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Golf Lodges...News and Entertainment

Forty Years Ago This Week and Diane is currently serving as Com- cause for great celebration and a sense of
First Space Shuttle Flight modore. accomplishment. Congratulations, Bill!
April 11, 1981 “Our move is a recognition of the
I remember the first space shuttle changes we need to make in our life-
flight like it was yesterday. I was work- style; we continue to have many friends
ing for an aerospace company on Long at Golf Lodges and in Ocean Village –
and we are only two miles across the In-
Island, NY, and all 200 of us were wait- let away!” said Mitch.
ing with great expectation with a bit of All the best to Diane and Mitch as they
trepidation for lift-off of the first reus- establish roots on the other side of Fort
able spacecraft to be launched into or- Pierce Inlet.
bit. Our company had 28 units of avion-
ics hardware on the vehicle and all the Bill Bergman Achieves Rare Feat
hours of design, development, qualifi- A hole-in-one is a rare feat the average
cation, validation, and manufacturing amateur golfer will likely never achieve
had finally reached this moment. And in their career. Golf Digest and the Na-
what a spectacle it was. A flight for the tional Hole in One Association estimate Bill Bergman’s Hole-In-One
ages! There was a great deal of antici- STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia that a tee shot hit by an amateur golfer
pation, and then relief, as Space Shuttle April 11, 1981 on a par-3 goes into the hole only one out Gloria and Frank Isabella’s son Lou-
Columbia lifted off from Launch Pad of every 12,750 times. Well, Bill Berg- is, and granddaughters Jazmin and
39A at Kennedy Space Center, right up A Fond Farewell to Diane and man did just that on Feb 22 at Indian Sofia (photo below), visited from Ten-
Hills 17th hole, 117 yards, with a 9 iron.
the road from OV on Florida’s Space Mitch Korbey A hole-in-one is the Holy Grail for many nessee and took advantage of all the
Coast. The most complex machine ever Diane and Mitch Korbey have sold golfers, with just one in their life being Turn to GOLF LODGES page 13
built reached for the sky. their unit and moved to The Sands on
the River on North Hutchinson Island.
It was a proud moment for a small Diane and Mitch were original owners,
company on Long Island, and for a moving here first part time in 2004 and
country that proved once again all then becoming full time residents in
things are possible. 2007. Diane served on the first Board
of Directors of Golf Lodges South, as
treasurer, and then as president a year
later during the re-construction follow-
ing hurricanes Francis and Jean. Under
Diane’s leadership, the Association
established our reserve and hurricane
accounts, bringing them to full-fund-
ed status. Mitch held positions on the
Board, first as treasurer, and then as
president after Diane. Diane complet-
ed State certification requirements and
became a Community Association
Manager. In later years, their attention
was diverted to the Fort Pierce Yacht
Club where Mitch served as treasurer Jazmin and Sofia enjoying the Aruba spa with dad Louis and grandma Gloria.
Ocean Village Pickleball Committee

On March 23, the Ocean Village teams losing their individual matches. a second daily round robin from 3-5
Pickleball Committee hosted four The Ocean Village Pickleball Com- PM.
teams from Nettles Island in a friend- mittee also hosted three intramural As of March 21, the pickleball com-
ly island pickleball tournament. Net- ladder leagues this season. The first mittee has recorded over 450 unique
tles Island brought around 20 players league included 27 players and ran pickleball players using the courts
and fans to cheer their teams along. from November 9-December 17, the at Ocean Village over the past two

Representing Ocean Village in Men’s second league had 73 players compet- seasons, often with up to 50 or more
Doubles was Team 1: Rick Fiddler and ing and ran from January 9-February players participating in the morning
Dave Strothmann and Team 2: Bill 13; the final league of the season had round robin sessions from beginners
Little and John Tolson. Gary and Lisa 70 players competing from February to advanced players. We plan to repeat
Doherty represented Ocean Village 20-March 27. this program next season, so get your
in Mixed Doubles and Tina Arnold In case you didn’t know, open drop- game tuned up over the summer and
and Mary Lassen represented Ocean in round robin pickleball play is avail- be ready to play next fall.
Village in Women’s Doubles. Ocean able daily from 8 AM-12 noon on The photos in this article are from
Village won the match 10 games to courts 3-6 (by Catamaran II) and, due the Nettles Island Tournament held on
6, with two teams winning and two to popular demand, we recently added March 23, 2021.