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PARADISE FRIENDS Dan Kain, 248-210-0350, dkain01@gmail.com, paradisefriends.peapps.com

Happy New Year! May you be blessed with good health, fortune, and friendship in 2018. On
November 30 we had our General Meeting to vote in the new Officers. We also celebrated our 3
year Birthday Bash. Many thanks to all of the Officers from this
past year: Dan Kain, President, Randy Douet, Vice-President,
Debra Charbonnet, Secretary, and Bob Shirk, Treasurer. You
have all done a remarkable job keeping our group alive and
vibrant. A special thank you to Debra who has just done a
fantastic job taking minutes at our Board meetings, and
keeping us on track. She is stepping down and Denise Tiller is our new Secretary.
We also want to thank all of the Committee chairs and co-chairs, who spent the
year doing great work, and those coming forward to lead our social club and take
on new and exciting events.

Join us for these activities in January:

Friends to Go – On Tuesday, January 2, at 7:30 p.m. there is a performance of
Swan Lake Ballet at the Charlotte Harbor Convention Center. Tickets start at
$35.10 each. Please join us for dinner downtown before the performance. This will
be a wonderful night to remember. Sign up on the website, or contact Susan
Kohlbeck, 781-883-9512, or susan_kohlbeck@yahoo.com.

Tables of 8 –Come join us for a dinner either in your home or a restaurant. The dinners are already planned for January
4, so please go if you signed up for that night. Otherwise, you can contact Peg Baird, our new chair of Tables of 8, no
later than January 20 and she will sign you up for the February 1 dinner. For more info contact Peg Baird at
419-681-2147.

Ladies Lunch Bunch – Ladies, join us for lunch on Thursday, January 11, at Noon at Curry and Kabab, 3492 Tamiami
Trail, Port Charlotte. It is authentic Indian cuisine with a buffet, so you can try all kinds of different varieties. Please sign
up on the Paradise Friends website calendar. For information contact Ann Slattery, 508-259-3681, or
annfs63@yahoo.com.

Chow Hounds Men’s Lunch Bunch – Also at Noon on Thursday, January 11, the men will eat at Icehouse Pub, 408
Tamiami Trail, Unit 111. No sign up needed, just show up. For more info contact Bert Leitsch at
Bert370@ix.netcom.com.

Mixers - No reservations needed for this one either. On Thursday, January 18, come to the St. Andrews South Golf Club,
1901 Deborah Drive, Punta Gorda, from 5 to 7 p.m. It’s the monthly opportunity to mix and mingle, enjoy complimentary
appetizers and have a beverage or two from the cash bar. For more information, contact Struss Shirk at
strussshirk@bellsouth.net.

Choice – On Thursday, January 25, come join us at the Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy in Sarasota. Sign up on our
website. Contact Nancy Palmer, 941-286-6111, or npalmer2704@hotmail.com for more information.

Home Tour Helpers from Paradise Friends are needed to assist in the homes and also help with parking the cars.
Contact Cindy Morrell at camorrrell72@gmail.com if you can volunteer for a shift.

Membership - The Paradise Friends Club is open
to all PGI Civic Association members. If you
would like to join us, we would love to have you.
Dues are $20 per year/per person and you can
order name tags for $11 each. You can get a form
from the PGICA lobby or from Sue Preece, our
new Membership Chair. Leave the completed
form and check at the PGICA office or send it to
Sue. Her contact information is 918-671-7288,
scpreece@yahoo.com, or 3335 Trinidad Court,
Punta Gorda, FL 33950.

Send photos for inclusion in The Commentator to
Sue Kelley, skelley180@aol.com.

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