FC LIFE

JANUARY  2017    MAY   2019

A PUBLICATION ABOUT LIFE AT FRENCHMAN’S CREEK   BY, FOR AND ABOUT OUR MEMBERS 

Marjorie Feld had a Hole-In-One on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 , on the 5th hole of South. It played at 127 yards and she used a 9 wood.

The Homefront column is designed to inform our members where in the  community our new residents are living and other   residences they may have. It also keeps up with our present members who have stayed in the community but moved to new  dwellings.   Of course we always wish our members who are moving out of the community good luck wherever their travels take them and our  new members and established  members good luck in their new address.  This month, we welcome the following new members. RANDALL and DAWN MARIE BURCHAM who have purchased the Nicklaus’ home on Calais Drive. They also reside in Wolcott, Colorado.

PAULAND CAROLMENDEZ who bought Rhoda Schachter's home on Provence Drive. They also reside in New York City, New York.

MS. THERESAM. GUINNESS and MR. LANCE B. LUNDBERG who purchased Beverly Rubenstein’s home on Monet Drive West. They also have a residence in Westport, Connecticut. The Lundberg’s happily express that ,”We are very excited about joining the Frenchman’s Creek community. We had a great first week here and feel at home already. Everyone was very welcoming!”

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CongratulaƟons to, DR. BUD MOPPER who on April 26, 2019 was awarded the 2018  DisƟnguished Alumnus Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago. This award is the  highest honor bestowed upon an alumnus of the College of DenƟstry. Criteria include  disƟncƟon in authorship, lectureship, military service educaƟon, organized denƟstry and   other endeavors.   THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE DURING AVERY DIFFICULT TIME. YOU SHOWERED ME WITH FOOD, CARDS, E– MAILS AND TEXTS, FOR WHICH I AM TRULY GRATEFUL. I FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO BE SURROUNDED BY SUCH WARMTH AND KINDNESS . RONNI GREBOW IS SO APPRECIATIVE, SHE WRITES THE FOLLOWING: DEAR FRIENDS, ROBERT M. (BOB) BEREN on Le Mans Way is quite proud that two of his daughters will concurrently head the two largest Jewish Federations in America. He ventures to guess this is the only time two sisters have ever occupied these meaningful positions. His middle daughter , Amy Beren Bressman, has just been named to a three year term starting in July as President of UJA-Federation of New York (also incudes Long Island and Westchester County). Among her prior leadership roles have been chairman of the board of Park Avenue Synagogue and chairman of the Town School. His youngest daughter, Julie Beren Platt, will complete her second term as board chairman of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles on December 31, 2019. Julie is a longtime trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and a chairman of Foundation for Jewish Camp. Both girls together with their older sister, Nancy and younger brother, Adam, grew up in Wichita Kansas. The older two girls attended Wellesley College and Julie graduated from Penn. Adam is a Harvard alumnus where he captained the tennis team. Nancy and Adam are also leaders in politics and Jewish Life.

Dr. and Mrs. Louis Cosentino’s grandchildren Faye and Rose featured by Kristen: Loving their tennis with the drawing of a tennis player on the court that they made :-)

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Great Blue Heron 

Wood Stork 

Great Blue Heron 

We thought it would be interesƟng to capture and show our members the progression of our baby Sand Cranes.  Thanks to Steve and Linda Epstein and myself for capturing these photos.  Editor, bobbe wiener 

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For our new members, the B’s are Drs. Burt Greenberg and Bob Gleiber, our resident bird watchers.  April 6th, a beauƟful day for golf……… and for birding! So our resident birders, B (urt) ad B(ob) decided to do  both. While maintaining pace of play and keeping track of their golf balls, they searched the creeks and  ponds, bushes and trees, and the sky for signs of bird life. It tuned out to be a glorious day. Not only did they  play well (we do not know how with all they had to do), they idenƟfied 24, yes twenty‐four, different spe‐ cies by sight and 3 more by sound. Their playing partners thought maybe they had each seen 2 birds, neither  of which they could idenƟfy. Highlights of the day included the Sandhill cranes with their babies, a red tail  hawk, brown thrashers, wood stork and loggerhead shrikes. The next day, one of the B’s saw a bald eagle  and a pair of Killdeer. Several of the regular seen birds were not seen that day or the count could have been  higher. Editor’s note, I saw a red headed bird in my tree, thought it was a  female cardinal at first but then  thought it was a woodpecker unƟl the good Dr. Burt told me red headed woodpeckers are not in Florida and  he idenƟfied it as a cardinal by the sound I heard. This column has definitely had me look at nature different‐ ly– hope you do the same and have fun with it.  We thank Burt Greenberg  for this arƟcle and the both B’s for the great  pictures. 

LiƩle Blue Heron  

Killdeer 

Bald Eagle 

Tri Colored Heron 

Rosy Spoonbill – spoƩed by bobbe wiener

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SPECIALLY FOR NEW MEMBERS:   The Volunteer Match  Program has appreciated the interest of new residents in  our volunteer programs.  It's a great way to meet other  members and a very rewarding experience.   Donna   Smolens, a new member, shared her equity investment  skills and knowledge with students in the Finance Acade‐ my at the local junior high school.  New programs are  planned for next season including a special "Volunteer  Showcase" DATE??? where agencies are available to ex‐ plain their programs and volunteer needs.   

VOLUNTEER  MATCH  PROGRAM 

THANK YOU

Golf clubs collected from  members for First Tee of Palm                             Beach 

Clothing collected from our   members for The Lord’s Place. 

UNDER OUR PRECIOUS PETS COLUMN, MARIANNE and MARTIN WINNICH SENDS US THESE OF THEIR DOG , HENDRIK, AND GRANDDOG, BRADY, ON SAME THE LEASH AND GRANDDAUGHTER, ABBY SLEEPING ON HENDRIK..

ANOTHER GREAT GOLF TOURNAMENT DAY  WAS HAD THURSDAY, MAY 23,2019 ,  when the  staff/ member golf tournament was played. It was a 4 member team with a staff member and format was  a step– aside Scramble. The weather was superb with a slight breeze making the day great. The three top   winners were:  First Place:   BARBARA GERSTEN, DEBBIE HORNSTEIN, SHEILA BABICH, MIMI BERGEL , JOSH  HAYES  Second Place:   BARBARA REITMAN, ANETTEB SCHILLING, ANITA FISHBEIN, BARBARA WIENER, ROSS   MURGATROYD  Third Place:   LILA SILVER, TERRI SACKETT, MERYL CHERRY, EVELYN GUTKIN, SHAUN CARTER

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Broadway at Tournament Drive was presented Friday Night, May 3, 2019. Edna Lynn produced the International Night of the trainees and staff entertainment and as usual had a surprise ending. The countries represented were “Asia, Philippines, India, China, Indonesia; Africa, South Africa and Maurities, Europe, Germany, Austria, Ukraine; South America, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia; America, USA. The next to last act was Grishu, Arthur and Soroj from India dressed in their native garb danced the native dance of India and half way through were joined by our own Ashish Sethi and Vineet and then followed by all from India and other countries who knew the dance. Ending in the final song, “We are the World.” with all the country flags represented, proudly displayed and flying. Chills still go thru me as I remember the camaraderie of staff and members as all sang. bobbe wiener

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Here are two family developments that excite Loretta and me.

LORETTA and BOB LIFTON are delighted at the marriage of their granddaughter Meg on May 26th. The bride, Meg Healy, is the Talent Development Manager at Horizon Health Services, the largest mental health services provider in Buffalo New York. The groom, Nate Gulley, just graduated with his MBA from SUNY Buffalo and is a bank officer in the prestigious Executive Associates program at M&T bank. Separately, on May 14th, the Lifton's grandson Matt Hooper, the host of the 'IBM Blockchain Pulse' podcast, produced, also in collaboration with IBM, the first event of its kind: 'Blockchain On Broadway'. A tech-inspired musical variety show featuring songs, skits, and a keynote interview, 'Blockchain On Broadway' was a totally SOLD OUT show, performed in the heart of the theater district, during the most im- portant week of its kind: Blockchain Week NYC."

LIBRARY NEWS You may have noƟced that your Frenchman’s Creek library looks different. AŌer 15 years, we decided to  do a Spring Cleaning. There are a few things that we, your volunteer librarians, would like to bring to your  aƩenƟon. We ask that you donate books that are CURRENT. We are no longer shelving paperback books  so please do not bring them to the library. We now have room for puzzles (all the pieces please) and  games. NO VIDEOS. We ask that you DO NOT SHELVE books, please place them in the book container.  The library has been a pleasant addiƟon to the many conveniences we enjoy here at Frenchman’s Creek.  Please keep reading and donaƟng books.   Thank you.

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              SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2019 

Only about 15 women came, so chances are, you weren't there. And that's really too bad, because the Mother's Day Tea Party was absolutely royal. We do a lovely tea party menu for the day the Charity Foundation gives out the checks, but the menu for Mother's Day was different. The tea sandwiches included lobster salad, smoked salmon roll-ups and triangles of excellent caviar. The cakes and petit fours were equally special and the champagne was ice-y and delicious. The staff, as always, were perfect and we all agreed, as we left, roses in hand ,that the only thing missing was....... you. Hope to see you next Mother's Day. Norma Lippman

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A GREAT DAY AT THE PALM BEACH PAR 3 GOLF COURSE Tuesday, May 21st, 27 women and 9 staff members travelled by bus to the Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course. The weather was magnificent with sun very few clouds and a slight breeze to make the warm day bearable. Three women and a pro or caddie played a 2 ball shamble. FUN is an understatement to the day. The course is not easy and ideal to use irons and putt on an entirely different green than ours. The surroundings are fairy tale and we learned (some the hard way) that it is Iguana paradise. Do not bring a retriever as yours truly nonchalantly and vigorously was walking to retrieve her ball when all of a sudden, she spied an iguana in her path. A hasty retreat was had to the laugh of the day. After golf, we all had a delicious and filling lunch served on the upper porch of the clubhouse. It was a fabulous day and we cannot stop talking how much fun it was to all be on two buses and play a different course. Some of the women came up with an excellent idea, could we please go to a reciprocal course in the same format– that is how great the day was. Pictured below is the group and our “friends– the Iguanas.” We thank, JR, Andrea Finkel, Chris Horn and myself for the pictures– and especially Kim who arranged everything. Kudos to her!

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TENNIS  PICKLEBALL  We would like to say the end of the season Bocce party was a wonderful event. The Bocce players were so thankful and grateful for the wonderful food and evening. Thank you for all the staff, Martina, Chef and all the food and beverages. We want to thank everyone for such a great season! The farewell tennis and pickleball party was also a won- derful success. The amazing food, dancing, music and best of all the people that attended. We want to thank the Chef, Martina and all the food and beverage staff that put such a nice event together for us. We would like to congratulate all the pickleball players. The winners of the pickleball tournament for 2019. Winners of the men Tom Aveni and Sol Kravecas Women winners were Sheila Babich and Marie Kravecas

Runner up’s were Abe Kamor and Arnold Mazur. Runner’s up Sue Davis and Beth Elgort

TENNIS MIXED DOUBLES : Winners were Marie and Sol Kravecas Runner’s up: were Sheila Babich and Arnold Mazur pictured at right.

Always a wonderful event and super exciƟng  matches were played. 

Thank you for a super season.. Wishing everyone a healthy happy summer. Thank you, 

Tikky and Kristen and tennis staff

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Frenchman’s Creek Community mourns the loss of our following members 

DEENA KAPLAN who lived at 13884 Degas Drive East and was a resident  since 2015. Our hearƞelt sympathies to her  beloved husband, Jerry, and their  family.  RICHARD GILLMAN who lived at 2787 Calais Drive and was a member  since 1994. Our hearƞelt sympathies to his beloved wife, Shaldine, and their  family.

Do you like to write but only want to be bothered seldomly.  Well   Frenchman’s  Creek Life is for you. We welcome guest correspond‐ ents. Be it a trip you just took, an exciƟng event in your life or   family’s or just something interesƟng. We are your paper– for and  by the members– and we all share your stories and happenings. 

Club News Staff     Editor      Bobbe Wiener   Correspondents  Mimi Bergel, Shirley Goldberg, Marleen Hacker, Mark H. Hurd, Norma Lippman, Lois Stern, Judy Tobin  Photographer      Andrea Finkel  A SPECIAL NOTE: We are losing two of our correspondents. LOUISE ALBERT who is leaving Florida for  Pennsylvania. We wish her good luck and wonderful days and thank her for being with us and her help  and advice.  MARLEEN HACKER who is entering a new phase in her life as she leaves Frenchman’s. We thank her for  the many years she has served us and helped to make the paper an exciƟng and interesƟng one with her  arƟcles. We wish her good luck and many happy days.  That is what makes our paper‐stories of our members, we care, we share, we sympathize  and we celebrate together. Keep it in mind for next season or if you have something over  the summer please contact markeƟng office or your editor at babasouth@aol.com.  Thank  you. A great summer to all. 

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