MONTHLY WATER REPORT

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Hawthorne “Artist of the

Month” – all of the Artists

featured the past seven

months have a painting in

the Library. Please take

the time to visit and look at

their beautiful work

HAWTHORNE

HIGHLIGHTS

The following report is for the month

ending: September 30, 2016

Total home water usage for the month

11,618,500 gallons.

Average usage per home for the month

9,796

gallons (based on 1186 homes)

Home usage year to date 101,559,800

gallons

Average year to date monthly usage 9,515

gallons (home use year to date/number of

months)/1186 homes)

Maximum allowable usage per home per

month is 8,800 gallons. (based on 1186

homes and CUP allocation of 124,000,000

gallons/year)

Total gallons left for home use for the rest of

the year 22,440,200 gallons.

Rainfall for the month 4.75 inches

Rainfall for the same month last year 7.11

inches.

Rainfall year to date 40.69 inches.

Rainfall for the same period last year 39.24

inches

Submitted by Keith D. Slone

Chief Plant Operator

HAWTHORNE HIGHLIGHTS

Hawthorne at Leesburg

100 Hawthorne Blvd.

Leesburg, FL 34748

(352)787-1000

Editor: Debbie Provost

General Manager: Roger Slagle

NOVEMBER

2016

Volume 26

No. 7

NOVEMBER 11TH

Hawthorne’s “Artist of the Month” is

Marlene Russ. Be sure to visit the

Library where our artist of the month is

featured. The artist is also on HTV on

the first Friday of the month.

REMINDER - CRAFT FAIR

The annual Hawthorne residents Arts and Craft Fair is Saturday, November 12th from 9:00 AM

until 2:00 PM at the Clubhouse. You will be amazed by the selection of creative art-offered by

our very talented residents. Bring your neighbor, call a friend. Come early and stay for lunch.

The Bocce Club will be selling awesome sandwiches and dessert. And don’t forget to take home

some of the great homemade soups!

LET’S LOOK AT OUR LOGO, ONE MORE TIME

It was designed back in the Colonial Penn days by Wendell Husebo’s public relations agency for

Hawthorne.

The need to express the Florida warmth was a most important consideration in the design and

so the yellow round section in the center representing the sunshine, was the start. A green

stylized “H” represents our beautiful Hawthorne park. Then a cover for both is the copper roof

architectural design of the public buildings in the park. This strong but simple design is the eye-

catching logo for Hawthorne.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS AND TIPS FROM THE WEB

When Sewing tough material, rub the material first with an old candle or cooking paraffin. Use

this technique to sew carpeting.

Stuck glasses etc. When you can’t use lots of physical force to separate two “stuck” things, heat

is often the best way to do it The principle here is that when you heat something, it expands a

little. When you cool simething, it shrinks. You need a temperature difference (what scientists

call a “delta-t”) between the outside (neck) of the decanter and the stopper. This causes

increases the space between the two parts, hopefully enough to separate them. For example, you

could tie a piece of cloth on the outside, soaked in hot water. You could even try ice on the

stopper at the same time. Another application of this idea is to apply a torch to a nut that won’t

come loose form a dirty or rusty bolt. The nut heats up faster. This helps to break the “glue”

binding them together.

PLAYER’S TRIBUTE

The Players’ “green Room” is tucked into a corner of the Auditorium next to the stage. “Green

Room” is a theater term for a room normally filled with anything used for performances

whether lighting or sound equipment, props, play scripts, costumes and makeup. Over time

Hawthorne’s “Green Room” also became a catch-all space for mops and buckets, trash bins and

old furniture Last summer a few Players decided enough was enough. The concept, carpenters

and transition team was Roy and Marian Whitehead, and Sherill and Joan Booker. They

donated an untold number of summer hours remodeling the old “Green Room”. They worked

through the planning red tape, then with support from Hawthorne’s Board, proceeded to

empty the room, sorting and moving many years of clutter. Diane Bantz took over the huge job

of cleaning and storing costumes. Then followed many hours of ripping, sawing and

hammering. The team created an entire wall of built-in cabinetry to stash away all the theater

equipment. Gary and his competent clubhouse crew pitched in by replacing the ceiling acoustic

tiles, refinishing the floors and painting the room. Green paint, of course. The result is a

handsome and streamlined “Green Room”, with organized theater supplies, mics and props,

and a bountiful work or meeting space that can be shared with the rest of the Hawthorne

Community. Visiting guest performers will especially appreciate the convenience of a

professional space. One old lady was so shocked when she saw the new room, she became

disoriented and had to be led home. The difference is that remarkable. Many many thanks to

the Whiteheads and Bookers for their noteworthy contribution to the Players and to

Hawthorne. Thank you to Diane Bantz and her helpers for their care of wardrobe. And thanks,

also, to the Great Hall crew and to Club Hawthorne for their support and backing and to others

who worked quietly in the background to support the remodeling. It is contributions like this

that make Hawthorne Community the best.

Stop in and check out the remarkable change-and someone will even escort you home if you

get disoriented.

Submitted by Autumn Lewis

Aging Gracefully

1. I didn’t make it to the gym today. That makes five years in a row.

2. I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so

much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.

3. Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven’t met yet.

4. I don’t need anger management. I need people to stop irritating me!

5. When I was a child I thought Nap Time was a punishment. Now, as a grown up, it just

feels like a small vacation.

6. My people skills are just fine. It’s my tolerance of idiots that needs working on.

7. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would’ve put them on my knees.

8. The kids text “plz” which is shorter than please. I text back “no” which is shorter than

“yes.”

9. I’m going to retire and live off my savings. Not sure what I'll do the second week.

10. Why do I have to press one for English when you’re gonna transfer me to someone I

can’t understand anyway?

GETTING YOUR FINANCES ORGANIZED

You may carry your basic financial information in your head but does anyone else know what

you know! No! It is suggested that you create a one page crib sheet. If anything happens to

you, it will be vital to your survivors. If you are ever forced to flee due to a disaster, it will help

you reconstruct your financial records.

What you should list:

1. Contact Information:

List the names and phone numbers of family members, closest friend, your

doctors, any professional advisors and your contact for your employee benefits.

2. Financial Accounts:

List each of your accounts and financial institutions, their location and phone

number.

3. Where to find your important personal documents:

Include the location of your current bank brokerage account statements, employee

benefits information, life insurance policies, marriage license, prenuptial

agreements, birth certificates, adoption papers and an original copy of your will.

NOTE: A photocopy of your will won’t do. If your original will cannot be found, the

law assumes that you destroyed it because you had a change of mind. Your heirs

must convince the court that this did not happen. If they do not succeed, your

assets are distributed according to State law, as if no will existed.

4. The forms naming your retirement account beneficiaries.

This form determines who gets your retirement accounts. If you don’t have your

own copy, ask your accountant or finance advisor for new beneficiary designation

forms.

Where should you keep your list!

1. The crib sheet:

Make three copies of your crib sheet. Keep one and place it in safe deposit box if

you have one. Give one to your adult child or lawyer and mail the third one to

someone you trust who lives in another town, one unlikely to experience the

same natural disaster.

2. Your personal documents:

Documents on your list should be placed in a fireproof container at home or in a

safe deposit box. Keep your will locked up at home where it would be

immediately available to your family. Your lawyer might keep a copy as well.

Source: Lynn Brenner, Parade Magazine September 17, 2006

AARP TAX-AIDE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 2017

Visit us at aarphawthorne.org

Free Federal income tax preparation assistance has been provided at the Hawthorne

Marina since at least 1977. Last year alone, we prepared and electronically filed 958

returns, saving tax filers over $191,600 in tax preparation fees.

Hawthorne AARP Tax-Aide is an all-volunteer group, sponsored by the local Hawthorne

AARP Chapter, 1765. We operate out of the Hawthorne Marina on Mondays, Tuesdays

and Wednesdays, by reservation only, from 8 AM until Noon. This year tax preparation

will start January 30th and run through April 12th. Volunteers work one, two or three

days per week.

Client Counsellor (Tax Preparation) Training is provided by the AARP Foundation, in

cooperation with the IRS. This training is free and covers basic tax law and tax

preparation. Training will be held at the Mt Dora Library in early January, 2017.

The program provides comprehensive training so that you are certified and well

equipped to prepare federal tax returns. In addition, you will work beside seasoned tax

preparers that are always ready to assist you should have any problems.

If you are interested in joining us a volunteer Tax Preparer, please contact George

Sunday by e-mail at g_sunday@hotmail.com or by phone at 352 728-6975.

Perhaps you would like to volunteer as a Facilitator, signing in, assisting customers, and

arranging filers tax information, in preparation for the preparer.

Our reservation phone line, 352 360-6219, will open January 1, 2017. We encourage

you to make your reservations as early as you can, particularly those with simple

returns. Reservation slots fill up quickly as tax filers requiring IRA, bank interest, and

brokerage statements receive their statements and make their reservations. We also

encourage you to file even if you don’t have to just to be sure your identity has not been

stolen.

This year you will need to show your Social Security card before we can prepare your

taxes.

We have a new AARP website, aarphawthorne.org. Click on “Our Services” and then

AARP Tax-Aide. In early January, you will be able to download the list of required tax

documents and even link to the IRS, download and fill out on your computer the intake

and Interview sheet. As last year, these two documents will also be available on the

quad.

George Sunday Local Coordinator

HOW DOES AN IDEA FOR CHANGE BECOME A PARK RULE, POLICY OR OFFICIAL ACTION?

a. Where do ideas for change originate?

1. From Board Committee recommendations

2. From Club Hawthorne

3. From an Activity

4. From Management and Staff

5. From Community individuals or groups

b. How are these ideas conveyed to the HRCA Board?

1. By letter to management or to the Board

2. By presenting the idea to the Board at a workshop or Board meeting

3. By a combination of both 1 and 2

4. Through dialogue with individual Board members

5. By petition

c. What action takes place after the idea is received by the Board?

1. A letter is read by the Board President, Management and Board

2. A response letter will be sent out

3. The Board may or may not take further action

4. If the Board feels that the idea warrants further consideration, the Board will place it

on a workshop agenda for discussion.

5. If the Board needs further study of the idea, it will be sent to a Board committee for

research. If necessary, the language is checked by the Document Committee and

reviewed by the park’s Attorney.

6. The Board Committee will report back to the Board on the issue and present

information that will assist the Board in their decision making.

d. How does the Board decide on taking action on the idea?

1. At a workshop the Board will discuss the issue, hear resident’s responses and then

vote to put the item on the next formal Board meeting or not (the vote will be to

“move it up or not”)

2. If the idea does not gain support, the issue will be dismissed

3. A supported idea will be formally placed on the Board’s agenda for its next public

meeting. This will be published and posted in the Hall.

e. How does the idea actually become an official Hawthorne action?

1. At a formal Board meeting, a motion will be made regarding the idea

2. The Board President will ask the Board if there is any discussion. If so, it will be given

at that time.

3. If the item on the agenda is underlined, the Board President will then ask residents if

they wish to speak to the issue.

4. Following all this discussion, the Board President will call for a vote of the Board.

5. A majority vote will cause the issue to be officially accepted. A less than majority

vote will cause the issue to be dismissed.

As a member of Hawthorne’s cooperative, it is each members responsibility to be an active

participant in the governing process of the Community. You may do that by attending dialogue

meetings, workshop meetings and formal Board meetings. Each year the Board establishes

standing committees that residents may work on or attend. Soon a search will be underway to

find candidates to run for the three openings on the Board. This is of vital importance in

keeping our Community headed down a positive path in the years ahead.

How are you being proactive in your Community government?

TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A HEARING LOSS

1. Make sure you have my attention before talking to me. A touch may do better than

words.

2. Please try to face me when speaking to me. Don’t talk to a window or a wall.

3. Try not to talk to me from another room. I won’t be able to understand you. Move

closer and get my attention.

4. Keep your hands away from your mouth while talking to me. Also please avoid chewing

gum or smoking cigarettes while talking to me.

5. Try to speak clearly and naturally to me.

6. Try not to shout at me. An abnormal amount of loudness may cause your voice to be

distorted or unnatural. Many hearing impaired, especially the elderly have more of a

problem with speech understanding (clarity, discrimination) rather than speech

loudness.

7. Please be patient and understanding with me. I will still miss some things. It’s not that I

don’t want to hear what you are saying. I’d like nothing more than to understand

everything, but I know that is not possible. I need your encouragement and support.

NEW IRS CON: A PHONY TAX BILL DELIVERED BY Email

The general thrust of this scam is that you receive an email stating that you owe the

government money and you risk being indicted, arrested or even deported unless you call a

telephone number in the message. The idea is to get you to send money and sometimes

surrender some of your personal information. The IRS says it is receiving reports around the

Country of swindlers sending fraudulent versions of CP2000 notices in the mail. Yes, the IRS

does send out these forms, pointing out differences between information it has on file and

numbers you submitted on your tax return. Taxpayers are given options on how they wish to

proceed if you agree or disagree that additional tax is owed. When swindlers copy the form

however, their only goal is to lighten your wallet. How do you tell it’s fake? The IRS will NEVER

contact taxpayers by email or through social media! The tax issue is usually related to the

Affordable Care Act, regarding 2014 coverage. Taxpayers are asked to make out checks to

“I.R.S,” and send them to the Austin Processing Center at a post office box in Austin, TX. A real

notice would request that checks be made out to the “United States Treasury”.

Anyone who receives this scam email should forward it to phishing@irs.gov and then delete it

from their email account. Be aware of unsolicited email stating that is from the IRS of any

unknown source, and NEVER open an attachment or click on a link within an email sent by

sources you do not know! (Resources: Daily Sun News)

KAY LEWIS TRIBUTE TO OUR EMPLOYEES CHRISTMAS TREE LANE

Thanksgiving is certainly an appropriate time of Thursday, December 1st, we will

year to honor our employees. It is a time of begin our Christmas Tree Lane in

reflection-a time when we think about all of the Clubhouse Auditorium. It is

the good things that we have in our lives and not necessary to sign up but we

certainly our dedicated employees are among encourage each activity to

the blessings that we have here in Hawthorne. participate. Your tree must be

Take a few minutes to reflect on all that our em- representative of your activity

ployees do for us to make our lives easier and and be no higher than 3 feet. This

better every day. Our employees serve us con- year the trees will be placed in the

tinuously and graciously-Let’s do a little extra Auditorium on tables and also

to show them we really appreciate them. Once on the counters in the Gallery. Last

again, the box will be in the Hall until November 18th. year the trees were beautiful and

It is your participation that makes the project our residents and visitors enjoyed

successful. Let’s make it better than ever. walking through the hall to look at

them.

THANK YOU!

LUMINARIES

Luminaries were introduced to Hawthorne in 1975 by Cliff and Maude Hollister

and have become an annual custom kept up by our AARP Chapter #1775.

Many residents participate in the Luminaries celebration and this year with our

Christmas decorations, the Community should be indescribable.

This custom of lighting candles on Christmas Eve has been practiced in Mexico

and other Spanish speaking countries for many years. It is one of our loveliest

customs and plays an important part of our tradition of lighting the way for the

Christ child.

Monies that our AARP Chapter receive are used to benefit our Hawthorne

residents and the Leesburg area.

HAWTHORNE ARCHERY CLUB

One of the newest clubs in Hawthorne is the Archery Club. On April 7, 2015, nineteen residents

interested in archery met and discussed the feasibility of forming a club and developing an

archery range. They decided to pursue the idea and on May 7, 2015 they officially became the

Hawthorne Archery Club. The officers and members of the steering committee met with Roger

Slagle, Jason Littles, and Butch Lichtenberger (HRCA board member) and the area south of the

guard house and near the parking lot was selected for the range site.

The new club was starting from scratch and needed everything, equipment, targets, target

holders, bows, arrows, etc. The club applied for a grant and a loan from Club Hawthorne in the

amount of $2000.00 to purchase everything. During the summer of 2015, K.C. Werber, Chuck

McTamney, John Miller, Forrest Crenshaw, and Joan Booker devoted hours of time and labor.

The large target holders and bow stands were all built by the men during the hot summer. By the

month of September, the range was up and running and the club grew to 40 members. The Club

held an ice cream social fundraiser in November and a wine raffle in early December and then

paid back the loan from Club Hawthorne in December 2015, less than six months from the

original date of receiving the loan.

Due to erosion of the ground at the shooting line of the range, the area had to be built up and a

safety fence was required. Hawthorne built and installed the fence and the archery club paid

Hawthorne for the fence. Several clubs in Hawthorne gave donations to archery to help to defray

the cost of the fence.

The club received a wonderful gift from the Oak Park Middle School of approximately

$5.000.00 worth of archery bows, arrows, targets and other items. This was a great windfall for

the club and even though the club's treasury was low, the club donated $200.00 to the athletic

department of the school and hopes to donate more when funds become available. This

wonderful gift presented a problem because the club had no place to store everything and

equipment is not readily available for resident use. The current project is to build a storage

building which will cost approximately $4000.00 The club has paid $803.00 for the building

permit and still has another $75.00 to $100.00 to pay when the permit is issued. Members are

currently busy with fundraisers of a Ziti dinner in November, a salmon woodcarving raffle in

November, a wine raffle in December and an ice cream social in January. The club has also

applied for another loan from Club Hawthorne in the amount of $2000.00 which will need to be

repaid in one year.

Archery club members are currently available Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, and Fridays from

10am – 12:00 noon for information to residents and assistance with equipment and general

instruction. Forrest Crenshaw one of the club's members is a four time Florida state champion

archer and qualified for the national championship four times. Chairman, Chuck McTamney will

be giving archery instructions to the children of Oak Park School at the school. John Miller is a

long time archer and his accuracy is near 100%. If Hawthorne residents would like instruction at

our range for themselves, children, or grandchildren, just contact Chuck, Forrest, or John and

arrangements will be made for instruction.

Future plans of the club include an open house so our community can visit the archery range and

check out all of the equipment and new items. The club is grateful to Hawthorne, the HRCA

Board, Club Hawthorne, and all the clubs that have supported archery in getting established. The

Archery Club would like to invite everyone to come up and check out one of Hawthorne's

newest activities.

Submitted by Linda Roddy

FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING GROUP

There is a new group in Hawthorne and our mission is to help encourage and

educate interested residents in Florida Friendly Landscaping practices, which means using

low-maintenance plants and environmentally sustainable practices. Learn how you

can make changes in your landscaping and care that could save you time, energy and

money, while saving water, protecting our environment and our future. These changes

would also benefit native wildlife such as birds, butterflies and other pollinators.

We will have monthly programs with various speakers, who will help us to learn more about

our wonderful natural environment and give us tips on what we can do to gradually make

improvements in our own yards and our community which, in turn, will help to improve the

health of our river, lakes, and aquifer as well.

Our programs, which start at 1pm in the Lemon-Lime room, will take place on the

following dates...November 11, December 9. In 2017-January 13, February 14 (Big

Environmental Expo in the DG Hall) and last meeting on March 10th.

Our first speaker, on Nov 11th, will talk about creating a backyard habitat for wildlife.

Our Dec 9thspeaker will inform us about important water issues.

Stay tuned for details in the bulletins. We hope you can join us!

"We can never have enough of nature" Thoreau

THE SECRET OF MULCH IN YOUR GARDENS

It is gardening time around the park and there is a dirty little secret that can benefit all

gardeners. Mulch can save you time and effort and make even the most humble of gardens

appear well-groomed. Choose one of the described mulch types below, placing a layer no more

than 3 inches thick on the surface of the soil around your plants. Keep the mulch at least 3

inches away from the trunks and stems so the plants don’t suffocate. Because mulch helps the

soil retain moisture, plants won’t need to be watered as often and since it smothers weeds, you

won’t spend hours pulling weeds out of your flower beds. With less competition for water

nutrients, plants thrive. The secret is out!

Mulching Choices:

Shredded cedar bark:

Cedar bark has a natural woodsy scent that helps repel insects, making this ideal around patios

and foundation plantings.

Pebbles:

Pebbles do not decompose, so they are very low maintenance mulch. Use on a garden that gets

too wet; they’ll absorb heat from the air and dry out the soil.

Buckwheat hulls:

Use this ornamental mulch around shallow rooted perennials that need to absorb water

quickly.

Straw:

Straw is good for vegetable gardens and strawberry patches. This lightweight mulch

replenishes the soil with nutrients faster than other types and allows air to circulate.

Pine needles:

Place pine needles around new plantings. They don’t smother the ground the way heavier

mulches do, so enough water will reach fragile seedlings.

Pine bark:

Shrubs, trees and flower beds need long lasting mulch. Pine bark, which decomposes slowly,

will give your garden a longer mulch life.

“MY PUMPKIN SEED

By Betty York Harris (Hawthorne resident)

I GREW A PUMPKIN FROM A SEED

AT FIRST IT LOOKED JUST LIKE A WEED

ONLY I KNEW WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE

MY PRIZE WINNING PUMPKIN FOR HALLOWEEN

FIRST, I CUT OUT THE TOP OF ITS HEAD

AND SCOOPED OUT THE YUCKY STUFF THAT I DREAD

SLIPPERY AND SLIMY I CLEANED IT ALL OUT

THEN GRABBED A KNFE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT

I GAVE IT BIG EYES, A NOSE TO BREATH

NEXT CAME A MOUTH THAT WOULD MAKE JULIA ROBERTS BEAM

SEE WHAT A MIRACLE A SEED CAN BE

AND IT WAS CARVED BY LITTLE OLE ME

PROUDLY, I STEPPED BACK, AND LIFTED IT UP

THEN I HEARD A REAL LOUD THUD

I LOOKED DOWN IN DISBELIEF

MY PRIZE WINNING PUMPKIN LAY AT MY FEET

ONLY ONE PIECE WAS STILL INTACT

JULIA’S BIG SMILE WAS GRINNING BACK

I GUESS THIS YEAR WASN’T MANT TO BE

SO, I’M OFF TO PLANT ANOTHER SEED

DATES TO REMEMBER

Thursday, November 3 – Club Hawthorne Council Meeting

Sunday, November 6 – Dragon Boat Ice Cream Social/Card Bingo

Thursday, November 10 – HRCA Workshop/Agenda Meeting

Saturday. November 12 – Craft Fair

Monday, November 14 – Maintenance Day

Wednesday, November 16 – Health Screening

Thursday, November 17 – Club Hawthorne Group Meeting

Thursday, November 17 – HRCA Board General Meeting

Sunday, November 20 – Concert Series Concert – Camerata String Ensemble

Thursday, November 24 – HRCA Holiday – HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Friday, November 25 – HRCA Holiday

SEPTEMBER DEATH NOTICES

Ann Westphal 9/4/2016

Patricia Tidwell (former resident) 9/8/2016

Muriel “Bobbie” Klopp 9/8/2016

Mary Aagaard 9/19/2016

John Barton 9/26/2016

Roy Baughan 9/29/16

Edwin Gottsman 9/30/2016