"Wayne & Barb Karlak have done an outstanding job in serving the community. Wayne is head of the Activities Committee and Barb is his assistant to ensure all the planned activities run smoothly. It has been a pleasure to see our residents attending and supporting the planned functions. These functions have included Oktoberfest at the pool, the Welcome Back and Halloween Costume party at the pool, numerous golf scrambles, Wednesday night bingo, and gatherings at the pool. They also have planned the upcoming Turkey races at the clubhouse, Holiday dinner dance at the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club and other future adventures. They have spent many hours planning the work and working hard at each event. We also thank the Activity Committee members for their support."

"Wayne Karlak deserves recognition for all the hard work he and his wife, Barbara, have put into this community to get everyone involved in a variety of activities. More people who have lived in Seminole Lakes are meeting their neighbors for the first time because of Wayne’s efforts to get people involved."

"Wayne can sure get the people out and about!!! You name it and he will arrange it and get it done. He is a true "Party Animal" and my favorite brother-in-law."

"Wayne is our Activity Committee Chairman; he and his wife, Barb, go above and beyond to ensure that Seminole Lakes’ residents have many enjoyable activities to attend. They deserve much appreciation and THANKS!!"

"Barbara and Wayne have helped make the community a happier, pleasant place by putting all their efforts into the Pool Social Gatherings."

"Wayne & Barbara Karlak for their efforts and leadership in initiating and working towards bringing Seminole Lakes residents together at Social activities".

"Wayne Karlak has worked hard bringing our community together through the Activities Committee. Both he and Barb go all out with each event he organizes"

     FRED THOMASSON

    MVP OCTOBER 2007

"Fred is a valuable member on the Maintenance Committee and Pool Committee. He assisted in providing drawings for the Pool committee. Fred also assisted on the Lake A repair project by providing a list of the owners of Lake A so they could be communicated with. Fred assisted preparing for the pool complex by helping with the cleaning. He has also provided signage for the pool area."

"Fred has helped out on the Maintenance Committee, Pool Committee, and Survey Committee. He always wants to help. Even though he is ‘ole Fred, he does a wonderful job. He has helped out in cleaning the pool area, he checks out the restrooms every day to see if they are open in the morning and locked at night"

"Fred Thomasson, besides being on a number of committees, has performed an outstanding service to some of the residents at the swimming pool. These residents have required assistance getting into and out of the pool and Fred has helped them to be able to enjoy use of the pool. This assistance he gives needs to be recognized by Seminole Lakes. Signed….His Fans."

How wonderful that his name was selected two days before his

"About 2 years ago, Linda Mack stepped forward as our Grapevine Editor. Her efforts have produced a very informative, unbiased, and entertaining newsletter. We can always count on receiving the newsletter timely because she serves as the team leader of a very dedicated staff of Seminole Lakes residents. Thanks, Linda, for a great job."

"Linda Mack deserves MVP because she has done a great job as editor of the Grapevine. She has worked very hard to ensure a high quality newsletter is published. The position requires a lot of good judgment and a balanced outlook to ensure the quality of the newsletter remains high. She has been editor for over 2 years and deserves this recognition."

"Linda Mack, for her devotion to ensure as editor of the Grapevine, a high quality product is issued each month. This position is very time demanding and she spends a lot of time ensuring the newsletter is issued on time and fits the interests of our residents."

"What would we do without our "Grapevine"? Linda Mack took on this important position, got herself a fine crew to help her and is creating a great edition every month. Knowing first hand how time consuming it is to put a newspaper together, I believe Linda Mack should be recognized."

"Linda Mack has been editor of the Grapevine for the past two years. She donates many hours each month to ensure we have a first class newsletter".

Frank was nominated because he organized and initiated the wall alongside golf Fairway (16^th) which provided improved security for Seminole Lakes. In addition, this wall has improved the view and reduced the noise level of Burnt Store Road for all of the Houses facing this area.

Frank has been very helpful to this board in providing insight on land use regulations, Covenants and Florida Statues . He was especially helpful in assisting to write the legal property description for the pool. 

Her nominations:  "She has dedicated many many hours trying to arrange for our residents' parties.  She spends hours on the telephone in meetings and in driving location to location lining up suitable facilities for our events.  She is always on the job!  I am grateful for her dedication."

"She deserves some recognition for the years and years of party planning.  Her
desire to keep people together in our community is important to each one of us.  Her motto is "Stay Happy"."

"I am nominating her because of all the many hours and numerous meetings trying to find social events pleasing to all our residents.  Her goal is to maintain camaraderie with all residents on a year round basis.  Her work should be rewarded by an acknowledgement from our Grapevine."

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PAT HART IS SELECTED MVP

FOR NOVEMBER

"Pat has provided dedicated leadership as Chair of the Landscape Committee for 4 years. Through her efforts, landscaping of the common areas has added to the beauty of Seminole lakes. Pat also does the lawn inspections with Greenscapes to ensure work is being performed as per our Contract. Pat also is the "lawn police" which again helps keep Seminole Lakes beautiful"

"Pat is being nominated because of her tireless efforts to make Seminole Lakes a more beautiful place to live. She has picked out the plants, transported them in her own vehicle to the front gate, and co-ordinated the volunteers to assist in planting at the front and back gates. Because of her efforts, both entrances to our community are beautifully landscaped."

"We nominate Pat Hart, Chairperson of the Landscape Committee…..Pat has served as Chair of this Committee for over four years. She has spent hundreds of hours applying her extensive knowledge of plants to improve and maintain the common grounds landscaping of Seminole Lakes. Pat and her crew can frequently be seen in the early morning hours at the front and back entrances digging and planting. Through Pat’s leadership and hard work, the POA has saved thousands of landscape dollars and created additional beauty in Seminole Lakes."

"Pat heads up the Landscape committee which has done a wonderful job in the past 4 years to make Seminole Lakes look great. She and her committee also have done regular inspections to remove dead trees from common ground. Pat deserves to be recognized for her faithful and hard work."

JUNE TOTH WINS MVP  FOR OCTOBER

"June has been the chairperson of the telephone directory and election committee for 3 years. Her leadership has assured the POA conducted efficient and honest elections. Her dedication has kept the telephone directly current. She also keeps the Seminole Lakes emails current and sends that information to Star Management."

"I nominate June Toth for her long and hard work in being the Chair for the Telephone Directory and Elections Committee. She also keeps the email system current with additions and changes. Through her efforts the POA had a successful election for directors last March. She also personally took on the responsibility for distribution of the phone directory. She has been doing this work for over 3 years and deserves some recognition."

"June, as Chair of the Elections and Telephone Directory Committee, has done an outstanding job. I serve on the elections committee and her leadership deserves special recognition."

"She donates her time in running the woman’s water exercise classes three times a week. In addition, she takes care of the Telephone Directory, Election Committee and email list"

  MVP SEPTEMBER

"Gene Anderson was nominated because of the work he does around the Seminole Lakes community. For years, he has picked up cigarette butts from our streets. He also sprays weed killer along our road edges keeping our roads looking good. His long term efforts at weed control for the entire community should be recognized."

You can find Gene on the streets in his golf cart on Wednesday because that is bridge day for his wife, Edith. It takes him about 4 hours to go around the entire neighborhood spraying weed killer and picking up cigarette butts on the street. Gene said this time of year, he will find about 25 cigarette butts to pick up but when the "snow birds" return; that number will go up to over 200 a week.

The next time you see this gentleman, why not take a minute to personally thank him, he enjoys talking to the residents on his rounds.

Gene, the Seminole Lakes POA Board thank you and hope you will enjoy your $50 gift certificate at The River City Grill.

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Bob Toth receives "honorable" mention for MVP for June. His nomination reads: "Bob seems to be a tireless worker. In the past few years it seems I’ve seen him doing numerous volunteer work. You might see him trimming bushes, working on our streets, making repairs, spraying weeks and most anything that needs to be done. On top of that, he takes time to work on the P.O.A. Board.
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