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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGFEBRUARY 9, 2018 Submitted by Claire Deveney(Editor’s note: This is an unofficial summary of the BOD meeting of Feb. 9.)All members of the board were present, with Jay Peskoff and Priscilla Nieves representing management.Three bids for a general contractor for the renovation of the clubhouse were opened and reviewed. DBK was the lowest bidder and was tentatively selected, based on a thorough vetting. A motion to have DBK vetted was passed unanimously.Bob Edinger appointed Joel Rosenthal and Al Spampinato to check on licensing, insurance, references, learn how they worked with the designer, to verify DBK’s work with the project’s architect and check on previous work. Also, Bob stated that he would meet with Susan Wells, and based on her company’s estimates for general contractors dated February 20, 2017, discuss the discrepancy in bid prices received for this work.Bob Edinger stated that M&K landscaping company has agreed to get its own port-a-potty and have it installed on site. The two port-a-potties near the trailer (for residents’ use) will be cleaned three times daily by Fatima of Castle Management housekeeping.Bob stated that the mold inspection had been completed, and that an as-bestos inspection would occur soon. He said they are trying to do the ren-ovation without change orders.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGFEBRUARY 15, 2018 Submitted by Claire Deveney(Editor’s note: This is an unofficial summary of the BOD meeting of Feb. 15.)All members of the board were present, with Jay Peskoff and Priscilla Nieves representing management.President’s Report, Bob Edinger• The board has tentatively approved the general contractor DBK, subject to the complete results of vetting.• As part of that process, Bob said he plans to talk to the designer regarding the discrepancy between the general contractor bid amount she submitted Feb. 20, 2017 and the bid price we received, which was more thandouble her estimate.• He said the only parts of the renovation with open matters are thefront door opening system and the sound system in the ballroom.

Due to technical problems with the transition to the trailer, Jay’s column will not appear this month.

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Treasurer’s Report, Joel Rosenthal• Joel said that there is a $450 monthly charge to discuss with Castle Management at a forthcoming meeting. (The contract with Castle Management is up for renewal at the end of February.)• ADT home security systems has announced new features of its system in a letter to residents.• Joel sent back the contract re photo beam lights to Bob Rosenhouch.• He recited financials on income, expenses and re-serves. He said that fees collected year to date from home sales is $9,063.• In January, $1,000 was charged to residents for late fees for HOA bills. This matter will also be discussed with Castle and the Popular Bank.• The amount paid to date for the renovation is $336,088.91.• The Finance Committee chaired by Ken Keller met on Feb. 14.• Two foreclosures are in process and a bank sale on one is scheduled for March 13.

Management Report, Jay Peskoff• Jay encouraged residents to look at Channel 63 for information.• Painting begins Feb. 12, power washing of side-walks is now in progress and mulch will be spread in March.

Security, Steve Bayer and Joel Cohen• One of the entrance guards has been reassigned to another property.• The shredding event will be held March 7 from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. The charge is $2 a box.• Steve and Mark Jaffie attended a recent COBWRA meeting on sober homes, and the next Safety and Se-curity meeting on March 13 will have a discussion of sober homes.• Joel Cohen asked residents not to allow cars to tail-gate at the side entrance; to avoid this problem, wait and stop at the respective signs.

Grounds, Stan Davidson• Stan did a site inspection with M&P Landscaping on Tuesday, Feb. 6 and reviewed damaged grass and designated sod replacement and patches at 50 homes. He said lack of gutters contributes to this problem and gutters should be inspected regularly.• He recommended that, in future, residents install

edging around their planting beds so that mulch will be contained within the planting bed.• We are monitoring for surf mosaic virus and we don’t have it.• The annual white fly treatment has been changed from semi-annual to annual.

Clubhouse and Recreation, Jerry Ehrlich• Jerry reported that there was a major leak in the pool. Mako came and fixed the leak, and also checked the hot water reading, which is 84 to 86 degrees Fahren-heit; that is the recommended temperature. He said he plans to place a thermometer in the pool so resi-dents may check the water temperature themselves.• Mako had been checking the ph. level in the pool three times a week. However, Jerry said that Palm Beach County Health Department’s latest ruling re-quires that the levels be checked seven times a week. The increased cost to M.I. would be $286 a month.• A motion to pay Mako Pools an additional $286 a month for ph. level inspections seven days a week was passed unanimously.

New Neighbors, Barbara van AsseltBarbara is recovering from the flu and submitted this report. Since January 2nd, there are four new owners and she has visited three of them. One new owner hasn’t been contacted yet due to inaccurate informa-tion.

New Business, Bob Edinger• Based on Bob Rosenhouch’s report that the sen-sor wires underground are frayed and wearing out at the exit lanes at Woolbright, he proposes using photo beams to open and close the gates.• A motion to approve up to $1,477.78 to install pho-to beam equipment at the exits at Woolbright Road passed unanimously.• Jay discussed the matter of landscape issues at lot 261. A letter had been sent to owner, with no results, and the board voted unanimously to recommend the homeowner be fined $50 a day; the matter will now be referred to the compliance committee for investi-gation and a final decision.• The board voted to ratify $6,660 be spent for sod as the matter had been approved previously.• A motion to replace plantings near the tennis courts that were destroyed by the hurricane in September

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for $2,100 was passed unanimously. The funds will come out of the reserve.• An issue was raised regarding the Castle web ser-vices no one uses or knows about that we are current-ly paying for. The matter was tabled, pending discus-sions with Castle at a forthcoming meeting, and Bob will seek to obtain a refund if possible for lack of use.

Good and Welfare, discussion• A good and welfare committee was discussed. Bob said that a committee would be formed as soon as a resident volunteers to chair it.• Bob stated that he believes the renovation project will start at the end of March or early April. The de-signer will do the demolition of the bathrooms and floors.

2018 MAJESTIC ISESBOARD OF DIRECTORS

NAME POSITIONBob Edinger [email protected] 738-0069

Mark Jaffie 1st [email protected] 733-2312

Joel Rosenthal [email protected] 739-6439

Al Spampinato 2nd [email protected] 914-414-2843

Alan Stevens [email protected] 336-4223

Jerry Ehrlich [email protected] 737-7369

Joel Cohen [email protected] 742-9695

BOARD MEMBERS

NAME POSITIONJoel Cohen Security, Lighting, COBWRABob Edinger Documents, Grounds, TechnologyJerry Ehrlich Clubhouse, FitnessMark Jaffie Calendar, Kitchen, Rules, ARCJoel Rosenthal FinanceAl Spampinato ContractsAlan Stevens Insurance, New Neighbors, Painting

WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORSBy Barbara van Asselt

Raymond & Tonette PaponettiVincent BondiJeannette Sippli & Albert Bolanos

March 11th, 2:00 a.m.

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ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANT FLORIDA STATE SENATE SEAT

Submitted by Claire Deveney

Early Voting: Sat., March 31 to Sun., April 8Special General Election: Tuesday, April 10Vote by Mail Ballots will be mailed March 10

The State Senate seat for our district, District 31, is currently vacant. Everyone who is a registered voter at Majestic Isles lives in Precinct 5028 and your poll-ing place is the Odyssey Middle School, 6161 Wool-bright Rd.

Results of the primary election for state senate held on January 30 show the winner was Lori Berman (D),a current state representative from Lantana, district 90, with 12,990 or 95.84 percent of the vote. Arthur Morrison (D) garnered 540 votes or 4.16 percent of the vote. The turnout was nine percent of registered Democratic voters.

Tuesday, April 10 is the special general election for State Senate District 31, which is vacant, because the prior Democratic state senator resigned.

Vote by Mail ballots will be mailed on March 10. Early Voting for the General Election will take place Saturday, March 31 to Sunday, April 8. As we went to press the supervisor of elections has not announced the early voting sites, but it is likely the sites may be: Hagen Branch Library, Lantana Library, Ezell Hester Community Center in Boynton Beach and Supervi-sor of Elections office, 240 Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Bring your picture/signature identification.

Florida Senate District 31 includes parts of Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Lake Worth and includes281 precincts with 312,230 registered voters, accord-ing to Susan Bucher, Palm Beach County supervisor of elections.

The state senate seat will remain vacant throughout the next 60-day state legislative session which startedJanuary 9.

You may request a Vote by Mail ballot (also called an absentee ballot) by calling the Supervisor of Election

office (561-656-6200). Press “2” for the absentee bal-lot department; then provide your name, address and date of birth. You may also request your ballot online at [email protected].

The offices of the Supervisor of Elections are: the main office at 240 Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33425, and 345 S. Congress Avenue, Room 103, Delray Beach, FL 33445. Telephone 561-276-1226. The offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Basket for ballotsIf you place your Vote by Mail ballot in the basket inClaire’s front door enclosure from March 12 throughApril 10 by 4 p.m. she or her neighbor, Jerry Ehrlich,will deliver it to the elections office for you.

If you have questions regarding voter registration and absentee ballots, please contact Claire Deveney, Pre-cinct Captain, 10800 Royal Caribbean Circle, at 742-7869 or on her cell phone 561-504-3842.

REMINDERGet ready to VotePrimary Election: Tuesday, August 28, 2018General Election: Tuesday, November 6, 2018

In Florida, Primary Elections will be held for fed-eral, county and state offices on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 and the General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 6. Offices up for election include:

U.S. SenateU.S. RepresentativesFlorida GovernorAll Florida Cabinet SeatsState SenatorsState RepresentativesThree Supreme Court JusticesOther Judicial RacesFour School Board seats

The once-every-20-year Constitution Revision Commission will place many questions on the ballot.





GOOD AND WELFARETHINKING OF YOUSylvia ArbesfeldCarole ShulmanSaul SiegelBarbara van Asselt

SYMPATHYTo Edd Bloom and his family and the family of Bev-erly Jaffe on her passing.To Julie Capozzoli on the loss of his wife, Camille.To Shirley Scheffeld on the loss of her grandson,Matthew Proctor.To Gloria Steingart on the loss of her husband, Harry.

MESSAGESThank you, Majestic Isles friends, for your cards, do-nations and offers of prayer in memory of my grand-son, Matthew. It helps a lot knowing that others care.

Shirley Scheffeld and family

Many thanks to my Majestic Isles friends for your cards, calls and support upon the passing of my hus-band, Harry. Your caring was greatly appreciated by both me and my family.

Gloria Steingart

Please note: We reserve the right to edit for length (30 word maximum) and clarity. Submit items to Elaine Jay by email at [email protected] with Good and Welfare as the subject. Acknowledgement of each email will be sent as verification of receipt.

PROPERTY TAX MATTERSFrom Ann Gannon, Palm Beach

County Tax Collector

Property Tax DeadlineMarch is the last month to pay property taxes. Prop-erty Taxes are due by March 31. Pay online at www.pbctax.com. Electronic checks are free.

Distracted Driving LegislationEveryone knows that texting while driving distracts drivers and causes accidents. Knowledge of that fact seems to do little to end the behavior. Since 2013, Florida law has classified texting while driving as a secondary offense. This means a driver cannot be pulled over for texting while driving. There must be another reason for stopping the driver such as speed-ing or driving recklessly.

The Florida Legislature has an opportunity to make roads safer from distracted drivers. They are consid-ering a bill that would make texting while driving a primary offense. The bill doesn’t stop at texting; it includes reading or sending a text, email or instant message while driving. Let’s not wait for legislation. Join us and pledge to put the phone away and say “no” to distracted driving temptations. Contact your local elected official to voice your support at http://dos.my-florida.com/elections/contacts/elected-officials/.

ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to report that our offi-cial website, majesticisles.com is now up and running again.

You can use it to catch up on past and present issues.







COMPOSITOR WANTEDSad to report, but the “Majestic Isles News” is no longer operating in the black as we have done for the last 20 years. That’s because we are hav-ing the printer do the page layout for us, and our advertising revenue doesn’t cover the overage. In order to keep us afloat, we are seeking someone who is familiar with desktop publishing and who could volunteer about four hours a month in the third week of each month. Is that you?

Also, we desperately need proofreaders who are computer literate. Proofreading should take about 1-2 hours per month in the second week of the month.

If you’d like to join our staff in either capacity, we welcome you! Call one of our editors (Alene Kristal, 336-3923 or Barbara van Asselt, 810-5874).

NAME BOD RESIDENT MBR CHAIRARC Mark J. Ed MordisDocuments Bob E. Sally GalanCalendar Mark J. Priscilla NievesClubhouse Jerry E.COWBRA Joel C. Martin GoodmanCompliance Bob E.Finance Joel R. Ken KellerFitness Jerry E. Bob LutherGrounds Bob E. Stan DavidsonInsurance Al Stevens Ken KellerLighting Joel C. Bob RosenhouchNew Neighbors Al Stevens Barbara van AsseltRules Mark J. Bill BrothSecurity Joel C. Steve BayerTechnology Bob E. Nissim Attali

If you are interested in being on a committee, call the resident chairperson and volunteer.

FLAVORS OF FLORIDABy Barbara Portnoff

Don’t miss seeing the Mana-tees. They will be in our warm water thru March. Tour the beautiful Manatee Lagoon Exhibit Building.

Manatee Lagoon6000 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach561-626-2833Website: manateelagoon.comFree - Closed Mondays

Society of the Four Arts2 Four Arts PlazaPalm Beach, FL 33480Monday thru Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Sunday 1 p.m. - to 5 p.m.Admission: $5

Art ExhibitIsabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper Saturday, Jan 27 through Sunday, April 5, 2018. Six centuries of fashion are explored in the breathtaking art of Belgian artist Isabelle Borchgrave, whose work is “rarely seen in the U.S. This exhibition presents ex-amples in the history of costumes from Renaissance finery to the creations of the grand couturiers, Chris-tian Dior, Coco Chanel, to her large body of work from her ‘Ballet Russe’ collection.”

The Gold Coast BandMarch 18, 2018 at 2 p.m.Boynton Beach Civic Center128 East Ocean Ave, Boynton BeachContact Arlene Koch for tickets at $8 each or pur-chase tickets at the door. For information call Arlene at 736-4315.

Come see our own Buddy Koch and Wynne Shillingperform with the band.





PET PATCHBy Tango

We have had some cold weather (cold to us anyway!), but it’s gotten warm again. I love being outside and I enjoy the warmth. Mom leaves the

front door open sometimes and I sit in the screened-in area and watch what’s going on outside.

I can’t imagine what snow feels like – I see it on TV, and it looks like fun with kids sledding down the hills- I’d probably roll down the hill - I’m kind of round inthe middle.

I’m trying to be more friendly, but it’s hard work. Oneday a dog and I had Mom tied up with my leash. Shesure wasn’t happy about that! Any ideas to help me? Happy Spring!

SINGLESBy Renee Stichel and Marilyn Chermak

Hi everyone! We hope January and February, even though they went fast, were great months for all of you. The swinging Singles went to the Olympia Grill in February, had a great meal and enjoyed the won-derful comradery.

In March, we are going to see “Oliver” at the Kings Academy. Their performances are fantastic. We will, of course be dining at an excellent restaurant, but thelocation is yet to be determined. (You know we would not skip dinner as we have so much fun going out to eat.) And here’s the best part: the Singles are subsi-dizing the cost of this show!

For April, we are looking into a show at the BrowardStage Door Theater. We want to schedule this beforethe theater moves to its new location, which is furtheraway from Majestic Isles.

We invite all singles to join our wonderful group. Un-til we know where our mailboxes will be, you can drop checks off at Rita Dick’s house or Renee Stichel’s. We look forward to your ideas and suggestions for activ-ities while the club house is closed.

Until the next time you hear from us, please stay healthy and happy.

BOOK TALKSBy Claire Deveney

Mark your calendar for Wednes-day, March 21 at 2 p.m. to hear a discussion of “Anything is Possi-ble,” the latest novel by Elizabeth Strout, a Pulitzer Prize winner

and #1 New York Times bestselling author. This book talk will be led by Claire Deveney at her home, 10800 Royal Caribbean Circle.

According to National Public Radio, “readers who loved “My Name is Lucy Barton”… are in for a real treat…. Strout is a master of the story cycle form…. She paints cumulative portraits of the heartache and soul of small-town America by giving each of her characters a turn under her sympathetic spotlight.” Her book “Olive Kitteridge” won the Pulitzer Prize.

We will be discussing potential books and a volun-teer presenter for a Wednesday, April 25 meeting at 2 p.m. Notices of the Book Talks March 21st meeting and possible April 25th meeting will be posted on Channel 63.

We hope to see you at these meetings. Book Talks contacts are Claire Deveney 742-7869, or Judy Mar-kowitz, 733-1992.







To stake or not to stake a plant is the question. Some plants, including vegetables, can stand on their own and others need support. It was obvious after the last hurricane that this was true. After in-specting your landscape damage for uprooted or bent over plants, you realized it would have been prudent to stake your non-wind tolerant bougain-villea and hibiscus prior to the storm. In general, a plant may require staking if it moves too much in high winds, droops after a heavy rainfall due to wet foliage, or there are flowers on the ground. In order for an uprooted bent over plant to survive after a hurricane, it will require staking and water for the exposed roots.

You determine from the above that your plant re-quires staking. Now, let’s explore the proper ways to stake a plant.

First, look for a substantial plant stake that can ac-commodate the size of your plant. In many cases, an old broomstick handle will suffice. Vegetables are often grown on stakes, particularly tomatoes. Depending on the variety of tomato, you will need a stake that is three to six feet tall. Many growers use metal stakes or cages, because they will last a long time. Stake a tomato plant purchased from a gardening center as soon as it is transplanted. Keep the stake in the soil north of the plant several inch-es away.

The size of the planting and the weight will deter-mine the type of attachment material to use. For lightweight attachments, cotton rag material or

even pantyhose for elasticity, will suffice. For heavy-weight attachments, you may have to use sections of rubber hose or elastic tie downs. Tie the plant to the stake, if possible, making a figure eight connection. Secure the plant stem as it grows along the stake. Prune a tomato plant by removing suckers that could result in leaves adding weight to the plant.

Staking a newly planted young tree or large shrub is a different undertaking than staking a small flower-ing bush or tomato plant. Place two to three treated wooden stakes in the ground equidistant around the tree. The tying material should be attached to the stake first and then securely around the tree trunk with a section of hose or other durable elastic type tie material. The tie material should allow the tree trunk to grow as the tree matures to prevent damage to the trunk. Within a few years the tree roots will establish themselves and the stakes can beremoved. In lieu of ties for large palm tree trans-plants, wooden two-by-fours can be used for sup-port.

Now that you know all about tree staking, you can enjoy a “steak” and know that your landscape has been “well done” for the next hurricane.





ANOTHER GOOD BOOK TOCHECK OUT: I FOUND YOUBy LISA JEWELL

By Stan KaishI doubt many of our readers have come across this book. My luck is that a friend rec-ommended it to me, and your luck is that I am, in turn, do-ing so for you. “I Found You” is by Lisa Jewell, a writer I had not heard of (although it turns out she has written 12 previous novels). As you know, I gravi-tate to the proven pop writers

of adventure, Grisham, Follett, Connelly, Baldacci, etc. I guess I will have to add Jewell to the list. This one turned out to be a real page-turner.

We are told three stories in rotating chapters. The first concerns Alice Lake, a fortyish single mother of three, who lives on the edge of the sea in an English town called Ridinghouse Bay. Not only is she single, but she has never been married, but you might say she fools around and not with too much precaution. Be that as it may, she is a kind, compassionate woman who dotes on her children, looks after her three dogs, and ekes out a modest living through an artistic en-deavor promoted over the internet.

One rainy day she looks out of her window while at work and sees a man sitting on the beach staring out at the sea. The rain is pouring down, the man is soaked, and seemingly unconcerned and possibly unaware that it is even raining. After several pages of vacillating, Alice decides that at the very least she can give him a jacket to wear, and after several more pag-es, invites him into her house to get out of the rain.

The next story concerns Lilly Monrose, a 21-year-oldbride, new to marriage as well as to the country. She is from the Ukraine. Her husband, Carl, has failed to come home from work that night. Lilly goes through all the appropriate motions, tries to call him, sends him texts, and finally calls the police to report a miss-ing person.

The third story is a flashback to 1993, 12 years before the main action. Here we find a family vacationing

in Ridinghouse Bay. It consists of mother and father and their two children, Graham, and his 15-year-old sister, Kirsty. They are out on the beach one day and they meet a charming 19-year old local named Mark. Mark appears quite taken with Kirsty and heaps a lot of attention on her. She is an innocent, is flat-tered, and does nothing to discourage him. Graham instinctively dislikes Mark and worries about his 15-year old sister trusting him.

And so events unfold. The fellow from the beach dis-closes that he doesn’t know how he got there, does not know who he is, and has completely lost his memory. He certainly has nowhere to go and knowsnothing about how he got there. With some trepi-dation, Alice invites him to stay overnight in a guest shed that she sometimes rents out. That turns out to be the first of several nights to come. And they decide that as long as he is staying, he needs a name. The children name him Frank. And Frank he remains. Most everyone, including the dogs, grow to like and trust Frank. Especially Alice who hasn’t had a man in her life for some time.

Meanwhile, Lilly reports to the police the details of what she knows about her husband. In doing so, she realizes that he has told her very little about himself. For example, she doesn’t know his mother’s name or location to inform her that her son is missing. The police take his passport, and later get back to Lilly and tell her the passport is a fake; there is no history of Carl Monrose. Lilly is stunned. She is new to En-gland, knows no one, has little money, and struggles to cope with her situation.

Through 62 chapters, author Jewell pursues the three stories, rotating a chapter about Alice, a chap-ter about Lilly and a chapter from the flashback and back again. And she artfully ends each chapter with a provocative cliffhanger. The reader is anxious to learn how the cliffhanger turns out, but can’t until she has read the intervening two chapters. So the author pro-pels us through the book quickly.

By book’s end, all the mysteries are resolved, but probably not in the way you anticipated. My recom-mendation is that you read it, and find out for your-self.



PAP CORPSBy Ellie Rogg, Co-President

The Majestic Isles chapter’s meeting scheduled for January 25, 2018 at the South County Civic Center had to be post-

poned. A new date has not yet been established, but we are eager to find an available time and place for Dr. Harvey Vetstein to present his lecture on “The Perils of Cheating: From Hollywood to the Halls of Academia.”

The DCCA challenge, which was held on February 10, had a different twist this year as all Pap Chap-ters had the opportunity to participate not only in this large Miami Walk-a-thon event, but their very own events. This event was followed by various Pap Corps chapters throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties holding their local events throughout February and March. The proceeds from all these fundraisers will be combined with the DCCA funds to maximize the amount of money raised for cancer research.

The date of the very first Majestic Isles Walk-a-thon has been changed to Sunday, March 18 at 11 a.m. Our members as well as all Majestic Isles residents will be able to walk and/or sponsor other walkers. To register all one has to do is submit a registration form and pay a $15 per person registration fee. Anyone will be able to register as a regular walker, or as a virtual walker who sits by the pool, or as one who walks as little as two feet, or uses a walker or a wheelchair. In addition, we will have pool walkers, and/or sponsors of these many types of walkers in attendance. Bottled water and some surprise gifts will be available. Our regular walkers will begin near the pool and end near the pool. We’d like to encourage all Majestic Isles res-idents who are not Pap Corps members to join us and participate in the day’s events by filling out registra-tion forms and paying the $15 fee.

Any registered participant who raises an additional $35 from sponsors will be entitled to a special T-shirt, and an additional $50 from sponsors will entitle them to both a Tshirt and a cap.

In order to simplify registration for this event, we

will have members of the Pap Board sitting in the pool area from 1-2 p.m. on Thursday, February 15 and again on Sunday, February 25. Please make note of this time and these dates.

Pap Corps Campus Tours have successfully begun on the first Wednesday of every month. Upcoming tours are on March 7 and April 4. Please remember, atten-dance is limited to 20 guests per tour. Participants must be on the second floor of Sylvester/The Pap Corps Campus at 1192 East Newport Center Drive, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 no later than 5:15 p.m. Tours will last until 6:30 p.m. To confirm your at-tendance, please email your preferred date and phone number to [email protected].

We have just been informed by the Main Office of the Pap Corps that there will be two special tours scheduled for the Miami facilities. These dates are March 24 and April 21.

We hope you have signed up for our Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Card Party at the Delray Golf and Country Club. This $32 event will include a cold salad bar buf-fet with mixed greens and different toppings, pasta salad, tuna salad, egg salad and chicken salad. With games and raffles, it should be a very successful and fun fundraising time.

Your annual membership is due now. You may fill outthe form you received in the mail, and return it with your check to the Pap Corps mailbox in the trailer. Please contact Stella Grottalio with questions.

Remember to watch Channel 63, and check E-Blasts, as well as Club Announcement Boards and Mailbox-es in the Majestic Isles Clubhouse Parking Lot Trail-er, while the Clubhouse is closed for renovation.

Fundraising/Donor-Credit Activities:Cards: Harriet Strauber 561-732-3344 Nadine Ehrlich 561-737-7369Donations: Fran Silling 561-733-2240Birthday Greetings Myrna Bader 561-736-6488(The Board has decided that the minimum payment for these Greetings must be $5 effective immediately.) Meeting Sponsorship: Barbara Wasserman 954-594-4650Bricks: Ellie Rogg 561-733-3945



HADASSAHBy Ellin Goldstein

Rosh Chodesh is Friday, March 16th at 10 a.m. at the Morikami picnic area.

Scrip is still available for The Boys at $50 per gift card and Glick’s at $100 per card. Contact Rita Marderstein at 742-8140.

Iris Rothstein can supply information for joining the Circle of Recognition. The heart of this project is the Ha-dassah Heroine, which requires a five-year commitment of $100 per year. You can also become a Visionary, for a $250 per year commitment. Elaine Grossman is chair-ing these. An Architect of the Future commits to $500 per year. Iris Rothstein is chairing Chai at $180 per year. These donations may be paid by check or credit card in one payment or over the year. Contact either of these ladies for more information. Your donations are very important to Hadassah.

Check with channel 63 to see if any of your “Lucky Drawing” numbers are winners. The following members have won: Freddie Genova, Rita Leidner, Enid Bayer, Penny Spinner, Debbie Astor and most recently Sheila Traum.

You can still buy a brick for any occasion. They are $18 each. Contact Lee Katz if interested. Please continue checking channel 63 for any other activities. If you are not receiving any of my messages, please call and give me your e-mail address.

The Hadassah Bulletin is being sent by e-mail at the beginning of the month. Please let me know if you do not receive it.

We are trying to keep doing as many events as possible during the renovation. Looking forward to seeing you!

MEN’S CLUBBy Joel Cohen, President

The Men’s Club will have gone to Gulfstream Casino/racetrack on Feb. 28th by the time you read this but we will be planning another trip in early April.

As previously mentioned, the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals minor league season will start in mid-April. The price for the season is $30 for 20 games and includes a free soda and a hotdog.

The games are on Wednesday nights at 6:35 p.m. You will have to arrange for your own car pools to the sta-dium in Jupiter. Please call me (742-9695) if you are interested.

The Miami Marlins games in Miami were free to se-niors on Thursday nights last year. If they are still of-fering that this year, and if there is interest in going to those games, we will look into it.

Happy St. Patrick’s

Day

Saturday, March 17



REMINDER

Tuesday and Friday are trash pickup days. Recycling bins go out only on Tuesday and bulky items, such as furniture and rugs, go out only on Fridays.

All trash must be placed in a covered receptacle and may not to be placed outside prior to 5 p.m. the day before pickup. Plastic bags are not permitted on the ground, but must be in closed containers. This prevents animals from tearing open the bags and strewing the contents around.







NEWS N’ VIEWSBy Stephen Karten

Our meetings have moved from our usual venue in the upstairs card room at the clubhouse, to Irene Sol-omon’s home. I can’t say enough about Irene. As the saying goes, she’s a gem. One can always count on her to do the generous and right things. Her hospitality and generosity seem to know no bounds.

A while back, acknowledging the dreadful rise of anti-Semitism in the world, we met to address that topic. It was one of our most well attended meetings.

“And now, for something completely different” (if I may quote Monty Python, for those of you who might remember)…Irene discovered a woman who, with her family, escaped from Nazi Germany and emigrated in Shanghai. And, as it happens, no bear-ing on her story, she is a relative of a Majestic Isles resident. When Irene told me about this, I was im-mediately intrigued, especially since I knew of this group, and had some personal family experience with it. We discussed having her come to speak to our group, and also anyone else in the community who cared to come and hear her.

Irene and I put our heads together to try to arrange this given the closing of the clubhouse for renovation. We considered going to other neighboring commu-nities and trying to arrange a joint event using one of their clubhouses. In the end, Irene kindly offered her house, and that is what we decided on.

The meeting/seminar was a resounding success. Ap-proximately 40 people came to hear Evelyn Rubin speak about her family’s experiences, having escaped Nazi Germany and sure death in a concentration camp, by fleeing to Shanghai, China. Her family sur-vived not only the Nazis and the relocation, but the Japanese invasion as well. Eventually, after spending the war years in the Shanghai ghetto, they moved to a safe haven in America. Evelyn is an inspiring speak-er. She spoke to us, non-stop, for about one and one half-hours. Her memory of events was extraordinary. Everyone was riveted, and no one fell asleep…I think (LOL). The audience responded with resounding applause, heartfelt warmth, empathy and apprecia-tion. The reaction by those in attendance and their questions illustrated how well her presentation was received, and her story should, and did, I think, in-spire us all.

DID YOU KNOW?

1223 BC - The oldest recorded eclipse occurred, in modern day Syria. (fast forward) 105 - Ts’ai Lun in-vented paper, in China. 1692 - In Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, an Indian slave from Barba-dos, were accused of witchcraft, beginning the Salem Witchcraft Trials. Assuming those convicted were not practicing the dark arts, 19 innocent women and men were killed as a result of these trials. 1755 - Thomas Paine published African Slavery in America - the first article in the American colonies calling for the eman-cipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery. 1790 - The first United States census was authorized. 1807 - The US Congress passed an act to “prohibit the im-portation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.” 1817 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded. 1841 - The US Su-preme Court ruled that the African slaves who seized control of the Amistad slave ship had been illegally forced into slavery, and thus were free under Amer-ican law. 1857 - The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that any person brought into the United States as a slave, or the descendants of slaves, could never be a United States citizen. 1862 - The US government forbade all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, ef-fectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. 1865 - the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified. 1872 - Congress made 1,221,773 acres of public land in the area of what were later the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho as America’s first national park - Yellowstone National Park, which spans an area of 3,468.4 square miles. 1876 - Alexan-der Graham Bell received his patent (#174,465) for the telephone. He spoke into his just-completed in-vention, saying “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” It worked. 1894 - Coca-Cola bottles were sold to the public for the first time, in Vicksburg, Missis-sippi. 1897 - Dr. John Kellogg served the world’s first cornflakes to his patients at a mental hospital in Bat-tle Creek, Michigan. 1921 - Harry Houdini earned a US Patent (#1,370,31) for a safety Diver Suit that he used for his underwater magic escape tricks. 1930 - General Foods put the first individually packaged frozen foods - “Birds Eye Frosted Foods” - on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts.





MAJESTICS BOWLING LEAGUE Spares and Strikes

By Joyce Stoudermire

HIGH GAME HIGH SERIESWeek 17 – MEN:Steve Herbin 198 Steve Herbin 497Bob Numeroff 186 Ken Ramnarine 474Ken Ramnarine 184 Alan Stevens 467

Week 17 – WOMENJ. Stoudermire 164 Estelle Snyder 411Estelle Snyder 151 J. Stoudermire 401Natalie Herbin 147 M. Ramnarine 363

Week 18 - MENSteve Herbin 181 Steve Herbin 464Howard Siegel 146 Howard Siegel 414Al Lynn 135 Al Lynn 389

Week 18– WOMENIlene Gross 171 Ilene Gross 413Estelle Snyder 116 Estelle Snyder 337Sheila Accortt 115 Sheila Accortt 300

Week 19 – MENSteve Herbin 181 Steve Herbin 500Al Lynn 163 Ken Ramnarine 433Bob Wolff 152 Al Lynn 420 Bob Wolff 420

Week 19 – WOMENEstelle Snyder 137 Estelle Snyder 385M. Ramnarine 137 Carol Stevens 347Carol Stevens 137 M. Ramnarine 324

Week 20 – MENKen Ramnarine 189 B. Rosenhouch 458Alan Stevens 169 Ken Ramnarine 453Bob Numeroff 167 Alan Stevens 424

Week 20 - WOMENIlene Gross 154 J. Stoudermire 366Sheila Accortt 153 Ilene Gross 362J. Stoudermire 136 Sheila Accortt 330

Week 21 – MENJerry Elefson 187 Jerry Elefson 472Steve Herbin 183 Steve Herbin 452Howard Siegel 155 Howard Siegel 390

Week 21 – WOMENJ. Stoudermire 149 Ilene Gross 399Ilene Gross 134 J. Stoudermire 384Estelle Snyder 124 Carol Stevens 326

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING HIGH SCORERS:Men: Steve Herbin 198 (week 17), 181 (week 18),181 (week 19), 183 (week 21); Bob Numeroff 186(week 17), 167 (week 20); Ken Ramnarine 184 (week17), 189 (week 20); Alan Stevens 169 (week 20); AlLynn 163 (week 20); Jerry Elefson 187 (week 21).

Women: Joyce Stoudermire 164 (week 17); EstelleSnyder 151 (week 17); Ilene Gross 171 (week 18),154 (week 20); Sheila Accortt 153 (week 20).

Big shout out to Sheila Accortt for making the list forthe first time.

REMINDER!!! If your friends or family areinterested in joining our fun group, please call AlanStevens 336-4223 or Al Lynn 742-9937.



WHAT’S HAPPENING6 Tue Pap Corps Card Party at Delray Golf and Country Club, (p,a) $32.00. Call Suzanne Skinner with any questions. 11:30- 3:007 Wed Shredding Event, 10:00 –10:30 a.m. (p,h) $2 per bag or box. Clubhouse parking lot17 Sat Singles’ Theater performance of “Oliver” at Kings Academy (p,a) Cost is $26.50 per person. Call Doris Robin to reserve a ticket18 Sun Pap Corps Walk-a-thon around the community, meet at the pool (p,h) 11:00 a.m. Registration $15/person21 Wed Book Talks, 2 p.m. at Claire Deveney’s house (f,h)

WEEKLY ACTIVITIESMon 3:00 p.m. News N’ Views at Irene Solomon’s house (f, h)Tues 12:00 p.m. Bowling (p, a)Mon/Wed/Fri 9:00 a.m. Pickleball (f, h)Mon 9:15 a.m. 20/20/20 Aerobics (f,h)Wed 9:15 a.m. Chair Aerobics (f,h)Fri 9:15 a.m. 20/20/20 Aerobics (f,h)Tues/Thurs 9:00 a.m. Water Aerobics (f,h)

Watch channel 63 for additions, cancellations or changes in date or timeFor additional information, please contact an officer of the appropriate club,

or the Majestic Isles Office.f=free, p=paid, a=away, h=home

ACTIVITIES FOR MARCH AND BEYONDBecause the clubhouse will be closing for renovations, we are unable to provide a completely accurate or up-to-date activities calendar. Please refer to the individual club and organization articles in this and future issues of the Majestic Isles News, check Channel 63 and/or call board members for specific information about what’s happening in the coming months, and pay particular attention to the posted location of any club meeting.

