April 2021 Volume XXXV Issue #5

Spring Greetings ladies! 

Spring has sprung and everything is looking green and beautiful. I hope everyone is getting outside to enjoy this wonderful spring weather! 

The hot weather will be upon us soon .

I'm proud to say, we did better than expected with our fund raising, this past year, overcoming many obstacles! With the dedication of our board and many others, we achieved much greater goals than we thought possible. Many THANKS to all. 

Our cookbook will be ready for the April luncheon. As soon as we get the final price, from the printing company, we will let you know. Please let Dixie know if you want to reserve your copy. ddm902@aol.com or

352 382-0588. They will be for sale at the April luncheon. 

A terrific job done in a timely manner! 

We have a club to be very proud of. It is a pleasure working with such wonderful women. I want to thank each and every one of you that has helped to make our club the success it is! Please plan to attend April’s Scholarship Luncheon! Its something we have worked toward

all year. The wonderful feeling of being able to help a student get a good education! Then in May we will have our Community Service 

Luncheon. These are very important, please support the luncheons and the people we help, come meet them and speak with them.

We have been having some terrific luncheons! Lots of fun and 

fellowship. I thank all that attend!

Hope to see you soon,

THANK YOU!!

This month I am saying a big thank you to my committee of dedicated women who have met under all sorts of conditions this past year! 

Collinnette Spears

Judy Hill

Judy Neace   

Mary Kay Verkennes

Melanie Mascaro

Toni Kubitski

Vonnie Rost 

In March we were all together to select this year’s scholarship recipients. This time it was a lovely day to meet outside on my lanai. Each one had previously read through and assessed all of the applications and chosen her 6-7 favorites. Then we voted and easily decided on the six who will receive the WSW $1500 scholarships and the one who will receive the CF Foundation Endowment 

Scholarship. 

I hope that you will be able to attend the April Scholarship Luncheon and meet the recipients and his/her family member. They are well deserving of your 

congratulations!

Connie Howell, Director of Education and Scholarships

Our Cookbook

The hardworking ladies on the cookbook committee finished typing in all those great recipes that you submitted. The cookbooks are in the process of being printed right now. They will be mailed to us from Kansas & we expect to have them in time to sell at the April luncheon. The price is dependent on the cost of shipping but will not exceed $15.00 per book. Get in touch with me if you want me to reserve a cookbook.

ddm902@aol.com or

352 382-0588

Donations

The Homosassa Elementary School, CASA and the Sanctuary were all happy to receive the donations made to them this past month from 3 of our very thoughtful members:

Marilyn Schaller who is always shopping for items to donate to CASA & 

Homosassa Elementary School, 

Pat O’Brien who thought of the Sanctuary when she had a truck load of 

furniture to donate,

Becky Jones who was able to fill 14 large bags with items for the Sanctuary and CASA

Special thanks to Mike Yox for providing delivery service for those 14 bags

Welcome to our new member: Mary Fielstra

Please reach out to your friends as well as new & old neighbors (future friends) and invite them to join our wonderful club; bring them to a luncheon as a guest.

If you would like to add your birthday, phone number or email to the directory, please send an email to Jeanne Warde at jewarde@outlook.com or call 512-636-4310 

APRIL BIRTHDAYS!!

Judy Hill 4-1

Vicky Leitzinger 4-6 

Toni Kubitski 4 -8  

Jan Dedischew 4-9

Marilyn Schaller 4-15 

Marlene Frey 4-16  

Carol Anier  4-26  

Rochelle Holmes 4-29 

THE WOMEN OF SUGARMAILL WOODS GOLF FUNDRAISER WANTS TO THANK ALL OUR SPONSORS, PATRONS AND GOLF DONORS. THEIR TERRIFIC SUPPORT HELPED WITH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CITRUS COUNTY STUDENTS!  WE RAISED $11,600 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS! 

BE SURE TO SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!  

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GREAT SUPPORT!

GOLD SPONSORS: 

BUSH HOME SERVICES 

CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE 

CRYSTAL AUTOMOTIVE/MOTORCYCLE GROUP 

KEY 1 REALTY 

LOVE HONDA 

NICK NICHOLAS FORD 

VILLAGE CADILLAC OF HOMOSASSA 

WILDER FUNERAL HOME 

SILVER SPONSORS: 

BAYFRONT HEALTH/SEVEN RIVERS HOSPITAL 

BOULERICE ROOFING 

EAGLE BUICK GMC 

SKINTASTIC MED SPA 

BRONZE SPONSORS: 

BAY DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETIC SURGERY, P.A. 

DAVID ROM STATE FARM INSURANCE 

ED BUCKLEY STATE FARM INSURANCE 

GLEN C. ABBOTT – ATTORNEY AT LAW 

HOMOSASSA TIRE & AUTO REPAIR 

JIM GREEN JEWELERS 

KANES ACE HARDWARE 

LAW FIRM OF ROBERT S. CHRISTENSEN 

LEDGER DENTISTRY 

OAK HILL HOSPITAL 

PARK AVENUE HAIR DESIGN 

PINCH A PENNY, SUGARMILL WOODS 

RICH BEDDING 

ROYAL COACHMAN HOMES 

SHELDON PALMES INSURANCE 

SWEETWATER HOMES OF CITRUS 

TRIPLE A ROOFING 

TWO GUYS FROM ITALY 

WEST COAST LANDSCAPE SERVICE 

FRIENDS OF WOMEN OF SUGARMILL WOODS: 

CITRUS PAWVILLE PET RESORT 

GOLFER DONORS: 

Jim Fee 

Laura Frederick 

Carol Garvin 

Carol Gauthreaux 

Catherine Holden 

Jesse Mackey Jr 

Kent Moore 

Bob Murphy 

Carolyn Ohlmeyer 

Jim Owens 

Jeff Rundell 

Roberta Runfola 

Stephanie St. Clair 

Matt Smolinsky 

Bob Verkennes 

Vivienne Walsh 

Ed Waltman 

WOMEN OF SUGARMILL WOODS MEMBER PATRONS

PLATINUM DONORS

Jan Dedischew

Tony Kubitski

Melanie Mascaro

Peggy Nusbickel 

Julia Ostrout

Sandy Rundell

Mary Kay Verkennes

GOLD DONORS

Judy Hill

Connie Howell

Pat O’Brien

Deborah Robbins

Bonnie Teska

Vivian Turner

SILVER DONORS

Eleanor Allen

Wanda Phillips

BRONZE DONORS    

PATRON DONORS

Judy Bailey

Vicky Budd

Barbara Comeau

Gail Delprete

Johna DeVoe

JoAnn Hughes

Margaret Jernigan

Becky Jones

Loretta Kennedy

Janice Kuukari

Connie McCloskey

Diane Nyhus

Sandy Partin

Barbara Pettegrew

Roxanne Soden

Mary Smallwood

Jeanne Warde

Catherine Yox 

FRIENDS OF WSW DONORS

Beverly Dildine

Judy Krencis

Cindy Luciani 

Gwen Atteberry

Marj Balogh

Agnes Brickmeier

Blossom DeYoung

Lynn Dively

Gina Eden

Marlene Frey

Brenda Hugo

Mary Lee Johnson

Vicki Leitzinger

Bridget Leo

Carolyn Lister

Maegan Love

Karen McCollum

Dixie McElroy

Judy Neace

Dottie Radcliffe

Joyce Rasmussen

Marilyn Schaller

Ursula Schramek

Pat Schuessler

Debra Smith

Collinnettee Spears

Mary Tarorick

Mary Trice

Sandy Valente

Joan West

Words from our President 

Hello Ladies!

Well time is flying as usual and it will not stop!!! Covid has stopped us though!

I want to thank all of you for the 

support you have given our club! The energy of 

our board is relentless. Along with many of you!

Mary Kay Verkennes and her crew have done a great job with the non golf, golf tournament!

Congrats to all, a job well done!!

Please participate in the garage/craft sale! Things are looking great for this event. It is being held on March 13th outside of the country club. If you have some things to sell, get a table, if not shop. Food will be available, for sale, too!!! 

Fresh air and Sunshine!!!!!

On another note, it looks like most of our board is willing to stay and work hard for another year! The board is working well 

together. Jeanne Warde is our new membership chairman, please welcome her! I am sure she will do a great job! We need your help filling the last position on the board for next year.

Education and Scholarships Director. This is an important position as it handles where our monies go. Scholarships and charities. Please consider helping in this cause. You would have a team to work with. Give me a call if you interested in this position. 417-598-1512.

Enjoy spring, and please participate in any activity you are comfortable with!

As Always,

Blossom  

    Carol Lawson

    Program Director

March 22, 2021 is the date to join the Women of 

Sugarmill Woods for a wonderful Irish meal.

 The doors open at   11:30a at the 

Sugarmill Country Club.

Presidents welcome at 11:45a. 

Lunch will be served 12:00p.

Meal choices are;

Corned Beef and cabbage w/mashed potatoes or

Shepherds’s Pie

Vegan and gluten free meals are available. 

Bread, butter, coffee, tea or soft drinks are included as well 

 as dessert , Hot Fudge Sundaes

Reservations and payment are due by 

March 12, 2021. 

$20.00 for members and $22.00 for non-members. Please mark 

 on your check either pie, beef, vegan or gluten free and bring it

to the WSW mailboxes (slot #2). Near the exit of Cypress Village

on Cypress Blvd W. No envelopes please. 

If you have any questions contact: 

Carol Lawson

Program Director

352-503-6958 or email: 

CATL2011@YAHOO.COM

THANK YOU!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who are patrons for the WSW Non-Golf Fundraiser!! I was certainly impressed with your generosity!

I picked up the applications from the High Schools this week and had a chance to review them before passing them on to the members of my committee. Ladies, you just can’t imagine the stories these kids have to tell. Plus they all had 

amazing grades, community service hours, and activities through this terrible year of the pandemic and interrupted school lives. Amazing kids! It will be difficult for us to make decisions.

If all goes well, you will get to meet the ones we select at the April Scholarship Luncheon. That is always a special occasion where it is a joy to hear their stories. 

We also plan to donate again to Take Stock in Children and to Homosassa Elementary School toward their Accelerated Reader Program. Withlacoochee 

Technical College has funds remaining in our account from last year for a 

deserving student there.

Your support throughout this year and through the Non-Golf Fundraiser is greatly appreciated!

Connie Howell, Director 

Our Cookbook

Thank you again to everyone who submitted their recipes for our cookbook –

almost 300 of them!!! 

We’re busy doing all the paperwork & can’t wait to see the finished product.

Donations

We received numerous bags of items for the Homossasa Elementary School 

as well as CASA. A big thank you to Marilyn Schaller for her generosity & her

ability to completely fill the back of my car with donations !!!

Our Speaker

If you couldn’t make it to the February luncheon then you didn’t have the pleasure of meeting Joe Elibri. He’s the new Executive Director of The Sanctuary. The Sanctuary is a rescue mission & shelter for men & women. In part, they provide safe housing & life management skills development - things that are necessary to restore a person’s dignity & facilitate their return to a

productive life. 

Please reach out to your friends as well as new & old neighbors (future friends) and invite them to join our wonderful club; bring them to a luncheon as a guest.

If you would like to add your birthday, phone number or email to the directory, please send an email to Jeanne Warde at jewarde@outlook.com or call 512-636-4310.

March Birthdays!!

Dana McClelland      3-7

Carol Lawson           3-9

Sandy Valente          3-12

Joanne Johnson      3-18

Janice Kuukari         3-25

Mary Tedesco           3-29 

THANKS TO ALL FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL-ASTIC NON-GOLF FUNDRAISER!!

Women of Sugarmill Woods, you are FANTASTIC in your support of scholarships!

The SCHOOL-ASTIC NON-GOLF FUNDRAISER has been a great success! Thanks go to our 

terrific calling committee and all our WSW Patrons, Golfers and Sponsors! So far we have raised $11,675 for Scholarships and we expect another $1,000- $1625 from some sponsors! 

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR WSW MEMBER PATRONS WHO TOGETHER DONATED $4,335 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO DESERVING CITRUS COUNTY 

STUDENTS AT OUR APRIL WSW LUNCHEON!!

I will share a complete list of Sponsors, Patrons and Golfers in our April Newsletter and it will be published in the Chronicle!

Mary Kay Verkennes

218-820-4049

mkverken@charter.net

Here’s a recap for the February event.

The Valentines basket sale was a great success. The baskets were beautiful and tasty too! Thank you Blossom DeYoung and Dixie McElroy for all your help. 28 baskets were sold bringing $635 to the club. Don’t miss out on this fun event next year!

Our March Event!  The Sugarmill, Southern Woods, and Oak Village Garage Sale and Craft Sale on March 13, 2021. This year we have decided to add a craft sale to our annual garage sale. This event is open to the public. Set up for the sale will 

begin at 7:30 am on Saturday, March 13, 2021. The sale will start at 9:00 am until 4:00 pm. The garage sale will take place in the parking lot and the Crafters will be on the lawn. 1 parking space for garage sale and crafters will have a 10X10 spot in the lawn. Each spot will $20.00, you can reserve as many spots as you need. Please bring your own tables, chairs and change. This event will be rain or shine ! 

NO REFUNDS will be given. Food will be available for purchase. For more

information please contact Roxanne Soden 630-212-7173 or email 

Rmsoden@gmail.com

Volunteers are still needed to help at the garage sale. If you like to donate your time please give me a call.