Pool Lift? - SLCCV · Gallagher 772-464-4631, Ann Sephton 772-468-1827 Arboles, Villa del Norte, Lagos 36-60 Area 3 - Beth Reeder - 570-594-3886 ... Las Casitas, Bolero, Jose Martin

October, 2017

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Pool Lift?

The HOA has received suggestions to install pool lifts for our pools. Lifts are used by residents with disabilities that exclude them from entry and exit of the pools. Thus, this brings up the subject of ADA. What is the Americans With Disa-bilities Act (ADA)?

The ADA became law in 1998. It is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private plac-es that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is the make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. The ADA gives civil rights protections to indi-viduals with disabilities similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age and religion. It guarantees equal oppor-tunity to individuals with disabilities in public accom-modation, employment, transportation, state and local government services and telecommunications. The ADA is divided into five titles (or sections) that relate to different areas of public life. In 2008 The Americans with Disabilities Act Amend-ments Act (ADAAA) was signed into law and became effective on January 1, 2009. The ADAAA made a number of significant changes to the definition of ‘disability.’ The changes in the definition of disability in the ADAAA apply to all titles of the ADA, includ-ing Title 1 (employment practices of private employ-ers with 15 or more employees, state and local govern-ments, employment agencies, labor union, agents of state and local government entities and Title III (private entities that are considered places of public accommodation). Title III (Public Accommodation) Nondiscrimination on the Basis of a Disability by Pub-lic Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities.

This title prohibits private places of public accom-modations from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. Examples of public accommoda-tion include privately-owned, leased or operated facilities like hotels, restaurants, retail merchants, doctors’ offices, golf courses, private schools, day care centers, health clubs, sports stadiums, movie theatres, and so on. This title sets the minimum standards for accessibility for alterations and new construction of facilities. It also requires public ac-commodations to remove barriers in existing build-ings where it is easy to do so without difficulty or expense. This title directs businesses to make “reasonable modifications” to their usual ways of doing things when serving people with disabilities. It also requires that they take steps necessary to communicate effectively with customers with vi-sion, hearing, and speech disabilities. This title is regulated and enforced by the U.S. Department of Justice. Questions? Want to help? Call Bill Ringwall (519-9067)

A few days ago someone took the Scotch tape dispenser, two pens and a large plastic box from the library. These are used by our volunteers to label, sort and shelve the donated books, and keep the library attractive. This was a thought-less act—please return the items. Thank you.

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From the Office of Congressman Brian Mast, District 18, newsletter, Monday, 9/11/17: As I visited hurricane shelters and emergency man-agement headquarters over the weekend, I was struck by the resilience and kindness of neighbors helping friends and complete strangers. I want to offer my sincere thanks to everyone who came together to help get our community through this storm, including our great law enforcement officers and emergency management per-sonnel. While the full extent of the damage is still be-ing assessed, I want to provide you with resources that may be helpful as our community begins recovery ef-forts: Information Hotlines • Florida Emergency Management Hotline: 1-800-342-3557 • Text Alerts: Text FLPREPARES to 888777 to receive text alerts from the Florida Department of Emergency Management. • Online Information: Visit FloridaDisaster.org for more information on recovery efforts. • Martin County: A 24/7 information line is available at 772-287-1652. You can also visit the Martin County website for more information. • Palm Beach County: Residents can visit the Palm Beach County website for the latest information on power restoration, school closings and more. • St. Lucie County: Call 772-460-4357 or visit the St. Lucie County website for the latest information. Resi-dents are urged to call the help line to report flooding and road closures, ratherthan 9-1-1, unless you are in immediate danger. Disaster Assistance Last Friday, Congress approved $15.25 billion in emergency funding to address those impacted by hurri-canes. The bill includes $7.4 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Fund, $7.4 billion for Community Development Block grants to be used in the wake of hurricanes and $450 million for the Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Program. I am urging House leadership to take up an-other FEMA bill to ensure that our community has the resources we need to address this devastating storm. Governor Rick Scott has requested, and President Don-ald Trump has approved, a major disaster declaration for Florida, triggering the immediate release of re-sources to help communities recover from Irma. All

Florida counties were included in the declaration for public assistance, but only residents in Char-lotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Mi-ami-Dade, Monroe, Pinellas, and Sarasota coun-ties are currently eligible for individual disaster assistance. I am doing all I can to secure individ-ual assistance for our communities as well and will provide further updates as progress is made.

Kathleen O’Brien

Hurricane Irma Assistance

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

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There will be a Neighbors Helping Neighbors) Meeting on Wednesday, Oc-tober 25, 2017 at 1:00 pm in the Pow-Wow Room for ALL captains and helpers working on the Emergency Information Forms. Please mark your calendars and

we are hoping you can all attend. If not, please con-tact us : Gerrie 461-4810 or Ja 616-615-1055. We can always use more help with the Emergency Information Forms Update Program and if anyone would like to help, PLEASE JUST COME THAT DAY. You will be welcomed.

Ever wonder what area you live in and who is your area captain?? Here’s the list: Area 1 - Jan Beatty - c. 315-338-3163 & Arlene Waggett 772-466-5498

La Puerte, Sierra del Norte, Lagos 26-37 Area 2 - Lynn Grantham - 315-652-3000, Ellin Gallagher 772-464-4631, Ann Sephton 772-468-1827 Arboles, Villa del Norte, Lagos 36-60 Area 3 - Beth Reeder - 570-594-3886 Flores, Lagos 62-77 Area 4 - Joan Aldridge - 860-682-3009, Dacia Stoll 772-465-3014 Joya, Julia, Ipanema, Lagos 1-29 Area 5A - Mary Madden - 772-461-0462 Grand Camino Court and Grand Camino Place Area 5B Jo McPherson – 772-489-3135

70-91 Lagos del Norte Area 5C Currently Vacant:

68-97 Calle de Lagos Area 5D Currently vacant Grand Camino Way Area 6A - Rose Maginn - 772-595-5554, Ecuador Court Area 6B – Anita Weiss -c. 772-480-0291 Ecuador Way

Area 6C -Pat Daniell, c. 919-219-9886, Priscilla McNees 772-464-6611

24-67 Calle de Lagos, Felicidad Area 7 - Mary Madden - 772-461-0462, Anne Cardone 631-830-7275 Azul, Buenos Aires, Cordillera, Danzar, Calle 188-192 Area 8 - Martha Dewey - 772-429-1872, Arlene Wag-gett 772-466-5498 San Luis Obispo, Calle 188-192 Area 9 –Betsy Wyant -315-730-0967 & Judi Larkin – 954-263-3487 San Roberto, Vera Cruz, Villa Blanca Area 10 - Pat Hiltzer - 772-465-9804 Verde Vista, Villa aria, Vista de Laguna Area 11 - Carol Fensterer - 772-595-1457, Claire Cartier 860-335-1952 Peru, Peurto Sol, Quito, Rio de Palmas, Calle 181- 187 Area 12 - Mary Ann Secreto - 845-332-9254, Patricia Venable 410-790-0716, Ed Broomfield 772-595-1752

Montoya, Nuestra, Octavia, Calle 150-180 Area 13 - Linda Minde - 772-464-9984 Las Casitas Las Casitas, Bolero, Jose Martin Area 14 - Naomi Cottrell - 772-236-8090 Calle de Lagos 98-149 Area 15 - Carol Kelly - 772-467-2402, BettyAnn Con-dello 215-520-5524

La Villa Court, La Villa Way NHN FORM COORDINATORS: Ja Floyd c.616-635-1055 and Gerrie Purcell – (h) 772-461-4810 (c)508-454-9596 RAMPS: Charlie Mongrain 540-809-8740 VIALS OF LIFE: Bob Mullens 772-595 0903

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Village Entrance Flagpole

Although the Flagpole at the entrance of the Vil-lage was erected and maintained by The Late Jim Purcell Fund as a Tribute to our wonderful Village, there were several requests from Villagers asking if they could buy future Flags to honor their deceased loved ones. In keeping with our spirit, this seemed like a good idea. A new Flag raised was raised on August 17, 2017 in memory of Alton Kenneth Jensen. The Flag is donated by his loving wife, Florence Jensen. Thank you to Charlie Mongrain for helping me maintain the Flag. I appreciate it. And heartfelt Thanks to Tom Schneider for all the years he has devoted to it’s maintenance, including the holidays. THANKS, TOM!! This will be the 23rd Flag to be raised for loved ones since 2005. The Original Flag was raised in 2003, in memory of Jim Purcell and dedicated to our Village. If you would like to reserve a Flag in memory of a loved one, please contact me.

Gerrie Purcell, 461-4810.

1) https://slvvc.nextdoor.com: This is a Facebook type page entitled SLVVC. I don't know who made the ty-po, but it really covers all of Lakewood Park and the Highlands in Vero Beach just over the county line. You may have received an invitation by postal mail.

2) St. Lucie County offers free public transportation pilot program – http://slcride.org. Check map and schedule. It doesn't appear that it will be of much help to SLCCV residents. When the bus routes were ex-panded a year or two ago, the closest stop was at the entrance to Portofino Shores.

3) Chubbies has opened a second restaurant in the pla-za behind the St. Lucie Draft House at Kitterman Road and U.S. 1. If you're traveling in that direction some-time, check it out! 4) Norris on US1 at Kitterman is closed. Word has it it will be a Burger King.

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An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car. He says, "Sir, have you been drinking?’ "Just water," says the priest. The trooper says, "Then why do I smell wine?" The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Good Lord! He's done it again!" Gallagher opened the morning newspaper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died. He quickly phoned his best friend Finney. "Did you see the paper?" asked Gallagher. "They say I died!!" "Yes, I saw it!" replied Finney. "Where are ye callin' from?"

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My son, Eddie, passed away on June 9th after being in a coma for 2 weeks. No parent should survive their child - but it happens. All the prayers, cards and calls from our "village family" were very much appreciated. It helps heal a hurting heart.

Bill and Irene Kanzler

If you have any of these items in the fridge, you need to take them out right now! Do you ever feel like your fridge seems to be getting smaller and smaller? Well, it’s probably because you’re putting things in you shouldn’t have to be putting. Many Americans make the mistake of putting everything they get from the grocery into the fridge, not knowing that it will actually kill the flavor of many foods. Baked Goods: Storing baked goods will actually cause them to go stale. Keep food like bread and cookies outside to maintain the freshness. Potatoes: Potatoes don’t like being cold. It turns the starches into sugar, which will ruin their flavor. Tomatoes: Refrigerating tomatoes will actually turn them mushy and ruin their natural flavor. Onions: Onions will lose all their flavor when refrig-erated. Keep these guys out of the fridge for the best taste. Fruits with hard seeds: (Peaches, Plums, etc.) Fruits need air and sunshine just as much as plants do! Give them some natural light to ripen so they can be as sweet and juicy as possible. Whole Melons: Take note this is for whole melons, i.e. before you start cutting them. Refrigerating whole melons will cause them to lose their antioxi-dants, which are one of the biggest health benefits. Keep these outside the fridge for healthy melons. Apples: Keep apples on your countertop instead of in the fridge to keep them crisp and flavorful. Garlic Why? The refrigerator cold will make garlic lose its flavor. Not to mention, your entire fridge will smell like garlic. Ground Coffee: While you should keep coffee beans cool, don’t keep them in the fridge! It will create moisture, which will turn your beans bad and cause them, to lose their taste. And the last thing you need to start your day is bland coffee! Store in a tightly-sealed container to retain flavor. Hot Sauce: You know that shelf where you store all your hot sauces? You shouldn’t be doing that. The cold weakens the flavor of hot sauce, which is the whole point of them. It also changes the viscosity, which makes them more difficult to pour.

What’s in Your Fridge?

I want to let everyone know about an event that took place at the pool on Friday, July 28th around 12 noon. One of our more senior female residents was trying to enter the pool without assistance. It was obvious that she needed help but before anyone could get to her she took a fall and ended up cutting her leg. Many resi-dents assisted her, got her seated on my husband’s walker and rolled her to a chair under an umbrella. Debbie Wilson was in the kitchen and saw the inci-dent. She ran in and got the First Aid kit from the of-fice and Maryanne from the office had the woman’s daughter fill out the accident report. If we had the Pool Lift in place this accident would not have occurred. Luckily the woman hit her leg. If it had been her head it would have been another story. With out aging population, I am sure incidents such as this will be taking place more often unless a work-ing pool lift is installed.

A concerned resident.

Many homes in SLCCV have these units installed in an outer wall. We have had people tell us this is a heater. Oth-ers have said it is a dehumidifier. In reality, it is an “Air-to-Air Heat Ex-changer.” Typically, it is a Model 570 Wall unit, designed and sold by a compa-ny called AirXChange, Inc

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Do You Know What This is?

In theory the unit is supposed to save some heat or cold from air as it is brought into the home and ex-pelled out of the home after momentarily absorbing the temperature by a “patented wheel.”It has a small fan with only an approximate 50-Watt motor and two filters. In practice, some thirty years later, most folks no longer use these contraptions. We have turned some on and all you hear is a hum, meaning it's likely the motor is bound up from contamination or corro-sion. Others, you can hear the motor and fan rotate. We suppose most of our homes leak enough air so we get an exchange of fresh air without using the mechan-ical air exchange units. If anyone would like a copy of the two-page specifi-cation sheet for this unit, please email me at roland693@ hotmail.com and I will email you a copy.

Roland O'Brien

Honey: Storing honey in the refrigerator will make it crystallize and harden. Don’t ruin your honey by leaving it in the fridge, and instead, keep in outside. It has a longer shelf life that you think. Spices: Chill kills. Keeping spices in the fridge will kill their flavor, which is kinda the whole point of spices. Oils: Storing oils in the fridge will cause them to harden and lose their smoothness. Note: Nut oils should be refrigerated. Basil: Many people store their basil in the fridge believing that it will help preserve the flavor. In re-ality, it is the exact opposite. The cold actually kills the flavor. For maximum freshness, keep your basil in water and change the water every three days. Avocados: If you bought them hard, leave on the counter until they start to soften in a couple of days, then refrigerate.

Let’s first start by briefly explaining the set-up of your Board. Each year the members of the HOA (must be owners of title in SLVCC and paid up members) vote to elect the Directors to the Board of Directors. They are elected for two-year terms, three directors one year and four directors the following year. HOA members do not specif-ically vote for the Officers such as the President, the Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. This is decided after the Board is installed. Once the Board of Directors is elected, the Board members themselves vote to decide who the Officers will be. Typically, an item is placed on the Board Agenda at the first public meeting declaring the “Election of Board Officers;” It is the Board members who are voting to elect offic-ers and not the membership. So let’s say your Board votes you in as the new President of the association. Do you have any greater powers than any other Board member? Need you consult with the other members of the Board before com-mitting the association to contracts or actions? The simple answer is you’re really just one of seven votes of the Board of Directors. You have no more power than any other member of the Board except you get to chair the meetings and are typically the person who signs contracts and organizes the agenda for the Board, but only after the Board gave you permission to do so. Over the years, in the absence of knowledge, people have ascribed more or less power to the position of President of the HOA. Some believing that the President can take independent actions or deci-sions. On the other hand, there is a misguided be-lief that the President should never vote on an as-sociation matter unless there is a tie. The Presi-dent always gets to vote on issues just like every other member of the Board.” Sure, the President is often the face or voice of the Board outside the presence of a Board meeting. However, once that meeting starts, the President is simply another voice and another face on the dais.

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The weather is still warm and the pool is inviting So instead of fighting the heat, embrace it, and join the growing number of baby-boomers who have already learned that the water provides one of the best full-body, muscle-toning work-outs around. Water exercise—also known as water aerobics, water walking and water jogging—has really blossomed in the past decade. Once thought of as an activity only for sen-iors, water exercise is gaining popularity, with exercisers of all ages and genders. It rivals resistance training because water resists motion in all direction, up to 12 times that of similar land-based programs, and provides the same heart-pumping cardio-vascular workout running does, but without the impact. Depending on the depth, water will displace your weight 70-90 percent. Therefore, men and women, young and old, are learning that the pool is a gym where strength training works better, calorie burning is higher and it is practically impossible to hurt yourself. A person weighting 100 pounds only weighs between 10-30 pounds in the water. This weight displacement has always appealed to patients with disabilities such as arthritis and fibromyalgia. Athletes are finding these wa-ter workouts to be a great way to supplement their train-ing while decreasing the impact and jarring on their knees, backs and joints. Every time you bend your arm or lift your leg in the water, you are working against a resisting force 12 times greater than if you performed the same movement out of the water. Also, when you return your arms and legs to their starting positions the water again provides re-sistance but this time to the opposing muscle groups and inherently promotes muscular balance. Water also provides a very stable, supportive and for-giving environment. This can be very attractive for those who battle with balance, stability or any motor-skill defi-cit. Water exercises also promote free range of move-ment throughout all the body’s joints and helps increase overall flexibility, something we can all can benefit from. But perhaps the most appealing quality of water exer-cise is the cooling effect it has on the body. Not only are you not covered with sweat, but this cooling process has a very positive effect on training zones as well. If your body can stay cool and within its training zone you have a greater likelihood of burning fat more effectively in each working This is all adding to a very good case for installing pool lifts in our pools, so that all our residents can benefit from these exercises.

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A lady goes to the bar on a cruise ship and orders a Scotch with two drops of water. As the bartender gives her the drink she says, 'I'm on this cruise to celebrate my 80th birthday and it's today...' The bartender says, 'Well, since it's your birthday, I'll buy you a drink. In fact, this one is on me.' As the woman finishes her drink, the woman to her right says, 'I would like to buy you a drink, too.' The old woman says, 'Thank you. Bartender, I want a Scotch with two drops of water.' 'Coming up,' says the bartender As she finishes that drink, the man to her left says, 'I would like to buy you one, too.' The old woman says, 'Thank you. Bartender, I want another Scotch with two drops of water,’ 'Coming right up,' the bartender says. As he gives her the drink, he says, 'Ma'am, I'm dying of curiosity. Why the Scotch with only two drops of wa-ter?' The old woman replies, 'Sonny, when you're my age, you've learned how to hold your liquor. Holding your water, however, is a whole other issue.'

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Outside England’s Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant..... The fees for cars ($1.40), for buses (about $7). Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the zoo manage-ment called the city council and asked it to send them another parking agent. The council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the zoo's own responsibility. The zoo advised the council that the attendant was a city em-ployee. The city council responded that the lot at-tendant had never been on the city payroll. Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain, or France, or Italy, is a man who'd apparently had a ticket booth installed completely on his own and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about $560 per day -- for 25 years. Assuming seven days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars..... and no one even knows his name.

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Some time ago I was given a boxful of all the back issues of every village publication since its incep-tion—starting with a mimeograph sheet in January 1984, when it was known as Country Club Chatter. It’s fascinating to look back at what was going on, and what were the concerns at the time. For instance, from April 1985: “Peter Forbes, our Park Manager, has promised to talk to all of his contractors, about speeding here in the village. But by far the greatest offenders are the residents. It’s gotten so bad one lady sometimes sits by the side of the road, holding up a big sign that says ‘15 mph.’ We suggest that when a speeding car ap-proaches you hold your palm facing the oncoming car, and in a back and forth manner, remind the driver to slow down. Unless we all slow down, it is only a question of time before someone is maimed or killed. When you speed you are saying to your fellow resi-dents that saving 10 or 15 seconds is more important than your neighbor’s life or limbs. We know you don’t really feel that way—so why act that way? Please slow down..” So things haven’t changed; though I don’t think there were any fatalities in the park! I also found an issue following the hurricanes of 2004, when Terry Phinney left the park and Dot Da-vis asked me to take over the editorship. December of 2004—that’s a long time! If there is anyone among the new residents, (who are younger all the time)—who would like to take over, I would be glad to talk to you. Thank you.

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DEPARTED FRIENDS

THE TINY CABIN

We shall miss the following departed friends. These are the deaths known to the front desk from June 1, 2017 to October 31, 2017. Ruth Jankowski Patricia Brooks Tom Pitera Christopher Schaming James Vost Janice Leone Nan McCurdy Carol Kosnick Mamie Louise Brandt George Harris

A social worker from a big city in Massachusetts was transferred to the mountains of West Virginia. On the first tour of her new territory she came upon the tiniest cabin she had ever seen in her life. Intrigued, she went up and knocked on the door. "Anybody home?" she asked. "Yep," came a kid's voice through the door. "Is your father there?" asked the social worker. "Pa? Nope, he left afore Ma came in," said the kid. "Well, is your mother there?" persisted the social work-er. "Ma? Nope, she left just afore I got here," said the kid. "But," protested the social worker, (thinking that surely she would need to intervene in this situation) "are you never together as a family?" "Sure, but not here," said the kid through the door. "This is the outhouse!"

VILLAGE VOICE Newsletter of Spanish Lakes Country Club Village Home Owners Association

Editors: Carol Fensterer and Kathleen O’Brien Assistant: Gerrie Purcell

Setup and Computer: Carol Fensterer