SURVEY RESULTS
Although we may get additional
submissions, the current results are most interesting. For instance
70%
are year round residents.
90%
Commented on the beautiful,
friendly neighborhood,
great location, wide canals, great shopping, and privacy.
100%
Requested that we meet more
than once a year.
57%
Wanted meetings every
3 months,
28% wanted meetings every
6 months.
70%
Were interested in committee
work,
42% In a walking club,
14%
In a chess club,
42%
Would like to play cards,
70%
would like discounted
theater tickets,
13%
Are interested in discussion
groups.
28% Would liked field
trips,
25%
Wanted Sunday musicals,
and
60%
liked laughing.
Block parties, boating raft-ups, boating trips and fishing adventures
were also suggestions.
Ok so to show you we are listening
Clubs like the ones suggested and more can be created using our Web Site
by clicking on Clubs, there you will be able to sponsor a club or join a
club and see what it's about and who's in it.
TIPS FOR HOMEOWNERS
Storm season
is coming and this is a perfect time to
finish cleaning up your outdoor
areas.
Piles of tiles, boards, boats and other items stored on your side or
backyards can be a hazard during any storm. Flying debris is harmful
not only to your property but to those around as well. Be a good
neighbor and clean up. Incidentally, the cleanup will enhance the
beauty or your grounds and increase the property value for you and your
neighbors. Finish
landscaping chores before storms are announced.
Pickup of
branches, foliage and other garden waste will not be made after the
storm warning has occurred. We are also told by
insect/rodent control
that planting too close to the house invites trouble. You should be
able to walk between any plantings and your house (about 18 inches) and
tree branches should not touch or over hang your roofs (this provides a
nice bridge for creatures to enter your house.)
Good neighbors are
considerate neighbors. If the Walker’s Cay Homeowners Association can
be of help by recommending landscapers or cleanup crews just let us
know. We will do what we can to help you. In the mean time stay safe
and have fun.
THIS AND THAT
Thinking
about saving some money this year?
The
average family spends about $164 on groceries each week. Save 20%
($32.80) each week and over the course of the year you’ll save
$1705.60 (don’t forget the 60 cents) How to save tips:
Plan meals for the week, shop from a list, use coupons and discount
offers only on items you normally use, think about smaller portions
(this good for the waist line also.) On average Florida
residents drive 175 miles a week (this disallows for long commutes
or family vacations.) Over the year this adds up to 9100 miles.
Don’t drive at all one day a week, this comes to 1300 miles. If your
car gets 20 miles to the gallon this adds up to $243.75 a year in
savings if gas is figured at $3.75 per gallon.
What’s
in a name?
According
to the book
The
Hidden Truth of Your
Name your first name says a lot about you. For instance
Sue,
Susan, Suzanne and Susanna indicate an enterprising and forward-moving woman. Sue finds it
difficult to feel complacent about life. This is an active person,
one who refuses to inhibit her own urges for success. This is a
person who staunchly comes to people’s defense. Edward is highly individualistic, with a strong need to
create his world relative to some inner plan. The name also bestows
acute powers of observation, giving Edward well-developed intuition
about people and and life situations.
Look for more names in future
issues of
WALKER’S WORD.
Worth
Repeating
.The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent
it. There is no event greater in life than the appearance of new
persons about our hearth, except it be the progress of the character
which draws them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
.Home is
the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you
in.
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
.A friend is a second self.
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
GOODBYE FOR NOW. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
