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

Super Bowl Sunday, Fat Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, and Presidents Day - just how many activities in
addition to all of these wonderful days, can we look forward to celebrate this month? You are right.
All of them! Let’s spend this month actively enjoying a lot more activities with our wonderful friends.
If you are new to our Club, be sure to attend as many events as you can. And if you are not new,
you can come join with all of us to meet our new club members.

But before we get to
what we are doing
this month, we want to share with you that New Year’s Eve Party
eighty Paradise Friends members rang in
the new year at our Gala on December
31. Fabulous food, dear friends, gorgeous
decorations by our talented Struss Shirk,
and wild dancing definitely created
Magical Memories. Thanks to many,
many people who made this Sunday
Funday event a smash success! Now on
to this month’s events:

Tables of 8 –You are welcome to meet
with a small group of people either in a
home or at a restaurant. This dining
experience is already planned for
February 1, so please remember to go if
you signed up for that night. Otherwise,
you can contact Peg Baird, Chair of
Tables of 8, no later than February 20 and
she will sign you up for the March 1
dinner. For more info, contact Peg Baird
at 419-681-2147.

Ladies Lunch Bunch – Ladies, join us for lunch on Thursday, February 8, at Noon at the Beach Road Wine Bar & Bistro,
1350 Beach Rd., Englewood. Join us for great food and wine, with a beautiful view of Lemon Bay. Please sign up on the
Paradise Friends website calendar prior to February 6 and look for friends to carpool. For information contact Lynne
Miller at 561-212-6994, or Lynneb1025@gmail.com.

Chow Hounds Men’s Lunch Bunch – Also at noon on Thursday, February 8, the men will dine at the Ragin Cajun, 4104
El Jobean Rd., Port Charlotte. Join Bert and others for traditional New Orleans style cuisine. Enjoy the Cajun food before
Fat Tuesday. No sign up needed, just show up. For more information contact Bert Leitsch at Bert370@IX.netcom.com.

Mixers - On Thursday, February 15, please plan to come to St. Andrews South Golf Club, 1901 Deborah Drive 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 info, contact Struss Shirk at strussshirk@bellsouth.net.

Choice – Thursday, February 22, at 9:45 a.m. you are invited to come join us to see the creation of a Superhero. This
multimedia presentation shows what it takes to train guide dogs for the visually impaired and service dogs for veterans.
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We will go to the Guide Dogs Training School Tour, 4210 77 St., E. Palmetto. Afterwards, we will go to lunch at
Riverside Reef & Grill, 995 Riverside Dr., Palmetto, which is on the Manatee River. Please sign up on our website. You
can also create carpools. A $10 donation will help buy puppy food. Contact Kathy Leitsch at 610-357-2612, or
Kaleitsch@gmail.com for more information.

Be sure to attend the wonderful Home Tour on February 3 sponsored by Beyond Ourselves. Tickets are $25 in advance,
and $30 on the day of the tour. Go to the PGICA website for tickets and more information.

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 scpreece@yahoo.com, 918-671-7288, 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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