Ramblings Delray Villas Plat 4/5
Delray Villas Plat 4/5 homeowners association NUMBER 304 Ramblings www.delrayvillas45.com Board of Directors Meeting Date: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 11 Time: 7:30 pm From the Editor Linda Solomon When I was looking for famous quotes for this November issue, almost everything I read was morbid or sadly bittersweet. That is, all the quotes were written by people living in climates where weather affected what they felt and wrote. But here I am in Delray Beach, Florida where the weather promises to be spectacular throughout November (despite the false start we had with 2 rainy and overcast days during the third week of October. That’s okay - I’ll take it! Of course, I was the one who ran away as soon as the temperature reached into the 80s back in May; but, my friends and family have forgiven me. You see they all know my dirty little secret - I HATE THE HEAT! Yes, now that you think about it, you know, I’m the one who walks around with not one, not two, but three fans in her bag! I will do anything to stay cool on hot days except - move back North! I’ve had it with the cold, too. And I promise if I ever have to shovel another snowfall, I will kill!!!!Well, maybe I won’t kill; but, I won’t like it either. Yes, I know what you’re saying, “You are a summer baby - you should love the heat!” It would seen reasonable. But I was conceived in the early days of November (my father came home from Europe after WWII on October 31st) and I believe that I am as much influenced by the time of my conception as I am by the time of my birth. I love the fall months, especially in the Northeast of the United States. I love the turning of the leaves, the vibrant colors and the visual display that Mother Nature provides before she shuts down for the winter. I know Florida is beautiful and there are gorgeous flowers growing even now. But, I am glad I stayed North just long enough to see the autumnal peak! Linda NOVEMBER 2014 General Meeting Date: Tuesday, DECEMBER 23 Time: 7:30 pm From the President Sy Weiss Our community is getting busy with Thanksgiving right around the corner. A reminder to all our residents - please walk your dog on a leash, and pick up after him or her. The maintenance men do not have the time to look around before they do their jobs, so please pick up. All homeowners and renters are required to obey the rules and regulations of the HOA. If not the Board does have the right to have you remove your pet. Another reminder -garbage must be placed in a can with a cover the evening before pick-up. All bags will be placed at the side of your home if not properly curbed. This is not a first warning, but it is the last. Our Inspection Committee will be going out this month as they do every year checking on our community. If you are not working in your garage, please keep the door closed. There have been cars riding around our neighborhood that appear to be suspicious. Don’t forget our meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of the month and the 4rd Tuesday in December will be our general meeting and elections. Nominations are now being accepted for 2015 year. If anyone wishes to run for the board, submit your letter to the Board Secretary by the November BOARD MEETING if you wish to run. The NEW BUDGET will also be in this issue. NEW RULES WILL BE GIVEN OUT AT OUR DECEMBER MEETINGS AND THEY WILL BE VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND. Again, I send my thanks to all board and committee members for a job WELL DONE. Ramblings. . . PLAT IV/V PLAT 4/5 RAMBLINGS Editor PAGE 2 DELRAY VILLAS WE CARE Linda Solomon 498-9338 6675 Overland Drive President Bill Kaplan 499-7893 Delray Beach, FL 33484 V/Pres./Coord. Anita Silverman 498-9208 498-9338 917-747-8660 (c) bonsdiva@aol.com FOR TRANSPORTATION CALL: Advisor Associate Editor Phil Kullback Rita Kullback 499-1958 Bonnie Siegel 498-9338 Advertising Manager Judy LaCorte 495-6899 Distribution Joe LaCorte 495-6899 Harvey Lazaroff 498-8691 Contributors to the Newsletter: Genia Kutner ~ Judy La Corte ~ Milt Markowitz ~ Diane Norman ~ Sharon O’Hallaran ~ Iris Pavey ~ Carol Slotkin ~ Bob Townsend PLAT 4/5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS President Sy Weiss 381-4456 Vice Pres. Lew Leon 495-9010 Secretary Bernie Rosenberg 499-1673 Treasurer Sheila Lane 381-7725 COMMITTEES Alliance Judy & Joe LaCorte 495-6899 Architectural Iris Pavey 498-1375 Inspection Bob Green 496-5533 Interview Lew Leon 495-9010 Lakes & Ponds Butch Herbst 445-2079 Maintenance Butch Herbst 445-2079 Herb Basson 637-8168 Parliamentarian Lew Leon Pest Control Bernie Rosenberg 499-1673 Pool Assistants Russell Mayer 749-0872 Milt Schreiber 381-3894 Ramblings Linda Solomon *498-9338 Roads & Lights Joe La Corte 495-6899 Website Bernie Rosenberg 499-1673 Alan Shwartz, co-master 376-4040 www.delrayvillas45.com 55+ Bob Green 496-5533 Welcoming Rosalie Basson *637-8168 Bernice Friedman *445-2079 Ellen Lederman 954-924-1931 RECREATION ASSOCIATION MEMBERS Pat Lazaroff 498-8691 Joan Rosenberg 499-1673 Diane Weiss 381-4456 * Non-Board Members The Jewish War Veterans are collecting cancelled stamps for hospitalized veterans for recreation and therapy. Please contact George Hoppen at 637-8430 PLAT 4/5 Fran Jacobson 495-1312 Please give our dispatcher 48 hours notice when requesting transportation. Call between 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, M-F ONLY. A Waiver of Liability Release Form must be signed for each trip, otherwise we will not transport you. Hospitals we serve: Delray Medical Center, Boca Medical Center, Bethesda Community Hospital, Bethesda Health City FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CALL: PLAT IV/V Marty Dreiblatt David Goldstein George Hoppen 865-0991 499-5098 637-8430 The Lions Club of Delray Beach members are collecting old glasses, hearing aids & aluminum pop caps from soda cans. Drop-off points: Harvey Lazaroff Gene Rosenman 13892 Packard Terr. 13434 A Via Vesta 498-8691 499-2964 Board and General Meeting ORDER OF BUSINESS* Pledge of Allegiance and moment of silence Roll call of the Board of Directors Reading of last Board of Directors/General Meeting minutes Correspondence Reports: Treasurer Sheila Lane Committees: Alliance Joe and Judy La Corte Architectural Iris Pavey Inspection Bob Green Interviews Lew Leon Maintenance Butch Herbst Lakes and Ponds Butch Herbst Pest Control Bernie Rosenberg Roads and Lights Joe La Corte Rec Board Pat Lazaroff, Joan Rosenberg, Diane Weiss 55 Plus Bob Green Web Site Bernie Rosenberg Ramblings Linda Solomon Welcome Committee Rosalie Basson, Bernice Friedman Old Business New Business Good and Welfare PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . PAGE Happy Birthday NOVEMBER Scorpio (October 23-November 22) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Happy Anniversary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Clocks and Watches China Crystal and Glass Electrical Appliances Silverware Wood Desk Sets-Pen & Pencil Sets 8. Linens and Laces 9. Leather 10. Diamond Watches And Jewelry 01 2- Deylight Savings Time 4 - Election Day 1-All Saint’s Day 11-Veteran’s Day 27 - Thanksgiving Happy Birthday 01 Rose Minoff Judy Haller 05 Judy Piccolomini Evelyn Silver 06 Norman Gold Shirley Goldfarb 07 Bob Green Rita Kullback 08 Marlena Pavloff 11 Miriam Rosenfeld Larry Goldstein Alvin Wilburn 15 Pennie Goldstein 16 Joan Fischer 17 Sheila Minde 18 Victoria Sangurima 19 Bob Williams 20 Sheila Lane 21 Marilyn Scheck 22 Carol Berger Bruce Block 23 Ray D’Allessandro 24 Ann Schwartz Keith Young Marilyn Scheck 26 Catherine Homcy Eleanor Melnick Rose Panzarella Hazel Winogradsky 27 Marci Banis Anita Silverman Sidney Goldwyn 28 Jack Minde 3 09 18 22 23 27 11. Fashion Jewelry and Accessories 12. Pearls or Colored Gems 13. Textiles or Furs 14. Gold Watches and Jewelry 15. Watches 16. Silver Holloware 17. Furniture 18. Porcelain 19. Bronze 20. Platinum Watches and Jewelry David & Susan Sims Donald & Linda Mostov Wendy Balko & Alvin Wilburn Edwin & Jane McNulty Milton & Linda Sonenblum Howard & Claire Pike Richard & Jack Milici On behalf of the Delray Villas Plat 4/5 community, I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Phil Kullback for all his years of service to this community as the Chief Editor of our Ramblings and for overseeing our elections for the past twenty plus years as the Elections Chairperson. Phil and his wife, Rita have worked tirelessly for our community. I would like to thank them both for the commitment and time that they have bestowed upon us. We all wish them the best in the years to come. With great admiration and sincerity, Sy Weiss BIRTHDAY-ANNIVERSARY UPDATE For those new residents or those who find errors, please complete by printing the following form and return to the Editor, Linda Solomon. Name (first and last) Birthday Significant Other’s Name (include last name if different) Birthday Anniversary PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . Committees reports…. ARCHITECTURAL FOLLOW THE RULES If you plan to do ANY outside work on your house or property, be sure to get architectural approval first !!! Approval is needed to: 1. Paint your house-even if it will be the same color 2. Paint leaders and gutters 3. Stain your driveway even if it will be the same color 4. Put on a new roof 5. Construct a new patio 6. Redo an old patio 7. Plant bushes or trees 8. Remove old bushes or trees 9. Install new windows 10. Create planting beds 11. Widen your driveway ANY OUTSIDE WORK REQUIRES ARCHITECTURAL APPROVAL BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE WORK It’s a simple procedure: Pick up an application from my patio (13675 Whippet Way West) fill it out - sign it - return it to my patio. Once the request has been approved, I will call you to pick up the approval which then needs to be placed in the front window of your house. ANY QUESTIONS Call Iris Pavey 498-1375 Architectural Chairman WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORS Richard & Dianne Stevens 6313 Dusenburg Rd. Stephen & Maryann Schwalbendorf 6371 Overland Dr. Ruth Miraih Frank Lampner PAGE 4 DELRAY VILLAS CITIZEN OBSERVER PATROL submitted by Bonnie Siegel Driving Safety Tips Back-In Parking: Do you want better visibility while exiting a parking spot? Try backing into the spot rather than pulling straight in or pull straight through into the second space in a parking lot. Not only will you make it easier to leave the spot but you will be safer. Just as in parallel parking you back into the spot to park and go forward to leave the spot. It will be safer for your passengers, too, when they exit the vehicle. Traffic engineers are trying to convince large cities to install angle parking areas with back in only parking to reduce accidents. Some communities are trying out the concept of backing into angle parking spots to make all safer. Backing into a spot on an angle in front of a store would make loading those parcels easier and safer too – the trunk will be right by the curb. Daytime Running Lights: Drive with your daytime running lights or headlights on during the day can also be safer for you and those around you. Studies have shown that there has been a reduction in the number of daytime multi-vehicle crashes especially head-on and front corner collisions when vehicles use these lights. In most new vehicles, daytime running lights are standard equipment. In those vehicles that are not equipped with daytime running lights, the operator can turn on their headlights to get the same effect – other vehicles and pedestrians will see you coming. 13661 Cord Way 6225 Stanley Lane MORE IMPORTANT NEWS Nominees for Board positions will present themselves at the next Board meeting on November 11, 2014. Please come out to hear what they have to say and make your choices on Dec. 23 more informed. Thank you. THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DELRAY VILLAS VOLUNTEER CITIZEN OBSERVER PATROL, (C.O.P.) Unit # 16 & THE MEDIA UNIT #51.. PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . PAGE 5 DELRAY VILLAS CLUB NEWS Club Name Date/Time Where Topic Collation AFTER 6 SOCIAL CLUB Wednesday, November 5 7:00 PM “A” Building Movie Night Popcorn, Coffee and cake Club Name AMERICAN-ITALIAN CLUB Date/Time Friday, November 7 6:30 PM SHARP Where “B” Building, Viking Room Topic Speaker & Entertainer Collation Coffee & Cake ~ New members welcome ~ Dues - $15 Club Name C.E.R.T. Date/Time Saturday, Nov..22 10:00 AM Where “B” Building - Ceramics Room Featuring Topic Hands On Field Operations Club Name Date Time Where Topic Collation Club Name Date/Time Where Topic Collation Club Name Date/Time Where Topic Collation Club Name Date/Time Where Topic C.O.P Wednesday, Nov. 5 9:30 AM “B” Building - Viking Room Training Breakfast DEBORAH Thursday, Nov. 20 11:30 AM “A” Building Short business mtg. & Entertainment Bagels and Coffee MEN & WOMEN SOCIAL CLUB Tuesday, Nov., 18 7:00 PM “A” Building Short business mtg. & Entertainment Dues - $10 pp for a year Snacks, coffee & cake NA’AMAT USA Monday, Nov. 3 9:30 AM “A” Building Interesting program - remind your friends to come Collation Bagels and Coffee Club Name GUYS AND DOLLS CHORUS Date/Time Tuesdays (weekly) * 10:00 AM Where “B” Building - Viking Room Topic Fun Songs for everyone Plat 4/5 Board Events Board Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month Next General Meeting: December 23, 2014 Elections Delray Book Club The Book Club meets on the first Monday of every month at 1 PM in the Ceramics Room of the “B” Building. Books will be available at the Hagan Ranch Library. You must ask for the book by its title. Below is the list by month for discussion: November 3 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shafer December 8 - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grisson If you have any questions, contact Leslie Boardman at boardlesli@gmail.com or by telephone: 561-808-7600 or 215-208-3652. Scrabble Club meets every Monday and Thursday from 2-4:30 PM in “A” Building. You do not have to own or bring a Scrabble board to play along. Need information? Please contact Leslie directly at 561-808-7600 or 215-208-3652. Reminder: ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR November 16, 10 AM - 4 PM A Building Toys for Tots Dance Saturday, December 6, 2014 8:00 PM Great entertainment by Richard Frank Snacks, soft drinks, cake and coffee will be provided For your table reservation contact Bonnie Siegel: 498-9338 or Pat Lazaroff: 498-8691 PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . Get Well Wishes On behalf of the residents of Plat 4/5, sincere wishes for a quick return to health for: Marcel Baillargeon Phil Kullback Rita Kullback Jerry Morganlander Aaron Widawsky PAGE 6 The American Italian Club Christmas Dinner and Party December 18, 2014 6 PM Clubhouse Viking Room $25 for members and guests - please bring check to November meeting CAROL’S CORNER Photos by Carol Slotkin The After 6 Thespians present Shanti’s Permiso Written and directed by Linda Solomon A comedy set in Delray Villas ~ The real Fountain of Youth! Saturday, March 21, 2015 7:30 PM The CERT volunteers are usually the first responders in times of emergency. Don’t become complacent and think that a hurricane won’t hit us again just because we haven’t had one in a few years! Come and join the troops and be ready for any and all emergencies through interesting “in house” trainings. Remember you can help save a person you don’t know, a neighbor or a loved one when you know the correct procedures in an emergency. Don’t be a slow poke, come and join now! Call Bob Albertson 561-865-9158 or Bob Green 561-496-5533 If you would like to join our ranks and take part in this fun show, see Linda at the After 6 November meeting and sign up. (You must be a club member to become a DV Thespian) PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . Talk of the Town by BOB TOWNSEND I THE NEWSROOM used to love those 1940s and 1950s movies about newspapers. There was something really exciting, almost romantic, about old-time newsrooms. They had character. They were noisy and smoke filled. That was before the surgeon general even dreamed about cigarettes being hazardous to your health. And I suppose you could count on at least one guy having a bottle of whiskey tucked away somewhere in his desk. I consider myself extremely fortunate that I landed a job with my hometown newspaper, the Brockton Enterprise, before newsrooms changed. That was back in 1968. The constant clitter-clatter of tens of typewriters and the rat-a-tat-tat of wire machines spitting out news from the Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters news service and others was music to my ears. The newsroom was still smoke filled. Sure, the surgeon general had put out a report that cigarette smoking could cause cancer and could really screw up your breathing, but no one paid it any mind. I smoked a pipe back then. It wasn’t because the Surgeon General reported about cigarettes being hazardous to your health – hell, what did Luther L. Terry know anyway? I just thought it was cool to smoke a pipe. It seemed like everyone in the newsroom was also a hard drinker. Those few who weren’t hard drinkers were sort of outcasts. That’s what we did; we went out drinking after work – and smoked. Then along came the 1970s. By then, the Surgeon General’s warning was written right there on the cigarette packages. “Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health.” It wasn’t a promise that cigarette smoking would be hazardous to your health, only that it may be hazardous to your health. And the other thing that was happening about then was that smoking was starting to be banned in some public buildings and offices. But not at the Enterprise. Not yet. Also in the 70s, the newsroom became computerized. Typewriters were gone and so were teletype machines. That took the life right out of the newsroom. You can’t have life if you don’t have a heart and the thump, thump, thump of typewriters and teletype machines had always been the heartbeat of the newsroom. I was elected president of the Brockton Newspaper Guild in 1979. The Newspaper Guild was the union that represented Enterprise employees in the editorial, advertising, circulation and business departments. It felt pretty strange to me that I was suddenly thrust into a position that I should at least attempt to tell the owners of the Enterprise and my bosses how to run their newspaper. The strange feeling only lasted about a week and a half, though. After that, it seemed perfectly appropriate to me that I should tell them what to do. You know what else killed the newsroom atmosphere? In the late 70s and early 80s, several yuppies were hired into the PAGE 7 newsroom. You know yuppies, guys who didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, were clean-shaven, brushed their teeth three times a day and parted their hair on the left. Girls who didn’t smoke, didn’t drink. . . well, you got the picture. One of the yuppies, a tall, dirty blond-haired dude with a Pepsodent smile, who had been hired as a copy editor, approached me with a petition signed by all the non-smoking yuppies in the newsroom. He said they wanted a smoke-free newsroom. Steve – that was his name, Steve - didn’t actually have to come to me with a petition. All he had to do was tell me that’s what he and the other non-smokers were seeking. I knew that I represented all of the employees in the newsroom, not just the smokers. I would have seen to it that the newsroom became non-smoking even without a petition. Funny thing though, it was now the early to mid 80s and I had already quit smoking the pipe. I went to see the managing editor and told him he had to put a ban on smoking in the newsroom. He agreed to that without a problem. It didn’t surprise me. The managing editor didn’t smoke, either. Then I told the managing editor that he had to designate one of the conference rooms off of the newsroom as a smoking room. And he had to grant smokers reasonable breaks at their discretion to go in and have a cigarette. He agreed to that without a problem, too, and that kind of surprised me. And then I told him the company had to pay for any programs that individuals might choose if they decided to quit smoking. He agreed to that without a problem too and that shocked the devil out of me. So Steve had gotten his way and the newsroom became non-smoking except for an interview room which became designated as the smoking room and that room became clouded with smoke. Hence, the newsroom lost its 1940s and 1950s movies charm. It became sterile. Noise-less. I don’t think there was even anyone left with a bottle of whiskey in his desk. By the way, when the newsroom became smokeless, I took up cigarettes for the first time in my life. I knew the dangers of ignoring the warnings, but I was always had a cocky individual. I figured I could beat the odds. I couldn't. I've paid the tab with my own health. But I'm not complaining. Hey, when you dance to the music, you've got to pay the piper, right? While we know we are all better off without the smoke, there is still something missing from the ‘atmosphere’ in the newsroom from those olden/golden days and it is not just the smoke and the lack of noise. Maybe it’s the electricity that comes from supplying the world with the up-to-the-moment news that is now the bailiwick of television. Maybe that’s where we’ll find the ‘noise’! Bob Townsend, left, sporting mustache and pipe with the late John Schofield, news editor. Photo; Craig Murray, Enterprise photographer PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . Alliance Happenings Judy La Corte PAGE 8 How Does Your Garden Grow? Gardening Tips of the Month NOVEMBER Lieutenant Jimenez told us residences continue to be broken into through the rear entrances & unlocked cars continue to have valuables stolen. “Crime Prevention through Environmental Design” was discussed, advising we should trim all hedges & trees blocking the view of windows and entrances. The canopies of overgrown trees cast shadows which conceal intruders entering houses. Lieutenant Jimenez suggested having neighbors watch our houses when we are away, and to call the Sheriff’s Office if we see anything suspicious. The sheriff’s dept. can send an unmarked car to observe without being noticed. He also advised us that most residential burglaries occur during the day, but most burglaries from vehicles occur at night. Congressman Ted Deutch reminded us that this is the one year anniversary of the Government Shut Down which cost us tens of billions of dollars. He closed by asking us all to participate in democracy by voting in the November election. State Attorney Aronberg told us about the John Goodman trial. Jurors will be selected from the Tampa area and bussed into Palm Beach County. The cost for their transportation and housing will be about $75,000 which will be borne by Palm Beach County taxpayers. Supervisor of Elections, Susan Bucher says October 6th is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming election. Early voting will be from Monday, October 20th to Sunday, November 2nd. Among the 15 locations are the Hagen Ranch Road Library and the South County Civic Center on Jog Road. Voting sites will be open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Palm Beach International Airport Marketing Director, Stephanie Richards, told us that PBIA has been replaced by PBI in their logo and website. The airport serves 5.6 million passengers annually and employs over 37,500 people. No tax dollars go to the airport; it is supported by airline fees, concessions, parking charges, landing fees and fuel fees. They are planning a travel plaza that will have cell phone parking, a restaurant, Wi-Fi, and flight information. The airport serves both air carriers and general aviation aircraft. It has a 24 hour control tower and a US Customs and Immigration port of entry facility. The airport has over 100 non-stop departures daily to 28 destinations. The terminal is 600,000 square feet and includes three passenger concourses and a concession mall which runs the length of the building. There are 28 aircraft gates with the potential for 24 more. There are 1,100 short term parking spaces, 5,000 long term spaces and over 3,000 economy spaces all located on the airport premises. The next meeting of the Delray Alliance will be November 5th.. The program will be “How Wisely Are Your Tax Dollars Spent?” presented by Nancy Bolton, County Director of Risk Management and Liz Bloeser, County Director of Financial Management and Budget. Plant - The dry season has begun with cooler temperatures and less rainfall. November is like spring and gardeners enjoy a resurgence of interest and energy in the garden. Bloom - Many flowering shrubs and trees will start to bloom now that the dry weather has begun. Look for good bloom displays on cassias, orchid trees, floss silk trees, dombeya, and yesterday-today-and-tomorrow, Chinese hat plant, bougainvillea, clock bush and other favorites that put on a good show in the cooler weather. Irrigation - The dry season has begun and will last through May. Check the irrigation system for broken pipes, blown heads and other maintenance problems. Prune back excess summer growth so heads are not blocked. Disease - Problems increase with cooler weather and heavy dew. Watering any time between 2-10 a.m. minimizes fungal problems. Upgrades - Consider upgrading the landscape for your own enjoyment. Insects - Insect populations gradually are reduced as the cooler, drier weather begins. Spider mite damage can show up. Green Thoughts: Community entryways should receive extra attention as they set the tone for the residences within. AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MAINTENANCE RESIDENTS LIVING ON DUSENBURG ROAD, LA SALLE ROAD, OR SHELBY TRAIL (ALL STREETS WITH SIDEWALKS) Be advised that the Maintenance Crew is now available to power clean your sidewalk at a cost of $5.00 from November 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015. Use of your water is required. NO WATER - NO WASH! Make checks out to Delray Villas. If you would like this service, please fill out a Work Request Form and put it in the mailbox on the south side of the parking lot. PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . PAGE 9 PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . Sharon’s Read submitted by SHARON O’HALLORAN The Free World is David Bezmozis’ first novel and he has been hailed by the New Yorker as one of the 20 top authors under 40. It is a novel that looks at the immigration experience of the Russian Jews in the 1970s, when Leonid Brezhnev, sitting like a stone on the throne of Russia, decided to allow Jews to leave the Soviet Union. However, they could not go directly to the United States or Israel, and many times had to spend months in limbo in Rome, Italy, waiting to see if they would be accepted into one or the other country. This is the story of one family, the Krasnansky family, three generations of Russian Jews, and their time in 1978 waiting in Rome as they struggle with the decision about which country they should try to enter. The patriarch, Samuil, is a steadfast Communist, survivor of the struggles and World War II. He is the only member of his original family still living his father was gunned down in front of him when he was 8 by the Tsarist army and his mother, the hands of the Germans because she refused to leave Latvia during the Holocaust. Samuil and his brother volunteered to fight the Germans. However, all Samuil has left are the letters his brother wrote to him from the front. While still the family patriarch, Samuil is no longer viewed as the powerful figure he once was. When his two sons, Karl and Alec, indicate their intention to immigrate, Samuil was stripped of his position in the factory he ran, kicked out of the Communist party and becomes destined to reluctantly accompany his wife, Emma, his two sons and their wives and his grandchildren to whatever country would have them. Emma joins her daughter-in-law in trying to learn about Judaism, a religion they were prohibited from practicing in the Soviet Union, where the synagogues were turned into museums or community centers. Samuil has atheistic views and refuses to participate in any religious practices He feels alone in Rome, missing old comrades. He does make a friend, Josef, a man missing his leg but maintaining his wry, ironic sense of humor. Much of this story belongs to Samuil and Polina, his daughter-in-law. She PAGE 10 is the wife of Alec, Samuil’s youngest son, who seduced Polina, a married woman, and then felt obligated to ask her to join him in immigration. As Samuil holds onto his letters from his deceased brother, Polina writes cryptic letters to her sister, disguising who she is in order to avoid bringing attention to her family from the authorities. The author writes with firsthand experience of the immigrant situation as he and his family emigrated from Latvia. His tone is wry and acerbic and ironic. The author weaves back and forth between their present existence in Rome and Samuil and Polina’s past as they wrestle with the situation in which they find themselves. Samuil yearns for the past where he was a hero in the Red Army, a valued member of the Party, a man who ran things and even had a driver to take him back and forth to the factory he ran. He enjoyed the fruits of his recognition as a hero and holds onto his medals from the government and his various papers identifying him as party member. It is all he has left. Polina also struggles to understand how she, a university graduate with a good job, succumbed to Alec and made the fateful decision to accompany him to the ‘free world’ disappointing and bringing shame to her family. In a review by Barnes and Noble, “They will spend six months in Rome—their way station and purgatory. The will immerse themselves in the carnival of emigration, in an Italy rife with love affairs and ruthless hustles, with dislocation and nostalgia, with the promise and peril of a new life. PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . FAMOUS QUOTES “...And the days dwindle down to a precious few, September, November And these few precious days I’d spend with you, These golden days I’d spend with you.” (from “Knickerbocker Holiday”) Maxwell Anderson 1888-1959 “November is usually such a disagreeable month...as if the year had suddenly found out that she was growing old and could do nothing but weep and fret over it. This year is growing old gracefully...just like a stately old lady who knows she can be charming even with gray hair and wrinkles. We’ve had lovely days and delicious twilights.” (from “Anne of Avonlea”) L.M. Montgomery 1874-1942 FROM THE BOARD IMPORTANT INFORMATION The Plat 4/5 Board has brokered a deal with AT&T/UVerse for a package of service to provide basic cable to our community at a better price than Comcast was offering. More information will be available at future meetings as our contract with Comcast expires at the end of December 2015. ATTENTION ALL HOMEOWNERS If you are planning on selling or renting your home, our Governing Documents require that you notify the Association prior to the sale or start of the rental date. The forms for the Owner(s) and the Application Forms for the Buyer(s) or Renter(s) may be obtained from Lew Leon. Call him at (561) 495-9010. NOTICE !!! If you are a new owner who has an inherited title or assumed title to your unit through a transfer of title and you have not completed the required application forms, please contact Lew Leon, Chairman of the Interview Committee at (561) 495-9010. PAGE 11 SAFETY TIPS by Dennis & Carol Michalic Everyone should be skeptical when a perfect (or not perfect) stranger approaches and offers to share with you, THE FIND OF A LIFETIME; this could be a bag of jewelry/an envelope with money/a winning (?) lottery ticket. This person will give any number of reasons why he or she cannot redeem the jewelry at a pawn shop/the lottery ticket because they are illegal residents, or the money belongs to bookies but because they like you they are willing to share this good fortune. However, they will only share if you can show good faith by proving to them you are worthy to share with them by sharing some of your money. While you are mulling over this good fortune that is in your reach, a second or third person will enter the scene, saying how lucky you are, they also want to share this fortune. They will advise you that they know someone in a pawn shop, lottery cash store, lawyer to help with the prize. They will accompany you to your bank (but not go in) to withdraw money (probably minimum $1000 or more), take your money putting it into an envelope and from there go to the redemption area. While you wait outside, they will go alone to the pawn shop/lawyer/ lottery store, and return saying that was easy, hand you the envelope (that you think you gave them). Then they quickly leave you and you think you just scored BIG TIME. But when you open your envelope, it has only cut up newspaper. This scam is a BAIT AND SWITCH. If you are asked to show good faith (by showing or giving money) in order to get something, there is something wrong. Use your common sense. If it looks like a skunk, smells like a skunk, feels like a skunk, IT IS A SKUNK. HAVE A SAFE AND HEALTHY HOLIDAY CARTOON FUN OF THE MONTH Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 304 Ramblings MONTH NOVEMBER PAGE AD-1 Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 304 Ramblings PAGE AD-2 MONTH NOVEMBER Hair Care & Styling in the convenience of your home! “I am personable, kind and reliable.” Licensed Stylist Call: Selma SEASONAL RENTAL 3 - 4 Winter Months Delray Villas, Plat 4/5 Beautifully furnished on a large lake Clubhouse, pool, gym For details and viewing: Call 561-498-9208 (954) 299-7577 D & L Maintenance Power Washing - Houses - Driveways Painting - Interior - Exterior of Homes Repairs - Cleanups - Cleaning Yard work ...and more….. Call Len (DV resident) 561-674-1954 631-905-8149 (cell) Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 304 Ramblings MONTH NOVEMBER PAGE AD-3 Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 304 Ramblings MONTH NOVEMBER PAGE AD-4 Delray Villas Resident “Kenny” The Handyman Budget Rates Professional Home Maintenance & Repair Free Estimates 561-558-0992 Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 304 Law Offices of Gary Gonzalez Specializing in Wills, Trusts, Family Law & Traffic Citations in Broward/ Palm Beach SPECIAL: $249 WILL/TRUST PO Box 21841, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335 Phone: 305-724-3895 terryfrisk@aol.com Sy and Diane Weiss Eden Funeral Services Pre-Arrangement Consultants Now Serving Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties Diane Weiss 754*264-2823 Ramblings MONTH NOVEMBER PAGE AD-5 Ramblings Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 304 MONTH NOVEMBER PAGE AD-6 DENISE FLASTER, Realtor Thinking of selling? The market is changing and prices are on the rise. I am a Realtor with over 11 years of experience. I am a Delray Villas Plat 4/5 full time resident. Your home will be seen on multiple websites including Realtor.com, RA.com, Homes.com and Facebook, Craigslist and MLS. Buying? I can help you get the best deal out there! 561-613-0393 Office 561 405-0602 Cell DeniseFlaster@gmail.com A pet loving Realtor for our pet friendly neighborhood SERVICE FROM START TO FINISH I JUST SOLD! 6129 Dusenburg Road - 2/2 Water Denise and her Therapy Dog Oscar I JUST LISTER! 13310 Via Vulcanus - 2/2 Water Ask me about my discount commission specials! Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 304 Ramblings MONTH NOVEMBER PAGE AD-7 Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 304 Ramblings MONTH NOVEMBER PAGE AD-8 Ramblings Delray Villas Plat 4/5 homeowners association 6675 OVERLAND DRIVE Delray Beach, FL 33484 NOVEMBER 2014 - Issue 304 CELEBRATORY GREETINGS: NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE NO. MONTH/YEAR for Publication PRINT your celebratory note on the lines below. Enclose check for $2.00 per celebratory note. Send to Linda Solomon 6675 Overland Drive, Delray Beach, FL 33484. Larger spaces than lines on page 3 are available for and increased fee (see below for schedule). Schedule of fees for more than 2 lines: Business card (1/8 page) $ 5.00 1/4 page $10.00 1/2 page $15.00 Full page $20.00 We will design the graphic for the background of the card . Examples: Balloons for Birthday, Couples for Anniversary, baby for birth announcement for a grandchild or greatgrandchild, etc., These fees are exclusive to Celebratory Greetings for Plat 4/5 residents only. Fees for any advertisements of goods or services are determined by another schedule. (See Linda Solomon) ANNUAL HOLIDAY GREETINGS: Name Please enclose a check for $3.00 payable to Delray Villas Plat 4/5 to cover the cost of the three month Holiday Greeting and send to Linda Solomon.
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