The Country Club Crier

A publication of the Plantation Country Club Estates Homeowner’s Association

PO Box 121466, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

February 2005

We are a voluntary neighborhood alliance representing over 800 homes east of the turnpike and south of Broward Boulevard To Peters Road. The residents of the following neighborhoods are welcome to join us.

Lauderdale Golf Estates•Fairway Estates•Happydale Subdivision•Golfview Heights•

Country Club Estates•Plantation Point

President Dawn Raduano-791-4962• Vice President Tim Gardner  792-5828•  Treasurer Bill Ritter  584-2211•  Secretary Charlene Strauss 581-1113

President’s Message

Please drive carefully. Recently my neighbor’s loving and faithful pet was hit by a car which then left the scene of the accident. Although Max was rushed to an emergency vet, sadly, Max died early the next morning. A teenager was arrested for drunk driving around Country Club Circle also very early that same morning.

Several months ago a tree was knocked out at 9^th and Country Club Circle and just a week or two ago one of the walkway lights was torn out of the ground at the 90º curve, near Broward Blvd. Not to mention, all the garbage that is constantly through out along the Circle. Some of the garbage is glass and if that hits a person or pet it can cause serious bodily injury or even death. I would say that no one’s has died yet, but that’s not true. One of our long time residents remember that someone was killed along Country Club Circle many years ago.

What can be done? What can we do? These are questions that will be asked and may be answered at the next General Meeting if we can get the Mayor and some City Council people there. Of course, let’s not let reality escape us. Nothing can be 100% perfect. But hopefully we can get people to slow down and not litter.

Please drive carefully.

CHARLENE’S COLUMN

Happy New Year! Here we are all starting a fresh year…and with that I would like to propose a fresh change to our newsletter. I have an idea for the use of this column in the newsletter: let’s use it to share our interests, community, hobbies, etc. I think it would be nice if neighbors took turns writing something that is of personal interest to them-golf, stamp collecting, volunteer work, bird watching, Florida history, fishing, scrap booking, cooking, etc. We all have something to share, we have a very interesting and diverse neighborhood here and this would be a great way to hear about something that we may not hear anywhere else. We would also get to know each other better AND we even find some new friends with similar interests. Maybe you are a “scrap booker”-you could share about your favorite spots to get supplies, a new technique, when the crops are, etc. Then we would learn something about you and you may find that others in the neighborhood also are interested in scrap booking…and voila, we have our own neighborhood “crops”! Maybe you collect something……….maybe somebody else in the neighborhood has been collecting that same thing for YEARS, maybe somebody just started! If you would like to share something, please call Charlene at 954.581.1113 or email me at cjmks4@comcast.net and we can set it up! Looking forward to some FRESH flavor to the newsletter and the neighborhood!

Please Remember to Vote on March 8th! The more we represent ourselves, the more represented we will be! The City really is aware of what communities vote and which do not. If we are apathetic, we can not expect much back in return!

WELCOME!

Welcome to Kathleen Rinella who has joined our newsletter committee in the position of Editor! Thank You Kathleen!

Welcome to our newest advertiser (and a new member)-Tru-Valu Builers  (Peter Stephen)! Thank You Peter.

Director’s Corner

1) T-shirts will be available for sale at the next meeting.

2) There will be a Candidates Forum held at the Jim Ward Community Center on Thursday evening, 2/17/05, at 7:00 p.m. The candidates for City Council will be present to take our questions. Please try to be there.

Last Meeting

We had an animated meeting regarding speeding anad crime in the neighborhood. Police officer Heidi was present as a resource.

Next Meeting

Candidates for City Council will be present to introduce themselves at our next regular meeting, which will be held 2/8/05 at 7:00 p.m. at the Country Club.

ADVERTISERS-Please support these advertisers, as they support us!

(continued)