JULY 2009                                                     VOLUME: VII

PUBLISHER: Pat Spanitz                           CIRCULATION: Volunteers

RIVIERA GOLF ESTATES WEBSITE: www.rivieragolfestates.org

NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Effective July 1, 2009, we have contracted a new management company called The Compass Group. You may or may not have already received a "Welcome Letter" from them detailing payment procedures for the Third Quarter, which is due August 1, 2009.

Our new Property Manager from the Compass Group is Bob Delaney.

Len Bulat

For the Board of Directors

NEWSLETTER DELIVERY

THERE WILL BE NO NEWSLETTER DELIVERY DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. Please pick up your copy at the Riviera Clubhouse.

Tim Coleman

BULLETIN BOARD

S O C I A L    A C T I V I T I E S

JULY COFFEE HOUR

NOTE: There will NOT be a July Coffee Hour. The committee and crew will be preparing for the July 4th Celebration that will be taking place on that day.

JULY 4TH CELEBRATION

July 4th Celebration, will be on Saturday evening at our clubhouse. The Social Hour will begin at 5:00 PM, with dinner at 6:00 PM. Please bring your favorite recipe, a meat dish, veggie, salad or dessert. All paper and plastic products will be furnished, and some spirits will be available, too, but if you like, BYOB. The cost will be $5.00 Per Person. For questions or tickets, please call Mickey Swensen at 774-3459.

CLUBS AND GROUPS

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 793-4948 for further information.

Gladys Womble

RIVIERA CARE WEAR

CareWear Volunteers knit or crochet items for newborn babies at local hospitals and for the infirm. Anyone interest in participating (no meetings, work at your own pace) contact me at 213-1690. If you have items or supplies to donate, you may drop them off at my home 770 Charlemagne Blvd. Thanks to all of you, for your support on this community service project.

Irene Paliulis

Riviera Care Wear Coordinator

RIVIERA COMPUTER CLUB

The Computer Club now has 171 current members. New member dues are still only $15 for an individual member and $20 for member and spouse. Anyone interested in joining the Club can contact President - Dwight Kehoe (732-1520, dwight@vakdwk.com).

Club Meetings(all meetings are held in the Clubhouse):

• "Learning the Basics of Your PC" will be the continuing topic at the Lessons Sessions on Monday, July 13th and again on Monday, July 27th at 3:00 PM. These will be slow paced, elementary lessons classes, an excellent opportunity for "beginners" to get the basics and for others to get a refresher on some points possibly forgotten.
• The next Business meeting will be in October.
• The Photography SIG will NOT meet during the summer.
• The RGECC Tech Squad is next scheduled to meet on Tuesday, July 7th at 10:00 AM, and again on Tuesday July 21st at 10:00 AM. Club members may bring their troublesome laptops to these sessions for some help in problem solving.

COMPUTER TIP OF THE MONTH:

Summer means thunderstorms and power outages and surges. Protect your PC with a surge protector. Protect your data with an external hard drive, but remember to plug your external hard drive into the surge protector, too.

BONUS TIP: Comparing prices for your medications? Check out www.medtipster.com to compare prescription prices in our area - or ANY area.

WANTED

The Computer Club is looking for a couple of volunteers in the RGE Community who have experience with the specifications of audio-visual components. The Club has a committee researching a project for obtaining a new projector and screen to be used in the Clubhouse for presentations, movies, TV events, etc. Anyone who is experienced in this area and is willing to assist can contact Dwight Kehoe.

Dwight Kehoe, President

dwight@vakdwk.com

SHUFFLEBOARD

Anyone interested in playing shuffleboard, please contact Tony Romano at 774-5704. We meet every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the Shuffleboard Courts at 9:30 AM. Be there a little early so you are ready to play at 9:30 AM.

MENS TENNIS

Riviera Men's Tennis is held on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Be at the Tennis Courts at 7:15 AM for warm-up and play begins at 7:30 AM. If you are interested, please call Harry Nuzum at 775-4920 for answers to your questions.

TRAVEL NEWS

Let's have some fun and forget about the weather!

September 18-21,2009

NCI Travel: Three (3) Night "Hurricane" Cruise - Royal Caribbean "Majesty of the Seas". Tempt fate and enjoy the Bahamas.  Prices include cruise fare, taxes, port charges, R/T transportation.

All outside rooms:  Obstructed View - $369 per person, Ocean View - $399 per person, Superior Ocean View - $439 per person.

Call CI Travel at 597-2961 and ask for Carolyn, Candy, or Suzanne.  Tell them you are with Riviera and let me (Carol Crislip, 775-3668) know if you book.

WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE

November 1st through 8th, aboard Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas is CI Travel's "Welcome Back Cruise" which stops at Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico and Belize. Price includes R/T transportation, cruise and pre-paid gratuities.

Inside Cabin-$849, Outside Cabin-$949 and Cabin with Balcony-$1069.

This should be booked as early as possible, as rooms will probably be gone by fall. It is a fun trip with many Naples residents going. Several from our community have already signed up.

Call CI Travel at 597-2961 and identify that you are with the Riviera Group. Again, please let me know when you have booked this cruise.

Carol Crislip 775-3668

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

For those of you who have a computer and are interested in going on-line to the Riviera Golf Estates Website, you can access the Minutes from the Board of Directors Meetings, the current Newsletter and the Riviera Golf Estates Covenants (Governing Documents,) as well as, numerous other items of useful information. Just go to: www.rivieragolfestates.org.

A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S

ANNIVERSARY AND 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.

JULY ANNIVERSARIES

Congratulations to all who are celebrating July Anniversaries!!

 
 1	Len & Rose-Mary Bulat		10	Frank & Connie Brown	   
	Jean-Marie & Louise Gaudreault		Bob & Betty Dowell (57)    	   
	Ronald & Margaret Simone		25	Clifford & Rosemary Lingsch	   
 2	Donald & Bonnie Tomkins		31	Richard & Joan Gibbons (29) 	   
	Jim & Laura Wyatt			   
 5	Rene & Jill Gauderault (51 ) 			   
	Len & Jackie Johnson			 

JULY BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday to all Riviera Residents with birthdays in July!

 1	Muriel Beaulieu	15	Richard Gibbons	26	William Gianola	   
	Lucille Coscarelli		Winnie Holbert		Patricia Langford	   
3	Virginia Kehoe	16	Perry Taylor	27	Mary Czulewicz	   
	Jerry Martin		Marilyn White		Jean Lindsay	   
	Owen McGourty	17	Rea Atwell		Joseph Wunsch	   
 5	James Lawhun		Dale Fetterman	28	Joseph Bonazzi	   
 6	Hank Nold		Shirley Romano		Margaret Simone	   
	Henry Ziajka	18	Shirley Hingston		Kathleen Zulkowski	   
 7	Frank Brown	19	Marion Cranston	29	Patricia Boesche	   
	John Ganziano		George Lechter, Jr.	Ruth Fleming	   
	Mabel Hmura	20	Dan Jennings		William Joyce	   
	Joan Stevens		Ellie O’Brien		Rose Piccininni	   
 8	Dorothy Cabana		Myrna Plotkin		Lou Ruppert	   
	Bonita Maynard		Olga Valderrama	30	Lillion McBrien	   
10	Daniella Ministrelli	21	Lois Friedrich		Gini Rebisz	   
12	Irene Faust		Bonnie Tomkins			   
13	Sophia Furgasso	22	John Peyton			   
	Jo Ringelberg		Andree Smith			   
14	Brian Olley	23	Robert Sorino			   
	Carl Talbot		Tindara Sylvia			   
	Doris Wiltshire	25	Alice Fish			   
				Maycel Hill			   
				Pat Spanitz			 

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

2009 Golf Tournament - Same Price as Last Year!

Have you reserved the date? Have you signed up yet?

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 is the date of the 2009 Riviera Golf Estates annual golf outing at the Riviera Golf Club. Golf will be at 8:00 AM; dinner in the evening. What a great day at a great price! The cost for participating in the golf outing and attending the dinner will be the same as last year: $40.00 per person. The cost for dinner guests will again be only $15.00 per person. Everyone is welcome; you do NOT have to be a golfer!

Get your foursomes lined up now. There is a sign up sheet on the Bulletin Board in the Clubhouse. Or, you may contact Dwight Kehoe, Chairman, at 732-1520 or email at dwight@vakdwk.com, or Co-chairman, Dexter Spanitz, 417-3557. Dinner only guests can also sign up (or call, or email).

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

BINGO CALLER AND ASSISTANT TO RUN BINGO - Call Susanne Pellish at 793-2565

BLOCK CAPTAINS - Contact John Richardson 774-0364

NEWSLETTER CARRIERS - Contact Time Coleman 775-1748

NEW NEIGHBORS

Marie Coomey - 941 Charlemagne Boulevard

Gerald and Ruth Ann Foley - 131 Calais Court

Russell and Jeanne Kolish - 608 Charlemagne Boulevard

William and Marilyn Sanders - 37 LeMans Drive

MOVED

Pam Mullins moved to 105 Versaille Circle from 990 Charlemagne Boulevard

DEADLINE FOR THE AUGUST NEWSLETTER WILL BE

JULY 20th, 2009. THANK YOU!

EVENT SCHEDULE FOR CLUBHOUSE

EVENT SCHEDULE FOR ROOM 1 (MEETING ROOM) ANNEX

EVENT SCHEDULE FOR ROOM 2 (POKER ROOM) ANNEX