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December 2018

Back at the Ranch

Table of Contents

Community Connection — Pg 2

Notes from Sam—Pg 3

Important Reminders — Pg 4

Mark your Calendar—Pg 5

Community Activities — Pgs 6-18

January Activities—Pg 19

Future Activities — Pg 20

Fitness—Pgs 21-22

Local Activities—Pg 23-24

Holiday Fun—Pg 25-27

Calendar — Pg 28

Monthly Recipe — Pg 33

This Month’s Activities:

12/2: Music on the Lawn

12/7: Over 50’s Potluck

12/8: Breakfast with Santa

12/11: Bingo

12/13: Holiday Cookie Exchange

12/14: Tree Lighting

12/15: Polar Express PJ Party

12/19: Gift Wrapping Party

12/25: Christmas Day

(Clubhouse Closed)

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Community Connection

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On behalf of the Harrison Ranch CDD:

• Next Meeting will be held on Monday December 10, 2018 at 1:30 pm in the Clubhouse

• Staff is currently reviewing all of the swale concerns within the community and gathering

proposals to address the drainage concerns.

• Sport Court Lighting to be Discussed on Next Month’s Agenda

• Board to review sub-contractor agreements at December 10th meeting.

On behalf of Access Management:

You may have noticed there’s been some changes around the club house lately. Your manager

Barbara McEvoy has decided to take another position in the area recently. We at Access would

like to thank Barbara for all her hard work and wish her nothing but the best in her future

endeavors. We are currently interviewing for a new manager and hope to have someone in place

very soon.

In the interim, any communication and or question can be sent to my attention

via [email protected]. Until a permanent manager is in place we will provide club-

house coverage from either myself or one of our other managers, including Sandi Noto who has

been there already this week.

Another community news we had our annual and budget meeting on Monday evening and the

2019 budget was passed. You will be receiving payment coupons before the first of the year to

make your annual payment. We also elected your Board of Directors who are: Tom Benton,

John Dinaro, Carol Heid, William Klemish, and Dale Pascoe. Congratulations to the new board

members and we thank you very much for your contribution to the community!

Best regards,

Dave Walter, LCAM

Director of Operations

Access Management

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December Dialect with Sam Samantha Radcliff, Clubhouse & Activities Coordinator


Happy Holiday Season, Harrison Ranch!

My first month with you all has been absolutely incredible and I am so excited for the many

years ahead building relationships with the community. Thank you to those of you who have

quickly become familiar faces around the clubhouse, you have made my transition so much

smoother.

December is starting off strong with Music on the Lawn with Lacey Jane. Pack your picnic bas-

kets and blankets and enjoy a relaxing afternoon taking place on Sunday, December 2nd.

Friday the 7th is our Over 50’s Holiday Potluck. Please see the flyer for details on what to bring.

The event I am most excited for this month is Breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning, De-

cember 8th. I have prepared an amazing breakfast menu for everyone and of course, the holly

jolly Santa and Mrs. Claus will be in attendance.

The following weekend, we have a full weekend of Holiday festivities:

Thursday, December 13th we are having a Holiday Cookie Exchange and Ugly Sweater Contest!

Friday the 14th will be our Tree Lighting. The Martin Duo will be singing some Christmas Car-

ols and we will have Frozen Hot Chocolate for everyone to enjoy.

Saturday the 15th is the Polar Express Pajama Party! We will start the evening with a Grinch

Candy Cane Hunt then settle in with our pillows and blankets and watch my personal Holiday

favorite, The Polar Express.

For all of the busy parents out there, we are having a Gift Wrapping Party on Wednesday, De-

cember 19th. Bring a bottle of wine and your wrapping paper and get all of your gifts wrapped

without any nosey nellies sneaking around.

As December begins, I want to invite everyone to please participate in the activities that I work

so hard on. Attendance has been low, and it is usually the same few people showing up. I would

love feedback as to why there isn’t more engagement from the rest of the community. If you

have any comments or suggestions, my door is always open.

See you around the clubhouse,

Samantha

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Important Reminders


Winter Pool Hours:

6:45am-6:30pm (Hours change with daylight

savings time)

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Mark Your Calendar

We’ve got lots of fun activities in the works! Make a note of some of the special events coming next year!

December Events

12.02.18 Live Music on the Lawn featuring Lacey Jane, 3-5pm

12.07.18 Over 50’s Holiday Potluck, 6:30pm

12.08.18 Breakfast with Santa, 10am-12pm

12.11.18 Bingo, 6:30pm

12.13.18 Holiday cookie exchange & ugly sweater party, 7-9pm

12.14.18 Tree Lighting 7-8:30pm

12.15.18 Polar Express Pajama Party & Grinch Candy Cane Hunt, 6:30pm

12.19.18 Gift Wrapping Party, 6:30pm

Month of December Toy Drive

**subject to modification

January Events

1.04.18 Community Potluck, 6:30pm

1.05.18 Health Fair, 1:00-4:00pm

1.08.18 Bingo, 6:30pm

1.11.18 Family Bingo, 6:30pm

1.18.18 Happy Hour, 6:30pm

1.19.18 National Popcorn Day

1.23.18 Wine Down Wednesday, 7:00pm

1.26.18 National Chocolate Cake Day Cook Off, 1:00pm

**subject to change


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Mahjong schedule will change based on Holiday events.

Please contact Julie to see if they are playing on the week

you are interested in attending.

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January Activities


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Future Activities


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Fitness classes Zumba-Every Saturday 10am-11am

Ditch the workout and join the party!

Use basic dance moves and light weights to shake things up! Routines are

fun and easy to learn! ($5.00/class)

Yoga-Thursdays 8:30am-10:30am

All levels welcome ($5.00/class)

Walk/Run Club-Meets Mondays & Wednesdays 6:30pm and Saturdays 8:30am


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Fitness


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Local Activities


DECEMBER 2018 PROGRAMS AT ROCKY BLUFF LIBRARY

Saturday, December 1 - 10:00 – noon – Tech Help Saturday – Drop in

Saturday, December 1 – 2:00 – Family Movie - 2018 computer-animated film featuring everyone’s favorite

family of Superheroes

Tuesday, December 4 – 10:15 – 11:00 - Preschool Storytime

Tuesday, December 4 – 11:30 – 1:30 – Mah Jongg

Tuesday, December 4 – 2:00 - Knitting Workshop

Wednesday, December 5 – 6:00 – Back to the Future Presentation II

Thursday, December 6 – 6:00 – Teen Game Night

Friday, December 7 -– 12:30 – 1:30 - Forty Carrots - Partners in Play - Mobile babies to age 5 – Limited to

first 12 families.

Saturday, December 8 - 10:00 – noon - Master Gardener – Drop in for Florida yard and garden tips.

Saturday, December 8 – 10:00 – 11:00 – Crochet Hour

Tuesday, December 11 – 10:15 – 11:00 – Preschool Storytime with children’s author D.M. Jack


Wednesday, December 12 – 1:00 – Mindfulness Meditation Workshop

Wednesday, December 12 – 6:00 – Rocky Bluff Book Club – Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

Thursday, December 13 – 6:00 - Trivia

Friday, December 14 – 10:00 – 3:00 – Bloodmobile

Friday, December 14 -– 12:30 – 1:30 - Forty Carrots - Partners in Play - Mobile babies to age 5 – Limited to

first 12 families.

Saturday, December 15 – 10:00 – noon – Tech Help Saturday – Drop in

Saturday, December 15 – 11:30 – 12:30 – Friends of Rocky Bluff Library Silent Auction/Gift Card Tree Raf-

fle Event

Saturday, December 15 – 12:30 – 3:00 – Genealogy Drop-in Program

Saturday, December 15 – 1:00 – 3:00 - LEGO Club

Tuesday, December 18 – 10:15 – 11:00 - Preschool Storytime


Tuesday, December 18 – 2:00 - 3:00 - Technology Petting Zoo

Wednesday, December 19 – 4:00 – Wind-Down Wednesday Film Series – See what happens when a native

New Yorker travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family in this 2018 rom-com.

Thursday, December 20 – 1:00 – 2:00 - Lunch, Listen & Learn – Elizabeth Borsodi - harpist

Thursday, December 20 – 6:00 – 7:00 – Art Club - Ages 6 – 12. Pre-registration required.

Friday, December 21 – 12:30 – 1:30 - Forty Carrots - Partners in Play - Mobile babies to age 5 – Limited to

first 12 families.

Saturday, December 22 – 10:00 – noon - Master Gardener – Drop in for Florida yard and garden tips.

Saturday, December 22 – 2:00 – 3:00 – Crafty Afternoon – Make Your Own Christmas Ornaments - Pre-

registration required

Tuesday, December 25 - LIBRARY CLOSED

Friday, December 28 – 12:30 – 1:30 - Forty Carrots - Partners in Play - Mobile babies to age 5 – Limited to

first 12 families. For more information on any of these programs, call the Rocky Bluff Library at 723-4821

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Holiday Fun


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Twas the Night Before Christmas


‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads. And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,

Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer.

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles in coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!

“Now Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!

Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,

So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of Toys, and St. Nicholas too.

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Twas the Night Before Christmas


And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed in all fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.

His eyes — how they twinkled! His dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly,

That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly!

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,

And he filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk. And laying his finger aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him explain, ‘ere he drove out of sight, “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!”

The End

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Monthly Calendar


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Your Neighbors


Chili Cook Off

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Your Neighbors


Card Craft with Lady Bugs Crafts

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Your Neighbors


Kids Thanksgiving Craft with Sue

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Random Acts of Neighboring

“We have some really good neighbors. I could give you several stories from the past, but I have a recent one too. Over time our mailbox had lost all but two of the screws holding it onto the cross beam. I was out one afternoon a couple weeks ago

trying to get out one of the screws to take to Home Depot to look for replacements. Our neighbor across the street saw what I was doing and said he had screws that he could use to fix it. He was on his way to a meeting, but offered to fix it the next

day. I came home the next evening to check the mail and the box was all securely fastened.

One of the older stories is especially touching if you need other examples. Several years ago when my sister was living here by herself, she was going through intense chemo treatment for breast cancer. She was extremely weak and sick for several

months. She managed to get her trash and recycle containers out to the curb, but one of the neighbors consistently put her emptied containers up by the garage every week. Sometimes the mail would show up at her door also. For someone so sick,

it was a huge kindness.”

“We received this very nice homemade fall decoration from our neighbor.”

“I brought up neighbors trash and recycling bins while they’re working. I’ll continue to do so because it’s the right thing to do.”


To be featured or feature an act of kindness from a neighbor in the next newsletter, please send all

entries into Samantha at [email protected]

All entries remain anonymous.

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Monthly Recipe

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Slice the bread horizontally and vertically to create 1 inch cubes, being careful not to actually slice all the way

through the bread.

In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons butter, the pecans and brown sugar. Use your hands to mix the butter into the

pecans to create a crumble. Take the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and insert thin slices into the loaf of bread.

Place the loaf on a baking sheet and stuff the brie inside the bread, filling in all the spaces in between the cuts. Add

the cranberries and pecans. Transfer to the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the brie is melted and gooey.

Serve immediately.

Recipe Via Half Baked Harvest

Yes, this is totally happening right now and I am so exited about it! It’s true what they say, sometimes the simplest things are the best, and this bread is simply the best.

Cranberry Brie Pull Apart Bread


Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

6 Servings

446 calories

Ingredients:

1 round loaf sourdough bread

4 tablespoons butter

2/3 cup raw pecans chopped

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1 (16 oz.) wheel of brie, cubed

1 cup dried cranberries

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Community Information

Important Contacts:

Dave Walter 813-607-2220 Ext 1017

Interim Community Manager

[email protected]

Samantha Radcliff 941-776-9949

Clubhouse/Activities Coordinator

[email protected]

After Hours Phone 813-210-0225

(for clubhouse bldg emergencies)

Grant Phillips, CDD Manager 813-533-2950

[email protected]

Access Management 813-607-2220

HOA Website:

harrisonranch.accessdifference.com

Trash Pickup Schedule:

Regular Trash—Tuesday & Friday

Recycling—Tuesday

Yard Waste—Wednesday

Trash pick up days are pushed back

one day due to holidays.


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