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Ramblings NUMBER 328 www.delrayvillas45.com MARCH 2017

Board of Directors Meeting

Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Time: 7:30 PM

“B” Building

Delray Villas Plat 4/5 homeowners association

From the President Sy Weiss

From the Editor Linda Solomon

St. Patrick’s Day brings in March

winds so be careful about flying de-

bris.

The board has asked all residents to keep lolly-

pops or carriage lights on from dusk to dawn to

keep our community lit up and safe.

We have the best kept secret in DELRAY VIL-

LAS keeping our maintenance fees as low as

possible, and keeping our properties looking

great. Our committees are doing a job that we all

should be proud of, all made up of homeowners

going out and inspecting all homes and proper-

ties throughout our plat.

We have added Russ Mayer to our maintenance

staff to co-chair maintenance with Butch Herbst.

I hope all owners are having their sidewalks

power washed by turning in a slip to our mail

box. That’s all we need - your permission to use

your water, no other charges.

All pets must be walked on a leash and poop

must be picked up.

We have observed garage doors open in the eve-

nings. Please remember to shut them, you are

inviting strangers plus anything else with four

(4) legs to enter.

Board meetings are always the 2nd Tuesday of

the month and homeowner meetings will be the

4th Tuesday in MARCH, OCTOBER, AND

GENERAL ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER.

Wishing all our residents a very happy holiday. Sy

General Meeting

Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Time: 7:30 PM

“A” Building

Community

Channel 8001

Is up and

running!

Channel 8001 on U-verse (formerly Channel 63

at Comcast) is now available for your perusal.

Help Wanted!

It has been very difficult for me to keep up with all of the

work required in maintaining all of the aspects required

with this newsletter. As a result, the bookkeeping that re-

sults from having vendors defray the costs of putting out a

newsletter 10 months out of the year has suffered. I can no

longer continue to keep up with the vendors. I am looking

for someone to take over the contact with vendors and

keeping track of their contracts and the fees. It would also

be a good idea if the person who is to become the Adver-

tising Editor be someone who can get out to various busi-

nesses in the area and canvas for new ads. If you feel you

can help out in this very important task, kindly let Presi-

dent Sy Weiss know as soon as possible. Thank you.

Linda

ANNUAL HOLIDAY GREETINGS

April and the holidays of Easter and Passover are com-

ing!. We are now collecting for the 2017 holidays. If you

would like to participate and wish your Plat 4/5 neigh-

bors and friends “Happy Holidays in three newsletters in

2017 - April, September and December,” kindly submit a

check for $3.00 payable to Delray Villas, Plat 4/5 HOA

with the form below to Linda Solomon, 6675 Overland

Drive, Delray Beach, FL 33484

PLEASE INCLUDE THE TEAR-OFF ON THE BACK

PAGE WITH YOUR NAME(S) AS YOU WOULD LIKE

THEM TO READ (eg., Jack & Jill Smith). Thank you.

If You Are A New Resident And Are Not Connected To 8001 The Only Way To Get Connected Is To Email Alan Shwartz At [email protected] With Your Name And AT&T Account Number, It Generally Takes 3 To 4 Days To Connect.

PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . PAGE 2

PLAT 4/5 RAMBLINGS

Editor Linda Solomon

6675 Overland Drive

Delray Beach, FL 33484

498-9338 917-747-8660 (c)

[email protected]

Associate Editor Bonnie Siegel 498-9338

Advertising Manager Judy LaCorte 495-6899

Distribution Joe LaCorte 495-6899

Harvey Lazaroff 498-8691

Contributors to the Newsletter:

Judy La Corte ~ Carol Mechalic ~ Dennis Michalic ~

Sharon O’Halloran ~ Iris Pavey ~ Carol Slotkin ~

Bob Townsend

2017 PLAT 4/5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

President Sy Weiss 381-4456

Vice Pres. Lew Leon 495-9010

Secretary Bernie Rosenberg 499-1673

Treasurer Sheila Lane 381-7725

COMMITTEES Alliance Judy & Joe LaCorte 495-6899

Architectural Iris Pavey 498-1375

Inspection Carol Michalic 270-7211

Marty Dreiblatt 865-0991

Interviews ** Lew Leon 495-9010

Parliamentarian Bill Yesowitch 502-905-7973

Lakes & Canals Butch Herbst 445-2079

Lights Dennis Michalic *270-7211

Maintenance Butch Herbst 445-2079

Russ Mayer *248-535-4710

Pest Control Carol Michalic 270-7211

Ramblings Linda Solomon *498-9338

Roads Joe La Corte 495-6899

Butch Herbst 637-7882

Website Alan Shwartz *376-4040

www.delrayvillas45.com

55+ Lew Leon 495-9010

Welcoming Diane Weiss *381-4456

Pat Lazaroff 498-8691

RECREATION ASSOCIATION MEMBERS

Pool Tony Costa 508-801-3300

Pat Lazaroff 498-8691

Joan Rosenberg 499-1673

* Non-Board Members

**As of January 2017, all interviews for anyone mov-

ing into Plat 4/5 will only be held on Thursdays.

NEIGHBOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Do you need N.A.P.?

Please contact

Dennis Michalic (chair)

561-270-7211.

YELLOW DOT PROGRAM Got the Dot?

It could save your life!

Contact Carol Michalic

561-270-7211

Yellow Dot

DELRAY VILLAS WE CARE

Until further notice the We Care program at Delray Vil-

las is not active. You can still borrow medical equip-

ment. See below:

FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CALL:

PLAT 4/5

Marty Dreiblatt 865-0991

David Goldstein 499-5098

Alliance Happenings Judy La Corte

Palm Beach Sheriff's Office Captain

Diberardino, gave us the good news that last month

there were no thefts from cars in our district. However

there have been a number of high end cars stolen in

gated communities.

Commissioner Mary Lou Berger told us that a traffic

light has been approved for Hagen Ranch Road and

Gateway although it can take up to a year and a half to

get installed.

Senator Rader surveyed the audience and found that

the overwhelming majority wanted to see the red light

cameras gone.

State Attorney Dave Aronberg told us that heroin is

deadlier than in the past because it is now mixed with

fentanyl and carfentanil which are cheap, powerful pain-

killers that come in from China. Users don't know that

the heroin they are using contains these additives. They

are cheaper than straight heroin, give a bigger high and

is often deadly. Palm Beach County gets more than 20

overdoses a day accounting for more than one death

every day. He also told us that there are approximately

800 sober homes in Delray Beach alone, many owned

by unscrupulous individuals who cause an increase in

overdoses. Some sober homes offer free plane trips to

Florida as well as money or items such as scooters or

cigarettes, which is illegal. These perks allow the (continued on page 5, second column)


MARCH

Happy Birthday

BIRTHDAY-ANNIVERSARY UPDATE

For those new residents or those who

find errors, please complete by printing

the following form and return to the

Editor, Linda Solomon.

Name

(first and last)

Birthday

Significant Other’s Name

(include last name if different)

Birthday

Anniversary

Happy Birthday

PISCES (February 21 - March 21) Aries (March 21 - April 20)

Anniversaries

Birthstone – Aquamarine

1 - Ash Wednesday

12– Purim

17– St. Patrick’s Day

8 - International

Women’s Day

02-22 Tony Costa

01 Paul Hillier

02 John Heim

04 Milton Kaplan

06 Gloria Simon

Barbara Teta

07 Anne Hirsch

09 Alan Shwartz

10 Sylvia Wildman

11 Eleanore Morgan

13 Marty Dreiblatt

14 Carmela Digiorgio

Dorina Frydman

Elaine Guanci

15 Marie D’Allessandro

19 Marvin Einhorn

Paul Farber

21 Jim Wentz

27 Leatrice Kolodney

Carol Michalic

29 Angelo Gencarelli

30 Morris Kushner

Rosalinda Perez

Judy Katz

12 - Girl Scouts Day

09 Bernie & Joan Rosenberg

14 Donna & Larry Berger

17 Betty & Paul Hillier

18 Morris & Doris Kushner

21 Steve & Iris Pavey

25 Milton & Harriet Schreiber

Wishing all of our readers

a

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Daylight Savings Time - 12

Spring Begins - 20

Flower of the Month - Jonquil

ARCHITECTURAL - FOLLOW THE RULES

If you plan to do ANY outside work on your house or prop-

erty, be sure to get architectural approval first !!!

Pick up an application from my patio (13675

Whippet Way West) fill it out - sign it - return it to

my patio. Once the request has been approved, I

will call you to pick up the approval which then

needs to be placed in the front window of your

house.

ANY QUESTIONS

Call Iris Pavey 498-1375

Architectural Chairman

SAFETY by Carol and Dennis Michalic

MOVE OVER !!!!!!

The Move Over Law is meant to provide safe work

areas for those who patrol and/or deliver critical services

to others while on roadways.

On a multilane road, you must safely leave the lane

closest to the emergency vehicle or slow to 20 mph or

slower if unable to change lanes.

On two lane roads, slow to 20 mph below posted

speed limit or travel at 5 mph if posted speed limit is

below 20 mph.

Vehicles to be aware of are police vehicles, fire/

ambulance vehicles, sanitation trucks, utility vehicles,

road ranger or tow trucks.

Persons on bicycle that are on the sidewalk are con-

sidered pedestrians and bicyclists in the roadway are

required to observe traffic regulations as if in a vehicle.

They should be in a bike lane when appropriate and ride

with the flow of traffic and ride no more than 2 abreast.

In addition, bicyclists are to be accorded a 3 foot safety

zone when passing.

Have respect for the motorcyclist and bicyclist as

they do not have the protection offered by cars and

trucks. BUT, they also have to respect the motorist and

obey traffic laws.

STAY SAFE


IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM

THE BOARD

The sidewalks can be power

washed for free. However, the mainte-

nance people must be able to use your

water when they are doing this work.

No power washing will be done with-

out a form being filled out in the rec-

reation parking lot mailbox.

- - - - - -

The speed limit on Dusenburg and La

Salle roads will be reduced to 30 MPH.

Please protect our older folks who don’t

walk with as much surety. And don’t for-

get our mailboxes, who take the most

abuse! - - - - - -

As reported in the January

Ramblings, the Inspection

Committee has been out to

view the homes in our Plat and

make determinations based

upon their findings. One of

the recommendations they

made to the Board was for them to appeal to our con-

stituency concerning our roofs. With time and hurri-

canes, massive winds and rain, some of our roofs have

been neglected. It’s easy to see when a house needs

paint; but, sometimes we forget the house’s top hat, the

roof. Therefore, the Board is strongly suggesting that we

all look up at our roofs as well as the paint on the house

and the windows and clam shell shutters to ensure that

our house is in good repair. Maintaining our homes en-

hances our community and increases its value, some-

thing we all want.

There are several ways roofs can be maintained. You

can purchase the appropriate chemicals on your own and

do it yourself or have your handyperson do it. Or you

can have it done professionally. If you choose the latter,

Carol Michalic (561-270-7211) has the names of some

reliable companies. Give her a call if you have any

questions.

In Memoriam

Plat 4/5 remembers

Offer condolences to the friends and family of

Jenny Singer

May her memory be for a blessing.

CAROL’S CORNER Photo by Carol Sloktkin


Club Name AFTER 6 SOCIAL CLUB Date/Time Wednesday Mar. 1 7:00 PM

Where “A” Building

Topic Meeting and entertainment

Collation Coffee and cake

Club Name D.V. FRIENDS OF ITALY CLUB Date/Time Friday Mar. 3 7:00 PM

Where “B” Building

Topic Speaker Dominic D’Alessandro of

Las Vegas fame - aspects of gambling

Collation Coffee and Cake will be served.

Club Name CITIZEN OBSERVER PATROL-C.O.P. Date Time Wednesday Mar.1 9:00AM

Where “B” Building - Viking Room

Topic Training

Collation Breakfast

Club Name DEBORAH Date/Time Thursday, Mar. 16 12:00 Noon


Topic GALA @ Benvenuto’s

Collation For more information get in touch with :

Lee Kolodney

Deborah supports the Deborah Heart Hospital in New

Jersey. People who can not afford to pay for their proce-

dures are helped for free.

Club Name MEN & WOMEN SOCIAL CLUB Date/Time Tuesday, Mar. 21 7:00 PM


Topic Short business meeting and great entertainment

Collation Wine and Cheese Evening, we’ll supply the

cheese, you bring the wine

Gentlemen may now wear shorts to our meetings

Club Name NA’AMAT USA Date/Time Monday, Mar. 6 9:00AM


Topic Regular meeting & interesting program

Collation Coffee & bagels will be served.

Na’Amat supports care centers for children & women in

Israel

Club Name SCRABBLE

Date/Time Thursdays * 2:00-5:00 PM

Where “B” Building

*Call Michael Scott 908-2449

Delray Book Club

The Book Club meets on the first Monday of every month

at 1-2 PM in the Ceramics Room of the “B” Building. Books

will be available at the Hagen Ranch Library. You must ask

for the book by its title. Below are the first three books for

discussion:

Mar. 6 - Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomon

Apr. 3 - The Paying Guest by Sara Waters

May 1 - The Gilded Years by Karin Tanobe

Jun. 5 - The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Jul. 3 - This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell

Aug. 7 - Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

Sept. 11 - Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews

Oct. 2 - Two If By Sea by Jaquilyn Mitchard

Nov. 6 - We Could Be Beautiful by Swan Huntley

Dec. 4 - Silver Bay by Jojo Moyes

If you have any questions, contact Leslie Boardman at

[email protected] or 561-808-7600/215-208-3652.

DELRAY VILLAS CLUB NEWS

(continued from page 2, column 2, Alliance report)

operators to cause an increase in overdoses. The sober

home operators more than recoup their expenses through

insurance payments. Sober homes are not regulated as

they offer no medical help.

Commander of the Narcotics Bureau from PBSO

made us aware that in 2016 the Sheriff's Office re-

sponded to 1300 overdoses which accounted for 242

deaths. Nine hundred and seventy of these cases were

people under 35 years old.

Former State Senator Maria Sachs discussed human

trafficking. Runaways flock to Palm Beach County be-

cause of the ocean and the weather. When their money

runs out they are taken advantage of and begin paying

with their bodies. She would like to see the homes and

motels of human traffickers seized and turned into sanc-

tuaries and other assets used to help victims.

WELCOME NEW

NEIGHBORS

Correction: Linda Roberts 6145 La Salle Road

Michael & Joann Jacobson 6202 Overland Place

Michael P. Dickson 16861 Packard Terrace

Alan H. & Edith Kaplan 5177 Dusenburg Road

Dolores Moss & Samantha Moss 6057 Overland Place

Errol & Beverly Schnurman 6209 Overland Place

Frank M. & Mary Burgo 13674 Whippet Way West

Sharon’s Read submitted by SHARON O’HALLORAN


MORE CLUB NEWS

Delray Villas

Friends of Italy Club

Annual Picnic March 15, 2017

Morikami Park

Fantastic BBQ Lunch - 12 N $19.00 for members and guests

Please bring your own soft drinks

It will be a fun day with great food, music and

games!

All are welcome to come and join us for a great

day….hopefully, you will be interested in joining

our club.

If interested, please call

Mana DiGiorgio 495-4552 to make a reservation

and arrange payment

Annual Bocce Tournament March 30, 2017

Details to be discussed at next meeting

If interested please call

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

This is a sprawling book spanning generations and

continents, where the unhealed ruptures of slavery

course through it. It is a debut novel of a gifted young

writer that contemplates the consequences of human traf-

ficking on both sides of the Atlantic. Homegoing tells the

story of two half-sisters, unknown to each other but hav-

ing the same mother, and of the six generations that fol-

low. Their lineage is broken by enslavement and cursed

by premonitions that condemn those who were captured,

those who were spared and those who sold hostages to

the Europeans.

The novel opens in the mid-18th century with the birth

of one sister, Effia, in what is now Ghana, where there

was an appetite for human bodies. Effia is sold by her

father to marry the British governor of Cape Coast Cas-

tle, even though he already has a wife and children in

England. She lives in luxury high above the dungeons in

which Esi, her half-sister, is held. Esi was captured in a

raid of her village and packed in the waste of her fellow

prisoners Effia and Esi. Effia is born earlier and then

her mother escapes a devastating fire and moves to the

interior of Ghana and becomes the wife of another man

where gives birth to Esi. She also gives each daughter a

stone pendant as a reminder of their history. In a telling

metaphor Effia passes her pendant on to her descendants

and it moves from generation to generation. Esi’s pen-

dant is lost in the dungeons of the castle and never re-

covered and her descendants, enslaved in America never

know their history.

The narrative unfolds through self-contained stories that

are chapters in the book. Some are like fables, others

like nightmares that shift between the family lines in

West Africa and America. The narrator of each chapter

is a descendant of either Effia or Esi. The stories of the

two bloodlines alternate up to the present day. Each new

character is a limb of the disrupted family tree. Charac-

ters reappear in dreams or retellings as the action moves

from the Cape Coast to Kumasi to Baltimore to Harlem.

At the center of each narrative episode is a complex pro-

tagonist who we come to care deeply about, largely (continued on page 7, column 2)


Talk of the Town by BOB TOWNSEND

hen I went to work at The Brockton

(Massachusetts) Enterprise in 1968 it

seemed as if Ken Dalton had been writ-

ing a column on the editorial page forever. I had

the distinct feeling that he probably had been

hanging around Main Street in Brockton several years before

and they built the newspaper around him. He wrote a general

interest column dubbed KGD Says every Monday, Wednesday

and Friday. I figured out that his middle initial must have been

G.

Ken Dalton was an institution in Brockton. His column was

very well received, which was baffling to me because he could-

n’t write to save his life and all his columns were about abso-

lutely nothing. He told stories about nothing at all long before

the Seinfeld television series made it popular to tell stories

about nothing at all. The only difference was that KGD didn’t

do it humorously.

Ken Dalton’s favorite thing to write about was the restau-

rants he visited and the people who accompanied him to those

eateries. That may not be such a bad thing - culinary reviews

can be entertaining and helpful. The only problem is that KGD

never had a bad thing to say about any restaurant he ever vis-

ited. I’ll bet he received free meals everywhere he dined.

After I had been at The Enterprise a few years; I moseyed

into the publisher’s office and asked him to give me a shot at

writing a column for the editorial page. The publisher told me

every spot on the editorial page was taken. So, pointing out that

KGD never said anything about anything anyway, I suggested

the publisher cut him back to twice a week and let me have one

of his spots. The publisher told me to provide some samples of

my work.

The first Wednesday that my column appeared in place of

KGD Says, Dalton, a short, chubby guy with pouty cheeks,

wandered into the newsroom with the editorial page in his

hand. He was pouting even more than usual. He looked at my

picture at the top of my column, he looked at me; he looked at

my picture, he looked at me; he looked at my picture, he

looked at me. I guess he wanted to make sure he had the right

dude.

He plopped the editorial page on my desk in front of me.

“I write a column every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,”

he said.

“Ah ha,” I responded.

“Today’s Wednesday,” he said.

“Ah ha.”

He pointed to my column and said,

“That’s my spot in the paper.”

Suddenly I was hit with the realiza-

tion that nobody from management

told KGD that I would be taking his

place on Wednesdays.

“I wrote a column for today,” he

said.

“I guess they liked mine better,” I

responded.

Now you may be asking yourself

why I’m suddenly telling you about

KGD. Well, I’ve got this overwhelming

desire to write a culinary review and

I’m scared to death that I may be turn-

ing into KGD. But I’m going to go

ahead and write the review anyhow.

Here it is:

Recently, my wife Ronnie and I

went out to dine with our good friends,

Ed and Judy Clemon, who live in Delray Villas West, which

is to say, they come from the wrong side of the tracks.

We dined at Buster’s Doughboy and Crab House in Plan-

tation.

It stunk.

What do you think? Will I get a free meal at Busters?

W

(continued from page 6, Homecoming)

because of the extent of their suffering. As the genera-

tions unfold, each is powerless in the face of their his-

tory.

Each new character is a limb of the disrupted family

tree. Characters reappear in dreams or retellings as the

action moves from the Cape Coast to Kumasi to Balti-

more to Harlem. At the center of each narrative episode

is a complex protagonist who we come to care deeply

about, largely because of the extent of their suffering

Love is the glue that binds these life stories together;

the chapters are a series of couplings and begettings

making way for the next in line. Gyasi’s portrayal of

physical love between men and women makes for some

of the novel’s most powerful scenes.

There isn’t much humor in Homegoing but the best

of it comes from Marcus’ sardonic father, Sonny, who

feels that “the problem with America wasn’t segrega-

tion but the fact that you could not, in fact, segregate.

Sonny had been trying to get away from white people

for as long as he could remember, but, big as this coun-

try was, there was nowhere to go.”

The title, “Homegoing,” is taken from an old Afri-

can belief that death allows an enslaved person’s spirit

to travel back to Africa. The ambitious form and

Gyasi’s determination to scrutinize the participation of

West Africa in the Atlantic slave trade is one of the

novel’s strengths. The West African chapters are the

heart of the book. Gyasi evokes what was lost to those

who were sold away—the sense of individual and col-

lective identity, a wealth of rituals and customs. Akua,

an old Asante woman and descendant of Effia speaks

words that echo across seas and oceans: “There are

people who have done wrong because they could not

see the result of the wrong. Evil begets evil, it grows, it

transmutes, so that sometimes you cannot see that the

evil in the world began as the evil in your home.”

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Please - PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS!

Thank them for supporting the Delray

Villas Plat 4/5 Ramblings - they will

appreciate your business.

Are you in need of

Notary Public services?

If you live in Plat 4/5 those

services are available to you

for free.

Call: Carol Michalic: 561-270-7211

Need someone reliable

to “babysit” your

home while you are

away?

Call Tony Costa

508-801-3300, a 7

year Delray Villas 4/5

resident.









CELEBRATORY GREETINGS:

NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE NO.

MONTH/YEAR for Publication

PRINT your celebratory note on the lines below. Enclose check for $2.00 per celebratory note. Send to Linda Solomon 6675

Overland Drive, Delray Beach, FL 33484. Larger spaces than lines on page 3 are available for and increased fee (see below for

schedule).

Schedule of fees for more than 2 lines: We will design the graphic for the background of the card .

Business card (1/8 page) $ 5.00 1/2 page $15.00 1/4 page $10.00 Full page $20.00

Examples: Balloons for Birthday, Couples for Anniversary, baby for birth announcement for a grandchild or great-grandchild,

etc.

These fees are exclusive to Celebratory Greetings for Plat 4/5 residents only. Fees for any advertisements of goods or ser-

vices are determined by another schedule. (See Linda Solomon)

ANNUAL HOLIDAY GREETINGS:

Name

Please enclose a check for $3.00 payable to Delray Villas Plat 4/5 to cover the cost of the three month Holiday Greeting and

send to Linda Solomon.

Ramblings

Delray Villas Plat 4/5 HOA

Ramblings

Linda Solomon

Editor-in-chief

6675 OVERLAND DRIVE

Delray Beach, FL 33484

MARCH 2017 Issue 328

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