HALLOWEEN Friday October 31 at the Butt Hutt Dress up and bring your carved pumpkins. The Place to Be …Naturally! $1 JELLO SHOTS dance with VJ Gary starts 8 p.m. The Flash pumpkin judging October 29th, 2014 costume judging The weekly newsletter of Lake Como Co-op Inc. Family Nudist Resort and Community at 9 p.m. at 10:30 p.m. COSTUME CRAWL 20500 Cot Road Lutz, FL 33558 Saturday November 1 1-877-TRY-LAKE Cancel any plans you had for November 1st from 3 p.m. on! You need to get out and do the Costume Crawl at Lake Como with 40 or 50 of your scariest and freakiest friends. Subscribe to The Flash online on our website LakeComoNaturally.com Flash submissions must be made by noon on Monday for inclusion in the Wednesday issue at marketing@ lakecomonaturally.com Find us at facebook.com/lake.como.5 You don’t really need to crawl…but you might by the end, so arrange a ride or lodging. Get your second costume out – the first one you’ll need the night before for Gary’s dance and contest at the Butt Hutt! – make your crawling costume comfortable and fun – we may even have a little contest or something! We’ll be leaving the Butt Hutt at 4:00 p.m., so be there WELL in advance to sign up and get all your essentials, like $2 beverage tickets – each ticket will get you a beer, soda, or mixed drink off the scary beer wagon that will be leading you through the park! There will be a $5 entry to cover snacks, etc…any extra money will go to the VA Home in Land O’ Lakes. We’ll have 4-5 pub stops throughout Como (about 30-40 minute stop each) with fun special beverages available, games, munchies, etc., then we’ll end at the Butt Hutt (some snack food will be there at end…but you may want to have something to eat prior to the start). There is another dance at the Hutt starting at 8 p.m!! No BYOB to any of the pub stops! Any questions contact Dee or Dan at 727-224-9731 or Lot 616. Friday October 31st from 5 to 7 p.m. We will be starting and ending at the recreation hall, where there will be free pizza and soda for the kids afterward. If you would like to participate in the walk or passing out treats at your house please sign up at the front office before Oct. 24th. All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. RESIDENTS Please do not park vehicles on vacant RV lots. They will not be vacant Join Karen Friday Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. in the rec. hall for a Zumba party! First introductory class of the season for those new to Zumba dance exercise and a refresher for everyone from last year. for long. Our seasonal guests are now arriving daily, and we need to have all the RV lots unobstructed so the staff can place RVs as they arrive, without hunting down the owners of vehicles parked on those lot. Thank you – Lake Como Management Questions call Karen at 813-990-0806. Jim Ellis May 26, 1935 – October 13, 2014 The Family and Friends of Jim Ellis would like you to join them for the Celebration of Jim's Life on Saturday, November 1 at 1p.m. in the Como Club House (Recreation Hall). Food and drinks supplied by JB (Jim's Son) and Splashfunclub. Donations will go to the Christmas party for Baldemero Lopez Veterans Nursing Home in Jim's name. Veterans’ Day Weekend • November 7 - 9, 2014 • Lake Como Resort LakeComoNaturally.com/sscw.html • 1-877-TRY-LAKE BRING A DISH TO SHARE for the BURGER BURN Sunday. The co-op will be providing the burgers, buns and condiments. Please let Mandy Miller know what you would like to bring. VOLUNTEERS who want to help out at the event, please contact Mandy at [email protected] TO SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND MAKE THIS A GREAT LAKE COMO EVENT! MOTORCYCLE RIDERS who would like to participate in the motorcycle show, charity ride, or tribute to the troops please contact Bob Spaulding or Debra. VETERANS who would like to participate in the Sunday march and tribute to the troops contact Phil Jacobsen or Debra. Inquiries for this event may be sent to Debra Kay at: [email protected] Star-Spangled Celebration Weekend Schedule Highlights Friday November 7 ▪4-7 pm: Mike Baier & Doubletake on the Butt Hutt deck ▪8-11 pm: Full moon fire drum circle in the north grove Saturday November 8 ▪morning: Enjoy all Como’s amenities & explore our vendor booths. ▪noon to 3 pm: Bobby G. Summers & BBQ poolside ▪3 pm: Motorcycle Show: prizes for Best Paint, Best Custom, People’s Choice and Farthest Traveled. $5 donation for entry. ▪8-11 pm: The Shakes Society band on the Butt Hutt deck – www.shakessociety.com Sunday November 9 ▪9-11 am: Motorcycle Charity Ride; stops at American Legion post #147 Odessa, Harley-Davidson New Port Richie & Lopez Veterans’ Home Land O’ Lakes. $10 donation per card hand; 50/50 cash winner plus 2ⁿ� & 3�� place gifts. ▪11:00 am to 1:00 pm: free poolside Burger Burn & Patriots Picnic Potluck ▪1 - 3 pm: Veterans honor parade & motorcycle parade with musical USO Show salute to the troops with The Honeys. Auction closes for Caribbean cruise donated by Bare Necessities. ▪7 pm: Karaoke with Richie Hodge on the Butt Hutt deck Charity walkers starting out on benefit walk through Lake Como Saturday October 25. We raised $170 for the cure. Thanks to all participants. Lake Como Ukuleles Como Help Wanted: Have you ever wanted to join a group of people really having a great time? Maybe you should join a class to learn how to play the ukulele. If you wish you may be able to play on a Friday night jam or just use your new-found skills to play the ukulele for yourself, your family or friends. In a real short period of time learn to have fun playing your own ukulele with a bunch of your friends. An organizational meeting will be held on November 10, 2014 at 1:30 pm in the rec-hall. Come to the meeting or call (515) 418-7310. As soon as we are aware of your interest we will put you on our email list. tour guides for Monday & Thursday (10 am to 4 pm) Contact Denise in the office: [email protected] The Hot Tub will remain closed until Friday 3:00 pm Oct 31. We are giving the deck and screen framing a thorough deep cleaning and repainting. (We will try to reopen earlier if possible.) Sorry for any inconvenience. – management Bus to Boat Update Some friends from Caliente are joining us, so the bus will fill up soon. Please don’t delay reserving seats if you are interested. (Note the bus will not stop at Caliente…all boarding will be at Lake Como.) Any net proceeds from the passenger payments will go to a donation to Pasco County Needy School Children for Christmas clothing presents. Van Bradley is organizing a bus to pick up passengers at Como who are going on the February 2015 cruise, including free parking at Como. Those interested in joining in on the round-trip bus from Como to Fort Lauderdale please email your interest to: [email protected] or call Van at 813-949-1810 ext. 222. Please don’t delay! We need your advance reservation to lock in the bus charter. Como Nude Cruise Special Offer: Lake Como will be offering reduced day fees and overnight stays in our hotel rooms and camp sites for all Bare Necessities passengers, for two weeks before and two weeks after the cruise. (You don’t have to take the bus to quality for these rates, but need to show your cruise tickets.) Special Event: Tarot Circle Skill Share on November 12 from 7 to 9 p.m.! We’re keeping the Hallowe’en spirit going just a little longer! In November, Tarot Circle will meet at the Lake Como rec hall as usual, but the meeting will be anything but usual. On Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm, Lake Como Tarot Circle will be hosting a Skill Share. This is your opportunity to come and experience our skills, and see what we have been working on over the past year! We will be offering free tarot readings, healing sessions (Reiki, healing touch, etc.), and readings in other modalities, such as astrology, pendulum and psychometry. You’ll meet some professional readers and healers, and you will be amazed at the skill of our students. We are offering all services free of charge. Bring a snack to share if you like, and come have some final Halloween fun before we get ready for Thanksgiving! If you would like to offer a healing or divinatory service at our Skill Share, or if you have questions about this event, please call me, Christiana, at 813-948-4488. Bring us your tattered, your frayed, your faded, and your tired flags for an honorable retirement and disposal. We will deliver them to the proper American Legion Post to honor these important symbols of our freedom. Please turn them into the office at your convenience. Staff is in the process of performing property inspections from end of October to beginning of November. Please pressure wash your units and tidy up the grounds. Thank you This year our Board of Directors has approved a $250.00 donation to assist underprivileged children who attend Oakstead Elementary School in our area with some Christmas gifts. Van Bradley will be donating the proceeds of the Bus to the Feb. Nude Cruise and we are asking Lake Como residents and members to also help Pasco County school ABC (Assist, Believe and Care) program that identifies underprivileged children that we can assist with gifts of clothing and shoes at this Christmas season. 100% of the money donated goes to purchasing gifts of clothing and shoes to the underprivileged children in our area. Our office will accept all donations until December 1, 2014 to further help our local children in need. Please drop off your check payable to Lake Como with a notation of “Pasco School Children”. We want to send a donation check from our members on December 10, 2014 Please remember that we have many needy children in our area and we can make a difference in their lives over this Christmas Holiday. Feel free to call me with any questions @ 813-477-2219 Merry Christmas, Van Bradley starts November 21st Reid and Margaret return as hosts of the Butt Hutt Jam Session every Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. on the Butt Hutt deck. Jack’s back! Sunday Karaoke returns starting 7 p.m. Sunday November 2. Guest Karaoke DJ Richie Hodge will be on deck November 9 for our Star-Spangled Celebration Weekend. Jack plays out the month Sunday November 16, 23 & 30. Thursday Karaoke with DJ Jack continues weekly at 7 p.m. Pasco County – Nudist Capital of the Americas How did that happen ? Presenting: The Pasco County Nudism History Show 73 years of Pasco County nudist history will go on display the weekend of December 12, 13 and 14 at the Lake Como Family Nudist Resort Recreation Hall. Please come to see what Pasco County has contributed towards nudism. This multimedia display includes simultaneous videos and slide shows as well as the largest static display of nudism history outside of the AANR Library. The entire set of TNS N magazine since 1980, all the issues of Pasco Naturally and NUSA Sun, newspaper articles highlighting the brave people who have gone to jail and more to keep our nudist home safe. The awards and trophies from many past events will be shown along with memorabilia and honors won since 1941. This display is being managed by Lee Gregory - the Pasco County Nudist Historian. [email protected] for updates or call the Lake Como office at 813-949-1810. Please write to Lake Como Events Calendar Sunday Monday OCT 27 2. Karaoke with 3 DJ Jack starts 7 PM on the Butt Hutt deck. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 28 29 30. Karaoke w/ DJ Jack - Butt Hutt 7-11 PM 31. Halloween 1. NOV B/H party w/ VJ Gary, costume & Pub Crawl pumpkin carving starts 4 PM contests VJ Gary 8 PM 4 5 6. Karaoke w/ DJ Jack - Butt Hutt 7-11 PM 7. DoubleTake in BH / Drum circle in North Grove 8. BBQ/Bobby Summers poolside noon/ The Shakes Society in BH STAR-SPANGLED CELEBRATION Nov. 7 thru 9 [more info online] >>>>>>>>>>>>> 9. The Honeys USO Show Karaoke w/ Richie Hodge 11 10. Ukulele Class first mtg. rec. hall at 1:30 PM 12. Special 13. Karaoke w/ Tarot session + DJ Jack - Butt Reiki 7 to 9 PM Hutt 7-11 PM in the recreation hall. 14 15. BitterSweet 8 PM on the Butt Hutt deck SSCW 16. Karaoke with 17 DJ Jack starts 7 PM on the Butt Hutt deck. 18. FC meeting 19 2 PM rec. hall 20. Karaoke w/ 21. Butt Hutt 22. BH Comedy DJ Jack - Butt Jam Session 4-7 Show / headliner Hutt 7-11 PM PM - BOD Jeff Zenisek/ meeting 6:30 starts 8 PM PM rec. hall [Note exceptional FC & BOD dates for November] 23. Karaoke with 24 DJ Jack starts 7 PM on the Butt Hutt deck. 25 30. Karaoke with 1. DEC DJ Jack starts 7 PM on the Butt Hutt deck. 2 3 4. Karaoke w/ DJ Jack - Butt Hutt 7-11 PM 7 9 10 11, Karaoke w/ 12. Butt Hutt 13. Lorelei on DJ Jack - Butt Jam Session 4-7 the Rocks 8 PM Hutt 7-11 PM PM on the Butt Hutt deck 8 26 27.THANKSGIVING DAY 28. Butt Hutt 29. iVJ Gary 8 Jam Session 4-7 PM on the Butt PM Hutt deck Karaoke w/ DJ Jack - Butt Hutt 7-11 PM 5. Butt Hutt Jam 6. Cat Valentine Session 4-7 PM 8 PM on the Butt Hutt deck Lee’s Pasco Nudist History Exhibition in rec. Hall Dec. 12-14 >>> BUTT HUTT ENTERTAINMENT POOLSIDE ENTERTAINMENT Precedence on use of the recreation hall is held for the Co-op BOD meeting usually the 4th Wednesday of each month and for all other official Co-op meetings as scheduled. Lake Como Regular Activities BUTT HUTT LAKESIDE BAR TENNIS - West Grove Clay Courts Dart Tournament 3 PM Sunday • 7 PM Monday • 7:30 PM Friday • 3 PM Saturday Mixed up doubles 9:30 AM Tues & Thurs 301 darts Tuesday 7 PM Corn Hole 7 PM Wednesday on the deck Karaoke w/ DJ Jack 7 PM Thursday Yoga with Gale every Sat. 9 AM on the deck Card draw tournament 3 PM Fri & Sat Open play at other times – court maintenance is Monday but some courts will be open in rotation. SAND VOLLEYBALL West Grove courts every Sunday 3 p.m. Saturday entertainment live music, DJ or ? SANDY BEACH Games & Exercise Reid & Margaret return with the Jam Session every Friday starting November 21 on the Butt Hutt deck 4 to 7 p.m. Horseshoes noon Sunday & Saturday Pickle Ball 6 PM every Tues, Thurs & Sat Shuffleboard BILLIARDS Mixed Scotch Doubles 8 ball 7 PM Tuesday & Thursday Ladies only Scotch Doubles 8 Ball 7 PM Wednesday Open singles 9 Ball - 7 PM Friday RECREATION HALL 7 PM Sunday Petanque 7 days @ 10 AM & 4 PM Chinese Wand 9 AM Tuesday & Friday DRUM CIRCLE - North Grove 8 PM monthly: closest Friday to full moon November 7 POOL ACTIVITIES Garden of Eden Church 11:00 AM Sunday …Join us for coffee and worship Water aerobics 8:50 AM Mon & Thurs Ukulele Group 1-4 PM Monday from Nov. 17 …organization mtg. Nov. 10 at 1:30 PM Water volleyball 4 PM every Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday Yoga w/Gale 5 PM every Tuesday & 5 PM every Thursday Seasonal - on hold Bridge Tuesday 7 PM Table Tennis Weds 1:30 PM Walk Away exercise Sunday Karaoke • Bingo Game Night Thursday 7 PM Tarot Circle every 2nd Weds monthly 7 PM Listing deletions/corrections/additions: Michael: [email protected] ZUMBA RETURNS! First session Friday Nov. 7 at 10 AM Interested in organizing a new activity? Mandy: [email protected]