolyn at CI Travel, 597-2961. Prices are: Inside Room $675, Outside Room $775, Balcony Room $985. If you book and have traveled Carnival, previously, ask for Past Passenger Rate (about $100 cheaper.) These prices are for the total cost of the trip with the exception of the cost of transportation to and from port. Ship does not travel through the Panama Canal, but a tour can be booked for that. Contact Shirley Sackett at 793-3143, for all details, since she planned the trip.
8 Day CRUISE ON GRAND PRINCESS – December 10th – 17th
Leave from Ft. Lauderdale, sail to Princess Cays, Curacao, and Aruba. The prices are through July 31st, possibly longer. Inside room $558, Outside or balcony $758 or Mini-Suite $958 per person, (total cost of trip, excluding transportation to and from the port.) We book directly through Princess, call 1-800-774-6237. There are flyers available on the Bulletin Board or call Carol Crislip at 775-3668.
Carol Crislip 775-3668
SAVE THE DATE
2011 RIVIERA GOLF ESTATES ANNUAL GOLF OUTING
The Riviera Golf Estates Annual Golf Outing will be held on Wednesday morning, November 2nd, 2011 at the Riviera Golf Club. This year we plan to have both an 18-hole event and, if there is sufficient interest, a 9-hole tournament (for those who prefer to play only 9 holes of golf.) These groups will play, simultaneously. The nine (9) hole event will be limited to the FIRST thirty-two (32) golfers to sign up for it. There will be prizes and trophies for both events.
The cost for the 18-hole event should be about the same as last year ($45.00 for golf and dinner). The 9-hole event will cost about $40.00. The cost to non-golfers for dinner will be about $15.00. Final cost estimates for golf, dinner and prizes are not all in, yet.
Sign up sheets will be posted on the Clubhouse Bulletin Board. Contact Dwight Kehoe at 732-1520 or email him at dwight@vakdwk.com.
A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
ANNIVERSARY & BIRTHDAY LISTS
Please contact Pat Spanitz, at 417-3557, or by email: pbspanitz@comcast.net with any additions or deletions regarding Anniversaries or Birthdays for residents of the Riviera Golf Estates. Thank you.
AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES
Congratulations to all who are celebrating August Anniversaries!!
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
Happy Birthday to all Riviera Residents with birthdays in August!
NEW NEIGHBORS
- Jerry & Rose Ingalsbe – 602 Charlemagne Boulevard
- Linda McClanathan – 504 Charlemagne Boulevard
- William & Mary McCormick – 902 Charlemagne Boulevard
- Donald & Madeline Meacham – 229 Marseille Drive
- Juan & Rosa Soutullo – 161 Marseille Drive
OBITUARIES
- Dorothy Cabana – 1936 – 2011
- Bob Durr – 1942- 2011
- Virginia Kennedy – 1925 - 2011
DEADLINE FOR THE SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER WILL BE
AUGUST 19, 2011. THANK YOU!
EVENT SCHEDULE FOR CLUBHOUSE
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Class 1-3PM | Special Meetings Luncheons | Dinners Dances Bingo | Coffee Hour Private Parties | |||
| Art Class 1-3PM Computer Club 3-5PM | Men's Club 11:30-2PM | |||||
| Art Class 1-3PM | Board Meeting 1PM | |||||
| Art Class 1-3PM Computer Club 3-5PM | ||||||
| Art Class 1-3PM |
EVENT SCHEDULE FOR ROOM 1 (MEETING ROOM) ANNEX
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Parties | Bridge Noon-4:30PM | Bridge 7-9PM | Bridge 1-4:30PM Dominoes 1-4PM Euchre 7-9PM | Pinochle 7-9PM | Bridge 11:45-4:30PM | |
| Bridge Noon-4:30PM | Bridge 7-9PM | Bridge 1-4:30PM Dominoes 1-4PM Euchre 7-9PM | Pinochle 7-9PM | Bridge 11:45-4:30PM | ||
| Bridge Noon-4:30PM | Bridge 7-9PM | Bridge 1-4:30PM Dominoes 1-4PM Euchre 7-9PM | Pinochle 7-9PM | Bridge 11:45-4:30PM | ||
| Bridge Noon-4:30PM | Bridge 7-9PM | Bridge 1-4:30PM Dominoes 1-4PM Euchre 7-9PM | Pinochle 7-9PM | Bridge 11:45-4:30PM | ||
| Bridge Noon-4:30PM | Bridge 7-9PM | Bridge 1-4:30PM Dominoes 1-4PM Euchre 7-9PM | Pinochle 7-9PM | Bridge 11:45-4:30PM |
EVENT SCHEDULE FOR ROOM 2 (POKER ROOM) ANNEX
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Girls 10-Noon | Aggravation 6-8PM | Poker 7-9PM | Poker 7-9PM | |||
| Sunshine Girls 10-Noon | Aggravation 6-8PM | Poker 7-9PM | Poker 7-9PM | |||
| Sunshine Girls 10-Noon | Aggravation 6-8PM | Poker 7-9PM | Poker 7-9PM | |||
| Sunshine Girls 10-Noon | Aggravation 6-8PM | Poker 7-9PM | Poker 7-9PM | |||
| Sunshine Girls 10-Noon | Aggravation 6-8PM | Poker 7-9PM | Poker 7-9PM |