September/October 2010

Membership
Info…….2

E-mail the editor or president at:

tacaboard@gmail.com

T AN G L E W O O D AR E A C I V I C
Kids Club…4
AS S OCI ATI ON
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Your
Good
Health...6

TACA Fall Picnic

Saturday, October 2nd
Because of construction at St. Richard’s we have been forced to move our picnic up
a bit this year. Mark your calendars for the annual Fall Social on October 2nd at
5pm. It’s in the fellowship hall at St. Richard’s Church, 5151 Lake Howell Road
(same place where you go to vote). TACA provides hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken,
chips, soda and ice cream treats. Please bring a side dish or a dessert. Returning
this year will be the Seminole County Sheriffs Office robot to entertain kids and an-
swer questions. Also there will be door prizes provided by area merchants and elec-
tion of TACA officers for 2011. The dinner is free for TACA members or $10 per
family for non-TACA members

Fall Yard Sale -Friday/Saturday Oct. 8th & 9th

Start setting cleaning those garages and closets and get ready for the semi-annual
TACA yard sale Oct. 8-9. We’ll take care of the advertising. Here are some tips for a
successful sale: start now going through closets, drawers, kids toy boxes and set things
aside. Stock up on grocery sacks and newspapers to wrap purchased items. Wash and
clean everything. Keep like things together: toys, kitchen stuff, hand tools, electron-
ics, linens. Put items too small for a price sticker in zip-lock bags. If selling books or
CD’s arrange them so the titles can be read easily. Put some interesting items at the
end or your driveway to entice the “drive-by” shoppers to stop. If you are selling elec-
trical appliances, have an extension cord handy. As for pricing, price things realistically. Give folks a bar-
gain but don’t give things away. If in doubt about an item’s value, check out similar objects on websites
like ebay. Make it easy and price things in even amounts like .25, .50, $1 and have coins and small bills
available. A calculator can come in handy. Yard sales are more relaxing if you have some background mu-
sic playing and allows folks to discuss potential purchases without having to whisper. Lastly, consider hav-
ing a large box marked “Free for kids only” filed with miscellaneous items, kids meal toys, crayons, bal-
loons, etc. to keep kids busy while mom or dad shop your sale.

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 TACA Seeks Board Members 2010 TACA M EMBERS
Your TACA board is looking for new mem-
Lake Howell Road Maywood Road
bers who want to get involved in their local commu-
5043 Snyder 1829 Pechfelder
nity organization.
5050 Millich 1845 Shehee
Long-time board member Nell Keegan ex-
5073 Fritz 1859 Defilippo
plained the benefits of being on the board: “Everyone
5097 Crosby
should be interested in their community, in what's
5146 Van Camp Arla Court
going on."
5203 Westerfeld 120 Telson
“The time commitment is a lot less than you
5300 Morookian 130 Rains
might think,” said Ava Tunstall, the newest board
5311 Lea
member. “We only meet 10 times a year and one of
5317 Kokontis/Spivey
those meetings is the Fall picnic when we elect offi- Magnolia Avenue
5334 Keegan
cers.” Current Board President Bruce Wiley con- 1932 Cubbedge
curred. “We keep the meetings to about an hour. We
don’t waste time.” Linden Road
1824 Billingsley High Street
Aside from attending the meetings, 2264 Wiley
board members help with the various activities/ 1853 Wills
1901 Smart 2272Martinez
services offered to TACA residents: Spring Easter 2320 Rocha
egg hunt, fall picnic, summer yard-of-month contest, 1911 Brown
1912 Wilson 2328 Perry
holiday lighting contest, bi-monthly newsletter,
neighborhood crime watch and two community-wide 1918 Sterling
1923 Morris Ivy Lane
yard sales.
1926 Devanna 1810 Weesner
Meetings are conveniently located at St. Rich-
1929 Victorica 1816 Powell
ards Church on Lake Howell Road on the first Mon-
day of the month at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be 1932 Karres
September 13, 2010. Please join us for a meeting and 1938 Lowry/Mahan Willow Lane
consider joining the board. 1944 Wesson 1831 Kent
1947 Dorsett 1863 Little
1951 Forbes
1961 Morgan
Azalea Avenue
2014 Geniotto
1912 Molton
2017 Tunstall/Ziajka
1916 Leggatt
2024 Gardner
2036 Kalicak
2039 Douglas
2124 Royer Dover Avenue
2128 Boyer
2180 Bremer Briarcliff
2184 Depadova 1830 Quilling

Knoll
Ridge Drive Elsinore
2157 Doan
2160 Maillard Carrigan Avenue
2161 Groves
2173Mitchum

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 September Birthdays October Birthdays
9/4 NORMA YOUNG 10/3 ROBIN COGHLAN
9/9 CONNOR FULLAM 10/6 ROBERTA MC CALL
9/9 MIKE SHORTT 10/12 KATHY CLARK
9/10 BARBARA LARSON 10/13 BLANCHE SMITH
9/13 JODY CRAWFORD 10/19 PHYLLIS LOWRY
9/16 ERIN WEESNER 10/20 MICHAEL WILEY
9/20 BILL LEPIRD 10/29 HENRY SISK
9/25 TAMERA COGHLAN
9/26 CRAIG LARSON
9/30 JAMES BILLINGSLEY
October
Anniversaries
September
Anniversaries 10/16 BILL & CAROLYN ANN WASSON
10/18 REECE & CHERYL RICHARDSON
9/1 BRUCE & RUTH WILEY
9/4 CHARLES & MARY SHADIX

Crime Watch
If you keep your car in
Yard of the Month Winners your driveway, remember
to lock the doors. There
September has been at least one re-
cent incident of burglary
Congratulations to our latest Yard of the Month win- from an unlocked car. Don’t give a miscreant
ners. This lovely lawn belongs to the Van Camp family an opportunity to take your valuables. Remem-
at 5146 Lake Howell Road. ber to lock it or lose it!

Seminole County Library - eBooks

Did you know that you can check out and
read electronic books online from the Semi-
nole County Library’s eBook collection?

The Seminole County Public Library has

over 27,000 electronic books (eBooks) in
our online eBook collection. You actively
view the full-text eContent (turning pages,
searching within the full-text, etc.) in 15-
minute increments. If you are not actively
viewing the item, it returns for someone else
to view. In order to check out an eBook,
you must first create an account from
within one of our branch libraries. See a
librarian if you need help creating an ac-
count. Once you have an account, you can
log in from your home or office.

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 COLOR ME
Print out free coloring pages from:
http://www.coloring-pages-kids.com/

Fall means football for a lot of families. Do you have a favorite team?
Grab your Crayons or color pencils and decorate this football player in
your teams colors

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 Charitable donations:
TAC
TACA
Healing Buddies for local Hospice and Hospitals
O FFICERS & B OARD
New and gently used (washed) STUFFED ANIMALS are needed as
O FFICERS & B OARD
“Healing Buddies” for local Hospitals and Hospice. Healing Bud- M EMBERS
dies become companions for patients and grieving children. They are M EMBERS
handed out as part of the healing drama/humor therapy program.
If you have donations, contact Kathy Clark at 407-671-9315 President…………………....Bruce Wiley
407-678-5869
A Gift For Teaching & Vice President……………....Pat Telson
The Ronald McDonald House 407-671-4934
Secretary…………………....Jean Karres
Nell Keegan collects greeting cards, new and used, for A Gift For 407-671-4344
Teachers. And she needs soda pop tabs for The Ronald McDonald Treasurer/Membership…….Justin Westerfeld
House. 813-766-9021
If you would like to make a donation, contact her at 407-671-4972. Editor………………………..Bruce Wiley
407-678-5869
Newsletter Distribution…….Bruce Wiley
Services in your neighborhood: 407-678-5869
Goodwill……………………..Jean Karres
407-671-4344
Stan Boyer - Licensed Electrician 407-657-1650 Blood Bank…...……………..Stew Fritz

Neighborhood Watch……….Gary Pechfelder

Ashley Westerfeld - Registered Family Daycare 407-678-3286
407-304-9500 Board Members:
Stewart Fritz 407-671-5073
Dick Telson 407-671-4934
Services in your neighborhood is a complimentary advertising service pro- Ava Tunstall 407-671-2147
vided by TACA Times. To be listed you are required to pay your annual $10
dues.
Mike Kanady 407-678-5332
When using any service you should make sure that those you are employing Stan Boyer 407-657-1650
are licensed, registered, and insured by a recognizable regulatory agency. George Karres 407-671-4344
Steve Steffee 407-677-0312
Ashley Westerfeld 407-304-9500

VISIT & READ ONLINE AT

Advertise With TACA www.tacatimes.blogspot.com

The TACA Times is an excellent place to get your name or

your company’s name and information out in our neighbor- E-MAIL TACA
hood. tacaboard@gmail.com
Your ad is guaranteed to circulate to 350+ homes

To place an ad or for more information about rates and terms OUR ADDRESS
contact: TACA, Inc.
Justin Westerfeld at 813-766-9021 or 407-304-9500 St. Richard’s Church
jwwesterfeld@yahoo.com 5151 Lake Howell Road
Winter Park, FL 32792

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 Your Good Health from Dr. Paul Ziajka

Cholesterol: good versus bad

In the last issue you learned that cholesterol was important

for your cells to function optimally but that too much causes a build
up in your arteries called atherosclerosis leading to heart attacks and
strokes. But, you’ve likely heard about ‘good’ cholesterol and ‘bad’
cholesterol. Is there a difference? Yes and realizing this difference is
important for optimal heart health.
For years, doctors looked only at one number: your total cholesterol.
Total cholesterol below 200 was good and more than 200 was bad. But in the 1980’s medicine
refined the lipid profile to distinguish between two different kinds. Now, when talking about
‘cholesterol’ experts differentiate between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) and low-
density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL).
To understand the importance of HDL and LDL you first should know that your body
packages cholesterol into transport vehicles called lipoproteins. These lipoproteins are like mi-
croscopic water balloons filled with a varying mixture of cholesterol and triglycerides.
LDL is the transport vehicle that delivers cholesterol from the liver to other tis-
sues. Some LDL is essential for good health because organs like the adrenal glands and ovaries
can not make enough of their own cholesterol to produce necessary hormones. It’s generally be-
lieved that an LDL level of 40 to 70 allows for optimal cell function. The problem is that the av-
erage American’s LDL level is in the 160’s. That extra cholesterol is delivered directly to the
walls of your arteries causing atherosclerosis. Hence the popular term for LDL – “the bad choles-
terol”.
The body also makes lipoproteins that try to reverse the atherosclerotic process
and clean out clogged arteries. HDL is made in the liver and small intestine and is designed to go
to the artery wall and remove the deposited cholesterol – a process referred to as reverse transport.
Thus, HDL is popularly called “the good cholesterol” and its level should be above 45.
As a general rule, most people would benefit from being a member of the 50-50
club with both LDL and HDL levels being 50. Or it might be easier to remember “L” for low and
“H’’ for high i.e. aim for a low LDL (below 50) and a high HDL (above 50).
In the next issue I’ll discuss cholesterol testing.

TACA resident Dr. Paul Ziajka is director of the Florida Lipid Institute in Winter Park that specializes in
the treatment of cholesterol and triglyceride disorders. For more information check out
www.floridalipid.com.