March, April Birthdays: Shirley Zummo April 6 Steve Griffin April 14 Chuck Turo April 14 Ken Cole April 17 Carol Raabe April 19

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1 March, 2012 President: Karl Raabe V.P.: Carl Hendrix Secretary: Janet Marks Treasurer: Nancy Leonard Editor: Steve Griffin The March Daffodil? March use to be the beginning of our calendar year. The Gregorian calendar was adopted in It is only since then that the year began on 1 st January. April Birthdays: Shirley Zummo April 6 Steve Griffin April 14 Chuck Turo April 14 Ken Cole April 17 Carol Raabe April 19 Happy Anniversary to: Rich & Sharon Vander Bok 4/20/63 Cares & Concerns Please keep the following in your thoughts and prayers: Carol recovering from lung surgery Beverly Sims recovering from stroke Ken & Brandy Cole health issues Dick Weis Shoulder surgery Men s Beanbag Baseball team pulls out a ninth inning win after trailing the women. The March campout at Blueberry Hill RV Resort was a little different but still a lot of fun! The hosts adapted to the crowded kitchen and the weather was not too hot and not too cold- with just a few rain drops here and there! RVs started arriving on Thursday. By Friday afternoon activities were in full swing with 15 member rigs, 1 guest rigs and 5 drive-ins. It was good to see Carol Griffin back and Dick Weis is making good progress with his shoulder therapy. Later, some couples went to the Beef O Brady s Restaurant in Bushnell for dinner while others stayed and enjoyed a lazy and relaxing evening s supper and later games. Saturday morning the Blueberry people cooked breakfast. The meeting followed at 10:00. We welcome guest Dale and Norma Hassman and Ted & Colleen Litz, friends of the Hime s. After lunch we played beanbag baseball and the men were just able to defeat the ladies with a 9th inning Bill Mann homerun!! Then we played Holey Board and Ladder ball. Dinner featured delicious pork roast, and lots of side dishes to go with it. And Sharon treated us to a Lions and Lamb game after dinner. Games followed in the club house. Sunday morning our hosts fixed us a delicious SOS breakfast. Many thanks to MacLarty, Sims, Hime for planning and hosting such a great weekend! Contact your Newsletter editor to submit items, or for change of address: Steve Griffin - sgrifbv@bellsouth.net Abbonmarsh Circle; Brooksville, FL 34604

2 Campout & Winter Palatka Samboree Photos Winning 9 th inning home run was hit by resting slugger Bill Mann Janet Marks tossing a bean bag Bobbie & Archie MacLarity - hosting Our iguana attacking Bob Ward s rig Sandwich management GTS sitting in the barn on new concrete floor

3 March Campout March 30 April 1 Early Bird Thursday 03/29/2012 Lake Oklawaha RV Park N. E. 243rd Place Rd. Ft. McCoy Hosts: Weis, Wright, Hime Sharon Hime: srhime2@gmail.com Directions: Directions from Hwy 19 in Salt Springs (33 mi. north of Umatilla): turn W on CR 316; travel approx. 10 miles to NE 160 Ave Rd; turn right and travel 10.4 mi.; campground on left. From Fort McCoy, travel 5 mi. E on CR 316 over the Oklawaha Bridge; turn left on NE 160 Ave Rd; 10.4 mi. to campground on left. Please note: you must make your own reservation with the campground and also notify the hosts that you are coming! $26.73/night rally price Schedule of Events Thursday early bird 3:00pm Happy Hour Dinner on your own Friday 3:00 pm Happy Hour (snacks) 5:00 pm Supper on your own (Campfire available to cook over) 7:00pm Games in the clubhouse Saturday 8:00 Breakfast casseroles (hosts) (pro-rated) 10:00am Meeting Noon Jerry & Martha Wright furnishing sausages; Archie smoking them so bring plate and anything else you want and join them for lunch 1:00pm Outdoor Games 3:00pm Happy Hour 5:00pm Dinner Smoked Pork loin (Hosts) (cost prorated) A-F Beans or potato G Buns or garlic roll H-P Salad or Veggie R-Z Desert 7:00pm Games in the clubhouse Sunday: 8:00 Breakfast-Sweets to share. The Winter Samboree The Winter Samboree sandwich sales went well even with slightly lower attendance. The bean bag baseball went very well with Golden Triangles taking 2 nd place. All that practice is paying off! What a difference the new concrete floor at the big barn made. And Newton our 25 iguana (flatter then road kill) didn t win but was a funny hit. Some how it got entangled in the Director s RV?!? Some of the attendees travelled from Blueberry Hill to Rodman Dam State Campground and report that, despite the rainy weather, they enjoyed the campground and are recommending the CG again next year. We enjoyed our visitors Bill Mundy & Nancy Stevens and Jim and Claudia Basener Looking Ahead to May Campout The May Campout, hosted by Mickey & Janet Marks, Steve & Carol Griffin & Ed & Wanda Creamer will be May 4 6, will be at Lake Rousseau, Crystal River, FL. Cost is $20.00 /night. Note: because of rally rate Passport America not available. Power = 30 & 50 amps, sewer and water. Also, please notify the hosts at: Steve: Sgrifbv@bellsouth.net or phone them at home: to let them know you are coming! Directions and schedule of activities will be available in the April newsletter. Lake Rousseau Campground: Upcoming Samborees! Spring: April in Okeechobee More info and applications available at

4 Fall: The Good Sam Rally Daytona, FL Nov 2 4, 2012; arrive Nov 1; depart Nov 5. Camping off site. Sharon Hime is coordinating. Nearby Out of State Samborees Mississippi Irish Fling Samboree, March Tupelo, MS Georgia Beach Party Samboree, March Perry, GA NOTE: some of our members are planning on attending. Louisiana Pajama Party, April Rayne, LA Alabama My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, April Dothan, AL Non-perishable food items, clothing, etc. for Loaves & Fishes And now, our newest one: Coupons for Troops! Martha Wright & Beverly Sims are heading the committee to organize and send in coupons for our service men and their families. You can bring in any kind of coupons, preferably cut out neatly! The can be current or recently expired (up to 6 months); food or non-food items. A great new way for us to help!! Joan Melanie Adomitis Golden Triangle Scrapbook Is In the Works! Sharon Hime, our Scrapbook Chairperson, is already hard at work compiling pictures, information and artifacts for our Chapter Scrapbook. She reports that many of the needed items are already in place. However, she needs to hear from each one of us about the volunteer activities we participate in. Those who attended in January received a form for reporting the hours, money spent, etc. on their volunteer projects. The current form is due by the end of February. It is available by or by calling Sharon: Srhime2@gmail.com Charities & Fund Raisers! Don t forget about all of the items we collect for our various charities. Everybody needs to help!! Aluminum cans, etc. Books & magazines for Vets Old printer cartridges Old cell phones Bears & blankets for Boggy Creek

5 Golden Triangle Sams Minutes February 25, 2012 The March meeting was called to order by President Karl Raabe at 10 AM on February 25 in the tiny card room at Blueberry Hill RV Resort. The meeting was held a week early due to the Winter Samboree the next weekend. Chaplin Tom Leonard gave the invocation, and Past Presidents Rich VanderBok, Dale Horn, Mickey Marks, and Steve Griffin led us in the Pledge to the Flag. Penny Ritenburgh introduced our guests, Bob & Barbara Russel and Dale and Norma Hasman. Janet Marks called the roll. There were 20 members in attendance. Penny Ritenburg moved and Dotty Weis seconded to accept the minutes of the previous meeting as sent out in the newsletter; motion carried. Nancy Leonard gave the Treasurer s report: balance of $ Carol Griffin moved and Dale Horn seconded that the Treasurer s report be accepted; motion carried. Nancy then presented bills to be paid. Beverly Sims moved that the bills be paid and Carol Griffin seconded. Motion passed with the understanding that the Samboree lunch bills will be held until after the sale next weekend. Committee Reports: Membership: Penny Ritenburg; two guests Sunshine: Carol Griffin reported that Dick Weis s shoulder is improving; Carolyn is still having problems; Carol Raabe fell & hurt knee, but no fracture or clots; Sharon Hime has hives, but is getting better; good to see Claudia and Carroll Commons with us and doing better; Carol Griffin is doing better and Jerry's feet are improving following his surgery. Sheriff: Jerry Breitweiser reported he had collected $.25 Newsletter: Steve Griffin Aluminum Engineers: Jerry Breitweiser & Derek Pymer; will collect next month Webmaster: Karl Raabe. No report Host Chairperson: Carol Raabe; 1. June 1-3 will be at Sherwood Forest (Andrews) Camping schedule was passed around for sign ups Beverly Sims: recycling printer cartridges: Office Depot not working, is now going back to mailing. Loaves and Fishes: Tom & Nancy Leonard -if you take stuff yourself, get donation card. Up to 700 families; have been given the lot next door which will help with parking etc. Games, Hosts: will be on site 1:00; $6 per couple for 5:30 dinner and Sunday breakfast. LJ Green: recycling old cell phones Bob Simms: recycling old books to Veterans - has 100's of books in shed, needs some help moving them to VA facility, especially since they've sold their house! Sharon Himes: Photo Album project -turn in donation sheets; she has new ones for next 2 months. Martha Wright : Coupons for Troops - sent in $10, worth of coupons! Reminder: cannot reproduce or get off Internet. She is going to return plastic bags we turned them in with, so we can fill them again. Old Business: 1. Correspondence: Karl, brochure from campground, Steve received election form for new director which he gave to Pres. Raabe. 1. Sandwiches for Winter Samboree Carl Hendrix reported all is on target; thanks for everyone's purchases. 2. Cookies for Winter Samboree: Carol G is scheduling; save fig newtons for Bob Ward; try to restrict to 2 cookies each. 3. Dotty Weis Collecting for school - can bring next month also, Dotty will deliver to South Lake HS.

6 4. Sharon Hime- For those interested in attending The Rally at Daytona next November: she has found a park offsite where we could camp-- Daytona Tropical Gardens RV Park, $98.75 for 4 nights (includes full hookups and use of clubhouse). Contact Sharon if questions. New Business: 1. Pres. Raabe presented the Ballot for Joe Weston for State Director. Carolyn Breitweiser moved that we accept his nomination as State Director. Tom DeFina seconded; motion passed in favor of Joe Weston for State Director. 2. Iguana for the garbage bags and duck tape assignment at the Samboree -Martha & others have boxes, tape, bags etc; Nancy suggested buying fig newtons to bribe Bob Ward. 3. Rich VanderBok reported that Okeechobee already filling up for Spring Samboree; send in apps ASAP! 4. Cindy Rogers reported she has done 10 blankets for Boggy Creek. 5. Martha asked for a hand count for next Lake Oklawaha. Next Campout will be at Lake Oklawaha RV Park, March 30; call hosts & campground to reserve. 50/50: $24 to chapter. Two $12 drawings went to Phyllis Horn & guests Dale & Norma, who drew their own number! As there was no further business, Dale Horn moved and Bob Sims seconded that the meeting be 11:55. Respectfully submitted, Janet Marks, Secretary