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VOL. 33 ISSUE 5 • OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF UNITED CIVIC ORGANIZATION OF CENTURY VILLAGE, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA • JUNE 2014

Wi-Fi Going Forward
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BY DAVE ISR AE L , UCO PR ESIDE NT
VOL. 33 ISSUE 5 • OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF UNITED CIVIC ORGANIZATION OF CENTURY VILLAGE, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA • JUNE 2014

greatly benefit from this technology
upgrade.
The candidate providers have
90 days to reply with bids, and
they will be visiting our Village
with communications engineers in
order to scope out the best possible
concepts. We will invite each to
provide presentations to our WiFi Committee. Our Bid Committee
will render a recommendation to
our Officers Committee, and in due
course we will present this worthy
project to our Delegate Assembly
Keep informed on this great threepart project for our Village, as it will
serve our residents in ever-expanding
ways for years to come.

INSIDE

Photo by Bob Rivera

UCO President David Israel says revised RFP (on computer screen) means universal internet access throughout Century
Village is nearing reality.
On May 1, 2014, a revised WiFi Request for Proposal (RFP) was
released to ten providers with the
push of a button—thus is the nature
of communications in the Cyber age.
This event was covered by the UCO
Reporter at the UCO office. This RFP
has been uploaded to the Cloud, and
may be read by all at the following
URL: http://goo.gl/SC5sRP
There are projects on UCO’s
and WPRF’s agenda which, from
operational and financial necessity,
will require a robust campus-wide WiFi network. What are these projects
that encompass both recreational
facility improvements and security
improvements?

times. How will this be achieved?
Simply by continuous computer
monitoring of the chlorine levels and
other critical functions remotely via
the recreation facility’s (WPRF’s) WiFi network. Uniformity of process is
achieved by means of a feedback loop,
which can adjust chlorine levels in
real time. Plus there will be financial
savings in personnel, who would
otherwise be required to monitor
such functions manually and far less
efficiently.

Deployment of Security
Cameras at Our Gates
Secondly, UCO is in the early
stages of deploying security cameras
both at our gates AND according to
a plan developed by the Palm Beach
County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO). This
plan calls for the initial deployment
of some 20 high-resolution cameras
at critical points around the Village.
The cameras will generate data rates
of many millions of bits per second,
which will be monitored in real time,
to detect and interdict emergency
and criminal activity. This will also

Planned Salinization for
the WPRF Pools
MONTHLY
The first project is the planned
salinization initiative for the WPRF
pools. This involves the production of
chlorine for purification of the pools
from salt. (Have you ever bathed in a
saltwater pool? Priceless!) The aim of
this process is to produce the exactly
correct quantity of chlorine at all

allow PBSO to look back in time at
archived data to assist in solution
of crimes post-facto. To move these
data from point to point as required
for maximum efficiency will require
the rollout of a campus-wide Wi-Fi
network.

Internet Access for Our
Residents
While these sorts of initiatives will
be mostly invisible to the majority
of our unit owners, the most visible
component of the Wi-Fi network will
be Internet access to our residents and
their guests, interior to and exterior
to all residential units. Any Internetcapable computer, telephone, or
other hand-held device, such as a
Kindle, will be able to access our WiFi network. Not only will this provide
a communications revolution for our
Residents on financially excellent
terms, but the deployment of Wi-Fi
will mark our Village as an epicenter
of modern and advanced urban
renewal. New, young potential buyers
will flock to a Wi-Fi ready Village.
Current residents also will of course

BUS SCHEDULE — SEE PAGE B21

MONTHLY BUS SCHEDULE — SEE PAGE B21

MONTHLY BUS SCHEDULE — SEE PAGE B21

MONTHLY BUS SCHEDULE — SEE PAGE B26
B21

A CV Veteran of WWII.......................... A2
Letters to the Editor............................ A4
Vice President Reports......................... A6
Delegate Meeting Minutes.................. A7
Palm Beach Kennel Club Weekend..... A13
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue............. A15
Food is Love...................................... A16
Reader’s Corner................................. A19
Father’s Day June 15th....................... A24
WPRF News....................................... A25
Entertainment.................................. A28

S EC TION B
A Day of Remembrance....................... B1
Another World? Another Time?......... B2-3
Water System Upgrade........................ B4
Services........................................... B6-7
Organizational News........................ B8-9
Recreation................................... B10-11
Sports............................................... B17
Hurricane Season Preparedness......... B18
CERT Prepare to Aid Neighbors........... B19
Political....................................... B20-21
Classified.......................................... B22
Super Bowl Observations (Part III)..... B22
Bus Schedule.................................... B26
Around Century Village...................... B28

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A Century Village Veteran of WWII
BY DOLORES CARUSO

A

few weeks ago while
pondering what type
of article to write, a
wonderful and delightful
95-year-young man walked
through the Reporter’s door.
His name, he said, is Tony
and he came to discuss a
story he dropped off quite
a long time ago to our
Editor’s desk. He brought a
duplicate copy of said story
and asked if we could use it
for our June issue as D-Day
is in June along with Flag
Day and Father’s Day.

This is how we all came
to
reminisce
with
Anthony
“Tony” Varone, a WWII Veteran

Tony Varone in 1942

Tony Varone today

honor roll student in high school
where we met his future wife, Viola.
At that time, neither knew they
would be life-long-partners. Still

being an Italian citizen, he received
a letter from Mussolini demanding
his enlistment in the Italian Army.
It stated that if he did not enter,
he would never be able to return
to Italian soil, thus relinquishing
the right to visit relatives. If caught
in Italy, he would be arrested and
jailed. His mother took the letter
and tore it up.
In 1940, Anthony Varone
volunteered for the U.S. Army. He
was trained in North Carolina and
at sea. With training
complete, his Infantry
Division left on a 20day journey across the
Atlantic Ocean to fight
Hitler’s army. He was a
gunner on the merchant
ship, being on guard for
long periods of time.
The 9th Infantry Div
first invaded off the
shores of Morocco and
Algeria.
It seems Tony has quite a few
interesting
experiences
during
his stint with the 39th Infantry
Regiment, 9th Infantry Division,
Company C and Anti Tank Company
while serving our country. One stood
out in the paperwork he showed us. It
seems his unit was sent to Kasserine
Pass in February of 1943. This, in
an effort to thwart the Afrika Korps.
His Division was split up by the
German forces led by Erwin Rommel.
The then Corporal Varone and his
fellow comrades were in dire need of
support. All communications were
out, he was ordered to walk nearly
two (2) miles for reinforcements and
support. When he reached there,
he was told it was too late to save
the position and the men were on
their own. He was directly ordered
to another post. Being Tony, he left
and returned to his original position
where they were being severely
attacked. Crawling throughout the
night, he returned and found an
exploded truck on fire and his men
missing. He crept around and found
one of his men in a dried-up riverbed…
he was unarmed and told Tony about
a dozen more were farther down the
riverbed. Tony was the only one with
a rifle. He retrieved his men and led

“summering” here in Century
Village, and be introduced to his
daughter Michelle (who is also a
Veteran of our Armed Forces).
Tony was born in Italy moving
to Brooklyn, New York at the age of
three (3) with his family. He was an

EDITORIAL

We Will Not Be Bullied,
Threatened or Harassed
BY JOY VESTAL & MYRON SILVERMAN, CO-EDITORS
Unfortunately, this is what has
happened at the Reporter office
recently. I was working when a
resident came in demanding that
we use a story she had submitted.
When she was told we were not going
to publish it, she threatened me,
cursed me and ran out of the office
screaming.
We are all volunteers at the Reporter
working as hard as we can to give our
residents the best coverage possible of
events, news and entertainment, that

we possibly can.
For someone to bully, threaten and
curse at us is unacceptable. We try to
be fair and impartial in our judgment
of stories that are submitted to us. If
someone feels that we are not, they are
welcome to express their opinion in
a reasonable and courteous manner
and they will be heard.
Perhaps we will change our
opinion, perhaps not. BUT WE WILL
NOT BE BULLIED, THREATENED
OR HARASSED.

them back to the safety of the nearest
Allied camp.
With just a few hours sleep,
Tony led approximately 50 men
back towards the Germans. He
knew that taking a higher position
was the best plan in order to stop
the Germans. The Germans began
firing. Instructions were given out…
when the Germans headed toward
their camp, the gunner ignited the
German truck’s tank, burning it and
killing some of the German soldiers.
Eventually the Germans withdrew.
With Kasserine Pass a victory, it
showed courage and heroism during
those few days in men like Tony and
his fellow soldiers.
Tony is a snowbird here in
Century Village as well as a kind
and gentle human being sharing
his love of the United States
Armed Forces and all the men and
women who have served and are
now serving. He enjoyed his visit
to the Reporter, speaking with the
Veterans who volunteer here at the
paper. When he returns in the Fall,
he said he would definitely come
back and share more “war stories”
with all of us. Until then, God Bless
and Happy Father’s Day, Tony!!

Facts Pertaining to
D-Day Invasion
at Normandy
Invasion Date: June 6, 1944
Allied Forces:
156,000 Allied Troops (United States,
United Kingdom, Canada, Free France,
Norway)
Areas of Invasion:
Normandy Coast (beaches of Omaha,
Utah, Gold, Juno, Sword)
Casualties:
United States - 6,603 (1,465 killed)
United Kingdom - 2,700
Canada - 1,074 (359)
Germany - estimated 4,000 - 9,000
(All numbers represent total killed, wounded,
misisng or captured)

Outcome:
By June 11 beachheads secured, Paris
liberated on August 25, Germany surrendered May 8, 1945
Note: The “D” in D-Day stands for “day”

JUNE 2014 | UCO REPORTER | PAGE A3

OPINION

What Are The Goals of
Justice for Residents, Inc.?
BY ED GROSSMAN
Joy
Vestal
asked
Ed
Grossman,
President
of
“Justice for Residents Inc:”
What are your goals?
R.E.L.I.E.F.
Restitution:
We
want
restitution for all the monies
wasted on the drains and
roadways by David Israel
and UCO. The lawsuit will
require all monies received to
be administered by a courtappointed trustee who will
oversee the restoration of the
roads and drains. .
Education: We want to
educate the administration
that they have a responsibility
to the residents. They must
NOT misinform, or disregard
the bylaws to further their
personal agenda.
Let it be known that we
are NOT apathetic. We want
Justice by restitution to fix the
drains and roadways. We will
not give up.
Inspire: We want to
inspire those residents who
are dissatisfied with the
roadways and drain disaster
to participate in the lawsuit
which benefits all.
Every Association and
resident
have
suffered

significant and unjustified
losses. The success of the
lawsuit would rectify this
situation.
Financial
stability
is
needed for the continued
operation of the Village. We
must hold our administrators
financially
and
morally
responsible for their actions.
We must not allow their past
inept actions to be forgotten
only to be repeated in the
future.
DON’T HESITATE TO
PARTICIPATE.
— Edward R Grossman

June 2014 UCO Monthly Meetings
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UCO OFFICERS
[Editor’s Note: This is a
statement from Ed Grossman.
He was asked, “What do you
hope to accomplish with your
recent lawsuit?” He was asked
for a comment while the story on
the Messenger Club was being
written for the May paper. He
said he couldn’t answer due to
business commitments at the
time and said he would reply
in May. This is his response.
— UCO Reporter Co-Editor, Joy
Vestal]

President David B. Israel
Dom Guarnagia

Vice Presidents
Bob Marshall Joy Vestal

Marcia Ziccardy

Treasurer Howard O'Brien
Corresponding Secretary Pat Sealander
Recording Secretary Phyllis Siegelman

EXECUTIVE BOARD


Ruth Bernard-Dreiss

Mary Patrick-Benton



Roberta Boehm-Fromkin

George Pittell



Suzie Byrnes

Mike Rayber



Ken Davis

Joyce Reiss



Fausto Fabbro

Bob Rivera



George Franklin

Toni Salomento



Herb Finkelstein

David Saxon



David Givens

Howard Silver



John Hess

Myron Silverman



Jackie Karlan

Lori Torres

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Correction:
In May 2014 UCO Reporter under pictures of Sailing Club, caption should have
read: Mentoring and assisting at the dock is Bill Kallman (not Bernie Abbott).

The UCO Reporter promises to continue its long held beliefs that this
publication will print articles to inform our residents of the important issues
concerning our Village. We promise to seek the truth and to print both sides
of an issue, to open dialogue to inform our readers, not to create controversy.
We promise to listen to your concerns and to treat all our residents with
courtesy and respect. Your opinion is valuable to us and will be considered in
our decision for publication. These are the criteria for publication:
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Letters to the Editor should be limited to 250
words, and must be e-mailed ([email protected]) to the Reporter
by the 7th of the month prior to publication. Your opinions are important to
us, but please refrain from gossip, innuendo, nasty or inflammatory remarks.
Letters deemed to be inappropriate, inflammatory or libelous will be returned
by the Staff for revision or removal. All letters must include the name, address
and phone number of the author. No letters from UCO Reporter staff will be
published. They may however have the opportunity to submit an opinion
article also limited to 250 words.
ARTICLES: Articles for inclusion should be limited to 500 words, e-mailed
([email protected]) to the Reporter by the 7th of the month of
publication. All articles will be limited to one per writer. The topic of your
article is of your choosing, but the Staff has the discretion to edit it with your
approval or reject it based on the above stipulations. All articles must include
the name, address and phone number of the author.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Are We a “Resort” or
“Retirement Community”?
For some time now, it is known that
a particular individual has acquired
several units in one Association.
He now controls “The Board of
Directors” and avoids the “Bed Tax”
(Chapter 718 - Fla Statutes) by issuing
leases for six (6) months and one (1)
day.
During that period, not only do a
variety of individuals occupy a unit
(some as young as under 30 yrs. of
age) but for a period of perhaps two
(2) to three (3) weeks.
Re-renting the same unit over
and over again: apparently, he has
"assistance" from some residents
in accomplishing his goals — for
example,
accompanying
those
“vacationers” to WPRF in order for
them to secure a “Guest Pass” so they
may avail themselves of the facilities.
He has as well assisted other
owners in renting their unoccupied
units using these in the same fashion
for considerable sums of monies. One
of his units is now being used as an
office.
When will this “travesty” end? Our
security is at risk. These individuals
may have criminal intents, we do
not know. Think of your fellow
Unit Owners and residents before
becoming involved in a situation
such as this, as well as making every
effort to eliminate this practice.
Limit the amount of units one can
own in your Association to prevent
this abomination.
—
­ Bettie Lee Bleckman

Different Definition of
"Contingency Fees"
If you were giving out gold bars
in Century Village, there are people
here
that would ONLY accept
silver bars. On April 2, 2014, the
"silver bar group" (a.k.a. Messenger
Club) had a townhall meeting on
cracks and floods on some CV
roadways.
There were three people on
the podium — two Attorneys and
Mr. Grossman. After a slide show,
one Attorney made reference to
Mr. Grossman's pro se case. The
Attorney was willing to take the case
for contingency fees. The
Black's Law Dictionary defines
contingency fees:
"Arrangement
between attorney and client
whereby attorney agrees to represent
client with compensation to be a
percentage of the amount recovered;
e.g., 25% if case is settled, 30% if case
goes to trial."
However, the Attorney needed
$10,000 to $20,000 as his retainer
with upward to $100,000 in legal

fees. If anyone has been in a car
accident, then you know that your
contingency case did not require any
“out of pocket” money.
According to the Palm Beach
County Clerk and Comptroller
website, Mr. Grossman has five cases
listed, with three as a plaintiff and
two as a defendant.
Sadly, this case “has nothing
to do with fixing the roads”, but a
few silver bar people willing to take
UCO dollars for themselves.
— William Gaiser

Response to Barbara
Cornish Letter
In response to Barbara Cornish’s
letter: When the decision for the
hibiscus plants were made at the
Haverhill entrance the chair of the
bid committee at that time was with
me. The overseer of the committee
was also aware of what our decision
was. He did not see a problem because
the money was in the beautification
budget. We had two proposals and
we accepted the proposal that was
for less money. — Marcia Ziccardy,
UCO Vice-President

Fence Not Mentioned at
Delegates Meeting
We have to believe it. At the
Delegates Meeting on Friday, May
2, 2014, reports were made by UCO
Vice Presidents, as follows:
V.P. Dom — changing light bulbs
in the village and possibly to close
Borden Crossover never mentioning
what is happening with the downed
fence before gate.
V.P. Marcia — quadrant V.P. for
above section; never mentioning
fence.
V.P. Joy — Working two jobs, she
thanks Bob Marshall for helping.
Little does she realize that she is
taking a shopping day away from
him @ Costco.
V.P. Bob — Nothing to report, not
even the fence.
Where is our CAM that we pay over
$70,000 yearly about this situation
with the fence?
Security (what Security?) — people
lock your cars and Condos to protect
yourself.
There is a new Club in town called
NAS that stands for “Neighbor
Against Stupidity”.
— John Gluszak, Ex-Vice President

Broker Commissions SelfExplanatory
As Broker & President of Century
Village® Real Estate, Inc. (CVRE),
I am addressing a letter that was
published in the UCO Reporter
concerning real estate commissions.
CVRE has been a well-respected
part of the Century Village®
community for nearly 4 decades and
we pride ourselves on our high-level
of professionalism, ethics, service
and commitment to our thousands
of customers.
As an independent real estate
firm, we utilize the documents given
to us by The Florida Association of
Realtors® (FAR), which are the exact

same forms used by over 90% of all
independent Realtors® in Florida.
The “Exclusive Right to Lease” is the
contract that FAR gives to Realtors®
to use in conjunction with listing
and leasing properties.
Under
Paragraph 6. COMPENSATION,
there is a BOLD clause that reads
“(c) New Leases and Renewals: If
Owner enters into any new lease or
renewal of the original lease with
a tenant placed in the Property by
or through Broker , Owner agrees
to pay Broker as compensation
in connection with the new
lease(s) or renewal(s) the amount
specified in Paragraph 6(a).” This
clause is discussed and pointed-out
to all of our customers in detail and
is quite self-explanatory.
The happiness of our customers
is our highest priority and we
always
welcome
constructive
feedback. Please visit us at 82
Stratford F to discuss any issues.
We do LIST, RENT & SELL the most
Century Village® properties and
we successfully achieve the highest
sale/rental prices for our sellers/
landlords in the shortest amount
of time. We deliver RESULTS, not
excuses.
— Ben G. Schachter

Wi-Fi Critics Acknowledged
WiFi Moving Along — with a Tip
of the Hat to its Critics.
I have been, and remain,
interested in our Village having
WiFi and have attended many WiFi
Committee meetings. My looking
forward to having WiFi did not cloud
my appreciation for the criticism of
the work of the committee leveled
by people who spoke against it.
Although I think that some of these
were truly aiming their opposition
at the primary proponent of WiFi,
David Israel. Still other criticism
of the direction the committee was
moving were to my mind worthy of
consideration and helped to abort
the initial search for a vendor.
The most recent committee
meeting shows how right the
critics were having brought about
a new search effort that should
serve us well, as the committee
has formulated a new R.F.P to be
presented to new and additional
potential vendors, with a 90 day
response time - it has declared its
intent to locate an experienced
attorney with the expertise to
review any vendor contract — it has

Italian
American
Culture Club
We want to thank everyone
that helped our disabled veterans
program. We received hundreds
of donations. A special thanks to
CV Knitting & Craft Club for all
the hats they made and donated
to the program. Our Chairman
Jerry did a great job. This project
is now over.

designated UCO Treasurer Howard
O’Brien as the contact person on
this project — and it is considering
locating a person with the expertise
and experience to serve as Project
Manager.
Many of these items were offered
by those critics of the original search
as needing to be addressed and now
they are. Still there remains a long
way to go. We can’t know where this
new search effort will take us. I for
one am hoping to see it bring us Wi
Fi , but am prepared to listen again
to critics and judge for myself.
— George R. Pittell

Thank You, Baby Boomers
Thank You, Baby Boomers Club
We, the Taste and See (Ps. 34:8)
Bible Study Group, would like to
thank the Baby Boomers Club for
giving us the privilege to join in their
Passover Seder on April 14 at the
Party Room. All of us enjoyed the
celebration and the warm reception.
Armelia James writes, “It was an
honor to be invited and participate
in the celebration. The meal, the
singing of songs and the language
were enlightening to me. Hope you
have it next year and that I will be
invited! We are praying for Israel.”
— Rosemarie Fuentes

New Circuit Judge
Today I officially qualified for Palm
Beach County Circuit Court Judge,
Group 32 and was subsequently
elected without opposition.
I am grateful for my family, friends
and supporters for all their help.
Thank you to members of the legal
community, along with leaders and
residents from across the county who
have supported me over the course of
this campaign. I could not have done
it without you.
I am looking forward to serving
the residents of Palm Beach County
with ethics, integrity and equal
justice as Circuit Court Judge for
Group 32. A special thank you to my
executive team for their leadership
and guidance every step of the way.
Most importantly, a big thank you
to my husband Leonard and my two
children for their love and confidence
in me.
From the bottom of my heart I
thank you all. — Samantha Schosberg
Feuer

Sports Fan Liked Sam
Milham on Chan. 63
Thanks for the picture of Sam
Milham with his column in the
Reporter. It turns out that it is the
same guy from channel 63 on
sports. Subject is big around here —
sports and sports history. So now
what happened to channel 63? Just
when you get something we like —
what happened? — Patricia Yacoub
The Cam & Sam Show is on 63 every
night at 7:30 pm. The original
producer, Ken Graff, is gone for
the summer so production has
been taken over by Studio 63.
— Kitty Gragg

JUNE 2014 | UCO REPORTER | PAGE A5

Beware of Discrimination by
Your Building Association
BY RUTH BERNHARD
A very interesting and worthwhile
program regarding the pitfalls of
discrimination and fair housing
regarding dogs was held in our
clubhouse theater on April 11 by the
office of Becker & Poliakoff. Mark D.
Friedman and his associate attorney
spoke at length on how associations
should conduct themselves to avoid the
OEO (Office of Equal Opportunity)
that takes a dim view of discriminatory
practices. The correct references when
referring to buyers and renters can save
the association thousands of dollars in
lawsuits.
To
avoid
the
pitfalls
of
discrimination, avoid questions or
making comments regarding color,
religion, national origin, sex, disability/
handicap,, familial status, sexual
orientation, age, marital status and
gender identity or expression. The
only safe way to refer to persons being
considered for building occupancy is
“the prospective buyer" or "prospective
renter.” No other reference such as
Canadian, African-American, Spanish,
person of color, etc. should be made. All
may be considered discriminatory and
can lead to expensive lawsuits which
building insurance companies frown
upon and will not entertain monetary
claims. A new law is in the works which
will allow boards to question whether or
not persons have served criminal time
and when enacted, this will become
part of future association documents.
Do not simply deny requests, but
rather engage in an interactive process
and attempt to accommodate. Never
request documentation not allowed
under the law and always resolve
problems expeditiously.
I believe that association boards
are aware that interviews may be held

by phone, but did you know that since
English is the official language of the
US, prospective buyers and renters who
do not speak English are obliged to
provide interpreters at their expense in
order for them to communicate with
the board. Mark Friedman is not in
favor of interviews because nothing is
accomplished by meeting prospective
buyers/tenants.
They cannot be
denied on the basis of looks. However,
if there are interviews, questioning and
references should be carefully handled.
Under the Federal Fair Housing Act,
no dogs allowed does not equal housing
discrimination. Now that therapy
dogs have gained popularity, all are
not acceptable and the need must be
established. Unlike physical handicaps
which are obvious, such as blindness
and wheelchair bound persons who
may need such service dog, emotional
handicaps cannot be seen and must
be allowed only if a doctor, therapist,
psychiatrist, psychoanalyst or other
recognized person has verified that the
disability exists, as well as the need.
The therapy dog is not a trained service
animal.
These were the highlights of the
program and of interest to the 75
residents in the audience who were
ready with questions. It was suggested
that all requests be reviewed with
the association’s attorney to assure
that the response to reviews and
any requests for information are
appropriate.
[These are the writer's interpretations on the recent Seminar
given by Atty. Mark Friedman on
Discrimination.]

Century Village Annual Concert
Has Something for Everyone
BY RICKIE BERNSTEIN
The Century Village Orchestra
performed its Annual Concert on
Thursday, March 13, 2014 with an
outstanding presentation.
Under the able direction of
Conductor Joel Sands and Conductor
Peter Horvath our prestigious
ensemble, comprised of 45 musicians
ranging in ages from 40 to 93, treated
its audience to a most pleasant and
delightful concert. The diversified
program included works by Clare
Grundman, J. S. Bach, Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Jose Padilla, Richard
Strauss, Beethoven, Lionel Bart,
Leroy Anderson, Frank Meacham and
Irving Berlin.
The
concert
opened
with
Grundman's Midnight Beguine. This
was followed by the melodic themes of
the Prelude and Fugue by Bach. The
orchestra then transported us to a
South Pacific Island with selections
from Rodgers and Hammerstein's
South Pacific where vocalist Bill Wood
delivered a beautiful rendition of Some
Enchanted Evening. We then visited
Spain with J. Padilla's El Relicario.
The second part of the concert
commenced with R. Strauss' waltz

Der Rosenkavalier, followed by the first
Movement of Beethoven's Symphony
No. 5. We then went back in time
to Charles Dickens' London with
Lionel Bart's selections from Oliver
where vocalist Joy Parks gave moving
renditions of Where is Love and As Long
As You Need Me. Next Leroy Anderson's
Syncopated Clock was well received by our
audience followed by Frank Meacham's
American Patrol. Encouraged by an
enthusiastic audience A Symphonic
Portrait, composed of selections from
Irving Berlin's most popular hits such
as Alexander's Ragtime Band, Say It With
Music, Easter Parade, White Christmas
and God Bless America brought the
concert to a close and the end of our
40th season, 19 rehearsals and 2
concerts. The orchestra had previously
performed a concert for the Yiddish
Culture Club on March 11th.
The orchestra management wishes
to thank all the musicians for their
faithful attendance and presence
at the rehearsals.
The orchestra
members look forward to the next
season with plans in the performance
of more beautiful and enlightening
music.

Somerset G Picnic, photo by Cynthia Thomas.

Paradise Found in the Village
BY CYNTHIA THOMAS
The decision for my husband
and I to become 'snowbirds' raised
several concerns. We discussed the
idea with our next door neighbors
in Quebec, Canada and they told us
about Century Village, the friendly
residents and the activities and services
available. We immediately contacted
my sister who resides in West Palm
Beach to investigate this 'paradise' and
she confirmed that it is indeed all that
we had heard and much more.
Fast forward two years to our
residence at Somerset G.
Upon
answering my doorbell one day, I
was greeted by two women from the
African American Club who heard
of a new resident. They were there to
welcome me to the village and inform
me of the many activities they host,
as well as the general atmosphere
of village living. This gracious visit
followed on the heels of the first
welcome by the President of Somerset
G when we moved into the block.
Over coffee, they gave us a panoramic
rundown of our building and we have
since maintained a close relationship
with our neighbors. One day, my
window blind fell down, and before
I knew it, two of the residents were
there to re-install it. My neighbors are
enthusiastic about lending a helping
hand, whether to hang a painting,
install a blind or cover our car before
our return to Canada.
During my daily walks along the
trail, I have met several residents who
always greet me with a smile and take
the time to ask how my day went. I
have met other residents while playing
scramble on Tuesdays, exercising my
vocals during karaoke or just taking
the bus to the mall or the grocery
store. But the events that made me
feel most at home were the picnics on
Duck Island organized by Flicka, our
social butterfly at Somerset G, and
the African American Club. I realized
through these activities that many
others share the same dream I had
'to live in paradise' while still here on
Earth. I enjoy seeing the men in their
sailboats living the dream as they
lie back and cruise Lake Somerset. I
watch the dancers demonstrate some
retro moves on the Clubhouse dance
floor and imagine how they enjoyed
this in their earlier years. It is my
hope that many more people have this
opportunity to experience this way of
life while they can still smell the roses.
Today, I no longer feel like a stranger
in a foreign land. The occasional
game of bocce or horseshoe, the social
gatherings on a pleasant afternoon on
the balcony or fishing in the backyard

are all reasons for the sign hanging on
my back porch: 'Paradise Found.'
Just recently, we said our goodbyes
at a get-together in the courtyard. Yes,
we have formed closer bonds and made
new friends to email. Most of all, we
enjoy our home away from home.
We arrived safely at our various
homes to spend the summer and tell
our friends residing in the village full
time to hold down the fort until next
year. We enjoy your presence. To Susan
and Joe, we look forward to more
stories from your travels. To Dino and
Flicka, you sure know how to make
foreigners feel at home!

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VICE PRESIDENTS’ REPORTS

Dom Guarnagia

Joy Vestal

Bob Marshall

Howard O’Brien

Andover • Bedford • Dover
Golf's Edge • Greenbrier
Kingswood • Oxford
Southampton

Cambridge • Canterbury
Chatham • Dorchester
Kent • Northampton
Sussex

Coventry • Easthampton
Norwich • Plymouth
Sheffield • Stratford
Waltham

UCO Treasurer

Much ado about much! When this
issue reaches your armchair, Hurricane
Season will be about one week away.
Checking several reliable sources
was likened to picking the winner
of the Preakness. There are scientific
prognostications from mild to above
normal. No matter what, there are
constants that we should all follow that
will appear elsewhere in this edition.
Most of us rely on prescribed
medications that are filled at
scheduled intervals. If necessary, you
may ask your Doctor to increase the
number of doses from the traditional
count of thirty (30) to ninety (90), a
three-month quantity, for a temporary
period to provide a sufficient amount
to carry you over without running out
in the event that the pharmacy may
be closed due to storm-related issues.
In some cases, this is not allowed by
your medical insurance carrier but
it is worth a try. Neighbors helping
neighbors can assist in providing other
emergency staples but insufficient
medications can place your life in
unnecessary danger.
The Palm Beach County Water
Utility Dept. will have commenced
installing new isolation valves in the
Norwich Association area in early
May. Eventually the entire Village will
benefit from this undertaking that
will be accomplished without cost
to us. Read more in the Irrigation/
Infrastructure article elsewhere in
this issue. Our attempt to keep you
informed continues. Surprises generate
unnecessary fear that are avoidable.
Permits for the Southampton fence
continue to plague UCO. We will not
give up the task. Hopefully, permits will
soon be issued for the removal of the
two (2) lifts at the Hastings Complex,
making the 2nd floor more accessible
with a proper hydraulic elevator, similar
to the one inside the Clubhouse.
By now, those who were somewhat
appalled by the “hard pruning”
by UCO’s Landscaper, ValleyCrest
Landscapers, will see the fruits of
the apparent “scalping” of trees and
shrubbery that has allowed the plants
to flourish in prep for the “rainy
season” with more foliage than if left
to put energy into branches instead.
Enjoy the Summer Season and
pay particular attention to servicing
your air conditioner that will aid in
providing a more comfortable, less
humid indoors. Perform those things
listed in other articles to prepare for a
potential storm.

I have become aware of some issues
that our delegates and building officers
are dealing with. First, I would like to
compliment these people who come to
UCO to seek guidance on issues that
they are dealing with. For the most
part, they are hardworking, sincere
and open to advice and suggestions.
We officers must always make them
aware that we are not attorneys and
cannot give advice that only a lawyer
can provide. Saying that, I always do
try to help in anyway I can.
The one thing I have noticed is that
once an association ignores its bylaws,
all is lost. Your bylaws are there to help
you run your building in an efficient
and secure manner. It’s very difficult
sometimes to have to rule on an issue
when you know the resident involved,
or you would really like to be “Mr.
Nice Guy,” but take it from me as an
officer in my own building for many
years, it doesn’t work! Invariably, you
will learn that you and your building
have been taken advantage of and
now the floodgates have been opened.
So, stick to your bylaws and
rules. However, don’t be so rigid
that everybody whom you live with
is unhappy. Try to be fair -- but don’t
expect to make everyone happy.

The time is fast approaching to
consider what needs to be done with
the AMR contract. This contract
is scheduled to be automatically
renewed on July first if no changes are
to be considered. No change seems
to be a good option. However, there
are always options. One to consider
is the reinsertion of the cabulance
option for moving patients with non
critical medical need. This service
was removed a few years ago because
of the high cost and relative small
usage.
Also perhaps confusing the issue
is the pending action by the County
Commissioners who may or may not
renew the subscription services for
ALS or Advanced Life Support.
A
recommendation
should
be ready for the Delegates at the
assembly meeting in June.
1-800-COMCAST is the number
to call if you have a situation that
needs correction. If after calling this
number you still have a problem
call me at he UCO office and as
your temporary chair of the Cable
Committee I"ll try to help find a
solution.
Comcast has made some changes
in how calls are being handled by the
staff in the service area covering the
Village and the change seems to be
helping them understand the Village
and the bulk contract we have with
them.
Please remember, we cannot help
with a problem that we are unaware
of. Come in and talk with us!

Marcia Ziccardy
Berkshire • Camden
Hastings • Salisbury
Somerset • Wellington
Windsor
It's hard to believe another month
has gone by. I will soon be setting up a
date and time to meet with the second
area in my quadrant.
This time, it will be the Wellington
buildings. I hope I will have a good
turn out. Maybe the people who live
in that area can start thinking about
the questions they would like to ask
and the changes and/or upgrades they
would like to see happen in the Village.
When I have a date set, I will let you
all know.

Contact the UCO
Reporter office to
have the
paper mailed to
you while away.
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BUDGET TIME – EXPECTED
MONTHLY FEE INCREASE
The UCO budget is being prepared
for 2015. The UCO expenses are
included in you association monthly
maintenance charge.
In 2014, the monthly was $74.25.
In 2015, this fee is anticipated to
increase monthly by $11.08 to an
anticipated fee of $85.33.
There are several reasons for this
increase. I will highlight the major
increase components.
Comcast Cable has a contractual
increase of 5%. The cable fee will
increase $1.84 monthly.
Security has not had a new
contract. A new contract cost is
anticipated to be approximately
$3.55 monthly.
The issues of reserves has been
analyzed and measured. It is the
intention to comply with the State
of Florida statutes and also the
recommendation of our auditors.
At December 31, 2014, the UCO
reserves will be deficient in excess
of $1 million. The 2015 Budget will
address the deficiency over a period of
5 years and the measured reserve for
2015. This will amount to a reserve
of $900,000 or $6.62 per month.
These three items total $12.01.
This cost is being offset by other
savings and costs, resulting in the
anticipated increase of $11.08.
There is a history of ignoring
maintenance issues within the
physical structure of the Village. If
you look around at the rusting fences,
dying plantings along Haverhill and
Okeechobee, do you ever consider
that these are maintenance items
and they cost money to fix?
Look at the road-striping. Where
will the Village get the required funds
to repaint them?
There must be a systematic ongoing plan for the maintenance of
the Village going forward.
NEW LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT AND
OTHER MATTERS
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, eight
(8) new Speed-Queen washing
machines were delivered to the UCO
Laundry. The new machines replaced
old and non-repairable machines.
The machines are designed to
accept ONLY US QUARTERS. The
use of any coinage other than US
Quarters in the laundry machines
and dryers is not permitted because
they can foul the coin box of the
machine and because it is a theft of
services.

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UCO Delegates Meeting
M AY 2 , 2 014
UCO President David Israel called
the meeting to order 9:30 A.M.
There were 133 Delegates present.
This is the first month we revert to
summer quorum of 117.
Howard Silver led the Pledge of
Allegiance. Ed Grossman will be
recording meeting.
Guests: Palm Beach County Vice
Mayor District 2 Paulette Burdick,
Alan Schlesinger Candidate for US
House of Representatives for Fla.
18th District, Kevin Bandi and Sarah
Alsofrom for the Hanley Center.
Vice Mayor Paulette Burdick said
an inspection team from the county
looked at Reflection Bay. They will
decide if Mr. Waldman is in violation
of not taking care of the property. A
Hearing Officer will determine if he
is a chronic offender and if so he will
accrue substantial fines per day. Ms.
Burdick allowed we should begin to
prepare for hurricane season.
David Israel thanked Paula
Burdick for being instrumental in
the great utility upgrade. A round of
applause was given.
Sheriff not here as he is attending a
major memorial for 19 police officers
killed in the line of duty.
Law Enforcement Report: PBSO
Captain Bruckner was able to attend
late and gave report. It was a good
month in the Village. No burglaries.
Want all residents to be vigilant.
There were 4 fraud cases that were
tried or were successful in getting
information. Three reported thefts.
Captain Bruckner asked all residents
to prepare for hurricane season and
to help neighbors at that time. 15
traffic citations were given out inside
the Village. Captain Bruckner is
proud of the great team effort in the
Village.
Minutes: Jackie Karlan suggested
the minutes include dollar amounts

from the Treasurer’s report. Minutes
were accepted as read with correction.
Treasurer’s Report: Financial
statements will be available in draft
form today for review. As of Apr. 21
we did not meet target income for
the month $196,000.00 as some
associations were past due. Expenses
were $154,000.00 under budget. Bank
statement showed $3,059,000.00 on
hand, more than enough to cover
operation expenses for the next 3
months. Howard Silver asked the
Treasurer if in an emergency, do we
have an emergency account available?
The answer was we have a reserve
fund. Treasurer’s report accepted as
presented.
President’s Report: On May 1
revised Wi-Fi RFPs were sent to 9
vendors. A major utility upgrade will
start with the Norwich Association
area. The formal rollout of the
Barcode program will commence
with Andover Associations and
then systematically to the entire
Village. The hope is to get half done
before seasonal residents return.
Bob Rivera asked if there could be a
Saturday for those who work during
the week. It is possible, if we can
round up volunteers. David thanked
Peter Cruz for keeping the section
of Haverhill road clean outside the
fence. Peter Cruz paid for the entire
cleanup. Dan Gladstone and George
Franklin had been around the
village and found the fences are very
vulnerable because of erosion. This
tour was quite a long time ago and
should be looked at again.
Committee Reports:
Dom
Guarnagia explained the utility pilot
program will reduce the number of
Residents affected by boil water alerts.
It will begin in the Norwich area. The
intent is to do the whole village in not
less than 5 years and not more than

20 years. The Palm Beach County
Building Dept. is still kicking back
the variance for the Southampton
Fence. We will still strive for an 8 ft.
fence. Traffic Engineer has several
solutions to the Borden and Century
Blvd. intersection problem. There is a
sketch of the road in the UCO Reporter.
Dom asked for all to observe the speed
limit in the village. Laundromat has
been painted inside and outside. New
washing machines and dryers have
been installed. Roadway center lines
will be painted. There needs to be more
light on the roads. George Franklin
asked if there could be a barrier on the
curve at Golf’s Edge? UCO is looking
into a fix for the curve. Frank Veglia
wants the cameras for Southampton
C now. It will be going to the bid
committee May 15th and Frank was
told it will happen.
David Israel said that Borden
Street will not be shut down, without
due process. He would like everyone
to look at the diagram in the UCO
Reporter and then have a vote at the
next delegates meeting.
Marcia Ziccardy stated the
vegetation inside the fence at
Haverhill does not look good. Thinks
the vegetation is taking the fence
down and something needs to be
done about it. Marcia said there used
to be an infrastructure committee
and would hope that it could be
revived. She also asked for those
persons who are engineers to help
Dom with projects.
Joy Vestal thanked Bob Marshall
for helping out with her quadrant
problems, as she is very busy at the
UCO Reporter. Could use more help at
the newspaper.
Officers Pat Sealander, Bob
Marshall and Phyllis Siegelman had
no reports.
New Business: Howard Silver

made a motion to repair the fence
at the Haverhill gate without
going to the bid committee.
Motion was seconded by Marilyn
Pomerantz. A vote was taken and
was overwhelmingly approved with 2
opposed.
Good and Welfare:
Dan
Gladstone stated that one real estate
agency inside the Village was charging
a commission on rental renewals. No
other real estate agency is doing it.
Please read all print before signing.
George Franklin announced Jeff
Atwater would be in the clubhouse
Wednesday from 1-2:30 Stop Adult
Financial Exploitation which is a
new program. It is non- political.
May 8th interviews are being held
to select a new Inspector General.
David said that a major fix needed
to be downloaded if you are using
the internet explorer in Microsoft.
Harold Cantor has collected
signatures re: sound barrier. Was told
by the county there was no reason for
a sound barrier as there is no work
being done on Okeechobee Blvd.
Olga Wolkenstein read a prepared
update on the law suit against David
Israel and UCO. David Saxon wanted
to know if there is a ruling for cars
facing outward. There is no law or
code. Howard Silver said the Red
Cross office on Fern St. had closed.
The new office is in the Northpoint
Complex. Office is opposite Comcast
office. Dom Guarnagia said that
those with Brown and Brown
Insurance could have a free riskmitigation inspection and a report
for their associations.
Marilyn Pomerantz called to
adjourn the meeting at 10:31 AM
Minutes Submitted by
Phyllis Siegelman
UCO Recording Secretary

Cleaning Up Haverhill
BY LANNY HOWE
For years—for those of us who
remember him—Haskell Morin
took it upon himself to spruce
up the Village in various ways.
When the stripes on some of
our roads became badly faded,
Haskell would block off a portion
of a road and repaint the stripes,
removing his sawhorses when the
paint had dried. He also picked
up the trash on the grass on our
side of Haverhill Road between
Community Drive and the
Village entrance. That stretch of

Haverhill seems to be a favorite
target for those who litter.
When Haskell (who has now
passed on) could no longer do this
work on Haverhill Road, another
Village resident and his wife, who
prefer to remain anonymous,
quietly took over the reins.
There is a sign along Haverhill
recognizing
Haskell
Morin’s
dedication and work. It reads:
”Palm Beach County Adopt-aRoad Litter Control By Haskell D.
Morin & Company.”

The new husband and wife
team say: “We prefer to remain
anonymous members of the
Haskell D. Morin Company.”
Perhaps you have seen them
at work beside the road. They go
out about once a week and make
our little Shangri-La just a little
more attractive. They have even
on occasion cleaned up the debris
on the other side of Haverhill!
“Once in a while we have to try to
motivate the county government
(through Commissioner Paulette

Burdick) to do the mowing,” they
explain, adding that apparently
at one time UCO might have done
the mowing. (Paulette, as we all
know, gets things done.)
The anonymity of these two
who have taken over “in the name
of Haskell Morin” may be slipping
away, but that isn’t so much the
point, we think. The point is that
they, like Haskell, have quietly set
an example for all of us helping
out in this Village of ours.

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Shop ‘til You Drop

CELEBRATING FATHER’S DAY 2014
BY MARIA TENNARIELLO
After
a
long,
hard
winter
for
some on Long
Island, I sat
poolside
at
the Camden
Pool in West
Palm Beach,
thinking of what upcoming articles
that I could write for The UCO Reporter.
The one I could not pass by is Father’s
Day gift giving dedicated to all the
“Fabulous Fathers” out there.
Struggling retailers and advertisers
enforced their efforts to make Father’s
Day a “Second Christmas” for men,
promoting goods such as neckties, hats,
socks, cologne, pipes and tobacco, golf
clubs and other sporting goods, not to
mention greeting cards. Economists
estimate that Americans spend more
than $1 billion each year on Father’s
Day gifts. One piece of trivia, did you
know that there are more than 70
million fathers in the United States?
Let’s do some special Father’s Day
shopping in the wonderful “Sunshine
State”. For dads and granddads that
love to read, stop in at the Classic
Bookshop, 310 South County Road, in
Palm Beach. This is a full service book
store that features a wide selection of
new books, author signed first editions,
hardcover and paperback, coffee table

books, biography, history, fiction and
nonfiction, art, design and gift books,
children’s and teens books, magazines,
newspapers, greeting and postcards, all
under one roof. They also boast that
their personal service is what they do
best including special orders that will
arrive at the store for you within three
days. Open seven days a week, call for
information and store hours at 561655-2485.
How about a special monogram and
engraving service that will let your words
say it all for dear old dad on his special
day. Lori Jayne’s Monogramming &
More has two locations, 305 and 306
South County Road, Palm Beach for
personalized merchandise. On-site
engraving services on merchandise for
the home, boat, back yard and more.
Look for luxury items and practical
boat bags that will make dad’s day
special. For information call 561-8554290 or 561-541-9199.
Nearby, at a Palm Beach family
tradition, is PB Boy’s Club & Surf
Shop, 307 South Country Road, is a
surf, skate and prep shop featuring
name brands such as Vineyard Vines,
Johnnie O, Southern Tides and more.
Look for surfboard sales, rentals and
lessons and some great attire for men
and boys. Call 561-832-9335 for more
information.
Maybe there is a special bottle

of wine that dad loves, but never
buys for himself…you will find it at
Scotti’s Wines and Liquors, 369
South Country Road, amongst a large
selection of fine wines from around
the world, gift baskets and wrapping
are available. Scotti’s also offers special
events assistance and spirit stocking
services for homes and yachts. Now
that’s really showing dad that you really
did your homework on choosing the
perfect gift for him. For information
Call 631-655-5480.
How about something really simple,
but cool for those hot summer days
and nights ahead…Stop in at the
Tommy Hilfiger Company Store
at the Palm Beach Outlet Center on
Palm Lakes Boulevard in West Palm
Beach. There are new arrivals for
summer and a wonderful assortment
of polo’s and rugby’s, casual and dress
shirts, T-shirts, pants, jeans, shorts,
swimwear and outerwear. Save 30% off
on summer clothing and up to 40% off
on new summer styles. My favorite for
dad are the linen shirts that start at
$49.50 as well as the World Cup Polos
that start at $29.50. The Indigo Shop
has it all going on in color, size, fit and
price…check it out!
Crocs, my favorite at the Outlet
Center, all ready to go, features men’s
stretch sole lace-up shoes for that
relaxed feel and look in three colors.

Or if he loves sandals and flips, the
new leather Yukon Flip for the beach or
pool, or just to hang out home is a good
choice for that laid back look. There are
so many new shapes, sizes and styles to
choose from, so get going; the early bird
always catches the worm…
Dad will walk on the wild side with
his brand new Ray-Bans. Also at the
Outlet Center at the Sunglass Hut
you will find designer brands galore…
look for Alexander McQueen, Armani
Exchange, Arnette, Arnette Goggles,
Bvlgari, Burberry, DKNY, Dior and
so much more in hot new styles and
colors. You can save plenty of do re me
on a pair or two with the sale that is
now in progress.
Or, take dad for a great brunch
or lunch at Carmine’s La Trattoria
Restaurant
(traditional
Italian
cuisine overlooking the marina),
Carmine’s Ocean Grill and Sushi Bar
or a gift basket with all his favorites at
Carmine’s Gourmet Market at Palm
Beach Gardens. However you celebrate
Father’s Day, it will be a thoughtful gift
that will be remembered for a long time.
Until next issue, Ciao and Happy
Father’s Day shopping. If you have any
questions or your shop is having sales, new
inventory, re-opening or new business, my
readers want to hear all about it…email me
at [email protected] and I will be
happy to get the word out!

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Photo by Ken Graff

Palm Beach Kennel Club Weekend
FROM A CANINE PERSPECTIVE
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS AS TOLD TO ELAINE MAES-MOREY
I would like to take you folks
through a weekend of a greyhound
getting ready for the Palm Beach
Kennel Club (PBKC) $50,000
Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. St. Patrick's
Invitational. It is the last race of the
PBKC triple crown of dog racing—the
three biggest greyhound races of the
year, which take place right here in
West Palm Beach.
I am the favorite in this race. I am
Rob Gronkowski, also known as “the
Gronk.” named after the football
player. My owner, Mr Steve Sarras, is
a big New England sports fan. This
is why some of my friends are named
after sport stars from that area.

My History
First, a few facts about me: I was
born on August 22, 2011, and started
my career at PBKC (which I call home)
under the watchful eyes of Norm
Rader and his wife, Yong. I race for
their kennel, Rader Racing Kennel.
My first race was on February 24,
2013 and I have been racing ever since
then with a few weeks off when my
trainers have realized I needed some
downtime. This schedule seems to be
working, because after winning the

$20,000 Gallagher/Kinnaird Puppy
Stakes on Labor Day 2013, I went to
Southland Greyhound Track in West
Memphis, Arkansas and won the
$80,000 Fall Sprint Championship.
Then I came back home to PBKC
and promptly broke the track record
here. I love this track. I also won the
$50,000 He's-My-Man Classic, which
brings me up to the weekend I’m
about to describe.

The Big Race



On Thursday, March 13, 2014,
Theresa J. Hume, Director of Publicity,
had a St. Pat's lunch for seven of
my friends and me, along with our
trainers (who, by the way, had some
funny names: Top Cat, M&M, El
Hombre and Shake & Bake, to name
four). Some of my friends there were
Spangled, Pebbles, Relativity, Zinc,
Majestic, Fusileer and Golda—all of
whom wanted to beat me. Did I say
they were my friends? Everyone had
a great time, most of all the humans,
who did most of the eating for us
-- corned beef and all. Our holes,
or post positions, were drawn and
Norm drew Box 8. Wow, one of the
end boxes! I had been the favorite;

now I surely was!
It was up to Yong to get me ready
for the big race on Saturday. On
Friday they checked my weight and
took me for my pre-race walk in the
kennel area. On stakes race days,
only Yong takes care of me—I am
her baby. In the afternoon there is a
trip to the whirlpool to relax me. To
be truthful, the owners and trainers
are more stressed out than we
greyhounds are. A good night’s sleep
and it’s race day—March 15, the day
my friends and I RULE.
The owners and trainers are pacing
back and forth now. They don’t like
to admit they are nervous, but they
are all very nervous. The grooms (our
walkers) in their tuxedos are ready
now to take us to the starting boxes
to start the race. We are announced
to the public. How we love this. The
public cheers are sweet to our ears.
If only the people trying to stop
greyhound racing realized that this
is what we are bred for, that we love it
and that we do it well.
****
Well, it is March 16 now. The 2014
stakes season has ended, and I am
being given a going-away party by

PBKC. I am leaving to go to Southland
Dog Track with my owner Steve—on
to new adventures. But before I go,
pictures are taken of me with all my
human friends and their children.
How I love this place—PBKC!
Oh! I almost forgot to tell you!
I won the race! Golda got sick and
couldn't run, Pebbles ran second and
Spangled ran third.
A special thank-you to Elaine
Maes-Morey for writing up my St.
Pat's weekend at PBKC for me. I
don’t type very well myself.
GREYHOUND

CHAMPION

Rob

Gronkowski (Gronk) was voted Captain
of the 2013 All-American Greyhound
Team. He was winner of the Rural Rube
Award for best sprinter of the year, while
his Rader Kennel mate Smokey Joe was
winner of the Flashy Sir Award for best
distance-dog of the year. Both awards were
presented on April 24 in Abilene, KS. This
is the second year Mr. Rader has had two
of eight greyhounds on his elite team. By
the way, Gronk had 25 wins in 30 starts at
PBKC between July 2013 and March 15,
2014.

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Do You Love Animals?
BY ANITRA KRAUS
Do you have time on your hands?
Do you love Animals? Peggy Adams
Animal Rescue just north of the
Community Drive and Military Trail
intersection needs your help.
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue
League, Humane Society of the
Palm Beaches, (PAARL) is a 501(c)
(3) non-profit organization, and
does not receive funding from
city, county, state, or the federal
government, or local organizations
with similar names. They rely solely
on the generosity of individuals,
foundations
and
corporations
to provide quality programs and
services to the community. Your
donations directly support the
services and programs in place to
help animals in need.
The Mission of the PAARL of
the Palm Beaches, Incorporated is
to provide shelter to lost, homeless
and unwanted animals, to provide
spay and neuter and other medical
services for companion animals,
and to care for, protect, and find
quality homes for homeless and
neglected companion animals, to
advocate animal welfare, community
involvement and education to
further the bond between people and
animals.
PAARL is also dependent on
thousands of hours of volunteer time
to accomplish their mission. Their
volunteers are vitally important and

Volunteers groom rescued animals.
each task performed is a significant
contribution to the health and
welfare of animals in the shelter
and in the West Palm Beach and
surrounding
communities.
By
offering your time and talent you can
improve the quality of life for their
pets while they wait for their new
forever homes.
PAARL is quite large and greeters
are needed near the front entrance to
help people find the appropriate area
such as adoptions, pet services, or the
boutique.
In the kennels, they need people
who are friendly and outgoing dog
lovers, willing and able to work
hard, a team player committed to
enriching the life of each dog while
in the care of the League. The duties

Bath time!
include cleaning cages, walking
dogs, replenishing food, water and
blankets. Also needed are cat lovers to
provide the same care in the cat runs.
In both instances, it is also necessary
to spend time with the animals and
allow them to feel human love and
compassion.
Also needed is a photographer
to take photos of the animals to be
placed on the website to help locating
forever homes. Along with the photos,
there needs to be a good description
of the animal, not just a physical
description but one that indicates
the
animal’s
personality. This is
a time consuming
job as it requires
really getting to
know an animal
and that takes time.
A mba ssadors,
dog walkers and
adoption specialists
are needed to travel
to other areas.
Some pet stores have
PAARL
animals
that Ambassadors
visit to socialize the
cats and talk with
potential adopters.
Events all over the
county present opportunities to find
potential adopters and raise funds.
The petmobile carries the animals to
the site and serves as a place for the
animals to escape the heat while at
these events. The dog walkers and
adoption specialists are needed at
these sites.
Another division of PAARL is
called Fido’s Food that works hand
in hand with the Kibbles of Love
Program. They assist struggling
families located in Palm Beach and
Broward counties feed their pets as
well as offer referrals for low cost
vet care and sponsor spay/neuter
surgeries for their pets. Thier goal
is to keep your family fur members
home with you and out of the
shelter. They understand the animal
to human bond, and believe that

it is something that should not be
broken or torn apart due to financial
setbacks. The Food Bank operates
Tuesday from 11:00am-5:00pm.
The surgery center needs data
entry people to receive applications,
record information in the computer,

In the kennels, they need people
who are friendly and outgoing
dog lovers, willing and able
to work hard, a team player
committed to enriching the life of
each dog while in the care of the
League.

There are also two areas of
retail run by volunteers. The first,
called the Pet Boutique, is located
at PAARL. It has items needed to
help new adopters have everything
to take their new family member
home. The other is the Thrift Store
that is located at 1905 South Dixie
Highway. Cahiers, Floor attendants,
inventory handlers and truck drivers
are needed.
Orientation and training is
provided for all areas.
More information of PAARL and
volunteer opportunities can be seen
at peggyadams.org. Also you can
sign up for an orientation class at the
website.
Keep in mind that it is people like
you who care deeply about animals
who have the most to offer them. If
you are interested in volunteering,
call Tara Pregnolato, Volunteer
Manager at 561-472-8867

make name tags for the animals,
filing and making phone calls. Also
needed by the surgery center are
people that can sterilize the tools
and create surgery packs.
If you think you can't volunteer
at the shelter because you'd want to
take all of the animals home, there Editor’s Note: We here in the Village hear
are other areas and departments that many comments on residents with pets.
If you miss your pet why not go to this
need your help as well.
Pleasant out-going people are agency and help out? They need men
needed to answer phones and direct and women. Men especially to handle the
the calls to the appropriate people. large animals.
They need to remain calm and be
able to make quick
decisions.
There is
support available when a
call becomes unsettling.
These people also retrieve
the voice-mail messages
and return phone calls as
quickly as possible.
People
with
nice
hand-writing are needed
to stuff envelopes or
address sympathy cards
for those who recently
lost pets. Also there is
filing, putting together
information and training
packets to be done.
People who love to
work with their hands
are also needed to do
general maintenance and
other projects around the Volunteers exercise rescued dogs.
facilities.

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Salmon Pie
By Marilyn Pomerantz

No-Crust Quiche

Ingredients

By Marilyn Pomerantz

1 deep, unbaked 9” pie shell
1 – 7 3/4 ounce can Red Salmon
Salmon juice and milk or cream
3 ounces shredded gruyere cheese
3 eggs
1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons lemon juice
¼ teaspoon salt
Dash nutmeg, cayenne, paprika

Ingredients
6 eggs
1 pint Sour cream
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 pound Swiss Cheese (Shredded)
2 - 3 ounce cans, french fried onion rings
2 - 10 ounce cans sliced mushrooms, drained
Tabasco sauce (dash)

Instructions
Drain salmon juice into a measuring cup.
Add enough milk to make 1 ¼ cups.
Discard dark skin from salmon and flake.
Distribute salmon and shredded cheese in pie shell.
Beat eggs, mayonnaise, and lemon juice together and add salmon
juice-milk mixture, salt, and seasonings.
Pour over salmon mixture.
Sprinkle with paprika.
Bake at 450’F for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 325’ F and bake
about 35 minutes or until set.

Instructions
Preheat oven to 325’F.
Beat the eggs with a hand beater, and gradually fold in all other
ingredients with a wooden spoon.
Pour into greased 9 x 13” pyrex dish.
Bake about 45 - 50 minutes.
Cut into squares to serve.
May also be baked in muffin tins, but reduce baking time to 20 - 25
minutes.
Freezes Well. Delicious

Local Dining

BLUE FISH RESTAURANT
BY J OY V E S TA L & PAT S E A L A N D E R
There is a new restaurant in our
area. But it’s not to be missed. The
food is delicious, the prices are right
and you have an extensive choice.
This, along with good service and a
pretty decor including fresh f lowers
on your table, how much more could
you want for a dining experience?
Here’s a sampling of the various
menus and options either for lunch

(a luncheon menu is available), an
early dinner or dinner itself. The
Sunset Menu runs from 4:30 to 6
pm that includes a large variety of
seafood. A sampling of some of
the entrees are salmon, mahi-mahi,
baked stuffed grouper and seafood
linguine. If you’re not in the mood
for seafood, they offer prime ribs
or salads and chicken dishes. This

menu also includes your choice of
a salad or soup to start as well as
dessert.
There are also dinner specials
offering clams, mussels, or two
1-1/4 pound Maine lobsters. As if
this isn’t enough, you can choose
from 14 different entrees on the
regular dinner menu. There’s a
selection of appetizers, a raw bar

and many salads also.
The Restaurant is located in
the Target Shopping Center on
Okeechobee Boulevard and Rte.441,
the hours are Sunday-Thursday,
11am-10:30 pm and Friday-Saturday,
11am-11pm.
Bon Appetit!

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LEGAL: “Snow Birds” and
Maintenance of Units
BY MARK D FRIEDMAN, ESQ.
There are a lot of “snow birds”
in South Florida who leave their
condominium units empty for a
number of months each year. When
a unit owner does not reside in the
unit, it is incumbent on the owner to
routinely and periodically examine
and inspect the unit to ensure the
absence of leaks and conditions that
would otherwise lead to damage to the
building and its occupants; whether
they inspect the unit themselves or
have someone periodically enter the
unit to check on its condition. There
are any number of conditions that
could occur within the unit where it
would not be immediately observable
to the association from the outside of
the building, including leaking roofs,
rusting and leaking water heaters,
infestation of rodents or insects,
electrical problems, major appliance
malfunctions, pipes from any
washing or plumbing fixtures that

erode and flood the unit, backups in
the sewer system or break-ins from
criminals. As a “snow bird” you
remain responsible for your unit.
What are some things the
Association can do to help
protect the property during the
summer months?
I recommend that a series of
protocols be established for the
preparation of a unit prior to each
unit owner’s departure for an
extended period of time. These can
be created as rules and regulations
with a Board meeting held with 14
days’ notice, mailed or hand delivered
to each unit owner and posted at
the property. However, if you are
amending your documents you
should make these protocols part of
the Declaration of Condominium.
Some examples include, but are not
limited to: 1) turning off the water

to your unit before departure; 2)
setting the thermostat or humidistat
to a certain setting as may be
recommended by Florida Power and
Light to control moisture in the unit
and avoid the proliferation of mold
and mildew; 3) have someone check
all hoses to washing machines and
dryers (if you have them) and the ice
makers in your refrigerator to ensure
that they are not deteriorating; 4)
check the plumbing to ensure that
there are no leaks around your sink,
toilet or tub; 5) assign an emergency
contact person, if possible, who
lives locally and can check on the
unit weekly. If a unit owner fails
to follow the provisions outlined
in your governing documents and/
or rules and that failure results in
damage to the common elements or
another unit, the owner may be held
responsible for all costs of repair not
covered by insurance.

If an issue arises how does
the Board handle it while we
are away?
The Board may meet via
speakerphone as long as every unit
owner who attends the meeting can
hear what is said and the Board can
also hear the comments from those
unit owners in attendance. This
can be set up by the manager or by
the board member or members who
are year-round residents. As long
as a quorum of the Board attends,
business can still be conducted via
speakerphone during the summer
when it is difficult to get everyone
together in person.
Mark D. Friedman is a Shareholder
at the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff,
P.A. This column is not intended
as a substitute for consultation with
an attorney. Mr. Friedman may be
contacted at [email protected]

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Hastings Fitness Class Schedule

May – October, 2014

Free Exercise Classes Provided at Hastings Fitness Center by Janetta Babayeva
Paid Class Registration at the Main Clubhouse Office Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
All Classes Subject to Change or Modification

HURRICANE
PREPAREDNESS
WORKSHOP
Speaker: Jordan Silbert
Palm Beach Fire and Rescue

June 9 11am-1pm
Clubhouse Party Room
Refreshments Provided by CERT

JUNE 2014 | UCO REPORTER | PAGE A19

Century Village Property Transfers The Reader’s Corner
March 2014
Address
Andover E
Andover F
Andover F
Bedford C
Bedford E
Bedford I
Berkshire B
Berkshire E
Berkshire F
Berkshire G
Camden C
Camden J
Camden J
Coventry I
Dorchester B
Dorchester J
Dover B
Dover B
Dover C
Dover C
Easthampton D
Easthampton F
Golf’s Edge 11
Golf’s Edge 19
Northampton P
Norwich C
Norwich J
Plymouth N
Sheffield B
Somerset J
Somerset K
Southampton B
Stratford B
Sussex G
Wellington C
Windsor C
Windsor M
Windsor N

BY LENORE VELCOFF

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Bedrooms
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Baths Sales Price
1
8,000
1
13,500
1.5
25,000
1.5
27,000
1.5
11,000
1.5
30,000
1
30,000
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In a blending of fact and fiction,
Sue Monk Kidd in The Invention
of Wings, tells the story of Sarah
and Angelina Grimke, two sisters
from
Charleston,
S.C. who devoted
their lives to the
abolition of slavery
and to the women's
rights
movement
in the 1800's.
It
is also the story of
Handful, a slave
and her mother on
the Gremke plantation. The book
has alternating chapters. Sarah
and Handful's voices were both
authentic and strong and I never
found myself preferring one's story
over the other.
Sarah is the daughter of a wealthy
and influential family. Her father is
a judge on South Carolina’s highest
court; her snobbish, overbearing and
constantly pregnant mother Mary
descended from the first families of
Charleston. Sarah was the eighth
child of fourteen and her sister, Nina,
the twelfth. On her eleventh birthday,
Sarah is presented with Handful, the
slave daughter of Charlotte, as her
very own waiting maid — a gift she
is unwilling to accept but unable to

refuse. For Sarah is not the average,
dutiful daughter. She is desperate
for more than the basic education
doled out to girls in order to make
them good wives
and mothers — being
taught piano, drawing
and
needlepoint.
Sarah longs to escape
the constraints of the
society she lives in.
While
Sarah
and
Angelina
are
interesting
characters, it is Charlotte and her
daughter Hetty "Handful" who bring
the book to life as they all fight for
their own freedoms. Through my
extensive readings, I thought I knew
all there was to know about slavery;
however, what an education I received
at Kidd’s hand.
From Professor Julius Lester
book, which she kept propped
on her desk, the author quotes:
“History is not just facts and events.
History is also a pain in the heart
and we repeat history until we are
able to make another’s pain in the
heart our own.”
Read Sue Monk Kidd’s book and
see what you can learn. You won’t
be sorry.

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Okeechobee Branch Library News
June brings on summer. This year visit the library to beat the heat! We have cool
books, DVDs, and cool air-conditioning, too! Programs this month include
medical, legal, and educational offerings. On June 5th, Dr. Elvis Grandic,
from Bethesda Hospital, explains new procedures that significantly reduce the
risk of knee implant surgeries. On June 10th, a representative from Adult and
Community Education of the School District of Palm Beach County, will discuss
the New GED Exam. On June 17th, guidance will be provided by a representative
from the PBC Bar Association on presenting your small claims case to the judge
without hiring a lawyer.
The Okeechobee Boulevard Branch Library is located next to Dunkin' Donuts.
The hours are: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
and Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All Village
residents, including seasonal residents, are eligible for a free library card with
proper I.D. Visit the library today!

June Programs
Mon, June 2, 3:30 p.m................................................The Art of Reading
Tue, June 3, 11:30 a.m..................................................... Beginning Word
Tue, June 3, 5:30 p.m.................................. Writer’s Critique Workshop
Wed, June 4, 11:00 a.m.......................................................................Movie
Thu, June 5, 3:30 p.m................................ Knee Replacement Program
Mon, June 9, 8:30 a.m................................................................... Mousing
Tue, June 10, 6:00 p.m. ...................................... Learn about New GED
Mon, June 16, 8:30 a.m.......................................................Browser Basics
Tue, June 17, 6:00 p.m.........................................Small Claims Lawsuits
Thu, June 19, 3:30 p.m............................................................ eBook Class

Okeechobee Blvd. Branch Library

5689 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33417
(561) 233-1880 www.pbclibrary.org

Important Phone Numbers
Area Hospitals
West Palm Formerly COLUMBIA........................................... 842 - 6141
GOOD SAM.................................................................................. 655 - 5511
JFK MEDICAL CENTER..........................................................965 - 7300
PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER............... 622 - 1411
PALMS WEST HOSPITAL........................................................798 - 3300
ST MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER. ........................................ 844 - 6300
WELLINGTON REG. MEDICAL CENTER........................798 8500
WPB VA MEDICAL CENTER..................................................422 - 8262

Emergency Numbers
Ambulance AMR.........................................................................659 - 7400
Alligator Hotline..........................................................1 - 866 - 392 - 4286
Animal Control............................................................................233 - 1200
FPL.................................................................................................. 697 - 8000
PBC Water......................................................................................740 - 4600

Century Village Numbers
UCO Office.................................................................................... 683 - 9189
UCO Reporter.................................................................................683 - 9336
Century Village Security............................................................689 - 0432
Visitor Call In................................................................................ 689 - 1759
Security Rover............................................................................... 459 - 0740
Hastings.........................................................................................687 - 4875
Clubhouse......................................................................................640 - 3120

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Modern Families Father’s Day
BY RUTH BERNHARD
As
Father’s
Day
approaches, it is a reminder
of how different some
families are today with
two mothers or two fathers
rather than one of each.
Take for instance the twoparent families of stars such
as Elton John, Neil Patrick
Harris, Rosie O’Donnell
and others with partners.
These are among the many
same-sex couples raising
children as a different type
of family unit.
This brings to mind
my friends and family
members. In one instance,

two fathers are raising a
seven year old daughter
adopted at birth. While not
as aff luent as movie stars,
still they live a comfortable
lifestyle. One father works
and travels while the other
is a stay-at-home dad seeing
to the needs of the little girl.
When they travel, so does
she and at her young age
has been to more countries
than most of us will see in
a lifetime. Private school is
on the agenda for her as are
dancing lessons, play dates
and all the things that

kids enjoy so much. She is
doted on by grandma and
gets to come to Florida for
a winter visit. She is smart,
charming,
well-behaved
and orders by herself in
restaurants, much to the
delight of the family. Good
rearing is obvious.
Life styles are ever
changing, so come Father’s
Day on June 15th may all
fathers enjoy their families
and their day.

June 15th
BY DOLORES CARUSO

Father’s Day is the
celebration
of
the
contributions that your
father has made in your
life. It is a relatively new
holiday, but it is not a
Federal Holiday. The term
“father” includes fathers,
step-fathers,
fathers-inlaw, grandfathers, greatgrandfathers as well as
other
male
relatives.
Schools
participate
in
helping children make or
prepare handmade cards of
gifts for their fathers, just

as they do for mothers on
Mother’s Day.
There are many events
which might have instilled
the idea of Father’s Day.
One is the start of Mother’s
Day in the beginning of the
20th Century. Another was
in 1908 with a memorial
service for many fathers
killed in a mining accident
in West Virginia in 1907.
Still another, when Sonora
Smart Dodd felt that
her father deserved the
honor after raising his six
(6) children on his own
following the death of his
wife and their mother.
This was not the common
practice as most fathers
turned their children over to
other people or remarried to
give the children a mother.
I’m sure there are many
other events that brought
about this holiday. The first
Father’s Day celebration was
held in June of 1910, but was
not deemed a holiday until
1972 by President Richard
Nixon.
I remember Father’s Day
in our home as we were
growing up. Our father was
a Police Officer and most of
the time he worked on this
day. What I remember most
was making small gifts and
cards in school. As far as
what he contributed to our
lives, he did instill in us the
values of being good, honest
and conscientious human
beings. He did discipline us
in the sense that no matter
what we did in life, there
would be rewards for doing
the right thing.

Republicans
Unite!
If you are interested
in helping to get a
Republican Club started
call Alan at 561-557-1193.

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June Happenings
BY KRIST Y BROWN
June has many
great things to
offer. We have
great summer
classes,
so
please
come
in and sign
up for one the
following:
Learn another language like
Italian or Spanish. We also have
English as a second language.
If you like to paint, sign up for
Painting Workshop with Phil.
Ceramic classes with Gert are held
Tuesday and Friday mornings. You can
purchase everything you will need in
class. There are many great pieces to
choose from.
Tap dance class has become so
popular that we asked the instructor to
stay for the summer, so don’t hesitate
to sign up. You will need to purchase
tap shoes for this class.
If you are interested in learning Folk
Dancing with Barbara Goldstein, class
is held on Thursday mornings.
Myrna Goldberger will be returning
this month to offer another great
lecture “Swindler’s List – Swindlers
and Fraudsters, from P.T. Barnum
to Bernie Madoff”. This class is not
to be missed. Previous lecture topics
included American Scandals and Spies
in American History.
Due to a lack of students we
haven’t been able to offer certain

classes, so please review our class list
and let’s support our instructors and
community.
Room Reservation Request Forms
must be submitted or mailed to the
Class Office by 10:30pm Sunday,
September 21, 2014. Room Reservation
Request Forms will be selected by
lottery on Monday, September 22nd.
Please note: Reservation requests
submitted after September 21st will be
able to select from remaining available
dates.
Just a friendly reminder, during
the summer months (May through
October) Karaoke will be held on
Friday nights only. Tuesday night
Karaoke will return in November 2014.
Bingo has been cancelled from
July 2nd through August 27th. Bingo
resumes on Wednesday, September
3rd.
Residents who would like the
season ticket brochure mailed for
the cost of $2 cash, please come into
the Ticket Office to fill out application
form. Brochures will be mailed in July.
Come Celebrate Independence
Day at the Clubhouse Guest Pool
Friday, July 4th noon - 4:00 PM. Enjoy
the day with music, dancing and
patriotic sing-along. Music provided
by: Jack Kasden. Snacks and drinks
will be provided while supplies last. No
Glass - Must Use Plastic Containers,
Cups & Bottles. Bring your own special
food and enjoy the holiday fun.

WPRF NEWS
Eva Rachesky
V.P., WPRF

With season’s end comes a
significant drop in foot traffic. As
a result, WPRF will be moving
forward on several large projects
over the summer which include the
installation of an elevator in place
of the current lifts at Hastings,
the renovation of the showers in
both locker rooms at Hastings,
the addition of an ADA compliant
ramp at Hastings front entrance,
the renovation of the Southampton
pool area and the renovation of
the cold water resident pool at the
main clubhouse.
WPRF will be
posting signs in advance of the
commencement of any work. Thank
you for your patience as we further
improve the recreational facilities for
your use and enjoyment.
As mentioned in a prior article,
additional tables and umbrellas will
be added to each pool area. The new
umbrellas DO NOT TILT. The WPRF
maintenance staff has reported the
discovery of some loose bolts on

these newly installed umbrellas. As
a result, the maintenance staff is
keeping a close and watchful eye. I
have heard from many residents that
they feel as if they are complaining if
they report something to our office.
WPRF cannot be everywhere and we
welcome your calls helping to bring
attention to problems that have
arisen. I welcome and appreciate
your willingness to be an extra set of
eyes for WPRF.
The Hastings exercise area
continues to receive praise for the
upgrades made. John, who oversees
the exercise area, urges all residents
using the equipment to wipe the
equipment down before and after
your workout. Once done, please
dispose of the paper towels in the
trash receptacles by the door. I am
told used paper towels are being left
in the drink holders.
An
improvement
recently
completed at the indoor pool is
the upgrade to salt chlorination.
The benefits are a reduction of the
chlorine smell that permeated the
indoor pool. Salt chlorination is also
kinder to your skin and swimsuit
attire.
From a maintenance
standpoint it will be easier to regulate
the chlorine levels which can be done
over the computer. Additionally,
there is a cost savings as this system
produces its own chlorine through
an electrolysis process.
Wishes for a healthy and happy
Summer to everyone.

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Attention Seniors!

Cheaper Rx Copays Here!

As a preferred partner of
Coventry, Humana, Smart D
and AARP/United Healthcare
health plans, your copay will
be cheaper here than at any
other Pharmacy!

We Deliver These & More!
Walkers
Milk & Eggs
Wheelchairs
Grocery Items
Diabetic Supplies
Paper Towels
Incontinence Supplies
Toilet Paper
Cases of Waters
Laundry Detergent

Flu, Shingles
& Pneumonia Shots
Available Everyday
No Appointment
Necessary!

FREE DELIVERY!

We deliver for FREE any items carried
in the Century Village Location
All orders called in by 12:00 pm will be delivered same day
Monday through Friday

Call (561) 697-9670 for more information

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OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
P H O T O G R A P H Y BY H O W I E S I LV E R

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J U N E 2 0 1 4 E N T E R TA I N M E N T

June 7

Tommy
Mitchell
“Sensational, Magical ,Singer Musician”
Some of the adjectives  used  to describe this
accomplished performer.  Opening  act is
“Outstanding” Flamenco Guitarist & Singer
Claude Kadoch.

June 14
Johnny Alston’s

June 21

Pedro Roman

Shelly Keelor

Pedro, is well known as both an Actor & Singer
and his talented co-star, Yezi Gonzalez’ vocal
talents have been compared to the “Young”
Great Celia Cruz, Cuban International Singer,
who dances as well.

Singer whose presentations from
“Contemporary, Jazz & Standard’s”” will
enthrall you. Opening Act is saxophonist &
flutist Wes Anthony.

“MOWTOWN” and Yezi Gonzalez
Rock  & Roll Revue

presented by Johnny & Harriet Alston...who
opened for The Drifter’s, Delfonics & Temptations, Johnny’s renditions of the Greatest Hits
of The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey
Robinson and more, while Harriet’s selections
include Donna Summer’s, The Supremes, Etta
James etc...will have you “ROCK & ROLLING” in
your seats....A DEFINITE MUST SEE.

SHOWS
All shows begin at 8pm — Special “Summer” prices in effect.
Tickets can be purchased “On Line” (www.gateaccess.net), or in
person using Cash, Visa or Master Card.  Please abide by Dress Code.

June 28

“Unique, Multi-faceted”

MOVIE SCHEDULE
Afternoon showings are at 1:45PM — Tuesday & Sunday.
Evening Showings are at 6:45 PM.
The 1st Monday Evening & Tuesday Afternoon showings of each new movie
(some movies are shown two Mondays and Tuesdays) will have “Closed Caption”
(for the hearing impaired) when available. No charge for residents.

JUNE 2014 MOVIES

PLEASE NOTE: Hats, shorts, exercise attire, torn, frayed or patched pants, T shirts,
Capris above the knee are NOT ALLOWED. Collared shirts are required for men.
06/01 Sun 1:45PM 12 YEARS A SLAVE (R for Adult Situations, 134 min.) — Chiwetel
06/02 Mon 6:45PM Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong’o.
Absolutely No Perfumes or Colognes. Bottled water only, and no cameras

Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted
or recording devices.
Do continue to support our Shows during the
Summer months. The selections made for
our entertainment are by none other than
our Abby Koffler, VP of Cenville Recreation,
who devotes many hours to making
these selections.

Thursday Night Doo Wop Club
BY BETTIE LEE BLECKMAN
The Once-a-Month, Thursday
Night Doo Wop Club, begun by
Michael Pierno, during Season, will
continue for the Summer months, with
Wolf & Ellie, of "3 Friends" fame, and
" Mr. Music" a/k/a Jack Kasden, who
has hosted "Friday Night" Karaoke, as
" Mr. Karaoke", for many moons now....
The Summer Session will be known
as " DOO WOP TILL YOU DROP".........
and will begin, THURSDAY, JUNE

12TH , 7 TO 9 PM, in Room "C" of the
Clubhouse.
They have a vast collection of not
only music from that era, but the
history and photos, as well..and are
prepared to address any question's, you
may have regarding the Artists, so do
come and enjoy reliving your memories
and sharing with others. Contact
Jack @ 561-557-7811 for further
information.




and sold into slavery. This is his true incredible story. Directed by
Steve McQueen. Best film of 2013.

06/03 Tue 1:45PM
06/05 Thu 6:45PM
06/08 Sun 1:45PM
06/09 Mon 6:45PM
06/10 Tue 1:45PM



DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (R for Adult Situations, 117 min.)
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto.
In this fact-based drama, Oscar Award winner, Matthew McConaughey
portrays real-life Texas electrician Ron Woodroof, an ordinary man who found
himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and
pharmaceutical companies. So, he creates his unique “Buyers-Club.”
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

06/12 Thu 6:45PM
06/15 Sun 1:45PM
06/16 Mon 6:45PM
06/17 Tue 1:45PM
06/19 Thu 6:45PM

PHILOMENA (PG-13, 98 min.) Judi Dench, Steve Coogan,
Sophie Kennedy Clark. A world-weary political journalist picks up the story
of a woman’s search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago
after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
Stephen Frears directs.

06/22 Sun 6:45PM
06/23 Mon 1:45PM
06/24 Tue 6:45PM
06/26 Thu 6:45PM
06/29 Sun 6:45PM

BLUE JASMINE (PG-13, 98 min.) — Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin,
Peter Sarsgaard. Woody Allen wrote and directed this romantic comedy.
After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy
businessman, an elegant New York socialite moves into her sister’s modest
apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.

06/30 Mon 6:45PM




GRAVITY (PG-13, 91 min.) — Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
Academy Award nominee, about a medical engineer and astronaut working
together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space. Directed by
Alfonso Cuarón. (Continued next month)

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A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE — HONORING SURVIVORS AT ANSHEI SHOLOM

June Black's quilts honor Holocaust survivors here in Century Village.

BY J OY V E S TA L
June Black creates works of beauty,
works that are stark reminders of a
horrific period in our world’s history
and works that you will never forget.
June has created a quilt by hand, or
we should say 20 quilts plus three
others, that are currently on display
at Anshei Sholom.
The quilts all have a butterfly
background that is symbolic in itself
for many. It’s based on the poem,

•

P H O T O G R A P H Y BY H O W I E S I LV E R

“I Never Saw Another Butterfly,”
that was written by a child in a
concentration camp. It was used in
an exhibit at the Houston Holocaust
Museum that June had seen when she
was a resident there for a short time.
It now represents the 1.5-million
children killed in the Holocaust, and
this is where June got the idea for her
project.
Attached to 20 of her quilts are

pictures of 20 survivors from the
congregation and their families
and sadly some names of these
congregants with no family pictures
because they (the families) and their
pictures were lost in the Holocaust.
June said she is a “Jew by choice” after
having spent time studying her choice
and going to Israel and spending 10
weeks at a military base there.
But getting back to the quilts, she

said it took her a little over a year at
six (6) hours a day to create them.
She gives credit to other members
of Anshei Sholom for their help in
collecting the pictures and their help
and encouragement. June said, “It
was my pleasure to do the project
and to honor the survivors in the
congregation.” I am sure they feel
it is also their honor to have her
worshiping among them.

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Holocaust memorial at Anshei Sholom. See photo page B-28 for quilt art commemorating victims and survivors.

Another World?
Another Time?
BY ESTHER SUTOFSKY
Would I feel anything? Would
I be just numb? Had the years of
teaching and lecturing, talking about
it, writing and producing plays about
it, seeing documentaries and media
presentations about it – had it all
created a layer that was beyond any
depth of feeling anymore? And if so,
what would that say about me, as a
person, as a Jew, as a relative of so many
who had perished in the horrors, by
gas, bullet and being buried alive?
Gerry and I were on a trip we had long
desired to take – a heritage program,
a back to the roots trip to Eastern
Europe. We were hoping to take back
much with us, not tangible items, but
feelings and teachable moments for
our students and faculties. Now that

I ran out of that room, out of
that building and down the road
till I came to a stop. My heart
was bursting with heartbreak,
my head pounding with the
voices and screams in my head,
and my body was pummeled
with waves of evil, of horror.
the moment was here, I trembled.
We arrived at Majdanek after a
subdued bus ride from the hotel, all of
us unsure and ill at ease. The wind was
eerily whistling as we stepped onto the
ground, looking around and seeing a
vast area looking almost like a summer
camp with wooden buildings and a
large expanse of grass. “Don’t look at
the grass. There would not have been
a blade left at the time; it would have
been eaten.” So stated Jacob, our tour
leader.
Stepping onto a path between
wires, we began to walk the path of so
many who had gone before us, not as
free people, but as terrified humans
awaiting horrors to be inflicted upon
them by other humans who rejected
the concept of humanity. As we took
that first step, the savage barking of

a dog was heard and to a one, we all
cringed, thinking of the dogs of that
time who were encouraged to bite, to
terrorize and to rip these Jews apart.
We walked past areas where prisoners
had been forced to stand in tiny spaces
between electrified wires, standing on
sticks, on bones without flesh, unable
to move a fraction of an inch lest they
be electrocuted. I asked myself, “Why
did they not take the easy way out?
Why fight for so long and without
much hope at all? Was it the desire, the
need, to tell the tale, to tell the story
of those who no longer were on this
earth?”
And the savage efficiency continued,
all organized, all to keep the incoming
victims calm. Very efficient, very
scientifically planned, all planned for,
especially the lack of humanity. People
were registered with their previous jobs
and talents. A ray of hope perhaps;
they were needed, they would survive
another day, another day closer to
liberation, perhaps.
Disrobe, pile
your clothes neatly, take a shower.
Trembling, they complied – what other
choice did they have as they stood with
their little ones, their elderly parents
and grandparents, their babes in arms?
They walked out of the shower room
into a vestibule-like area with two
doors – one leading to the outside, and
one to a second shower room which
had a wet floor, so obviously it was
safe. Many people were directed into
that second room, told they needed yet
another shower to be clean enough for
the camp!
So we, too, stepped into the room
with no commentary from Jacob.
As we entered, my shoulders slowly
climbed up around my ears, my
body huddled into itself. There was
a palpable sense of evil in the air -- it
reeked of evil and horror. Staring at
the scratched walls with long and deep
scratches, I turned my head to Jacob
and raised an eyebrow in a horrified
and silently screaming question. He
Continued on page B5

My Time Has Come. I Am
Going To One of the Most
Evil Places on the Planet
BY R YA N F U L DAU E R
Ryan is a 20-year-old student who
traveled to Europe this year. He’s
the grandson of Robert and Virginia
Wolff who have lived in the Village 25
years.
My time has come. Today I will be
going to one of the most evil places on
the planet, where millions of innocent
Jews ultimately met their untimely fate.
That’s something I don’t like, using
faceless numbers that big. It’s hard to
understand. I really can’t even wrap
my mind around a number that big.
After a while, it just becomes a statistic.
What I like to do is reference it to a
more understandable figure. Take the
attacks of September 11, 2001. The
man, Osama bin Laden, was singlehandedly responsible for taking the
lives of over 3,000 innocent Americans
whose only crime was going to work.
As a result of this tragic day, we wound
up in two wars — one of which is still
going on. And those 3,000 lives were
all individual people with individual
stories, which because of its modernity
can be more comprehended due to
phone calls from the planes. Now
put this into the perspective of the
Holocaust. The man, Adolf Hitler,
was also single-handedly responsible
for the deaths of six-million Jews and
others — together, 11-million innocent
lives lost. This is the equivalent of
Hitler committing the September 11th
attacks. Every day — twice a day — for
five years. About the period of time
the Holocaust lasted. There are real
emotions, real stories, from people we
directly know related to that day, and
it’s a number more manageable for the
mind to comprehend.
The people who perished in the
Holocaust — each and every one of
them — was an individual human
being. Each had their own unique
story as well as their own unique
background. I can say that each and
every person who died was someone’s

child, someone’s son or daughter.
Some were older, some only children
when they died, but every single one at
least at one point had a family, parents,
a childhood and stories. Some had
families of their own, having to endure
seeing their own children swept away
knowingly to be murdered. That’s the
hardest part of all of this. People think
of the six-million. They don’t usually
think of the six-million individual
names or individual faces of the people
who died. Every single one of those sixmillion was tragic.
****
I had a horrible night ending the
previous day, then awaking at 6am and
traveling, again ending at 11 pm with
Schindler’s List. Then I couldn’t get to
sleep till after 2 am, even after the long
day. Last night...well I had a horrible

This is the equivalent of Hitler
committing the September 11th
attacks. Every day — twice a
day — for five years.
dream related to the topic, can’t even
talk about it. And now, I wasn’t sure
how I was going to feel. There were lots
of emotions that came to mind when
I was speculating. Pure terror was not
one of those. I am quite literally shaking
as I write this now. I am terrified of
Auschwitz. After all, this was a place I
grew up identifying with the death of
such a hugh proportion of the global
population of my people. How can I be
expected to not be terrified of entering
these camps? These gas chambers?
These crematoriums? It’s truly a
terrifying thought and I still can’t
imagine what it’s going to be like as we
drive in.
****
Well, I’m back. And it was quite
surprising. The whole time, it was really
Continued on page B5

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My Time Has Come
Continued from page B2

Patch worn in concentration camp

Photo by Howie Silver

Another World?
Continued from page B2

answered just as silently, with a nod
and a compassionate look and I ran.
I ran out of that room, out of that
building and down the road till I came
to a stop. My heart was bursting with
heartbreak, my head pounding with
the voices and screams in my head, and
my body was pummeled with waves of
evil, of horror.
Would I feel anything? Dear Lord, I
prayed, make it stop, make it stop!
And that prayer still resounds in my
head, heart, in every inch of my body.
Dear Lord, make it stop. Make people
remember their humanity. Make
people remember the horror so that it
does not happen again. Make it so that
the waves of anti-Semitism that still
roll across the countries of the world
… STOP! MAKE IT STOP! And my
G-d does not hear me, or does not heed
me, for it goes on, masked with other
names – anti Israel, anti Zionism, with
boycott, with cold and uncaring hohums at terror attacks, at children
killed in their beds. Dear Lord, make
it stop. Dear people – make it stop!

hard to take in, The whole experience
was so moving and so powerful that I
wasn’t feeling sad, angry, depressed or
anything similar. It was rather unique
actually. I would describe my time
there mostly as an absence of feeling. I
noticed myself pretty expressionless at
most times, as well as finding myself
not thinking about much either. It’s
not indifference, not even close. It was
just too much to handle. And this lack
of expression and lack of feeling can
be described to survivors as similar to
their experiences
We started at Auschwitz 1. The
original concentration camp. Here,
walking through the infamous
”Arbeit Macht Frei” gate, I instantly
got chills. I was in a place where so
many people perished, most just
for being Jewish. After the initial
shock and sadness, the absence
set in. Everything there is original
with the exception of a few barrack
interiors now used for museum
exhibitions setups. The brick
barracks were all built by prisoners,
all the trees planted by prisoners.
As I was walking around the camp,
in my mind, I encountered the
ghosts of the prisoners who walked
those paths, walking skeletons
and the Nazi guards who would
scream, torture and shoot them for
no reason. Most of the time,I was
just picturing person after person
being shot in front of where I was
standing. It’s a horrible thing to feel.
We went through several barracks
there which were museum exhibits
now -- some still had rooms set up
with the living conditions, others
used to house artifacts, documents

or pictures.
What struck me the most at
Auschwitz were the artifacts. All the
material proof confirmed that the
Holocaust really happened there to
real people. The first of these that we
saw was the ”leftover” human hair
(in quotations because it was two
tons and considered leftover). The
guide said that the amount of people
needed to produce that large of a
pile was close to 40,000. This huge
collection really struck me. This was
real hair from real prisoners, being
unique to other artifacts because
it was a part of them. It has all of
their DNA. It couldn’t be a truer
slap in the face that these were all
real people. Also in this room was
an example of what they would use
the hair for; in this case, it was a rug
which was DNA tested after the war
and was confirmed it was the hair of
Jews that made up the fabric for it.
There were other rooms as well.
In one display was a large collection
of luggage, suitcases and baskets
all labeled clearly as the prisoners
were told they would get them back.
Some were labeled with birthdates
showing the harsh truth that there
were children one, two, three years
old in the camp. There was also the
vast collection of shoes (I think they
said 20,000 pairs). There were also
tallit collected from prisoners that
were displayed. There were pictures
brought by prisoners, clearly not
knowing that they were going to
Auschwitz, or at least what it was.
Although I had seen pictures of
these collections before, it is not
in comparison to seeing them in
person. A picture can be photoshopped, but seeing all of this in
person, there is no possible way to

convince yourself that it is not as
bad as it seems. This was real-- no
getting around it. Seeing it in person
also provides more of a connection to
each of these people as individuals.
Like I mentioned, all these artifacts
represent the individual people who
provided them. There are really no
words to describe the ghosts that
appear when viewing these artifacts
in person.
The other thing that never struck
me until I was there was that there
are really no walls to the camp,
rather simply just
barbed-wire
fences with electric current so that
prisoners couldn’t escape. In fact,
it was a current so powerful that
prisoners would commit suicide just
by touching the fence. Knowing that
they could see outside the limits of
where they could go, rather than
just face a brick wall, must have also
been torturous mental anquish for
them. I was thinking of those fences
while within them, thinking how
hard it must have been knowing they
couldn't go to the other side. I knew I
would be able to leave their boundary
but it was still claustrophobic for
them -- it must have simply been
torture.
I am going to end here. I cannot
write anymore. It is too hard right
now. This was really nothing that I
prepared myself for. It was incredibly
hard and mentally exhausting, but
I am incredibly satisfied with the
decision to go. It was something I had
to do, because any understanding of
the Holocaust really isn’t complete
without the experience of being in
Auschwitz I and II. There is no way
to describe it. It must be experienced
and, although it is incredibly hard, it
is necessary.

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Irrigation & Infrastructure Committee News
BY DOM GUARNAGIA
The Committee has been in recess
since the Shoreline reconstruction
and the Paving Project. However, a
fresh new project has stirred those
of us with knowledge of Engineering
to observe a multi-phase endeavor
in which new isolation valves will
be installed throughout the Village
both to increase the flow of potable
(drinking) water and the ability to
isolate an association that has a leak
underground without a “boil water”
notice for several other associations
at best and an entire area at worst.
Much thanks and appreciation goes
to County Commissioner Paulette
Burdick and her staff for a brilliant
effort to entice the PBC Water Utility
Department to provide labor and
materials for this large undertaking.
Mark Du Bois, Director, Lines &
Lift Stations and Don Stiles, O &
M Superintendent will direct the
project that may require tweaking.
The obvious location to begin this
trial will be at Norwich J, where more
than five (5) breaks have occurred in
the past year.
Coincidentally, or by design, the
buried pipes lie around the dumpster

areas, for the most part,
making accessibility such
that few if any parking
spaces will be involved.
Creating a 7 ft. x 7 ft. hole
adjacent to or below a
dumpster in the parking
area, a spot that will never
be covered by a vehicle
when access is required,
will be excised and an
excavation, generally up
to 6 ft. in depth, opened
to expose the water supply
PVC pipe below. Soil will
be removed in a small
area below the pipe and a
gravel base and a support form will
be prepared and set under the pipe
and the form filled with 4,000 PSI
concrete to give support under the
pipe that would be burdened by the
weight of the new isolation valve.
Without cutting the pipe, a split
body will be installed to envelope the
PVC pipe and secured with gaskets
for a waterproof seal. Within two to
three days when the concrete has set
firmly (Concrete reaches full strength
in twenty-eight (28) days but is near

Water System Upgrade
by Peyton McArthur,
Senior Aide to Vice Mayor Burdick
When Century Village was built, the
water system, which has about twenty
miles of pipe, was a private system.
Unfortunately, it was plagued with
serious service problems and high costs.
Because of these issues, Palm Beach
County took over the Century Village
water system more than a decade ago.
While costs went down and service
improved, serious problems remained.
On December 17, 2013, Janet Kerr,
President Norwich J, contacted Vice
Mayor Paulette Burdick to tell her that
there had been six (6) disruptions of
water service in Norwich J during the
preceding six (6) months. Vice Mayor
Burdick immediately contacted Bevin
Beaudet, Director of Water Utilities, to
ask for an explanation. Mr. Beaudet
was very much aware of the situation
in Century Village. He confirmed that
there was, indeed, an unacceptable
number of water service interruptions
in Century Village. Mr. Beaudet
provided various technical reasons
for the problems which explained the
problems, but did not resolve them.
Water Utilities promised to review
the situation and develop an action
plan. In mid-January, Vice Mayor
Burdick, UCO President David Israel
and community leaders met with
representatives of Water Utilities in
the Century Village Clubhouse. Water
Utilities had reviewed all the service
issues in Century Village and provided
us with a map of the Village which
identified all the problems with various
colored dots for the past five (5) years.
The map was very colorful, much too
colorful, but provided Water Utilities

with the information they needed to
develop a plan.
Of course, the planning took longer
than expected and the projected cost,
which will be covered entirely by Palm
Beach County Water Utilities, also
increased dramatically. As it turns
out, the problems are not so much
with the pipes, but with the glue that
holds joints together. Over the past
40 years, bacteria have “eaten” the glue
that holds the joints together. Water
Utilities identified five (5) areas in
the Village with significant problems
– Norwich being the worst. There
was also a second problem. There are
relatively few shut off valves in the
village, so when there is a break, the
number of residents inconvenienced is
very high.
On May 5th, President David
Israel, Norwich presidents and
Peyton McArthur, Aide to Vice Mayor
Burdick, met with Water Utilities to
hear about their plan. Water Utilities
explained their plan to add 25
additional valves in Norwich. Each
valve will cost Palm Beach County
about $10,000. Water Utilities also
explained that Palm Beach County
has never done this before so the work
that has already begun in Norwich
will also be something of a pilot
project.
After the improvements are
completed in Norwich, county staff
will be able to develop a plan for the
other problem areas in Century Village.
It will be very expensive and will not be
completed quickly, but when completed
it will dramatically improve service
and decrease the number of residents
who would be inconvenienced by any
future problems.

maximum strength in four days with
an extended cure rate). The operating
part of the valve is then attached to
the body, a thin metal appliance is
inserted to provide a barrier while
an aperture is created and the debris
removed from above, isolated from
the drinking water and the gate
valve is functional. A chimney that
envelops the valve and rests upon the
concrete base is installed to match
the finish grade of the surrounding
paving. A 6 in. diameter cast iron

lid is installed to
prevent debris from
entering the chimney,
fill is returned and
compacted
and
the
appropriate
finish;
i.e., sod,
compacted asphalt
or concrete to match
the
surrounding
material and all
debris is removed
from the site.
It is thought that
perhaps three (3)
valves can be installed
in a day; however,
preparation, excavation, placing
and curing concrete, installation,
backfill and resurfacing can spread
that time frame into several for a
completed process. This will also
involve installing four (4) additional
Fire Hydrants to aid in water flow
and also change (lower) some
Homeowner’s Insurance premium
since the proximity to a hydrant
means that a fire can be extinguished
quicker if the unit is close to that
hydrant.

Palm Beach Water Utilities Department:

Norwich Associations to Receive
Additional Water Control Valves
In an effort to improve service to
customers in the Norwich Associations,
the Palm Beach County Water Utilities
Department has developed a pilot
project to install new water control
valves around the community to
help isolate breaks for repair. This
will reduce the number of residents
impacted during water line breaks or
other construction. Additional fire
hydrants will also be installed and a
water line serving Norwich J will be
replaced.
Construction will begin the first
week of May and continue to the end

of July. During this time, residents can
expect to see construction crews and
machinery at construction sites in the
area. Crews will excavate water lines
where new valves will be installed. The
County Water Department does not
expect any water interruptions but will
inform residents of any scheduled turn
offs due to construction. All disturbed
areas will be restored.
This pilot project is part of the
County Water Department's repair
and replacement plan. There will
be no charges to Century Village
residents.

Thanks, Janet!
BY J OY V E S TA L
This is another story about another
resident who cares. Her name is Janet
Kerr. Janet is a full time resident for
the last 18 years. She is currently
the president of her association, a
receptionist at the UCO office several
days a week and an usher. But this story
is not about her volunteer assistance
although it is greatly appreciated.This
is about water.
Janet got tired of seeing the
frequent “boil water” alerts and, as
she said seeing water shooting up
out of the ground leaving a mess of
grass and sand all over her building’s
property. (Janet lives in the Norwich
area.) She said this was happening
for the last five or six years and for
the past year almost every month. So
when she recently had the opportunity
to speak to Peyton MacArthur,
Administrative Aide to Palm Beach

County Commissioner Vice Mayor
Paulette Burdick she told him about
the problem.
As it turned out just recently
Commissioner Burdick had secured
a grant for a pilot project for our
Village to replace pipes to the tune of
$5 million. And so the digging has
begun. The Water Department has
investigated and determined, so far,
that the problem is not our pipes but
the valves that connect them. (There
are more stories on the pilot project by
the Water Department that has started
in the Norwich area in the paper.)
Janet said she hopes, “everyone will
cooperate” with the department. She
continued, “This is a massive project
that is going to help my association
and eventually the whole Village.”
Thanks, Janet, for your concern for
the village.

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S E R V I C E S
SECURITY

Wi-Fi

Just a reminder
on the Fraud out
there. Yours truly
was Tax Fraud
Identity
Theft
victim. Seems our
IRS people sent a
$25,000.00 check to someone using
my name, etc, in Texas. I have since
found out that Texas checks are
forwarded to Mexico for cashing.
So beware and stay in touch with
your paperwork. I can not tell you
what a mess my accountant and
myself had to clean up. And of
course the IRS does not want to
hear that THEY made a mistake;
YOU DID.
Moral of the story: keep a CLOSE
eye on your bank paperwork and
tax paperwork.. Make sure very
few people get your information.
DESTROY any left over paperwork
you don't need and remember that
you must keep IRS paperwork for
SEVEN (7) years! Keep it secure,
don't just leave it laying around...
Until next time Stay safe & secure
out there.

On May 1, 2014,
David Israel sent
via e-mail the
second Request
for
Proposals
(RFP) to nine
vendors.
This
was watched and documented by
members of the UCO Reporter and
the Studio 63 crew. In the RFP, we
gave the vendors 90 days to respond
as remarks by vendors after the first
RFP indicated that they needed
more time to do a more thorough
job.
We have continued to collect the
surveys and currently have 1881
completed surveys that we can
identify as people in the village.
That represents 24% of the units
that have responded. We have more
surveys that have been returned
but the line asking for the unit was
left blank, had the date on it, listed
a name that is not a recognized
resident, or just said “in the village”.
We cannot include these in our
count as they may be duplicates of
other surveys already received.
93 percent of the people who
answered the survey stated that
they wanted Wi-Fi.
Here were
several people that stated on and
off the record that once Wi-Fi is in
they are planning on purchasing a
computer.
We must remember that it is not
only computers that use the Wi-Fi.
Smart-phones, Ipads, Kindles and
such also use Wi-Fi.
I also know that the one time
the EMS was called to our home,
their computer was not able to find
their satellite signal to the internet.
I provided them with the code to
my wireless modem so they could
access records and transmit to the
hospital while still in my home,
another advantage to a village-wide
Wi-Fi that is useful.
As we wait for the RFPs to return,
questions and comments can be
directed to [email protected] and
an answer will be given as quickly as
we can.

by George Franklin

TRANSPORTATION
by Lori Torres

The committee
d i s c u s s e d
various changes
to
our
bus
routes and the
excursion
bus,
some of these
adjustments will be on a trial basis
and some may be permanent.
The first of these changes will
be very important the departing
time of the Wed. Excursion Bus will
now be 10:15 am with the return
at 3:15 pm. Internal bus riders
must arrive at 9:30 am if you drive
to the clubhouse you must arrive
no later than 9:50 am. We always
have a large waiting list and can't
permit anyone to board because we
are reserving your seat. Please be
courteous and arrive on time and
cancel if you can't take the trip.
The committee has removed
several stops from the Mall Bus on
Fridays only in order to add a bus
to the Palm Beach Outlet Mall.
Winn Dixie /K Mart and Dollar
Tree will be removed on Friday. We
will make one visit on Friday to the
mall with the 11:00 am departure
from the Clubhouse. Since we have
not timed the route yet the pick-up
at the mall will be approximately at
2:30 pm You will be advised of the
correct time by the driver.
Another change will be on the
Combo Bus. We will no longer be
stopping at Walgreens Goodwill
Store or the Red Lobster.
We are trying to make our routes
more efficient and these stops are
rarely used, this is on a trial basis
and other changes will made.

by Anitra Kraus

CHANNEL 63
by Kitty Gragg

The Channel 63
expansion team
continues
to
attract more new
pa r t icipa nts,
based
on
the
number
of
positive
comments we receive, it seems our
audience is growing also.
There are plans to start a new
program next month, that will be
geared more toward information,
than entertainment. We hope to
broadcast a synopsis of some of
the UCO committee meetings and
have the Chairperson describe
the function and mission of their

committee.
The current shows on 63 are
aired four times a day at 7:30 am,
12:00 noon, 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
and the Cam and Sam Sports Talk
is on at 7:30 pm. There are program
information notices on the channel
throughout the day.
I thank all of the talented people
who have been involved in this
project and as always we continue to
welcome your new ideas.

C.E.R.T.
by John Hess

The CENTURY
VILLAGE CERT
TEAM
would
like to remind
all the residents
and Officers to
PLEASE be sure
you designate someone to handle
the task of reporting damages after
a hurricane (especially if you are
leaving for the summer).
Please post on your bulletin
board a copy of “After the Storm
Recovery”. All residents, that are
able, need to assist in providing
information for assessment. This
needs to be done ASAP -- AFTER IT
IS SAFE. Upon the completion of
assessing injuries and damage, each
Association then needs to call the
number listed.
Reservations need to be made
early for residents that may have
special needs or want to use a
shelter during a hurricane.
PEOPLE NEVER PLAN TO FAIL
— JUST SOMETIMES FAIL TO
PLAN!!

INSURANCE
by Toni Salometo

We’ve been busy
in the Insurance
committee
working on a
couple of subcommittees. As
some of you may
know, we’ve branched out a little bit
so we could give special attention
to two issues which can affect
our insurance premiums and our
ability to respond to a major loss
(hurricane).
One of the sub-committees is
our Loss Control committee. It is
our attempt to review and reduce
our losses and loss potentials. For
the first part, we review the lines of
insurance, say property and general
liability. We see what is causing us
to have losses, let’s say leaking water
heaters or burst pipes in the walls
and then we try to come up with a
way to reduce them, like inspecting
all the heaters in an Association
and making sure they aren’t old or
leaking. Some of our Associations
have taken to buying alarms that
sound when they get wet, which
reduces the severity of a major leak.
As for our liability loss potential,

many of our Associations have
taken advantage of our Loss
Control inspector Dave Daley. He
and his fellow inspectors will come
to your Association and review your
physical plant, your catwalks, stairs,
laundry, and other parts to make
sure they are properly maintained
and up to code. It is a free service
to Brown & Brown insured’s and
one that will help you manage your
Association better.
Another subcommittee is our
Disaster Committee. We are now at
the point where we will be making
some decisions about the type
of services we will need from our
contractors in case of a major loss.
As I mentioned last month, we’ve
taken some time with learning
about available services and how
we can use those services to reduce
the severity of a major loss. We
will keep you informed of how this
project is advancing.

SAFETY

by George Franklin
Looks like Spring
has sprung and
Summer is here!
Before
our
snowbirds leave
for the Northern
climate, have you left your key with
someone in the building? Have
you shut off your water? Have you
shut off the electric? Have you
notified the Postal Service to either
hold or send your mail to another
address? How about telephone
service? Stopped that? Removed
any valuables from the premises?
Next -- is your car ready for the
road? Have it taken to your dealer
for a check-up. Maybe your f luids
are down a bit as well as belts
and hoses may need replacement.
What about tires and brakes? Are
you ready to go? See what they
say. A good rule even with the
new synthetic oils is to change it
every 3-to-5 thousand miles; don’t
forget to rotate your tires. A lot of
auto dealers offer special Spring/
Summer Specials -- check them out.
Another Safety note if you may
not have heard -- the speed limits
on our major highways are going
to change very soon, from 70 mph
to 75 mph. Are you ready for
that change? If you enjoy " lolly
gagging" along in the left or center
lane, my advice is to move over and
stay in the right-hand lane. You
can get a traffic citation for slowing
the f low of traffic and/or failure to
keep right. Of course, we have our
friends and neighbors that just love
to play Daytona Speedway on I-95
and the Turnpike. You people need
to be careful also. Do not take for
granted you can take an additional
10 mph over the speed limit. Police
Officers are just waiting for you
to do that. How about a speeding
citation with failure to keep right
added on? I say that's about a
$300.00 fine plus court costs.

JUNE 2014 | UCO REPORTER | PAGE B7

S E R V I C E S
Again, I will bring up texting and
talking on the cell phone. That's
distraction driving. Want to cause
an accident? Let’s Hang up those
phones and drive! Need to make a
call? Pull over then call.
Nuff said.
I want to wish
everyone a safe and secure Summer
Season and if you need any Security
or Safety information, please feel
free to call me at the UCO Office
(689-9189) and I will be glad to
call you back and help you. In the
meantime: Enjoy and again -- be
safe & secure out there.

APRIL CAM REPORT
ON LANDSCAPING
by Ted S. Herrle, PCAM, MCM,
Community Manager
CV Approach to Landscaping:
1. TO THIN: Horticultural teaching
will espouse “remove to improve”.
Thinning is about cutting out dead,
disease, and injured parts to let in
more air and light. Most important,
thinning prevents confusion of a
plant’s structural line and enhances
its health.
2. TO REDUCE: Judicious reducing
help plants develop into strong
structures without over-stressing
their limbs. Maximum flowering
is only possible by stressing their
limbs.

3.
TO AMPUTATE:
Though it
sounds severe, pruning is necessary
to restore shrubs to better health.
In summary, the “hard prune” is
typically done once per year after the
winter months and with the onset
of spring. The prune encourages
new growth and healthy aesthetic
value. This practice will also help
free up lines of sight for traffic and
pedestrians. Hard pruning is only
done once per year.
You may have noticed we also
fertilized that week. I have asked
the landscape contractor to
always give me advance notice of a
fertilization event and also to give
me the composition of the fertilizer
in the representative numbers of
Nitrogen (N) (enhances green color),
Phosphorus (P) (enhances root
growth) and potassium (K) which
helps stresses such as foot traffic
and also helps the plant hold onto
water. Last week’s application to the
turf was 24-0-11 and the Shrubs and
Trees we treated with 10-0-15.

LIBRARY
Dot Loewenstein, Chairperson of
the Library, would like to THANK
the person who donated 25 Large
Print Books to our library.

Investigation Staff

INVESTIGATIONS
by Sheila Corneroll

Due to the retirement of Claudette
LaBonte the new Chairperson of
UCO’s Investigation staff is Sheila
Corneroli. We will miss Claudette and
wish her a speedy recovery.
The Investigations staff includes:
Sheila Corneroll (Chair), Isabelle
Scherel, David Givens, Mildred
Levine, Karen Martel, Alicia Jensen,
Carol Mainwald, Phil DePaul, Don
Foster, Rose Ramos, Nacira Abarca,
Phyllis Siegelman (UCO overseer),
and snow birds Nicole Boulanger
and Lucille Barbieri.

In January, we conducted 105
investigations (56 sales, 37 rentals,
and 12 occupanrs).
In February, we conducted 231
investigations (124 sales, 84 rentals,
and 23 occupants).
In March, we conducted 109
investigations (63 sales, 34 rentals,
and 12 occupants).
And in April, we conducted 103
investigations (81 sales, 42 rentals
and 12 occupants).

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O R G A N I Z A T I O N A L
Do not resubmit dates for events
already appearing unless there is a
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ACT 2 COMMUNITY THEATER
A NEW Community Theater group to
get you involved in all aspects of theater, from Acting to Backstage. We’ll
rehearse published plays for public performance. Meet every Wed. 7 pm in CH
Rm “B”. [email protected].
ACTORS STUDIO OF CENTURY
VILLAGE
Join us for a TRIP DOWN MEMORY
LANE @ 7pm, Monday, June 2nd, in
CH Rm “B”, featuring two one-act
plays, Neil Moore’s Stung, in which
two con men pull off one of the oldest scam know to man, and Chuck
Otterson’s Nostalgia TV, featuring
recreated versions of the shows we
all loved in the olden Age of Television. This month’s episode: To Tell
The Truth. Free. The Actors’s Studio
meets at 7pm every Monday in Room
“B”. For information, call Chuck at
688-0071 or Neil @ 214-4955.
AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
CLUB
Meet 4th Sun. each month in CH.
Members across all ethnicities and
cultures. Come out, make new acquaintances, bring light refreshments to share. Reservations re-

quired by June 3rd. RSVP to Judy
Blowe @ 301-814-8956.
Sun. June 15th, Father’s Day BarB-Q, Duck Island, 2pm to 5pm.Due
to Father’s Day Special Events, Our
Sun. Social in June is CANCELLED.
Join us for game nights at the Clubhouse Card Room
Chess Players wanted for Tuesday
Night. Call Reggie at 561-596-2135.
Scrabble Players wanted for Tuesday
Night. Call Lucy at 561-729-0705.
Bid Whist, Spades & Rummikub
Players wanted for Thursday Night.
Call Judy Blowe at 301-814-8956.
ANSHEI SHOLOM
Join our Congregation family for
Mon. and Thurs. morning services
8:30 am, Fri. Evening Services 7:30
pm, Sat. Morning Service at 8:45 am.
and again at 5 pm.
Sisterhood meetings & luncheon
meet 3rd Tues. each month. Men’s
Club meeting and breakfast meet
2nd Sun. each month.
Rabbi Korman begins an open forum of “Ask the Rabbi” Thurs. mornings 9:30am. This year’s focus: “Conservative Judaism” Mon. mornings
9:30 am.
Sara Farkas resumes her conversational Hebrew classes 10:30 am.
Cantor Bell will begin each Tues.
(except the 3rd Tues. of each month)
“On the Lighter Side” and “Jewish
Composers of Broadway” the 4th
Wed. each month..
Coming Events:

N E W S

Have your PARTY or rent our Newly
Refurbished Hall for your next affair

Any questions, email Ken Graff at
[email protected]

BIBLE STUDY GROUP - ‘TASTE &
SEE’ (PSALM 34:8)
Do you need a Spiritual & Emotional
uplift? Come & meet us at “Taste &
See” Non-denominational group.
Meet each Sun., 5 pm, CH, Rm “A”
(2nd fl). Leonore @ 478-9459.

CENTURY VILLAGE COMPUTER
CLUB
Meet 1st and 3rd Thurs., Nov. - Apr.
(1st Thurs. only rest of year) 1 pm in
CR “103” and incl. 30 min. Q&A, biz
portion, presentation. Info 615-4049
or visit our website at: www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com

BINGO
Meet every Tues, Mary Immaculate
Church, Spencer Drive, Open 6 pm
starts 7 pm. Food will be available.
For further info call 686-8128.
BUDDHIST MEDITATION
We meet Mon. and Thur. from 4:306:00 pm. at the main CH, Rm ‘A/B’.
Everyone is welcome “.
CENTURY VILLAGE ARTISTS
We welcome all CV residents to view
our artwork on 1st and 2nd floor of
main clubhouse. Info about purchase
or display -- Beth Baker @ 684-3166.
CENTURY VILLAGE BOWLING
LEAGUE
Verdes Tropicana Lanes, 2500 N. Fla.
Mango. Couples & individuals welcome. $7 per week. John’s cell @ 5745563.
CENTURY VILLAGE CAMERA CLUB
The century village camera club
held their last meeting of the season.
Meetings will resume in December.

CENTURY VILLAGE GUN CLUB
Meet every 2nd Tues. 7 pm in CH Rm
“C”. Every meeting has guest speaker.
Come listen to great speakers, make
new friends, view historic and modern firearms and other weapons.
George @ 471-9929.
CENTURY VILLAGE MESSENGER
CLUB
Meeting every 2nd & 4 Mon. in CH
Rm “B”, 10 am - Noon. Further info:
Ed Grossman @ 631-742-1300 or
email [email protected].
CENTURY VILLAGE ORCHESTRA
Meet every Monday in CH Rm “C”
1:15 to 3:45 P.M. For more info call
Rickie @ 683-0869 or Joel at 6889455. We need trombone players,
string players and percussion players
to fill out our orchestra.
CHANNEL 63
Not Ready to Quit Yet Players. We
are looking for Actors to participate

JUNE 2014 | UCO REPORTER | PAGE B9

O R G A N I Z A T I O N A L
in our comedy shows on Channel 63.
We meet on Thurs. at 12:00 noon in
CH Rm “B”. Contact Kitty @ [email protected] or stop in
on Thurs..

CHIT CHAT GROUP
Meet 1st & 3rd Tues. 2 pm in CH Rm
“B”. Info: Rhoda @ 686-0835.
CHRISTIAN CLUB
Meets 1st Wed. of each month, 1 pm
in CH party room. Info: Grace @
640-5279.
DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF CENTURY
VILLAGE
The June Meeting of the Century Village Democratic Club will be held
on Tuesday, June 24th, at 1:30 in the
Clubhouse Party Room. Coffee and
Cake will be served. For information
call: Mae Duke; 561-687-0238 or
Sam Oser; 561-689-3974.
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN
NETWORKING CLUB
Meet 1st Fri. of month, 6:30 pm,
CH Rm “B”. We share relevant info
among ourselves and with community. Steve @ 389-5300.
GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION
GROUP
Meet 1st and 3rd Thurs. afternoons
1:30 pm CH Craft Rm. We discuss
short readings of “Great Works” of
literature that continue to have meaning for us today. Roz @ 689-8444.

E-Z MEDITATION CLUB
You are going to like this club. Bring
peace into your life. Every Wed. 4pm
to 5:30pm. CH Classroom “A”. No
Charge. Don 561-686-5231.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CLUB
Coming Event:
Annual Summer brunch on Sunday,
August 3rd, 2014 in New Jersey. Info:
Lois 856-829-7678
HASTINGS CUE CLUB
Welcoming New Members. We play
Mon. - Sat. 9:30 am - 12 noon. Bernie
@ 684-2064 or Zev @ 290-4824.
INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING
Thurs @ 9:00 to 10:30 am in CH party room. Barbara @ 640-7168.
ITALIAN-AMERICAN CULTURE
CLUB: (IACC) OF CENTURY
VILLAGE
Meet every 3rd Wed. of each month,
1 pm in CH party room through the
summer months. We will have some
special events during the summer.
Fausto @ 478-1821.
Coming Events:
Thur. May 29th — Mardi Gras Casino Trip
Wed. June 26th — Mardi Gras Casino Trip
Two cruises for Feb. 2015.
The IACC is proud to present 2 cruises
in Feb. 2015. Both are 8 days and sail
the Western Caribbean. On the 14th

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is the Royal Caribbean Oasis to Haiti,
Jamaica and Cozumel. On the 28th is
the MSC Divina to Jamaica, Cayman
Island, Cozumel and Bahamas. Book
early to get your ideal cabin. For more
info call Bev @ 561-434-5656
BOWLING
every Sat. morning 9 am, Verdes
Lanes. Info: Frank @ 616-3314
JEWISH WAR VETERANS POST
#501
Meet 1st Sun. of month at Cypress
Lakes CH. Breakfast, 9 am. Meeting,
9:30 am. Guest speakers. Activities
include servicing VA patients. Howard @ 478-2780.
JEWISH WAR VETERANS POST #
520
Meet 4th Sun. of month at Elks
Lodge, Belvedere Rd. Continental
breakfast, 9 am followed by meeting.
Info: Phil @ 686-2086.
JUDITH EPSTEIN CHAPTER OF
HADASSAH
Meet the 3rd Wed. of month at Congregation Anshei Sholom.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS: PALM
BEACH RAINBOW LODGE #203
Meet 2nd & 4th Tues. 2:30 pm at
VITAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE
CENTER (CV Medical Building). All
Pythians, new applicants welcome!
Details Irv @ 683-4049 or Michael @
623-7672.
LATIN AMERICAN CLUB
Meet 1st Mon. each month, 7:00 pm,
CH party room. Additional info:
Pres. Lilly @ 786-261-5848 or Hortensia @ 656-6306.
LINE DANCING
Country and Regular, held as follows: Mon. 9 to 10:30 am in CH
party room all Barb. G @ 640-7168 or
Jerri Adams @ 731-439-0730.
MERRY MINSTRELS OF CENTURY
VILLAGE
Looking for ladies and gentlemen
who enjoy singing and entertaining.
Meet every Thurs. 10 - 11 am in CH
Music Rm “B”. Come join us. Info:
Louis or Anna @ 247-8819 or email
[email protected]
MIND SPA DISCUSSION GROUP
Meet 2nd and 4th Thurs. 1:30 pm,
CH Rm “ A”. All invited for in-depth
discussions of significant issues. Allan @ 687-3602.
MISTER KARAOKE
Fri., 6 - 9 pm CH party room. Dancing and general entertainment. Info:
Jack @ 616-0973.
OWLS (OLDER-WISER-LOYALSENIORS)
Meetings monthly 2nd Mon. 3 pm in
CH party room. Call Angelo 687-7575.
PRESIDENT UMBRELLA CLUB
Meetings held on 3rd Tues. of each
month, 10:30 am in CH Rm “C”. Every unit owner welcome. Info: Jerry @
684-1487.

PRO-ACTIVE RESIDENTS
PROJECTS COMMITTEE, INC.
A/K/A PRPC
Meet 3rd Thurs. of month, 10 - 12
pm, CH Rm “B”. We are a non-profit
group of CV Resident owners concerned with village issues.
RUSSIAN CLUB
Meet 1st Wed. 3 pm, CH Rm “C” and
2nd Thurs. 3 pm, CH party room.
Info: Tamara @ 712-1417.
SAILING CLUB
Meet every 2nd Fri. 10 am, CH Rm
“C. Info: Ron @ 683-8672.
SOCIAL VILLAGE SENIORS
Meet every 2nd & 4th Thurs. 7 to 9 pm
in CH party room. Purpose: to bring
together single senior residents wishing to expand their social circle. Many
suggestions have been received for
“Outings”. Final decisions to be made
by members. Annual dues are $10 pp.
Info: Milt Cohen, Pres.@ 429-5778
BALLROOM DANCE GROUP
Meets every Mon., 2 - 4 pm, CH party
room, except on second Mon. of month
they will meet in the Art Room, 2nd.
floor. All dancers welcome. No charge.
Info: Herb @ 471- 1888.
SUNDAY NIGHT SING A LONG
Hosted by Louis Ahwee & Anna Torres, 5 - 8 pm in CH Rm “C”. Bring
your own CD’s or choose from vast
selection or sing along with everyone
else. Info: 247-8819.
SUPER SENIORS CLUB
Interesting conversation about current issues affecting seniors at CV
912 Super Seniors Group. Meet 1st
Thurs. 10 am in CH as forum for
sharing knowledge, asking questions,
educating ourselves. Send an e-mail:
[email protected]
THE SCRABBLE CLUB OF CENTURY
VILLAGE
Every Tues. 6 pm in CH 2nd floor
Card Room. Looking for new members. Info: Lucy @ 729-0705.
THE THREE FRIENDS
Invite you to join them, the last
Thursday evening of each month
from 7 to 8pm in CH room “C” while
they entertain you.
UNITED ORDER TRUE SISTERS
(A non-sectarian Cancer Service
Group) Meetings the 2nd Monday
of each month @ 11:30 am in the CH
party room. New members welcome.
Call Marion Polansky @ 684-5814 or
Marlene Schnitzer @ 683-1208.
Coming Events:
Mon. June 23rd — LUNCHEON &
CARD PARTY at 11:30 AM at the Palm
Beach National Country Club-call Barbara 615-4527 or Harriet 689-5102.
Wed. Aug. 6th — FRIENDSHIP
DAY — Luncheon & entertainment.
More information to follow. Call
Jean Hasher @ 242-4191.

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Snorkelers Find “Treasure in the Trash”

CV Snorkel Club Outing to the SWA
BY LANNY HOWE • PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN GRAFF
A Tour of the Solid Waste
Authority of Palm Beach
County Facilities

when we arrived, and the tractortrailers kept entering, dropping their
loads and departing, while front-end
loaders pushed the waste into the
On April 17, by invitation of the huge piles. I couldn’t help thinking
Snorkel Club, Ken Graff and I joined that what was below us looked like
about a dozen of their members for a dumpster diver’s paradise. Which
a tour of the Solid Waste Authority made me reflect on the fact that this
(SWA) facilities on 45th Street and was a Snorkel Club outing . . . .
North Jog Road in West Palm Beach.
I have seldom if ever seen these
Ken had been invited to take photos, long tractor-trailers on the road. Our
and I had been asked to write up garbage trucks bring our garbage
the trip for the Reporter. It was very to a Transfer Station, one of six in
interesting, even if a bit old hat for the county, Mike Sendelback told
us. “There it
is
transferred
to the tractortrailers,”
he
said, “one of
which can hold Mike Sendelback explaining to the Snorkel Club members what should be put
the contents of in the blue and yellow bins. Lana Blackman in green shirt is standing to his right.
3-5
standard
garbage trucks!” momentarily. Lana and Mike gave being separated out by magnets,”
On
the a running commentary on what Lana explained. And in still another
place, aluminum was being separated
tipping
floor happens at each site.
out by an eddy current separator
is a man on
The Separation Processes
that somehow repelled aluminum.
the watch for
Now we went to another big Everything recyclable except glass,
any gas tanks
or
propane building, the Recovered Materials which is broken into small pieces,
Garbage being ejected onto the tipping floor from one of
containers
in Processing Facility (for recycling only), is separated by type, baled and sold
the giant tractor-trailers.
the garbage. He with another observation room, about to manufacturers who make new
Ken, who before retiring took photos pulls them out. Were they allowed twenty feet above the floor. Here we products, we learned. Recycling can
of similar plants for Union Carbide to be processed, there could be an saw mounds of recyclables on the be, and sometimes is cheaper for
explosion or fire. For this reason floor, several conveyor belts moving manufacturers than starting from
Corporation.
After our attendance had been the facility has four-foot thick walls recyclables up to be processed, and scratch.
verified by Snorkel Club Event Planner surrounding the area where the a room similar to the room we were
New Renewable Energy
Christine Smith, we carpooled to the refuse-derived fuel
Facility (REF 2) to Come
SWA Administration Building at 7501 is burned, Mike
North Jog Road. We were soon seated told us.
Online Soon
comfortably in the auditorium and
What is not recycled is converted to
told about the SWA facilities by Lana What
energy by being incinerated at SWA’s
Blackman, Education and Media Recyclable
Renewable Energy Facility (REF 1).
Specialist, and Mike Sendelback, Items Go
The burning process produces steam,
Senior Education Specialist, who did Where?
which in turn produces enough
a good deal of the explaining on the
electricity to power not only the
I found out I
rest of the tour. Lana told us that each
entire SWA operation on Jog Road,
had been doing
of the 1.3 million residents of Palm
but approximately 37,000 homes in
things
Beach County produces on average six some
Palm Beach County. Sixty percent
wrong in putting
pounds of garbage a day. SWA handles
of the garbage is incinerated. The
out my trash for
the garbage produced from residences
rest, including the ash and residue
and businesses by incinerating, c ol le c t ion — a nd Watching recyclables being processed from the
from the incineration, goes into the
some things I had observation room.
recycling and landfilling.
landfill.
been doing right,
The entire SWA facility is HUGE.
then in but at the opposite end of the
A second Renewable Energy
It includes the 330-acre landfill but only as a result of my laziness!
building. Lana pointed out a conveyor Facility is under construction now
area you can see (and smell) driving Cardboard as well as paper should be
placed in the YELLOW recycle bins belt bringing recyclables up to this and due to come online in midalong the Florida Turnpike, plus big
room. In the room were two individuals 2015. It is expected then that up to
buildings on the west side of North in case you didn’t know.
In the BLUE bins, put aluminum separating out plastic bags and the 4 percent (instead of the current 40
Jog Road between 45th Street and
and steel cans, milk and juice dreaded Styrofoam by hand and letting percent) of our garbage will need to
Route 710 (the Beeline Highway), and
these drop to the floor below.
go into the landfill.
more buildings on the south side of cartons, glass bottles and jars, and
At the same time on another side
SWA’s disposal facilities are stateplastic containers. Do NOT put
45th Street.
plastic bags, shrink-wrap, or of the building, metals were moving of-the-art and among the safest and
Styrofoam (Styrofoam is a real up a conveyor belt. “Steel cans are cleanest in the country. Ken and
The Tipping Floor
I had been told
no-no) in the BLUE bins. These
Within these big buildings is items, plus napkins and paper towels,
this would be an
where most of the action takes place. go in the regular garbage.
interesting tour,
The first building we visited was the
and it certainly
Gas containers, pesticides, used
Renewable Energy Facility (REF 1). oil, oil filters, antifreeze, electronic
was. Our thanks
Garbage was being brought in by items, oil-based paint, fluorescent
to the SWA and
huge, approximately 100-cubic-yard bulbs, and auto batteries should be
Lana and Mike,
capacity tractor-trailers and placed brought to one of the Transfer Stations—
as well as to
on a concrete floor, called a tipping or in our case, to the Household Chemical
Christine Smith,
floor. From a long rectangular room and Electronics Recycling Center at 6161
Ron
Helms
about sixty-feet above the floor and North Jog Road.
and the other
spanning perhaps half the length of
members of the
This Household Chemical and
the building, we had a bird’s eye view Electronics Recycling Center was one
Snorkel Club for
of this taking place beneath us. There of several sites the two vans provided
an enjoyable and
were several gigantic piles of waste by the SWA for our tour stopped at Recyclables being processed (note the conveyer belts)
informative time.

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R E C R E A T I O N

Point, Set, Match…

Century Village Tennis Team Takes The Lead
BY CHRISTINE MOHANTY

Tennis
Club
For the first time since the Palm
Beach County Senior Tennis League
was established in 1986, Century
Village will be competing in Division
One, the toughest level of play. To
get a sense of why this is such an
outstanding achievement and a
feather in our CV cap, there are some
4900 seniors forming 350 teams
representing 90 clubs, making the
PBC Senior League the largest in the
country. Who are these outstanding
athletes?
Captain Jan Roszko has always been
an avid sportsman. After receiving a
Master’s Degree in Physical Education,
he taught that subject in his native
Poland prior to defecting to England
in 1971 where he taught aquatics.
Afterwards, he coached skiing and
swimming in Austria and, subsequent
to moving to Canada, held various
teaching positions and ran a health
club for 10 years. While volunteering
at a Montreal YMCA, he led its tennis
team for years in the city league. Here
in Century Village, he is a perennial
winner in our Sailing Club, this
year capturing first place in Friday’s
navigational races.
Co-Captain Marcel Giguère is
the team’s top court player, winning
most of his matches with partner
Jeff Frischman, who is ranked #4 in
the age 70 category in the state of
Florida—outstanding. Winning comes
naturally to Marcel. Last year he
won the doubles championship in his
tennis club in Victoriaville, Quebec.
Ryszard Miezanko’s story is similar
to Jan’s. While teaching physical
education in Poland, he became active
in the solidarity movement to abolish
communism. As a result, he was
incarcerated for three (3) months and
lost his teaching license. Thanks to the
sponsorship of a Presbyterian church
near Philadelphia, he emigrated with
his wife and two (2) sons to America.
For 20 years he was the foreman of
a factory; on the second day of his
retirement, he packed up and moved
to Century Village where he’s become
a prime example of our active lifestyle.
Every day, he rises at 4AM to commence
a rigorous exercise regime. No wonder
Ryszard is the fastest guy on the courts.
Also, it was no surprise when he won
our 5K-Run last year as well as coming
in 2nd place this year only because of
an injury.
For Mark Schwartz, tennis is his life.
When he’s not playing for CV, he’s seen
on TV officiating at ATP (Association
of Tennis Professionals) tour tennis
matches. He’s on our courts at 7AM

Finally…our first Division One tennis team from Century Village!
practicing with Valéry Idesis,
Mark Koper’s father emigrated from
Poland to Israel and subsequently to
Canada. He worked for Viarail and
later helped manage the Toronto metro
system. He’s on our practice court
every morning hitting against the ball
machine and then participating in
friendly doubles matches.
Though Fuzzy Spiegel has been
a resident of CV for 10 years, he was
playing with the Tennis Club of Palm
Beach. Deciding this year to join our
own team, he has become one of its
strongest assets.
Century Village has reason to be
very proud of this remarkable team. In
addition to Jan Roszko’s success, Alan
Cutler’s Division 4 players captured
2nd place. Trophies for both of our
teams were distributed at an Awards
Ceremony held at the Cohen Pavilion
of the Kravis Center on April 9th. We
wish all our players well in next year’s
matches which will undoubtedly pose
new challenges. Go teams!!

Snorkel
Club
by Sandy Wynn
At this writing, our adventurous
snorkelers are on their trip at Brac
Reef Beach Resort in the Cayman
Islands. Those of us who were unable
to accompany them anxiously await
their arrival home. We'll want to hear
all about their experiences and then
be sorry for not having been with
them. What can I say -- Such is life.
Here at home we had our next to
the last program Science For Seniors

Division 2 winners of the Palm Beach County Senior Tennis League. From left
to right, Ryszard Miezianko, Marcel Marquis, Valéry Idesis, Jeff Frischman, Jan
Roszko, and Mike Counts. Not pictured: Fuzzy Spiegel, Gary Kudler, Jon Cook,
David Waters, Larry Ferruzzi, Marcel Giguère, Mark Koper, Dave Kaminer, Mark
Schwartz.

on Marine Ecology sponsored by
Okeeheelee Nature Center lecturer
Clive. As in the past, we did our
seining in the estuary of MacArthur
Beach State Park. Small Blow Fish
alluded us as did the young Sea
Horses that we were able to net
last year; although, an inch long
Flounder, plus many very small
shrimp and other species of fish
were retrieved.
All were safely
transferred to the aquarium at the
nature center. We finished the last
program of the season with Clive
at Peanut Island on Reef Ecology.
With the high tide and a few first
timers at snorkeling all went well.
Our own Maria was one of them

and she did very well.
Our club still has a great line
of sportswear with the beautiful
snorkel logo on them. A new order
has been given to our President Ron
of which we will receive on his return
trip in November.
Even though we're having many
snowbirds leaving our club at this
time we will still be functioning.
With communication all will be
advised of upcoming events. If in
doubt, please call our past president
John Odoardo at 561-478-9921 who
has been kind enough to fill in while
Ron is away. We should be meeting
next September. Signing off with
KEEP IN TOUCH.

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“Take Two and Hit To Right”

Around the Bases
with

Sports of The
Century—Village

Irwin Cohen

No matter how old you are, baseball is older.
How old is baseball?
The long-time myth by those who
wanted to steer the National Baseball
Hall of Fame to a small town way too
far out of the way called Cooperstown
perpetuated the story that a fellow
named Abner Doubleday invented the
game in 1839 and taught it to the local
youngsters.
There's no proof that Doubleday,
who went on to have a military career
and become a war hero, had anything to
do with baseball's founding. But there
is proof that Alexander Cartwright-who may not have had anything to do
with the game's origins, either, certainly
helped to perfect and publicize it.
In 1866, Charles Peverelly published
"The Book of American Pastimes,'
covering the four major sports of the
time--baseball, cricket, rowing and
yachting. A portion of the book told
about the New York Knickerbocker
Base Ball Club and how they were
founded.
“During the years of 1842 and '43,
a number of gentlemen, fond of the
game, casually assembled on a plot
of ground in midtown Manhattan,
bringing with them their bats, balls,
etc. It was customary for two or
three players, occasionally during the
season, to go around in the forenoon
of a pleasant day and muster up
players enough to make a match.
“In the spring of 1845, Mr. Alex
J. Cartwright, who had become an
enthusiast in the game, one day
upon the field proposed a regular
organization, promising to obtain
several recruits. His proposal was
acceded to.”
In 1910, Alfred Spink, founder
of The Sporting News, published
The National Pastime, a history of
baseball, which included a 1909 letter
based on an 1877 interview with the
then president of the Knickerbockers.
“I remember the afternoon when
Alex Cartwright came up to the
ballfield with a new scheme for

playing ball," recalled the president.
"The sun shone beautifully, never do I
remember noting its beams fall with a
more sweet and mellow radiance than
on that particular spring day. We
would take our bats and balls with us
and play any sort of game. We had no
name in particular for it. Sometimes
we batted the ball to one another.
Cartwright came to the field with his
plans drawn on paper. He arranged
for two nines, the ins and outs.
“One set of players were taking
their turn at bat and the other side was
placed in their respective position on
the field. He had laid out a diamondshaped field, with canvas bags filled
for bases at three of the points and an
iron plate for the home base. He had
arranged for a catcher, a pitcher, three
basemen, a short fielder and three
outfielders. His plan met with much
good natured derision, but he was so
persistent in having us try his new
game that we finally consented, more
to humor him than with any thought
of it becoming a reality.
“At that time none of us had any
experience in that style of play, and
there were no rules for playing the
game. We were aided by Cartwright's
judgment. The man who could pitch
the speediest ball with the most
accuracy was the one selected to do
the pitching. When we saw what a
great game Cartwright had given us,
and as his suggestion for forming a
club to play it met with our approval,
we set about to organize a club.”
Even with Cartwright's tweaking,
the game was different for several
decades, as an out was recorded by the
ball thrown at and hitting the runner
before he reached first base. Also, the
pitcher stood closer than the 60-feetsix inches adopted years later.
Snowbird Irwin Cohen headed a national
baseball publication for five years before
working for a major league team where he
earned a World Series ring.

Sam Milham
Last month's question: Who
played for the Brooklyn Dodgers,
N.Y. Rangers, and N.Y. Knicks? The
answer: organist Gladys Gooding.
I told you it was tricky!

National Basketball
Association (NBA):
NBA Commish, Adam Silver, fined
L.A. Clippers owner, Donald Sterling,
$2.5 million (the maximum),
suspended him for life, and asked
the NBA owners to force Sterling to
sell the Clippers! Even if the courts
overrule him, Silver is a winner. He
won the hearts of the NBA players,
both black and white, for taking a
strong stand against bigotry. Please
don't feel sorry for Sterling. He
paid under $20 million for the L.A.
Clippers, and the projected sale price
is upwards of $700 million, some say
even more!

“Welcome home, Phil!”
By now we all know Phil Jackson
is the latest Knick president.
Phil’s first move was to fire Mike
Woodson and his assistants (“a
new broom sweeps clean”). As of
this writing, the Knicks are close
to hiring a new head coach. Odds
are Steve Kerr will get the job! But
Mark Jackson, S.F. Warrior coach,
has been mentioned, Steve played
for Phil’s champion Chicago Bulls
and knows his system inside and
out. I believe the hiring of Phil
Jackson is a multifaceted move:
(A) It changes the culture of the
Knicks. (B) It lets Carmelo Anthony
(in his walk year) know the Knicks
mean business. (C) It lures free
agents, but to do that the Knicks
must cut salary by trading some
players. My guess is J.R. Smith is a
goner—he's not Phil’s type of player.
Since Raymond Felton is facing a
gun charge, he may also be a trade
candidate. I believe no matter who
gets the coaching job, these players
will be gone, along with others.

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I can still see the Knicks down by
12 or 20 points . . . . Red Holzman
wants new energy and brings in one
of the smartest players on the Knicks,
Phil Jackson, and the rest of the
second team—Dave Stallworth, John
Gianelli, Mike Reardon for hustle,
and Cazzie Russell for offense—
to turn a potential Knick loss into
a victory and send the fans home
happy.
There's no need for me to discuss
Phil’s coaching career. He is one
of the winningest coaches in NBA
history.
Assuming Smith and Felton
gone, the Knicks can use some
backcourt help. How about Jimmy
Lin? I know he walked out on the
Knicks two seasons ago and Phil
must sell this to James Dolan
(Knicks and Cablevision owner). But
if he does, it will show that Phil will
have complete control of the Knick
franchise, and why not? He's getting
paid between $12 to 15 million a
year for five years. Why not give Phil
the ball and let him run with it?
Imagine Phil and Lin-Sanity back
for the 2014/15 season!

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was the losing pitcher?
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— LIVING WITH UNCER TAINT Y —

Southern Florida During Hurricane Season
BY D O M G UA R N AG I A & T O N I S A LO M E T O
In June we again begin Hurricane
season. This article was originally
published in June of 2013 and I’ve
updated where applicable.
What
I wrote about last year is no less
significant—we’re just one more year
living with the possibility and the
uncertainty.
As there were serpents in Paradise,
so we in southern Florida have our
own serpents called hurricanes. June
begins the season, the weather is hot
and humid and we check the weather
channels for updates. We try to be
prepared but it’s hard to stay vigilant
when the season is long and at the
end of it there may have been nothing
significant happen. It’s as if we wasted
our time and effort. Until there is a
way to accurate forecast inclement
weather conditions, we will all have to
live with the uncertainty.
And, uncertainly is what this
whole season is about. Will there be a
hurricane? Will we suffer a loss? How
much damage will there be? How
much will it cost to repair or replace?
How much can I afford to spend?
Should we insure it or how much of a
deductible should we have? These are
all good questions and ones we try to
answer.
Since this is an article on hurricanes
and the damage that can result from
wind and water, let’s consider both the
Association and the individual unit
owners’ exposures.
Will there be a hurricane? Will
we suffer a loss? How much damage
will there be? Short of giving up
my profession in insurance and
becoming a fortune teller—I have no
idea. Nothing in the past history of
southern Florida is indicative of what
will happen in the future. Who could
have foreseen the wide scale flooding
in NYC and New Jersey two years ago?
The storm passed us by and caused
significant damage to the East coast.
How much will it cost to repair
or replace? Once again, without
an idea of the extent of the loss,
it’s impossible to determine a loss
amount; however, this is where we can
begin to have some input into what
our loss potential is—what do I have of
value and what will it cost to repair or
replace? Your Association’s buildings
have an appraisal value. That is the
amount it would cost to rebuilding
them if they were to be complete
destroyed. Since they can’t be built the
same way as they were 40+ years ago,
the addition of Law and Ordinance
coverage becomes important to bring
them up to 2014 codes. New windows
and doors and updated electrical will
be a necessity. As unit owners, you’re
responsible for all your cabinets,
countertops, appliances, furniture,
electronics, clothing, etc. The list is
extensive. Remember this when you
choose an amount to insure your
property. Also, remember to always
choose replacement coverage not
actual cash value. The difference in
valuation is deprecation, which can be

significant. A ten-year-old TV is worth
about $50 but you’ll need at least $300
to replace it.
How much can I afford to spend?
What do I mean you ask? If I’m
Association with significant reserves,
then choosing a larger deductible is a
good idea. You have plenty of money
to pay your deductible. You won’t have
to assess your unit owners or if you do
it will be a small amount. However, if

you are an Association with limited
reserves, a number of foreclosures
and many unit owners on fixed
incomes, then a smaller deductible
would better serve your needs. The
additional premiums for a lower
deductible would be more than offset
by not having to further reduce your
reserves and putting a greater burden
on your unit owners. Unit owners
need to take a good estimate of what

they own and are responsible for and
make a good guess of the value and
their own personal finances. Only you
can choose an amount that you feel
comfortable with.
Should we insure it or how much
of a deductible should we have?
Remember, once you have a value for
your Association’s property, and your
own, you can decide to modify the
premium by using higher deductibles.
Choosing what’s best for you and
your Association has to do with your
individual needs and finances and
taste for risk. One solution is not
best for everyone. Consider your loss
potential, your financial resources and
your unit owners when making these
decisions.
Many of these decisions were made
by the Associations in December when
they renewed their insurance. But,
we’re almost halfway through the year
and a little pre-planning wouldn’t be
a bad idea. Let’s think about our loss
potential and make informed and
educated decisions.

Hurricanes and Pets
BY ANITRA KRAUS
There is a very important part of
many people’s lives that tend to be
left out in times of emergencies — or
children with paws.
Most disaster shelters cannot
accept pets because of health and
safety regulations. Service Animals
for people with disabilities are an
exception. There is a pet-friendly
shelter now available to Palm
Beach County residents living in an
evacuation zone or in a mobile home.
Pre-registration with Animal Care
and Control is required. Neither of
these criteria applies to the resident
of Century Village but there are some
things that need to be in place in case
of a hurricane.
These are certain things that
need to be in place at all times
whether it is hurricane season or not.
You never know what may come up:
• Be sure that your pet has all of its
vaccinations up to date.
• Make sure that the pet’s ID is
up-to-date and attached to the
harness. A harness is safer for the
animal than a collar if they should
get excited due to unfamiliar sights
and sounds.
• Get your pet micro-chipped and be
sure that the information with the
microchip company is up-to-date.
• Have a pet carrier large enough
for the animal to stand and turn
around. Be sure it is marked with
the pet’s information. This allows
people to know who the animal
belongs to without having to get
them out of their carrier.

• Make a plan and a disaster Go-bag.
• If you are not at home, arrange for a
neighbor or a friend to check on the
pet.
• Have someone outside of you area
that would be able to shelter the
animal and possibly yourself if
needed for a few days due to extreme
damage to your home.
The Disaster Go-Bag should
include the following:
• Sturdy leashes to allow the pet time
out of the carrier.
• A current photo of your pet with the
owner in case they get lost. It helps
with providing proof of ownership.
• Food, treats, and portable water for
a least one week.

• A manual can opener to open the
canned food.
• No-tipping bowls for the food and
water.
• Plastic bags for cleaning up.
• Any medications the pet is on
• A few toys.
• An information sheet with feeding
schedule, medical conditions,
behavior problems, and contact
information for your veterinarian.
REMEMBER: When you return
home, give your pets time to settle
back into their routine. They are just
as upset as you are and it can manifest
in many ways. Seek veterinarian care
if any behavior or medical problems
persist.

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JUNE 2014 | UCO REPORTER | PAGE B19

Your Community Emergency Response Teams
(CERT) Prepare To Aid Neighbors If Needed
BY JAC K I E K A R L A N , F O R M E R C . E . R .T. C H A I R
The Formation of CERT
(Community Emergency
Response) Teams
Following
the
events
of
September 11, 2001, Community
Response Teams (CERT Teams)
were
created
to
strengthen
community
safety
and
preparedness'
with
the
understanding
that
effective
response to disasters requires
comprehensive
planning
and
coordination of all who will be
involved, government, volunteer
groups, community organizations
CERT teams were developed. The
Federal Government understood
that
neighborhood
training
prepares groups to serve as crucial
resources capable of performing
many of the emergency functions
needed in the immediate post
disaster period. We are part of the
National Citizen Corp teams which
are administered by the Federal
Emergency Management agency.
The Century Village CERT Program
was formed in 2008.

CERT Team After a Disaster
Each CERT team of volunteers
is trained in accordance with
standard operating procedures
throughout the United States. The
CERT team can provide an effective
first response capability. Trained
CERT volunteers can perform light
search and rescue, render some basic
medical treatment, extinguish small
fires, if it's safe to do so, locating
and turning off utilities. CERT can
help disaster survivors cope with
emotional stress. While CERTs are a
valuable asset in emergency response,
CERTs are not trained to perform
all of the functions or respond to
the same degree as professional
responders. CERT Teams are a bridge
to professional responders until they
are able to arrive.

CERT Mobilization and
Procedures
Team Leaders will be contacted
when there is a Hurricane Watch.
They will be asked to re-check their
CERT equipment (hard hats, goggles,
gloves, boots, CERT ID and bag for
copies of important forms, pens,
pencils, tape. UCO key personnel will
be contacted). Phone squad will also
be contacted.
Upon receiving a Hurricane
Warning (Storm IMMINENT) or
other disaster Team Leaders will be
contacted, they will contact team
members, phone squad, friends of
CERT (Volunteers).
No one will leave their homes
until it is safe and the storm has
ended. They will leave their homes
when they are sure their home and
family are safe. They will report to
the staging area.
After a disaster CERT members

Reviewing disaster survival and rescue skills.
gather at a pre-established staging
area, (UCO Building). Here they
will organize and receive their
task assignments from the team
leader (Incident Commander). As
they make their way to the staging
area they observe the damage in
this community, they report their
observations to the team leader.
There are three degrees of damage:
Heavy, Moderate, and Light. A team
may be sent out to further investigate
the damage. Basically we would
warn people to stay away and check
buildings from a safe distance and if
people are in the building, we would
try calling out, "Is anyone in there?"
When they come out of the building
or if people are on the ground we
move them to a safe spot and then we
will check for shock and stop major
bleeding, triage.
The key question that the CERT
Incident Commander (Team Leader)
must always ask is "Is it safe for CERT
members to attempt the rescue?"
Documentation of each incident
is important. We must document
information using CERT universal
documentation forms.

Damage Assessment Form
and Victim Treatment Form
A CERT Scribe would fill out the
Damage Assessment Form which
is used to report this information.
Information would be given to the
group leader. Group leaders are
assigned to tasks by the Incident
Commander ( CERT Team Leader).
Information is reported to the
team leader using walkie talkies,
cell phones or runners. We have four
certified Ham Operations as part of
our CERT Team. If any of the above
mentioned communication systems
do not work, we use our HAMs. A
Communication Log is used by the
Ham operator to log incoming and
outgoing transmissions. They work

Learning to provide emergency aid.

with a scribe who writes down all the
information.
Our senior Ham Operator is Steve
Mussman. We also have Personnel
sign in sheets comprising the
Incident /Assignment Tracking Log.
Communications Logs enable the
command post can track the overall
situation in the village.
Then the Team Leader, Incident
Commander, reports the problem to
the Emergency Operations Center
(EOC). This management system is
well defined. The EOC notifies the
proper agencies, Fire Dept, Area of
Aging, Sheriff, Red Cross, etc.
The
team
leader
provides
overall communication with other
responders (fire dept. law enforcement
leadership, using information given
to him by the team Leaders.

CERT Meetings
The CERT Team meets every
month to review and refine our
disaster survival and rescue skills.
The meetings are interactive and
friendly. We review strategies listed
in the CERT Training manual. I
speak with many CERT team leaders
from other local communities. I find
that to my knowledge Century
Village CERT team meetings are the
only ones that review important
CERT strategies each month.
I often hear from the over 100
certified CERT trained people, “I'm
too busy to come to meetings but I'll
help if there is a Hurricane.”
Well that's good, but strategies
and procedures have changed. Will
you be doing the right thing when
you are helping us? Yes, we will need
your help but why not come on back
for a review so that you can do the
most good for your village.

Training is Important
Ongoing CERT training benefits
our community in several ways:

People who go through CERT
Training have a better understanding
of the potential threats to our
community. They learn how to take
the right steps to lessen the effects of
disasters. CERT members apply the
training to neighbors and community
situations until help arrives.
We have developed a “Friends
of CERT” program. Residents who
regularly attend our meetings and
will take active role in helping their
buildings and will act as scribes in
times of emergency. Barbara Ulrich,
Janice Frank, and Kathy Guarnagia
are part of this group and regularly
attend meetings.
Our CERT meetings are held the
third Monday of each month at
3:00 p.m. in the Clubhouse Art Room.
Everyone is Welcome!

How Can Residents Help?
Building residents can provide
us with vital information after
a disaster,. such as: How many
people are in your building? What
have you seen and heard? Does
your neighbor need help leaving
their apartment? Are any residents
injured? What is the damage to
your building?
The Department of Community
Affairs, Division of Emergency
Management suggests that all
condo associations develop a
plan to ensure the safety of their
residents before a disaster occurs.
To help you with your plans the
CERT Team has developed a
suggested Hurricane Preparation
document. It is called After The
Storm Evaluation Form. This form
appears on page A18. We ask that
one person from each building
be designated to call the number
on the form with this important
information. Our telephone squad
will take all your information.This
is the fastest way to get help.

PAGE B20 | UCO REPORTER | JUNE 2014

P O L I T I C A L
Ted Deutch

U.S. Congressman
No
one
is
i m m u n e
to
illness.
Accidents
can
happen
to
anyone. That is
why most people
agree that in
America,
no
Ted Deutch
family should go
bankrupt just because a loved one
gets sick. So while political battles
over health care reform rage on
in Washington, new data paints
a very different picture about the
Affordable Care Act’s success across
the country.
Despite its rocky roll-out, more
than 8 million Americans have now
secured private health coverage
through the law’s new state-based
marketplaces. In Florida, about
980,000 people signed up, making
our state second only to California
in the number of enrollments. More
than 80 percent qualified for tax
breaks that lowered their monthly
premiums, and for many people
this financial assistance meant
being able to afford a quality health
plan for the first time.
The law has expanded coverage
in other ways as well. Over 5
million Americans secured health
insurance outside the marketplace,
and another 4.8 million gained
basic coverage through Medicaid.
In addition, more than 3.4 million
people under the age of 26 have
been able to stay on their parents’
plan, bringing the total number
of people gaining coverage under
the Affordable Care Act to over
20 million people. All of these
Americans are now protected
against
discrimination
by
insurance companies based on preexisting conditions or gender.
As millions of people enjoy the
financial security that comes with
quality health insurance, the health
care law also continues to strengthen
our nation’s fiscal health. The
nonpartisan Congressional Budget
Office recently reported that the
Affordable Care Act is slowing down
the rising cost of health insurance
premiums more effectively than
originally predicted. As a result,
the law as a whole is expected to
cost the government $104 billion
less over the next decade previous
projections. Expanding access
to affordable insurance is vital
to our nation’s long-term fiscal
future because when uninsured
individuals seek expensive care
in emergency rooms, taxpayers
eventually end up picking up the
tab.
The Affordable Care Act has not
solved every health care challenge

we face. With nearly a million
uninsured Floridians ineligible for
insurance through the marketplace,
we must demand that Governor
Scott and the Florida legislature
enact Medicaid expansion. With
Medicare continuing to pay the
highest prices in the world for
prescription drugs, we must grant
Medicare the power to negotiate
better deals for seniors. And with a
rapidly aging population, we must
do more to prepare for the challenges
posed by chronic diseases, such as
diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
We will need to fine-tune this
law as it is implemented – and pass
new ones when necessary. Please
feel free to reach out to me at any
time with suggestions on how we
can move our America’s health care
system forward.
It is an honor to serve you in
Congress.

Paulette Burdick

Vice Mayor, Palm Beach County
Commissioner, District 2
It’s June and
time to prepare
for
Florida’s
hu r r ic a ne
season.
The
Palm
Beach
County Division
of
Emergency
Paulette Burdick
Management
encourages
all residents to “Know Your
Zone”. Knowing your storm surge
evacuation area, flood zone, nearest
shelter location, grocery and building
supply stores with emergency
generators, and gas stations with
transfer switches to emergency power
is an important step to ensuring that
you and your family are prepared.
Know where the evacuation
shelters are in your area, including
those that accept pets.
Palm
Beach County has established a
Special Needs Program to provide
for citizens with certain medical
problems during a major emergency.
The Special Needs Shelter is a facility
with physicians and nurses on staff.
It has auxiliary electrical power, is
wind resistant and not flood-prone.
Do you have flood insurance?
Most homeowners and commercial
property insurance policies do not
cover flood damage. Flooding is the
#1 natural disaster in the United
States. It has caused nearly $24
billion in U.S. flood losses in the last
10 years. There is a 26% chance of
experiencing a flood during the life
of a 30-year mortgage in a high risk
area, more than twice as likely as
experiencing a fire.
If a hurricane is expected, make
sure to put important papers in
a waterproof container:
wills,

insurance
papers,
financial
documents,
passports,
social
security cards, family records, bank
account and credit account numbers,
an inventory of valuable household
goods and out of state contact
information in case of an emergency..
You may need to survive on your
own after an emergency event has
taken place. This means having
important supplies on hand in
sufficient quantity for each member
of your family to last from three to
five days. On hand have: one gallon of
water per person per day for five days,
easily edible and non-perishable food
items, prescription medications, first
aid supplies, cleaning supplies, paper
goods, batteries, radio, lanterns and
perhaps a cooler filled with ice to
keep perishable food longer. Also in
anticipation of a power outage, fill
your car with gas and have extra cash
available.
If
you
need
additional
information, you can call Palm Beach
County Emergency Management at
561-712-6400 with any questions
you may have. Other phone numbers
of importance are:
Insurance
Complaints (800-227-8676), FEMA
(800-621-3362), Animal Care &
Control (561-233-1200), Shelter/
American Red Cross (561-833-7711),
Price Gouging (866-966-7226) and
Contractor Licensing (850-4871395).
Visit the County web site at www.
pbcgov.com and click on Hurricane
Preparedness, where you will find
the Palm Beach County Hurricane
Survival Guide.
Please call me at 561-355-2202
for anything you may need, or if you
just want to be well informed about
important issues or events. You can
also email me at [email protected].

Sharon Bock

Clerk & Comptroller,
Palm Beach County
Track
Palm
Beach
County
Spending
Latest
edition
of Checks &
Balances
now
available online.
Part
of
my
job as Palm
Sharon Bock
Beach County
Comptroller is to inform you on
how your tax dollars are managed
and spent. That’s why I’m proud to
announce that the latest edition of
Checks & Balances: Your Guide to
County Finances is now available
online.
Checks & Balances, also known as
a Popular Annual Financial Report
(PAFR), is an easy-to-read, userfriendly guide that shows how tax
money is spent and gives insight to

the county’s fiscal health.
Among the findings in this year’s
Checks & Balances report:
•
Property tax revenue – the
County’s main source of income
– increased slightly, for the first
time since Fiscal Year 2010. The
County’s property tax revenue
was $828 million in FY 2013,
compared with $824 million in
FY 2012.
• The cost of running Palm Beach
County government and services
increased for the first time in
three years. County expenditures
increased by approximately
$24.7 million, or 1.5 percent, in
FY 2013.
•
There were more signs of
an economic turnaround in
Palm Beach County in FY
2013, such as a 19 percent
increase in residential building
permits issued, an 18 percent
increase in mortgages and
deeds recorded, and a 6 percent
increase in collection of Tourist
Development Taxes, also known
as bed taxes.
The Fiscal Year 2013 version
of Checks & Balances is based
on the Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report (CAFR), also
produced each year by the Clerk &
Comptroller’s office. Both financial
reports are available online at
w w w. my p a l m b e a c h c l e r k . c o m /
countyfinances.
Checks & Balances has won
numerous awards, including top
honors from the Government
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Worldwide” by the League of
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If you would like print copies
of Checks & Balances for your
community group or association,
or would like me or a member of
the Clerk & Comptroller’s office to
speak to your group about county
finances, please call 561-355-2468.

Mark Pafford

State Representative
Over the past
year, I have
been
honored
to serve as your
voice in the
U.S. House of
Representatives.
A l t h o u g h
Mark Pafford
Congress
has
suffered from
gridlock and dysfunction during
this period, my number one
job has always been to serve my
Continued on next page

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P O L I T I C A L
constituents on the Treasure Coast Delray Beach in search of assistance,
as the office in West Palm Beach
and Palm Beaches.
In order to best serve you, there was temporarily closed at the time.
are a number of ways in which However, by the time he arrived, the
my staff and I can assist you. For Delray office was closed for the day.
example, one of the most important Mark was very concerned at this
things I do as a U.S. Representative point, and he reached out to our
is assist constituents with federal office — even though he was unsure
problems. Although I cannot if our office would be able to help
override the decisions made by a with his and Felicia’s predicament.
federal agency, we can make sure Within just a matter of days of
that your case gets the attention and Mark contacting us, Felicia’s Part
care that you deserve. Additionally, B was reinstated. Her surgery went
we can help you with Social Security on as scheduled, and she has had no
and Medicare issues, including problems with her Medicare since.
Felicia and Mark’s story
problems receiving your benefits.
When Felicia received the bill illustrates that if you are having a
for her Medicare Part B premium problem with a federal agency, my
last summer, she and her husband, office is here to help. Even if you
Mark, of Jupiter made sure to are not sure if we can assist you,
promptly pay. Somehow, however, like Mark was at first, please do not
the payment was not received on hesitate to contact us. We will do
time, and Felicia and Mark received our best to answer any questions
a letter informing them that Felicia’s you may have and try to help get
Part B was terminated and that your issue resolved. In this case,
should would not be able to enroll because of quick action and Mark’s
again until the following January, attention to the issue, we were able
months later. To make matters to make sure that Felicia received
worse, Felicia was scheduled for her Medicare and the surgery she
knee surgery the following week. needed.
If you have any questions or need
Without Medicare, Felicia and
Mark found themselves facing a assistance, please do not hesitate to
contact me or my staff at any of my
significant cost for the surgery.
Mark traveled to the Social offices.
Security -Administration's office in
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CLASSIFIED

“Bah…Humbug!”

Dover B — 1 Bedroom, 1.5
Bath, Waterfront, High security, Penthouse, Hugh Porch
21 ft., Custom cabinets,
Bus stop, Walk - clubhouse,
Beautiful Sunsets, Sailboats.
$59,000. Rosemary @ 561633-2150.
Greenbrier B — Exclusive
area 2 Bedroom, 2 full Bath,
Glass Enclosed Terrace, Italian Tiles all over. Euro furniture. Apartment perfect
condition,Hurricane Shutters, laundry. Storage, Elevator. $68,500. Clara @ 561683-5373.

Oxford 500 — 2 Bedroom, 2
Bath. 2nd floor corner, Central A/C, heat. Glass enclosed
porch with storage. 7 closets.
Italian Tile throughout. Extra large rooms. Asking price
$52,500.00. Call 561-6836392 or 567-707-2832.

The Super Bowl — Observations of a
Devoted Football Fan (Part III)

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FOR SALE
Berkshire E — 1 Bedroom, 1
Bath, 2nd floor, Furnished,
immaculate, mint condition,
Check it out. For sale by owner. $14,950.00. Call 561-5968730
Chatham M — Gnd Fl. Lk.
View - 2 - 1.5 Bath, fully tiled New A/C, Dishwasher/Hurricane Shutters.Call Adrienne
Bartell @ 203-952-5262.

Coventry G — 2 Bedroom,
1.5 Bath, 1st Floor, Totally remodeled. 1st floor, Rentable,
Gorgeous. $45.800. 00. Call
561-681-1603.



FOR RENT

Camden M — 1 Bedroom,
1 Bath. Yearly Rental - 1st.
floor, Steps to pool - Completely furnished, Wood
floors, Updated.
$695.00
monthly. Call 516-797-0137
or 516-384-2869.

Kent — Long term tenant
wanted for beautiful lower
2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom
inside unit. Central AC unit
and other recent upgrades.
Unit is located in Kent on
the lake and is a short walk
from the Kent pool. Gorgeous water views from both
bedrooms. Neighbors are
awesome, great owner. UCO
investigation and Condo approval required.
$800.00
monthly. Won’t last long!
Call 561-358-3951.


Windsor R — 1 Bedroom,
1Bath. Elegant Apt. Porcelain throughout. Must see
to appreciate. $22,000.00.
Availability Negotiable. Call
Richard 301-526-9687.

FOR SALE OR
RENTAL

BY STEW RICHLAND

(Continued from May issue.)
Shortly
after
this
disappointment, Phyllis and
Berkshire E — 1 Bedroom, 1 I moved to California. I was
Bath - Upper $595.00 month- still officially on record as a
ly or rent to own. $2,000.00 season ticket holder and so I
down. Call 561-596-8730.
paid for the tickets and sent

them to my buddy Leo and
Northampton I — 2 Bed- my brother-in-law Steve who
room, 1.5 Bath. - End Unit,
was also an avid Giant fan.
Newly renovated,
Non
Smoker - Turnkey...Pictures Eventually I relinquished
my tickets and watched the
Available..Call 687-3886
games on satellite.

When Phyllis and I
2015 Season Rental Wanted
Somerset I — Responsible moved to Florida, I put in
tenant seeking furnished 2 a satellite dish with the
Bedroom, 2 Bath. Call Pat football ticket included. I
561-689-3176.
PAID FOR still could watch the Giants
3 MONTHS JUNE - JULY - every Sunday. Since 9/11 the
AUG. $30.00
Giant management made
some drastic changes. All
packages must be inspected.
All carry in items must be in a
clear plastic bag. Sandwiches
White Tile Top Table with could be confiscated. No
neutral wood,with 4 chairs
longer can you bring hot
75.00 or best offer. Roseann
DiZinno at 14 Dorchester A. drinks in a thermos . You are
forced to purchase all your
Call 561-779-9775.
food supplies in the stadium
1984 Caddy Eldo. Convert- at inflated prices. In fact, New
ible — Runs. Looks great. York Giant seat cushions
White car. Red Leather Inte- were being sold for quite
rior. Asking $9,000.00. Call some time. When they were
Anthony 561-254-4484.
all sold out, they were put on
the ban list. Wow! The fan is
Belkin Battery Backup Unit
now subjected to incessant
- REVB. To keep medical
advertisements. Buy this!
equipment running during
a power failure. $35.00. Call Buy that. Announcement
after
announcement
Greg 561-312-4770.
shatters your concentration.
Everything is designed to
make money. Ugly, Ugly,
discouraging. Then the final
straw. All ticket holders were

MISC.

offered the opportunity to
purchase their seat. Just like
you were buying a house.
The seat prices ranged
from $15,000 to as much
as $40,000 depending on
location. If you did not buy
your mortgage you lost your
seat. In addition, you still
had to purchase your season
ticket. My buddy Leo had
to give his seat up. He was
retired and could not afford
to purchase his seat. What
a way to treat loyal fans.
Money talks and fan loyalty
walks!
Well, getting back to
the Super Bowl. With all
this negative sentiment,
Phyllis and I still have our
traditional Super Bowl party.
Nothing changed until this
last game. We sat there
with great anticipation. To
see the greatest quaterback
play is great. And then it
happened. First play, the
center snapped the ball over
the quarterback’s head. It
went downhill from there I
shouted “Bah…Humbug!”
turned off the TV, took my
sandwich out to the porch,
had a cold beer and watched
the birds play. I sat there with
a smile on my face. This was
so much better than what I
turned off.
You may ask, am I finished
with the Super Bowl after
all this. I can only say that
tradition is a hard thing to
break.

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ago--you would be
surprised how it all comes
back once you get back
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Call SAL at (561) 255-7687
or PETER at (561) 351-5003

We Guarantee

We are the only company that guarantees
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The cause of the water damage, i.e.: broken water heater,
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that’s the only money you are obligated to pay.

Call SAL at
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(561) 255-7687
(561) 351-5003

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• Window Screens
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• Hurricane Shutters
• Accordion Shutters
• Kitchen and Bath Countertops
• Sliding Glass Door Repair & Wheels

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Around Century Village

Our Clubhouse

Remote Control Boats

Act 2 Community Theater Cast

Photo by Ken Graff

Photo by Ken Graff

Photo by John Gragg

Photo by Ken Graff

Morning Haze

Photo by Ken Graff

Dusk

Photo by Rosemarie Fuentes

Orchid

Photo by Ken Graff

Taste and See Bible Study Group attend the Passover Seder of the Baby Boomers Club