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century
village
east
REPORTER
Board of Directors
of COOCVE
Meets
THIRD TUESDAY
of the Month
at 9:30 a.m.
in the Party Room
Official Monthly News/Magazine of the Condominium Owners Organization of Century Village East, Deerfield Beach, Florida
DECEMBER 2012
Section A, 44 PAGES
VOLUME 36, NUMBER 03
From the President
By STEVEN H. FINE, President/ COOCVE
C
OOCVE offices have
been flooded with calls
from building presidents who
have been cited for Building
Permit violations regarding
the installation of satellite
dishes. As reported in the
October CVE Reporter, there
is a procedure that you must
follow. First and foremost,
you must amend your building documents. That means a
duly noted meeting of all unit
owners present or absentee
must vote for amendments.
Don’t forget, you only own
your unit. The common elements are shared by all unit
owners of your Association.
Therefore, they must, by 75%
majority, approve of the addition to the common elements.
I urge you to read Page 24A
of the October 2012 Reporter
for information on the steps to
follow to amend your building documents.
In the meantime, if you received a Notice of Violations
from the City, go to City Hall
on 2nd St. and see Mr. Donohue within 15 days of notification. You must comply within
45 days. This is an individual
issue, not the president’s liability. However if the person
who installed the dish does
not comply with the citation
In This Issue



Condo News
Features
■ Meet the Candidates
Forum set for December 5
Profile in centerfold
p. 21A-24A
■ 65 Social Club spends
■ Abandoned units in
your Association costs
you money p. 15B
■ Pool Heaters were
turned on October 19
p. 12A
■ 2013 Budget Approved
by Master Management
p. 10A
■ New MM Executive
Director introduced to
Century Village East
p. 10A
evening at LIPS p. 1B
■ A sweet story about
satisfying your sweet
tooth p. 17B
■ Weight bearing exercise
key to reducing
osteoporosis p. 5B
■ COOCVE exists for you
(What does COOCVE do
for us) p. 25A
■ Smoking in the girls
bathroom p. 41A
■ Save your Life,
Please… p. 4A
■ COOCVE President
■ I’m going to Disney
steps down – will also
leave the Reporter. p. 1A World p. 34A
■ Mowing grass: Bad
for Ecology? p. 3A
■ Local effort aiding
victims of Sandy p. 17B
(and anyone connected to
the dish), then the building
and all of its unit owners in
the association will bear the
consequences.
Hard to believe I’ve been in
charge of the Reporter for over
six years. Many changes have
been incorporated into the
publication. We published
12 months a year (previously
nine); changed the delivery system to professional
distribution, ensuring perfect
delivery to every building;
established a website with
easy access to current as well
as archived Reporters with
one click of a button; expanded our office to a more
worker-friendly atmosphere
which gave us the ability to
work with a more advanced
infrastructure. That helped
us raise our net revenue, all
of which we donated to the
Village (bus shelters, AEDs
which did save a life and various other charities that serve
the residents’ needs, either
now or will later on at some
point in the future) – one innovation after another, always
keeping up with modern technology.
Add those six and a half
years at the Reporter to
one year as COOCVE Vice
President and four years as
COOCVE President, and I
would have to say I am proud
of my accomplishments
which would have not been
possible without the help of a
superior staff of volunteers.
And now it is time to take
a break. As I stated at our
Executive Committee Meeting on November 12, the Area
Chair Meeting on November
14 and the COOCVE BOD
Meeting on November 20,
I will be stepping down as
COOCVE President, effective
December 31. I have also resigned from the CVE Reporter,
effective upon the completion of the January 2013
edition. For the record, at a
meeting with the BOD of the
Reporter, both last week and
this week, I offered to stay
with the Reporter indefinitely
provided certain conditions
could be met. One condition
was travel compensation of
$50 a week (as I am moving
to Hillsboro Beach in three
weeks and will no longer be
a resident here.) I also asked
for a laptop computer so I
could be in communication
with the paper. I was willing
to work two to three days a
week in the office, as needed.
The Board of Directors of
the Reporter consisting of
members: Phil Goldenberg,
Bob Gravatt, Don Kaplan,
Gloria Olmstead, Toni Ponto,
Wendy Rosenzveig and Betty
Schwartz voted unanimously
against my request; I respect
their decision.
In closing, I would like to
thank all of the volunteers
who worked alongside of me
in the past; the paper would
not have been possible were
it not for their efforts. I also
want to thank the people in the
Village who have supported
me through the years and their
positive comments regarding
the quality of our publication.
It has been an honor and a
pleasure working for you.
May you stay healthy and
enjoy the Century Village lifestyle for many years to come.
Always remember – Love
Thy Neighbor as You Would
Love Thyself. God bless you all.
Farewell to Steven Fine
By BETTY SCHWARTZ and TONI PONTO
T
he volunteer staff of
the CVE Reporter bids
Steven a fond farewell. Steven has been a very innovative editor-in-chief of the
Reporter. He implemented
many features such as the
Celebrations category where
any Village resident or Association can submit articles
and pictures of their events.
The Veterans issue and the
Valentine issue allowed
residents to submit their
before and after pictures
which were enthusiastically
received by all. He expanded
the office space which helped
to create a more professional
atmosphere for the volunteers. He modernized the
paper with the QR Code and
established a website so our
seasonal residents can read
the Reporter on line.
Steven made sure that the
delivery of the paper is made
to each and every building in
the Village by a professional
delivery company. Under
his supervision the Reporter
has donated AEDs and bus
shelters for the benefit of the
residents of the Village.
We will miss him but wish
him all the best in the future.
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Cambridge A Stall Shower, encl patio, tile and carpet, walking distance to Century Plaza $43,900.00
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Farnham M Furnished, Sunny condo, remodeled patio with impacted windows, tile floors $45,000.00
Harwood E Water view, galley kitchen, tile and carpet, newer a/c, needs some TLC $49,900.00
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Newport Q Water view, fully furnished, move in condition, motivated seller
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Oakridge P Corner, garden, newer refrigerator, great location, 2nd flr, walk to pool $38,900.00
Harwood D Deluxe two bedroom, beautiful lake view, galley kitchen, 1000 SqFt
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Newport U Mint condition, completely renovated kitchen, remodeled bathrooms $59,900.00
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COOCVE Board of Directors - November 20, 2012
P
resident Steven Fine
called the meeting to
order at 9:35 a.m. Mr. Fine
led the Pledge of Allegiance
and a Moment of Silence. The
Sergeant-at-Arms confirmed
that a quorum was present.
Minutes:
A Director moved and it
was seconded to waive the
reading of the minutes from
the October 16 BOD meeting.
There were no corrections or
additions and the minutes
were approved as submitted
in the Reporter.
Sheriff’s Report - Deputy
Cooper
Deputy Cooper reported
only two incidents between
October 19 and November 19.
She stated that both incidents
were in the Farnham P area;
one was a break-in with no
suspects, the other was a
stolen bicycle with a suspect
in question. Deputy Cooper
reminded all residents traveling during the Holidays to
make sure that their doors
are locked.
Correspondence:
Mr. Fine stated that Charlie Parness recently sent a
letter to the owner of the
golf course, Robert Smith,
regarding the poor job they
are doing cutting the grass.
Mr. Smith sent a response
disagreeing with Mr. Parness’
comments stating this is not
all golf course property. He
stated that Hillsboro Pines
Golf Club is currently making
an effort to convert out of play
areas from irrigated low turf,
to native plants and grasses,
to reduce water use and create less waste. He stated that
this is an ecological responsibility for the environment and
urged CVE to participate in
their efforts instead of trying
to prevent it. He also stated
in his letter that a resident
dumped an old couch on an
illegal patio behind Richmond
C and asked CVE to have it
removed.
President’s Report - Steven
Fine
At the COOCVE Executive
meeting on November 12, the
following candidates for the
MM Board were interviewed
and approved for the 2013
election: Caryl Berner, Jeff
Chester, Dick Ciocca, Bill
Epstein, Dan Glickman, Jules
Kesselman, Barry Kimbal,
Danielle Lobono, Fred Rosenzveig and Alan Schachter.
Mr. Fine also stated that a
copy of a legal report was
distributed to all Directors. If
anyone has questions, it was
suggested that the appropriate party, MM or COOCVE,
be contacted. Mr. Fine stated
that he will be leaving the Village and the December meeting will be his last meeting as
President of COOCVE. Mr.
Fine announced that Charlie
Parness, First Vice-President
will be taking over as Presi-
dent and wished him much
success in this role. Mr. Fine
stated that he will continue
working at the Reporter until a
suitable replacement is found.
Mr. Fine stated that it has
been his pleasure to serve this
community and that he has
enjoyed every moment.
Committee Reports
Approval of 2013 Budget Arlene Roth
Arlene Roth distributed
copies of the budget to all
Directors and stated that only
two items have increased;
legal fees from $25,000 to
$30,000 and insurance from
$4,300 to $6,000, all other line
items remained the same. Ms.
Roth also stated that for 2013
there is a shortfall of $39,700
and that the contingency fund
will offset the shortfall. There
will be no increase to the annual dues of $8/unit. Arlene
Roth moved to approve the
COOCVE budget for 2013 as
proposed by the Budget Committee. A Director seconded.
The vote was taken by a show
of hands and the motion carried; there was one opposed.
Advisory Committee Charlie Parness
Three seminars by Bill and
Susan Raphan, formerly of the
Ombudsman’s office and now
of Katzman, Garfinkel and
Berger, have been scheduled.
The first seminar on “40-year
Building Safety Inspection
and Certification” will be
DECEMBER 2012
held on January 17, 2013
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the
Clubhouse Party Room. The
second seminar on “Board
Member Basics” will be held
on February 14, 2013 from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. in GP-A. The
third seminar on “Condominium Dollars and Sense” will
be held on March 14, 2013 in
GPA from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Election Committee - Joe
Sachs
Mr. Sachs stated that in
addition to candidates running for the MM Board, the
following candidates will be
running for the Recreation
Committee: Don Kaplan, Susan B. Hanley and Rita Pickar.
He reminded everyone that
there will be a Meet the
Candidates event on December 5 at 1 p.m. in the Activity
Center. Everyone is urged to
attend and to ask questions of
the candidates. At the December COOCVE Board meeting,
each candidate will make a
short speech and then the voting will take place.
Old Business - None
New Business
Brenda Berkowitz suggested that at one of the entrances
to the Clubhouse, guards be
equipped with a small computer to check-in residents
who forget their IDs so that
they do not have to return
home. Mr. Fine suggested
that she bring her suggestion
to the next Recreation meeting, which is held the second
Tuesday of each month.
Motion to adjourn at 10:30
a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Steven Fine
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JANUARY 2013
Monday, December 10
COOCVE Executive Committee
9:30 AM
Activity Center
Room A
Tuesday, December 11
Recreation Committee
9:30 AM
Wednesday January 9
Main Clubhouse
Council of Area Chairs
Gen Purpose Room A
9:30 AM
Activity Center
Room B
9:30 AM
Activity Center
Room A
Thursday, January 10
CVE MASTER MANAGEMENT
Board Of Directors
9:30 AM
Activity Center
Room A
Monday, December 17
9:30 AM
CVE MASTER MANAGEMENT Activity Center
Room A
Board Of Directors
Monday, January 14
COOCVE Executive Committee
c
Wednesday, December 12
Council of Area Chairs
Tuesday, December18
COOCVE Board of Directors
MM/Rec Elections
9:30 AM
Main Clubhouse
Party Room
Tuesday, January 8
Recreation Committee
O
Tuesday, January 15
COOCVE Board of Directors
CVE Reporter Deliveries, December 10 and 11, January 7 and 8
9:30 AM
Main Clubhouse
Gen Purpose Room A
9:30 AM
Activity Center
Room A
9:30 AM
Main Clubhouse
Party Room
The CVE Reporter Is Now Delivered Directly To All CVE Buildings By Outside Publishers, Inc., On The Monday And Tuesday That Fall Before
The Second Friday Of Each Month. Copy For All December 2012 Meeting Minutes, Is Due By Our Deadline, The 3rd Wednesday of This Month.
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CVE REPORTER DECEMBER 2012
The Mayor’s Message
By PEGGY NOLAND, Mayor/ City of Deerfield Beach
W
ith the conclusion
of a very successful second Annual Deerfield
Beach Open Government &
[email protected]
Public Safety Day, I was able
Editor-in-Chief
to reflect on the progression
STEVEN H. FINE
of our city. I want to provide
Assistant to the Editor
you with the events that had
Betty Schwartz
been addressed at the event,
Editorial Staff
leaving you confident and
Sy Blum
Judy Olmstead
Wendy Rosenzveig Betty Schwartz
positive on our actions of the
past year and our goals for
Activities Editor
Sandy Parness
the new one to come.
I noted in the State of the
Production
Sid Goldstein Christie Voss
City Address: “I am proud
to say Deerfield Beach has
Photo Journalists
Sid Birns Jules Kesselman Fred Safran
remained strong and stead
fast. Faced with difficult times
Advertising Consultants
Susan Dove
Estelle Sabsels
we continue to move forward
and better ourselves by makOffice Staff
Lori Benoit, Norman L. Bloom, Sy Blum, Carol Carr,
ing hard, yet sound business
Susan Dove, Claire Eskind, Rhoda Jarmark, Estelle Kaufman,
decisions.” As I presented
Sandy Parness, Toni Ponto, Betty Schwartz, Estelle Sabsels
this part of my speech, I was
Staff Cartoonist
Prepress Technician
Alan G. Rifkin
Christie Voss
reconfirmed reviewing the
Alvin Sherman 1913-2000
long list of all our achieveColumnists and Regular Contributors
ments. These were not just
Shelly Baskin, Sid Birns, Norman L. Bloom, Sy Blum, Marion G. Cohen,
empty words or promises
Richard William Cooke, Harry L. Katz, Jules Kesselman, BSO Sheriff Al
Lamberti, Sandi Lehman, Dr. Norma Locker, Pauline Mizrach, Barbara Nadelivered to a skeptical pubthan Marcus, Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland, Gloria Olmstead, Judy
Olmstead, Lori Parrish, Charles Parness, Dr. Sylvia Pellish, Phyllis Pistolis,
lic; they were concrete accomCommissioner Marty Popelsky, Bernice Ruga, Irving Ruga, Betty Schwartz,
Helene Wayne, Stan Weinstein, Jerry Wolf, Len Witham, Janice Zamsky.
plishments brought together
by a unified community. Let
Business Manager
Steven H. Fine
me show you. Circulation
Proofreaders
~ We have maintained a
Outside Pubs, Inc.
Sy Blum, Carol Carr, 5.1856 mileage rate.
Barbara Turner
Estelle Kaufman, Toni Ponto, Wendy Rosenzveig,
~ We have maintained a $135
Betty Schwartz
fire assessment fee.
The CENTURY VILLAGE EAST REPORTER is published monthly and distributed,
~The city’s unemployment
without charge, to the residents of Century Village East, Deerfield Beach, Florida. It is
published for the edification of said residents, and contains reports of the monthly meetrate
has decreased to 7.1%.
ings of the corporations, Board of Directors and its Committees, as well as news, bus and
theater schedules, and contributed articles of current interest to the residents.
This is lower than the state’s
The Condominium Owners Organization of Century Village East, Inc. a.k.a.
COOCVE, a not-for-profit corporation, its officers, directors, editors, staff, any commitrate at 8.6% and even the countee people are not responsible for typographical errors or misrepresentations in any adtry’s rate at 7.9%.
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R
ecognizing the work
of the President of
Prescott M
To the Editor:
In these bad economic
times we hear many complaints about presidents of
Century Village Associations
by the unit owners.
The unit owners at Prescott
M have a president that helps
them not only with building
matters but with problems
in their units. Our president
has upgraded our building’s
lighting, landscaping and
painting. He works well with
our management and maintenance companies, has good
ideas and is a good negotiator. Our building looks beautiful thanks to his hard work.
We thank our president for
all his hard work, his compassion in helping others and for
making our building a pleasant place to live.
Unit owners of Prescott M
Association
JANE ABRUE
Prescott M
S
eacrest Double Billing
for Master Management Payments
To the Editor:
I have recently been made
aware of a situation that the
Villagers may need to know.
A resident of my building noticed that her bank
account was lower than it
should be. She brought me
her bank statement, and
Master Management has been
receiving two payments every
month since the changeover
to Seacrest. I called West
Palm Beach and said that
the customer has overpaid
$1,066. Seacrest told me that
you would not believe how
many overpayments they
have on file. They said they
do not make a refund unless a
resident requests it.
Seacrest is going to notify
Master Management to send
my neighbor a check. I then
spoke to Master Management, and they said they will
B
~ We have instituted the AllIn Recycling Program
~ We have completed the Dixie
Flyover Project
~ We have completed the West
Hillsboro Blvd. Streetscape
~ We have completed the SW
15th St. turn lane for Deerfield
Beach High School
~ We have acquired the deed
to the 49-acre parcel at Crystal
Lake
~ We have completed the Cove
Shopping Center Parking Lot
Along with our recent accomplishments, I also want
to acknowledge a major one
that will be completed this
month. The construction of
our new International Fishing Pier, featuring a familyfriendly restaurant, bait shop,
ocean rescue station and
second story public observation tower will be complemented by its grand opening
on Friday, December 7. To
celebrate this historic occasion, we will have The Florida
Army National Guard Ceremo-
nial Band performing live on
our beautiful Deerfield Beach
that evening.
To conclude that monumental weekend kickoff, I
want to remind our citizens
that on Saturday, December
8, we will be celebrating our
annual Holiday & Tree Lighting
Ceremony at our beautifully
completed Cove Shopping
Center. Our Green Market
will be in that very same place
the next morning on Sunday,
December 9. We really do
keep moving forward!
I want to thank my fellow
Commissioners for working
together as a team to create a
sustainable Deerfield Beach
for many years to come. I also
want to thank the City Manager and city staff for their
dedication and innovation.
They not only strive to perfect
what is expected today, they
explore new methods in helping us live better tomorrow.
Most importantly, I want to
thank all of you. Thank you
for your faith in our service.
Thank you for the energy you
invest in your families, your
neighbors and your community. Because of this, we are
accomplishing a lot more than
what was expected during
these times.
As always, if you have
something on your mind,
please feel free to contact me
through the City Manager’s
office at 954-480-4263, or via
email at web.commission@
Deerfield-Beach.com. I wish
you a peaceful holiday season.
The Mail Bag
y far the most popular and widely read segment of our publication is the Letter-tothe Editor columns. We encourage letters that enable our readers to “sound off” on
any subject. However, we will not print letters from the same person on the same subject
in two consecutive issues. Also, letters must be from CVE residents, must be signed and, if
possible, type-written double-spaced. Please include your phone number. When we receive letters about applicable contracts, please remember, the Reporter does not endorse
any single company. Residents are free to make their own choices each year. Criterion
for letters that will not be published: Letters in poor taste, demeaning and vastly untrue.
contact Seacrest and then mail
out the check. What has happened is that, under the old
system, you notified the bank
to automatically send Master
Management a check every
month; when Seacrest took
over, they gained access to
your bank account and started
taking another payment.
If you did not cancel the
first arrangement with the
bank, you end up paying two
monthly payments. How long
the overpayment stays on the
books is questionable. You are
required, by Master Management and Seacrest, to do your
own investigative work.
I think everyone needs to
check their bank account; and
if in one month, you have
two payments of $113.00, you
might be eligible for a refund
back to January 2012.
Thank you.
ANDY MILLER
President, Upminster H
S
top! Don’t Walk
Letter to the Editor:
Recently while I was driving on Century Blvd around
the area of the Markham pool,
an older gentleman entered
the crosswalk. He took a
quick glance at the oncoming
cars as we approached the area
of the pool, turned his head
and looked straight in front as
he increased his walking pace,
as if he was trying to get across
ahead of the cars. This practice
is dangerous and could be a
factor in the accidents we have
in the Village.
To tell you the truth I was
traveling at about 20 miles
an hour as were the two cars
behind me. Sure it would
have been better if I was going
10 miles an hour but there
were no cars ahead of me,
just the two behind me and I
wasn’t going fast. Not seeing
the man step off the grass, I
barely had time to stop. The
gentleman screamed at me,
telling me that he could step
out on to the crosswalk any
time he pleased because that
was what the crosswalk was
for and I must stop at all
times. As I drove away I had
these thoughts, “how does
one know what the other fellow is thinking and seeing…”
As we age we lose that
quick response time, our
reactions are slower, and we
should be aware of this. This
is the natural progression
of life. So why do we have
residents who think they are
faster and stronger than a car
on Century Blvd. Why at our
age, (over 60) are we in a hurry to go from one side of the
street to the other on Century
Blvd, and expect the cars to
not only see us, but to be able
to safely stop so as not to hit
us or cause a pileup of broken
cars as they try to stop.
I am making a plea to all
See MAILBAG, pg 13A
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Village Meeting Minutes
COOCVE Executive Committee - November 12, 2012
T
he Executive Committee meeting of November 12 was called to order by
COOCVE President Steven
Fine at 9:30 a.m. He led the
Pledge of Allegiance and
asked for a moment of silence.
Minutes
Joe Rubino moved to waive
the reading and approve the
minutes from October 8, 2012
and approve the minutes
from September 10, 2012;
Anthony Falco seconded.
The Committee approved the
minutes by a show of hands.
Joe Rubino asked if the Committee can receive the minutes
via e-mail. Mr. Fine stated
that Charlie will send them
out via email to Committee
members.
President’s Report
Mr. Fine stated that he will
be leaving the Village very
soon. Mr. Fine stated that
he will be resigning from
COOCVE and the Reporter
as well. He stated that it has
been a pleasure living in the
Village for the past eight years
as well as working at the Reporter for the past seven years.
As of December 31, 2012, the
First Vice President, Charlie
Parness, will be taking over
and completing the rest of Mr.
Fine’s term. Mr. Fine then
introduced the new Executive
Director of Master Management, Sergio Purriños.
Election Committee
Mr. Parness distributed to
the Committee the bios of can-
didates running for the open
positions in Master Management. There are seven
openings and ten candidates.
The first five candidates with
the highest votes will serve
a three year term; the two
with the lowest number of
votes will serve a one year
term. The following candidates were present: Danielle
Lobono, Alan Schachter, Bill
Epstein, Dan Glickman, Jules
Kesselman, Caryl Berner, Jeff
Chester and Fred Rosenzveig.
Barry Kimbal and Dick Ciocca
were not present at the meeting but were interviewed via
telephone conference. Each of
the candidates provided the
Directors with an overview of
their background and what
Low and Normal Vision Book Club
The JBI Library and the Talking Book Library
can provide free audio books and the Broward
County Library, written books, for normal vision
individuals. Come and join the Century Village
East book discussion group open to all, which
meets every second Tuesday of each month at
10 a.m. at the Clubhouse in Music Room B. All
low-vision participants will receive the same audio
book prior to our meeting and others will receive
guidance as to how to request the book from the
public library. For additional information, please
call 954-689-0207 or 954-360-9074.
Utility Location Flags
and Ground Markings
Sunshine Locators, the City
of Deerfield Beach and Treasure
Coast Irrigation, LLC are flagging
underground
utilities
(water,
sewer, electric power, cable TV,
etc.) around the Village ahead
of the excavations for the new
irrigation system.
DO NOT
REMOVE, MOVE OR TAMPER
with utility location flags on or
around your property. Tampering
with, moving or removing utility
location flags is a felony punishable
by law and could also result in loss
of service to your building or unit.
Mowing crews have been made
aware of the location flags and
ground paintings and have been
instructed not to disturb them.
they can, and will do, for the
Village if elected to the Master
Management Board.
Mr. Sachs stated that the
Meet the Candidates event
has been changed to December 5 at 1 p.m. in the Activity
Center. At the COOCVE BOD
meeting on December 18, the
election for MM and Recreation will take place. Anthony Falco thanked the Election
Committee for their assistance
in putting this together. Mr.
Fine also thanked the candidates for participating today
and stated that the bios of all
candidates will be printed in
the Reporter.
Joe Rubio moved that the
Executive Committee recommend all ten candidates to the
COOCVE BOD. Don Kaplan
seconded. The motion was
approved unanimously.
New Business - none
Old Business - none
Open Mic - none
A motion was made and
seconded to adjourn the meeting at 11:26 a.m.
Respectfully submitted by,
Steven Fine
President
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Master Management BOD - November 15, 2012
P
resident Anthony Falco
called the meeting to
order at 9:30 a.m. on November 15, 2012.
In attendance were: Reva
Behr, Caryl Berner, Norm
Bloom, Harry Chizeck, Anthony Falco, Dan Glickman,
Bill Goddard, Jules Kesselman, Gloria Olmstead, Judy
Olmstead, Felicia Prince, Fred
Rosenzveig, Alan Schachter,
Mel Schmier; Staff Present: AJ
Bock, Business Manager and
Sergio Purriños, Executive
Director
Open Mic:
Maureen Doherty Thanked the Board for the
work that they have done and
stated that she is a captain
for Relay for Life and asked
the Board to donate to this
worthy cause.
Abe Trachtenberg - Requested that a light be installed in the Durham area
between buildings H and D,
as it is very dark.
Minutes:
Alan Schachter moved to
waive the reading and accept
the minutes from the Board
Meeting on October 11, 2012.
Mel Schmier seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
Alan Schachter moved to
waive the reading and accept
the minutes from the Executive Session on October 29,
2012. Reva Behr seconded.
Motion passed unanimously.
Dan Glickman requested
that in the future, the subject
discussed at Executive Session be added to the agenda
for approval. Anthony agreed
with this request.
Treasurer’s Report – Gloria
Olmstead
The CVE Master Management Financial Report was
distributed to all Board members and discussed in detail
by Gloria Olmstead. For
October, the Total Income was
$977,653; Total Expenses were
$878,088; Net Income was
$99,566. Total Checking/Savings is $3,205,326; Total Assets
are $4,331,114; Total Liabilities are $3,363,407 and Total
Equity is $967,708. Overdue
accounts receivable from unit
owners is $962,381.
Gloria Olmstead moved
to approve the 2013 Master
Management budget which
was sent to the Board electronically on October 31, 2012
and discussed in the budget
workshop on October 25. The
coupon amount will remain
the same at $113 per month/
unit. Mel Schmier seconded.
Dan stated that the budget
is not a secret and suggested
that any individuals who
would like to understand
more about the budget and
what it entails should feel free
to inquire. The Board voted
and the motion passed unanimously.
President’s Report – Anthony Falco
Mr. Falco welcomed and
introduced the new Execu-
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In the Staff/Information Office
tive Director, Sergio Purriños. Anthony stated that the
irrigation project is running
smoothly and is on schedule. Security will publish an
article in the Reporter so that
all residents will be aware of
what is happening in the Village. In season there are approximately 15,000 cars processed in an eight hour period
and some residents become
impatient when entering the
Village. Please be respectful
to the guards when entering
the Village; they are doing the
best job they can. Anthony
announced that Reva Behr has
withdrawn her resignation
and he welcomed her back as
2nd VP. On December 5 at
1 p.m. in the Activity Center, there will be a Meet the
Candidates meeting; all are
encouraged to attend. Mr.
Falco stated that Master Management has seven openings.
AJ Bock - Manager
East Gate: Permits and
quotes have been received.
Boca Fire: All fire extinguishers have been updated for this year’s annual
inspection.
Aquatic Systems: The current contract for 2013 is up for
renewal on 1/1/13 and we are
currently getting quotes from
other companies to compare
methods and quality control.
Home and Office A/C:
Maintenance on both pool
heaters at the Tilford pool has
been completed and they are
now working correctly.
Magvest Construction and
Roofing: Tilford pool deck has
been repainted.
Harry Chizeck asked about
the heater in the Tilford pool
and asked when they shut off.
AJ stated that when the outside
temperature is in the 50s and
60s it takes longer to heat the
pool. Anthony suggested that
AJ check with Knox Pools to
find out at what outside temperature the heater turns off.
Committee Reports
Collections Committee
Harry Chizeck thanked
Kelly for her assistance in
getting an additional telephone installed in the office.
Mr. Chizeck also announced
that an additional volunteer
has joined the staff -- Elaine
Schachter. He also stated that
on the financial report, the 90360 day figure states $857K.
$610K of that amount is under
the control of the attorney in
liens and foreclosures.
Old Business - none
New Business - none
Announcements:
The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, December
17, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in the
Activity Center.
Motion to adjourn was
made at 10:32 a.m.
Anthony Falco
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Council of Area Chairs - November 14, 2012
he Area Chairs Meeting was called to order
by Chair Don Kaplan at
9:30 a.m. Mr. Kaplan led the
Pledge of Allegiance and a
moment of silence. The roll
call was taken, and it was
noted that a quorum was
present.
Minutes
Joe Rubino moved, and it
was seconded, to waive the
reading of the October 10
meeting minutes. Since there
were no corrections or additions, the minutes were approved and accepted unanimously by a show of hands.
Don Kaplan mentioned
again that he has asked the
service providers for a copy
of the application packet that
they provide to new residents; so far, he has only received this information from
East Coast. Please submit
your information so that the
Committee can work on this
project.
Master Management – Anthony Falco
Anthony Falco introduced
Sergio Purriños to the Area
Chairs and welcomed him to
Master Management. Anthony announced that Security
will publish an article in the
Reporter so that all residents
will be aware of what is happening in the Village. Security
is continuing to have issues
at the gates with residents
yelling at the guards, refusing to show identification and
breaking through the gates.
Anthony asked residents to be
respectful to the guards when
entering the Village; they are
doing the best job they can.
He also introduced Bob Baumiller, Master Management
Accounting Manager to the
Area Chairs.
Naomi Redisch asked when
the sod would be replaced
in the Berkshire area. Walter
Magenheim responded that
Berkshire will be completed
in Phase III, which will be in
about a year and a half. The
main line will be finished this
week and then the lateral piping will begin in the Tilford
area. Don Kaplan added that
this information was provided to everyone at the start of
the project. It may look like
the grass is growing back but
it is weeds. MM will come
back at the end of the project
and landscape all the areas.
Joe Rubino asked about a
letter that was sent to MM,
COOCVE and Kent Security.
André Vautrin replied that
Kent Security did not enter
the unit or take photos; it was
a false accusation. André
added that a meeting was
held with the unit owner and
the issue was resolved. Joe
Rubino stated that the unit
owner claims that no one has
been in contact with him.
Norm Kaplan asked for a
status update on the East Gate
fence. Anthony responded
that the fence has been approved, and the company is
currently staking out the area
and the fence is in fabrication. Cee Baskin asked about
changing the time on the East
Gate. Anthony responded
that it is a budgetary issue
and Security would need
to be paid. The Board will
discuss this after the fence is
installed.
COOCVE – Mr. Fine
Mr. Fine complimented the
MM staff; Kelly Serkin and
Bob Baumiller for the professionalism that they have
brought to the office. Mr.
Fine stated that he will be
leaving COOCVE at the end
of December 2012. He stated
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that he has enjoyed the last
seven years in the Village. At
the moment, his role with
the Reporter is not going to
change; but the Board is looking for an exit strategy so that
the paper will remain intact.
Joe Rubino asked that his
phone number be removed
from the Area Chair listing in
the Reporter. Mr. Fine mentioned that he agreed with Joe
Rubino’s suggestion at the
last Area Chair meeting that
something needs to be done
about attendance at meetings.
He stated that he would like
to form a committee to see
what can be done and to see
why attendance is dropping
so much.
Maureen Dougherty stated
that she was appointed to the
Contracts and Negotiations
Committee but they have
not had a meeting yet; Mr.
Fine replied that he will look
into it. She also announced
that she will be the new team
captain for Relay for Life and
stated that she is looking for
pledges and volunteers to assist her in this cause.
Recreation – Rita Pickar
Rita announced that Virginia Castro was the win-
ner of the free Cruise. This
raffle was for residents who
purchased tickets over the
summer.
On March 3, the Recreation
Committee will be sponsoring
the 4th Annual Flea Market.
Tables are available or you
can bring your own. For
more information, contact the
Staff Office.
On January 24, 2013, the
Civic and Cultural Committee
is sponsoring “Going to the
Races” at Gulfstream. The cost
is $50. For further information,
or if you would like a flyer to
post in your building, please
contact Rita at 954-428-8890.
Seacrest – Nothing to
report
East Coast – Nothing to
report
Advisory Committee –
Charlie Parness
Charlie Parness announced
that on January 17 from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Clubhouse Party Room there will
be a seminar to discuss the
40-year certification. Charlie
urged everyone to spread the
word about this seminar. Bob
Gravatt stated that the KGB
offers a course on the subject
See COUNCIL, pg 13A
FOR 35 YEARS,
the Deerfield Progressive Forum in CVE
has been offering weekly talks by prominent
speakers on provocative topics.
HAVE YOU MISSED
THEM?
Join us every Saturday, 10 AM – Noon,
in the Activities Center of Le Club.
Dec 1 Film, “The Last Train Home”
Dec 8 Corporate Power and the Election, Prof Ron Cox, FIU
Dec 15 Jobs with Justice, Kit Rafferty, Exec Director, South
Florida Jobs with Justice
Jan 5 Music, Spirit and Revolution, Amy Carol Webb,
Performer and Composer
Jan 12 How Films Interact with Culture, Prof Mike Budd, FAU
Jan 19 Human Rights in Latin America, Dan Kovalik, Human
Rights Attorney
Jan 26 Race and Education, Brian Jones, Actor, Educator, NYC
Feb 2 An American in China, Prof Ellen Friedman, Sun Yat-Sen
University, China
Feb 9 The War on Women's Bodies, Cynthia Pearson, Exec Dir,
The National Women's Health Network, Washington, DC
Feb 16 Is It Hot in Here or Is It Me? Ellen and Gary Buxtel, Performing and Songwriting Team
Feb 23 The Middle East, Robert Dreyfuss, Author and Contributor,
The Nation, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone
Mar 2 Rescuing Our Democracy, Robert Weissman, President,
Public Citizen
Mar 9 History of Class Wars, Professor Corey Robin, Brooklyn
College, CUNY
Mar 16 Reagan-esque Revolution, Prof Lynn Appleton, FAU
For More Information: 954 428-1598,
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COOCVE Recreation Committee - November 13, 2012
I
n attendance: Shelly
Baskin, Donna Capobianco, Susan Dove, Nancy
Giordano, Don Kaplan and
Rita Pickar; Absent: Donna
Dowling. Representing Bay
Management: Norma Taylor, Bob Dolson and Kim
Whittemore; Representing
COOCVE: Bob Gravatt.
The meeting opened with
the Pledge of Allegiance and
a Moment of Silence at 9 a.m.
Don Kaplan mentioned
that Dorothy Caplan, from
the Harwood area, recently
passed away and asked that
everyone remember her in
their prayers. Dorothy had
been a member of many committees in the Village; Master
Management, Recreation,
Area Chair, COOCVE and
President of Harwood.
Minutes:
Rita Pickar moved to waive
and accept the minutes from
the October 9 meeting. Don
Kaplan seconded. The motion was passed unanimously.
Correspondence:
Nancy read a petition from
a resident regarding the air
conditioning in the Clubhouse
and indoor pool area. Rita
urged all residents to discuss
any issues with the Clubhouse Director, Kim Whittemore, instead of starting a
petition. Kim can be reached
via email at kwhittemore@
cveevents.com. The Committee discussed and agreed to
raise the temperature to 74
degrees in many areas of the
Clubhouse.
A letter was read from
Charlie Parness regarding
theatre tickets. He mentioned
in the letter that previous tickets reflected the aisle number
and the signs above the two
entrance-ways would signify which aisle to take. This
process facilitated everyone
getting to their seats by the
quickest route. Nancy asked
Kim and Norma why this was
changed on this season’s tickets. Norma responded that it
was a change in the software.
Nancy mentioned that new
signs have been ordered to
coincide with the tickets. Rita
asked Kim to make sure that
the schematic, printed in the
Reporter, is updated.
A letter was received from
Mark and Kaitlyn Bailey,
residents in the Durham area,
regarding the usage of the
Durham pool before dawn.
The letter stated that residents
from the Durham area are using the pool at 5:30 a.m. even
though the pool is open from
dawn to dusk. Mark and Kaitlyn met with Andre Vautrin,
head of Security, who promised them that he would have
it corrected. Today, Security
was dispatched to the pool
and asked the swimmers to
leave; the swimmers refused.
We would like Recreation to
enforce the rules and lock the
gates at the Durham pool.
A letter was received
from Abe Trachtenberg from
the Durham area regarding
motorized scooters entering
and leaving the area. Mr.
Trachtenberg would like to
keep the gate open near the
men’s washroom from 9 a.m.4 p.m. Nancy stated that the
Committee would review the
request.
Donna stated that she
received a letter this morning regarding the condition
of brooms and rollers at the
tennis courts. The condition
of this equipment is unacceptable and the Tennis Club
would like the Committee to
address replacing this equipment. Nancy replied that the
Committee would discuss the
request.
President’s Report
Nancy announced that the
Committee would be drawing the contest winner for the
Norwegian Cruise Line. She
stated that over the summer
for each show ticket purchased, residents received a
ticket to enter a drawing to
win a three day cruise for
two on the Norwegian Cruise
Line. The ticket was drawn
by Joe Sachs and the lucky
winner was Virginia Castro.
Nancy acknowledged
Anthony Falco, President of
MM, who introduced the new
Executive Director Sergio
Purriños.
Nancy mentioned that this
year, Recreation will not be
having an election. There
were three vacancies and only
three candidates came forward. Those candidates who
will automatically be elected
to the Recreation Committee
are: Rita Pickar, Don Kaplan
and Suzanne Handley. Nancy also mentioned that the
Committee is in the process
of reviewing the 2013 budget
and it will be available at the
December meeting.
Bay Management Reports
- Kim Whittemore/Norma
Taylor/Bob Dolson
Clubhouse: Painting of yellow curbs in the Clubhouse
parking lot has been completed. Permits have been
received and the installation
of Cupola windows have
been scheduled for 11/19; the
drapes in the theater lobby
have been installed. Pool
tables are scheduled to be recovered on 11/13.
Party Room: The new
chairs for the Party Room
have been ordered and we are
hoping they will be delivered
for New Year’s Eve. A sample
chair is available in the Staff
Office for anyone to see.
Pool Heaters: The wi-fi is
now working at all satellite
pools except for Vetnor and
Ashby. The pool heaters
will be turned on October 19.
If the outside temperature
reaches below 59 degrees, the
heater automatically shuts off.
Satellite Pools: The landscaping at Berkshire pool has
been completed. Bob provided the Committee with an
update on the Ashby pool. He
stated that the women’s room
floor has been completed
and the installation of the
men’s room floor will begin
this week. All of the electrical
work was updated and the
restroom fixtures and components are on site and ready
to be installed. Bob stated
that the vendor has promised
completion of the renovations
by the week of Thanksgiving.
Tennis Courts: The windscreens for Swansea, Newport
and Ventnor are up and the
nine foot windscreens for the
Clubhouse and Richmond
have been ordered.
FPL: A meeting with FPL
has been scheduled for Friday, November 15, to discuss
removing the underground
feeds from the golf course to
the vault. This is being done
so that the switchgear can be
replaced.
Bocce and Petanque Courts:
Bob stated that he has called
the vendor several times and
they are locating pavers to
match the existing pavers we
have. Once they are installed,
the landscaping will begin.
Exercise Room: The 32”
televisions that have been
installed in the exercise room
are too small and it was suggested and agreed by the
Committee that larger televisions be installed and the
existing televisions be moved
to the weight rooms.
Old Business
Capital Needs Study: Bob
stated that the study has been
received and a copy has been
submitted to his management. The study is a working
draft and still requires some
work. The study will provide
us with life expectancy of
various components. Nancy
asked Bob to provide the
Board with copies so that they
can review the study in detail.
Dedication plaque: When
the pavers and plantings are
completed in the Bocce and
Petanque area, a dedication
plaque for Mrs. Porto will be
installed. Nancy stated that
she will notify the Italian/
American Club when this will
take place.
Richmond Tennis Courts:
Donna C. provided the Committee with an update on
the resurfacing of the tennis
courts in the Village. The
tennis committee agreed to a
new, softer surface and this
surface will be installed at the
Richmond courts in the summer of 2013, which the budget
will allow. If all goes well
during this test phase, this
new surface will be implemented in phases on all 13
tennis courts.
New Business
Theater: Shelly Baskin suggested that the side sections in
the theater; sections A and E
be added to next years ticket
application. These seats are
very good and would allow
the entire theatre to be open
and avoid everyone rushing
in to get the center sections.
Nancy replied that she did
not think those sections were
blocked but stated if they are,
she would look into adding
them into the system.
Volunteers: Nancy asked
residents if they are able to
step forward and volunteer
their time at the theatre. If
interested, please contact Kim
in the Staff Office.
Karaoke: The Committee is
in the process of looking into
having Karaoke Night at the
Clubhouse. More information
will be coming.
Refreshments: Nancy mentioned that the Committee
is looking into having light
refreshments served after the
shows. They will be contacting different organizations at
CVE who would like to raise
money for their organizations
and sell light refreshments
after the shows.
Flea Market: Save the
Date – Sunday, March 3, 2013
– More information will be
coming.
Monthly Recreation InforSee RECREATION, pg 13A
DECEMBER 2012
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continued from pg 4A
residents. Please stop, look
and don’t step into the roadway if you see a car moving
in your direction. Life is too
precious to take a chance on
a driver’s eyesight. Many
of us have problems with
our vision. This is the age
of cataracts which as we all
know affect our vision. Don’t
take a chance that the driver
will see you and have time
to react before reaching you.
Let’s all live longer and relax
more often. Let the traffic go
by and enjoy that swim you
wanted to take.
This is a retirement village
that we came to enjoy for the
rest of our lives. If it takes an
extra minute to cross the Blvd,
take that minute, wave hello
to the driver and smile.
Live, enjoy, and laugh
every chance you get, and we
will all enjoy life longer.
Elaine Schachter
Oakridge U
Council
Recreation
and suggested that everyone
attend. He mentioned that
the class in November is full,
and the next one is on January 30 at 11 a.m. If you are
interested, contact KGB to
have your name added to the
list. Joe Rubino stated that
the Contract and Negotiations
Committee should be the
Committee working on this
issue. Judy Olmstead stated
that it is the responsibility
of the Area Chair to contact
individuals to speak at their
area meetings and provide
information on this topic.
You cannot get information
from just one person; you will
need to meet with architects,
construction firms, etc.
Areas
Ashby: There will be a
Meet the Candidates meeting on December 5 at 1 p.m.
in the Activity Center. All
are welcome to attend to ask
the candidates questions. At
the December 18 COOCVE
BOD meeting, the candidates will present themselves to the Directors; there
will be no questions allowed
from the floor.
Richmond: Is there a program to replace the reflectors on the roads? Anthony
Falco responded that when
the roads are resurfaced, we
will look into replacing the
reflectors.
East Coast asked about the
status on the single-stream
recycling bins. Jules Kesselman stated that there is a new
employee in the recycling
area, and he is trying to set up
a meeting with him.
Caryl Berner stated that her
area does not have an Area
Chair or Vice Chair, can you
assist us with that? Don Kaplan responded that the Vice
President of COOCVE will
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set up a meeting with your
area so that an Area Chair and
Vice Chair can be elected.
Joe Saraceno stated that
CVE is very unorganized,
and we need to change the
way the Village is organized
so that answers can be provided to the residents. The
setup needs to be changed in
the Village.
Don Kaplan stated that
some time ago, there was a
“who to call list” for plumbers, electricians, etc. and
suggested that this list be recreated. Don asked Seacrest
and East Coast to provide him
with a list of the preferred
vendors that they use.
Old Business – None
New Business – None
A motion to adjourn was
made at 11 a.m.
Submitted by,
Don Kaplan
Chair
mation: Rita asked Kim and
Bob to provide the Recreation
Board with the monthly
packet the Friday prior to
the meeting so that it can be
reviewed.
Announcements:
Gulfstream: Going to the
Races on January 24, 2013;
cost is $50.00. For further information, please contact Rita
at 954-428-8890.
Area Chair Mtg.: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 9:30
a.m. in the Activity Center.
Master Management Mtg.:
November 15, 2012 at 9:30
a.m. in the Activity Center.
COOCVE BOD Mtg.: November 20, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in
the Party Room.
Meet the Candidates: December 5, 2012 at 1 p.m. in the
Activity Center.
A motion to adjourn was
made and seconded at 10:30 a.m.
Nancy Giordano
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CVE Reporter Board Members
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Chair: Wendy Rosenzveig
Board: Don Kaplan
Betty Schwartz
Toni Ponto
Gloria Olmstead
Bob Gravatt
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Phil Goldenberg
Charles Parness - Chair
Rhonda Pitone
AUDIT
Al Bakelman
Norman Bloom
BUDGET & FINANCE
Danielle LoBono
Gloria Olmstead
Arlene Roth - Chair
Bernice Schmier
BYLAWS
Marj Campbell
Phil Goldenberg
Gene Goldman
Robert Gravatt - Chair
Charles Parness
Rita Pickar
Rhonda Pitone
Fran Stricoff - Vice Chair
CONTRACT NEGOTIATION
Maureen T. Doherty
Ed Gallon - Chair
Joe Rudnick
CIVIC & CULTURAL
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Carol Carr
Nancy Giordano
Phil Goldenberg
Rita Pickar
Sue Popp
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Bernice Schmier
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Charles Parness
Joseph Sachs - Chair
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CVE Nature Club Plans
An Exciting Season
By JANET ROTHKOPF, President
I
f you come to Florida to
escape the cold, dreary
winters up North, chances
are that you not only love the
sunshine but all the interesting nature that South Florida
offers, where you can see
beautiful tropical plants, birds
and animals. Maybe you
don’t know where many of
these hidden gems are but
the Century Village Nature
Club does. Maybe you are
interested in preserving this
amazing ecology; well, we are
too! Maybe you don’t have a
car and can’t get to all these
wonderful places; but as a
member of the CVE Nature
Club, we can get you there
either by carpool or by bus.
Maybe you just want to meet
like-minded people who love
nature as much as you do.
If you fit any of these scenarios, then please join us for
our first meeting on Wednesday, December 12 at 1 p.m. in
Room GPA at the Clubhouse.
We have an exciting roundup
of programs, speakers and
trips planned for the 2012-13
year. Here is the schedule for
this year:
December 12, 2012 Meeting
Speaker: Cara Capp,
Florida Program Coordinator
with Clean Water Action
Topic: Ecology of the Everglades
December 17, 2012 Local
Trip by Carpool
Gumbo Limbo Nature
Center
We will get a tour of the
Nature Center boardwalks
and grounds including seeing
the four new salt water tanks
that have just been installed.
January 9, 2013 Meeting
Speaker: Richard Sedlak of
the Broward Shell Club
He will be making a presentation on the fascinating
and unique world of seashells.
January 16, 2013 Trip
Monarch Hill Renewable
Energy Park
We will be going on a fascinating and informative tour
of this interesting site close
to Century Village. We will
learn how waste is converted
into electricity and power for
9,000 homes. Free lunch and
bus are included.
January 23, 2013 Trip
Palm Beach Zoo
This very walkable and
lovely zoo houses over 1,400
animals with 23 acres of lush
tropical habitat. There are
daily animal shows, and we
will have a guided tour by a
docent.
February 13, 2013 Meeting
Speaker: Our own member, Dr. Merryl Kafka, Former
Curator of Education at the
New York Aquarium
Topic: Fabulous Fish:
Diversity and Strategies for
Survival
February 27, 2013 Trip
Fairchild Tropical Botanic
Gardens
These gardens include a
tropical flower garden, spiny
forest of Madagascar, rainforest, butterfly garden and
much more. We will also
enjoy a 45-minute tram tour.
March 12 – Annual Luncheon
March 20 Trip
International Game Fish
Association Hall of Fame and
Museum
This 60,000 sq. ft. attraction includes a wetlands
walk, a hands-on program
and much more.
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Federal Agencies
Other Important Numbers
FEMA Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-621-FEMA (3362)
TTY for hearing/speech impaired . . . . . . . . . . 800-462-7585
FEMA Fraud Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-720-5721
National Flood Insurance Referral Center . . . . 888-275-6347
US Small Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . 800-659-2955
Social Security Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-772-1213
Internal Revenue Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-829-1040
TTY for hearing/speech impaired . . . . . . . . . . 800-829-4059
Dept. of US Housing and Urban Development 800-669-9777
Dept. of US Department of Veterans Affairs . . 800-827-1000
State Agencies
Florida Dept. of Economic Opportunity . . . . . . 800-204-2418
Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850-414-6867
Attorney General’s Office & Fraud Hotline . . . 866-966-7226
Condominium Ombudsman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954-202-3234
Bilingual Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954-202-3235
Contractors (Dept Bus Prof Registration) . . . . . 850-487-1395
Department of Agriculture Consumer Service 800-435-7352
Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) 850-488-1122
Department of Elder Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-963-5337
Department of Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . 800-342-2762
Anti-Fraud Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-378-0445
Hurricane Help Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-22-STORM (8676)
Children & Families Access Line . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-762-2237
Human Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850-488-7082
Road Information – State Highway Department . . . 888-638-0250
Veterans Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727-319-7400
Voluntary Agencies
American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-GET-INFO
Red Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-HELP-NOW
Salvation Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-SAL-ARMY
(438-4696)
(435-7669)
(725-2769)
Volunteer Florida – Volunteer/Donation
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-FL-HELP1
(354-3571)
America’s Second Harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-771-2303
County Emergency Management Offices
For immediate disaster needs, residents can call their county
emergency management office. For information about
services in the area, call 211, if available in the county.
Brevard/Community service 211 . . . . . . . . . . . 321-637-6670
Broward/Community service 211 . . . . . . . . . . . 954-831-3900
Collier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-252-3600
Glades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863-946-6020
Hendry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863-612-4700
Indian River/Sheriff’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-569-6700
Lee/Community service 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-477-3600
Martin/Community service 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-288-5694
Miami-Dade/Community service 311 . . . . . . . 305-468-5900
Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305-289-6065
Key West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305-809-1058
Okeechobee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863-763-3212
Palm Beach/Community service 211 . . . . . . . . . 561-712-6400
St. Lucie/Community service 211 . . . . . . . . . . . 772-462-8100
Important websites:
Condominium Ombudsman: . . . www.myflorida.com/condos
Dept. of Bus & Prof. Regulation: www.myflorida.com.dbpr
Dept. of Financial Services: . . . . w w w . m y f l o r i d a c f o . c o m
Federal Fair Housing: . . . . . . . . . www.hud.gov/offices/fheo
FL Commission on Human Relations: . . . . www.fchr.state.fl.us
Florida Statutes: . . . . . www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm
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SEMINAR SCHEDULE
CHARLIE PARNESS, Chairman/COOCVE Advisory Committee
T
his winter the COOCVE
Advisory Committee is
sponsoring three educational
seminars. The seminars are
free and we urge anyone
interested to sign up. If the
number of signees is greater
than the scheduled room can
hold, we will try to obtain a
larger auditorium. The signup
sheets are now available at
the Clubhouse Staff Office
and at the COOCVE Office.
As of now, all seminars will
be held in the Clubhouse,
Room GPA, except for the 40
YEAR BUILDING SAFETY
INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION seminar which
will be held in the Clubhouse Party Room.
The seminars will be
conducted by Bill and Susan
Raphan, formerly of the Ombudsman’s office and now of
Katzman, Garfinkel and Berger.
Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 1–3 p.m. 40 YEAR BUILDING SAFETY INSPECTION
AND CERTIFICATION
This is an informational
review of the 40 Year Inspection and Recertification
Program in Broward County.
This should be of significant
importance to all because
in the next few years every
building in CVE will be at or
near 40 years old. Do not miss
this seminar.
Thursday, February 14,
2013 at 1–3 p.m. BOARD
MEMBER BASICS
A fresh, lively interactive
course that covers the basics
of serving on a Florida com-
munity association Board of
Directors. Enjoy a fun class
while at the same time fulfilling the State’s Board Member
Certification requirements.
Learn the basics of vendor
negotiations, financial reporting and budget preparation,
collection issues, meeting
notices and elections, preventing fraud, and much more!
Thursday, March 14, 2013 at
1–3 p.m. CONDOMINIUM
DOLLARS AND SENSE
For all the treasurers and
wannabe treasurers out
there, this course is for you!
This is a great primer for all
Association Board Members
on the basic financial aspects
of condominium finances.
Topics include proper budget
preparation, reserves, financial
reporting requirements, competitive bidding requirements
and more.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO ASSIST
2012 ELECTION COMMITTEE
Where: Clubhouse Party Room
When: Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon
Please call either: Joe Sachs
(Chair)
Carol McBride (Co-chair)
Claire Eskind
954-725-2404
954-313-3652
(Co-chair) 954-421-0695
Volunteers Are Essential For This Community to Move Forward
Recreation’s Most Commonly Asked Questions
By KIM WHITTEMORE, Administration/Bay Management Office
D
UCK FEEDING IS
A PROBLEM – ESPECIALLY IN THE POOL
AREAS.
Please do not feed the
ducks around the pools –
we have been experiencing
frequent pool closings due to
duck feces in and around the
pool areas. In addition, our
maintenance crew is being
disrupted from their regular
maintenance duties due to the
duck problem at the pools.
PLEASE REMEMBER:
By disrupting the animal’s
natural process (i.e. feeding the ducks) people teach
the animals to be dependent
upon handouts from humans.
Ducks then get used to being
where humans can be found.
As the ducks raise their
offspring, more and more
gather, creating health and
sanitary issues for everyone.
Staff Office
What is the procedure for
admitting Speakers or Entertainers to Club, Area or Building
meetings in the Clubhouse?
In order to have a speaker
or entertainer admitted to
the Clubhouse for a function,
a pass is needed. Residents
can pick up the “Speaker
Pass Form” in the Staff Office,
Monday thru Friday – 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. When the speaker
is approved, a Guest Pass will
be issued. It is the responsibility of the Club/resident
to provide the pass to their
guest(s) and they will need to
call Security at the main gate
to have the person admitted
into the Village. The resident
is also responsible for familiarizing the guest(s) with the
rules and regulations of the
Clubhouse.
ID Department
If I have relatives that live
outside the Village what kind of
pass can I get for them?
Only three gate passes are
issued per household. A relative living within a 50 mile
radius who is a frequent visitor of a CVE resident can be
issued a gate pass by providing the following information
to the ID Office: 1) show a
Florida Driver’s License, 2) a
signed Gate Pass Form from
the CVE resident, 3) Gate
Pass Form must also have the
Building President’s signature
and building seal. The cost is
$5 per year.
Theater
We are Snowbirds – have there
been any changes in the theater
this past Summer?
The signage inside the theater has changed somewhat
– each aisle is designated as
“Section A”, “Section B”, etc.
In addition, we have a new
LED and moving light system
in the theater. Our technician
presented a light show to
introduce the new equipment
which was well received by
theater attendees.
Athletic Department
There is a lot of athletic equipment in the athletic area of the
Clubhouse – are there instructions
on how to use this equipment?
The Athletic Director holds
an equipment orientation
session each Thursday at 1:15
p.m. (subject to availability).
Contact the Staff/Information
office at 954-428-6892 option
2 to confirm the orientation
schedule.
Recreation Maintenance
What happens when feces are
found in the pool & how is the
pool cleaned?
When human or animal
(duck) feces are found in
the pool, health regulations
and common sense dictates
the pool be closed immediately. As soon as possible the
recreation pool maintenance
staff will come to the pool
and remove the matter from
the water. At that point they
will begin to treat the water
by adding chemicals. This is
referred to as ‘Shock Treatment’. The water has to be
‘shocked’ with an extremely
strong dose of chemicals
to ensure that no bacteria
remain from the feces; in addition, the pool filters are also
cycling the water assisting in
the cleaning and disinfecting
process. Because of the strong
chemical dose, the pool must
remain closed for 24 hours.
After that time, the pool is
once again safe for swimmers
to enter and enjoy the water.
Class Office
How do you find the instructors that teach the wide variety of
classes in the Clubhouse?
We are always on the look-
out for interesting subjects
and finding qualified instructors can be challenging. We
rely on referrals, word-ofmouth and contacts with other
retirement communities. If
you have any ideas for classes
and/or instructors don’t wait –
bring your idea or information
to the class office coordinator now. She is located in the
Staff/Information office.
Ticket Office
What are the Ticket Office hours?
The Ticket Office hours are
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday with extended
hours on Wednesdays 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m. during season.
Should there be a need to cancel the Wednesday evening
hours, a notice will be posted
at the Ticket office.
Evening/Weekend Staff
Office
When can I buy show tickets
on the weekends?
The box office is closed
during the day on the weekends and advance tickets are
not sold in the evening or on
the weekend. The box office
opens one hour and 15 minutes before each show to sell
tickets for that show only.
Ducks Run AMUCK!
We have been asked by a resident, “Is it OK to feed the ducks?” NO!
Feeding ducks causes them to lose their fear of humans; they become accustomed to being fed by residents and will approach
people, sometimes becoming aggressive. There have been reported instances of residents being
attacked by aggressive ducks, some of which are quite large.
In addition, feeding them interferes with their natural diet and encourages them to remain in the area and continue to be
a nuisance. The end result is that they swim and poop in the pools and make a mess everywhere. Duck feces is a health
hazard and an inconvenience to everyone; particularly those who enjoy the pool facilities, as the pool area has to be
closed, cleaned and the pool treated for feces.
Remember – food in, equals something unpleasant out!
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MEET THE CANDIDATES EVENT
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5, 2012 AT 1 PM
Activity Center Rooms A&B
Election Date – Tuesday December 18, 2012 for MM and Rec
All candidates running for election for 2013 are invited to the Meet the Candidates Event which will
be held in Room A of the Activity Center on December 5 at 1 p.m. This event is sponsored by the 2012
COOCVE Election Committee. Candidates will be sitting along the table and will be called to the microphone one-by-one, facing the audience, to speak about themselves and their policies for five minutes
and convince us why we should vote for them. At four minutes and 30 seconds, there will be a signal
to announce that the candidate has 30 seconds left to speak.
At the end of their presentation, people from the floor will be permitted to ask questions and candidates will have to answer briefly. Only one question per-person will be allowed. On Election Day,
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, each candidate for Master Management and Recreation will have four
minutes to speak without any questions from the floor.
MASTER MANAGEMENT Caryl Berner
Jeff Chester
Dick Ciocca
William Epstein Daniel Glickman Jules Kesselman
Barry Kimbal
Danielle LoBono
Fred Rosenzveig
RECREATION
Susan B. Hanley
Don Kaplan
Rita Pickar
Alan Schachter
Coffee and Madeleines will be offered by Seacrest, thanks Steve.
CVE MASTER MANAGEMENT CANDIDATES
Seven (7) open positions. The first five candidates receiving the most votes are each elected for a
three year term, and the sixth and seventh highest vote getters are elected for one year term.
CARYL BERNER I have served on the Board of Master Management for the past three years. This past year, I was
given the honor of resurrecting the Century Village website. I have enjoyed this responsibility immensely and
hope to have the next three years to continue to improve this valuable tool for the community. I have received
your emails appreciating the work I’ve done in this respect and I thank you. I continue to take a huge interest
in City politics as it affects the City and our community. I was first to let you know that the City intended to
disallow part-time property owners from obtaining beach sticker permits. I spoke at the Sept. 4 Commission
meeting as a full-time resident, on this issue in favor of allowing all tax-paying homeowners to receive this
perk. I remind you that I brought Channel 98 into the Village (without any title or position) so those that are
interested are able to watch the City meetings on their television as the rest of Deerfield Beach residents always
could. It is now used for all CVE meetings as well and that is a great thing. I take pride in what I accomplish
and the latest was to make a motion at MM to fly our American flags at the entrance gates to CVE at half-mast
in accordance with the policies of the United States; this motion was approved unanimously. I initiated the
first CVE Mini-Relay for Life event and have done it for two years. I believe this was the first time an event
encompassed the participation of the whole CVE community. This very successful event raised $12,000 for the
American Cancer Society. I am proud to serve you and hope to do so for the next three years.
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JEFF CHESTER My qualifications for being a member of the Master Management Board of Directors are based
on the following formerly-held positions: Newport V Vice President; Newport Area Vice Chair; Newport
Area Chair; Lyndhurst Area Vice Chair; Lyndhurst Area Chair; COOCVE Director; COOCVE Recreation
Committee Chair; COOCVE Advisory Committee Chairman; CVE Philosophy honorary chair. Current position: Lyndhurst N President (two years); Current activities: mycve Blog Manager (six years); Tuesday
Night Document Reading Group Leader (four years); Opera Appreciation Class Teacher (two years). Certifications, affiliations and course work: Becker and Poliakoff Annual Seminars; Katzman Berger Garfinkle
Boot Camp Certification Course (two times); Katzman Berger Garfinkle Legislative Roundtable; Bill and
Susan Raphan CVE Condo Certification Courses; Eric Glazer Condo Certification Course; Condo Counsel
(Mark Bogen); Cyber Citizens for Justice (Jan Bergemann).
DICK CIOCCA During my 12 years of residence at 1049 Berkshire C, I have served in the following capacities: Secretary/Treasurer of the Berkshire Area; COOCVE Director and Chair of the COOCVE Insurance
Committee; member of Master Management Board of Directors, Comcast Committee; Board of Directors of
Berkshire C. I served on the Board of the Young Israel of Deerfield Beach and was Founder and Chair of the
Board of the Men’s Club. I am currently President of the National Association of the Prudential Retirees,
a non-profit organization group of thousands; Board Member of National Retirees Legislative Network, a
national non-profit organization for retirees of large corporations of the USA such as telephone companies,
airlines and insurance companies.
WILLIAM EPSTEIN I am currently on the Board of Directors of Swansea A and B as chair. My qualifications
include the following: Worshipful Master Adelphi Masonic Lodge, Boston, Ma; Executive Vice President of
Pilgrim Plastics, an advertising specialty manufacturer; Director of WRAP V, a five company consortium of
advertising specialty suppliers; elected Board of Directors of specialty Advertising Association International, elected chair of the Board of Specialty Advertising International; Senator Edward Kennedy appointed me
as his Small Business Advisor, won Person of the Year from the Advertising Specialty Institute published in
the International Counselor magazine.
DANIEL GLICKMAN I am a retired computer programmer and have lived in Century Village East for 20
years. During the last three years, I have served on the CVE Master Management Board of Directors and
been a member of the Irrigation, Transportation and Broadband Committees. I have also served as a Director of COOCVE for ten years and President of Farnham G for eight years.
JULES KESSELMAN I have been a team player on the Master Management Board for six years. I have either
volunteered or been appointed to many committees. Currently, I am on the Broadband Committee where
we are looking into getting a new cable contract before our current one with Comcast expires in two years.
I also have the very unglamorous, but important, position of being the Chair and Liaison with the City with
Solid Waste and Recycling; I’m the “go-to-guy” you call when you have a problem with your dumpster or
recycling pickup. With my contacts in the City I get your problems resolved. Sometimes, because of the City
budget constraints, these problems with dumpster replacement take a while to solve but they always do get
resolved. I also write articles and take many photos for the Reporter. Just recently, I was very instrumental
in bringing the Deerfield Beach Computer Club back to the Village, where it started over 15 years ago in the
Clubhouse with just eight members. I am also the Oakridge Area Chairman.
BARRY F. KIMBAL Some years ago, I had my handwriting analyzed and the following said this about me,
which if you ask any friends or my wife, they will tell you that the description below describes me to a “T.”
I am a whirlwind of energy in business, a real go-getter; I can be counted on for quick decisions. I have fixed
and definite opinions and am a perfectionist at heart. I am an analyst and a fact finder, quick on the trigger
and explosive in action. I am self-confident, ambitious and have business acumen (good judgment) which
defines my aptitudes. I am a self-made disciplined person and have great reasoning power, particularly
where money is concerned. My strong points are leadership, outspoken, worker, extrovert, realistic, audacious, selling, passionate, courageous, opportunist, proud, cooperative, executive and legal.
DANIELLE LOBONO My background is that of a bookkeeper, working at a most prestigious Yacht Club in
Greenwich, CT and in a private golf club in Westchester County NY before moving here to Century Village.
I am a full-time resident. I had been employed at a condo association in Deerfield Beach as a part-time bookkeeper and office manager which entailed getting bids, making purchases, working with contractors and
suppliers and collections of past due maintenance. I was a prior member of the Recreation Committee of
CVE for four years using my expertise as a bookkeeper and becoming the watchdog of all monthly expenses
which was never done before I joined the Committee; involvement for all bids, contracts and purchases for
Cen-Deer and Bay Management; member of the COOCVE Budget Committee; COOCVE Director from my
building; Board of Director of Newport H; mentor at the Broward Library; prior member of Code Enforcement of Deerfield Beach.
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FRED ROSENZVEIG As a MM Director for the last three years, I am proud of what CVEMM has accomplished in that time. I participated, since the earliest planning stages, in the Irrigation Committee which will
benefit the Village for many years to come. I chaired the MM Teleconference Committee, and I am currently
Chair of the MM Long-Range Planning Committee. As a professional management consultant and trainer,
I have taught problem-solving, decision-making and planning to many important companies through the
business schools of McGill University and the University of Miami and worked with Pfizer, Verizon and
Combined Jewish Appeal. In Century Village, I have been President of Grantham A Condominium Association for several years. As past Chair of the COOCVE Advisory Committee, I sponsored the many informative Raphan Condo Courses and brought in and organized the highly successful Board Member Boot
Camp which awarded certification to 600 attendees in the Clubhouse. If re-elected, I will use my skills and
business experience to assist the MM Board in offering the best possible services in the most cost-effective
and highly-professional manner. Finally, as an American citizen living six months in Montreal, I have fully
participated in over 95% of all year-round meetings and policy discussions.
ALAN C. SCHACHTER I’m asking for your vote to re-elect me to the Board of Master Management. I have
been here in CVE for six years as a full time resident; I am President of Oakridge U; I have served on the
Board of Master Management for the past three years. In that time, I have served as chair of the Bylaws Committee; member of the Transportation Committee; member of the Committee for researching and finding an
Executive Director for the Village. I have always given 100% to any task I am asked to do. I think clearly of
all the options available before making any decisions. I believe that I am fair - minded and it is important to
me to make my decisions based on how they will affect all of us in the Village. I take my responsibility to the
MM Board seriously. When you are a Board Member and a decision to vote on an issue is made, whether
you are satisfied or not, it’s your responsibility to support the decision of the Board; no single member of
the Board’s vote carries any more weight than any others. I believe a strong cohesive board produces the
right results. I have been working very hard and would appreciate the opportunity to continue that work. I
promise to act in your best interest, because it’s mine too. It’s extremely important that the Master Management Board remains a dedicated unit to continue bringing beneficial changes to the Village.
RECREATION COMMITTEE CANDIDATES
Three (3) open positions, each elected person is elected for a two year period.
SUSAN B. HANLEY The importance of Recreation in a community is a priority to me; I served on my hometown Recreation Committee in Winsted, Connecticut during the late 1970s following in my father’s footsteps, who also served our recreation community in the 1950s. I believe the Recreation Committee and all
that it provides in our beautiful Century Village makes all of us a part of a real community. My personal
qualifications include an Associate Degree as a Legal Assistant, received Magna Cum Laude from Mattatuck Community College, Waterbury, Connecticut and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Trinity
College in Hartford, Connecticut. For more than 25 years, I worked as a paralegal and probate court clerk.
My legal area of expertise is estate and trust administration combined with litigation and real estate experience; I also have extensive accounting experience together with computer skills. I am President of Newport
L Condo Association, Secretary for the Newport Area, and am presently a COOCVE Director. It would be
my honor and pleasure to serve as a member of the Village’s Recreation Committee.
DONALD KAPLAN I am a full time resident of Century Village. I have previously served as President, Vice
President and on the Board of Directors of Lyndhurst I. I have previously served as Area Chair for the Lyndhurst Area and was just re-elected to that position. I have been Vice President of COOCVE, member of the
COOCVE Recreation Committee, member of the Board of Directors of Master Management and President
of Master Management. I have a BS degree from the New York Institute of Technology in Business Management and have an extensive business background.
RITA PICKAR I was born and raised in New Jersey. In 1963 I moved to Wisconsin to attend college and lived
most of my adult life in the Midwest. Shortly after arriving at Century Village, I became interested in learning how our Village operated. I began attending committee meetings at the Clubhouse and Activity Center.
Three years ago I became President of my 80 unit building. Two years ago I was elected Newport Area Chair
and serve on the COOCVE Executive Board. Also two years ago I was elected to the Recreation Committee
where I have served as Vice-Chair for the last year. I have learned a lot and continue to learn. Changes are
taking place in our Village and, if re-elected, I will continue my commitment to help guide the Recreation
Committee in its positive direction.
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Election Procedure
Director(s) and/or Alternate(s), if the Director(s) have not signed in, will be given a ballot as soon as they sign in at
the Board of Directors meeting. This will enable voting to take place immediately following speeches by the candidates. After all of the candidates have been presented, Directors will be called to five tables set up for this purpose
in the front of the Party Room. The 2012 COOCVE Election Committee, chaired by Joe Sachs, will be stationed at the
tables assigned to collect ballots for designated Areas. Picture IDs of each Director will be verified and each Director
will then put his or her ballot in a box. The Alternates will then be called and the same procedure will be followed.
This will speed up the time needed to collect and tally the votes. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Voting TablesAreasNo. of Voters
Table 1
Ashby, Berkshire, Cambridge, Durham, Ellesmere, Farnham
156
Table 2
Grantham, Harwood, Islewood, Keswick,
142
Lyndhurst, Markham
Table 3
Newport, Oakridge, Prescott
144
Table 4
Richmond, Swansea, Tilford, Upminster,
152
Ventnor, Westbury
TOTAL: 594
Run-Off Election Possible
In accordance with the Bylaws, Sec. 8.7, election shall be by a majority of the votes cast. If there are two or more
candidates for any office not receiving a majority of votes cast, a run-off election shall be held immediately between
the candidates who received the most votes (depending on the number not receiving a majority.) The candidate(s)
receiving the most votes in the run-off election shall be declared elected. Every Director and Alternate should remain
in the Party Room until the results are declared.
2012 COOCVE Election Committee
Rules for voting
You must show your ID card to vote
1. Only the regular Director may vote in this election. If the regular Director is certified as absent, then and only then
the alternate may vote and this will be done after all directors have voted.
2. The last list (2012) given to COOCVE is the official list. If you are a newly elected, first time Director, you will not
be allowed to vote. Your mandate starts on January 1, 2013.
3. Put
or a
mark only for the candidate of your choice.
4. “Scratch out” and “write ins” will invalidate your ballot.
5. More than 7 chosen candidates will cancel your ballot.
6. a) When you are called to your designated “voting table” you must present your CVE ID card to the Committee
member in order to establish your eligibility to vote.
b) After your eligibility is validated by the Committee member, you will deposit your ballot in the ballot box.
7. Please wait for your building to be called.
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Condo News
What Does COOCVE Do For Us
By CHARLES K PARNESS, COOCVE 1st Vice-President
O
ccasionally we hear
“What does COOCVE
do for us?” Well, I will tell you.
COOCVE is directly responsible for electing every
member of the Master Management Board of Directors
which are responsible for
CVE roadways, security,
Comcast, irrigation, etc. and
the election of every member
of the Recreation Committee
which is responsible for our
pools, tennis courts and the
Clubhouse. COOCVE and its
COOCVE Directors affect virtually every function of CVE
that concerns every resident.
And COOCVE does even
more. The COOCVE Committees evaluate contractors
and insurance companies,
hold functions such as the 90+
Seniors’ Party and promotes
the education of residents on
condo finances, bylaws, rules
Special
Needs
Residents
Visiting
the
Clubhouse
We have many
residents with
special needs
(handicapped,
mobility challenged, etc.)
who are not able
to access the
Clubhouse
without
assistance.
Fortunately for
some residents,
they are able to
enjoy the
Clubhouse
amenities
through the
assistance of an
aide, family
member or friend.
Whoever
accompanies a
special needs
individual should
never leave that
person
unaccompanied.
and regulations, certification,
etc. COOCVE is also the entity that established the CVE
Reporter which is the Village’s
monthly newspaper, providing both information as well
as an outlet for talented residents to express themselves.
COOCVE also holds a Unit
Owners’ Meeting inviting all
residents to air their complaints, ideas and suggestions
involving this community.
In addition, COOCVE helps
organize this community such
as the community’s opposition to the golf course proposal. When required, COOCVE
obtains legal advice in support of this community.
COOCVE stands for the
“Condominium Owners’
Organization of Century
Village East.” COOCVE is
the umbrella organization of
the 253-member associations
organized to improve the well
being and living conditions of
unit owners; consult with areas
and building associations on
common problems; educate
and inform unit owners; represent member associations when
duly authorized and promote
civic and cultural activities for
the betterment of CVE and its
residents. Membership is available to all condo associations
that are considered in good
standing, upon the payment of
the annual dues.
COOCVE Directors: vote
on actions taken by COOCVE
including COOCVE Bylaw
changes and the election of
COOCVE officers and as
stated above, the election of
Master Management and Recreation Committee members.
How do you become
a COOCVE Director or
COOCVE Alternate Director? Usually, at each condo
building’s annual meeting,
those who want to serve,
volunteer to run for the
position of COOCVE Director. You can be a member
of your condo association
board and at the same time
serve as a COOCVE Director. Every CVE building may
elect one of its unit owners
as a COOCVE Director - 16,
20 and 24 unit buildings elect
one COOCVE Director per
building; buildings of 56 and 64
units elect two COOCVE Directors, and each larger building
elects three COOCVE Directors. For each COOCVE Director elected, a COOCVE Alternate Director is also elected,
to serve when the COOCVE
Director is not available.
Of the 21 areas, each area
may elect both an Area Chair
and an Area Vice-Chair from
that area’s COOCVE Directors. The Area Chairs and
Vice Chairs serve on two
committees - the COOCVE
Executive Committee and
the Council of Area Chairs.
The Area Chairs have direct
contact between residents and
such major entities as Master
Management, the Recreation
Committee, and major contractors. In fact, those are the
stated specific responsibilities
of the Council of Area Chairs.
The effectiveness of
COOCVE depends on the
individuals who man its
committees, and its COOCVE
Directors. Everyone is an
unpaid volunteer dedicated
to improving this community.
There is a saying – Will you
be part of the solution, or will
you be part of the problem?
Instead of complaining about
how this community is run,
become part of the solution.
Volunteer to join a committee or become a candidate
for COOCVE Director or
COOCVE Alternate Director.
dOn't Dump it, Donate it !
Save the environment.
Help our Community.
Donate your used Cell phones and Print
Cartridges!
______________________________________
Dear Century Village East residents,
FUND for PARKINSON DISEASE RESEARCH, Inc,
is conducting a cell phone and print cartridge recycling
fund raiser. There is nothing to buy and we do not want
your money. We are simply asking you to protect the
environment by donating your used digital cell phones
and empty ink/toner cartridges. Proceeds will help fund
this local charity. We greatly appreciate your support!
Please bring your old print cartridges and your old, no
longer used cell phones to the special bins outside the
main entrances to our Clubhouse - upper level or lower
level. You may also find a convenient bin at the
entrance to the COOCVE, CVEMM office near Le
Club. Just dump your items in the bins- no paper work,
no questions.
We have an arrangement with a company that will pick up our bins
each week and pay us varying amounts for your "donations." If you
would like to know how this recycling helps our environment, please
email us and we will send you the facts behind this claim.
[email protected] PO Box 4594 Deerfield Beach, FL
THIS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. A COPY OF OUR OFFICIAL
REGISTRATION, NUMBERED -N11000009261, AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION. MAY BE OBTAINED FROM FLORIDA DIVISION
OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY PHONE. THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER OF THE DIVISION IS 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352) – CALLING
FROM WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, OR (850) 488-2221 – CALLING FROM OUTSIDE OF FLORIDA. REGISTRATION DOES
NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE."
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Condo News
Century Village Recent Sales
AREA
Ashby
Berkshire
Cambridge
Durham
Ellesmere
Farnham
Grantham
Harwood
Keswick
Lyndhurst
Markham
Newport
Oakridge
Prescott
Richmond
Swansea
Tilford
Upminster
Ventnor
Building
Ashby C
Berkshire D
Cambridge C
Cambridge D
Durham G
Durham X
Ellesmere B
Farnham L
Farnham O
Grantham B
Harwood C
Harwood C
Harwood D
Harwood E
Harwood G
Harwood H
Keswick C
Lyndhurst J
Lyndhurst K
Lyndhurst L
Lyndhurst L
Lyndhurst N
Markham A
Markham J
Newport C
Newport F
Newport O
Oakridge P
Prescott C
Prescott G
Richmond E
Swansea B
Tilford E
Upminster G
Upminster G
Ventnor A
Ventnor D
Ventnor G
Ventnor H
Ventnor O
Ventnor Q
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2008
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662
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126
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52,500
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49,000
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66,500
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41,000
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LOOKING
FOR THE
NEXT
GENERATION
OF
COMPUTER
SAVVY
VOLUNTEER
FEDERAL
INCOME TAX
PREPARERS
FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS.
Where? In CVE
Clubhouse When? Monday afternoons for four (4) hours,
First Monday in February
through April 15
The returns are
prepared on computers
and then filed that afternoon electronically.
Each certified volunteer will prepare 30-40
returns during the ten
week tax season.
A copy of the return
is given to our clients
There is no charge for
this voluntary service
Volunteers will need
to apply to AARP
to volunteer and be
certified annually by
taking and passing an
online IRS test including ETHICS, BASIC,
INTERMEDIATE and
ADVANCED TAX
THEORY
Training can be accomplished on line
and/or at a January
training provided by
experienced AARP
Volunteers
If interested call the
District coordinator
Jack Fink at
732-213-4522 or
Dan Pearl
at 954-815-1348
Winter 4091 Oakridge U Deerfield Beach,
FL 33442 954-360.2947
Summer
200 Market St. #411
Lowell, MA 018527
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Condo News
LEGAL CORNER
COOCVE
Budget
2013
COOCVE BUDGET
2013
2012
LEGAL
MEETING SERVICE
INSURANCE
TELEPHONE
OFFICE SUPPLIES
MM RENTAL
AUDITING
TAX/LIC
CHARITABLE CONTR.
YTD SPENT
25000
9600
4300
1000
500
48000
3500
100
6000
14000
6500
7090
792
602
40000
2500
76
5000
98000
76560
CASH ON HAND
LESS PROJECTED SPEND'G
251000
22000
PROPOSED 2013 BUDGET
General Legal Counsel
For COOCVE and MM
30000
9600
6000
1000
500
48000
3500
100
6000
LEGAL
MEET'G SERV
INSUR
TELE
OFF SUPP
MM FEE
AUDITING
TAX/LIC
CHARITABLE
104700
PROJECTED SHORTFALL IN 2013
65000-104700 $39,700
ESTIMATED END OF YEAR CASH ON HAND 229000
2013 INCOME FROM DUES
64000
2012 INTEREST
1000
PROPOSED 2013 BUDGET EXP
104700
PROJECTED MONEY END OF 20013
189300
Patrick J. Murphy
Patrick J. Murphy
& Associates, P.A.
Suspension of Board Directors
Pursuant to Florida Statute
718.112(3) (n), where a Director or Officer of the Board
is more than 90 days delinquent in the payment of any
monetary obligation due the
Association, he/she shall be
deemed to have abandoned
the office, creating a vacancy
in the office to be filled according to law. Also pursuant to Subsection 20, any
Director or Officer charged
by information or indictment
with a felony theft or embezzlement offense involving the
Association’s funds or property must be removed from
office, creating a vacancy in
the office to be filled according to the law until the end of
the period of the suspension
or the end of the Director’s
term of office. While criminal charges are pending, that
person may not be appointed
or elected to a position as a
Director or Officer. However,
if the charges are resolved
without a finding of guilt, that
person shall be reinstated for
the remainder of his term of
office, if any.
Patrick Murphy is General Counsel for CVE Master
Management Company, Inc.,
COOCVE, and the CVE Reporter, as well as for various
Associations within CVE. Please
call Pat for a free consultation on
this or any other matter. His address is: 272 W. Hillsboro Blvd.,
Deerfield Beach, FL 33341. He
can be reached, by phone, at 954525-5509 or emailed at
[email protected]
same time.)
Email CVEsimplified@gmail.
com confirming you have
retained an attorney.
Our attorneys are experienced in this process and will
do the following:
(For more details, email
[email protected] and
ask for the Legal Presentation
video):
A. Review of your existing
Association documents.
B. Prepare Plan of Merger.
C. Prepare Articles of
Merger.
D. Prepare Amendments to
the Declaration.
E. Prepare Meeting Notice
Package. (You can mail or pay
your existing Management
Company to do the mailing.)
Legal costs: $2,500 per association
Two or more associations
but less than five at one time,
10% discount from the above
($2,250).
Five or more associations
but less than 10 at one time,
15% discount ($2,125).
More than 10 associations
at one time, 20% discount
($2,000).
(The above costs do not
include attorney’s presence at
meetings which will be billed
at an hourly rate for the time
attended.)
If your association is ready
to merge, just follow the Initial Steps outlined above.
If you are interested but
need more information, email
Name, Address, Phone, any
CVE Board/Committee you
serve on (if applicable) to:
[email protected]
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CVE Simplified
By DONNA CAPOBIANCO
M
erging into a multicondominium association is a legal process.
When two or more associations merge together, all but
one of the merging associations dissolves its individual
association corporation; and
they merge together into one
multi-condominium association surviving corporation.
All members of the new
multi-condominium association elect one board, and that
single board is responsible
for governing and caring for
all properties under that association.
This legal process takes
time. Your board must vote
to proceed with the merger.
This does not mean your association has merged; it only
means your board intends
to proceed in that direction.
Second, each board hires the
merger attorney who then
helps all merging associations
work together to finalize the
single set of new association
documents, handles whatever
changes need to be made in
each association’s documents
to accommodate the merger
and prepares what needs to
be mailed to each merging
association’s members to
help them vote. Each association mails what the attorney
provides to their current
membership, holds a meeting; and if at least a majority
of the total membership vote
in favor of the merger (may
depend on your documents),
the attorney then files the
merger documents with the
Department of State on behalf
of all approving associations.
The merger normally occurs
when the Articles of Merger
are delivered to the Department of State.
Initial Steps: By the end of
January 2013, complete these
steps if you wish to merge:
Email CVEsimplified@
gmail.com if you wish me to
attend your Board Meeting
to assist you.
Have minutes showing
your Board voted to proceed.
(Check documents for percent
of vote required.)
Call to retain our attorney at 954-486-7774 or email
[email protected]. (See
below for cost depending on
how many associations join at
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CVE REPORTER OCTOBER
DECEMBER2012
2012
Condo News
ReportoftheCOOCVEAdvisoryCommittee
Outdoor Antennas/Satellite Dishes
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COOCVE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
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Chairman
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Rhonda Pitone
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
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31A
Condo News
COOCVE Frequently Asked Questions
By CHARLES PARNESS, COOCVE 1st Vice-President
M
y neighbor has installed
a satellite dish outside
our building. Can he do this?
No: Section 12.1(s) of your
Condo Bylaws states, “No
antenna may be placed on
the exterior of the Condominium Property.” This is
also covered in Section 9.4
of the Declaration of Condominium. Plainly speaking,
you cannot have an antenna
outside your unit.
I want a satellite dish outside my unit which is currently
not permitted per my building
documents. How do I change my
building documents so I can have
a satellite dish?
Bylaw Amendments begin
with either a majority vote of
the Board or by a majority of
the unit owners. Upon approval, with proper notice, a
special joint meeting is called
including the Board and unit
owners. The amendments
must be approved by 2/3 of
the entire Board and by an
affirmative vote of 75% of the
unit owners.
Note: Many condo documents have an amendment
changing the affirmative
vote of the unit owners to
2/3. When the amendment
has been transcribed and
certified, a copy should be recorded in the Public Records
of Broward County. In your
Condominium Bylaws, refer
to Section 10: Amendments
to Bylaws.
We changed the Bylaws to let
me have a satellite dish outside
my unit. Can I put one up?
Not quite there yet; if you
are placing the antenna on
common area, then you must
still get the written authorization from the condo board.
The condo board may set
rules: where to place the antenna, what type of screening,
etc. Also, an approval from
the City of Deerfield Appearance Board is required, and
permits should be obtained
when required. My Condo Board lost three
members. What can we do?
I believe the Board, even
if it does not have a quorum,
has the authority to elect
new Board members to the
maximum number of posi-
tions open. My Condo Board has five
positions, and each year we elect
five members. Proper notices
were sent to every unit owner,
but nobody filed an Intent to
Run. No election could be held.
Must we wait the required 60
days to hold a new election, and
what do we do without a Board
for the next two months?
The Florida Statute states
that if no person is interested
in, or demonstrates an Intention to Run for the position
of a Board member, then the
Board members whose term
have expired shall be automatically reappointed; and
they do not have to stand
for election.
We have unit owners who are
delinquent in their payments to
the Association. Should we post
a list of names of those who are
delinquent?
The Association is required
to keep a record of each unit
– giving name, due date,
amount owed, payments and
balance due. These records
are available to view by all
unit owners. However, it is
advisable that you do not
post such a list but merely
post that such a list is available. This may help your
Association from a defamation claim if there is an error
in the information since you
have not published the information nor made it available
to the public.
(Disclaimer: I am not an
attorney. The above is my
understanding of the Rules and
Regulations governing this com-
munity. These Rules and Regulations are covered under Florida
Statute 718 (Condominiums) and
your building documents. Since
every condo association has made
amendments to their building
documents, the rules cited are
from one set of condo documents
and may not apply to all condo
associations. Nothing stated is to
be considered as legal advice.)
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Consumer Interest
“Ask Lori…Parrish on Appraisals”
Broward County Property Appraiser Lori Parrish
Answers Your Questions…
W
here are My Exemptions on the Tax Bill?
Dear Lori:
I bought and moved into my
first home in March 2012. I filed
for Homestead Exemption at
one of your community outreach
events in Sunrise Lakes and was
told my application has been approved. I just received my 2012
tax bill and can’t understand
where the Homestead Exemption is listed? T.G., Sunrise Lakes, FL.
Our office receives numerous calls every year asking
us to confirm property tax
exemptions on tax bills. The
Property Appraiser’s Office
does not set or collect taxes. We simply calculate assessments and grant exemptions
to qualified individuals. The
property tax bills for 2012
are mailed out by the Broward County Records, Taxes
& Treasury Division on or
before November 1, of each
year to more than 400,000
property owners.
All qualified Florida
residents are entitled to a
Homestead Exemption on
their homes, condominiums,
co-op apartments, and certain
mobile home lots. To qualify
for Homestead, you must
own and occupy the property
as your primary residence on
January 1. By Florida law, all
Complete
Current exemptions are
not listed individually on the
county tax bill. Rather, they
are valued together and listed
under the column titled “Exemptions” on your tax bill.
Your tax bill is calculated by
applying the tax rate to your
assessed value minus your
exemptions and then adding
on your non-ad valorem fees.
Remember: By law, January 1 of each year is the date
on which the permanent
residence is determined and
qualified exemptions are
granted. If you need more
information about your 2012
property taxes and payment
options visit www.broward.
org/recordstaxestreasury, or
call the Broward Call Center
at 954.831.4000. If you need
more information about your
property tax assessment and
exemptions, please visit our
website at www.bcpa.net or
contact our office directly at
954.357.6830.
Sincerely,
Lori Parrish, CFA
If you have a question for
Lori, please email her at lori@
bcpa.net or write to her at the
Broward County Property Appraiser’s Office, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Room 111, Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301. (11/12)
Prince Auto Sales
Remember
Snowbirds:
assessments and exemptions
are based upon the status of
the property on January 1. Thus, if the former owners of
your new home had Homestead, Senior, Widow/Widower, Disability or other exemp-
tions on January 1, 2012, you
will inherit these exemptions
on your 2012 property tax bill
unless the previous owner applies for portability to another property in the same tax
year. The 2012 exemptions
will automatically expire at
the end of 2012. Your new
2013 Homestead Exemption
will be reflected next year
on all 2013 property records,
notices and tax bills.
Please remember any additional property tax exemptions, such as the Widow/
Widower, Disability or
Veteran’s Exemption status
effective after January 1, 2012
will be applied on your 2013
property tax bill.
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DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
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My Presence in the Village
By MARTY POPELSKY, Vice Mayor/ Commissioner District 3
T
he Village is buzzing
with activity, thanks to
the welcome return of all our
families and friends returning this season from colder
climates. I know many of you
are excited to get back into
the mix of what’s happening
in Deerfield Beach. It’s the
holiday season, and I want to
take this opportunity to wish
you all happiness and good
health.
Many new businesses
have opened in the past few
months which is a good sign
for our local economy. As we
enter the busy holiday season,
full of shopping and holiday
meals, I want to remind you
that every business adds to
the City’s tax base. The best
way to welcome new busi-
By SHERIFF AL LAMBERTI
S
Volunteers
are needed to
deliver Meals
on Wheels
to the needy
residents of
the Village.
Please contact
Marvin Schmier
at
954-570-3316.
December 4; the December 18
meeting has been cancelled.
Tuesday, Dec. 25, WednesGreen Market at the Cove
day, Dec. 26 and Tuesday, Shopping Center
Jan. 1.
When: Sundays, beginning
City Commission Meeting
Schedule for December
The only City Commission
meeting this month will be on
November 4 until April 28, 2013
Time: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Pier Ribbon Cutting
Who: Everyone
When: Friday, December 7
(Pearl Harbor Day)
Time: 5 p.m.
Where: International
Fishing Pier
Army National Guard Big
Band Concert
Who: Everyone
When: Friday, December 7
(Pearl Harbor Day)
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Where: Main Beach Parking
Lot
Holiday Celebration - Tree
Lighting Ceremony at the Cove
Bring the entire family
for a magical evening as we
celebrate the season. Enjoy
musical performances by
local schools and community
groups, kid’s activities, photos with Santa, tasty holiday
treats from local food vendors
and snow showers all night.
Who: Everyone
When: Saturday, December 8
Time: 5 – 9 p.m.
Where: The Cove Shopping
Center
Remember that I am your
only full-time Commissioner.
I am always here to assist you
in any way I can. Call me any
time, and I will be glad to help
you resolve your problems.
City Hall Office - 954-4804218
City Assistant Phone - 954480-4263
Email: web.commission@
Deerfield-Beach.com
Regards and Good Health,
Marty Popelsky
Your District 3
Commissioner
Sheriff’s Report
TAY SAFE THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON
The men and women of
the Broward Sheriff’s Office
are committed to keeping
Broward County residents
and visitors safe this holiday
season and throughout the
year. Following some simple
safety tips will help keep you
and your family safe.
Too often, opportunistic
criminals prey on holiday
shoppers. While you are
out making your purchases,
stay alert. Remember to park
your car in a well-lit area and
secure valuables inside your
trunk or take them with you.
Volunteers
Needed
nesses is to welcome and visit
them, which I encourage you
to do.
Again, Happy Holidays
and know that I am always
available to help any citizen in
my district.
NEWS and UPCOMING
EVENTS
Holiday Hours for City
Operations
In observance of the
upcoming holidays, all City
facilities (except for the International Fishing Pier) will be
closed on Monday, Dec. 24;
When you return to your
vehicle, have your keys in
hand so that you can quickly
unlock the door and get in.
You should never carry large
amounts of money and if you
go to an ATM for cash, do so
during daytime hours in a
safe location.
With the number of
vehicles on our roadways and
in crowded parking lots, it is
important to practice patience. Speeding, distractions
and alcohol contribute to the
increased number of accidents
this time of year. If you are attending a holiday celebration
and plan on drinking alcohol,
designate a driver or take a
cab. The Broward Sheriff’s
Office has a ZERO tolerance
policy for drunk drivers and
will be out in force to ensure
all of our roadways are safe.
If you will be leaving home
for the holidays and live in
a Broward Sheriff’s Office
jurisdiction, I encourage you
to sign up for our free Home
Watch program. To sign up
for this free service, visit www.
sheriff.org/homewatch. Once
you fill out the form, please
return it to your local BSO
district office.
There are many ways you
can protect your home from
thieves. Before you leave town
please remember to:
• secure your doors, windows, garage, storage
sheds and gates
• leave a parked car in
your driveway or ask
trusted neighbor to
park in your driveway
• have the post office
hold your mail
• stop your newspaper
delivery.
Remember, a few minutes
of prevention can save you
from becoming a victim of a
crime this holiday season. On
behalf of the men and women
of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, I wish you a safe holiday
and very happy New Year.
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Sounding Board
The Art of Disney
By SHELLY BASKIN
O
n a recent trip to Disney World, “Ce” and
I tried the visit without the
children and the grandchildren. We had, over the years,
been dragged, pushed and
pulled in all directions. “Let’s
go to the Magic Kingdom.
No. I want to see the Power
Rangers at MGM. How about
our dinner with Cinderella? Are we going to miss
the fireworks, or the parade
with Mickey, or the next boat
through It’s a Small World?”
There is a great deal that
could be written and that
has been written about this
wonderful adventure land.
However, my take during our
visit was slightly different.
This time I was more able to
look around and actually “see
the forest for the trees.”
Before we entered our
Disney bus we were greeted
by a most gracious driver
who lowered the vehicle to
almost ground level and assisted a handicapped person
in an electric wheelchair. She
proceeded to secure that person, for safety reasons, and
only then did she welcome
the rest of us aboard. Not
only did the bus lower itself,
the wheelchair ramp was
able to drop so that the chair
could be moved into the bus.
Everyone was patient, calm
and seemingly OK with the
time interruption. Many are
handicapped, but they don’t
seem to know it.
Each Disney Park has an
Art Shop which displays and
sells Britto ceramic figurines
such as Donald, Mickey,
Pluto, Miss Piggy and Minnie. We entered the store in
the MGM complex and were
greeted by a cheerful Disney
employee. We needed some
help and she summoned the
manager, a very nice gentleman, and we soon learned
that he was born deaf and
overcame his disability early
on. He graduated college
with top grades and like
many handicapped folks
found a career at Disney.
William assisted us by having
an employee call around to
find us a Pluto figurine which
had sold out earlier. Then, he
wrote up the sale, explained
that we could pick it up at
the end of the day, and even
recommended that we were
entitled to a discount by having the Florida Disney card.
Many are handicapped, but
they don’t seem to know it.
At our next stop, we
spotted a wheelchair bound
young lady who was assisting many by giving directions
and information. And, as
we all know, getting lost at
Disney is almost an expected
part of the ticket price. Lorrie
helped everyone that had
questions on the locations
of the restrooms, Star Wars
ride, Quick Passes, gift shops,
restaurants, the parade, fireworks, etc., and all the times
associated with each. As I
observed, several questions
came up which she quickly
and professionally answered.
Our group was pleasantly asked to wait while the
wheelchair people and other
handicapped people were
seated in good locations having easy access, in and out.
This venue was the popular
Indiana Jones spectacular.
It seems that many of the
healthier guests pitched in
and helped. It was as though
all were interested in helping each other, as the “Good
Book” states. Everyone
enjoyed the show especially
knowing that our “friends”
were having a great time, too.
Finally, at the end of the
day, we searched for our
car. It was dark. We were
exhausted. We were upset.
Somehow, our auto was lost
or stolen. We thought we
were in the correct parking
lot and couldn’t find our
vehicle. The young lady in
security claimed that “they
have not lost a car yet and she
doesn’t plan to this night.”
She walked with a cane but
was able to drive one of the
golf carts and found “Bessie” within ten minutes in an
adjoining lot.
Many are handicapped,
but they don’t seem to know
it; nor, should they. These
Disney employees and countless visitors are enjoying life
to the best of their ability and
set a fine example for the rest
of us. They don’t let their
problems forego the effort
to make it pleasant for every
visitor at Disney.
We all have ailments and
disabilities. Some have more.
Some have less. To come in
contact with these employees
is to be aware of our own
shortcomings and, therefore,
pledge to do what we can to
help others in any way.
Disney World is trying to
make each visit by us memorable. The trip was worth
twice the price of admission
and, in this case, to me, the
rides were secondary.
Yes, the interaction and the
treatment and the hiring of
the handicapped at Disney
World, is truly an “art.”
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
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35A
Sounding Board
The Wily Doctor and the
Deceitful Contractor: A Parable
By DAN LONGIARU
T
he Introduction
People who work
in construction love to share
stories of their experiences
as people in any profession.
These stories are told for
many reasons: a desire for camaraderie, attention or praise,
among many others. Whatever the motivation for telling
them, I listen to them carefully because they are often a
terrific source of information
and education. Many of them
are like Aesop’s fables; they
contain a moral which illustrates the rules of behavior in
the contracting business. The
insight inherent in these tales
is usually quite illuminating if
they are listened to carefully
and interpreted correctly.
Recently, I heard a particularly powerful tale which was
so good on so many levels
that it has become stuck in
my consciousness for several
weeks now. Not a day passes
that I don’t think about it as I
go about my remodeling business. Like most parables, this
story is deceptively simple yet
the point of it is anything but.
The Parable
There once was a retired
doctor who had requested
bids from several contractors to replace his driveway.
Three of them submitted
proposals whose prices were
fairly close to each other. One
however gave a bid that was
approximately a third less
than all of the rest. The doctor, obviously a clever sort,
asked the amazingly low bidder if he would be willing to
sign a contract for the driveway work at the proposed
price. The contractor agreed;
the contract was signed and
the work began.
Midway through the job,
the contractor told the doctor
that he badly underestimated
the cost of the project and had
run out of money. He asked
the doctor to pay him substantially more than the bid
in order for him to complete
the work. The doctor again
demonstrated his intelligence
in his reply. He told the
contractor that since they had
signed a contract to replace
the driveway at the bid price,
the contractor was legally required to complete it, regardless of how much money the
contractor had to pay out of
his own pocket. Therefore, if
he did not finish the job at the
contracted price, the doctor
would sue him in court and
lodge complaints against
him with the municipality,
the county, state and at the
websites that rate contractors.
Properly cowed, the contrac-
tor thereupon completed the
job at the original price.
The Moral
What do you think is the
moral of this modern-day
fable? It seems obvious; a client should insist on a written
and signed contract for the
work to be performed that
stipulates what is to be done
and at what price. Wrong!!!
Perhaps I am being overly
cynical here, but I highly
doubt the accuracy of this
story. First of all, I believe it
was originally told by the client. Contractors almost never
relate stories that reveal themselves to be so profoundly
stupid – er, foolish. It is much
more likely that the client told
the story to burnish his own
image and as such, may have
altered the facts to suit his
purposes. However, even if
the facts were as related, the
good doctor was very, very
lucky that the story ended as
well for him as it did.
Now I have heard many
more stories, and told quite
a few of my own, that had a
very different conclusion.
In all of these, after the client threatens to take legal
action against the contractor to enforce an obviously
low-balled price, one of two
things happens:
a) The contractor disappears, and the client soon
discovers that the contractor’s
office is a mail-drop; the cell
phone is turned off and there
are no locatable assets belonging to the client with which to
enforce a court judgment. Or:
b) The contractor completes
the job using inferior materials and poor workmanship.
This results from the contractor’s decision to cut corners
in order to reduce his out-ofpocket costs for materials and
labor, as well as to complete
the money-losing job as
quickly as possible so that
he can move on to hopefully
more lucrative projects.
In either case, the client
is the one who suffers in the
end as he either has to pay
substantially more than the
highest bid he had originally
received to complete the project or to repair it soon after it
was completed.
Now many of you may
consider the outcome of these
more common parables to be
highly unfair and objectionable. I respectfully disagree; I
say the client got exactly what
he or she deserved. Hear
me out – there is no doubt
that contractors who prey
on people by offering them
services at prices they know
are impossibly low should
be criminally prosecuted and
locked up for as long as necessary to make them consider
alternate lines of work and
to discourage others from
following in their footsteps.
Unfortunately, there are not
enough law enforcement
personnel and prison space
to lock up all the scammers
practicing their dark arts;
and none of us are willing
to pay the increased taxes
needed to close that gap.
Therefore, we as remodeling
consumers (as I am, in addition to being a contractor)
need to modify our behavior
to deny scam artists the opportunity to defraud.
The ingredients behind
every successful scam are not
only a practiced scammer
but also a victim who made
himself or herself vulnerable
by surrendering to greed.
We chortle in disbelief at the
naiveté of people who become
victims of the now legendary
Nigerian Scam or Sweepstakes
Scam but at some level, we
also know that many of these
victims are not inherently stupid. We realize that greed got
in the way of their better judgment which is the principal
reason why so many of us are
fascinated by these scams.
The Corrected Parable
Let me re-tell the fable of
the doctor and the contractor so that it provides the
correct moral.
There once was a retired
doctor who had requested
bids from several contractors to replace his driveway.
Three of them submitted
proposals whose prices were
fairly close to each other. One
however gave a bid that was
approximately a third less
than all of the rest. The doctor, obviously a clever sort,
looked over the proposals and
said to himself, “Hmm, I have
four bids here; three are very
close in price; one is much
cheaper. Yet, all the contractors who made these proposals seem qualified to do the
job; therefore, I should hire
the cheapest one. But would
three different contractors all
be wrong in their estimate
of the job? No, it is far more
likely that the one who gave
the bid radically different
from the rest made a mistake
or worse, is trying to get the
project by lying.”
So the clever doctor decided to hire the contrac-
tor whose price was in the
middle of the three bids that
were close to each other. That
contractor finished the job on
time and on budget; and the
new driveway has been the
pride of the neighborhood
for three years and counting.
And, yes, everybody lived
happily ever after.
The Corrected Moral
In my version of the story,
the doctor was truly clever
because he did not judge
value by price alone. He
resisted the temptation to be
greedy and wound up paying
a reasonable price for a welldone job. Certainly, he paid
less than he would have ultimately paid had he hired the
lowest bidder and then had to
pay someone else to finish the
job or correct defects.
The moral of my version
of the parable is this: The
greedy always pay more in
the end.
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36A
PRESENTS
Winter Announcements
FREE Lectures & Events
CENTURY VILLAGE
HEALTH FAIR
Join us for a community health fair in
the Party Room! Screenings include
blood sugar/cholesterol*, blood
pressure checks, carotid artery,
stroke assessments, memory
screenings and pharmacy brown
bag consults! Joint Replacement
Center, Spine Care Center,
Inpatient/Outpatient Rehabilitation
will be there! We will also have Meet
the Doc times with a dermatologist,
internal medicine, gastroenterologist
and ophthalmologist!
*blood sugar/cholesterol screening
to the first 60 people who register
and you must fast from midnight on
Tuesday, December 4th 9am 12pm
NEW! FREE HEALTH
SCREENINGS EVERY
MONTH AT CENTURY
VILLAGE!
Dr. Matthew Pezda, Ophthamologist
The First Tuesday of the month is
FREE Health Screening and Healthy
Talk Day!
Broward Health North is bringing
you a FREE cholesterol/sugar
screening to the first 55 people who
register on the first Tuesday of each
month at 8 am in GP-N. (You must
fast from midnight on). The health
screenings will start at 9 am and be
followed by an interesting health
presentation from one of our experts
at 10 am.
Tuesday, January 8th from
9-11am.
“I was suffering from severe ongoing neck
pain, arm numbness and weakness - I
couldn’t even put on mascara, let alone
do my favorite thing in the world –
walk on the beach.”
After an MRI discovered Susan’s herniated
discs were causing spinal cord compression
which can lead to permanent damage and
loss of mobility, Dr. Matthew Moore,
Neurosurgeon and Medical Director of
the Broward Health North Spine Care
Center, suggested Susan have spine
surgery. An anterior cervical discectomy
and fusion (ACDF) was performed to restore
strength and sensation in her limbs and
rapidly improve her quality of life.
Support Groups for
the Community
ALZHEIMER'S & RELATED DEMENTIA
FOR MORE INFO: 954.786.7392
Support group for SPOUSES and/or ADULT
CHILDREN of those with Alzheimer's or
related dementia –
Every Tuesday from 10:30 - Noon in Neuro
Resource Center
Every Friday from 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. in the
Neuro Resource Center
Support group for ADULT CHILDREN of those
with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia
2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Neuro Resource Center
“After having the surgery, I have increased
my beach walking to more than 2 miles.
The entire team at Broward Health North
was wonderful. Spine surgery saved my life.”
DAY C.A.P.- Helps caregivers deal with special
concerns of caring for a dependant loved one.
Takes place over 4 consecutive days, four hours
per day
NIGHT C.A.P. – Same as DAY C.A.P. but held
two evenings a week for two consecutive weeks
from 6-9pm for adult children or working
caregivers
STROKE SUPPORT GROUP
The Spine Care Center at Broward Health
North features private patient rooms for
your comfort. Our team of compassionate
experts consists of experienced surgeons
as well as specially trained nurses, therapists
and technicians - all working together to
help you dive back into life!
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 954.786.7333
Support group for STROKE SURVIVORS and/or
their CAREGIVERS
2nd Thursday of the month 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
followed by rehabilitative exercises from
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. in the Neuro Resource Center
PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP
Support group for those with Parkinson’s Disease
and/or their CAREGIVERS 2nd Tuesday of the
month 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. support group and
exercises in the Neuro Resource Center
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
SUPPORT GROUP
3rd Tuesday of each month 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
in the NBMC Conference Center
CANCER SUPPORT
GROUPS
Spanish Speaking Women’s
Cancer Group
1st Monday of every month
Neuro Resource Center—off main lobby 6 p.m.
Please rsvp to Patty Gonzalez 754-366-6219
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
1st Thursday of the month 6pm
RSVP to Linda Watson – 954.786.5127
MEDITATION & RELAXATION GROUP
Last Thursday of the month 6pm
RSVP to Linda Watson - 954.786.5127
Look Good …Feel Better
Cosmetics and Wigs
Last day of the month
10 a.m. until noon, Please rsvp to Linda Watson
954-786-5127 Must Be Registered To Participate!!
Broward Health North
201 East Sample Road,
Deerfield Beach, FL
954-941-8300
Here . . . When You Need Us Most
SIX MORE MONTHS
AND SUSAN WOULD
HAVE BEEN BOUND
TO A WHEELCHAIR
FOR LIFE.
For more information about the
Spine Care Center call our
Spine Care Coordinator at
954.786.6637
or visit
BrowardHealth.org/BHNspine
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
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37A
Kitchen Talk
By SANDI LEHMAN
I
always look forward to
reading our wonderful
Reporter newspaper every
month; I put time aside to
read the contents from page
to page. You really learn
about what’s going on here
in CVE; and even if you’re a
snowbird as I am, I want to
keep up with all that is happening. I’m sure many other
snowbirds do the same.
As instructor for the Writers’ Workshop here in CVE,
I also save the articles for my
snowbird students that have
placed their writings in the
Reporter; and they welcome
seeing their stories in print
when they return to their
CVE condos and the Writers’
Workshop class.
So, what am I writing about
today?
I often read the Phyllis’ Kitchen
article by Phyllis Pistolis in the
Reporter. I used to be an avid
cook but as we get older, we
seniors tend to shy away from
cooking intricate recipes. We opt
for either dining out or making
simple but delicious meals from
our own recipe collections.
In September’s issue, Phyllis’ Kitchen listed a recipe
called Quick and Easy Lemon
Pie which intrigued me and
required very simple preparation. I cut the recipe out of
the paper, bought the four
simple ingredients and made
a really delicious lemon pie!
I also noted that if one leaves
the pie in the refrigerator for
a few days, it is even more
delicious and sets very well.
It’s so easy to cut a piece each
night, which I did. I looked
forward to a slice of this quick
and easy delicious lemon
pie treat. You can also add
a dollop of ice cream on top
or a cherry, a strawberry or
chocolate sprinkles.
My Sister Helen
By AVIVA RAVEL
H
elen decided I needed
“a change” which
is derived from the concept
that “a change is as good as a
rest,” in other words, cheering
up. Three months had gone
by since Nahum passed away
and I was still in deep mourning, in other words, in the
dumps. “We’re going to Plattsburgh – you, Bena and me.”
“What’s in Plattsburgh?” I
asked.
“You’ll see when we get
there.”
As a child, Helen was a
‘tomboy’. Fearless, she rode
Nahum’s two-wheeler; the
bike was so big for her she
barely reached the pedals.
She had the largest collection
of baseball and hockey cards
on the street; she was a wiz
at skipping rope and tag and
amassed a sackful of smokies
by constantly winning them
from the other kids in fair
games. Pretty, with curly
almond brown hair streaked
with gold, large brown eyes,
and round rosy cheeks, she
was street smart and garnered
many friends who wanted to
be on her side. Kindhearted
and loving, she adored our little brother and schlepped him
along wherever she went –
visiting with friends, playing
on the street and on Fletcher’s
Field; and amazing as it
may seem, her nine-year old
playmates never objected to
the four-year-old tagging after
them. Helen was too restless to concentrate on school
work and after grade nine
became an efficient secretary,
offering to contribute for her
room and board. While Bena
and I often squabbled about
petty matters, no one quarreled with Helen; she simply
wouldn’t allow it. She laughed
at our insignificant bickering
and went on her way.
I wasn’t too keen on Plattsburgh. When I wasn’t occupied with theatre work, all
I wanted to do was sleep or
read Agatha Christie novels.
At the time, I lived on Lucy
Place in a wood frame house
recessed some 30 yards from
the sidewalk; on one side,
adjacent to the lane, was
an apartment building that
housed transients and in the
back, a large empty lot that
served as the receptacle for
the neighborhood’s trash,
also a Baptist church whose
congregants sang loud and
clear at odd hours. Situated
close to the Decarie Expressway, the constant rumbling
of trucks and cars all night
long seemed louder than
usual since Nahum was gone.
Helen insisted I install an
alarm system, which I did.
But I knew that even if I heard
a robber or rapist breaking in
downstairs, I wouldn’t have
had the presence of mind to
press the alarm button beside
my bed. So every so often,
unable to fall asleep, I packed
an overnight bag and took a
bus to Sara’s house on Oxford
where I slept with Leora, my
granddaughter.
“I’ve been to Plattsburgh,”
I said. “It’s a small town like
all other small towns, nothing
much to see.”
“Never mind, we’re leaving
tomorrow at noon.” And off
we went.
It was an unseasonably
warm day for February. We
drove towards Plattsburgh
reveling in the peaceful countryside; overhead, the clear
blue sky served as a backdrop
for the occasional wispy
cloud. We passed scattered
farms on spread-out acres of
land covered by thin layers of
snow. Unlike her two older
sisters who were terrified of
getting behind the wheel,
Helen was an excellent driver.
So here we were, the three
of us, together for the first
time without the presence of
other members of the family.
We crossed the border into
the U.S.A., a country that held
an aura of magic although
we were far removed from
Broadway, Hollywood and
the Wild West.
Helen’s friend, a travel
agent, had recommended a
good and reasonably-priced
hotel. The moment we entered our reserved room at
the Baymont Inn and Suites
and deposited our suitcases, I
thought of an era many years
ago when we were children.
We had not yet experienced
heartfelt losses, the pain
of childbirth, the joys and
responsibilities of raising
families but were blessed with
devoted parents who supported us through the hard
times of the Depression. We
shared one small room, with
Bena and me occupying the
double bed, while Helen had
her own single bed beside
ours; however, she often
crawled in with us to listen
to my fanciful stories which
I invented as I went along,
with a cliff hanger to conclude
each episode before we fell
asleep. Suddenly I felt we
had recaptured our childhood, and this is what Helen
meant by, “You’ll see when
we get there.”
A mall that housed stores
of every variety: restaurants,
a pharmacy and a movie theatre was conveniently situated
near the hotel. We chose a
restaurant and spent the hour
reminiscing about relatives,
alive and departed and old
childhood friends. Each sentence was prefaced with, “Do
you remember when…?”
“Let’s do some shopping,”
Helen suggested. I for one
find shopping one of the most
tedious chores but my sisters
enjoy the experience. Bena’s
husband, Zalmen, called it,
“taking inventory.” After
scouring the aisles at the most
attractive establishments, we
came up with nothing substantial – perhaps a few pairs
of underwear and some toys
for the grandchildren. In
short, the merchandise turned
out to be no cheaper or superior to ours in Montreal.
It was still too early to retire
so we proceeded to the movie
theatre that featured Message
in a Bottle, an absorbing film
while it was on the screen but
totally forgettable.
When we returned to our
hotel, Helen regaled me to the
twin bed as I was the older
sister and therefore merited
privacy while she and Bena
would share the double bed.
I wanted to tell them a story
about Lolyrinda, my heroine, now all grown up but
fell asleep before I could say,
“Once upon a time.”
After breakfast we drove
home at a leisurely pace. The
customs official at the border
accepted our claim that we
didn’t buy anything – we
figured that a few pairs of
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underwear and dolls stuffed
into our small valises didn’t
count.
And now came, what was
for me, the most memorable
two hours of that weekend.
We arrived at Lucy Place at
4 p.m. Helen and Bena had
told their husbands they’d
be home at 6 p.m. My heart
leaped when Helen declared, “Our vacation isn’t
over. We have two more
hours together.”
I pulled out my Scrabble
game, we drank tea with
chocolate chip cookies and
talked as we played; conversation flowed easily. I don’t
remember what we talked
about but I had never felt so
close to my sisters as on that
day. I recalled my mother’s
words many years ago, “I
hope when you grow up the
three of you will be friends.”
It was February, 1999. In
May, three months later,
Helen passed away; lung
cancer had taken its toll. On
her last days at home, she
only allowed her son into
her bedroom. She wanted us
to remember her as she was
on that lovely winter day
when she organized a trip
to Plattsburgh – a change to
cheer me up; it did!
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he staff of the CVE Reporter is
saddened by the sudden loss of
Anthony DiGiacomo who passed
away peacefully on Tuesday,
November 27 at the age of 50.
Our sincere condolences to his family.
“Tony” will be missed by us all.
Little Bits and Pieces
hen my husband and
I were still snowflakes (not snowbirds, just
little trips down here for a few
days at a time) many moons
ago, a northern friend asked
us if we ever go to the race
track when we are here. We
told him that we go sometimes so he asked us to make
a bet for him. I asked him
how he knows who to bet on
so far in advance. His answer
was, “Just bet the seventh
horse in the seventh race.”
Well we did go; we did bet;
he did win. Since then, when
anyone in the family goes to
the track they bet seven in the
seventh sight unseen. Last
night my son and his friend
went to the Pompano Race
Track and of course, he bet 7
– 7 and it won. He was so excited that he called me on my
cell phone while I was playing cards at the Clubhouse.
Of course my first question
was, “What did it pay?” $2.80.
Whoopee!
Did you know that people
living in New York City pay
as much as $575 per month
to park their cars in a parking
garage? Bless our parking lots.
I didn’t know that millions
of years ago Africa and the
North America Plate were one
landmass; there was no Atlantic Ocean and no Bahama
Islands. Then the continent
separated and the ocean and
the islands appeared. They
claimed there were no fossils
or dinosaurs, so says parientologists and cartographers.
You can’t mess with nature,
according to knowledgeable
people. They called Florida
“The Land from the Sea.”
On a lighter note, the following is stolen from the Orange Peel Gazette. A customer
in an Italian restaurant was so
pleased with his meal he went
to see the chef. “Your veal
parmagiana was superb; I just
spent a month in Italy, and
yours is better than any that I
had over there.”
“Naturally,” said the chef.
“Over there they use domestic
cheese, ours is imported.”
game plan.
I had to accept the new
reality: the role reversal challenge of caring for my mother.
To the best of my ability I had
to be calm, organized and
compassionate. I had to learn
to make decisions for my once
very independent-minded
mother. I understood that my
responsibility was to ensure
that appropriate care was provided. I could not mandate
myself to do everything. What
complicated matters was a
professional recommendation
that my mother relocate to a
“retirement residence with
assisted living.” I learned
that one third of the 200,000
Canadians who are 85 or
older now reside in long-term
care facilities. My task to find
a long-term care facility and
to avoid “warehousing” my
mother was key. My research
demonstrated that the task
would not be easy. Eileen
Kraatz’s insightful primer,“A
Spy in the Nursing Home:
Inside Tips and Tactics for
Choosing the Right One in
Five Days” published by
Health Information Press, was
extremely useful. Her checklists developed in evaluating
nursing homes over a 20 year
period is a must read for all
caregivers who are contemplating placement of loved ones.
I discovered that in a
2001 groundbreaking report
produced by Families Allied to Influence Responsible
Eldercare (FAIRE) entitled
The Shame of Canada’s Nursing Homes a litany of abuse
and neglect was taking place
across Canada. Without a
system of checks and balances
and adequate professional
staffing, nursing or health care
aides, residents experienced:
• overmedication
• malnutrition
• incontinent-stained
clothing
• tooth loss due to inappropriate oral hygiene
• dirty adult diapers
which lead to urinary
tract infections
• one bath per week
• dehydration
• a lack of stimulation,
recreational or social
activities
• loneliness and boredom
• inadequate physical or
occupational therapy
• long confinements to
beds or wheelchairs
including restrainment
My friends who went
through the process of finding
a long-term care facility for
their parents found the task
to be lengthy and psychologically taxing. As a preemptive
measure I had started the
application process two years
ago. The first step was to
communicate with the Community Care Access Centre
(CCAC) and indicate that my
mother wished to make an
application to enter a longterm care facility. My mother
was interviewed by a compassionate social worker. She was
deemed to be “too autonomous.” At that time she was
not prepared to leave her
home of more than 40 years.
Months later she reached the
level of consciousness that “it
was time” to enter a senior’s
residence. After a repeat of
the interview process and a
reasonable waiting period
she was admitted to our first
choice, state of the art residence. The mission statement
was impressive. The pledge
was “to meet the needs of
seniors who can no longer
live independently by providing residential long-term
care ...with respect for the
dignity and unique needs
of our residents and their
families.” In addition, “we
expect the highest standards
of care, competence and
professionalism from our
staff and volunteers.” My
mother is happy, safe and
secure. She concluded our
daily telephone conversation
with... “So far everything
is great, they’re treating me
like a Queen. I have to get
off the phone; I’m going to
a concert. By the way, you
don’t have to call every day.”
The challenges of caring for
elder parents cannot be easy
to fulfill or simply identified.
Given the horror stories one
hears about long-term care
facilities, my mother and I
are luckier than most. As a
long distance caregiver, I
finally have peace of mind.
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By MARVIN HERSHORN
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now frail and elderly? Are
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children, while concurrently
working? Do you feel alone,
isolated and alienated? You
must understand that you are
not alone. You are part of the
thousands of Canadians who
are sandwiched between the
growing needs of our aging
parents and our children. We
are the sandwich generation.
It is almost axiomatic that
you will be called upon to
become a caregiver for an
aging parent, a spouse, a
single friend or an ill child in
the future. Are you prepared
for that inevitable reality? I
was thrust into this role quite
suddenly when my father
died two years ago. After 63
years of marriage my mother
was alone. I suddenly had to
deal with the emotional, legal,
medical, psychological and
financial issues. What complicated matters was the fact that
my parents lived out of town.
I became a long-distance
caregiver. I felt guilty for not
being “on the ground” immediately available to handle
all the needs of my mother.
The daily phone call wasn’t
enough! The psychological
baggage began to affect me.
I realized that I could not
be there quickly enough all
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I don’t take care of my own
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My Fiftieth High School Reunion
By RACHEL GRECO L
ooking back half of a
century is not something everyone experiences. At first I was hesitant to
even admit 50 years of my life
had gone by.
On October 13, 2012, two
of my very old high school
friends came to Westbury, L.I.
New York to pick me up; and
we were on our way to an adventure into the past. These
two friends and I knew each
other since we were ten
years old. We grew up in the
Woodside projects, adjacent
to William Cullen Bryant
High School. We drove
into Astoria, Queens and
parked outside of the high
school. There was a large
group inside, and we had to
catch up to them as they were
on a tour of the high school
already in progress. It was really exciting to see
teenagers performing on the
stage in the auditorium where
I remember having assembly. Of course, the dances
they were doing were today’s
– wild, crazy and modern, not
the rock n’ roll of my time. I
looked around at all the faces,
accepting and enjoying the
time change. We visited the
library, cafeteria and several
of the classrooms. I lived
down the block from the
school; therefore, I didn’t
remember the cafeteria. I
mentioned to someone how I
vividly remembered the girls’
bathroom. They asked me,
“Did you smoke then?” I
replied, “Who didn’t?” We all
remembered the staircase and
running late for class, with
the bell sounding while frantically trying to get to our class
on time. We had some time before
the reunion and headed off
to our old neighborhood, the
Woodside projects. What an
adventure this was! Remember, we were only between the
ages of ten and eighteen when
last there. We all visited the
buildings we lived in. I asked
one of the tenants if we could
come inside to see the apartment we lived in 50 years
ago. We couldn’t speak Spanish, and he couldn’t speak
English but somehow we had
a really enjoyable visit. After
all, he was an elderly man
who lived alone and we were
three lovely, young ladies
all decked out for our big
night. It was a very enjoyable and memorable experi-
Ode to a Loaf of Bread
By HELENE WAYNE
I
know this is ridiculous
but all I want is a loaf of
fresh rye bread. The story of
my way of life includes my
food shopping on Mondays
at noon at Publix. I have
recently changed the store I
go to because it gets frustrating to find so many items
missing on the shelves, and
my major problem is a bread
that I would like to have my
way. This week, we were
doing some shopping in the
vicinity of the store so we
went in there. Wow, what a
mistake that was!
Since we only shop one
day a week and do not go
until the middle of the day, it
would seem logical that the
shelves would be full. We
also figure that the bakery
would have their wares all
baked by that time, not so
in this store. We won’t talk
about the shelves, just the
thin sliced loaf of rye bread
that I would like to have this
week. When I reached the
bakery, there were no rye
breads at all on the counter.
I asked one of the workers
if he had a rye bread for me.
I was told to come back in
an hour. You know that I
wasn’t going to go home and
come back nor was I going to
hang around there (with all
the perishables in my basket)
for another hour. Therefore,
I checked out the breads that
they did have. I picked out a
loaf of Italian bread that happened to be thin sliced, just
as I would have liked the rye
bread to be.
Today is the following
Sunday (six days later). I’ve
been making my lunch sandwiches on this soft, large,
holey bread for an entire
week. Obviously, their service people in the bakery like
to slice everything regular
width and to get them cut up
early so they don’t have to
bother later.
Today I made some chicken salad for my sandwich. I
took out these huge slices of
bread and had to cut them
in three pieces because if
they were whole they would
be too hard to handle. As I
attempted to eat it, the filling
kept falling out through the
holes and on the sides where
the bread is so soft. I realized again that this store’s
deficiency is in control of
my life.
Ah, sweet memories of
Hanscom’s bakery in New
York City. They sold nice,
hot rye bread, crisp on the
outside, no holes and actually the width that a sandwich
should be. I don’t know who
is responsible for Publix’s
baking pans since their final
product is always too narrow or too wide. This bread
only took 30 seconds to buy
and annoyed me for the
whole week.
Yes, the wonders of this
modern world with all its
marvelous inventions. It
now makes one stoop to
writing about a rye bread
controlling their life.
ence. Soon afterwards, we
visited Astoria and of course,
dined at a Greek cuisine. It was time to make our
debut among a couple of 100
others. The reunion was at
Riccardo’s Catering Hall;
incidentally, I also was married there 50 years ago. I
don’t think that was why they
had it there though. Upon
entering, we were given name
tags and went to any table we
wished. The funniest thing
was when you came across
someone who looked familiar,
we both bent down to look at
the name tag and astoundingly remarked, “Oh, I remember
you,” and they said, “Me,
too!” We proceeded to smile
at one another, as if at this age
we could remember much
more than that. Everyone ran
into at least one or more they
knew very well from back
then and reviewed what they
could remember. This was
very exciting and challenging
for our memories. We started with a cocktail
hour and later had a buffet
dinner with a very good variety of food and drinks. The
music began playing; and
of course, many of us went
right back to being teenagers
dancing the night away to our
favorite rock n’ roll music of
the 50s and 60s. The present principal of Bryant High
School was there; she was
adorable, gracious and could
have been any one’s granddaughter. What an experience for her! The evening went on for
about four or five hours, just
like a wedding; and we all
lasted until the end. If you
didn’t know everyone at the
beginning, by the end, phone
numbers and emails were exchanged. We took group pictures, and I couldn’t imagine
how wide angled those cameras were. We gave honorable
mention to all those who ran
the event, which took as long
and as much time and effort,
as possible. They collected
$4,000 which will be turned
over to the students for their
education. What a wonderful occasion and many great
memories for a lifetime for
so many of us. So when they
ask you to go to your 50th
reunion, try not to miss it! Please drive carefully
through our Village
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up & dropping off passengers at bus stops
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By PHYLLIS PISTOLIS
Chewy Coconut Macaroons
2 ½ c. flaked coconut
¾ c. all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp. salt
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened
condensed milk
1 ½ tsp. almond extract
In a bowl, toss together
the coconut, flour and salt.
Stir in condensed milk and
extract until blended.
Mixture will be thick and
sticky.
Drop by rounded teaspoonful 3 inches apart on
baking sheets coated with
cooking spray.
Bake at 300° for 18 to 22
minutes or until edges are
lightly browned.
Cool for 2 min. before
removing to wire racks.
Makes about 32 cookies
Oven Fried Zucchini
Sticks
Canola or olive oil cooking spray
½ c. whole wheat flour
½ c. all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. corn meal
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
1 ½ lbs. zucchini (about
3 medium), cut into ½ by 3
in. sticks
2 egg whites, slightly
beaten
Preheat oven to 475°
Coat a large baking pan
with spray. Combine all dry
ingredients in a plastic bag.
Dip zucchini in egg
white, shake in bag to coat
and arrange on baking
sheet. Spray again and
bake 10 min. Turn and
spray again and bake another 10 min.
Serve hot. Yummy!
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2 Bed / 1.5 Bath, Furnished, Seasonal $1,800.00, Annual $900.00 month
2 Bed / 2 Bath, Furnished, Remodeled, Seasonal
$1,800.00 per month
1 Bed / 1.5 Bath, Furnished, Annual
$750.00 per month
1 Bed / 1.5 Bath, Unfurnished, Annual
$750.00 per month
DECEMBER 2012
DECEMBER 2012
SECTION B, 44 PAGES Cote St. Luc Men’s
Club Marks 25th
Anniversary
Text by SID BIRNS Photo by JACK FRANK
M
embers of the Cote
St. Luc City Council
joined with members of the
Senior Men’s Club of Cote St.
Luc, in celebrating the Club’s
25th anniversary.
The members and their
wives were treated to a night
of entertainment and dancing with the keynote address
given by past president, Nat
S. Bernstein.
Cote St. Luc Mayor, Antho-
ny Housefather, praised the
president of the club, Sidney
Margles and the members,
as a vibrant senior citizens
group, along with their contributions to the community.
Margles was presented
with a medal given by the
National Assembly, in recognition of his continuing
benevolence and service to
the community of Cote St. Luc
and the Province of Quebec.
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VOLUME 36, NUMBER 03
Text by TONI PONTO Photo by KYLE QUINTANO
T
ropical Storm Sandy’s wind and rain brought down a tree at Newport A on Friday, October 26, 2012.
Luckily the damage was relatively minor and no one was injured.
Tree down at Newport A
65 Social Club Spends
an Evening at Lips
Text and Photos by JULES KESSELMAN
nce again the active 65 Social
Club offered its enjoyable
monthly event. This month’s venue
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Tree Down
at Newport A
Merle and Sidney Margles with medal received for his service.
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was spent at Lips, a Drag Queen
supper club in Ft. Lauderdale. The
meal and show were very enjoyable. Both the wait staff and entertainers were
all Drag Queens. Some were so beautiful it was hard to believe that they were
males masquerading as females.
The 65 Social Club is a club open
to couples of any age. For information, contact Lillian at 954-360-2941.
Drag Queen Miss Charity
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DECEMBER 2012
Celebrations
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane.....
No, It’s a Turkey!!!
Text and Photo by SID BIRNS
T
his Thanksgiving
was kinda special.
We were eight at the dinner
table and the hostess really
outdid herself. She made
everything from scratch:
mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and of course, The Turkey.
The desserts were key lime
and lemon meringue pies.
It was a good evening
with good friends, stimulating conversation; and
the dessert with a cup of
coffee made it a spectacular
evening.
Notice
Residents’
Green
Vehicle
Stickers
No
Longer
Recognized
T
Seated left to right are: Gloria Birns; Ethel Bloom; Francis Nemitz, Danny Nemitz, Thelma and Mickey Entin.
Italian-American Club Halloween Party
Text by TONI PONTO
O
n Sunday evening,
October 28, 2012,
the Italian-American Club
held its annual Halloween
Party at the Activity Center.
Photo by LORI BENOIT
Approximately 90 members and friends attended
and most were dressed in
costumes. The DJ provided
great dance music, and
the dance floor was full all
night long.
Each year the costumes
are more creative, and this
year was no exception.
There were pirates, jail
birds, gypsies, policemen,
a ghost, the devil and the
pope. There was a costume
contest judged by the DJ
and a couple of members
of the club who were not in
costume. A great time was
had by all!
Costume contest winners: (l-r) Ronald Delatorre, Patricia Delatorre, Pepe Martini, Ralph Nappi, Donna Nappi, Gilles Carluy, Ellie Maio
he Village’s new Entrance Gate Security
System is up and running.
Bar code readers have
been installed on the security gates on both East and
West Drive entrances, and
residents with bar codes
may now enter any of the
three (3) entrances without
checking with security.
Both East and West Drive
entrances have also been
equipped to allow entrance
by non-residents to reduce
the vehicle load on the
main gate entrance (Hillsboro Blvd.).
Residents without a bar
code will be stopped by Security and asked to show their
Resident I.D. Card at each of
the three (3) entrances.
The new Security System
recognizes resident’s bar
code, identifies the resident
in the resident database, records the date and time of
entry, and photographs the
vehicles license tag while
comparing the information
collected with the information on file. The old green
sticker does not provide
this functionality and security has no way of knowing
if the vehicle bearing the
sticker has been sold to a
non-resident, or even who
the vehicle belongs to.
Residents are encouraged
to purchase a bar code sticker for each of their vehicles
to expedite entry through
the three (3) entrances.
DECEMBER 2012
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Community Message Board
CVE Symphony Orchestra Guild
January 13, Sunday at 2 p.m.
OPEN MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Entertainment by talented studen
ts of
Opera Argento School
GPA room in Clubhouse
Public invited
Deerfield Beach Green Market kicks
off at the Cove Shopping Center. This
increasingly popular market features
a variety of artisan foods, clothing,
soaps & oils and other unique finds
while promoting the beauty of its
recently renovated surroundings and the merchants that inhabit it. The
market will be held every Sunday from
8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
BSO
Reminds
you To.....
SLAm THE
DOOR ON
VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO ASSIST
2012 ELECTION COMMITTEE
SCAmmERS!
Where: Clubhouse Party Room
When: Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon
Please call either: Joe Sachs
Ple
Don’t Dump It, Donate It!
Save the environment.
Help our Community.
Donate your used Cell phones and Print
Cartridges!
______________________________________
(Chair)
954-725-2404
Carol McBride (Co-chair)
954-313-3652
Claire Eskind
954-421-0695
(Co-chair)
Volunteers Are Essential For This Community to move Forward
Dear Century Village East residents,
FUND for PARKINSON DISEASE RESEARCH, Inc,
is conducting a cell phone and print cartridge recycling
fund raiser. There is nothing to buy and we do not want
your money. We are simply asking you to protect the
environment by donating your used digital cell phones
and empty ink/toner cartridges. Proceeds will help fund
this local charity. We greatly appreciate your support!
Please bring your old print cartridges and your old, no
longer used cell phones to the special bins outside the
main entrances to our Clubhouse - upper level or lower
level. you may also find a convenient bin at the
entrance to the COOCVE, CVEmm office near Le
Club. Just dump your items in the bins- no paper work,
no questions.
We have an arrangement with a company that will pick up our bins
each week and pay us varying amounts for your "donations." If you
would like to know how this recycling helps our environment, please
email us and we will send you the facts behind this claim.
[email protected] PO Box 4594 Deerfield Beach, FL
THIS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. A COPY OF OUR OFFICIAL
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4th A n n u a l
Fle a
M a r k et
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OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY PHONE. THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER OF THE DIVISION IS 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352) – CALLING
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from 9am to 3pm
Look For Additional Information
In the Staff/Information Office
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DECEMBER 2012
Bone Health
By ELLEN KAMHI PHD, RN/ The Natural Nurse®
I
t is interesting to note,
that between 26 and 38
million people in the United
States are at high risk for
developing osteoporosis, even
though the US has the highest
per capita dairy consumption. Although 80% of those
diagnosed with osteoporosis are women, men can
also suffer from this debilitating condition.
One of the most important
interventions to maintain
maximum bone health is exercise. The best form of exercise
include weight bearing, so
walking is great for the leg
bones, and lifting is important
for the upper body skeletal
structure. Nutrition also matters. Here are some essential
nutrients for strong bones.
Calcium is essential for
life, and is the most abundant
mineral in the human body.
Calcium is well recognized
for its importance in the
development of bones and
teeth, but it has many other
functions as well. Calcium
acts as a ‘pump’ regulation mechanism that escorts
nutrients and waste products
in and out of cells through
their membranes. It is also
involved in nerve transmissions and muscle contractions
(including the heart muscle).
The best sources of dietary
calcium include whole grains,
beans, nuts and especially
dark green leafy vegetables,
such as kale. Milk and dairy
products contain a lot of
calcium, but the absorption
of calcium from dairy by the
body can be interfered with,
due to the high amount of
protein in these foods. Calcium has been shown in scientific studies to help with
premenstrual syndrome
complaints, such as bloating,
weight gain, breast tenderness, headaches, muscle
cramps and mood swings.
On the average, approximately 1500 mg/day (varies
somewhat with age, weight,
sex, etc.) of calcium is required to prevent the breakdown of bone tissue. It is often difficult to get this amount
through the diet. In order to
maintain an adequate supply
of calcium for all of its important jobs in the body, doctors
often recommend that people
use a calcium supplement.
Forms of Calcium
Several studies have
shown that calcium citrate is
absorbed better than calcium carbonate, (the kind of
calcium often used in antacid
tablets). In other studies, supplementation with Calcium
citrate had more beneficial results than calcium gluconate
and tricalcium phosphate.
Calcium citrate does not cause
‘gas’ or stomach upset, which
can occur with other calcium
forms, and it has a pleasant
taste. Other highly absorbable forms of calcium include
Calcium Orotate and Microcrystalline Hydroxyapetite.
Magnesium
Magnesium is the second
most common mineral in
the body (after calcium).
Magnesium is important for
many metabolic processes,
including building bone, and
is essential for promoting
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calcium absorption. Magnesium citrate, is a high quality
form of magnesium, and has
less of a laxative effect than
other forms, such as magnesium oxide. One of the
best forms of magnesium is
magnesium glycinate.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is essential in
forming collagen, which
acts as a ‘glue’ that holds
the body together, and also
supports the immune system.
Vitamin C helps to acidify
the blood. which increases
calcium absorption.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is referred to as
the sunshine vitamin, since
it is produced by the body
following sun exposure. It is
essential for the formation
of bone tissue. Vitamin D
deficiency is common among
people in northern latitudes,
the elderly, and others who
don’t regularly get enough
sun exposure. Vitamin D-3
(cholecalciferol) is a more useful form of vitamin D, than
Vitamin D-2 (ergocalciferol),
so read your vitamin label to
see what kind you are getting.
Ipriflavone
Ipriflavone is a compound
derived from soy, which has
been shown to be useful,
along with calcium, in inhibiting the breakdown of bone
tissue in the body, especially
in women who are postmeno-
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pausal, the most common
group to develop osteoporosis.
References:
Heller, H. J.; Stewart, A.;
Haynes,et al, Pharmacokinetics of calcium absorption
from two commercial calcium
supplements. J Clin Pharmacol,
39:11, Nov 1999, 1151- 4.
Reginster JY, Denis D,
Bartsch V, et al, Acute biochemical variations induced
by four different calcium
salts in healthy male volunteers, Osteoporos Int 1993
Sep;3(5):271-5.
Thys-Jacobs, S., Starkey, P.,
Bernstein, D., et al, Calcium
carbonate and the premenstrual syndrome: Effects on
premenstrual and menstrual
symptoms . Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998;179:444-52.
Ellen Kamhi PhD RN, The
Natural Nurse®, can be heard
on radio daily. She is the author of several books, including THE NATURAL MEDICINE CHEST. Dr. Kamhi
has been involved in natural
health care for over four
decades. She is available for
group presentations, answers
consumer questions at www.
naturesanswer.com, and has
a private practice. Dr. Kamhi
will be lecturing in Century
Village East on Tues., Feb 5, at
the (CUNY) Alumni Group, 7
p.m. in GPA. All residents are
welcome. www.naturalnurse.
com 800-829-0918
Century Village East
Athletic Schedule
December 3rd 2012 thru January 5th2013
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Monday
Low Impact Aerobics
(Cristina)
Body Toning &Weights
(Gale)
9:15 AM
9:45 AM
10:35 AM
10:45 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
1:15 PM
2:00 PM
3:15 PM
Easy Stretch (Gale)
Low Impact Aerobics
(Elen)
Hula Dance (Norwo)
Senior Fitness
&Weights (Gale)
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
Zumba (Marina)
9:00 AM
Low Impact Aerobics
(Debbie)
Relax with Yoga
(Janet )
Low Impact Aerobics
(Debbie)
Zumba (Fabio)
Balance (Gale)
Awareness Through
Movements (Iris )
Yoga Stretch (Dotty)
8:00 AM
Tuesday
Intermediate Aerobics
(Blanca)
Body Toning
&Weights (Blanca)
9:15 AM Outdoor
10:15AMOutdoor
11:00AM Outdoor
Aquacise (Sandy)
Aquacise (Viktoriya)
Aqua Zumba (Hugo)
10:00-12:00 PM
Indoor
12:00 PM Indoor
Swimming
Lessons (Norwo)
Arthritic Aquacise
(Viktoriya)
Health Club All Levels
Wednesday
Thursday
Low Impact Aerobics
(Blanca)
(Debbie)
Easy Stretch (Debbie)
Low Impact Aerobics
(Debbie)
Zumba (Fabio)
Senior Fitness &Weights
(Debbie)
Tai-Chi (Terry)
Chair Yoga (Janet )
Beginners Belly Dance
(Mary Ann)
Intermediate Belly Dance
(Mary Ann)
Zumba (Andrea)
Pilates (Nancy)
Aquacise (Gale)
Aqua Zumba
(Hugo)
Arthritic Aquacise
(Debbie)
Low Impact Aerobics
(Cleide)
Relax with Yoga
(Janet )
Low Impact Aerobics
(Cleide)
Hula Dance (Norwo)
Chair Stretch (Gale)
Balance (Gale)
Chair Yoga (Janet )
Friday
Saturday
Easy Stretch (Cleide)
Low Impact Aerobics
(Nancy)
Pilates (Cleide)
Low Impact Aerobics
(Cleide)
(Cleide)
Zumba (Fabio)
Senior Fitness &Weights
(Cleide)
Low Impact Aerobics
(Cleide)
Body Toning
&Weights (Cleide)
Zumba (Marina)
Awareness Through
Movements (Iris )
Beginner Belly Dance
(Marion)
Party Room All Levels
Intervals Aerobics
(Cleide)
Ball Sculpt (Cleide)
Zumba (Andrea)
Pilates(Gale)
Aquatic Schedule All Levels
Aquacise (Blanca)
Aquacise (Blanca)
Arthritic Aquacise
(Viktoriya)
Aquacise (Sandy)
Aquacise (Cristina)
Aqua Zumba
(Hugo)
Swimming
Lessons (Norwo)
Arthritic Aquacise
(Cleide)
Intervals Aerobics
(Debbie)
(Debbie)
Arthritic Aquacise
(Viktoriya)
Aquacise (Blanca)
Aquacise (Blanca)
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DECEMBER 2012
Helpful Health Hints
By DR. NORMA LOCKER
H
ow Important is Potassium?
Few people know how
much potassium we should
be getting. The Recommended Dietary Allowance
(RDA) is 4,700 milligrams
a day, but the average person
gets roughly half as much.
Most studies have shown that
increasing potassium in the
diet lowers blood pressure.
What else can potassium do?
In a study in London, subjects
with high blood pressure who
were receiving 2,200 mgs.
from food were given an extra
2,500 mgs. of potassium a
day, or a placebo. When the
people who were getting the
extra potassium were tested,
their arteries were less stiff.
Stiff arteries can cause heart
attack, stroke and memory
loss. Also, their heart muscles
had less thickening.
If the diet is low in potassium, the recommendation is to
increase consumption of fruits
and veggies and lower salt
intake drastically. If you’ve
been reading my former
articles, you’re familiar with
that recommendation. Do not
add potassium supplements
to your diet unless you are
under a doctor’s supervision.
Risks of Sleep Deprivation
A study done in a sleep
laboratory showed how a
lack of sleep can affect our
health in unexpected ways.
Participants were deprived
of adequate sleep for three
weeks getting only six and a
half hours of sleep every 28
hours. They were kept awake
for 21½ hours at a time. Their
resting metabolic rate fell
by eight percent, and their
blood sugar levels were
elevated after meals and
before breakfast.
“The participants’ glucose
control went haywire; in some
cases, a level considered prediabetic,” one researcher
wrote, “That and the lower
metabolic rate could easily
set the stage for diabetes
and obesity.”
So what is considered
adequate sleep? Most health
professionals recommend
at least eight hours of sleep
every night. Try to cultivate
good, healthy sleep habits.
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE CLASS DESCRIPTION
Low Impact Aerobics
Low impact aerobics is a low intensity workout designed to
help you condition the cardio respiratory system by using a
diversity of exercises. The class starts with 30 minutes of
Aerobic workout followed by 15 minutes of weights and 10
minutes of abdominal work and stretching.
Low Intermediate Aerobics: Intermediate to Advanced
This has been created for those requiring more intensity and
more challenge.
Body Toning & Weights: All Levels
This is a total body toning which helps those with problems of
osteoporosis and muscle density loss. (You must bring your
own weights and rubber tubing.)
Tai Chi: All Levels
A series of slow, graceful low impact movements developed
thousands of years ago in China. It helps with balance and posture.
Chair Stretch: All Levels
This is a gentle approach to Yoga focusing on exercising both
the body and the mind, through stretching, breathing and
relaxation. All are done standing and sitting.
Arthritic Aquacise: Beginner
This is an easy to follow class, focusing on building
flexibility, balance and strength to increase joint mobility and
range of motion.
Beginner Belly Dance
Tone your body while learning traditional belly dance moves that
target and isolate areas of the body that rarely get attention. No
experience required-just a willingness to shake what you got! Bring
scarf or coin belt to wrap around your hips.
Intermediate Belly Dance
This class is for those who want to learn different routines
and have previous Belly Dance Training.
Easy Stretch
This is a beginners approach to yoga with low intensity forms
of stretching, combining mind and body to relieve stress and
rejuvenate your spirit. It is a blend of traditional posture or
forms and techniques to increase body awareness, flexibility,
balance and strength.
Yoga Stretch
This class is designed for those at the intermediate level to
engage in the endless benefits of the yoga practice by
enhancing your mind/body, increasing strength and flexibility.
Relax with Yoga: All Levels
Yoga is a practical self discipline to gain mastery over body
and mind, to increase strength, flexibility, balance, stamina
and endurance in a positive mental atmosphere. There is
special emphasis on proper breathing, relaxation and
meditation techniques.
Swimming
This class is provided for those who don’t know how to swim.
We show basic techniques and the ability to enjoy the
outdoors in South Florida in a better way. We offer beginner
and advanced classes.
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Aquacise: All Levels
Get in the pool and enjoy an invigorating class that gives you cardio
respiratory conditioning. It also helps you with any arthritis
symptoms by reducing the stress of joints. (You must have a noodle.)
Ball Sculpt: Intermediate and Advanced
Enjoy a class built to improve core muscle stability, balance
and strength. This class incorporates a combination of
different techniques, like Pilate’s strength training and
abdominals, to give you a full body workout.
Pilates: Beginner and Intermediate
Pilates is a way of connecting the whole body and mind through
proper breathing and slow, controlled movements to help you
develop core abdominal strength and a leaner body by lengthening
and stretching the muscles without building bulk.
Zumba: All Levels
This is a mix of Latin dance and fitness moves worked into a
high energy aerobic workout geared to make you burn calories
while dancing your heart out. So come Salsa, Cha-Cha and
Meringue your way into fitness.
Line/Tap Dance
An entertaining and fun class! With choreographic routines,
that combine line dance patterns with other rhythms.
Balance: All Levels
Activities useful to improve stability and strength of the
muscles needed to obtain better balance.
Chair Yoga
Same great results as Relax with Yoga
For People Who:
Have limited mobility
Have difficulty doing Floor Exercise
Have arthritis or other physical limitations
Are recovering from surgery
*** Doctor Approval recommended***
Senior Fitness & Weights
This is a program to increase strength flexibility and energy
through weight lifting and cardiovascular exercises. (You
must bring your own weights and rubber tubing.)
Hawaiian Hula
The hula is a Polynesian dance characterized by undulating hips with
coordinating movements of the arms and hands and hips.
Interval Training
This is a combination of strength and endurance
Awareness Through Movements
This class is for every one of all abilities and age from individuals
searching for relief from pain, though those seeking continued wellbeing to that seeking performance excellence.
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No registration necessary: You must consult your
doctor before involving yourself in any exercise
program.
Aquacise classes will be at the Indoor Pool when air
temperature is 60 degrees or below.
Athletic Classes are restricted to *CVE residents and
renters only. Proper Footware is required.
You must have your resident ID card.
Party room classes are more intense.
Equipment Orientation is made by appointment only.
(No phone appointments.)
This schedule is subject to change.
DECEMBER 2012
Active CVE Republican Club New
and regular members, call Gloria
Wolff at 561-368-5720. For action plans
for 2012 campaign, also call Gloria
Wolff at 561-368-5720.
AMIT (Americans for Israel and
Torah) meets the second Monday
of every month at 12:30 p.m. Board
meetings are held on the fourth Monday of the month from 10:30 a.m. to 12
p.m. September to May. For information, call Norma at 954-428-2386 or
954-571-8673.
AMIT Children, Golda Meir Chapter of Deerfield Beach For information,
call Ruth Berkovils at 954-428-5788.
Art Club of CVE meetings are held
on the second Friday of each month
(November through April) from 10
a.m. to 12 noon in Clubhouse Room
GP-A. Membership is $15. Come see
our interesting programs; join our
trips & exhibitions; look up our website at http://artclubofcve.site.voila.
fr/. Artists and non-artists are welcome. For information, call Barbara
Nathan Marcus, President (November
through April), at 954-596-8812.
Astronomy Club begins its meetings in November and meets the second Tuesday of the month from 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m., in General Purpose Room E.
For information, call Jerry at 954-4289381 or Norma at 954-480-8938.
B’nai B’rith Unit #2995 for Men
and Women All meetings will be held
in the Activity Center and includes
board and membership. For further
information, contact Dave Polak at
954-420-0096.
Bible Study Group meets every
Thursday in the Clubhouse from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. in General Purpose
Room E. Study the old and new testaments. All are welcome. For further
information, call Cora Woodman,
954-421-2789 or Marion Rosenthal,
561-865-1128.
Billiards Ladies and Gentlemen,
your tables are waiting. Come in and
enjoy the great game of pool. If you
are a beginner and require instructions, Martin Feldman will be glad to
help. Contact him at 954-419-9477.
Bowling Club of CVE meets every
Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at Strikes of
Boca (formerly Boca Bowl), Town
Center Rd. and Military Trail. All are
welcome. Come join us and have fun.
For information, call Nelson at 561865-3864.
Broward Council of Na’Amat USA
(formerly Pioneer Women) meets
the fourth Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the
Na’Amat Council Office, 1721 N. State
Road 7, Suite H in Margate. For information, call 954-327-0770.
Canadian Club of CVE This club
was founded in 1976 as a social club
for snowbirds. Many interesting
activities, e.g. excursions, theatre
outings, entertainment and lectures
are planned for the members. Long-
lasting friendships are a side benefit.
Regular meetings are held on the
second Thursday of every month in
the Party Room of the Clubhouse.
For additional information, check the
website at www.canadianclubcve.
com, Channel 99 or telephone Ala
Gamulka at 954-482-0640.
The Catholic Social Club will be
active again this year. The meeting
will be held on the third Thursday of
every month at 2 p.m. in Room GPA at
the Clubhouse. Everyone is welcome.
For more information you can contact
Jim O’Neil at 954-571-7931 or Bob
Mulligan at 954-428-8343.
Century Camera Club meets
Tuesdays at 1 p.m. in Room GP-F in
the Clubhouse.. For information, call
Patty Bender at 908-477-7811.
Century Plaza Library Century
Village residents average about 15,000
visits there each month. For more
information, contact Marian Rosenzweig, 954-428-9197.
Chabad of Deerfield Beach Shabbat
services are held on Saturday mornings at 9:30 a.m. at Temple Beth Israel,
201 South Military Trail (back gate
access from Century Village). Torah
study is on Wednesday evening from
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For information
about additional events and classes,
please call the Shul at 954-422-1835 or
email to [email protected] or
check our website at www.ChabadDeerfield.com.
Choraleers CVE, President Dr.
Robert Griffin and The CVE Choraleers are looking forward to welcoming our Canadian members, our
year-round residents, and all CVE
vocalists interested in joining The CVE
Choraleers. Do you enjoy singing?
Then come for an audition. Become a
member of our Chorus. You can only
pick up your music after you officially
join us, by paying a one-time fee of
$10. Music Director Bill Weinhaus has
prepared a delightful arrangement
of songs for our upcoming spring
concert, March 14, 2013 at 7 p.m. For
additional information contact Esther
Abramowitz 954-421-8815 or Shirley
Green 954-426-2107.
City University of New York
(CUNY) Alumni Club meets on the
first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
in the Clubhouse in General Purpose
Room A, November to April. All
CUNY graduates and their spouses
are welcome. We have interesting
programs and field trips. For information, call Norma at 954-480-8938.
Clubhouse Bingo meets every
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Party
Room. It is new and exciting and lots
of fun. Only dabbers are used; no
more chips. A six pack sells for $3,
the Early Bird and Bingo Special for
$1. The Early Bird and Bingo Players
Special each pay $75. Bingo will be
played all year. For more information,
call Judy at 954-421-2580.
Cornerstone Community Baptist
Church, Pastor Bret M. Lovitz, Worship Services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Wednesday
Service 7 p.m., CCBC Youth Group 1
p.m. and 3 p.m. For information, call
954-421-2530.
Coping With Life Changes is
a Bereavement and Peer Support
Group who meet and gain support
and understanding from others who
have experienced loss of a loved
one. Learn tools to cope with the
grief experience, healing and live
life again. The group meets every
Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon in GPG. For information call Laura Durant, LCSW, 954-777-5300, ext. 3041.
Craft Exchange will meet beginning
December, 20, 2012, every Thursday
at 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Clubhouse
GPC room. Call Sarah Goldstein at
973-748-0992.
CVE Duplicate Bridge Club games
are Monday, Tuesday and Saturday
at 12:30 p.m. in the Clubhouse Card
Room B. For information, call Bernice
Ruga at 954-698-9741.
CVE Fishing Club Salt and fresh
water fishing. For more information,
call Lucky Mel at 954-684-6881.
CVE Mandolin Orchestra now
meets every Monday afternoon from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Clubhouse General Purpose Room, November thru
March. Musicians who can play cello,
viola or clarinet are invited. For further information, call Vincent Zappi at
954-428-1794.
CVE Sewing Club meets every
Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in
the Sewing Room. For further information, call Rita at 954-571-1645.
CVE Shuffleboard Club meets first
Friday of each month at 10 a.m. to
12 p.m. at the Clubhouse in Room A,
located on the second floor. Membership of $7 entitles you to free coffee
and donuts, free lessons, use of club
equipment, open play all season and
social events. Call Secretary Shelia
Guernard at 954-428-9822 or email
Larry Norris at [email protected].
CVE Symphony Orchestra Our
65-member orchestra practices on
Sunday mornings during the season.
We perform one concert, each month,
from January through March, including professional soloists. We are
looking to add more violinists. If you
are an experienced string player and
would like to join us, please call Mary
Ellen at 561-395-5645.
supports our Symphony Orchestra.
We are urging you to participate in
our fundraising efforts. Meet the
Board of the CVE Symphony Orchestra Guild at their meeting open to the
public. You will be rewarded with a
wonderful musical program. Details
of these fundraisers can be found
in the flyer at the Staff Office, in the
Guild’s column in this Reporter or on
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Channel 99. Become a member of the
Guild. Support your orchestra! For
further information, contact President Bea Guccione at 954-426-3540.
For membership in the Guild, contact
Kitty Cole at 954-360-7956.
CVE Volleyball Club meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9-11
a.m. and beyond, from NovemberApril next to the tennis court. All
are invited. Contact Max Amichai
Heppner at 954-903-0567 or email to
[email protected].
Dance with Us for Folk and Line
Dancing meets on Tuesdays from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Health Club. No
charge. For information, call Gloria
954-480-6474 or Jerry 954-698-9240.
Deerfield Beach Computer Club
The popular Deerfield Beach Computer Club meets from 10 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. every Friday except holidays
from September through May in the
Le Club/Activity Center Room B.
First time guests admitted free. $1 per
class. The building has WiFi, so bring
your smartphone, laptop or tablet to
follow along. For more information
contact Barry at 954-725-9331 or Julies
at 954-570-9470 or go to the club website at www.db-cc.org.
Deerfield Beach Democratic Club
will now meet the second Monday of
every month at 12 noon at Le Club. A
light lunch will be served to all members who have paid their dues. Come
and meet our interesting speakers.
For information, call Bernie Parness,
President, at 954-415-5658.
Deerfield Progressive Forum meets
Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, in Le
Club for lecture/discussion sessions on
political, economic and social issues.
For information, call 954-428-1598.
Disabled American Veterans
Chapter 133 of Deerfield Beach has
trained Service Officers to assist you in
obtaining benefits that you are entitled to. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO
VETERANS FOR THIS HELP! Just call
954-421-6097 to set up an appointment.
District Council 37 Retirees Next
meeting will be held at Temple Anshei
Shalom, 7099 Atlantic Ave., Delray
Beach, 33436. For information, call
Chairman Vincent Socci at 561-451-3643.
Emunah of America meets third
Wednesday of every month at 12 noon
in the Young Israel Synagogue in Century Plaza. Light lunch and interesting
program. All are cordially welcome.
For information about this chapter,
call Ina Ciocca, 954-360-0740; Selma,
954-427-8674 or Pearl, 954-426-0189.
Friends of Deerfield Beach Arboretum, 2841 W. Hillsboro Blvd. Free
tour of the Arboretum every Friday at
10 a.m., and the first Saturday of each
month at 10 a.m. Seminars held at 7
p.m. in Recreation Room of Constitution Park. All seminars followed with
an auction featuring plants, herbs and
trees from our nursery. Refreshments
served. All are invited. Volunteers
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needed to help spread mulch, weed and
participate in planting activities. For
further information, call 954-480-4494.
Hadassah Deerfield Beach meets
monthly on the third Monday at 12
noon in Activity Room B at the rear
of Le Club. Use bus No. 5. Interesting programs! For information, call
Minerva Katz at 954-427-9902 or Adele
at 954 427-4970.
Hispanic Club meets on the second
Sunday of each month in Room B at
the Activity Center from 2:30 p.m. to 4
p.m. Our dues are $6 per year. Come
and meet new friends and help us plan
club activities. E-mail for the Club is
[email protected]. For information, call Ana at 954-427-6033.
El Club Hispano se reune el segundo Domingo de cada mes en el Salon
B del Activity Center de 2:30 a 4:00 de
la tarde. Las cuotas son $6 anuales.
Unase a nosotros y haga nuevas amistades y ayundenos a planificar actividades. Email for Club is [email protected]. Para mas informacion
llamen a Ana al 954-424-6033 o Jane al
954-421-5584.
Independent Living first Wednesday of each month from 1 p.m. to 3
p.m. in the Elevator Alcove near the
theater. Distributes phones for the
hearing and sight impaired. For further information, contact Felix Cruz at
954-722-6400.
Italian-American Club, your
heritage, meets the second Monday of
each month at 10:30 a.m. from October
to April in the Clubhouse Party Room.
Join us for fun. Some of our functions:
pizza parties, picnics (the Italian way),
trips, lunch/dinner theatre, guest
speakers and more. Contacts all year:
Lena Radicella, 954-428-2184; Lucille
Carlucci, 954-421-2406 and Toni Ponto, 954-428-0286. JOIN, JOIN, JOIN
Jet Setters Singles Club Jet Setters
Singles Club The Club was started
for widows, widowers and singles in
Century Village to meet and find new
acquaintances to enrich their lives.
We host bus trips, places of interest,
shows, beach luncheon parties and
offer many exciting monthly activities.
The Jet Setters Singles Club allows
our CVE singles to enjoy life again
after a spouse passes away. We are
a kind, friendly group so come join
us. The Club meets the third Monday
of the month in Music Room B at 1
p.m. Meetings will resume again on
Monday, December 17, 2012. Already
scheduled is a Dinner-Show, with
private bus transportation, to see the
Lips show on Sunday, February 10,
2012. Dues are $5 (cash only) for all
members per season. We look forward to seeing our previous, as well
as new members who wish to join the
Jet Setters Singles Group.
For more information, call Shirley,
954-421-2567 or Sandi, 954-725-5895.
Jewish War Veterans Post and
Auxiliary 265 meets the third Sunday
of the month in the Activity Room C
behind Le Club at 10:30 a.m. Show
your support of our troops by joining
and getting involved in our numerous programs benefitting our armed
forces. We need more JWV of Korea
and Vietnam wars. For information,
call Kitty Cole, 954-360-7956; Richard
Rosensveig, 954-426-1960, or Ralph
Bell, 954-590-2965.
The homeless veterans, both men
and women, in South Florida are
DECEMBER 2012
part of the “wages of war.” Those of
us who were fortunate enough to go
comparatively unscathed through the
battles, both at home and abroad, owe
them a debt.
This post is conducting a clothing
drive to aid them. They need blankets,
new underwear and socks, toiletries,
outerwear, shoes, rain gear and whatever else you can think of that will
help. Please, all items must be clean
and in wearable condition, not torn or
dirty. All items collected will be delivered to the Veterans Center in West
Palm Beach by us. Just a phone call
to 954-590-2965 will bring a prompt
reply. This post would like to increase
its membership. If you are a veteran
of any war and are interested, please
contact us at the above number.
Knights of Pythias Kings Knights
Lodge #221, meets on the second
Tuesday of the month at Cypress
Hammock Park, 1300 Coral Springs
Drive, Coral Springs. Parking is available and a collation is served after the
meeting. Our meetings start at 7:30
p.m. and for further information call
PC Larry Hochfeld at 954-721-4833.We
welcome all paid up Pythian brothers
to join us.
Knitting Club of CVE meets every
Monday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the
Sewing Room at the Clubhouse. We
welcome beginners and experienced
knitters and crocheters. If you have
an “Itch to Stitch,” come and have fun
and make someone happy. Call Florence 954-698-9421.
Kosher Singles A new club for
dining, travel and day trips meets the
third Tuesday of each month at 10
a.m. in Room B, first floor. For more
information, call 954-480-8958.
L’Alliance Francophone CVE Join
more than 1800 French-speaking residents of the Village, mostly snowbirds
from Canada. The association was
established in 1995, offering great
activities. For information, call Jean
Leduc 954-420-9649 or Pierre Laliberte
954-427-9839.
L’Alliance Francophone of CVE
Si vous parlez Français, joignez-vous
aux 800 personnes déjà membres
de notre association. Nous avons de
nombreuses activitès tres diversifièès
a vous proposer. Pour toute information, appeler Jean Leduc 954-420-9649
or Pierre Laliberte 954-427-9839.
Lapidary Club members only, work
every Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. in the Lapidary Room.
Supervisor must be present. Sessions
will be added as needed. For information, call Walter Reich at 954-421-6875.
Let’s Talk About Books and
Things meets monthly on the fourth
Thursday in General Purpose Room
G at 2 p.m., October-May Suggested
reading The Columbus Affair by Steve
Berry. All are welcome. For more
information, call Gladys, 954-421-9232
or Irene, 954-418-9156.
Lois Meet Lois Introductions are
easy at the meetings of the Lois Club
where membership across the nation
is solely on a first-name basis. The
premise of the Club seems to take
hold because the name, while popular in the 1930s and 1940s, went out
of style. Lois’ say they don’t often
encounter others with the same name
so when they do, they’re drawn together. The South Florida Lois Club
is fascinating to see how similar we
are. Those interested in joining our
Lois Club are welcome. For further
information, call Lois R. 954-4256922, organizer.
Low Vision Support Group meets
the 4th Tuesday each month, October
to April, 10 a.m. in Music Room B.
Contact Fran Massel 954-426-1077.
Marie’s Cabaret If you like to sing,
tell stories and have humor to relate,
come visit Marie’s Cabaret every
Monday at 6 p.m. in Music Room A
or the GPA Room in the Clubhouse.
Also, if you play the piano or any
other instrument, we welcome you.
Visit us, and enjoy an evening of pleasure along with meeting new friends.
For further information, call Marie
954-725-1365.
Mended Hearts Cardiac Support
Group, an affiliate of the American
Heart Association, meets the first and
third Mondays of the month at 6:30
p.m. Heart healthy snacks will be
served. Open to all cardiac patients
and their families in the community.
Located at 7300 Del Prado Circle
South, Boca Raton. For information,
call 561-392-3000. Na’Amat USA, Negev/Gila Chapter (Century Village, Deerfield
Beach) Information about this organization, call Kitty Cole at 954-360-7956
or Marjorie Moidel at 954-970-8609.
National Council of Jewish Women meetings are held at the Clubhouse
Room N at 12 noon on the third
Wednesday of each month, October
through April. All are welcome, nonsectarian. For information, call Sylvia
Katcher, President, at 954-421-8870, or
Betty Swinkin 954-570-9526.
Nature Club will meet the second
Wednesday of every month from December to March in Clubhouse Room
GP-A at 1 p.m. A different speaker is
at each meeting and several trips are
enjoyed by our members. These trips
are to a variety of nature sites. For
information, contact Janet Rothkopf at
954-428-3025.
Newbies Come and meet new people interested in social activities, dinners and trips. Meetings will be held
on the first Tuesday of each month,
December-March in Room G in the
Clubhouse. For further information,
call Rebecca, 954-426-0469 (NY number
914-779-3467) or Jackie, 954-596-4916
(NY number 631-979-8075).
New Book Discussion Group Are
you interested in having a stimulating
discussion? Are you looking for some
intellectual activity? Join the New Book
Discussion Group for thought provoking discussions. We meet on the second
Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. in
the Clubhouse in Music Room B. For
additional information please contact
Hy Rosenblum at 954-419-9554.
New Covenant Church on the
Lake celebration service every Sunday
morning at 10 a.m. with continental
breakfast beginning at 9:30 a.m. Bible
Study every Wednesday evening
at 6:30 p.m. with children/student
ministries available. Dinner is served,
beginning at 5:30 p.m. For further
information, call the Church Office at
954-781-3170.
New Horizons Church of Deerfield
worship service at 10 a.m., Sunday
school at 10:30 a.m. For information,
call the Church at 954-427-3045.
New York Transit Retirees of
Florida meets the second Wednesday
of the month at 11 a.m. at Centura
Park Clubhouse, 2395 N. W. 36th Ave.,
Coconut Creek. Keep informed of
your pension and medical benefits.
For information, call 561-479-2149.
North East Focal Point Senior Center: Adult Day Care Service, Monday
to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for
individuals with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or memory loss. Contact
Mary Jo Bodnick, Case Manager at
954-480-4463. Yoga Lite every Monday at 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ballroom
Dance Lessons every Tuesday, 1 p.m.
to 2 p.m.; Enhance Fitness Program,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10
a.m. to 11 a.m. or 12 noon to 1 p.m.
($10 donation per month) “Hot Topic”
discussions every Tuesday, 11 a.m. to
1 p.m.; Open Water Color Painting Class
every Wednesday at 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Self Empowerment Support Group every
Wednesday at 12 noon to 1 p.m.; Line
Dancing ($4 donation) for beginners/
intermediate, every Friday 1 p.m. to
2:30 p.m. Beginner Computer Lessons
offered, one-on-one, at $40 for six onehour lessons. Contact Michelle Flower
at 954-480-4447 and assist in Floral
Arrangements. Volunteer Opportunities,
contact Claire Riccardi 954-480-4447.
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic
Church, 5201 N. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach. Daily Mass, Monday to
Friday at 9 a.m.; Saturday Vigil at 4
p.m.; Sunday Masses at 8 a.m., 9:30
a.m. and 11 a.m. by Rev. Kenneth
Whittaker. For further information,
call 954-421-3246.
Ping Pong Club Intermediate/
Advanced ping pong players wanted
for doubles and singles games, 9 a.m.
to 10 a.m. daily. Come or call Rudy
Mozny 954-421-4299.
Poetry Study and Discussion
Group Poetry heals! It can relieve
boredom, anxiety, depression, loneliness and more. Come and see. The
group meets Mondays, 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. For more information, call Howard at 954-571-7148.
Saint Ambrose Catholic Church,
Pastor Rev. Bryan Dalton, Daily
Masses at 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m. and 11
a.m.; Saturday mornings at 7:30 a.m.
only. Vigil Masses at 4 p.m. and 5:30
p.m.; Sunday Masses at 7:30 a.m., 9
a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12 noon and 6 p.m.,
Confessions on Saturday, 11 a.m. to 12
noon and 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call the Church at 954-427-2225.
Senior Support Group is here to
give the support you need. We pledge
confidentiality. Thursdays, 1:45 to 3
p.m., Room C in the Clubhouse, provided by the Center for Group Counseling and sponsored by the United
Way of Palm Beach County. For more
information, call 561-483-5300 Center
for Group Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio
Road just south of Palmetto Park Road.
Senior Volleyball for men and
women on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at
the Volleyball Court, next to the main
tennis courts, in back of Clubhouse.
Everyone who attends plays. Call Max
at 954-903-0567 or email to [email protected].
DECEMBER 2012
Sisterhood of Young Israel of
Deerfield Beach meets at the Synagogue the first Tuesday of each month
at 12:30 p.m. Gift Shop is now open
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings. Everyone is welcome. For
further information, call Helen Hagler
at 954-360-9939 or Tobi Kleiman at
954-725-3776.
Sisterhood of Temple Beth Israel
meets on the second Thursday of each
month at 11:30 a.m. A mini lunch is
served, followed by an interesting
program. For further information, call
the Temple Office at 954-421-7060.
Medical Center, I-95 and Sample
Road. For information, call Gladys or
Evelyn at 954-429-0455.
South Florida Harmonica Club Do
you play the harmonica? Would you
like to play in an active harmonica
group? We are a performing harmonica club, often playing gigs. Our
audience tells us that we are their best
entertainment. We meet at the North
West Focal Point Senior Center on
Wednesday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 3
p.m. The Center is located at 6009 N.W.
10th Street in Margate. Please call Sam at
954-421-5792 or Bea at 954-426-3540.
Sixty-Five Social Club Come join
us if you are a couple and like to be
active and enhance your lifestyle,
our Club affords the opportunities of
meeting new friends, going on many
different cruises, experiencing many
restaurants, as well as day trips to
museums, casino gambling, shows
and theaters, weekends away and
mystery trips. All couples of any age
are welcome. Don’t waste another
minute. For information, call Lillian at
954-360-2941.
Stained Glass Club meets on the
first Wednesday of every month
November-March at 10 a.m. in GP-E.
For further information, call Harry
Liner at 954-426-4853.
Social Singles If you are young
at heart, this is the club for you. We
are a club that enjoys going to shows,
museums, nature outings and more.
We dine at local restaurants for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Our
meetings are held the second Monday
of the month in the Clubhouse at 7
p.m., Room G. For more information,
please call Felicia 954-421-9817 or
Irene 954-571-5004.
Supervisory Bridge meets in Card
Room B in the Clubhouse on Friday
only 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. beginning
the first Friday of December and will
end in March. $1 fee per person.
We supply partners and cards. For
further information call Irving Ruga
954-698-9741.
Softball Players now forming Century Village teams. No age limitations.
Call William Brooker at 561-702-2081.
South Florida Gold Coast Chapter
of Myasthenia Gravis support group
meets on the second Saturday of each
month at 1 p.m. at the North Broward
Stock Market Discussion Club
meets the first and third Monday of
each month at 10 a.m., GP-E, November-April. Exchange information about
stocks, mutual funds, ETFs and bonds.
No fee involved. For further information, call Janine at 954-482-0584.
Talking Book Club The JBL Library, in conjunction with the Low
Vision Group in CVE, is forming a
monthly Talking Book Club. Each
participant will receive the same audio book. A representative for the JBL
Library will facilitate the book discussion once a month. The group will
meet the second Tuesday of the month
at 10 a.m. in the Clubhouse, Music
Room B. For information, call Marilyn
Ball 954-360-9074.
Tai-Chi The class will be on
Wednesday from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. in Exercise Room at Clubhouse
with instructor, Terry. Come join our
class and get rid of stress.
Temple Beth Israel is a Conservative, Egalitarian Congregation, which
has a daily Minyan at 8 a.m. during
season. Friday at 5 p.m., Rabbi Craig
Ezring conducts Friday evening
services the first and third Friday of
the month, at 7:30 p.m., followed by
an Oneg Shabbat. He also conducts
Saturday morning services which are
held at 9 a.m., followed by a Kiddush.
The Temple has a circulating library
of books in Judaica and current best
sellers. The library also has an ongoing
book sale; hours are Monday to Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For information, call the office at 954-421-7060.
Temple B’nai Shalom (Reform)
services are conducted every Friday
at 8 p.m. in the Activity Center by
Rabbi Alton M. Winters and Cantor
Gary Sherman. Oneg Shabbat follows
services every week. For additional
information, call President Marvin
Schmier, 954-570-3316.
The Theosophical Society of Deerfield, located at 831 SE 9th Street, phone
number 954-420-0908, offers a free
Sunday Speaker’s Forum every week
from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. In addition,
we have many interesting classes during the day and evenings, also without
charge. To obtain a free, quarterly bulletin, call the lodge at the above number or Lillian Mayer, a CVE resident,
at 954-360-7080 for more information
about specific classes we offer.
The Village Vagabonds dance band
plays Thursday afternoons from 12:30
to 2:30 p.m. in the Music Room B from
January through April. For information, call Ted at 954-428-0578.
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United Federation of Teachers/Retired Teachers Chapter meetings are
at Temple Anshei Shalom, W. Atlantic
Ave. west of Jog in Delray Beach. For
further information, call Hilda Cohen
at 954-428-6805.
United Order of True Sisters All
are welcome. The Officers for the
2012-2013 season are President Marilyn Asner, 1st Vice President Florence
Koser, 2nd Vice President Sherryl Bennett, Secretary Josephine O’Callagan,
Correspondencing Secretary Susan
Dove, Treasurer Sondra Schmier,
Membership Chairperson Betty
Swinkin. For information, contact
President Marilyn Asner, 954-427-0461
or Betty Swinkin, Membership Chairperson, at 954-570-9526.
Waves (Navy gals) meet every
month on the first Saturday, 12 noon
at the Olive Garden on Federal Highway in Ft. Lauderdale. For further
information, call Eunice Westin at
954-427-7119.
We Care of CVE is still available for
supplies (wheelchairs, walkers, canes,
etc.) only. Contact Barbara Brown at
954-574-9675.
Workers United Club (Union retirees and friends). Contact Ann Jackson
after 3 p.m. at 954-721-5789, for information about future meetings.
Workmen’s Circle, Branch 1051
meets at 1 p.m. on the first Wednesday
at South County Civic Center on Jog
Rd. For information, call Miriam Guz
at 561-495-7378.
Yiddish Club of CVE Speak and
improve your Yiddish. Have fun with
Yiddish humor and more. All levels
invited. Club meets the third Tuesday
of every month at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in
GPE from October through April. For
information, call Sheila at 954-427-9090.
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When the doors opened at Le Club, there was a very long line;
but when I got there around 8:30 a.m., they were much shorter.
W
ell, it’s over!
Obama is in for
a second term. The turnout
here in the Village was pretty
good. The lines moved rapidly, there weren’t any foul ups,
but the one thing I did hear
was a lot of grumbling about
Obama care, the economy and
the need for more jobs. Of
course there were a few more
areas of contention, but let’s
not get into that. One of the ‘big’ problems
that most people were discussing was the electoral college. Almost without exception, was the question, or to
be more exact, the statement,
“We should do away with the
electoral college.” That’s been
a discussion that has been going on for years and I’m sure
it will continue to be a point
of discussion come the next
presidential election.
So now we all have to
wait and see what’s going to
happen when the new year
kicks in.
Volunteers in Short Supply
(Becoming an Extinct Species?)
By JANICE ZAMSKY
I
totally agree with my
editor, Steven Fine, that
volunteers are getting harder
to find. In his article in last
month’s issue of the Reporter,
he explains that everybody
wants to enjoy, not contribute.
Yes, it is becoming increasingly difficult to fill condo
association board positions.
It seems that younger seniors
are more pleasure seeking.
In my building, we have
two very fit and active floor
captains, ages 96 and 97
respectively! Both are very
“with it” and perform their
duties well.
A few CVE seniors do
volunteer work at a local
hospital regularly one day a
week. They perform various
jobs in the Gift Shop, doing
patient transport, etc. One
of these volunteers is 90 years
old and is very active in CVE
organizations; another one is
an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor who wants to give back.
Who will replace people
like these as their ranks
thin out each year? The old
adage, “If you want something done, give it to a busy
person,” holds true here.
Many residents who hold
important positions in Master Management, COOCVE
or the Reporter are also very
active in their own condo
associations as well as other
CVE organizations and
activities.
An overlooked benefit:
volunteering will keep your
mind and body active and
fit. (“Use it or lose it.”) The
opportunities for volunteering are endless, both in CVE
and the community. In my
hometown of Milwaukee,
people volunteer at various charities such as food
pantries. There are numerous
food pantries for the disadvantaged in Milwaukee’s central city, most of which are
church based and sponsored.
They serve the unemployed
persons who are unable to
work because of physical and
mental disabilities and the
needy elderly.
A friend of mine, a retired
85 year young medical professional, has volunteered at
the Jewish Community Food
Pantry for the past 25 years!
Sponsored by the Milwaukee
Jewish Federation and local
Jewish Community Center,
this pantry serves 130 to 150
needy families of all creeds
each week. Open only one
day a week, volunteers really
get a workout.
My friend reports that up
to 200 families have been
served in one day. She also
says the number of clients
seem to be increasing each
week. Volunteers like my
friend also go out into the
community to collect grocery, meat and produce
items from retail food stores
and the Hunger Task Force,
a federally funded source for
all food pantries, delivers to
the pantry’s doors.
Whatever your motive (staying mentally and
physically active and fit,
giving back or being among
people, etc.), I’m sure you
can easily find some volunteer task (as small or large
as you want) to suit your
needs. You might even make
some new friends!
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
PAGE
11B
Black Friday Alert
By MYRNA GOLDEN
D
ear Children,
Dad and I have
spent the last two hours (from
4 a.m. – 6 a.m.) perusing
through the huge newspaper with all the Black Friday
Specials. We will be going
out tonight so we can be at
the first store at 12 a.m. The
sale continues all weekend
so please don’t try to reach
us. We will be shopping in
a major way! Do you want
anything?
Lorne and Marty! Emergency! Please create a good data
base so we can record our
priority shopping list. Forget
about your job until this is
done. We also have to be able
to input the store addresses,
distance from each other so
we can coordinate it on our
GPS. Please send as soon as
possible. In fact, right now!
We need a section to input
prices, items and times of sale.
Craft stores are open only
from 4 a.m. – 6 a.m. At four,
discounts are 50%. At seven,
discounts are 30% on your
whole order and ten dollars
off if you arrive before six.
Macy’s is open at 3 a.m. so
we plan to arrive at a quarter
to 2. We want to be first in
line! We aren’t sure exactly
what we will buy but who
cares. We will be saving at
least 20 dollars. More for you
when we die! What else is
important?
TVs? Do you want a new
TV? We can get one for each
of you. At 3 a.m. there are
two huge 72 inch TVs on sale.
At Best Buy, it’s $150 if you
can carry it out yourself. At
Radio Shack they are $300 but
only if you get there and are
first in line at 7. We can recruit
some of our friends who don’t
sleep anyway. So hurry and
send us your wish list. With
all the money we will save,
we can all go on an around-
the-world cruise for a year.
Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
Dad and I are going to buy
some stay awake and energy
pills this morning. They are
on sale at Walmart for $2.50
for 20 but at CVS they are two
bottles get one free. Where do
we go first?
So, children, we are also
looking for memory pills
on sale as we already forgot
which stores have the best
deals. Help! Maybe you can
fly down to help us. The cost
of the airplane is nothing
compared to how much we
will be saving.
Condo Docs/
By Laws/
Amendments
Condo Docs:
Includes: ByLaws,
Declaration of
Condominium and
Amendments
Responsibility:
Each unit owner is
responsible to give to
the new owner,
at closing, a set of
these documents.
Each unit owner
should, at closing, be
sure to obtain these
documents from the
seller – or obtain
reimbursement for the
approximate cost of
replacing them.
They can be obtained
from any title company, such as, Bailey
& Woodruff Title Co.
Tel. 954-571-7919 for
a fee.
The cost is $35.
Any questions or concerns? Call COOCVE
office to speak to a
COOCVE Officer.
The Construction Guys, Inc.
A Division of F.A.M. Plumbing, LLC
License #CFC 1427480
PTM Electric, Inc., License # EC13004084
If you have a wish list
please send it as soon as you
can. We are planning our
route this afternoon. Have a
great day!
Love, Mom and Dad
P.S. Dad just decided that
we will buy inline roller
skates this morning so we can
get around the stores faster
than the old people with
walkers and canes. Can you
recommend shoulder pads,
knee pads and elbow pads so
we stay safe? It doesn’t matter
what they will cost because
we will return them after the
weekend sales. That’s new
technology we picked up
from the campground.
Gotta run, Dad just decided
that we will soon buy motorcycles so we can get from one
store to the other quickly and
not have to worry about parking spaces.
In conclusion, we love you
all, miss you and can’t wait to
see you in Toronto. I’ll have to
pay a lot of luggage charges
but once again, who cares?
Please limit your purchases to
fifty pounds per valise. Please
hire a truck to meet me at 2
p.m. at the airport.
PAGE
12B CVE REPORTER
DECEMBER 2012
Water, Water Everywhere
By ANTHONY DIGIACOMO
A
s you may have
noticed when walking about or driving through
the Village, there are mini
vans with “Treasure Coast
Irrigation” stenciled on them
parked around various places
and men with drilling and
dredging equipment working
like busy bees. We’re getting
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Danny Roman, a very highlyskilled technician, as he was
running a test on his section
of the massive network.
He said, “The project began
last November 14. This is the
first test of the line that I’ve
done. We’re examining 3,600
feet of pipe. We can usually
lay 5,000 feet at a time.”
I walked the site and was
very impressed with the
pumps and meters humming
away. This may be one sector of a large system, but as
a layman I was fascinated.
Danny went on to explain that
this project is NOT a potable
(drinking water) line; it is a Lake
Water Source line.
When asked how long the
project would continue, he
explained: “This site is part
of the North West Quadrant,
and next week we’ll be starting. In two to three weeks,
the Mainline will be complete
and we’ll disconnect the existing older system.”
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
PAGE
13B
The Sporting Life
Tennis is A Love Game
Text by RACHEL GRECO, Photo by ARNIE WEINER
J
ust in case you are curious about what went
on at the tennis courts over
the summer, I’ll try my best
to remember, in a nutshell,
the ongoing events over the
five-month period. The only
courts in use were Richmond;
and of course, Mark and his
everyday faithfuls played
daily at the Clubhouse courts.
The high 90 temperatures,
with extremely high humidity, didn’t stop the tennis addicts from playing on a daily
basis, some arriving with leg,
knee and arm wraps of some
kind. Mark even had a newbie crew of five or six people
who held a racket for the first
time; at the beginning, they
had no clue what they were
doing out every morning in
the intense heat and humidity
but every time I came out to
see them, they all were enjoying themselves with Mark at
the helm. They never gave up
throughout the summer season and a few of them have
been adopted to join the big
guys in the next leg up; some
of the others moved on to
yoga and Pilates to await next
summer’s adventure. During the summer, Mark went
to visit the Big City and the
Tennis Open at Flushing
Meadows Park. He had a fall
in the streets of the Big City
but was back teaching again
within a week, while healing
just from being around his
tennis group.
Meanwhile, back over at
the Richmond courts, there
were the other diehards,
never missing a day to test
their stamina and amazing
abilities to withstand the heat
and humidity. Believe it or
not, from May until the end of
August, two and sometimes
three courts were occupied
daily. Those of every caliber
and level of tennis would
play with each other. Until
September, I was the only girl;
then two other girls came on
the scene, Marion and Galia;
I had to share all the boys
with them! Since I’m writing this article and am on the
honor system, I have to admit
most of the guys had to work
harder with these two girls! Everyone played hard and
long, sometimes almost 2
1/2 to 3 hours soaked to the
bone, looking like they fell
into the swimming pool; some
of us enjoyed the Richmond
pool right after the strenuous
play. I must also mention
(l-r) Bob Dodes, Alan Kupel, Rachel Greco, Leon Weinshall, Paul Surrette, Bruce Feldman,
Mick McCraw, Jose Murphy, Ted Jackson
that even when it rained, the
guys would come out early
to mop and roll the courts
so they could play. At that
point, we still had brooms
and rollers in good shape; put
in an order today to have all
the courts replace them. Eh,
maybe by next summer? I
personally love playing over
the summer. One gets to play
with the better players; the
only ones that don’t get to do
that are the guys at the very
top so they just practice their
best shots until you can give
it back! Everyone got along
with one another and was
loving and amicable. I watch
this happen every year and
by the end of the five months,
right before we are all going
to part our ways, some personalities conflict; you know,
familiarity or maybe sort of
an end-of-the-summer love
affair. I guarantee all will be
well and forgotten and ready
to go again by next April and
May. But for now, we have a
long winter ahead to enjoy our
own teams and keep on going
with the most amazing people,
the senior tennis players. Well,
tennis is a love game!
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14B CVE REPORTER
DECEMBER 2012
Travel
A Drive Across America – Part I
By RICHARD WILLIAM COOKE
F
rom Deerfield Beach to
the Dakotas, 15 Days
and 3,888 Miles
“Are you crazy?!!!” That
thought drifted lazily through
my still-sleepy brain as I
pulled out of Century Village
and headed for I-95 on a pitch
black, very early morning last
August. I had decided to embark on my longest road trip
ever – a two-month, 22 state
trek by myself, armed with as
much information as I could
glean after a year of poring
through travel brochures, online websites and AAA guidebooks and maps. I had driven
the route of the Oregon Trail
two years earlier but this was
to be a far longer and much
bigger trip, one that would
cover most of the Lewis and
Clark Trail route as well as
many National Parks, several
major cities and the three
largest state fairs in the U.S.
After quickly putting aside
any second thoughts, as well
as enough miles behind me so
that turning back was neither
a realistic nor convenient
option, I made my way to a
suburban Atlanta hotel for my
first night. My second day of
driving took me along miles
of drought-ravaged corn
fields in Tennessee, Kentucky,
Missouri and Illinois where
the ground was as parched,
cracked and hard as a city
sidewalk and ears of corn
were simply blackened stubs
barely clinging to yellowed,
limp stalks. Late that day,
and in a sudden driving thunderstorm, I arrived in Illinois’
state capital, Springfield,
eager to see the new Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library
and Museum which was my
first major stop.
Opened in 2005, the impressive glass and marble
museum utilizes a combination of old-fashioned showmanship along with lots of
21st Century technological
wizardry to tell the story of
the 16th president of the U.S.;
it’s definitely worth a visit. I
strolled along the streets of
this historic city, walked to
the restored “old Springfield”
neighborhood where the Lincoln family lived and the only
home Abraham Lincoln ever
owned, then a few blocks into
the business section to see the
working law offices where
he practiced. The working
office still has the old Lincoln
Herndon Law Office out
front. Along the sidewalks,
women dressed in period
garments; hooped skirts and
bonnets served to greet and
guide visitors.
The next day I drove to
the Lincoln Tomb, set on a
hill overlooking the city and
topped with a soaring obelisk
tower. Inside, beneath the
tower, one finds the crypt
not only of Lincoln but of his
wife, Mary Todd and three of
their four sons; their fourth is
buried in Arlington Cemetery.
My afternoon was spent
about 35 miles northwest of
Springfield in the restored
riverfront town of New Salem
where Lincoln tried his hand
(not entirely successfully) at
owning and running a general
store. The store still stands as
do many wooden farm homes
and buildings, ala Plimoth
Plantation.
The next morning I headed
due west to Des Moines,
Iowa where I checked out
the first major state fair on
my list – the Iowa State Fair
which is the third largest in
the nation. The fair was a
slight disappointment, nothing even faintly reminiscent
of the fair in the film classic
State Fair, nor did it cause me
to start humming SeventySix Trombones. The fair was
certainly big but lacked any of
the old-fashioned “state fair”
charm and “country feel” I
was expecting. A heavy metal
rock group’s appearance that
night in the Fair’s grandstand
seemed to be the event most
fairgoers were excited about.
A visit to the riverfront Des
Moines Botanical Gardens
– this time an unexpected
pleasure – wrapped up my
two days in Des Moines.
Being of Norwegian descent, my next destination,
Decorah, Iowa was highly
anticipated as it is the home
of the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.
(Vesterheim is Norwegian for
Western Home, the term early
Norwegian immigrants used
when referring to America.)
The excellent, well-stocked
museum is housed in a fourstory, turn-of-the century
building along Decorah’s
pleasant, busy main street in
the center of the industrious,
prosperous little town. The
museum’s grounds include
several authentic early Norwegian homes collected from
other sites; and a white, tall
steeple Norwegian Lutheran
church sits across the street.
Decorah is also the home
of Luther College across
whose campus roam young
blond, blue-eyed, scrubbedclean Scandinavian Lutheran students.
I drove about a half hour
north of town to the headquarters of the Seed Savers
Exchange, an organization
that has been a national leader
in the heirloom seed movement for more than 35 years.
Strolling through its immacu-
late, well-tended, exceedingly healthy display gardens
(gardening is serious business here) and farm buildings, viewing its menagerie
of ducks, geese, egg-laying
hens, turkeys and other farm
animals, all humanely cared
for in spotless surroundings
was a joy. Although I have
no garden, it was difficult to
resist purchasing an armload
of gloriously-illustrated seed
packets: “Developed in 1905,
the pale orange rich juicy
flesh of the Emerald Gem
Melon is hailed as altogether
unapproached in delicious
flavor and luscious beyond
description!” from the
Gift Shop. I did end up
purchasing heirloom seed
packets which will be gifts
for gardening friends and
family members; recipients
will consider themselves
lucky indeed.
A short three-hour drive
took me to Minneapolis, a
vibrant, tidy city on the banks
of the Mississippi River that
was once the center of America’s flour-making industry
and home to the Flour Museum. The museum which is
right downtown, just a block
from the highly-regarded
Guthrie Theatre, is in what
used to be the Gold Medal
flour factory and covers exhibits and memorabilia from
the grinding of the wheat
through to the final product as it appears on a box of
Bisquick. From the top floor
of the museum, one can see
across the Mississippi to the
other side of the city which
was the former headquarters of Gold Medal’s major
competitor, the Pillsbury
Company.
Minneapolis is also home
to the new, continually expanding and very impressive
Minnesota Zoo as well as the
country’s largest and aptlynamed shopping mall, Mall
of America. The immense
four-story mall surrounds a
full-size, indoor amusement
park replete with roller coasters and midway rides. The
mall parking lot also happened to be a departure point
for buses that took people, for
only $5 round-trip, across the
Mississippi for the 45-minute
ride to St. Paul where the
Minnesota State Fair was attracting record crowds. I took
advantage of the bus to get to
the fair which was a wellorganized, easy-to-navigate,
fun-for-all extravaganza of
food, animals and displays
that fulfilled all my expectations of what a major state fair
should be.
When I discovered that
the headwaters of the great
Mississippi River happened
to be in Northern Minnesota
in a state park celebrating
that geographic coincidence,
I decided the 250 mile detour
north from my westward
drive would be worth it; and
it was! Just south of Bemidji,
in the scenic North Woods,
the Mississippi River begins
its 2,500-plus mile journey
to the Gulf of Mexico. The
river is barely 10 feet wide as
it spills from a large lake and
can be walked across on a series of slippery rocks, as many
people were doing when I
was there. If you slip and fall
in, it’s considered good luck; I
didn’t even try.
Fargo, North Dakota was
my next stop (the birthplace
of my mother) and was a
straight “as the bird flies” 200
miles west. I spent the night
in Moorhead, Minnesota, just
across the river from Fargo
where the Hjemkomst, an exact replica of an early Viking
ship built by a local shipbuilder, was on display. In 1982,
after the ship was completed
and the sudden death of the
builder, his son successfully
sailed the replica to Norway
and back, a feat many thought
impossible. The park also
has a beautiful Norwegian
Stave church, an exact copy of
a Stave church in Vik, Norway. I couldn’t leave Fargo
without photographing the
large, historic Fargo neon sign
on its old downtown movie
house, probably Fargo’s main
(only?) claim to fame, aside
from supplying a main visual
for one of the Coen brothers’
most successful films.
Finally, it became time to
start one of the most important parts of my road trip,
following the route of the
Lewis and Clark Trail. For
that I had to head back down
to Sioux City, Iowa, a long
300 mile drive south. Sioux
City is the site of a towering
obelisk erected on Sergeant
Charles Floyd’s grave in
memory of the only member
of the Lewis and Clark team
to die during the expedition. Floyd, one of the first
to join the expedition, died
on August 20, 1804, one day
after falling severely ill and
three months after the team
began its journey from St.
Louis. Floyd’s death was
caused by what most experts
have determined as a burst
appendix. The gravesite flies
a rare American flag, one that
would have been flying on the
day of his death, a flag with
15 stars and 15 stripes.
From Sioux City, my road
trip followed Lewis and
Clark’s Missouri River route
to Mitchell, the site of the
famous Corn Palace, a building completely encased in
decorative murals made from
various colors of corn cobs;
then on to Oacama, South
Dakota and Al’s Oasis, a large
you-can’t-miss-it tourist attraction and motel along I-80
which pulls in travelers, charter bus tours, truckers and
families year-round to eat,
shop, drink, gas up and stay
overnight. It advertises the
world’s best homemade pies
which include rhubarb and
berry. Alas, the day I stopped
they were out of both so I had
a slice of their homemade
apple pie. Meh. At least they
hadn’t run out of their coffee,
famously still priced at five
cents per cup! That night I
spent in Pierre, the state capital, which is close to the site
where Lewis and Clark met
with leaders of the local Teton
Sioux tribe.
The next day I headed
north to Bismarck, North Dakota and Mandan, a suburb
of Bismarck. It was in Mandan that the Lewis and Clark
expedition made its home
during the winter of 18041805. It was where I had an
auspicious encounter with a
park ranger who, upon learning that my itinerary through
North Dakota included Williston, a small town in the far
northwest corner of the state
not far from Theodore Roosevelt National Park, said, “I
wouldn’t drive through Williston if I were you.” She explained that the recent frantic
economic boom in Williston,
brought about by the discovery of vast beds of shale rich
with oil, has generated the
arrival of thousands of workers. Narrow, broken roads
are jammed with belching oil
trucks and construction traffic; jammed motel rooms and
non-stop construction projects
all add up to a “you don’t
want to go there” problem for
the casual traveler.
I thankfully heeded her
advice; and after stopping
at the excellent Lewis and
Clark Interpretive Center
in Washburn, made a hard
left west and headed for the
tiny farm town of Bowman
where, while farther from the
Theodore Roosevelt National
Park than I wanted to be, I
was finally able to get a motel
room. Bowman is hardly a
farm town anymore; seems
the North Dakota oil boom
is definitely heading its way.
“Last year we had no oil drilling anywhere around; this
year, we’ve got 20 wells going
and next year they say we’ll
have over 100,” the motel
owner told me. You can’t
stop progress.
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
PAGE
15B
A Tale of Old Deerfield, Part I
By ANTHONY DIGIACOMO
G
uns and Zeal vs. Belief and Determination (Part I)
The white man came to this
area (which eventually became Deerfield Beach) in the
late 1700s with the followers
of Lord Hillsborough whose
land grant was to be used as
the foundation of a new settlement. These settlers found
the area already inhabited.
The Seminole tribe was here
and quite enraged by these
invaders who wished to take
their land away from them.
The Seminoles used the only
things they could think of to
fight these “white eyes;” their
demons and monsters, their
magic and their spirit lore.
The power of these creatures lay in the strength of
belief the tribes invested in
them. They knew the white
man had a great fund of superstitions and fears of things
supernatural (the tribes of the
Powhattan League told them).
Seminole medicine men conjured up the most terrifying
things they could imagine,
then turned them loose on the
settlers, through the “grape-
vine” that spread from Indian
traders to the settlers.
The fear instilled by these
accounts had many whites
paralyzed into inaction. Trees
needed so homes could be
built were not harvested,
stones for building were
left in place. The fear even
prevented the whites from
foraging for game and wild
fruits and vegetables (notably potatoes, yams, onions,
mushrooms and melons). It
was easy for these settlers to
rationalize their reluctance;
there were monsters out there
ready to avenge the Indians.
Some of the more terrifying monsters were the ones
that were transformed people;
that is, humans who were
once normal but who were
changed by performing certain taboo acts or through the
evil inside them. The Windigo, the Chenoo, the Rolling
Head, the Moon Eyed People,
and various shapeshifters
and skin walkers. European
settlers had their own monsters they were afraid of and
carried them with them when
they came over to the new
world. These haunts were
manageable through religious
rites and “witchery.” These
“weapons” did not work on
the new foreign creatures
native to this new land. The
white men had to fight things
not in their life experience.
Windigo was one of the
more terrifying of the “transformed humans.” A windigo
was a man or woman who
engaged in cannibalism. This
is not to be associated with
the ritual cannibalism practiced by the warrior societies,
which symbolized the belief
that eating a vanquished
foe’s heart, lungs and eyes,
bestowed on the eater the
foe’s physical and spiritual
strength. Windigo ate others for the sheer pleasure of
doing so.
Chenoo was the second
monster transformed one.
Chenoo was a demonic entity
that corrupted a weak willed
or desperately frustrated
person and changed them
into a monster in response to
the person’s unspoken desire
for revenge, satisfaction and
spiritual healing. The victim
of this demon became a savagely strong, feral “thing”
akin to the werewolves of
European folklore. Native
American psychological
warfare is how Dr. H. Steven
Kopper, Chair of Long Island University’s Anthropology Department described
this subtle manipulation of
the superstitious streak in
white settlers.
The whites had something very near unbeatable:
guns. Native warriors had
no defense against them.
What’s more, they had no
way to comprehend this
terrifying weapon. Their
cultural experience had no
frame of reference into which
they could place the white’s
guns. They could not hope
to survive an armed raid by
genocidal whites, so they let
the white’s own fears do their
defending for them. Warrior
and Medicine Lodge societies
planted the seeds of fear, then
watched them grow into an
effective weapon.
1877 was when the first
rudimentary town that was to
become Deerfield was created; those 20 white settler
families were alone and not
equipped for the rigors of life
in an untamed wilderness. If
the Natives were not friendly,
they were pretty much con-
signed to a death sentence.
The lessons learned from the
Jamestown, Virginia, New
York and Boston settlements
were not applicable here in
this hot, humid, dangerous
land. The settlers had never
been exposed to alligators,
poisonous snakes, panthers,
and the other native fauna
that hunt humans or are a direct danger to humans. They
quite “readily” accepted the
“secrets whispered” to them
by the Shaman.
We can only feel pity for
the technologically “outclassed” Seminole, whose
only seemingly effective
defense weapon was scary
stories and mythology. There
was no other way for them
to keep their way of life and
their hold on the land sacrosanct. Eventually the Indians
sought one last desperate
weapon; they created “The
Ghost Dance.” The dance was
a ritual to invoke the spirits of
their ancestors and the spirits
of guardianship. Shamans
performed the dance and
sang “blessings” over their
thatched palm shields “to
turn away the white man’s
bullets.” The effort was too
little too late.
Abandoned Units in Century Village East
By FRANCE ROCHON
D
o we know exactly
how many abandoned units we have in CVE?
Master Management filed 140
liens recently, and most of
these were for over $2,000 in
unpaid fees. It is then fair to
presume that the majority of
these delinquent owners also
owe assessment fees to their
associations.
I am sure that many CVE
Associations suffer financial
losses caused by owners who
stop paying their assessment
fees and then vacate their
unit. When that happens,
Associations are out past-due
fees, current fees and special
assessments. Associations
and their Boards of Directors
are now finding out that they
will never have any chance of
recovering their past-due revenue, even if they were to file
a foreclosure lawsuit against
the property owner.
Most associations can’t file
a foreclosure lawsuit because
they do not have the financial
resources to go through the
legal system; and if they do
file a foreclosure lawsuit, they
can’t even sell the property
because of the lender’s lien on
it. They need to go for a reverse foreclosure or mortgage
terminator. Often the association can’t even sell such units
because they are typically
worth much less than what
the association would have to
pay to take title.
While the mortgage terminator’s legal process will
grant title to the association,
free and clear of mortgage,
the association would still
have to pay the full amount of
arrears to Bay Management,
Master Management, City
taxes, including interests and
legal fees, in addition to its
own legal fees. Let’s see how
much this would represent
for a two bedroom/one and
a half bath unit that has been
abandoned for three years:
Bay Management/Cen-Deer
$3,348 Plus interest and legal fees
Master Management $3,960
Plus interest and legal fees
City Taxes $2,395 Plus interest
HOA assessments & special
assessments $7,509.29
HOA legal & court fees $5,000
Very conservative estimate
TOTAL $22,212
Plus interest and legal fees
Interesting, isn’t it?!!
Everyone’s inaction creates
a snowball effect on condo
associations; unpaid maintenance fees and condo assessments simply keep adding up.
As associations are obliged
to pay structure insurance
and assessments for an
increasing number of abandoned units, struggling owners will walk away.
And trying to rent these
abandoned units is a whole
different nightmare as most of
them would need major work
done, another money pit for
associations.
What can we do to get
these units back in the stream
of real estate and stop the
bleeding? All stakeholders
need to sit together before it
is too late and before the real
estate market labels CVE as a
bad investment.
The new generation of
buyers in CVE are very
educated, they ask questions,
do research and now they
are finding out that there are
more and more real estate
problem cases in CVE. Let’s
do something before this clientele turns their back on our
wonderful Village.
PAGE
16B CVE REPORTER
DECEMBER 2012
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
By SY BLUM, Associate Editor
H
aving told the remarkable story of Steve
Jobs last month on these
pages, this column will tell
the story of another miraculous
electronic achievement of the
21st Century.
It is the story of two Stanford
University students, Larry Page
and Sergey Brin. Both come
from very intelligent families;
Page is from Michigan while
Brin is a Russian immigrant
who, with his family, came to
the United States in 1979 to
escape persecution and settled
in Maryland.
Back in 1995 as the story
goes, Larry 22, (University of
Michigan graduate) met Sergey,
21, (University of Maryland) at
Stanford University where Brin
was an undergraduate assigned
to show Page around. Interestingly at first, they disagreed
about everything. Apparently,
they learned to tolerate each
other because the following year
they collaborated on a search
engine called Backrub, using
the Stanford servers. However,
eventually they used too much
of the university’s bandwidth to
suit the university and apparently
they had to temporarily suspend
their operation.
Finally in 1997, they decided that Backrub needed a new
name. And thus, Google was
born! And no, the name had
nothing to do with the ancient
comic strip, Barney Google.
As would be expected of two
mathematical geniuses, it comes
from the word googol, a term
represented by the numeral 1
followed by 100 zeroes. In a
word, they already envisioned
a search engine containing an
infinite amount of information
on the web.
For starters: In 1998, Page
and Brin bought a terabyte (for
our purposes, it means a great
many) discs at bargain prices
and built their own computer
housings in Larry’s dorm room!
By obtaining some funding that
same year, they were able to
open their own offices in Menlo
Park, CA.
By 1999, their large research
division had tripled; and the service was already answering more
than 500,000 queries per day.
The answers to these questions
become available through the efforts of thousands of researchers
whose sole purpose is to peruse
everything available through
books, newspapers, Internet,
radio, etc. and categorize this
information so it can quickly be
transmitted to the inquirer’s computer – how quickly is the point
of this column.
Like this writer, I am certain
that any Google user (aren’t we
all) marvel at how quickly an
answer, regardless of how absurd
the question, appears on your
screen. No, I am not changing
the subject. But all of us, sometime in our lives have seen pigeons – yes, the kind that we find
almost everywhere. For most of
us, they are a nuisance. Brace
yourself – For Google, they are
the heart of its operation!! As
proof, see photo attached.
It is called “PigeonRank” and
was developed by Page and Brin
based on the breakthrough work
with pigeons by B.F. Skinner
many years ago. “Its success
relies primarily on the superior
ability of the domestic pigeon to
recognize objects regardless of
spatial orientation. The common
gray pigeon can easily distinguish among items displaying
only the minutest differences, an
ability that enables it to select
relevant web sites from among
thousands of similar pages.”
(Direct quote from Google.)
Consequently, Google collects flocks of pigeons in dense
clusters and gives them meticulous care. “When a search
query is submitted to Google, it
is routed to a data coop where
monitors flash result pages at
blazing speeds. When a relevant
result is observed by one of the
pigeons in the cluster, it strikes
a rubber-coated steel bar with
its beak, which assigns the page
a PigeonRank value of one.
For each peck, the PigeonRank
increases. Those pages receiving
the most pecks are returned at
the top of the user’s results page
with the other results displayed
in pecking order.” (Direct quote
from Google.)
So, from the rather humble
beginnings in a university dorm
room, Google arguably has
become the top research engine
on the planet. Just as Steve Jobs
and Apple have revolutionized
the communications industry so,
too, has Google reinvented how
we seek information.
As a result, the various encyclopedias published like forever
are fast disappearing. You now
have more than these tomes of
knowledge have ever offered
right at the touch of a finger at
your keyboard.
In fact, Google has become so
universally popular that it is also
a verb. You no longer search,
you google. And all this is free
to the user! How come, you
say? Very simple – virtually, all
answers to Google queries come
from various websites, most of
them commercial. In fact, very
few answers come directly from
Google.com. Consequently,
when you do get your answer,
you will find that it is sponsored
which means of course, someone is paying Google to display
that information and also to
advertise the product associated
with the answer.
This is not always true; especially when the info comes from
government or other non-profit
sources. However, it must
happen often enough to make
these two still young men billionaires. In addition, through
brilliant marketing, you will
find a Google blank line on the
home page of many internet
servers. All you have to do is
fill in your query.
Space does not permit, but
Google also has other outlets. To
name a few: There are Google
Maps, Google Earth, Google
Blog, etc.
Consider, as of 2004 (the latest figures I have), the web index of Google contained more
than six billion items! It must
be much more today. And just
think; the dirty, gray pigeon
you shoo away today may bring
you the information you seek
tomorrow!
Believe it or not!
If you wish to contact Sy Blum
you can email him at
[email protected]
Obama’s Affordable Care Act
By DR. SYLVIA PELLISH
O
ctober 2012, Medicare
moved away from
its traditional method of
payment to hospitals based
on the amount of care they
provide, to payment based
on the quality of care and
patient satisfaction during
their stay in the hospital.
Hospitals that do better
than average on a variety of
measurements or show the
greatest improvement from
the previous year would
earn bonus payments. Seventy percent of the bonuses
initially will be based on
the following:
Acute Stroke – within 30
minutes on arrival to the E.R.
– Cat Scan plus other necessary procedures.
Heart Attack – necessary
treatments received within
90 minutes of arrival.
Prophylactic antibiotic
received one hour prior to
surgical incision.
Taking steps to avoid
blood clots in surgical patients.
If a patient was admitted
to a hospital with pneumonia and developed a urinary
tract infection or bed sores
during the hospitalization, the Medicare payment
would be reduced.
Prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24
hours after surgery.
Another part of the
Medicare payment will be
based on patient experience
of care – nurse communication, doctor communication,
hospital staff responsiveness,
pain management, medicine
communication, hospital
cleanliness and quietness,
discharge information,
overall hospital rating. Boca
Raton Regional Hospital
ranked #23 in Florida and
ranked #12 in Southern
Florida.
This act also began fining
hospitals that have too many
patients readmitted within
30 days of discharge. Nearly
one in five Medicare patients
returns to the hospital within
that time period. Nearly two
million Medicare patients are
readmitted, costing Medicare
$17.5 billion in additional
hospital bills. Hospitals with
high readmission rates will
be penalized 1% of their
Medicare reimbursements
the first year, 2% the second
year and 3% the third year.
The penalties are part of a
broader push under President Obama’s health care
law to improve quality while
cutting costs. Consumer
advocates say Medicare’s
nudge to hospitals is long
overdue and not nearly stiff
enough.
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
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17B
How Candy Came Into Our Culture
By BETTY SCHWARTZ, Assistant to the Editor
T
he history of candy
dates back to ancient
peoples who must have
snacked on sweet honey
straight from bee hives. 3500
years ago the Egyptians
combined fruits and nuts
with honey to make candy.
The manufacturing of sugar
began during the middle
ages; and at that time, sugar
was so expensive that only the
rich could afford candy made
from sugar. Cacao, from
which chocolate is made, was
discovered in 1519 by Spanish
explorers in Mexico.
The price of manufacturing
sugar was much lower by the
17th Century when hard candy
became popular. By the mid1800s, there were over four
hundred factories in the United
States producing candy.
The fascination with
candy and with chocolate
in particular, first occurred
in 1502 when Christopher
Columbus returned home
from his fourth voyage of the
“Americas.” Although he was
not partial to this bittersweet treat, his benefactors
in Spain found it fascinating; and 500 years later the
love of chocolate continues
stronger than ever.
In 1868, Richard Cadbury
introduced the first Valentine’s Day box of candy. He
decorated a candy box with a
painting of his daughter and
her kitten. Candy hearts were
first made by the early colonists by scratching love notes
on candy. Today around eight
billion candy hearts are made
each year with the familiar
“Be Mine” and “Kiss Me”
inscriptions on them.
Today, during the first four
weeks of the Christmas holi-
What’s Bugging You
By HARRY L. KATZ
O
f the untold numbers
of different creatures
on our earth, the ants may be
the most numerous. While
over 12,000 different species
of ants have been identified,
over 1,000 are in the United
States alone.
Florida is often called the
“Sunshine State.” It could
well be called the “Ant State!”
One of the most common and
most prolific ant species in
Florida is the white footed
ant. An entire colony of white
footed ants contains many
thousands of workers, larvae,
pupa and queens. In fact, this
white footed ant species has a
foothold in Florida.
This species has the remarkable ability to move an
entire colony overnight; eggs,
immature forms; adults all
overnight, if living conditions
worsen. They can also return
overnight if good living conditions are conducive.
A principal source of food
is the huge population of sap
sucking insects infesting outdoor shrubbery, plus ample
moisture from early morning
dew and periodic watering.
It is inevitable for some of
the scouts to find openings in
our apartments, especially at
ground level. Once inside, they
are sure to find some food particles in hard to clean spots.
There are several steps that
we can take to reduce the
incidence of ant infestations.
Place particles or drops of
liquid ant bait, available in
hardware or pharmacy stores,
in the pathway of ants in the
house. Remember where you
saw a column of ants. The
foraging ant will then carry
the particle back to the nest,
to feed the helpless young in
their underground or behind
the wall chambers. Another
method is to spray an ant
killer on surfaces where they
have been seen. They will
pick up a lethal dose when
they walk over the dried
residue. My favorite, when I
was in the business fifty some
years ago, was to use a light
layer of a desiccant dust, such
as diatomaceous earth. This is
not repellent and the coating
of dust on its body as it walks
over it will remove the thin
layer of oil covering tiny
openings; body fluids than
evaporate and the bug dies.
This is also effective in controlling other crawling insects.
It would be much easier, of
course, to have a professional
do the job. It may take more
than one trip to control a
large, well established colony. Young Israel of Deerfield Beach
Rushes Aid to Hurricane Victims
By JOEL SAIBEL
R
esponding with alacrity
and magnanimity to
aid the victims of Hurricane
Sandy in the Northeast, the
Young Israel of Deerfield
Beach (YIDB) of FL has
sent more than $20,000 to
Achiezer, the Lawrence, NYbased organization heading
up relief efforts for residents
of the Five Towns and the
Rockaways and to Far Rockaway/Five Towns Community
Assistance Fund (CAF). The
area where many members of
the largest and fastest-growing Orthodox congregation
in the Southeastern United
States reside during the summer, endured intense damage
from Sandy’s fury.
On learning that thousands
of residents were homeless,
or without heat, electricity,
food, clothing and medical
supplies, the YIDB’s Board of
Directors voted unanimously
to allocate $10,000 from its
Tzedakah (Charity) to ameliorate the plight of the victims.
Two days later, an appeal was
conducted at Sabbath services
that raised more than $10,000
in additional relief funds.
“Under the leadership of
Rabbi Baruch Bender, 200
volunteers are working with
Achiezer (Helping Your
Brother) to provide hurricane
victims with daily hot meals,
clothing, medicine and all
other necessities of life,” said
Rabbi Yisroel Edelman, spiri-
tual leader of the 950-member
Florida synagogue.
Hailing the “dedication
and commitment” of his
congregants, Rabbi Nathaniel
Steinberg, president of the
Young Israel, said, “We’re
proud that so many of our
members responded in such
exemplary fashion by generously sending financial aid to
those who suffered through
this horrific disaster.”
Founded in 1980 by 20
residents in a small storefront
in Century Plaza, the YIDB
now offers daily services,
a plethora of study groups
and lectures, together with a
broad array of educational,
recreational and cultural programs for its senior citizens.
day, nearly two billion candy
canes will be sold.
The Baby Ruth, which is
named for President Grover
Cleveland’s daughter, was
introduced in 1920.
George Smith claims to
have invented the first lollipop in 1908. He named it after
his favorite horse, Lolly Pop.
The original chocolate bar
was made of a bittersweet
chocolate. In 1875 David Peter
and Henry Nestle added
evaporated milk to chocolate
to create milk chocolate. Now
all sorts of other ingredients
are added to the chocolate
bar, such as caramel, peanuts,
almonds and coconut.
Today candy is a sweet
treat found in most every
home. Ninety-nine percent
of households will purchase
candy at least once a week
as reported by the National
Confectioners Association.
Sweets are a key element in
most every American holiday
celebration.
Although it would be
impossible to present an exact
history, there is a timeline
which illustrates the development of the American
candy industry from the 1800s
onward. Many candies that
were popular in the past, and
their founding companies,
have come and gone, but it
is interesting to note that 65
percent of American candy
bars have been around for
more than 60 years.
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DECEMBER 2012
CVE Clubhouse Library News
By BARBARA NATHAN MARCUS
T
he Anatomy of a Library
In this column, I generally
write about the new acquisitions to the Library, but not
this time. Although we do
have new books this month,
as we do almost every month,
I am going to focus on what
we have and what we are and
how you, our readers, can
interface.
What is a Library?
According to the Scribner –
Bantam English Dictionary, a
library is the physical edifice
that houses a collection of
books for reading or reference: a place where books are
lent to patrons. A librarian
is one who has charge of a
library and also those who
run the library.
Do you know how many
different sections of books
there are in our Library? Our
Chief Librarian, Bea Sasovny,
filled me in. We have current
best sellers, current events,
literature, history, holocaust
content, nonfiction, biography, cookbooks, Yiddish
books and books with Yiddish
content. We have books on
art and “how-to books.” And
as always, we have very many
books for sale. Every day we
have the New York Times avail-
able for you to read. We have
part of the Library devoted
to books in the French language and within that all the
previous categories (except
for the New York Times; we
have not translated it into
French – YET!!) We also have
our “Boutique” where we
sell wonderful little gems, the
proceeds of which keep our
Library running.
My understanding of the
necessity of a library to the
community is that books are
our greatest friends and can
be the most cherished gift that
we have available to us. They
nourish our minds and our
souls, our very being and to
think that our CVE Library
is free and right here in the
Village. How lucky we are to
have such a treasure within
our midst. For me, there is
a feeling of joy when I walk
through the doors of our Library, a feeling of camaraderie; it is like a self-proclaimed
family. Imagine a group of
people that you choose to surround yourself with and who
all share common goals and
purpose and fun.
What makes our Library
run are the people behind the
scenes who keep our selfsustaining Library going; the
people are you! We need you
to find three hours per week
that you can spend with us.
So dig within yourselves and
keep our Library going; join
this marvelous group, our
family of friends and be part
of a library that nourishes
your mind and your soul and
that gives you joy.
You can come into the
Library and put your name
down on the volunteer list.
You can call me, Barbara Nathan Marcus, at 954-596-8812
and leave your name and
telephone number or I can
grab you in the Clubhouse,
lock you up and never let you
go! Yes, that is how much we
need you.
Have a wonderful Holiday
Season!!!
By MARION G. COHEN
S
ince the spring of this
year, the Guild has been
planning to enrich the lives
of all our residents. We raise
funds for the orchestra by
sponsoring trips to a musical
performance and an opera,
planning a one-day trip to a
farm and winery followed by
a tour of building-size murals,
and another one-day trip to
view Broadway costumes followed by exhibits of rare and
unique books. For the past
few years, we have added a
fashion show aspect by contracting with local merchants
to offer a display of current
fashions in our Clubhouse.
To open our 2012-2013
season, we have arranged a
full day at the Henscratch
Farm and Winery in Lake
Placid, Florida on Thursday,
December 13, 2012. After a
tour of the farm, lunch and
wine tasting, we board the
bus to Lake Placid. There we
will enjoy a narrated bus tour
of the 44 famous Lake Placid
large building murals. The
price is $69 per person. For
more information, please contact Gladys at 954-421-9232 or
Betty at 954-427-1157.
The first free CVE Orchestra Guild Open Meeting will
take place on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 2 p.m. in the
Clubhouse GPA Room. Entertainment will be provided
by talented students of Opera
Argento. Vanessa, age 17 and
Mason, age 15, will perform operatic arias for your
enjoyment. Opera Argento
is a company dedicated to
presenting world class singers who are trained in the
traditional operatic schooling. Don’t miss this event;
bring a friend.
For all opera lovers out
there, we will be attending
a matinee performance of
Verdi’s Opera, La Traviata, by
the Palm Beach Opera Company at the Kravis Center on
Sunday, January 20, 2013.
The bus will leave the Clubhouse parking lot at 12 noon.
The price is $69 per person
and includes bus transportation. For reservations, call
Marion Cohen at 954-428-1315
and send your check made
payable to CVE Symphony
Orchestra Guild to Marion
Cohen, 1012 Lyndhurst H,
Have you purchased your
tickets to the Gala Fashion
Show and luncheon on Saturday, February 16, 2013? We
will be showing women’s and
men’s clothing from Bealls.
The lunch will be catered by
TooJays, and as usual there
will be entertainment and
door prizes. Admission to the
event is by advance reservations only. So make out your
checks for $25, payable to the
CVE Symphony Orchestra
Guild. Include your name,
phone number and food
choice (meat or dairy). Send
your check to Toni Ponto, 79
Prescott D, Deerfield Beach,
FL 33442. Any questions, call
Toni at 954-428-0286. Deadline for reservations is February 12, 2013.
And the icing on the cake!
On Wednesday, February 27,
2013, we will be attending a
performance of Waist Watchers the Musical at the Plaza
Theatre in Manalapan at a
matinee performance to be
followed by dinner at Tony
Wu restaurant in Boca Raton.
The play is a musical parody
revue about food, diet, exercise and relationships. Meet
the bus at the Clubhouse
parking lot at 12 noon. Mail
your check in the amount of
$87, made out to CVE Symphony Orchestra Guild, to
Betty Schwartz, 1028 Farnham
O, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442.
For reservations and further
details, phone Betty at 954427-1157. Indicate with whom
you wish to sit.
We will terminate the
season with another Open
Meeting on Sunday, March
10, 2013 at 2 p.m. in the Clubhouse Party Room where the
Opera Argento students will
return for an encore performance. Don’t miss this favorite group and bring a friend.
Have you paid your dues
of $10 single and $15 family
membership? Please send
your check to Kitty Cole, 7
Oakridge B, Deerfield Beach,
FL 33442. Her phone number
is 954-360-7956. The Membership Committee is ready to
receive your dues at any of
the performances by the CVE
Symphony Orchestra.
I’ll see you at the Opera or
at the Fashion Show or at the
Plaza Theater in Manalapan.
DECEMBER 2012
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There is really only one rule to
Sudoku: Fill in the game board
so that the numbers 1 through 9
occur exactly once in each row,
column, and 3x3 box. The numbers can appear in any order and
diagonals are not considered. Your
initial game board will consist of
several numbers that are already
placed. Those numbers cannot be
changed. Your goal is to fill in the
empty squares following the simple rule above.
Sudoku doesn’t require any special math skills or
calculations. It is a simple and fun game of logic -- all
that’s needed is brains and concentration.
1. Fill the grid so that the numbers 1 through 9 appear in each
row.
column.
3x3 box.
4. A complete Sudoku puzzle
contains the numbers 1 through 9
in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
Hint: Start with a square that
only has three numbers missing.
Look at surrounding squares and
grids to see which numbers you
need to fill that 3x3 grid.
SOLUTION ON PAGE 29B
JUMBLE
By CHARLES K. PARNESS
Unscramble these words. The letters in brackets
complete the sentence.
1) AACINORTTT
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2) AACFIINNOST ( _) _ _ _ _ _ ( _) ( _) _ ( _) ( _)
3) ACEGINNNRT
( _) _ ( _) _ _ _ ( _) ( _) _ _
4) AABCDELNNU
( _) ( _) _ ( _) _ _ ( _) _ ( _) _
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horse, half man because he wanted to be
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( _) ( _) ( _) ( _) ( _) ( _) ( _) ( _) ( _) //”
Solution on page 29B
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SOLUTION ON PAGE 29B
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Sudoku Solution:
Cryptogram Solution:
“Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws,
any vacancy occurring on the board before
the expiration of a term may be filled by
the affirmative vote of the majority of
the remaining directors, even if the
remaining directors constitute less than a
quorum …”
~ The Condominium Act
Jumble Solution:
1) Attraction
2) Fascination
3) Entrancing
4) Unbalanced
Answer: “Centaur of Attention”
2012 Area Chair and Vice Chair
AREA
CHAIRPERSON
VICE CHAIRPERSON
ASHBY
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CAMBRIDGE
DURHAM
ELLESMERE
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GRANTHAM
HARWOOD
ISLEWOOD
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LYNDHURST
MARKHAM
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PRESCOTT
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Harry Chizeck
"A" 12
"C" 4046
428-6857
426-3178
Joe Rubino
Marjorie Campbell
Norman Kaplan
Eugene Goldman
Joe Saraceno
Rhoda Jarmark
Philip Norris
Don Kaplan
Judy Olmstead
Rita Pickar
Jules Kesselman
Robert Gravatt
Cecile Baskin
Bill Epstein
Basil Hales
Ann Rifkin
Charles Parness
Carmen Colon
"E" 224
"B" 4019
"K" 254
"C" 353
"D" 2043
"D" 3015
"C" 454
"I" 4018
"S" 406
"S" 4098
"V" 2106
"I" 180
"F" 151
"A" 4015
"S" 407
"E" 116
"O" 3049
"I" 155
418-0768
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428-1409
429-8313
426-3946
426-8582
571-1899
426-9812
213-1171
428-8890
570-9470
725-5999
428-0634
531-0969
426-3263
481-8934
725-1384
725-4308
Abe Trachtenberg
Elaine Levy
Dan Glickman
Fran Stricoff
Ed Yietz
Elaine Solomon
Tim Lippman
Lori Benoit
Donna Dowling
Joan Baker
Donna Capobianco
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Sheldon Kershon
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"B" 1028
"G" 153
"C" 349
" I " 97
"D" 3016
"B" 22
"K" 1043
"N" 289
"Q" 2075
'V' 4109
"D" 79
"E" 439
"B" 3026
"X" 521
"A" 2
"C" 49
"C" 60
419-9730
427-2447
421-6259
570-8112
571-9773
428-1317
428-9751
427-2627
428-3780
427-9684
263-0645
428-0286
428-6104
427-7124
428-8076
571-2266
419-9758
421-2344
Don Kaplan
Council Area Chair
954-426-9812
[email protected]
954-418-0768
Joe Sachs
Council Area Vice Chair
954-725-2404
[email protected]
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Classes Sponsored By Bay Management
Contact the Staff/Information Office for Registration Dates for the next class session
To register, please pick up a class flyer at the Staff/Information Office;
flyers are available one week before registration begins. (No prorating of class fee)
PLEASE FILL OUT AND CHECK OFF CLASSES IN ADVANCE.
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Monday Courses
No.
100
________
_______________
Six Week Courses: 1/07/13 – 2/11/12
Class Name
Beginner Bridge (Step 1)
Price
$22.00
Time
9:30-11:00
Room
USCR-B
**102
Stain Glass (Adv)
$24.00
9:00-11:00
Stained Glass Room Liner/Zeitlin
**103
Stained Glass Beginner
$24.00
9:00-11:00
GP-C
Liner/Mordecai
As the Jewish World Churns
$22.00
10:00-11:00
GP-A
Rabbi Polirer
**106
Beginning Art
$29.00
1:00-3:00
Art Room
B. J. Hlatko
**108
Stain Glass (Int)
$24.00
1:00-3:00
Stained Glass Room Liner/Mordecai
**109
Oil & Multimedia
$29.00
10:00-12:00
Art Room
Pietro
110
Drab 2 Fab
$22.00
2:00-3:30
Card Room A
S. Sinenberg
115
Body, Mind & Spirit
$22.00
1:30-3:30
GP-G
Dr. N. Locker
116
Japanese Bunka
$23.00
10:00-12:00
Sewing Room
M. Sussman
**117
Clay Pottery
$29.00
10:00-12:00
Craft Room
S. Gurien
**118
Clay Pottery
$29.00
1:00-3:00
Craft Room
S. Gurien
YMCA Diabetic Self-Management
FREE
10:00-12:00
GP-F
YMCA Staff
**120
Broadway Shows 2/Gershwin
$29.00
1:00-2:00
Music Rm A
A. Guastefeste
**121
Photography 101 (Evening course)
$22.00
6:00-8:00PM
GP-N
H. Gold
104
119
Tuesday Courses
No.
201
Instructor
D. Brady
Class Name
Beginner Bridge (Step 2)
Price
$22.00
Time
9:30-11:00
Room
USCR-B
Instructor
R. Colman
**202
Lapidary (Beginner)
$22.00
9:00-11:00
Lapidary Room
J. Trobman
**204
Charcoal & Pastels
$29.00
10:00-12:00
Art Room
Pietro
**206
Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor & Ink
$29.00
1:00-3:00
Art Room
V. Kocab
**207
Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor & Ink
$29.00
3:30-5:30
Art Room
V. Kocab
*208
Spanish Beginner II
$22.00
1:00-3:00
GP-G
C. Dieguez
**209
Stain Glass (Adv)
$24.00
9:00-11:00
Liner/Zeitlin
**210
Stain Glass (Beginners)
$24.00
9:00-11:00
Stained Glass
Room
GP-C
**211
Stain Glass (Intermediate)
$24.00
1:00-3:00
Liner/Mordecai
213
International Movies
$22.00
3:30-6:00
Stained Glass
Room
GP-F
214
International Movies
$22.00
6:30-9:00PM
GP-F
B. Wolk
215
Folk Music
$
1:00-3:00
GP-A
Dr. J. Gray
Clay Pottery
$29.00
1:00-3:00
Craft Room
S. Gurien
Conversational Yiddish
$22.00
10:00-11:30
GP-F
F. Oz
YMCA Matter of Balance
FREE
10:00-12:00
Music Rm-A
YMCA Staff
**217
218
+ 219
Liner/Mordecai
B. Wolk
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Wednesday Courses
No.
301
Class Name
Intermediate Bridge
Price
$22.00
Time
9:30-11:00
Room
USCR-B
Instructor
L. Light
*303
Spanish Beginner I
$22.00
10:00-12:00
GP-F
C. Dieguez
305
E.S.O.L. Beginner
$22.00
10:00-12:00
GP-C
Dr. C. Gerstl
*306
Spanish Intermediate
$22.00
1:00-3:00
GP-F
C. Dieguez
**307
Lapidary (Intermediate)
$22.00
9:00-11:00
Lapidary Room
J. Trobman
**310
Clay Pottery
$29.00
1:00-3:00
Craft Room
S. Gurien
**311
Mixed Media Painting (3 hrs)
$34.00
10:00-1:00
Art Room
C. Mango
**312
Portrait Drawing
$29.00
10:00-12:00
Sewing Rm
B. Hoffman
**314
Introduction to Computer
(Evening course)
$22.00
6:00-8:00PM
GP-F
H. Gold
316
Relax, Meditate
$22.00
2:00-3:30
GP-G
F. Safran
318
Learn About Astrology (Evening Class)
$22.00
7:00pm-8:30pm
GP-G
F. Safran
319
Opera Appreciation (Evening Class)
$23.00
7:00pm-9:00pm
GP-A
J. Chester
Thursday Courses
No.
402
Class Name
Mah-Jongg (Beginner)
Price
$24.00
Time
9:30-11:30
Room
DSCR
Instructor
D. Kupelnick
404
But, Were They Good For The Jews?
$22.00
10:00-11:00
GP-A
Rabbi Polirer
Clay Sculpture (3 hrs)
$34.00
10:00-1:00
Craft Room
C. Mango
407
E.S.O.L. (Conversational)
$22.00
10:00-12:00
GP-G
Dr. C. Gerstl
**411
Abstract Art – All Media
$29.00
1:00-3:00
Art Room
V. Kocab
Current Affairs Roundtable
$22.00
1:00-3:00
GP-F
R. Ravich
**415
Introduction to Social Media
$22.00
6:00-8:00
Card Rm-A
H. Gold
**416
Learn Knitting
$22.00
10:00-12:00
Sewing Room
R. Wyrgatsch
417
Unconventional Wisdom
$22.00
10:30-12
Card Rm-A
S. Green
+ 418
YMCA Matter of Balance
FREE
10:00-12:00
Music Rm-A
YMCA Staff
420
High Intermediate Piano
$25.00
3:00-4:00
Music Rm-A
J. Newman
421
Beginner Piano Step 1
$25.00
4:00-5:00
Music Rm-A
J. Newman
422
Relax & Meditate (Evening Class)
$22.00
7:00pm-8:30pm
GP-A
F. Safran
**405
414
Friday Courses
No.
**500
Six Week Courses: 11/16/12 – 2/15/13
Class Name
Introduction to Sewing
Price
$22.00
Time
1:00-3:00
Room
Sewing Room
Instructor
R. Wyrgatsch
502
Investing Wisely
$22.00
10:00-12:00
GP-F
B. Macaluso
508
Art for Beginners
$29.00
1:00-3:00
Art Room
B.J. Hlatko
509
Let’s Talk Food
$22.00
2:00-3:30
GP-F
Fred & Sheila
512
Advanced Bridge
$22.00
9:30-11:00
USCR-B
R. Colman
513
Basic Watercolors
$29.00
10:00-12:00
TBA
M. Rosenberg
520
Low Intermediate Piano
$25.00
3:00-4:00
Music Rm A
J. Newman
521
Beginner Piano Step 2
$25.00
4:00-5:00
Music Rm A
J. Newman
** Additional Materials Needed
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+ Class meets twice per week
Grand Total $
Please Note: All classes are subject to change. This is a sample of classes we offer; the class list is subject to additions and/or deletions.
Contact the Staff/Information Office for a complete class schedule.
If you have any questions, please call the Staff Office at 954-428-6892 extension 2
Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Cooke’s Look at Books
By RICHARD WILLIAM COOKE
A
monthly look at books
of interest – new and
occasionally, not-so-new fiction
and nonfiction – available at local libraries, bookstores and from
online booksellers.
Canada
By Richard Ford, Ecco/
Harper Collins, 420 Pages,
$27.99
Any year that heralds the
appearance of a new novel by
Pulitzer Prize-winning author,
Richard Ford, is a good year
for lovers of serious American
literature. Also, 2012 was one
of those years, with the publication of Ford’s Canada – his
first novel in nearly six years.
Admittedly, the novel has
book critics divided, most
of whom have been underwhelmed by Ford’s latest
effort. (Many were probably
anticipating another Independence Day, Ford’s tour de force
which became the first novel
ever to win the Pulitzer and
the PEN/Faulkner Award.)
But for this reader, Canada
is, if not flawless, an entirely satisfying and at times,
breath-taking literary achievement. Be warned; it is a bleak
novel, as bleak as the flat,
unending plains of Saskatchewan and its unending, snowswept, gray winters. But
the rewards of the story are
abundant.
The novel opens with,
“First, I’ll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders
which happened later.” How
can one not continue reading?
These first words are uttered
by fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons. To escape a threatening
and uncertain future after
their parents’ arrest and imprisonment, Dell’s twin sister,
Berner, eventually flees their
Great Falls, Montana home,
leaving Dell utterly alone.
However, a family friend
intervenes and hoping to provide Dell safety and security,
spirits Dell across the border
into Saskatchewan where Dell
is forced to cobble together
some semblance of a new life,
which he does, although not
entirely satisfactorily. It’s a
life that collides, in harrowing, murderous violence with
an enigmatic ex-pat American
of whom the reader has every
right to be initially suspicious.
As the gripping story unfolds with mounting tension,
the reader is swept up in a
maelstrom of vivid incidents
about family, destiny, choices,
guilt and country. Canada is
a singular, impressive work
– a great extension of author
Ford’s already considerable
gifts as a writer and a major
work of art.
The Lifeboat
By Charlotte Rogan, Little,
Brown, 274 Pages, $24.99
“I knew we were dying. The only surprising
thing was that we were
not yet dead…My blisters
had started to scab over…
For once we had enough to
drink, but we had no food;
and it wasn’t far from our
thoughts that we were
slowly starving to death.”
This excerpt from Princeton-trained architect Charlotte
Rogan’s first novel is, in the
words of one critic, “A splendid book. I can’t imagine any
reader who looks at the opening pages wanting to put the
book down.”
Years ago, looking through
her husband’s law texts,
Rogan happened upon a
case from 1841 in which
the captain of a ship tossed
twelve people overboard in
order to save the rest of the
passengers from sinking, only
to be found guilty of murder
because he hadn’t used a lottery to choose his victims.
This real-life case is the
jumping off point for this
riveting story. Newlyweds
Henry and Grace Winter are
aboard a ship that suddenly
explodes at sea and sinks
while on its way to America.
Henry, sacrificing his own
safety, secures a place for
Grace in one of the few available lifeboats. Unfortunately,
too many people have done
the same; and the lifeboat is
radically over capacity. For
some to live, some must die.
Adrift at sea for three
weeks in a tiny, crowded boat,
fighting violent storms and
enormous, crashing waves
that threaten to spill its occupants into the raging black
ocean, and with their supplies
dwindling, the castaways
scheme and battle amongst
themselves to survive.
The young Grace Winter
is forced to choose sides,
knowing the choice she makes
could seal her fate forever.
Complex and calculating,
she makes a final, morallyambiguous choice – one that
perfectly ends this breathless,
terrifyingly-intense tale.
How to Build a Fire
– And Other Handy
Things Your Grandfather Knew
By Erin Bried, Ballantine Books,
266 Pages, $15, Paperback
When’s the last time you
handwrote a letter, assembled
a tool kit, planted a tree or
built a fire? For many of us,
the answer is never. We live
in a quick-fix, technologicallydriven society where people
communicate by sending
“tweets” of 140 characters
or less and are more likely
to spend hours navigating
the internet than exploring
the outdoors.
Author Erin Bried suggests
that perhaps it is now time
for us to stop and take a look
back and reflect on some of
the lessons of a more self-sufficient generation – that of our
grandfathers. She emphasizes
that in so doing, we may learn
a lot about responsibility, work
ethic and resourcefulness.
That’s precisely what
author Bried has done in this
new, retro-chic book – an essential back-to-basics guide
that reclaims the wisdom of
our grandfathers to help us
save money, get involved, be
brave and remember what is
really important in life.
The book describes over
100 essential life skills that we
should all know and practice
– gleaned from interviews
with grandfathers across
the country, ages 82 and
up. These grandfathers offer
guidance on everything from
the basic (how to change a
flat tire), to the sweet (how to
make homemade ice cream),
to the serious (how to be
brave), to the celebratory
(how to play the harmonica).
Other advice covers how to
make a good cup of coffee,
how to handle bad news, how
to buy a car and how to make
a toast – all from grandfathers
who’ve “been there, done that.”
Many charming illustrations and much good humor
add to the appeal of this
guide to living well and selfsufficiently. We’re not certain
why the author chose only
grandfathers as the experts
for this book but as everyone
knows, behind every successful grandfather, there was a
successful grandmother.
The Miracle Years
By Norma Locker, Telemachus Press, 338 Pages $14.99,
Paperback
In this new book, author
Norma Locker, resident of
Century Village, a retirement community in Deerfield
Beach, Florida, writes that she
used to be a mean-spirited
hypochondriac. That is, until
she learned how to “tap
the reservoir” – an invisible
source of power that transformed her life.
Now she is on a crusade to
spread the good news, to let
others know how they too can
find the answers to a joyful,
productive and healthy life.
It’s all here in her just-written,
The Miracle Years. And there’s
a lot here – so much so, that
you may find yourself at
times overwhelmed but it is
all exceedingly interesting
and well-written.
Sub-titled, What I Learned
About God, Miracles, Life, the
Paranormal and Why We Are
Here, the book covers a lot of
territory, including tales of
séances, miracles, paranormal events and other mindbending personal anecdotes.
Locker uses these anecdotes
to illustrate, confirm and
underscore how she arrived
at what she fervently believes
is the true answer to life, not
only for her but for you, too.
The author makes a very
convincing case, a case which
she has been making since at
least 1967 when she founded
The New Life Concept, a course
based on metaphysical principles she created while living
in New Jersey.
The final chapters of the
book suggest ways to achieve
your own Utopia utilizing
meditation, mind-control,
physical fitness, memory exercises and more. “Dare to be
different; venture into unchartered territory; flirt with new
ideas; don’t fit yourself into
anyone else’s stereo-typed
mold,” she advises. Excellent
advice for anyone, at any age,
at any time!
Internet
Humor
Submitted by
BETTY SCHWARTZ
DECEMBER 2012
Bridge
CVE REPORTER
PAGE
33B
CVE Duplicate Bridge
Club Winners for October
By IRVING RUGA
By BERNICE RUGA
Bd: 8
♠32
Dlr: West
♥ K J 10 9 8 6 4
Vul: None
♦J4
♣ 10 5
♠AJ86
♠ 10 9 7 5
♥Q7
♥A3
♦A532
♦Q876
♣A87
♣932
♠KQ4
♥52
♦ K 10 9
♣KQJ64
West will often open 1NT, and North may shut out everybody with a 3♥ preempt. East will lead
the ♠10 – king, ace – and North will win the spade return and lead a trump from dummy. (He
would like to wait to play the trumps until he learns more about the deal but can’t profitably do
so.) When West follows with the seven, declarer must guess. To play the jack looks best,
gaining when West has A-Q-7, so perhaps North might guess right and end up losing one trick in
each suit. North-South should score well in the match point column for +140, but at a few
tables, West will open 1♦, and after North’s leap to 3♥ is followed by two passes, West may feel
impelled to reopen with a double. When East takes out to 3♠, South can judge well to double for
B. Ruga/I. Ruga – L.
Klein/M. Gerber
10/29/12
D. Malat/J. Israili – R.
Wasserman/J. Wasserman
Tuesday
10/2/12
B. Wolf/B. Weinberg – M.
Cohen/L. Mandelman
10/9/12
H. Lieberman/B. Feldstein
– P. Tepper/B. Cordes
10/16/12
B. Cordes/B. Feldstein – M.
Ginsberg/R. Ginsberg
10/23/12
B. Ruga/I. Ruga – M.
Cohen/L. Mandelman
10/30/12
R. Rozen/L. Luongo – D.
Long/H. Kurtz
The Puzzler
penalty, and North-South can get six tricks for +300 and a top.
Always and Forever:
A Love Story
Text by AVIVA RAVEL, Photo by AL FLEITMAN
T
Linda Moss performs in Always and Forever: A Love Story
Saturday
10/6/12
R. Silverman/B. Feldstein –
H. Lieberman/E. Luongo
10/13/12
J. Crown/J. Wasserman – H.
Lieberman/E. Luongo
10/20/12
I.Ruga/B. Ruga – B.
Luber/H. Luber
10/27/12
B. Ruga/I. Ruga – B.
Luber/P. Tepper
Monday
10/1/12
B. Ruga/I. Ruga – J.
Crown/B. Cordes
10/8/12
B. Zinovoy/E. Sales – L.
Klein/M. Gerber
10/15/12
I.Ruga/B. Ruga – L.
Klein/M. Gerber
10/22/12
he premier performance of Always and
Forever: A Love Story by Aviva
Ravel was presented by the
Cameo Drama Club on the
afternoon of February 19,
2012 at Le Club. An enthusiastic audience lauded the
play and its performers. Set
in a Rabbi’s office in a familiar town in South Florida, a
senior couple appeals to the
Rabbi for assistance with their
personal problems. Their all
too familiar issues elicited
much laughter from the
audience, while the climax
evoked tears.
The actors, Linda Moss
as Ellen, Nat Rabinowitz as
Morris and Stanley Unger as
the Rabbi, touched the audience with their outstanding
performances. At the piano,
fine pianist, Sid Rosensweig,
accompanied Nat and Stanley
who sang Always, Yesterday
and September Song.
The production crew, Alex
Gladstone and Bobby Marcus, enhanced the play with
lighting and sound. Special
thanks to Al Fleitman, Harvey
Lechter, Hana Rosenbaum
and Joe Segal for their support, and heartfelt appreciation to Steven Fine and Kelly
Serkin who made us feel at
home in the theatre.
PLAYING WORDS
THE NUMBERS
GAME
Can you solve this?
a) In the English
language, there is
only one number that
is spelled with all its
letters in alphabetical
order.
b) And, there is only
one number that has
all its letters in reverse
alphabetical order.
While you are trying to solve these two
questions, also try to
find the answer to this:
c) What is the smallest natural number
that contains all 5 vowels a, e, i, o and u plus
the letter “y”.
Good hunting!
The Solution to Puzzler –
can be found on page 34B.
Please
DO NOT feed
the ducks at the
pool areas
It’s so tempting to want to feed the wildlife.
It makes us feel good.
The reality is the ducks come looking for a free
meal at the pool areas. They are making a mess in
the pools as well as on the decks.
This is a health hazard and an inconvenience to
everyone as the pool and/or pool areas have to be
closed and cleaned and the pool treated for the
feces that has gotten into the pool.
Remember – food IN
equals something unpleasant OUT!
PAGE
34B CVE REPORTER
DECEMBER 2012
Movie Review December
By SANDRA PARNESS
ROCK OF AGES - featuring a starstudded cast including Tom Cruise,
Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta,
this musical tells the story of a small
town girl and a city boy who meet
on the Sunset Strip while pursuing
their Hollywood dreams. PG13, 123
minutes. Playing Sunday, December
2, 2012, 7:30 p.m.; Monday, December
3, 2012, 2 p.m.
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN
YOU’RE EXPECTING-Cameron
Diaz and Matthew Morrison star in
this look at love through the eyes of
five couples experiencing the thrill of
having a baby. They learn that life
doesn’t always deliver what’s expected. PG13, 110 minutes. Playing
Monday, December 3, 2012, 7:30 p.m.;
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 7:30
p.m.; Friday, December 7, 2012, 2 p.m.
Answer to
the Puzzler from
page 33B
Forty (40) is the
only number
whose letters are
in alphabetical
order.
The number one (1)
is the only number whose letters
are in reverse alphabetical order.
The smallest natural number that
contains all 5
vowels a, e, i, o
and u plus the
letter “y” is 1,025
one thOUsAnd
twentY fIvE.
EXTRA!
EXTRA!
YOU CAN NOW
VISIT THE
OFFICIAL
WEBSITE OF YOUR
CVE Reporter
FROM THE
COMFORT OF YOUR
HOME
cvereporter.com
Papers for the entire
year will be available
for viewing 24/7
and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, December 9,
2012, 7:30 p.m.
PEOPLE LIKE US-Chris Pine,
Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde and
Michelle Pfeiffer star in this touching
drama. While settling his deceased
father’s estate, a salesman discovers
he has a sister whom he never knew
about, leading both siblings to re-examine their perceptions about family
and life choices. PG13, 114 minutes.
Playing Wednesday, December 12,
2012, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday,
December 13, 2012, 7:30 p.m.; Friday,
December 14, 2012, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday,
December 16, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
TED-As the result of a childhood
wish, John Bennett’s teddy bear, Ted,
came to life and has been by John’s
side ever since—a friendship that’s
tested when Lori, John’s girlfriend of
four years, wants more from their relationship. Mark Wahlberg and Mila
Kunis star, along with Seth MacFarlane, as the voice of Ted. R—106 minutes (Rated R for Adult Situations.)
Playing Monday, December 17, 2012,
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.;
Thursday, December 20, 2012,m 7:30
p.m.; December 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
day, December
23, 2012, 7:30
p.m.; Wednesday, December
26, 2 p.m. and
7:30 p.m.; Thursday,
December 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.;
Friday, December 28, 2012,
7:30 p.m.
THE CAMPAIGN-In order to gain
influence over their North Carolina
district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term Congressman
,Cam Brady, by putting up a rival
candidate. Their man is naïve Marty
Huggins, director of the local Tourism Center. This comedy stars Will
Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and Jason
Sudeikis, as well as John Lithgow and
Dan Aykroyd. R—85 minutes. (Rated
R for adult situations.) Playing Sun-
THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLESThis documentary follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction
on a mansion inspired by Versailles
and their struggles after their financial kingdom, fueled by the real estate
bubble and cheap money, collapses.
Virginia Nebab, David Siegal and
Jaqueline Siegel star as themselves.
PG—100 minutes. Playing Sunday,
December 30, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
DECEMBER 2012
From The
Internet
A Sonnet
My name is Gossip. I have
no respect for justice.
I maim without killing. I
break hearts and ruin lives.
I am cunning and malicious
and
gather strength with age.
The more I am quoted, the
more I am believed.
My victims are helpless.
They cannot protect themselves against me
because I have no name or face.
To track me down is impossible. The harder you try,
the more elusive I become.
I am nobody’s friend.
Once I tarnish a reputation,
it is never the same.
I topple governments and
wreck marriages.
I ruin careers and cause
sleepless nights,
heartaches and indigestion.
I make innocent people cry in
their pillows.
Even my name hisses. I am
called Gossip.
I make headlines and heartaches.
Readers, before you repeat a story, ask yourself:
“Is it true? Is it harmless? Is it necessary?”
If it isn’t, don’t repeat it.
CVE REPORTER
PAGE
35B
A Snowbird Reviews
By JANICE ZAMSKY
A
nother theater season opens with the
promise of something for
everyone. The stage lighting,
background effects and backdrop curtains have all been
stunningly redone; even
the sound system seems
greatly improved. Our jewel
of a theater is well into the
twenty-first century!
Numerous upscale condo
complexes do not have the
theater facilities we have
here at CVE. Many have a
flat level room with folding
chairs. Count your blessings
and support your theater.
BALLROOM SOUTH
BEACH STYLE – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012
Opening the CVE winter
theater season, this show
was a real sizzler. Not even
a murmur of discontent was
heard as this fast-moving
spectacular show unfolded
with most talented performers, dazzling costumes
and wondrous staging effects made possible by the
new lighting system and
backgrounds.
Three vocalists were extremely versatile, especially
the female vocalist; one of the
male singers executed some
red-hot tap routines.
The dancers: all lithe,
double-jointed performers
who must have had gymnastic training! This show
featured all kinds of intricate
and diverse dance routines:
waltz, swing, doo wop, modern, adagio, salsa, rumba,
merengue.
The staging and backdrops
for this show was the most
sophisticated of any show I’ve
seen here (except, of course,
the Israeli SHALOM revue
and the Chinese circuses).
I did hear a comment that
this show’s acts were a bit
repetitious, but my hubby
and I didn’t find this at all.
What an evening for eight
dollars a ticket!
PHIL TAG – SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 10, 2012
Opener Mary Giland’s most
memorable vocal selection
was Under the Boardwalk.
Stand-up comedian, Phil
Tag, appeared to have all
original material even on such
familiar topics as airlines,
lost luggage, Florida hurricanes, cruise ships’ food and
of course, Florida’s delayed
counting of election votes.
I disliked two things about
his act: Tag tended to laugh at
his own jokes. Also, his comments were frequently on the
raunchy side.
However, the audience, as
a whole did not seem to mind
his frequent lapses of good
taste. Tag’s act was greeted
by much applause throughout. He was clever, original
and funny but often off-color.
MAC IS BACK – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012
The small audience received
a very large reward! Mac
Frampton is not only a piano
virtuoso but also a gifted
raconteur. Frankly, I never
expected such a pleasurable
evening, but was delighted as
were all the theater-goers at
this superb event!
Accompanied by two very
capable college students of
music (Michael, a percussionist, and Jeff, a bass player),
Frampton proved he’s a
pianist extraordinaire not
only with tickling the ivories
but also his unusual style of
borrowing from classical as
he performs jazz, rock and
contemporary music.
Highlight of the evening
was his rendition from Phantom of the Opera. Frampton’s
repertoire included notable
styles of American music
of the 1900s: Broadway, the
Silver Screen (Little Mermaid),
New Orleans Ragtime (Scott
Joplin tunes), DeBussy (Clair
De Lune of 1926), a medley
of 30s romantic music, Fats
Waller tunes, a tribute medley of 50 years of James Bond
movie numbers, Chopsticks,
Bach’s William Tell Overture
(Hi-Yo Silver).
This tireless performer did
not forget to pay homage
to a pair of great American
showmen: Irving Berlin (I
Love a Piano and Rag Time) and
George Gershwin (a musical
genius whom Mac informed
us composed Rhapsody in Blue
spontaneously while playing
at a concert.)
Another highlight of this
enchanted evening was a
great Bolero. Mac explained
that Maurice Ravel, a
Frenchman, fell in love with
Spanish music.
If you missed this exciting
show, the good news is that
Frampton will return in the
future. He claims to have performed in CVE since 1971!
Violin and Piano Duo Captivates S. Florida Audiences
By RANDOLPH MARGITZA
I
f you are like millions of
people who love semiclassical, operetta and Broadway music and the likes of
Cole Porter, Victor Herbert,
Sigmund Romberg, Jerome
Kern, Fritz Kreisler, Johann
Strauss and unforgettable love
songs from the 20s and on –
that is to say, elegant music,
then you will love the Continentals; a violin - piano duo
comprised of CVE residents
Randy Bella and Bill Weinhaus, who perform for weddings, banquets, cocktail and
dinner parties which includes
an international repertoire,
catering to retirement village stages such as CVE and
the Horizon Club, where the
audience response has been
so overwhelming that they
have been invited back again
and again.
Randy attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music,
performing publicly since the
age of five throughout Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, New
York and Florida. From 1978
to 1998 Randy was a member of the Michigan Opera
Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lake George Opera of
New York, toured the country
for 10 years with musicals and
Broadway shows, and was
Concert Master for Phantom
of the Opera and Music of the
Feeding Wildlife Causes Problems
Please DO NOT feed the ducks or other wildlife in the pool areas or elsewhere in
the Village. Feeding wildlife causes the animals to loose their fear of humans and
they can become aggressive toward people in their search for handouts.
Ducks in particular are becoming accustomed to being fed by residents and will approach people demanding to be fed. Feeding them interferes with their natural diet
and encourages them to remain in the area and continue to be a nuisance.
The end result is that they are making a mess everywhere including the pool areas.
Duck feces is a health hazard and an inconvenience to everyone; particularly those
who enjoy the pool facilities, as the pool area has to be closed, cleaned and the pool
treated for feces.
Remember – food in equals
something unpleasant out!
Night national tours.
Bill has entertained as a
pianist and vocalist, in night
clubs and lounges here and
on the Gold Coast of Florida.
He has also performed in
Pittsburgh, PA, Lake George,
NY, Ocean Ranch Hotel and
Mark 2100 Hotel, both as a
soloist and with dance bands.
He holds a degree from the
University of Pittsburgh. He
has been, and is currently
producer, director, arranger,
chorus master and piano
soloist and accompanist of
our CVE Choraleers for five
years. This year’s production
will be performed in the CVE
Theater in March, 2013. The
Continentals will perform in
the forthcoming production of
New Sun in the Sky. Their goal
is to maintain international
culture at a high artistic level
throughout the community.
Upon request, the Continentals are available for
private engagements.
Email: [email protected].
PAGE
36B CVE REPORTER
DECEMBER 2012
DECEMBER 2012 & JANUARY 2013
ALL SHOWS BEGIN AT 8 PM: Exceptions Dec 31 & Jan 5
Monday, December 10 $11
National Circus performing
“Cirque Chinois”
Saturday, December 15 $9
Ola Oba Brazil
Wednesday, December 19 $9
Tony Ocean “Me and Mrs. Jones”
The Atlantic City Boys
Sounds of Soul
The Trilogy of Laughter
Starring Steve Solomon
(7 p.m.)
NYE Dance-Pete Terri
(9 p.m.)
Wednesday, January 2 $10
Luisa Marshall
as Tina Turner
Saturday, January 5 $11
Jimmy Steward & Friends
Starring Rich Little
(7 p.m.)
Sunday, January 6 $10
Cirque d’Amour
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
PAGE
37B
Z
AA
38 36 34 32 30
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38 36 34 32 30
38 36 34 32 30
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113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101
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112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101
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110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101
110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101
110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101
109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101
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1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27
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EE 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 H H H H EE 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 EE H H H H 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 EE
28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 DD 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 DD
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28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 CC 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 CC
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28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 BB 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 BB
28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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SECTION B
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Theater Seating Chart
DECEMBER 2012
CVE REPORTER
PAGE
39B
New East shuttle bus schedule in effect
as of January 2, 2012
East Route: Mon-Wed-Fri 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Leave
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Promenade
N. Broward
Medi cal
Pl aza
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Arri ve
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Center
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CVS
Pharmacy
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10:30
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:30
2:15
9:15
10:00
10:45
11:30
12:15
1:00
1:45
2:30
9:25
10:10
10:55
11:40
12:25
1:10
1:55
2:40
9:35
10:20
11:05
11:50
12:35
1:20
2:05
2:50
9:45
10:30
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:30
2:15
3:00
East Route: Thursday-only 9 a.m. – 3 p.m
Leave
CVE
9:00
9:45
10:30
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:30
2:15
Festival
Flea Market
Kosher
Market
Aldi’s
Market
Market
Al di 's
Arri ve
CVE
9:15
10:00
10:45
11:30
12:15
1:00
1:45
2:30
9:25
10:10
10:55
11:40
12:25
1:10
1:55
2:40
9:35
10:20
11:05
11:50
12:35
1:20
2:05
2:50
9:45
10:30
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:30
2:15
3:00
East Route: Saturday (Town Center) 10 a.m. – 5 p.m
Leave
CVE
Boca
Center
Town
Center
CVS
Pharmacy
Arri ve
CVE
10:00
10:45
11:30
12:15
1:00
1:45
2:30
CVE
3:30
CVE
4:20
10:15
11:00
11:45
12:30
1:15
2:00
2:45
Church
3:40
Boca Ctr
4:35
10:25
11:10
11:55
12:40
1:25
2:10
2:55
Boca Ctr
3:55
Town Ctr
4:50
10:35
11:20
12:05
12:50
1:35
2:20
3:05
Town Ctr
4:05
CVS
5:00
10:45
11:30
12:15
1:00
1:45
2:30
3:15
CVS
4:15
Church
5:10
East Route:
Sunday-only
10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m
Leave
CVE
Festival Fl ea
Market
Kosher
Market
Aldi’s Market
Al di 's
Market
Arri ve
CVE
10:30
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:30
2:15
3:00
3:45
10:45
11:30
12:15
1:00
1:45
2:30
3:15
4:00
10:55
11:40
12:25
1:10
1:55
2:40
3:25
4:10
11:05
11:50
12:35
1:20
2:05
2:50
3:35
4:20
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:30
2:15
3:00
3:45
4:30
Sundays and Holidays
Leaves every half hour from Clubhouse 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Monday thru Saturday
Leaves every half hour from Clubhouse 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Mini-bus to Plaza
Ceases service each evening from Clubhouse at 7:30 p.m.
Route #1: Clubhouse, Berkshire A, B & C, Upminster Pool, Swansea A,
Century Plaza, Westbury, Cambridge, Durham, Clubhouse.
Route #2
Clubhouse, Durham A & V on Century Blvd., Islewood,
Oakridge A & B, Prescott A & E, Newport, Oakridge C & D, Lyndhurst
Pool, Keswick, Restaurant, Clubhouse.
Route #3: Clubhouse, Berkshire A, B & C, Upminster Pool, Swansea A &
B, Upminster A-M, Richmond, Farnham, Grantham A-E, Harwood,
Markham A-K, Lyndhurst corner, Keswick, Clubhouse.
Route #4: Clubhouse, Berkshire A, B & C, Ashby, Farnham, Harwood,
Grantham F, Markham S & T, Oakridge Pool, Oakridge F-V, Markham L-R,
Lyndhurst corner, Keswick, Clubhouse.
CVE
4:20
CVE
5:15
Route #5/6: Clubhouse, Ellesmere, Ventnor, Tilford A-R, Le Club/Activity
Center, Reporter/Medical Center, Tilford S-X, Tilford P-R, Le Club/Activity
Ctr/Medical, Prescott F-G, Oakridge corner, Markham corner, Lyndhurst
corner, Ellesmere-Century Blvd, Keswick-Century Blvd, Parking LotDepot, Clubhouse.
Show nights, Express A & B – Motor Coaches will run an hour before the
show and after.
As of 6/27/11
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Imagination
If Only
We are imbued with a mystical gift; the art of imagination.
Whatever we can visualize becomes our own creation.
We have the innate power to create what we envision, for our
thoughts have the dynamics to produce any condition.
If we imagine disaster, whatever it may be, there is a definite chance
that it’s something we’ll soon see.
If we think pleasant thoughts and images, and it’s blessings we desire;
with faith and perseverance we’ll soon see them transpire.
The universe provides us with Divine intervention.
God cannot refuse us, whatever our intention.
So let us use this gift of inborn imagination to engender great
changes with positive evocation.
If only we had peace on earth and lived in harmony;
we would enjoy a new rebirth; an end to hate and bigotry.
If only heads of nations despised control and tyranny;
and CEOs of corporations chose altruism and integrity.
If only every heart embraced love and prayer in place of fear;
animosity would be erased, revenge and wars would disappear.
Then God would be relieved to see an end to violence and evil;
that what He has conceived is saved from chaos and upheaval.
~NORMA LOCKER
Sandy the Storm
Sandy came with vengeance
and with hell,
Homes destroyed by the wind
and trees that fell.
Fires on beautiful Breezy Point
destroyed the homes and its shores.
What was a lovely town
is not lovely any more.
She raced along her path of destruction.
New Jersey, Connecticut, Staten Island
Brooklyn and New York and Long Island
were hit by the storm.
Its rage so violent,
no heat, no electricity
all was torn.
Boats floated into homes
with such a rage.
Trees down, all was lost
as in a violent story page.
Autos floating in water
destroyed as such.
Such turmoil as Sandy came,
she took so much.
Amusement rides torn down
and windows smashed away.
This terrible storm will not be forgotten
on that horrible day.
Floods, fire, people leaving
their domain.
Airports closed, no one could fly
This storm Sandy became insane.
Windows smashed, homes destroyed
Water rose everywhere.
Schools were closed
Subways washed away
Stock market closed
as Sandy had her way.
No food, no lights
No homes to go back to
Only cold and darkness
No gas for cars, too.
But people stood together
and helped one another.
And so we now say Adieu
to Sandy the storm.
We will rebuild and go on
and look forward to a brighter day!
~SANDI LEHMAN
Shrinks and Psychoanalysts
Thinking about Woody Allan
Shrinks and psychoanalysts
Are trained to know how life exists
They lay their existential trip on you
These megalomaniacs tell you what to do
You go see your shrink if you can’t decide
For an hourly price they’ll be your deferential guide
For a forty five minute hour they’ll hear
your tale
Then take your money, but it’s only bail
You get hooked ‘cause you gotta talk
They’ll take your payments and never balk
You don’t get cured so fast you see
For them you’re a victim of circumstantialities
Your therapy continues day by day
Your neurotic behavior is destined to stay
You wonder when the cure will win
“You’re sick.” Says the Shrink. “So you
can’t begin.”
Leaving, Freud, Yung or Adler, is a
deadly therapy sin
Losers leaving gurus will never to win
Chronic exercises in psychological release
Will never give you existential peace
After going back year after year
You suddenly learn there’s nothing to fear
It’s your shrink who has Cyclothymiac’s
disorder after all
His confabulation is creating the cure all
stall
To him you were just revenue
Freud and Jung had nothing to do
So live your life and be reflective
We don’t need shrinks to be introspective
- MARVIN HERSHORN
~NORMA LOCKER
Lifescapes
Do you have stuff you gotta do?
And swear to do it… but don’t
Friends say “Go ahead and do it
What’s holding you back?” No mystery about the trajectory
You’re immobilized and can’t get your act together
The laundry list of “to do’s” with the never-ending checklists
Thrown together like scraps on a mounting pile of anxiety
Slips from your life as the multi-task angst overwhelms
DECLUTTER, no lugubrious whining allowed
Dormant jobs kick in… while another year rushes by
Worlds diverge, deftly and unwittingly introverted
Lifescapes on hold, there is an existential firewall
That blocks the resilience that can’t be found
It’s hard to reboot when you’re wearing an empty suit
With sleep inducing ennui and excessive longevity
How may you embrace life when compassion is scant?
There is a radical narrowing of our empathy for people
When having conversations with deflated statues
We learn so much by talking to ourselves…ad homonym
Listening without assimilation of facts, existential deaf tones
When shell-shocked lives don’t embrace you
Moving you into a delusional dysfunctional spiral
When post traumatic stress syndrome kicks in
When you are gobsmacked by the competitive model society
We look for small shiny keepsakes…collectables
When there is a litany of life threatening situations
When life is “short, brutish and nasty”
Thank you Mr. Hobbes for conjuring alternative realities
We delude ourselves into a shuck and jive, trash talking netherworld
Our generation once ruled the world; it’s not easy to forget
We used to be the greatest generation… you betchya
We made so many vulnerable people suffer
With manmade apocalyptic distortions in humankind
The world exists in a constant disequilibrium…with too many wars
We must get it through our Neanderthal heads
There is neither a Kennedy “Profiles in Courage” nor …
Holy wars against boogeyman…too unpalatable
Baby boomers believed in “purity of arms” but shut the door
We somersaulted into an asymmetrical global civic ethic…but failed to explore
Ourselves…We became a gallimaufry of losers
We’re too louche for our own comfort
Desolation is how we made our beds…android style
Lacking teleprompted addresses, we “slow think”
With a kind of electromagnetic sorcery
Transcendently if we don’t join together,
We become collectivists of…dead Enders …such as
Hannibal Lecter reading the bible looking for ethical loopholes
Is society becoming more psychopathic, believing in voodoo science?
Baby boomers tolerated “men battering each other senseless.”
The sweet science, brought no respect for one another
The poorest man must be our brother
While exploring the “rent a friend” website
We read the Sanskrit transcript shorthand
We’re too techy or just too busy to make real friends
We are “Generation me” The most narcissistic, self indulged, self centered
And most individualistic…me ism philosophically
Going through the roof into a hypnotic code red
Inartful language throws a stark beam on ineffectual stances
Let’s return to “our first time” with respect for the sanctity of life
Let’s restore the chastity belt for the great unwashed
If you give a child life, you must ensure that a child has a life
Crawling through the volumes of our fantasies
Got our dreams back to the wall, like a Colossus
As we roll with the waves instead of trying to stop the ocean
- Marvin Hershorn
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1/1 Garden Units
Tilford
G “Rental Bldg.”Water View. Lift In Place. Fully Furnished. Immaculate.
Markham E Ground Floor. Immaculate. Water View. Furnished. Enclosed Patio
Oakridge J Across From Pool. Glass Top Stove. Newer Refrigerator. Enclosed Patio
Ventnor J Pristine Condition. Bldg. Has a Lift!! Tiled. Steps To Pool. Move-In
Tilford S Move-In Condition. Remodeled Kit. Parquet Flooring. Enclosed Patio
1/1.5 Highrise Units
Grantham F Move-In Condition. Fully Furnished. Tiled. Near Pool & Clubhouse
Cambridge G 3rd. Fl. Gem. Totally Remodeled. Stainless Appliances. Water View
Swansea A Steps To Pool & Plaza. Laminate Floors. Tiled. Furnished. Encl. Patio
Swansea B Pristine Condition Gr.Fl. Steps To Plaza. Laminate Floors. Encl. Patio
Newport Q Fully Furnished. 2nd Floor. Central Air. Tiled. ”Rentable At This Time”
$ 39,000
$ 29,900
$ 29,900
$ 25,900
$ 21,500
Newport Q First Floor. Updated Stove. All Tile. Window Encl. Patio. New Bath Vanities $ 49,900
Newport U New Kitchen.Tile & Carpet.Tub RemovedWith New Shower.WaterView $ 49,900
2/1.5 Garden Units
Markham L Corner Gr. Floor, Tiled, Rental Bldg..Move-In Condition, Replaced A/C $ 59,850
Westbury B 2nd. Floor Corner. Clean Unit. Walk To Plaza. Tile & Carpet. Furnished $ 47,900
$ 56,750
$ 55,000
$ 49,900
$ 47,900
$ 36,850
Markham C 1st. Floor. Tiled, Newer White Appliances. Water View. Near Pool
Prescott I WaterView.Immaculate.WhiteAppliances.Encl.Patio.NearTennisCourt $ 47,850
Tilford B Water View. ”Country Setting”. Ready For Quick Sale
$ 39,900
Newport C Furnished. Close To Pool & Clubhouse. Owned 1 Year Before Renting
$ 39,500
Tilford $ 39,500
A Fantastic Water View. Needs Some TLC. Make Your Best Offer
Newport E Total Renovation. Open Kitchen. Bathrooms Redone. Enclosed Patio
1/1.5 Garden Units
Upminster A Spotless Corner. Walk To Plaza. Renovated kit. Berber In L.R. Furnished $ 49,850
Prescott N Newer White Tile. Immaculate. Encl. Patio..Nothing To Do Here
$ 35,000
Durham W Corner Unit. Gr. Fl. Central Air. Furnished. Near Clubhouse & Pool
$ 34,850
Tilford D Gr. Fl. Corner. Newly Renovated Bathrooms. Unit Is Ready For Completion $ 29,850
Durham I Prime Area. Lift In Bldg. Steps To Pool & Clubhouse. Immaculate.
$ 29,850
Richmond B Gr. Floor. Furnished. Walk To Plaza & Pools. Ready For Your Upgrades $ 28,850
2/1.5 Highrise Units
Grantham F Gr. Fl. Open Kit. Master Bath Renovated. Tile & Carpet. Furnished
$ 79,900
Berkshire A Renovated Kit. Bathrooms Redone. Enclosed Patio. Walk To Pool
$ 69,900
Cambridge A Ready For Your Occupancy & Decorating Touches. Enclosed Patio
$ 59,900
Newport G SereneWater & PreserveView.Tiled. Galley Kit. Encl. Patio. Newer Refrig. $ 56,700
Newport G Great Location. 3rd. Fl. Water & Preserve View From Encl. Patio. Tiled. $ 52,950
$ 47,900
$ 75,000
2/2 Luxury Highrise Units
Oakridge U Beautiful Open Kit. Encl. Florida Room. Newer A/C. Water View
$109.00
Oakridge F Open Kitchen. Granite Counters.Tiled. Newer A/C.Water & PreserveView $ 99,000
Upminster J Bright Corner. Remodeled Kit. Move-In Condition. Shabbos Elevator $ 87,500
Oakridge V Best Water View. All Tile. Ready To Move-Into. Full Sliders On Patio
$ 82,000
Lyndhurst J Wonderful Location. Furnished. Tiled. Encl. Patio. Walk To Clubhouse $ 76,500
Lyndhurst K Corner Overlooking Pool, Clubhouse & Golf Course. Priced To Sell
$ 74,500
Upminster J 2nd. Floor. Furnished. Magnificent Golf View. Screened Patio
$ 69,900
Ventnor $ 69,850
H Gr. Fl. Glassed In Tiled Patio. White Appliances. Tile & Carpet.
Upminster J Priced To Sell Fast. Enclosed Florida Room. Will Not Last
$ 59,900
Lyndhurst N Completely Redone. Furnished. Encl. Florida Room. Must See
$ 89,500
Lyndhurst H Bright Luxury, Tiled, Furnished, Encl. Florida Room. Priced To Sell
$ 74,900
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