HOURS OF OPERATION CLUBHOUSE: 6 am – 10 pm daily CLUBHOUSE & ACTIVITIES OFFICES: 9 am – 5 pm Monday through Friday HEALTH & FITNESS CENTER: 5:30 am – 10 pm daily HFC OFFICES & ACTIVITIES DESK: 8 am – 4 pm Monday through Friday MONTHLY MARKET The Market is on hold for the summer months. It will return on October 9. Vendor recommendations and resident vendors are always welcome; contact Caroline (clane@lakeashtoncdd.com) for more info. BAXTER’ S QUAL ITY MEATS & FRESH PRODUCE Get fresh poultry, fish, beef, fruits, and vegetables in the Clubhouse West parking lot every Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm. BOOKMOBILE Second & fourth Wednesdays, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm (closed for lunch 12:30 to 1:15) in the Clubhouse West Parking Lot. Polk County library card holders can check out and return books, movies, and more! CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY TRASH & RECYCLING SCHEDULE UPDATES The Clubhouse and HFC offices will be closed on Monday, September 2 in observance of Labor Day. There will be no Monday Coffee. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday, September 3. Residents in Winter Haven will have their trash and recycling picked up Tuesday, September 3, and Lake Wales will be picked up Saturday, September 7 due to the holiday. Please do not bring your receptacles to the curb until Monday (WH) or Friday (LW) evening. Contact Republic Services with any questions at 863-665-1489. WELCOME TO LA! New residents of Lake Ashton can sign up at either Activities Desk or online for New Resident Orientation November 1 in the HFC Community Center at 2 pm. New residents can also stop by the Clubhouse or HFC during operating hours to receive a welcome packet, sign up for community-wide emails, and more. LIBRARY COMMITTEE The Clubhouse Library Committee is looking for someone who loves the Library and books! There is currently an opening from April 20 - October 15 on Thursdays in the afternoon or evening. Reshelving books that have been returned typically takes less than an hour. To find out more, contact Diana Benzenberg at 616-240-2257 or benzenberg@gmail.com. When we talk too much and listen too little, we communicate to others that we think our ideas are much more important than theirs. Put a mental stopwatch on your conversation and keep track of how much you talk and how much you listen. When people talk with you do they feel their viewpoints and ideas have value? This week I listened to a woman who told me she loved the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, another woman who was happy she completed a special project this week, then a man who told me a little bit of his story and how he was determined to better himself and he did. Today be someone who focuses completely on what another person is saying and while engaging with their ideas in a thoughtful, comprehensive way. .-Alex Fuertes, Maintenance Supervisor
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