June 22nd - June 28th Edition

June 22nd June 28th Edition

OBITUARIES

Former Buttonwood Bay resident Bruce Blevins age 81 passed away on June 23, 2025 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Lakeland, Fl. Bruce and wife Judy resided on 540 Swan Dr. while in Buttonwood Bay. A memorial service is planned for Saturday October 18, 2025. Condolences may be send to Judy Blevins and family at 743 Terrace Gardens Lane, Lakeland, Fl 33815. Judy asked that her phone number be posted so she can be contacted if anyone needs further information (330-730-7648)

Word has been received of the passing of Buttonwood Bay resident Fred Haynes of 431 Bobwhite Dr. while in North Carolina.

Condolences may be sent to Judy Haynes and family at 2244 Caramoor Ln. Raleigh, NC 27614.

Visitation

Saturday, July 5, 2025

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Bright Funeral Home

405 S. Main St.

Wake Forest, NC 27587

Funeral Service

Saturday, July 5, 2025

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Bright Funeral Home

405 S. Main St.

Wake Forest, NC 27587

Burial will be at Arlington National cemetery with full Military Honors, but we do not have a date for that yet. It could take up to 6 Months. Probably sometime in late fall.

Good Day Buttonwood Bay

I would rather be “annoyingly” positive and optimistic than destructively negative and hateful… (unknown)

Summer Office Hours, We will be closing the office at 4PM on Fridays starting in July. If you need anything from us or need us after 4 just let us know and we can ensure to take care of anything that you need.

Reminders

Drink plenty of water and hydrate its hot out there!!
Make sure you are walking on the correct side of the road
Rain and sun have begun make sure your home watch person is taking care of the weeds in your flower beds. We are starting to see high amounts of weeds.
If you have a guest or visitor ensure they get a guest pass/wristband for their stay.
Lot rent is due on the 1st of the month you do have until the 5th of the month to pay, We do have to asses a $40 late if it is not paid by the 6th of the month, This is not us it’s a policy that we have to follow. Thank you for your help with this.
Pool Gate Codes are C3910

The contractor for the Boat ramp has said he will begin rehab on our boat launch on Wednesday 6/25 pending weather it will be closed until he says we can open it again.

The contractor should be starting our Pickleball court resurfacing on 6/23 pending weather as well. They will be closed until completion and cure time as well.

We will having a open House on June 28th if you have any friends or family wanting to check any homes out that we have for sale, We put two homes under contract just this week!

Let me know if you would like to see anything different or something special in my memos, Sometimes my mind blanks when I’m typing these up.

Have a friend wanting to sign up for an annual contract on a RV site send them our way and get $500 off of your site rent. Have them add your name on top right of the application.

Johnathan Simons

District RV Resort Manager

Buttonwood Bay| Lake Josephine

10001 U.S. 27 S | Sebring FL, 33876

P: 863-655-1122

NYSE:SUI

https://www.sunoutdoors.com/florida/buttonwood-bay

jsimons@suncommunities.com

BE YOURSELF & THRIVE | DO THE RIGHT THING

Summer Coffee Hour will be

On Monday June 23rd at

8:30 am

in the Community Center.

Come join your friends and neighbor

while you enjoy coffee & donuts

Join us for the 4th of July celebration in the Rec Hall. Festivities will begin at 1:00 pm and we'll eat at 1:30. Hot Dogs and tableware will be provided. Just bring your favorite red, white and blue dish to share.

After the meal, you're in for a treat. The Summer Committee will present a special someone who will entertain us. We're not saying who because it's a SURPRISE!

Let's remember those fundamental unalienable rights the Declaration of Independence gave us, that of life, liberty and the right to pursue happiness.

So, sign up at the Community Center and at Café and pursue some of that "pursuit of happiness" with your Buttonwood Bay family

Summer Bingo will be held on Mondays,

Doors open at 5:30, Play at 6:00 pm

Bring only $1 dollar bills or quarters. No Dimes or nickels

For info call Carolyn 419-619-1124.

Line dancing classes will be held every Tuesday & Thursday from 10-12 in the RH. Judy Turner will be teaching easy line dancing.

We will have Happy Hour every Tuesday pm except the fourth Tuesday. (Bistro Night) which is this week. The next Happy Hour will be held on Tuesday, July 1st, 2025. Meet at 4:00 and eat at 4:45. Bring a dish to pass, your table setting and silverware. BYOB.

Bar Poker is held the 3rd Sunday each month in the community center. Door open at 3:30 game stats at 4:00 pm. There is only room for 50 players so plan on getting there early. The July Bar poker will be on Sunday July 20th. Bring quarters!

Summer Café will be every Wednesdays in the Rec hall from 11:30 – 12:30 pm. Donation $6.00 for lunch.

On June 25th the committee will be serving

Cheese Burgers & Apple sauce

Chips, pickle Spear & Drink

or if you would rather

A chef's Salad is available

Dinner or Chef's Salad $6.00

Top off lunch with a Sundae

for only $1.00

Worship schedule for June

Sunday, June 22 - Recognizing the power and value of prayer in our daily

lives, the question is asked "Does Prayer Have Limitations?" from Matthew 6

Sunday, June 29 - Pastor Cecil will be spending a week with his family in

Pennsylvania. Guest speaker that morning will be Rev. Karl Davis, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Sebring, and friend of our pastor. Be present

and support the guest in our midst.

Each service is non denominational, and includes the singing of your favorite

hymns, special music, and biblical preaching. You are encouraged to invite others to worship with you and share in our warm fellowship,.

Lisa Akers, Jody Bishop,

Don Bower, JoAnn Carter,

Jean Coleman, Tish Duncan,

Gabby Gingras, Marilyn Hartl,

Marion Hopkins, Roger Kornhoff,

Roger Lancaster, Nancy Mayer, Linda Perez,

Bruce Rice,

Mike Tatterson, Mary Wallace,

Renie Vanmeter, Cris Wilson.

Susan Hess, (Pastors daughter)

Cindy Muncy (Betty Elich's Daughter)

Joe Greenhalgh (Jan & Bill Jones Son in Law)

For additions or removal from the prayer list

or Memorial requests.

(Please contact)

Lou Ann Jaklin

906-235-1190

ROSARY

The Rosary group meets on Tuesday's

at 8:00 am in the Craft Room

Bistro for June 24th will be held at Dock 633.

We will be ordering off the menu. Cocktails between four and 4:30, dinner between five and 5:30. The limit is 40 people. Signup sheet have been removed but If you have sign up and for any reason you cannot make it, please call Gail Patterson

704-351-0444

A group of military veterans meet on Monday mornings at 10:00 in the card room at the community center. All military personal whether war active or not meet just to talk about their lives as veterans. All military personnel are welcome to join the group and have coffee Monday morning at 10:00. Stop in next Monday and meet the group.

Just a reminder! Come join in on the fun! You can even bring an instrument to play! DJ songs also available on request! FRIDAY the June 27th @ 6:30 in the CC!

Venue request forms for May-Oct 2025 and November 2025-April 2026 are now available in the wood rack by the kitchen in the Rec Hall. You may also pick up forms in the CC and CR. Please do not use any previous forms you may have. The current form is dated 2-1-2025.

If you are planning a special one-time event or a private party, please use the form for special events or private parties. An example of a special event would be a state dinner.

The latest venue calendars can be viewed or downloaded and printed from the MAC website: buttonwoodbayevents. com.

If you have any questions about reserving a venue, please contact me at treengreg@aol.com or 770-330-4982.

Please return all forms by March 8, 2025. You can leave the forms in the box provided at 419 Spoonbill Drive until 1 April 2025. After 1 April 2025, please contact me at the email address above.

Thank you!

Tree Frazier

Venues

CARDS & GAMES

Friday night JUNE 20TH Bunco will be played at 6pm in the Community Center. Cost is $2 ($1 to play, $1 for optional raffle tickets). You may bring a snack to share. Come try it, it's a lot of fun and easy to learn!