2-2015 Village Voice Newsletter

The Village Voice • February 2015 1

Founded in 1991 Vol. XXIV, No. 2 | February 2015

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Pool Renovation UpdateA River Runs Through It

Bob Pfankuck, superintendent of the general contractor overseeing the project, was amazed when he dis-covered an underground river flow-ing just outside the corner of the Club-house music room. The river was discovered while digging a four-foot trench around the Clubhouse designed to drain any water from beneath the building. It was estimated that the wa-ter was flowing at a steady rate of 15 gallons per minute.

For expertise to analyze and pro-vide solutions to the water problem,

a geotech (a civil engineer concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials both on the surface or with-in the ground) was hired to solve the problem. A drainage pipe was installed to channel the water and funnel it out to the gutter outside the village cam-pus. One might ask, “How did a riv-er flow into our campus anyway?” It appears that the Clubhouse and golf course were built in a valley surround-ed by hills on all sides. Irrigation wa-ter from the surrounding hills flowed downhill into the Clubhouse and onto the golf course. Many parts of the golf

EDITORIAL, cont’d. on Page 3

EDITORIALThese few weeks mark an im-

portant time in the progress of this community. These few weeks give us, the residents of this com-munity, an opportunity to take a major step toward creating a com-munity of which we can be proud.

It will release the bonds of the old CC&Rs that were written 30 years ago. They were written by the builders whose philosophy was that what they had created should not be altered unless 67% of the owners approve. It was that proviso of 67% that did not al-low the Master Board to step into the 21st century. No capital im-provement was possible. A good number of absentee owners were not interested in improvements. Many residents merely forgot to vote. Others thought that voting for the change would create high-er homeowners fees. And for 30 years we stagnated.

Approval of the CC&Rs will make major improvements pos-sible. More than a dozen open meetings were held and residents made additions and alterations. Editors of the Village Voice com-mend the hard work performed by the Ad Hoc Committee, the at-torneys involved and the Master Board. We now have an opportu-nity to approve a document that will allow us to go forward and compete with the growing num-

Newly discovered underground river flows by Clubhouse.

RENOVATION cont’d. on Page 3

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EDITORIAL, cont’d. from Page 1

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course turf are spongy with upwelling ground water. And it appears much of that water has accumulated beneath the Clubhouse so that it formed an underground river. It has not been determined how much contamination that runoff wa-ter contains.

As the work is proceeding with the Clubhouse river, ad-ditional drains will be installed surrounding the swimming pool. These drains will be placed horizontally about three feet beneath the surface of the soil spread out like fingers from the pool. Any water accumulated will then be funneled to the main gutter drain.

Palm trees were being replaced in Palm Court. Heavy machinery was used to position the palms next to club-house. The ground in that area had been leveled and the ex-isting underground wiring and plumbing replaced to meet code requirements. Additional piping was required to drain off underground water. When completed, all trees that were removed will be replaced.

Barriers were set up in front of the clubhouse in or-der that heavy equipment can be used to demolish the old

Barriers used to protect passers-by from jack hammers and other machinery. Heavy machinery positions a palm tree.

RENOVATION, cont’d. from Page 1 sidewalks and replace them with new material. After thir-ty years, the walkways were beginning to deteriorate and needed refurbishing. n

(It was rumored that during our recent rainstorms, the under-ground river raged so violently that Adrian Eng and Louise Ries behind the Clubhouse desk had to take sea-sick pills.)


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Abravanel Hall ProgressThe acoustic sound boards arrived and the workers have

commenced to install the four-foot by eight-foot boards onto the walls. These boards will help the acoustics of the au-ditorium by absorbing echoing from the barren walls. The boards themselves are fireproof and will be covered with a neutral colored fabric. The wall space above and beneath the panels will be painted in tones of brown that will match the colors of the new carpeting. n

Maintenance man Ernesto Aveytia sizes up the acoustical tile.


Tuesday Morning StoreNow Open

After months of preparing the store for the grand opening, tuesday Morning has finally opened its doors. The store has a large variety of famous name brands of housewares, home furnishings, gifts, toys, gourmet food, linens and outdoor items. Most of the items are one-of-a-kind, so the selection is limited to what is available on the shelves. The store is located in the shopping center anchored by Stater Broth-ers Market on the corner of Shadowridge Dr. and Sycamore Ave. in Vista. n

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Outside Our GatesThe construction at the corner of Melrose Dr. and Can-

non Rd. is the site of the new St. Thomas More Catholic Church. With nine years in the making, the ground breaking took place early last year and the completion date is sched-uled to be around June of this year. An 89-foot tower dom-inates the modern sanctuary that is designed to accommo-

date 1,000 worshipers. After tons of soil transferred to fill a portion of the deep

valley on Melrose Dr. adjacent to Aegis, there appears to be some activity on the mound. Rumor has it that Starbuck’s Coffee will be one of the tenants, although no one knows for sure.

Connie’s Restaurant opened for business last month on the

New construction under wraps.Coming soon: A new skyline.



corner of Live Oak and Melrose Dr. The owner was formerly the operator of The Back Porch that was located on Longhorn and Shadowridge Dr. Connie herself does the cooking as she has done while at The Back Porch. They are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and closed from 2 to 4 p.m. during the weekdays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the weekends.

Regretfully, Bellefleur, located in the Carlsbad Out-let Stores, shuttered its doors in January. It was a favorite haunt for many residents, especially for its fabulous Sunday brunches. The wine room, lined with wooden wine barrels, was one of the best locations for corporate and private par-ties. It will be sorely missed. n

Village HappeningsBy Selma Leighton

I enjoy hearing about funny happen-ings to friends and neighbors. So I keep asking and people keep talking and, as a result, I have a few more humorous tales to relate.

I was sitting next to Bob White at a Ball Room Dancing party and as we chatted, he told me the following story. He and his wife, Judy, were remodeling their master bathroom. Bob being Bob, and a very friendly guy, he got into a con-versation with the plumber. It seems that the plumber (we’ll call him John) was remodeling a bathroom for a nice little, and I stress little, elderly lady. She wanted one of the more stylish higher commodes that are now quite popular. John said he thought it might be too high but she insisted. Two days later, John got an emergency call. “Please hurry and bring back my old commode and while you’re at it, get me a step stool. I can’t get off this one!”

Phyllis Horn is very artistic. She admires fine art, fine china and, in general, things of beauty. This probably came from the fact that her mother owned an antique store and she taught Phyllis an appreciation of beautiful things. When new china came into the store, Phyllis was taught to look

underneath to see who made it in order to ascertain the value, which is a trait that stayed with her forever. As a re-sult, when Phyllis ate at your house, you knew she would look un-derneath the plate. One night Phyllis was having dinner at Rose Wolfer’s home and, as always, looked under the plate. Instead of the name of the china, she found a little note that said “Hello Phyllis!”

Maryann and Darryl Brese like to travel and they love the theater. One night we were sitting together at the Bocce dinner (gee, it sounds like I have an active social life) and he told me what happened when they went to “Best of Broad-way” in San Francisco.

They got tickets for a show called Take Me Out, which they knew nothing about. Evidently, it turned out to be boring, and Maryann fell asleep immediately. Somewhere in the second act, as she quietly snored away, five naked male dancers pranced onto the stage. Darryl said it was as if someone set off an alarm in her head. Her eyes popped open and she sat up in her seat and applauded profusely un-til they pranced off the stage. Then her eyes closed and she went right back to sleep. The lady has good taste.

Isn’t it fun to laugh at funny things that really happened to people? Much better than a made up joke. And you know I like fun-ny. n

Bob White, a good story teller.

Phyllis Horn and a secret message.


Watching WildlifeBy Russ Butcher

The World’s Tallest Mammal The giraffe (Giroffa camelopardalis) is the world’s tall-

est mammal and is native to Africa’s open woodlands and grassy plains. Fully grown, these towering, stately animals rise anywhere from 16 to nearly 20 feet tall. That’s about the height of the second story windows of a house. Their long necks are roughly six feet long. And the animal’s average weight is about 2,600 pounds, with some of the largest gi-

raffes weighing in at nearly 4,000 pounds. The giraffe’s coat is distinctively patterned with brown-

ish patches bordered by intricate networks of thin white or tawny lines. These patterns, which help camouflage the an-imal in the open woodlands of acacia trees, vary among the nine subspecies. For example, the Reticulated Giraffe, of So-malia, Ethiopia and northeastern Kenya, has reddish-brown, polygon-shaped patches. The Masai Giraffe, of Tanzania and central and southern Kenya, has irregular, jagged patches. The South African Giraffe has rounded brown patches. Also, within the individual subspecies, each giraffe is uniquely patterned, so that no two are exactly alike.

Clockwise from top left: Mother giraffe with newborn calf; fewer than 80,000 exist to-day. Taking a drink. Giraffe family intently watching something in the distance. Could the babies be any cuter?


appearing.” According to the Giraffe Conservation Founda-tion, there were roughly 140,000 giraffes roaming free in the year 2000. Since then, the population has alarmingly plum-meted by 40 percent -- to fewer than 80,000 animals in just 15 years! The primary causes of this decline are unregulated bush-meat hunting, poaching within national parks and oth-er reserves, and the loss or fragmentation of habitat. Conser-vationists say that an average of about 100 giraffes are killed every day. Two subspecies are listed as endangered, with two or three others soon to be added. Unless these incredi-ble animals can be better protected, the day will likely come when the only giraffes will be those at places like the San Di-ego Zoo Safari Park, which is home for nearly 200 giraffes of several East African subspecies. n

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Giraffes walk and gallop, with their top speed reach-ing more than 35 miles per hour. To help maintain their bal-ance, they move their head and neck back and forth. To feed, they browse on the foliage and twigs of acacia trees up to about 15 feet high – thus avoiding competition with all oth-er browsing animals. Acacias are rich in calcium and protein that are needed for the growth, strength and health of gi-raffes.

But here’s a question: How does one of these animals get its head down low enough to drink water? It spreads its front legs sideways and/or bends its knees just enough to enable it to drink from a river, pond or other source of water.

One activity that is unique to giraffes is “necking.” This is a form of dueling combat between two males that can de-termine which may succeed in attracting a female. The com-batant that succeeds in holding himself more erect wins the high-intensity contest.

Newborn calves are about six feet tall. Because of their vulnerability to predators such as lions, leopards and hye-nas, only about a quarter of calves ever reach adulthood.

Until I read an article in a recent Scientific American , I had assumed that giraffe populations in the wilds of Africa were relatively stable. Not so. The article revealed that “One of the world’s most iconic and beloved animals is quickly dis-




Bird of the Month

Hooded MerganserOne of the most visually stunning ducks is the 17- to

19-inch-long male Hooded Merganser. Its black-bordered crest, which can be raised and lowered, contains a promi-

nent, white, fan-shaped patch that contrasts with the black head and neck. The white breast is separated from rust-col-ored flanks by two black stripes that angle down from the black back. The female’s plumage is mostly nondescript shades of brownish-gray with a tawny, fuzzy looking crest that is raised and lowered. The merganser’s beak, unlike other kinds of ducks, is shaped like a thin spike. This species

Photos by Ray Spencer

Courtship involves head-bobbing. The Hooded Merganser winters here in Southern California.


of diving duck feeds mainly on aquatic invertebrates, small fish, newts, tadpoles and small frogs. Its calls consist of strange grunting and chattering sounds. Courtship, in which the females engage in head-bobbing displays and males raise and lower their conspicuous crests, begins in midwin-ter. The hooded merganser winters on coastal lagoons and marshes here in Southern California and spends the summer breeding season on wooded coastal and inland waters of the Pacific Northwest and western Canada. A tree cavity or hol-low log is often used as a nest site, in which up to a dozen eggs are laid. This species is also commonly found through-out the eastern half of North America. n

Cooking WithBeverlyBy Beverly Nickerson

Meat LoafI was given this recipe at a church

potluck over 40 years ago and it is still our favorite.

1-lb. ground beef (not more than 8% fat)1 lg. or x-lg. egg½ cup homogenized or low-fat milk (you can substitute

chicken broth)1 tablespoon Dijon mustard1 tablespoon Heinz Catsup1 teaspoon Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce1/8 teaspoon ground allspice (a small amount but very

important, do not omit.)1 teaspoon salt¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper¼ cup finely chopped onion (or 2 tablespoons dried on-

ion flakes)1 cup fine, fresh, whole wheat bread crumbs (tear 2 piec-

es of bread and put in food processor)

topping: ¾ cup Heinz Catsup OR bottled chili or cock-tail sauce, the type you serve with shrimp

special Equipment: “Pam” sprayed 7 x11 shallow metal or Corning baking dish.

temperature: 350°Combine all ingredients except Topping in a large bowl

with your hands and mix thoroughly. Turn mixture into pre-pared pan and form into a loaf about 4 ½ inches wide and 8 inches long.

Spread Topping over the top of the meat loaf and bake in preheated 350º oven about 55 minutes to 1 hour or until you see a few bubbles on top or a crust forms on the sides. The internal temperature should read 160º on an Instant-read thermometer. For optimum flavor: cover pan with plastic wrap and set in the refrigerator a few hours or all day to al-low flavor to develop then bake at the same temperature but it will take longer, about 1 hr. 10 minutes. Serve the left-over meat loaf cold the next day, it is delicious!

Note: I use this same recipe for Stuffed Bell Peppers: Cut the tops off 4 large green bell peppers and remove ribs and seeds, wash peppers and set upside down to drain. Place peppers close together right side up in a deep casserole and stuff the above meat loaf mixture into the 4 peppers. Top with Heinz Catsup, cover with a tight lid and bake in a pre-heated 350º oven 2 hours. Remove from the oven and poke 2 holes near the base of each pepper to release excess juice be-fore you remove them from the casserole. n

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Greek Corner Café1854 Marron Rd Suite 100Carlsbad, CA 92008(760) 434-3646www.greekcornercafe.com

This small café is competing with the big operators near-by: Olive Garden and Souplantation. But when we were there on a Sunday evening, it appeared they were holding their own. Most of the dozen or so tables were occupied.

Although there was an open kitchen, there was table ser-vice, somewhat a rarity in the current restaurant scene. Two chefs were working in the kitchen and one very efficient young lady serviced the tables. It appears that every Greek restaurant features a mural of some Greek scene and the Greek Corner was no exception.

The menu featured a dozen appetizers that didn’t pres-ent any surprises: Tabouleh, pita bread with tzatziki sauce and lettuce wraps. The salad selection looked a bit more ad-venturous with a listing that included a shark salad with a skewer of charbroiled thresher shark over the salad.

I ordered Dolmathes (ground lamb and rice in a roll of grape leaves). Soup and a Greek salad preceded the entrée.

The soup was a hearty lentil and the salad was overly gener-ous with cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese, Greek olives and red onions. Four large dolomathes were served with rice and tasty wedges of pita bread. Nice. My companion ordered the Gyro plate that contained slices of lamb, tomatoes and pita bread wedges. Expecting a standard gyro sandwich, she re-turned the plate to have the lamb placed into pita bread. The result was an enormous sandwich, half of which had to be doggie bagged. While it was the largest gyro we have seen, the lamb was done to perfection.

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kabob entrees that included beef, lamb, shrimp or even shark. These selections can be wrapped as a pita sandwich.

The price of most entrees hovered in the mid-teens while the price of appetizers ranged from $3 to $13. Salads were priced around $13. Most dishes were designed for hearty diners with hearty appetites. There is a rather pricey wine list. Parking during dinner hours can be a problem immedi-ately surrounding the café, but across the street in the park-ing mall, there is ample space. n

Kippel’s Pet KornerBy Ellen Kippel

While skunks are generally harmless creatures, it’s best not to get too close to them. You risk getting a dose of their noxious spray, or worse, a bite from a skunk carrying ra-bies. Skunks are omnivores that can live off of human waste, so they often take up residence in yards and under decks. Learn how to make your property less enticing to skunks who need a home and get rid of skunks that have already moved in.

1. remove nuts, berries, and other natural food sourc-es. Skunks are scavengers, so they’ll eat anything nutritious they can find. If you have trees that produce nuts, berries, crabapples, or other fruits, clean them up by raking your yard as often as necessary.

2. Protect your waste. Skunks can survive on garbage alone. It’s important to keep your trash cans properly sealed.

3. Close off hiding places. Skunks like to make their homes under decks, porches, and in other sheltered ar-eas. Close off spaces that may be appealing to skunks using rocks, fencing, or plywood.

4. Employing skunk deterrents• Install lights in your yard. Skunks are nocturnal, and

they shy away from bright lights. If you light your yard at night it will be a lot less appealing to skunks. You could also install a motion sensor that gets tripped when a skunk or an-other creature comes close. In this case, the skunk will have to enter your property for the light to work as a deterrent.

• Use chemicals that repel skunks. There are a few dif-ferent chemicals known to be offensive to skunks. If you place them around the edges of your yard and in areas where you suspect skunks like to spend time, the skunks will start avoiding those areas. Chemical repellents have to be reapplied every few days, especially after a heavy rain. Fox and dog urine deters skunks, since foxes and dogs are skunks’ natural predators. Pepper sprays, also sold to re-pel squirrels and other wild creatures, are effective skunk re-pellents. Spray them on trees and other areas where you’ve seen skunks. Ammonia also deters skunks. Soak old rags in ammonia and place them under your deck or porch to keep skunks from coming in. Citrus peels have natural repellent qualities. Scatter orange or lemon peels around your proper-ty and under your deck or porch.

• Install motion-activated sprinklers. These automati-cally turn on when an animal wanders too close, and are a safe and natural way to keep skunks away from your prop-erty. Place them strategically close to areas where you sus-pect skunks might want to shelter.

5. Call animal Control. If you’d rather leave the skunk handling to an expert, have the animal control center in your region dispatch someone to take care of removal. He or she will have the tools and knowledge to trap and release the skunk. n

Several OHCC residents have reported recent

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The Real EstateCornerBy Tom Brennan

Tom has been involved in all aspects of real estate for more than 40 years, as a law-yer, investor and realtor.

flipping housesIt seems that we are bombarded on a daily basis with

commercials extolling the virtues of flipping residential real estate. Free instructive seminars are offered with the pros-pect of learning insider methods for making fast and sub-stantial profits with little or no cash at risk.

1. Definition Flipping real estate means purchasing or acquiring the

“contractual right to purchase” a property then promptly re-selling the property (or contractual right) for a profit. The “flipper” does not intend to purchase the property for per-sonal use (e.g., primary or secondary residence) but is pur-chasing solely as an investment. The flipper essentially serves as a middleman on most flipping transactions. Gener-ally, the flipper does not need a real estate license and his ac-tivities are largely unregulated.

2. types of flipping (a) Flip and Fix. Probably the most common form of flip-

ping property is the “flip and fix” procedure. This process involves the flipper purchasing the property at a discount-ed price, doing the necessary upgrades to get the proper-ty to acceptable standards and then reselling the property to someone as their primary residence. This type of flipping can reap significant profits depending upon the amount of discount and the strength of the market. In analyzing the risks and potential profits of the transaction, it is imperative that the flipper not underestimate the cost of repairs and up-grades and should be mindful to include in his/her calcula-tions any potential real estate commission on the resale.

(b) Sale of Contract Right. In order to eliminate the risk attendant to repairing and upgrading the property, the flip-per may choose to sell the contractual right to purchase the

property to a qualified investor who is willing and able to assume the cost of repairs and upgrades. In this type of flip, it is essential that the “sales contract,” signed by the sell-er and the flipper, include an “assignability clause” that per-mits a third party to assume the flipper’s rights and obliga-tions under the contract and close the sale.

(c) Flip “As Is”. If the property is purchased at a signifi-cant discount and is in saleable condition requiring little im-mediate repair, then the flipper may choose to make an “as is” sale directly to the ultimate buyer. It should be noted that under California law certain warranties pass to the buyer even if the sale is described as “as is” so that some risk may remain with the flipper after the sale.


(d) Refinance and Lease. This type of flip transaction generally is used in a down real estate market where the flipper buys the property at a steep discount, makes any needed repairs and upgrades and then refinances the prop-erty (hopefully getting most of the flipper’s monetary in-vestment returned). The flipper will then lease the property to a third party (ideally, the rental payments should be high enough to cover the property taxes, on-going maintenance costs, insurance and some or all of the monthly mortgage payments). Thereafter, when the market recovers, the flipper sells the property for a profit.

The foregoing sets forth some of the more typical meth-ods of flipping property but readers should be aware that, like most investments, there are many risks involved in flip-ping properties (legal, financial, market, etc.). To be sure, without hard work and some good luck, it will never be as easy or as profitable as they make it look on television. n

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Military Chronicles

It was in the summer of 1944 when Jack Port was drafted into the Army. He was 22 years old at the time, having lived most of his youth in Escondido with his par-ents. He quit his job and college to volunteer in the army, follow-ing the footsteps of his two older brothers. Boot camp for 12 weeks at Camp Roberts wasn’t all that bad; he enjoyed time off with his buddies. But he needed a pair of Oxford shoes for leisure time and asked his mother Rena to send him a pair.

Before the shoes arrived Jack was shipped out to Eng-land with his group and awaited orders for the invasion of France. On June 6th, he landed at Cherbourg north of the Utah Beach where the fighting was fierce. They encountered little resistance in capturing Cherbourg. Despite German air-craft strafing, they marched 15 miles a day toward St. Lo, the gateway to Paris. The welcoming was joyous with Parisians cheering, throwing flowers and kisses. After three days, they

proceeded to Belgium, again with little resistance. The Ger-mans were making a swift retreat.

When they entered the Ardennes (fifty miles of for-ests), the fighting stiffened and the troops faced two ene-mies: the German counterattack and the bitter cold, both of which they were unprepared to face. Jack recalls cracking

Jack has vivid memories of the battle.

The Battle of the Bulge cost 75,000 Allied lives.


through the ice to dig fox holes while the German artillery bombarded them accurately. He lost 90 of his 200 comrades to the shelling, but even more due to frostbite and the freez-ing weather. They were later relieved, proceeded to Luxem-burg only to discover they had been cut off by the enemy. He manned a machine gun, fighting the enemy. It lasted two weeks before the weather lifted and they were able to have air coverage that provided reinforcement and supplies. Af-ter a month and a half of fighting, the Germans began run-ning short of fuel and ammunition. General Patton turned his Third Army around to relieve the besieged town and the enemy began to retreat.

Jack and others were soon able to receive mail from home. A box arrived for Jack from his mother. Anticipat-ing a box of cookies, he opened it only to discover a pair of Oxfords. Those shoes followed him from Camp Roberts, to England then to France. However, Oxfords were useless in that weather and he had them sent back. A month later, in Escondido, Jack’s mother Rena received the box with Jack’s pair of shoes. She assumed that her son was killed and she wept for a solid month knowing she would never see her son again. A week later, a v-mail arrived from Jack. The war would soon be over; Jack should be coming home soon. n

(It should be noted that Jack Port lives in OHCC with his wife Elaine. He returns to France and Belgium each year to honor those who had lost their lives in that war. He was also given the Legion of Honor medal by the French government.)

I Love A MysteryBy Ira M. Landis

Frederick Forsyth’s The Kill List is a contemporary sto-ry of Muslim radicals assassinating government officials in broad daylight across England and America. This terror-ism is being fostered by Zulfiqar Ali Shah, also known as The Preacher, a cyber-evangelist who exhorts them to mur-der a notable Westerner in their vicinity. Kit Carson, aka The Tracker, star investigator for TOSA, an intelligence agency of complex origins, and Roger Kendrick, aka Ariel, a teenage computer genius, are hot on his trail.

Forsyth once again demonstrates his genius for head-line trawling. His latest includes prescient intimations of re-cent murders by terrorists. There is much use of aliases, ac-ronyms and techno-speak; action sequences are full of male testosterone exchanges. Women get the short end of the stick: Carson’s mother and wife are killed off by the end of Chapter 2, and feminine pronouns usually refer to a fishing boat.

But all that aside, this is a thriller even though we can predict the ultimate outcome.

*****The Geneva Option by Adam LeBor is a tightly knotted

thriller. Yael Azoulay is a U.N. negotiator whose family tree sprawls from Iraq to Israel. As a U.N. official whose job de-scription requires brokering deals with dictators, she is pow-erful enough to get herself into very hot water very ear-ly in the book. Many monsters prey upon Yael: a Rwandan mass murderer, corporate executives and U.N. policy mak-ers whose weak approach to conflict resolution has enabled ethnic cleansers of all persuasions. As a glimpse into U.N. workings, however, The Geneva Option succeeds less as an in-dictment of organizational paralysis than insider’s guide. LeBor shows facility with telling the details. He delves into

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Health, Fitness & YouBy Andy Truban

Fill Your Nutrient ShortfallA great number of our population fails to meet their dai-

ly dietary needs thus falling into the category of “shortfall-nutrients” established by scientists. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey suggest filling these dietary gaps by incorporating into your daily diet the following four essential nutrients: Potassium, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin “D,” and Calcium.

PotassiuM promotes blood pressure control and counters harmful effects of excessive dietary sodium con-sumption. Boost your intake: use potassium-rich “stars” such as: avocado, kiwi, melon, bananas and citrus. To avoid potassium leaching into the cooking water, steam or sau-

té the potassium-loaded dark green leafy vegetables among which are spinach, kale and turnip greens.

Unless your physician directs you otherwise, the recom-mended daily dose for people above fourteen years of age is 4,700 milligrams. Only three percent of Americans reach this goal.

diEtarY fibEr helps prevent constipation and lowers the risk of colon cancer. Fiber may also play multiple roles in promoting heart health. It is a real concern that only five percent meet their daily recommended target of 21 grams for women that are 50 years and above, and 30 grams for men who are 50 years and above. Boost your intake by replac-ing most refined grains with whole grains, including those in bread, cereal, pasta, and rice. Substitute dried beans for half or more of the meat portions in casseroles, stews or pas-ta dishes.

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er, the current daily Vitamin “D” recommendation is 800 IU. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examina-tion Survey, less than five percent of Americans reach it.

CalCiuM is essential for our bones and seems to aid in lowering the risk of colon cancer. Boost your intake by in-cluding dairy or calcium fortified non-dairy milk and con-sume two or three servings of yogurt daily. Since dark green leafy vegetables are high in calcium, the body absorbs more calcium from kale, bok choy and broccoli than it does from spinach. When buying tofu, choose those ones made with calcium.

Less than 50 percent of Americans meet their calcium’s daily value of 1000 milligrams so consequently they need to ingest calcium supplements; however, always keep in mind the body can only absorb 500 milligrams at one time. Remember, if your total daily calcium total intake exceeds 2,000 mg per day, the excessive use of calcium supplements that go beyond filling the nutritional gap and may damage kidneys and blood vessels. n

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Decorating With Room Function in Mind

Functions of rooms will vary large-ly from one client to another. Therefore, when consulting with a client, purpose, lifestyle, contem-porary or traditional furnishings to be used, the size of the family and ages of children should always be considered.

Starting with the family room, upholstery furnishings should be comfortable. They must be able to hold up if they will be experiencing heavy wear and tear. Quality, durable fabrics should be used such as nylons, olefin and cotton vel-vets. Floors that are porcelain or ceramic tiles are generally a good choice. Wood floors of good quality that can be refin-ished can be used. To soften tile or wood floors, high qual-ity wool rugs generally hold up better. Rugs always bring warmth to a room. Fabrics on upholstered pieces should al-ways be cleanable. Scotchguarding is not always recom-mended because it tends to wear out differently, thus caus-ing shading of the fabric. Window draperies of synthetic and cotton blends hold up well. All cotton will “yellow” in time. Fabrics that have some cotton in them and fiberglass

fabrics do well where sun is a problem. Fiberglass materi-als do not hang well and generally require a memory stitch at the hemline. Shutters or louvers are good choices for win-dows where durability and sun are a problem. Semi-gloss paints should be used on the walls because harder finishes are more washable.

Bathrooms should always have hard surfaces on the walls because of moisture and water. Good slip-proof tiles should be used. Natural stone should never be used where water hits them directly. Natural stone tends to disintegrate in time and are more difficult to clean because it is very po-rous. If you are fortunate to have a guest bathroom where water is not a problem, upholstered walls can look beautiful and can be very effective. n

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Shopping AroundBy Shannon Johnston

To Shop or Not to ShopI just “bought” a rescue dog. Good for me. Good for him.

He’s a darling boy except he does not like it when I leave him alone (I’m working on that). So early in our relationship I decided one of the activities I could give up was grocery shopping (which I don’t much care for anyway). So what to do?

I know Amazon has a delivery service, but it’s expensive. Instead, I ran into an ad for Vons delivery, and decided to try it. Delivery is free for the first time and not expensive there-after.

The “shopping” experience was interesting, but probably took me longer to browse all the website isles than if I had raced up and down the aisles of the actual store. (Just kid-ding; I don’t race anymore.)

My first order included frozen and cold things, as well as those bulky items like toilet paper, paper towels, and Kleen-ex.

I was able to select the day and hour for delivery. The nice delivery fellow brought everything into my kitchen and

deposited it wherever I indicated. I realized right then how nice it was not to haul stuff from my car to the house (I live in a Costa Smeralda model home so it can feel like quite a trek from the garage to the kitchen, especially when it’s rain-ing).

There are several nice things about the site. It keeps track of what you ordered in the past, making it easy to re-order your favorites. You can shop any time, adding to your list over time, without placing an order. You can then check out when you want to, even days later. Once you place the or-der, you can update it if you make the change before 8:30 a.m. Lots of other advantages, too.

I’ve had two deliveries so far and am working on my next list. I’m sure I won’t give up Trader Joe’s or Frazier Farms, but for basics, the home delivery service can’t be beat.

I could go on, but you can check it out yourself. Easi-est way is just to Google “Vons home delivery.” Take a look. You may like it. n

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The CrustyCurmudgeonBy Bob Wong

Five-cent Advice to Worry Warts

I have met some people who are perennial worry warts. “Nothing is go-ing right. We’re headed toward disaster. Just read the headlines. Watch the news on TV! We’re doomed!”

WW: Haven’t you read the latest? Those drug dealers are send-ing drugs across the border by way of drones. And if they contin-ue sending more and more drones, there will be no way of stopping them. Supposing one of those drones lands on my back yard and the Drug Enforcement gets a hold of that? They’ll shove me in jail. My life is doomed!

We have million dollar supersonic jet fighters that are dormant on March Air Force Base. At the moment, there are no other enemies to shoot down. Now we can put them to good use. Go get’em, Air Force.

WW: The climate is changing. Pretty soon Oceanside will be

under the ocean. And sooner or later, the ocean will be surround-ing Ocean Hills and we will be stranded, unable to get to Ralphs and Frazier Farms. And I just had new wallpaper in the living room. Just what am I going to do? My life is doomed.

Use waterproof wallpaper.WW: I just read 1% of the richest population owns 48% of the

world’s wealth. That’s a jump of 4% in 6 years. Next year, they’ll own half of the world’s wealth. And soon, they’ll own everything I own including me. My life is doomed!

The total of all the chemicals in your body is worth $160. If you think you can get more for your body, eat more ba-nanas.

WW: When I moved into this village two years ago, I thought this was a ‘swinger’s town.’ As a single, I found out everyone clos-es shop before 9 p.m. and the town goes dead. I’m looking for some excitement in life. What can I do; I’m doomed!

Join the Bocce Club; they have a ball. Or how about cheering for the Patriot Football team; they have deflated balls. n

BridgeBy Dan Neilson

The other day, my partner was dealt the following pow-erful hand: AKQxxx QJxx Aqx. I opened three Hearts and she bid four Spades for the final contract. Now it is true she has a nice spade suit and we should be in game, but the cor-rect contract is four Hearts. The preemptive bid has shown seven Hearts for a nine card trump suit while there is no guarantee that I will hold any spades. Moreover there will be entries in the stronger hand, while tricks in the weak hand may exist only in hearts. It is quite possible the Heart bidder may not provide a single trick in a Spade contract. This scenario is most often played out in a no trump contract where a holdup play by defense prevents the setting up of a long suit in the weak hand. It is easy to see that the declarer would have taken a few more tricks in a suit contract.

Another example might be where you are holding eigh-teen points distributed as follows: xx AKxx AQJx Axx. You


are the opener and the bidding proceeds:1Dp 1S p2N p 3S p.Partner has shown six Spades and six or seven points.

With a greater count, they would have bid an immediate game. You now have three choices available. Pass – the safe bid. Three Spades should be a relatively easy contract. Three No Trump – the gamblers choice. Let’s hope you don’t re-ceive a club lead and the long suit may die. Four Spades – probably the best bet for game. The long trumps won’t go away.

Favor the weaker hand with the long suit when selecting the final contract! n

The Golf ColumnBy Peter Russell

Well folks, it is about time that we brought together all of the last 36 months (yes, it has been a full three years of my Golf Column ruminations, tips and facts. First of all, let me announce that you can now access each of the last 36 issues of the Village Voice directly from the Ocean Hills Golf Club website. Just click on the tab which you can find on the first page of the golf website that says “don’t Miss Pete rus-

sell’s golf Column.” Just click on the indicated icon and you will be taken to an intermediate page that lists the top-ic of each of the Golf Columns. Doing a CTRL-click on a se-lected VV issue will take you directly to the full visual of the Village Voice, and at the page for the Golf Column. god has granted me my new Year’s wish!

Let’s start in by playing a round of golf! On paper, of

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1. Read the Village Voice golf article (August 2012) on the types of golf balls available, and which should be used for your club head speed. Be sure that you are taking maximum advantage of the latest technology in the industry and prac-tice using those balls before you sign up for a tournament. You probably don’t know what your club head speed is but it is generally assumed that it is less than the Pro’s yes? That would put it in the area of 75 to 85 MPH but you can check it by visiting with a golf pro, or at a driving range. Sometimes you can get that info from Dick’s. This info is important be-cause it drives (play on words!) many of the other aspects of your golf game. Primarily it drives the compression require-ments of the ball that you choose. for example, the faster you swing the club the harder the ball you can use success-fully.

Next would be the equipment you plan to use at the next game. Let’s start with your shoes. They make golf shoes to give you good traction for a reason; to PLANT yourself with firmness so that you can swing the club effectively. What I suggest is that while you are practicing your golf swing, you get to the point that a full rotation of your body be as sta-ble as possible. An element of that stability is that you plant

your feet wide enough apart to allow full body rotation without becoming unstable. You already have your clubs, but it is also important to keep them clean, especially the grooves. That is the element that gives you spin control, loft, etc., all very important for your game.

Now, as you step onto the 1st tee box, remember how you felt when you were practicing your driver on a driv-ing range, or in our cage. Tee your ball up after consider-ing what the distance to the green is (October 2013). Now let your mind take control (May 2013) and start your game with a positive attitude and the full confidence that you have practiced the right moves to enhance your game. It is just a game after all! Have a great time out there. n

The Movie SceneBy Joan Buchholz

Big EyesThis film is

based on a true sto-ry of Walter Keane (played by Chris-topher Waltz) who in the ’50s and ’60s was a most popu-lar artist. He gained his fame through his painting of waifs with big eyes that became commer-cialized through-out the country. It seems that Keane had been living a lie that had grown into unbelievable pro-portions. The truth exposed Keane as a Big Eyes, a true story about fraud and

deception.


fraud; the paintings attributed to him were actually created by his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams).

Walter is a promoter and even as a painter of Parisian street scenes, his work is ignored. He pairs up with Mar-garet who is also an artist and who paints children with huge distorted eyes She is taken up with his flattery and pep talk and eventually they marry. Her paintings sell while his don’t. He persuades her to allow him to take credit for her paintings and the fraud continues to inflate.

Walter relishes his role as a famous artist and goes on talk shows, opens up his own gallery and hustles his way into events. He tells Margaret that nobody would be inter-ested in buying stuff from “lady painters,” and besides, she is not good at talking about her work or trying to sell it. Wal-ter convinces her that he can take credit for her work as long as they both make money. Margaret is bow-beaten and in-timidated by his arguments and although she is uncomfort-able about the arrangement, she goes along with the fraud.

This has a moral issue for women. Margaret is dominat-ed by Walter and thinks he is right. She lives in a world of helplessness, avoiding her friends and her daughter. Her husband is the only outlet to the outside world. The movie ends up happily, but it also reflects many wives today who tolerate abusive behavior from their husbands. I give it 3 smiles (out of four) because of this issue alone. American Sniper

Formerly a Texas ranchhand, Chris Kyle is a sharpshoot-er and proved it in four tours as a soldier in Iraq. The is the most prolific sniper in U.S. history with 160 confirmed kills. Kyle (played by Bradley Cooper) is portrayed as a guardian angel among his military comrades. Director Clint Eastwood

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courting Taya (Sienna Miller) at a SEALs bar. There is also a soft

side, when he visits wounded soldiers in a veterans hospital. But he feels more comfortable as a sniper with a gun in his hand and a bad Iraqi target in

his sights. There is a prime tar-get: an ace Syrian sniper named

Mustafa whom he blasts with a rocket launcher from more than a mile away.

This was a suspenseful but un-usual subject matter. I felt I was an

onlooker seeing some very terrible scenes of war, and I hand it 3 smiles out of four. n




Travel RecollectionsBy Joe Ashby

Italy (Part 5)Leaving San Gimignano, our bus took us up a

winding dirt road to Castello di Oliveto, high on a rural hilltop. Rolling vineyards and olive groves dominated the surrounding hillsides. The castle was established in 1424 for a noble Florence family. A number of families owned the castle since, but no one owns it now, but it is opened for special events. We walked through the castle and down into a dark dungeon now converted into a wine cellar lined with old casks. We had the privilege of tasting five different wines accompanied with crostini and cheese. The Tuscan dinner was absolutely delicious: pasta with tomatoes, veal and turkey paired with a pleasant asti spumanti. We ended the day in Flor-ence where we gathered on the hotel’s rooftop to ob-serve the city bathed in a golden sunset.

The next day, we headed for Pisa. Along the way, we passed Preto, home to a large community of Chinese. Tradi-tionally, they send their dead back to China and often times the record of death remains unknown and others come to It-aly assuming the deceased name and identity. This has be-come a source of criminal activity.

Immigration is a problem for Italy. Because of the large coastline, many illegal immigrants migrate from North Af-rica looking for work. This creates work competition and a current 42% unemployment rate for people under for-ty years of age. It becomes more desperate for older peo-ple who lose their jobs in mid-life and hopelessness often leads to desperation and even suicide. Wages have stayed the same, but prices have climbed steeply. With an average

Tower of Pisa, and 300 steps to the top.

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Castello Di Oliveto established in 1424.

of 1200 euro per month wage ($1,400), half goes to rent. The economy however, is better in the North of Italy.

Pisa was one of the major maritime ports. It provided protection from pirates and its richness enabled the creation of the square and its 300-step Tower of Pisa. The tower sub-sided, leaning 3.9º off the vertical. When the Arno changed course, the ships couldn’t enter the harbor and Pisa became less important. In 1343, the University of Pisa was found-ed and its student, Galileo was reprimanded by the church as a heretic. He spent the last ten years of his life in exile. He was buried in Florence. We walked along the shopping area where there were dozens of African street vendors hawking all sorts of goods. We escaped, unscathed. n


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The Street WhereYou LiveBy Dora Truban

Rhodes WayRhodes brings to mind a multiplic-

ity of places and people. For instance: the American State of Rhode Island; our OHCC’s friendly street namesake of an enchanting island; also, British states-man Cecil Rhodes creator of sought-after Rhodes Scholarships. In his honor, pres-ent day Zimbabwe was formerly called Rhodesia.

The world knows Rhodes as the home of one of the Ancient World’s Seven Won-ders: the 98-foot-high Colossus statue de-picting Greek sun-god Helios completed in 280 BCE. After an earthquake destroyed it in 223 BCE, re-used building materials created a lasting controversy: was it built on the harbor or in the interior?

This tourist-oriented 514 square mile picturesque is-land in the Greek Aegean Sea is also called Ródas. Curious-

ly shaped like a spearhead, it is one of Hollywood favorite Hollywood movie setting. The island’s interiors are moun-tainous, sparsely inhabited and covered with pine and cy-press forests.

Saluting our Rhodesian neighbors. n

Rhodes, a picturesque vacation spot.


Scams Update By Ira M. Landis

Not the I.R.S.I received the following note from Tom Schneider along

with several other calls describing the exact same facts from other residents. OHCC is under attack !

The telephone call was from ‘Officer Franklin’ from the

Internal Revenue Service who told me an arrest warrant was about to be issued for me due to income tax evasion. He told me to call 804-433-3151 to talk to a department in the IRS that could settle the matter before an arrest warrant was is-sued. It’s a pretty clumsy scam but I’m guessing that there are some in our community who might be taken in since the IRS strikes terror in everyone’s heart.

The caller didn’t ask for me by name, just started in on his spiel. The IRS (as with all government agencies) wouldn’t initiate anything with a phone call or an email.

Many thanks to Tom Schneider and all those who have called. I welcome all the scam alerts from readers which help me bring these evil-doers into public scrutiny. Hopeful-ly, these alerts will help our residents not to fall prey to these predators. Unfortunately, some have learned the hard way.

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They were told to buy a prepaid $500 card from a su-per market and e-mail the card’s code number to the scam-mer. With that number, the scammer was able to transfer the funds to his account. An associate then contacted the vic-tims asking for another $500 “to speed up the shipping pro-cess.” He said “the puppies would die because the shipping case was too small.” The buyers then became suspicious and started doing the homework they should have done initially. Alas, they learned they had been scammed.

A senior director of the Humane Society said it’s not un-common to hear horror stories from people who try to buy dogs online; she said “It’s very important for people to do their homework.” The puppy scam that duped the couple is a variation of a common racket involving money transfers or prepaid cards. The basic premise is that the scammer gets your cash and you get nothing.

It seems quite obvious that there never were any actu-al Dalmatians for sale, no puppies were left to perish in a shipping case, and somebody, somewhere, is $500 richer. Re-sponsible breeders do not sell their dogs online to people they haven’t met, according to the Humane Society. “They’ll insist on meeting the buyers in person.” The Humane So-ciety has a good checklist on its website of things to be on guard for. All my advisers recommend going to a local shel-ter to find a dog (or cat) you can bond with.

Check with the OHCC Kennel Club members for their guidance. n


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TennisBy Tom Fuller

Tennis here is awesome, just watch our people play;

some play later,others at break of day.

They should be retired, but they still give it their all;

they keep on playing even if they should fall

They practice for special tournamentsand practice just for fun;

their serves are like speedballsshot from a cannon gun.

Ladies and gentlemen—they all still play;

some in their eightiesand some every day.

Super athletes are theyand can’t give it up;

it is so much fun for themeven without a winner’s cup.

Maybe you too should be playing—come and take your turn;

the urge may still be there,so come and let the fire burn. n

A PoemBy Joseph S. Harris

Look upon a clear frosty nightfind see millions of bright white stars

How wondrous a signYet have the courage to look up again

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The Use of Vinegardear Editor:I appreciate your article in the last issue of the Vil-

lage Voice regarding the sundry uses of white vinegar. Perhaps you could print this additional (related) infor-mation in an upcoming edition:

vinegar is a herbicideI have been using white vinegar as a weed killer

for several years now, and am pleased to report that it works well on many common garden weeds.

I started this practice because trying to remove di-condra and other weeds from the base of barrel cactus and other succulents was a tedious affair, and I’m get-ting lazy in my old age.

Vinegar in small doses does not seem to harm cac-tus, tree trunks or woody plant stems, so desirable garden specimens are safe from spray drift ... just be careful.

As with most spray applications, apply early in the day when the air is still. Application is more effective in warm weather; repeat as necessary. Be sure to im-mediately flush your sprayer with water after use.

For those of you who care about such things, vin-egar is mostly water. The active agent is acetic acid, CH2COOH, which readily biodegrades and is a useful additive to heavy clay soils.

— From Patrick Fairchild(Another resident claims to have rid her proper-

ty of Argentine ants through the use of vinegar. Use cheap vinegar to spray the little critters. However, one snoot neighbor insists on using balsamic.) n

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The Answer to Guess Who?By Virginia McConnell

I don’t think you’ll have a difficult time guessing who this love-ly lady is. It’s Robin Ryan. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, the oldest of three girls. After graduation, she moved to San Fran-cisco with a Nikon cam-era around her neck and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Robin, today.

Arts in her hip pocket. San Francisco was the perfect back-drop for her photo career and soon she was shooting polit-ical evens, rock concerts and head shots of actors and mod-els. She loved it! United Press International encouraged her to develop her film at their Civic Center headquarters and paid her for the pictures and stories they liked. She pursued assignments in fashion, advertising, magazine editorials and stills for the motion picture industry. Her career as a pho-tographer spanned nearly 25 years, taking her to interesting places and assignments all over the world.

At one point in her career, she found herself in need of a tax accountant. That’s when Dave Anderson entered the pic-ture. They married in New Orleans a year later and lived in Napa Valley for many years before relocating to Ocean Hills Country Club. “I wake up delighted every day with the mild temperatures, the beautiful architecture, my lovely gar-den and the comfortable lifestyle that we have here in Ocean Hills. I am an avid swimmer, past president of the Swim Club and active with the swim clinic.

(If you are intested in joining in on the Guess Who? fun, dig out those old photo albums and please call me, Virginia McCon-nell at (760) 295-1979 or e-mail me at [email protected]. Who knows, maybe we’ll be seeing you in a future issue of the Village Voice. n

AnnouncementsTravel Club

The Travel Club has openings for two 2015 day trips: February 11- “Balboa Park Exhibits”-$84 - The World of

Dr. Seuss and the King Tut Exhibit. Lunch will be at Panama 66 by the Museum of Art.

August 26- Pageant of the Masters- The Pursuit of Happi-ness - $120 includes the show, the “Festival of Arts” and a 3-course dinner at Tivoli Terrace.

All trips leave from Overflow Parking in a comfortable tour bus. Prices are inclusive.

It is important to follow the instructions in the detailed flyers which are available in the Trips Rack at the Club-house. You may leave a check in the Travel Club Envelope at the Front desk. Membership dues are $9 per person or a $5 guest fee for non-members. Trips are coordinated by Hei-di Boynton, (760) 295-8990. n

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of The Village Voice, callour resident ‘Ad Man’

Dick Travis at 760-724-4091


Ocean Hills Bowling Club News

Attention: All senior bowlers. Our Bowling Club will launch our tenth bowling season for 2015. The Vista Enter-tainment Center will be furnishing shoes and bowling balls to help us get started. We will start at 9:30 a.m. every Thurs-day beginning February 19 through June 18. Please arrive by 9:00 a.m. for practice. The league will commence at 9:30. Each team will consist of three players each and we bowl three games.

We invite new and experienced bowlers to join us for a few hours of fun. For more information, call Sarah Harzari-an at (760) 295-44482 or Stu Wohl at (760) 842-5556. n

Heavenly ScentBy Dan Neilson

This story’s about a prestigious concernwith wonderful products for which women yearn

Perfume was its trade – scent like a dreamLe Essence de Skunk was the name of this team.

Long, long ago, great granddad PierreHad worked for a merchant in Paris the fairWho concocted scents for those well-to-do

The haughty, the pompous and that kind of crew.

Great grandpa Pierre – thought he knew howTo better the product – to make it wow

He started a company – built it with sweatAnd now it’s a name – one cannot forget.

The time has been kind to the Skunk familyThe business passed down through the family tree

From Father to Son – from father to sonFor that is the way it had always been done.

But now with the youngest, Sammy Skunk was his nameThe right of succession lost some of its claim

For much as father, can ever love sonDad knew in his heart Sam would bungle this run.

All Skunks had been chemists with brilliant careersThey’d tackled the research without any fears

Develop new scents, new odors galoreThat sold to their clients, brought clamor for more

But Sammy it seems, was a chemical nerdHe liked to be out where his voice could be heard

And not in a lab, by himself, in a smockGregarious Sammy must be out with the flock.

Now Sammy was great with a guitar in handIf you wanted a song, why just bring out the band

A golfing companion, a good fishing chumWhen you were with Sammy, life never was glum.

The company fate with Sam at the topWould wither and droop and would surely flop

No one to take over, to carry the nameLe Essence de Skunk would lose all its fame.

The firm was quite small – its client list shortAristocrats were whom the Skunks like to court

They’d never had sales or marketing schemeBrilliance in research is what made them supreme.

Dad reached a conclusion and took Mom asideWe can’t promote Sammy; we’d go for a ride

We must sell the company, must break the chainThree generations! right down the drain.

While Dad was despondent, Mother reviewedShe did know her son, but the plan might be skewed

She went to accounting to look at their netWhat she found on the books caused her to fret.

Consulting friend Amos, the anteater thereWhy was business so poor when their products had flair?

And Amos the gentleman replied with a frownFor forty straight years, the trend has been down.

The problem, he said is that we’re at the topThere’s not enough work to busy the shop

Our sales need to broad to serve common folkThen profits would come and we wouldn’t be broke.

But do we have chemists to make cheaper smells?And they’d be so common these new clienteles

Why we’d have to ship to Penny’s and SearsAnd hire a bunch of glib marketeers.

You’ve got it all here said Amos the sagePut Sammy in sales, he’d be all the rage

And your daughter Sybil’s a genius with scentGiver her the research and development

With acids and bases, she is quite soundOils and emulsions, she loves to compound

Alcohols, ketones and aldehydes tooThis girl’s promotion is long overdue.

She works with me now in accounting’s small poolThere in the corner, atop that large stool

Those books I’m afraid cause her young heart to pineFor fragrance is where she really does shine.



Robert Cooper • Myrna SlavinMargaret Day • Virginia Duket

John Wagner • Lynn FrancisLee Belknap • Greg Smith

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She’s always been quiet, a little reservedBut dealing her out would be undeserved

She just has the touch, her perfumes ring trueOur Sybil at heart is a Skunk, through and through

Your proud husband thinks she’s a cute little girlBut this is the company’s bright lustrous pearlHer talks at conventions leaves one with aweShe’s more to this firm than a new son-in-law.

So Mom went right home and thought it all outKicked Dad upstairs and took all the cloutDad was the figurehead, she was in chargeLe Essence de Skunk was due to enlarge.

Sammy went out and got new accountsWhile Sybil’s perfumes caused the firm to surmount

Competitive scents that the common folk boughtLe Essence de Skunk was never forgot

Sammy got sales cause he had the brassSybil the research with beakers and glass

Each got a title, VP on the doorAnd Dad got new carpet to put on the floor

People like Sammy and Sybil Skunk, tooJust don’t fit plans that others will brew

But they can evolve and they can be greatIf we use their strengths and appreciate. n


CamelliasCamellia is a genus of flowering plants in the fami-

ly Theaceae. One of the best examples of camellias is to be found at the entrance to our Clubhouse. It is a popular plant in the gardens in the homes of our village. They require rela-tively little care, grow rapidly and are well adapted to acid-ic soil. While the plant at the Clubhouse is a brilliant red, the colors of the flowers vary from white through pink to red.

The yellow flowers are found only in South China and Viet-nam. There are approximately 100 to 200 described species with some controversy over the exact number. The plant can be found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himala-yas east to Japan and Indonesia. The flower was named after Georg Joseph Kamel, a Czech Jesuit botanist who worked in the Philippines, but never described the camellia. n


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