Month: April 2020

There’s still not too much to talk about or goings on to keep you informed. Everyone is staying inside, maintaining safe distances, and some others have headed north. We will be joining that group later this week.

It really has been an exciting winter. Extremely active socially in the park, until we couldn’t, ate out at many local restaurants, until we couldn’t, took part in several local attractions, until we couldn’t, and spent a whole lot of quality time with our loved ones in our homes. We can count them all in our blessings. Especially that we have no reported cases of COVID 19 in our park and have, for now, avoided that plague. We pray that we continue to receive God’s grace.

Be sure to keep a lookout for an email inviting you to sign on to our new website. It will be launched in the near future and will include a little bit of a face lift and many new benefits that will allow us to stay in better contact. Residents who have access to Facebook are invited to follow Hammock Estates ROC page. It is a great social venue and an awesome way to share more personal interests with your neighbors. Thanks to Joan Voight for setting it up!

Carol Parker of the Sunshine Committee shared apologies to Rod and Dolores Kelly. Rod is not in the hospital, he is home and comfortable. Please continue to keep them in your prayers.

Lynnette Pickup returned home last week and is feeling much better. She appreciates everyone’s’ prayers and concerns.

Nancy Mellinger was diagnosed with bronchitis. After getting some new Rx’s she is feeling much better.

Gary Brunner fell from a ladder at his home. He was in the hospital for a couple days but is now home. 

Please keep everyone in your prayers.

We were misinformed that we had no birthdays last week. (We miss Lynette when she isn’t here!) Our sincere apologies and Happy belated Birthday wish for Kathy Gardner, Phil Desautels, Alan Burns and John Tromp. This week’s birthdays are Susan Kimmel, Diana Green, Jerry Green and Lynne Brewer.

Anniversaries this week are celebrated by Joe & Helen Cole (56 years), Wayne & Joann Voight (67 years) and Max & Judy Fahl (62 years). WOW! Did you just read that! These three couples have been married for a total of 185 years!!

Be sure to continue referring to the Park Managers Emergency Notes on our website for any updates or changes as you continue to enjoy central Florida’s gorgeous weather.

This is my last newsletter for the season. We are planning to return to Beautiful Hammock Estates in early October. Until then, please stay safe, healthy and happy. 😊

We have received information from Park Manager, Dave Zeller, pertaining to an update to our web site that will provide a communications platform coming in the near future. Please review the following:

The Board of Directors have decided to move forward with a communication platform for the park. They believe this is necessary so all owners can be informed immediately and kept updated as things arise.
The platform offers so much more for the owners than just information and updates in an emergency for warnings and preparations for hurricanes.
Below are listed some of the other benefits.

1. Completely private – home owners only
2. Access to ROC documents
3. ROC & HOA Calendar
4. Dynamic forms – report a safety concern and many more, work approval form
5. Photo Galleries
6. Community feed. chat with other residents
7. Group pages – shuffleboard, cards, bingo and more
8. Business listing for businesses that work in our park
9. Member directory – you control what you want listed

Our site will be https://hammockestates.nabrnetwork.com/

Below is a link to a video that explains the platform. Please note that
we are not set up for billing and viewing your account. That requires a special software package.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxQaFH05NFQ

More information will be coming. We are planning to launch in 3 to 4 weeks, we are currently getting information on the site and going through admin training.

When the site launches you will receive a “WELCOME EMAIL” with instructions on how to log in.

We feel this will be a real asset to all residents. Please watch for future correspondence.

Carol Parker of the Sunshine Committee shared that Rod and Dolores Kelly went back home, Rod is now in the hospital and is not doing well. He hasn’t been able to eat any food. Being unable to swallow he is on liquids only. The Doctors tried putting stint in but that didn’t work.

Lynnette Pickup was taken to the hospital last night with chest pains. Tests are being done this morning and we are hoping for positive results.

Nancy Mellinger has been down for a week with a sore throat. She is maintaining her distance from all residents until she is on the mends.
Please keep everyone in your prayers.

We were informed that we have no birthdays or anniversaries this week. So, no cake for us this week.

Be sure to refer to the Park Managers Emergency Notes on our web site for any updates or changes as we continue to enjoy central Florida’s gorgeous weather.

We are still practicing all recommended social distancing guidelines as we continue to fight the spread of COVID 19 throughout Highlands County and especially at Hammock Estates. No exception to this was the Easter Morning church service conducted outside the clubhouse. All 54 residents attending maintained the required distance and many golf carts were lined up along John L Street. It was a great opportunity to share this time with our neighbors and special thanks to Gerald Steel for delivering a wonderful message!

Unfortunately, we have learned of several residents who were not aware of the church service. There was no intention to not include any of our neighbors. Without a format in place to be able to reach out to everyone at once, this was left up to word-of-mouth to spread the news. This created a couple awkward scenarios. First being no one knew who has been informed and who wasn’t and, the other is likened to our high school days when the cutest girl in the class was not asked to the dance because all the guys thought surely someone else has asked her already. If only we knew what we didn’t know.

We are happy to announce the fence on the north boundary, behind Rodney Street residents, has been completely installed. Special thanks for helping goes out to Chuck & Carol Danzer, Claude & Elfriede Belton, Johnnie Baldwin, Ron Harmon, Terry Webber, Gene Smolinski and Punk Kochensparger.

Lynette Pickup has shared the birthday wishes this week for Dean Baumgartner, Patty Forrest, Gary Lewis and Judy Smolinski. There is one anniversary this week celebrated by Robert & Connie Brown (66 years).

Carol Parker of the Sunshine Committee shared that we have no reports of anyone not well at this time. If you know of anyone we should be aware of please let Carol know. As always please keep everyone in our park in your prayers. It seems to be working!!

Be sure to refer to the Park Managers Emergency Notes on our web site for any updates or changes as we continue to enjoy central Florida’s gorgeous weather.

If you have any information for our newsletter please send to mellingerr@aol.com or call Bob Mellinger from your directory.

We are in the midst of Florida’s Social Distancing restrictions and following the CDC recommendations for avoiding personal contact. Face masks were passed out to all residents last week for venturing outside your homes. Our streets are quiet and (hopefully) safe. Please refer to the Park Managers Emergency Notes on our website for any updates or changes.

We have received several helpful guidelines on how to better protect yourself from the COVID 19 virus. It is reported the pH for the virus varies between 5.5 to 8.5. To beat the virus we need to take in more alkaline foods that are above the pH level of the virus. Some of which are: Lemon 9.9pH; Lime 8.2pH; Avocado 15.6pH; Garlic 13.2pH; Mango 8.7pH; Tangerine 8.5pH; Pineapple 12.7pH; dandelion 22.7pH; and Orange 9.2pH. Many of those are native to our area and plentiful. Eat Healthy & Beat That Virus!

Lynette Pickup shared the birthday wishes this week for Bob Mellinger, Diane Wood and Joe Flanagan. There is one anniversary this week celebrated by Bob & Ruth Helmstadter (51 years).

Carol Parker of the Sunshine Committee shared good news that Betty Lawson returned home and was told no treatment was needed at this time. We have no reports of anyone else not feeling well. If you know of anyone we should be aware of please let Carol know. As always please keep everyone in our park in your prayers.