Editor:
Catherine D. Kobasiuk Assistant: Marina Kobasiuk
A
Letter to Our Members
Happy New Year! [That is what you say
this time of year. One thing you do, is remember the year that is
passing. This is a difficult thing for us locally.] This time last
year we were only two months out from Super Storm Sandy and still
trying to get our feet under us. It has been a long year with a
great deal of work and struggle for many of us and our friends and
neighbors. Many of us have a long way to go before we can feel that
we have put Super Storm Sandy behind us. We may get depressed seeing
what we have and have not accomplished this past year and we may get
discouraged visualizing what still needs doing. This is even true
for people not recovering from a natural disaster. We always feel
that we have not done enough and would like to plan to do more by
making resolutions for the New Year.
In only focusing on what we have or
haven't accomplished at home or at work we are missing out on the
most important point of the New Year. The writer G.K. Chesterton
said it best,
“The object of a New Year is not that we should
have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new
nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears and new eyes. Unless a
particular man made New Years resolutions, he would make no
resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will
certainly do nothing effective.”
In other words the
New Year is a chance to change ourselves, the most important part of
the world. In resolving to change ourselves we will be changing the
world around us. We need to consider changing our outlook and how we
speak of our situations, because words have power. A positive
helpful attitude can overcome more than we can imagine. We at the
Mastic Beach Property Owners Association want to be part of the
positive resolutions in our members and neighbors lives this year.
There is still a lot to do in our homes and town but there is as much
to do inside of ourselves also. Just like last year there will be
more than work to do, there will be friends to make, neighbors to
help, and fun to be had. Our resolving to speak different , feel
different, BE different is what will make 2014 different in all the
important ways.
We will leave you
with one more quote about the new year by the writer T.S. Eliot,
“For last years words belong to
last years language
And next year”s words await
another voice.”
The
Officers and Directors of the Mastic Beach Property Owners
Association wish you and yours a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Membership
Renewals
Membership
packets have been mailed out. Inside you will find raffle tickets
for our Membership Drive Raffle which will be drawn at our March 15,
2014 Nite at the Races. The raffle tickets are $5 each and
the prizes are $500 cash and $250 cash for 1st prize and
2nd prize respectively. Please fill out the stubs
completely and mail back with payment and your membership forms to
P.O. Box 212 Mastic Beach, NY 11951.
If
you have not received a membership packet, or are missing the raffle
tickets please call the office and leave a message. We would be happy
to get you the materials you need and if any of your friends or
neighbors would like to join please feel free to request another
packet.
Please
make sure all your information is accurate so that you can receive
all our newsletters and email updates.
Christmas
Parade Twitter Contest
Congratulations
to the winner of our Christmas Parade Twitter Contest, ZiraShion.
They tweeted “@MBPOA
Having a great time #mbpoa” with the following
picture.
Keep
an eye out for more contests and games in the new year!!
December
General Meeting
As is the custom of the MBPOA the
General Membership Meeting in December was a Christmas/Holiday Party.
The lead organizer for the night was Director Michele Wilkinson.
The Board of Directors and Officers decided to go with a slightly
different plan this year in the hopes of getting more of the general
membership involved in preparing and planning for the party. The
party was planned as a pot luck with the club supplying beverages and
desert. Thank you to the team of decorators, Catherine and Marina
Kobasiuk, and Michele and Braydon Wilkinson.
Vice President Michael Kobasiuk made
sure that the sound system was working and Catherine Kobasiuk brought
her Christmas CD's to play. All of which had been submerged in Super
Storm Sandy the previous year but were quite alright to play after
being rinsed off. Thank you to Director Kevin Collins for making
punch to drink and tending the bar. Thank you to Director Maura
Spery for setting up the chaffing dishes so that the hot food was
kept warm and to all of the servers and kitchen helpers. Thank you
to President Jean San Martin for picking up the cake and Director
Ketty Colbert for making coffee.
Pat at toydocter@verizon.net
was in attendance taking family portraits and pictures with Santa
Claus when Santa stopped by for a little while to visit with the
children. A special thank you to all of our members who attended and
brought such delicious and interesting foods. Another big thank you
too all the wonderful people that helped clean up, you know who you
are but your names were drowned in the punch bowl by the end of the
evening.
If
any contribution was omitted it was by accident, not design and we
apologize and blame the Christmas cheer. Pictures of the event can
be found at our Flickr site.
January
General Meeting
The
January General Meeting is rescheduled for Thursday January 9.
Volunteer
Work
If
anyone has high school or middle school students in need of volunteer
hours have them contact Recording Secretary Catherine Kobasiuk at
281-8430. There is usually light office work to do once or twice a
month.
Newsletter
News
This
months newsletter and back issues can be found online at
http://mbpoa1928.blogspot.com/
.
There
are links at this site for our:
- facebook page -Mastic Beach Poa
- twitter - @MBPOA
- flicker - MBPOA
- Google+ - MBPOA Mastic Beach
- MBPOA Google calendar
- PDF copies of the latest ads and newsletter
Do
not forget that if you need some official information it can be found
at our website at
To
update your email address please send an email to
mbpoa1928@optonline.net
. Late breaking news and updates will posted via Twitter and
Facebook.
Meet
& Greet Fridays
Every
Friday night is a get together at the Clubhouse. The bar is open to
our members and their guests and this is a good opportunity to meet
new people, play darts, enjoy card games, or just enjoy conversation.
Light fare is available at a small cost to cover expenses.
We
are sorry to say that the prices at the bar have been raised. For a
number of years we have been absorbing the price increases from our
suppliers. We can not continue to do so and so have raised the
prices just enough so that we may continue to maintain a well stocked
bar for the enjoyment of our members.
The
price increase will go into effect on January 1, 2014. The new bar
rates will be as follows:
- beer, wine and liquor will be $3.00 for members
- $4.00 for private parties
Any
changes to the schedule will be available on our Twitter and Facebook
page.
Country
Dance Lessons
- Line Dance lessons Mondays at 7:30 PM until 10:00 PM.
- From beginners to intermediate/advanced
- Lessons are $ 8 per person
- Members showing a MBPOA membership card get a $2 discount
- Bring your own refreshments.
Hall Rentals
The
MBPOA hall is available for party rentals. Please call 631-806-1109
for rates and availability.
Country
Dancing
Twice
a month on the first and third Fridays the MBPOA has Country Dancing
at the Clubhouse.
- Admission is now $10 per person
- Members showing a MBPOA membership card get a $2 discount
- includes complimentary coffee & cake.
- Door Prizes & 50/50
- DJ and dance instruction are from;
Double
JJ Dance
- A cash bar is available.
- No outside beverages please.
Cowboy
Up twice a month at the MBPOA!
Monthly
Calendar
Jan.
1st
– New Years Day
Jan.
3rd – Country Dancing – 7:30 pm
Jan.
6th – Country Dance Lessons – 7:30pm Guest
instructor is Bill
Jan.
9th
– General Membership Meeting – 7:30 pm
Jan.
10th – Meet & Greet Friday – 7:00 pm
Jan
13th – Country Dance Lessons – 7:30pm
Jan.
16th – Board of Directors Meeting – 7:00 pm
Jan.
17th – Country Dancing – 7:30 pm
Jan.
20th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan.
24th – Meet & Greet Friday – 7:00 pm
Jan
27th – Country Dance Lessons – 7:30pm
Jan.
31st – Meet & Greet Friday – 7:00 pm
Jan.
31st – Chinese New Year 4712
Future
Events
Feb.
2nd – Super Bowl XLVIII (Sunday)
Feb.
6th -General Meeting – 7:30 pm
Feb.
14th – Valentines Day (Friday)
Feb.
17th – Presidents Day ( Monday)
Feb.
20th - Board of Directors Meeting – 7:00 pm
March
15th
– Nite at the Races
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Printable PDF of the January 2014 Newsletter is here
Printable PDF of the January 2014 Newsletter is here
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