Clarification on previous Frugal Forum column
I am responding to David Kirk’s letter published in Hang Your Hat in the Sun Day of 9/13/12. David commented on my Frugal Forum 9/6/12 article on Debt Free America. I have since corresponded with David to determine his source of information that the proposed HR1125 bill proposed by Congressman Fattah had “died in committee” like a similar bill introduced in the previous congressional session. Mr. Kirk is correct that the previous bill had died in committee. However, the current proposal HR1125 is still sitting in committee and has not been acted upon. I explained to Mr. Kirk that the reason I wrote the article, and the reason for my concern, is that the current bill has not died in committee after having been proposed 18 months ago. It is still an active agenda item on Congressman Fattah’s initiatives. I did thank Mr. Kirk for sharing his additional information and perspective. Keep those letters coming, folks.
Don Grady
The Frugal Forum
Many moons ago, after years of sitting on hard bleachers at Algonquin Middle School and Jacobs High School watching my children participate in sports, I made the decision to never again park this old butt on a hard bleacher seat and cheer on an amateur sports team. With few exceptions (grandkids sporting events) I held firm. At least, until this year.
A baseball team, The Cutters, was formed in Neighborhood 35, wearing orange shirts and sponsored by Chris’ Lawn Service. Quite a few of the N.35 residents attended the first Cutters game, and we sure had fun. We watched the game, chatted, laughed and made new friends. We groaned when a batter struck out, when a ball dropped in the outfield in front of a player, and when a player over threw a base. But we had fun and we came to cheer the Cutters on at all their games. We became, as Jim Eggers stated in a recent letter, athletic supporters.
We are grateful to the Cutters and to Chris for providing us with a summer of entertainment. The temperature may have been 90+ degrees, but the Cutters showed up ready to give their all, and so did their fans. We are the newest Sun City neighborhood and the Cutters did more to unite us as a neighborhood than any other function could have done. For that, we thank you. May your bruises fade and your Achilles heal. And like another local team, “wait until next year.” We love you Cutters, oh yes we do.
Diane Novak
Chairman, Neighborhood 35
Hello Mr.Geati,
My name is Vicky Borucki and I live in Neighborhood 17.
First, I would like to tell you that my husband and I really enjoy reading your restaurant critiques. We are the founders and monthly organizers of our neighborhood’s monthly lunch outing. We started the group in January 2007 and can say that once a month since then we have visited a different restaurant each month without having repeated a restaurant. The exception is when a restaurant had gone out of business and then we went again when it was under new ownership.
I have never written to a columnist before, but we have discovered a new restaurant that I am sure would appreciate the boost from an article such as the one you write and would possibly encourage more people to give it a try. I don’t think I have seen that you have reviewed it as yet. The name of the place is “The Village Vintner Winery, Brewery & Restaurant.” It is located near Algonquin Commons on Esplanade Dr. (near the new Hobby Lobby). Meal portions are generous and their prices are reasonable, we thought.
Ambiance isn’t so bad either, especially if you like wine barrels. Oh, and their wines are pretty good, also.
We have enjoyed each of the times we have been there.
Sincerely,
Vicky
Hi Vicky,
First of all, thanks for taking the time to write, and I’m happy to know that you read one of my columns. As for the recommendation, you must have missed the edition when I wrote about my lunch at VV. It was when they first opened about four or five months ago. I was there with two buddies, and we all enjoyed our meal and the special beers. Since then, they have been advertising in our paper, at least for the last three editions. I plan to return for a dinner meal in the future.
Please continue to send recommendations for new places to review. I plan to do a column of past reviews for people who haven’t seen every column. By the way, perhaps you are aware of my other two columns, Cooking with the Geezer, and All That Jazz and More. Please let me know if you ever read either of them and your thoughts or suggestions. If you have a special recipe to contribute, that would be great, too.
Best regards and keep reading,
Sammy
Chris,
I wanted to let you and all involved in getting our ad [article] in the paper know that our pancake breakfast was the best ever. We had a wonderful turnout and made the most money for charity for the six pancake breakfasts that we have done. I do believe that it is due to great weather, and most of all due to the great ad [article] you did for us. I and my committee would like to thank you again. Keep up the great work you do for this wonderful paper.
Sincerely,
Lion Mary Ruth
Lions of Sun City
