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OCTOBER 2020 edition DECEMBER 2020 edition

In the latest Letter from the President as you know, Mr Barham had a great idea to have people suggest names for our tent . We received 10 or so suggestions. We only received 5 responses from the Food and Beverage Committee and 3 out of 5 chose Bistro 19. The suggestion was submitted by Peter Tsolili, our own food and beverage staff member. We want to recognize, Peter, and that this will be the tent’s “formal name”.

Ellen Buscemi, Food and Beverage , Chair

From ML COCCI , this year’s Frenchman’s Creek Charities Foundation, Chair…..

Who was excited to tell us that she had a call from SUSAN DAVIS to tell her how grateful the Palm Beach Gardens Fire Department is to Frenchman’s Creek because of the support our Charity Foundation gives them. Susan had an incident with her sm oke detector and when they came to her house they told her how great we are!

On the same note coincidentally, a few weeks ago, past Chair, SYD SHAW had to be at the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department on business. She noticed the officer who took care of her had a K-9 shirt on. She casually asked him how the four dogs were doing. He replied how do you know about the dogs—- are you from Frenchman’s Creek? He then proceeded to thank her for the entire department for all Frenchman’s Creek Charities does for the police dogs and the K-9 unit.

Thank you to all our participating members for making Frenchman’s Creek Charities recognized, appreciated and thankful to the recipients.

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The Frenchman’s Creek Charities Foundation renders financial and in-kind support to civic and not-for profit organizations whose purposes are to provide civic and cultural programs designed to assist and promote the well-being of the residents and their communities. In keeping with this goal, the Foundation issues grants to the Palm Beach Gardens Fire, Recreation and Police Departments as well as Juno Beach which allow them to purchase equipment which otherwise they may have to forgo. Not only does this help our communities, but it is extremely interesting to see how they use new innovations which improve their effectiveness.

Last year, the Palm Beach Gardens Fire Department requested funds to help purchase a Pediatric Patient Simulator, a robot that looks like a five-year-old boy capable of facial expression, emotion, movement and speech. It is intended to help professionals improve skills in pediatric care. This robot, called Hal, can go into cardiac arrest and receive real glucose testing. It can also show emotions such as anger and worry. The Palm Beach Gardens paramedics do not confront a large number of pediatric calls, but when they do, they are often high-risk situations where the paramedics need to be prepared and capable of diagnosing and administering effective treatment. Through this scenario-based learning, Hal can help paramedics asses verbal and non-verbal cues, develop IV skills and improve emergency intervention skills. The Palm Beach Gardens Recreation Department requested a grant to provide live musical entertainment to our community. Unfortunately, COVID-19 made this form of entertainment no longer practical. Instead, the funds have been redirected to purchase a screen for drive-in movies which enables the Rec Department to simultaneously provide entertainment to its residents while adhering to social distancing guidelines. The screens will have ongoing use for years to come.

In this difficult time, we at Frenchman’s Creek can feel proud that our community is helping to pro-vide a recreational outlet for Palm Beach Gardens residents.

We also gave a grant to the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department in 2018 so that they could purchase cell phone forensics equipment and provide training on its use for their senior crime analyst. The equipment is used in every case where a cell phone is recovered. Cell phones provide a treasure trove of data for those working in forensics and the data often helps solve cases and win convictions. There are many inter-esting articles on the internet that explain how this is done.

Then in 2019, we gave the department a grant to purchase new equipment for its drone program. Drones have been used successfully in locating fleeing suspects and in rescue missions. They also provide a reliable method of analyzing traffic issues. The drone speeds up response time and requires less personnel to accomplish the needed task. Over the past several years, Juno Beach has used our donations to purchase several pieces of equipment including a message board given to the Juno Police Department to notify drivers of emergency situations and to help control traffic flow. Last year, Juno purchased a T3 Patroller electric standup vehicle (ESV) with our grant. The vehicle is economical to operate and simple to use. Its main purpose is to patrol high density areas such as craft fairs.

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Column by Lois Stern Photography by Debbie Hornstein

RUTH AMIEL and daughter, BARBARA PEARSON , living in Frenchman’s Creek….two women together…with kids and grands and great grands all up north and a pandemic which keeps us from jumping on a plane to visit and play with them all as we used to. Even living here in FRENCHMAN’S CREEK,, there are so many restrictions and we needed something alive to perk up the daily routine and so my daughter, Barbara, and I decided we needed a puppy to fill the void. Barbara researched and found a breeder of Havanese.. dogs in Hobe Sound. We visited, she checked everything , as Barb always does, and we were going to have a newly born puppy in about 3 months. When someone told us about Marilyn Greenberg and her connections to the puppy world and how she has helped so many adoptions that were brought to happy conclusions, we called Marilyn. The day before, the cutest, sweetest (already housebroken) tiny little 7 year old had just been brought to the Furry Friends Retreat in Jupiter. Did we want to go to meet him? Indeed!

Into the car, and off to the “pound” and there HE was. I repeat…HE… the cutest,, sweetest, most friendly, loving little 5 1/2 pound “Shorkie” wonder on 4 feet. His name was Prince. But he did not answer to it. So we named him Jack….he doesn’t answer to that name either. But what matters…and here it is in a nutshell: We have adopted this little, beauty, lively, cuddly, sweetness who comes for a hug and a kiss and to play a dozen times a day.

So thank you Marilyn, for your generosity, your kindness and your ability to put smiles on so many faces as we give homes to those lost little homeless beings.

From the FRENCHMAN ’ S CREEK LIFE STAFF A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR BRINGING GOOD HEALTH, PEACE OF MIND AND A VACCINE TO PROTECT EVERYONE.

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We congratulate, JIM ANCHIN, on his Hole-In-One. He got it on Saturday, December 19, 2020 on number 5 of the South Course. The hole played at 123 yards.

Not to be outdone, JEFFREY PARKER had a Hole-In-One on Monday, December 21, 2020. It was on number 9 of the South Course. The hole played at 129 yards.

Congratulations , Jeffrey.

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THE FOOD DRIVE DECEMBER 14TH HELD BY THE VOLUNTEER MATCH PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE PALM BEACH FOOD BANK WAS A HUGE SUC-CESS THANKS TO YOU, OUR FRENCHMANS CREEK MEMBERS. MORE THAN 1500 POUNDS OF FOOD WAS COLLECTED! They were very impressed and incredibly appreciative of the efforts of our community.

The Volunteer Match Program has a program where members of our community go into the schools of Palm Beach Gardens and nearby surroundings to tutor, read to the students or whatever is called upon them to do. Because of the Corona Virus, this has stopped. However, Nancy Berkley and Dr, Burt Greenburg wanted to bring something to the schools sooo…. The students of Allamanda Middle School at Palm Beach County received a video produced with Dr. Greenberg regarding the biodiversity of birds in Frenchman's Creek. They made a video about the Birds of Frenchman’s Creek and shared the booklet he compiled with them. Nancy asked questions and Burt answered them. It was very well done with Burt telling them at their age he only knew of two birds– a robin and a Pidgeon. Not until he had children of his own and was living in Chicago, did his interest in birds peak. That is because he saw a beautiful bird outside his kitchen window– an Eastern Towchee. That was the beginning of a 30 year fascination with birds and many species. He talked about migration, our Osprey and showed live species of some of our birds and explained about them. He and Nancy mentioned they will have another segment about the osprey at the proper time.

Below is the teacher's input on the birding video.

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:58 PM Yasmin Balaguer wrote:

I found the video very informative and interesting especially it being about birds and wildlife that are local and around Palm Beach. It was easy to hear and follow. Well made. The booklet is great (didn’t know there were that many birds to find

And the condensed version for the students is perfect!!

Some may realize their passion for bird watching! I liked it all, and liked the extra bit of the tools needed to become a bird watcher/hunter and such.

It would be great for our older students who learn about Florida history and Florida facts in their curriculum.

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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.

Frenchman’s Creek welcomes, ALICIA and DAVID WALLACE who purchased Marjorie Curtis’ home on Dijon Way. They also Reside in New Canaan, Connecticut. Beware Gentlemen, David has a golf Handicap of 4 !! We are sure he will have no trouble getting lots of games. We all wish you , Alicia and David, the best and happy days at the Creek.

We also welcome DR. STANLEY LEVIN and SUSAN LERMAN who purchased Mark and Judy Petricoff’s home on Degas Drive East. They also have residences in East Haven, Connecticut and Oakton, Virginia. Stanley sports a golf handicap of 19. Susan has a golf handicap of 23! We wish you good health, great times at the Creek and the enjoyment Frenchman’s Creek has to offer.

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ARTHUR HERRING who lived at 13645 Rivoli Drive and was a member since 1987. Our heartfelt sympathies to his family.

BARBARA REITMAN who lived at 13225 Provence Drive and was a member since 1995. Our heartfelt sympathies to her daughters and their Families.

Club News Staff Editor

Bobbe Wiener Correspondents

Mimi Bergel, Minx Boren, Dr. Avroy Fanaroff, Andrea Finkel, Shirley Goldberg, Norma Lippman, Lois Stern, Judy Tobin Photographer Debbie Hornstein

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