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Volume 21, Issue 1
April 1, 2008
While writing this, its Spring Break Week. So far everything is going great and we have a lot of kids up here enjoying the Park, the pool and activities. We have some new things planned this year, changes to some of the old things and our old standards. A few of the new things are: Jam Sessions, Mexican Dominoes, Deal or No Deal and Pine Island’s Idol (a talent show).
We are going to have Jam Sessions like they do in South Texas. The first one is scheduled for April 26 at 1:30 in the afternoon. If this one works out well, we’ll schedule more. Bring your instruments and voices or just come and listen. Invite your friends to come too! If we don’t find a new square dancing group for Hoot-N-Holler, we will have a second Jam Session on June 7th at 3:00.
On May 24, the Saturday night of Memorial Day Weekend, Ozark Country Band will be here to play for our dance! Ask for it and we try to get it! We need everyone here to support them. They will play from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We plan on inviting the public to come and join in the dance to try to offset some of the costs of the band. Members and their guests on the park will show their I.D. cards or hang tags to get in free, the general public will be charged $5.00 per person to get in.
Our Flea Market this year is on May 30th and 31st. This year all campers will be allowed to set up a booth at their campsite for $2.00. Anyone wanting a booth at the Pavilion will be charged $5.00. This will be advertised in the Grove Paper again. The public will be allowed in from 8:00 to 3:00 only and will not be allowed in the buildings or the pools. We will make a tag to give to the public showing they are here only for the flea market.
Gospel Weekend is June 21st and 22nd. This gets bigger and better every year! We have many return groups as well as some new groups this year. Something different – this year we asking everyone who attends to bring a can food or box food (non-perishable) item to be donated to the Grove Christian Help Center. They help people (regardless of faith) who are down on their luck and need help with food and other needs. The hot dogs will be sold at the Pavilion this year so that you don’t have to leave for lunch or dinner and miss out on some of the groups. Be sure to be here for great music and fellowship!
4th of July we will have our Annual 4th of July Parade and hopefully Fireworks! I’ll find out if Monkey Island will have Fireworks again this year and post it on the board at the Welcome Center. Don’t forget the Huckleberry Festival in Jay during the 4th of July weekend. We’ll have brochures at the front desk with all the “happenings”. They have tricycle races, turtle races, pie eating contests and many other fun activities over a several day period.
Other things planned for Pine Island: July 12th will be our first Fish Fry for the season with Ron Rogers and the Gospel Echoes performing afterwards. The Fish Fry will be $5.00 again and you can hear Ron Rogers for free! (Ron never charges us so we will pass a love offering for them). What a deal! Speak of deals…..Yes, Pine Island players will be playing Deal or No Deal on August 16th. We played this with the kids this week during Spring Break and had a great time. We will play it for the older kids and adults on the 16th. One of the kids told their parents they wanted to win so they could buy a new house for their Mom and Dad, so let me just let you know in advance – No, we aren’t playing with real money.
Big Bingo Night (2 of them), Progressive Card Tournaments, Fast Track Tournaments, the Dessert Auction and Dessert Contest, a cakewalk and our Spaghetti Supper are all planned plus more! Be sure to check out the Activity Schedule for dates and times of everything. Hope to see you here. Come and join the fun!
By: Debbie Stout, Activities Coordinator
Welcome back to Pine Island 2008. It’s been a long winter and a lot has been accomplished at Pine Island, not as much as we would like due to weather conditions, but on the other hand, a lot has been done.
Beginning with Eagle’s Nest side, a new roof has been put on Eagle’s Nest. The shower stall in the Men’s restroom has been replaced, it was in sad shape. The women can check it out if escorted by a man. On the Welcome Center side, the old housekeeping building that was about to fall down has been torn down and replaced with a remodeled rental trailer that had not been used in years. The bath house at the North end of the park is in the process of being remodeled. The Men’s showers at the Indoor Pool are in the process of being repaired. The outside wall of the women’s bathroom at the indoor pool is rotting out and is going to have to be repaired, we’ve just about figured out how to repair it.
Throughout the park, we’ve replaced the glasses on the sliding doors in most of the rental units. We’ve also replaced the rollers in the sliding glass doors so now they roll real easy. The floors have all been repaired in the trailers and new tile put down. The roofs have all been recoated. This has all been thanks to Wayne Keesey and Ronnie Roam. They also repaired a bunch of picnic tables. The roads have all been redone throughout the park. A tree trimmer came in and cut and removed a lot of trees and stumps. We would like to have worked on the campsites but weather did not permit us to. We will get to those as time and weather permits. Bear with us because we are still trying to get things done before the busy season starts. The carpet came up on the miniature golf course last summer and could not be repaired so we have torn it off and will have to wait until warm weather before we can do anything with it.
All of the rental trailers throughout the park have been renumbered to make it easier for people to find them. Single digit and the ‘teen’ numbers are all on Area 4 (Eagle’s Nest side). All 20’s and 30’s are on the Welcome Center side. There isn’t anymore of the A and B numbers or Areas. When reserving a unit, you can give the old number and the office staff can tell you the new number. All areas of the park have been renamed. The new area names are:
Old Area 1 (South of the Welcome Center) is still Area 1
Old Area B (Across from the Welcome Center) is now Area 2
Old Area 3 (North end of the park – water tower) is still Area 3
Old Area A (Eagle’s Nest side) is now Area 4
We have a new office girl since last year, Pam Keesey will be working full time in the office, Pam and her husband Wayne were the camp hosts last year. Ronnie Roam will be our new camp host, he worked in the Teen Center last year. We have a second Work Week in April and if weather permits, we have a lot of things that we need help with at the park – painting and repairs to picnic tables, docks, etc.
Come and see all the changes and enjoy your park!
Jim Stout, Park Manager
Without the help of our volunteers, a lot of things would just have to go unattended at Pine Island. We just do not have enough paid employees to handle everything that needs to be done. So we rely on our many volunteers that come up throughout the year and help. We’d like to take this opportunity and give a special thank you to some people who have really worked hard this winter. Wayne Keesey, Ronnie Roam and Boyd Stover. They have been busy this winter doing the remodeling in the rental units. They have repaired floors, tiled the floors, repaired roofs, replaced sliding glass doors and the rollers, repaired picnic tables, cleared brush, raked and burned leaves and they are now looking at the miniature golf course to see how it can be repaired. Thanks guys for a job well done. When you see one of these guys in the park, please be sure to tell them how much you appreciate their work.
There are two (2) positions open for election of Board of Directors this year. The following is the procedure to follow if you are interested in becoming a candidate for the Pine Island Board:
1. To be eligible to run for the board, you must have been a member of Pine Island for at least six (6) months prior to the election and your membership must be in good standing.
2. Pick up a Petition and a copy of the Board of Directors job description at the office.
3. Candidates must present a Petition signed by 25 other eligible voting members in good standing. The committee will verify that the 25 members are in good standing.
4. There will be one signature per membership per Petition.
5. Submit a brief resume and a photo of yourself to the office with the Petition.
Applications need to be received in the office no later than May 1, 2008.
NOTE: We have some Board Members that are not up for re-election that have turned in their resignations due to personal conflicts and reasons. If you are interested in being appointed to the Board to finish out a current term of a resigning board member, please send in your Resume to the Board. If you have any questions regarding this, contact one of the Board Members
All requests for any By-Law changes or Rule changes must be presented to the Board in writing no later than May 1, 2008, in order that said requests can be placed on the ballot or on the agenda for the Annual Meeting to be voted on by the Members of the Park. If you have any questions regarding By-Laws or Rule Changes, please do not hesitate to contact one of your Board Members or the office.
1. Associate Members are the children of Members with associate rights on their memberships. Grandchildren, brothers, sisters and parents are not associates.
2. Members or Associate Members must be present on park for guests to come onto the park for camping, swimming or activities.
3. Everyone pays in advance for camping fees. If checking in after hours, you are to come into the office before noon the next day to pay. Security is only handing out day passes if you check in after hours.
4. The bathrooms at the Teen Center are the designated storm shelter at Pine Island. Springtime in Oklahoma is also Tornado season.
5. RV’s cannot be left unattended for more than 48 hours.
6. If you want your trailer moved out of storage and put on site, you must call at least one day before your arrival.
7. The speed limit in the park is 10 mph. We have children of all ages at play.
8. You can reserve a rental unit up to six (6) months in advance.
9. Food and drinks without lids are not permitted in the main area of Eagle’s Nest.
10. Board Meetings are the second Saturday of each month at 2:00 p.m. in Eagle’s Nest. All Members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Come and have a say in what happens at your Resort!
We have a lot of new, as well as some of the old crafts planned for this year for both the adults and the kids. I have kept the cost down under $5.00 for each craft and most can be done in 1 to 2 hours for the adults and 30 minutes to an hour for the kids. Samples of the adult crafts will be displayed at Eagle’s nest in the craft room window, the kid crafts will be displayed at the Teen Center along with the dates and prices. If you are planning on bringing a group of children to a craft class, please let us know at least one week ahead. We only make up approximately 12 kits for each craft. If anyone has a craft they would like to teach, let me know and we will get it arranged. The more the merrier!
Debbie Stout, Activities
The Tulsa Boat, Sport and Travel Show in late January, early February went very well. We met some very interesting people and talked with MANY potential members. The winner of the membership drawing was Lance and Nicole Ragsdale of Sapulpa, OK. They toured the park and completed their membership package the weekend following the phone call and were excited to begin their usage during Spring Break.
The Green Country RV Show in March was slower but offered more quality time with potential members explaining the various benefits of our park. The winner of this membership drawing was Gary and Beverly Johnson from Owasso, OK. The Johnson’s are excited to tour the park with their usage expected this spring and have plans to bring some of their friends along with them.
We (Marty and Lynn Coombes) want to offer a special THANKS to the following members for all of their assistance in making these shows such a success: Kim Horton and daughters; Ray and Wanda Birkhead; Ron and Lynda McAbee; Bonnie Kraft; Mark and Shelli Temple; Laura Brewster; Blu and Cindy Harvey; Ken and Janie Bradford; John and Jolene Castleberry; Jerry and Areitta Agee. Without your help, these shows would not have gone as smooth as they did.
A special THANKS to Debbie Stout for giving 5 tours during the most difficult time of the year, November thru February and closing the deal on 1 new membership. I appreciate everyone’s help. I know your sacrifices haven’t been easy when I’ve called and asked for your assistance on the “spur of the moment”.
Thank you! Marty Coombes
A Member has donated to Pine Island a 28 foot 1981 Nomad bumper pull trailer. It needs some work done to it but has 4 new tires on it. Pine Island is accepting closed bids on the trailer. The money acquired from the trailer will be used by the Activities Department. All bids must be received by Pine Island, either by mail or in person, by May 9th. Bids must be sealed when received. Bids need to contain the following information: Your name, phone number, mailing address, member number (if bid is by a member), the item you are bidding on and the amount of your bid. The bids will be opened the morning of May 10th and the winning bid will be announced at the Board Meeting that afternoon. Winner does not have to be present; they will be notified by phone after the meeting if they are not at the meeting. Winner will have two weeks after notification to present a check or cash to the office in the amount of the bid. Again, all proceeds will go to the Activities Department.
The Annual Hoot-N-Holler (square dancers) held on the 1st weekend of June has been cancelled. Two of Pine Island’s long-time Members coordinated this event every year. Larry Conners, on of them, called and advised that due to aging memberts that the number of participants was decreasing every year. Therefore, they were cancelling it. Pine Island is sorry to see the end of Hoot-N-Holler as it was a very enjoyable weekend for everyone, not just the square dancers. We would like to thank the Conners for all their hard work that they put into organizing and hosting Hoot-N-Holler every year. We know it was a lot of work and we really appreaciate it and will miss it.
Because of this, Pine Island is looking for square dancers! If anyone belongs to a square dance club and would be interested in putting together and hosting a square dancers weekend, whether for 1 or 2 nights, please contact me. We would love to continue the ‘Hoot-N-Holler’ tradition at Pine Island.
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You can pick up a Financial Sheet at the office
If you know of a Pine Island member who has passed away since the previous newsletter, please contact the Office and let them know and that name will be included in the next Newsletter. Please include Member name, number, date of death and what town and State they lived in.
Alan Lee, 2007, Wichita, KS
Larry Gaither, 2007, Bartlesville, OK
Leonard Eatherly, 2007, Jay, OK
My apologies for anyone we’ve missed in 2007. I just took the Newsletter back over and am not sure if we’ve been told of any other deaths. If we missed someone from the last Newsletter to this one, please let me know & I’ll have them on the next Newsletter.
Thank you,
Debbie Stout
Our Library is located at Eagle's nest and is an Exchange Library. Come and enjoy it. Take home a sack of books and bring us a sack of books. The hard back books are located int he puzzle area, the paperbacks are in the library. Please do not file or re-file the books. Pine Island Staff will file all books. They are in alphabetical order by the Author's last name. We appreciate your trying to help, however, it takes longer for our staff to go through the books and find the ones that are out of order than it does to file the books. When returning books, please place them on the table in the library. Thank you.