FOR WHAT IT S WORTH George Evans, Editor August 17, 2012

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1 FOR WHAT IT S WORTH George Evans, Editor August 17, 2012 Editor s Comments A correction. In the last FWIW I said Bill Combs went to LUS on a basket scholarship. It should have been basketball scholarship. I will probably have my Indiana citizenship taken away from me. You can submit any item by ing to alpinefwiw@gmail.com; leave items in the box on the counter at the front desk, or call me at (304) Deadline for next issue is Wed. August 29 5th at noon. Next FWIW issued Fri. August 31st also around noon. FWIW is available in the lodge lobby or on Alpine Lake s website then click on FWIW and choose the date. Please attach your name to anything submitted in case I need to contact you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thoughts, Prayers & Thank You Messages If you know of someone from our community in nursing homes, recuperating at home, or struggling with health problems or the loss of a loved one, please contact us so that we can remember them in this section of FWIW. Thank you. Frank and Honesty would like to thank our Alpine friends for the cards and Kind thoughts upon the death of Frank's sister, Marilyn Wisniewski at the Goodwill retirement home in Grantsville, Md. on Aug. 8,2012. Frank & Honesty Buczek Thanks to Jenni Mills for her wonderful detective work that resulted in the return of my red kayak! She took the time to locate it, found the sticker number, went to the lodge, and made calls to find out the owner. I am forever grateful. You'll have to talk to Jenni to hear the "story of the red kayak" that was taken and put at someone else's home. Again, many thanks to Jenni. - Dolores McNaboe My sincere thanks to everyone who helped us, offered their assistance, prayers, and sympathy during the long illness and death of my husband, Jonas McKenzie. It is comfortable to have caring neighbors and live in a safe community. Special thanks to Mac and Louise Dobeck. Betty McKenzie Longtime property owner/homeowner Elaine Croft passed away August 2, 2012 after a long illness. She and her husband, chuck, first visited Alpine Lake in 1973 and bought a lot that day. When the cabins went up for sale in 1977 they sold the lot and bought cabin #1 and have been enjoying it ever since. You may have seen her on the golf course with husband Chuck and son Dennis and more recently on the mini golf course with granddaughter Carly and her family. She was 86 years old - Dennis Croft. ************************************************************* COMING SOON. Once in a Blue Moon by Tom Kinsey Yes, there is a blue moon in August. So the Lake Management Committee is sponsoring a Moonlight boat tour of Alpine Lake, Friday August 31. Contact either Frank Ross or Tom Kinsey for details and to sign-up. 1

2 TIMELY REMINDERS/NOTICES More Computer Sessions from Wilma Rumble We had a very good computer session recently. Folks seem to benefit from the excellent instruction from Sally Boone. Sally has agreed to return to do future sessions, which will be done after her workday ends at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, August 29 and Wednesday, September 12. Bring your lap top computer to the Rhododendron Room. There will be no charge GAME NIGHTS are on WEDNESDAY nights 7:00 PM at the Boathouse. (AL calendar has Tuesday nights) Come, enjoy your guests are also welcome! OPEN Mike Night This is every Wednesday evening at the Lodge from about 6 pm until 9. Come and hear some free music. Come for dinner or a drink and enjoy the music. HAPPENINGS AROUND THE LAKE & NEARBY ALP Programs by George Evans On Tuesday, August 21 st at 7:30 in the Rhododendron Room, Tony Amato will give a presentation on Mercy Ships and the humanitarian work that is carried out for the world s poorest people. Tony is a RNC and has served on 4 deployments on Mercy ships off the coast of West Africa. On Friday, August 31 st at 1 pm at the Boathouse, Frank Ross will present an Intro to Fly Fishing. This is limited to 8 participants. Bring a fly rod if you have one. On Saturday, September 1 st at 7:30 at the Boathouse, there will be a concert by Cello Fury, a classical/rock fusion group. Tickets are $10 and are available at the front desk or at the door. Except for the Cello Fury concert, the above programs have a $3 fee payable at the door. However, we encourage you sign up in the ALP book at the end of the front desk counter. This will give us an idea of the number of people to prepare for. As to tickets for the three events needing them, the price is $10 per person for each of the music events and $5 per person for the wine tour. You need to sign up and obtain your ticket at the front desk. No tickets will be sold without payment. GEORGE S LIST - CLASSIFIED ADS Editor s Note: PLEASE be sure to notify us if your advertised item is no longer available. This section is only effective if it is accurate. Going forward, Classified Ads will run for 3-4 issues, unless we re notified to continue them. Thank you for your help in making this a real service for our readers. For Sale: Firewood. Stacked pick-up load delivered locally--$75. Contact Wes at or (0803) For Rent: Surf Watch Condo on the beach on Hilton Head S.C. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. Very beautiful. Asking $1000 for a week starting Sunday, October 14. This is my condo fee no profit for me. Call Marilyn Sedlack at (0803) 2

3 Wanted: DOG SITTER for 2 small dogs in Alpine. Daytime and overnight stays occasionally. If you can't do it---can you recommend someone? Person must LOVE dogs. Phone: (0803) For Sale: Robertson "Mountain Stream" Oil Painting. Impressive 5ft x 6ft painting in excellent condition. Signed by the artist. Valued at $2000. Serious inquiries only. Call Tina Gianfagna at (0803) Cleaning Out Sale: Small, Red Vermont Casting wood stove $250, Sears Folding Ping Pong Table with paddles $50, Giant Butte mountain bike-women s $50, Weight Set with Bench $50, LLBean Cross County Skis with size 8 shoes-women s $40, Down Hill skis with size 8 boots-women s $20, Presto Deluxe Pressure Canner/Cooker $40, Cuisinart Vertical Rotisserie-Never Used$200 in stores but I am Selling for $100. Interested in these items? Call (0720) For Sale: MTD hydrostatic lawn tractor with Koehler engine. Turf tires, wheel weights, 42-inch mower deck (recently completely rebuilt), and 3-bag grass catcher. Includes tow behind lawn aerator and trailer. $750 for everything. Price is firm. Call (0707) For Sale: Authentic Roberto Clemente Game Shirts and Hats From our baseball trip to Pittsburgh I have the following: Home game white shirts with black sleeves and gold trim $15.00 each Away game shirts gray body with black and gold trim $15.00 each Black hats with gold P adjustable $10.00 each Call Carl Donald (leave message if not answered). (0706) FOR SALE - LOT 60 in Birchesgarden section. This is a large, flat partly wooded lot with a little brook. It has an approximate 92-foot frontage on Bluebird Drive, and goes back 222 feet in length and is 180 feet wide in back. Selling price 2,500. Call Lorrie MacArgle (304) (0706) ****************************************************************************** GOLF NEWS Playing Golf by Dean Reger I'm seventy years of age And still play with a ball. It's small and has dimples And can't be trusted at all. It seems to seek nature In an unnatural land. It seems to seek shelter In woods, water, and sand. I'm often its' companion, But never its' master. But it seems to act best When my swing is slower, not faster. 3

4 After six days of play In the second week of July, Then watching the pros The odds try to defy, It's easy to repeat, And be quite insistent. They're not masters either. They're just much more consistent. Dean Reger Club Championship Championship Flight 1 st Chris Zimpo (158) First Flight 1 st, Steve Wood (175); Chas Minor (183) Senior Championship Flight - 1st, Don Kelly (186); 2 nd Loring Young (171) Senior First Flight - 1st, Howard Wittte (185); 2 nd - Michael Bennington (185) Ladies Championship Flight 1 st Mary Ann Krewson (174); 2 nd Ann Dunson (190) Match Play Championship Championship Flight 1 st Chris Zimpo; 2 nd Don Kelly First Flight 1 st Mike Bennington; 2 nd Larry Layman Secord Flight 1 st Lorraine Hart; 2 nd Bob Hart Senior Men Format 2 bb Net of 4 1 st Michael Bennington, Gary Horsey, Ed Savage & Bill Beck (114) 2 nd Dave Kling, Chip Sturm, Fuzzy Corum & Bernie Stock (121) Tuesday Morning Scramble 8/14/12 1 st Don Kelly Ed Savage & Jim Savage (-7) 2 nd Gary Cox, Bill Beck & Birgit Stock (-5) 8/7/12 1 st Carl Donald, Joe Heath, Jason Shapiro, & Dick Gallagher (-9) 2 nd Don Kelly, Ed Savage, & Howard Witte (-7) Strokers by Mike Bennington The Strokers results are as follows: August 6, 2012 The results were incorrectly reported at dinner due to numerous errors on the part of the "Dreaded Card Off" committee (that would be me). The correct results were: 1st - Carl Donald, John Bowers, Freddie Harrison and Angie Harrison Score -4 2nd - Don Cline, Jan Cline, Skip Creamer and Dottie Creamer Score -3 3rd - Dick Gallagher, Bobbie Cole, Hal Meacham and George Fetcho Score -1 (Card Off) 4

5 August 13, 2012 A special welcome to first time Strokers participants, Vicki Zimpo, Mary Ann Krewson, and Barry Krewson. Participating for the first time this season were Lorraine Hart, Bob Hart, Joyce Guyton and Gail Guyton. The results were: 1st - Mike Bennington, Katherine Bennington, Gail Guyton and Joyce Guyton Score -4 (Card Off) audited 2nd - Bob Kertesz, Liz Kertesz, Barry Krewson and Mary Ann Krewson Score -4 3rd - Loring Young, Cathy Young, Bob Hart and Lorraine Hart Score -3 As usual, the entertainment provided by the "soon to be famous", Skip Creamer, was outstanding. ALLGO News - by Mary Piehl, VP On July 26th a few of our hardier members ventured out after early morning rain. They played a Two-Man Scotch format with the following 18 hole results: 1st Vickie Mastalerz and Ann Dunson with a birdie on 14. 2nd Becky Meacham and Trish Birch 3rd Sue Thompson and Ann Lee Colaw One team, Connie Shaffer and Barb Conway, played 9 holes with a score of 57. August 2nd we played High and Low Gross. The winning 18-hole team was Ann Dunson, Mary Piehl and Peggy Rogers with a score of 210. They were followed by Connie Shaffer, Vickie Mastalerz, Ann Lee Colaw and Charlotte Wiles who shot 221. The biggest news of the day was that Ann Dunson did NOT have a birdie. Those who did were Katherine Bennington on 11, Sandy Teets on 16 and Lorraine Hart on 13. "Monopoly" was the theme for this year's ALLGO Invitational, which took place Thursday, August 9th. We thank Bernie Stock who, dressed as the Monopoly Man, posed for photos and greeted many of the 100 women who came from sixteen golf clubs to participate. The co-chairladies, Diana Nevin and Wanda Hutchings, did an outstanding job staging this huge event. They thank all of the Alpine Lake volunteers - men, women, golfers or not - who donated their time, expertise and gifts to make this year's event memorable. Despite a lightning delay we managed to complete the eighteen-hole competition with the winning team shooting an exceptional 102 in two-man best ball format. Alpine Lake was represented by Kathy Shanahan, first place team, Robin Larry, second place and Ann Dunson, third place. Dee Browning took the prize for Closest to the Pin on number 14. About twenty other Alpine Lake ladies enjoyed playing the course, meeting new friends and, of course, the closing luncheon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5

6 .ALPINE LAKE LODGE HOURS Effective May 18th, 2012 FRONT DESK Sunday - Thursday 7 AM 7 PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY 7 AM 9 PM RESTAURANT - Daily Continental Breakfast 7 am 11 am Lunch 11 am 5 pm Dinner 5 pm 9 pm LAKERS LOUNGE Monday Friday 2 pm 10 pm Saturday 12:00 Noon 10:00 PM Sunday 1:00 PM 9:00 PM Menu available FITNESS CENTER - DAILY - 6:00 AM 10:00 PM (call Security for door code) Pro Shop DAILY 7 am 7 pm Beach Daily 10 am 6 pm (Weather permitting) Note: Our Alpine Lake website is: Phones; (800) or (304) COMMTTEE NEWS Property Owners Committee News - by Bernie & Birgit Stock, Co-Chairs Yard Sale: Our annual yard sale was the best ever. 4 days of effort by many PO s resulted in a net profit of over $3700. In addition the bake sale to benefit the TA Food Pantry yielded $300 to be used for school supplies. Thanks to all who donated, set up, price, sell, deliver, pick up, clean up, bake and buy. So many PO's were involved; it would be easier to list those we didn't see. Some volunteers actually worked all four days. A special thanks to Delano who picked up the remaining items and gave us a donation as well. You may see some of the items and much more at the old school house in downtown Terra Alta. One could spend hours viewing his showcase of items. Labor Day Picnic: We will again have our annual picnic at the Boathouse on Sat. Sept.1st from noon until 3PM. As we did last year, hamburgers, hot dogs, paper goods, corn and soft drinks will be provided. Please bring something to share (covered dish, salad or dessert) Donations are welcome to assist in the cost of the meat and paper goods. Music and games will be there for your entertainment. Ron Rogers will be playing and singing some of his favorites in the Boathouse from 1:30 till 3 PM. Please come and enjoy!!! 6

7 Oktoberfest: Believe it or not, our annual Oktoberfest is less than 1 month away. Our organizational meeting took place this past Tuesday and it is now time to get to work. Our program will follow that of years past with a few new twists. Again, many volunteers will be needed to make it a success. We are hoping for most of last year s volunteers to return as well as some new blood. If you want to help out in some way please call Bernie or Birgit Stock at ASAP!!!! If everyone puts in a couple of hours we can all do our part and enjoy ourselves as well. Mark your calendars if you have not already done so. SATURDAY, SEPT. 15 th, 12NOON till DARK. Oktoberfest breakfast: The men of Alpine Lake will treat you to a scrumptious breakfast Sunday Sept. 16th from 8 AM until food runs out. Cost is only $8 for the works. Don't miss it!!! Aluminum cans - The bin is almost full again; bring yours up soon before our next trip. Suggestion box: Please don't forget to use the suggestion box on the front desk for your constructive comments and needs. (Compliments and kudos are also welcome.). Our new GM, Bill Combs said he would read them daily... Thanks for supporting your community. Bernie and Birgit Stock >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES Senior Bowlers Needed Par-Matt Lanes in Oakland has a senior bowling league on Thursdays at noon. The league is looking for new members, or those who might be willing to substitute. The cost is approximately ten dollars per week and the league goes from September to March. The first day of bowling will be the Thursday after Labor Day, September 6th. Join Gary Cox, Kathy Berry, and Dick & Jo Gallagher as Alpine Lakers in the league. If you are interested or need more information, please call Dick or Jo Gallagher at This is a full handicap league with teams made up based on a balance of ability, so don't worry about your skill level... it's a social league (kind of like our Strokers in golf). 7

8 Dates to Remember (Put the dates on your calendar NOW so you don t forget) Please note that the following events occur weekly on the day and time noted: Mon., Wed. & Fri AM Aerobics Classes, Lodge, Allegheny Room Mondays 10 am Mixed Doubles Clinic, Tennis Courts Mondays 4 pm - Strokers Wednesdays -- 7:00 PM Property Owners Game Night, Boathouse Wednesdays - 10:00 AM Needlework Club - Rhododendron Room, lunch follows Wednesdays 7-10 pm Open Mic Evergreene Room Thursdays 10 AM-Noon Braille Workshop Rhododendron Room Thursdays ALLGO golf Fridays - 10:00 AM-Noon Art Clinic, Rhododendron Room, Lodge Fridays 1-4 PM Artist/Craft Group, Rhododendron Room, Lodge Fridays 6:30 Happy Hour and Pickle Ball at the Tennis Courts. Saturdays 9 am Tennis lessons for children, Tennis Courts Saturdays 10 am Mixed Doubles, Round robin, Tennis Courts Note: Dump Open: Tue/Thur 7:00 AM 4:00 PM & Sat. 7:00 AM-4:00 PM T.A. Recycling Plant Open: Tue.-Fri. 7 AM 4PM, and Sat. 8 AM until Noon Also monthly events: 2 nd Sunday of each month 7 AM 1 PM Kingwood VFD Breakfast 3 rd Saturday of each month 10 AM ALPOA Community Board Meeting NEXT ALPOA MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS SAT. September 15, 2012 COMING EVENTS: Tue. Aug 21 7:30 ALP program on Mercy Ships, Rhododendron Room Wed. Aug 22 1 pm Daffodil bulb planting, meet at lodge Wed. Aug 29 noon Deadline for next FWIW Wed. Aug 29 3:30 - Computer help session, Rhododendron Room, Lodge Fri. Aug. 31 noon Next FWIW issued Fri. Aug 31 1 pm ALP program on Fly Fishing Boathouse Fri. Aug 31 night Blue Moon Boat Ride meet at Boathouse Sat. Sep. 1 7:30 ALP Program Cello Fury Concert - Boathouse Wed. Sep. 12 3:30 Computer help session, Rhododendron Room, Lodge Sat. Sep. 15 noon until dark Oktoberfest, Boathouse Sun. Sep am until food runs out Oktoberfest breakfast 8

For What It s Worth

***For What It s Worth*** Janice Nelson, Editor November 30th, 2018 EDITOR S COMMENTS Tis the Season Santa is coming to Alpine Lake for breakfast! So, gather your little ones, or big ones, and join him