JANUARY FC LIFE 2022

JANUARY 2022 edition Highlighting the news and events of DECEMBER 2021.

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 five new members.

NAVILA and HARRY ARMON purchased Hank Newman’s home on Toulouse Drive. They also reside in Oyster Bay, New York. Harry has a 9 golf handicap and Navilla has an 11 golf handicap.

SARA and MICHAEL BERNSTEIN purchased Sandy Bobb ’ s house on Provence Drive. They also have a home in Weston, Massachusetts. Michael is a retired investment management and compensation consultant. He sports a 12 golf handicap. Sara also is a golfer.

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RHONDA and BRUCE SHEAR bought April Kern ’ s home on Le Bateau Lane. They also have a residences in New York, New York and Nantucket, Massachusetts. Bruce is a retired health care executive and Rhonda is a retired childcare RN. Rhonda is a 26 golf handicap and would enjoy playing with the 9 holers. Bruce has a golf handicap of 10! Bruce is also a past Commodore of the Palm Beach Yacht Club.

DR. JENNIFER RITTMASTER and LESLIE McGRANAHAN purchased Jan Stein ’ s home on Parc Drive. They have residences in New York, New York and Highland Park, Illinois. Jennifer is VP Global Consumer Engagement Cosmetic manufacturing and marketing. Leslie is VP Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Director of regional Research.

We also welcome KATHLEEN and RONALD JACKSON who bought Michael and Penny Gianatasio ’ s home on LePont Way. Ronald is an active EVP private security and Kathleen is an active CEO private security.

Sorry they are still camera shy.

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JR CONGDON …. LES KAPLAN HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU!

LES KAPLAN called me, Bobbe Wiener, to relate the following golf story. ALL TRUE!!! “ It's one of the craziest golf events I've ever experienced..............

A couple of days ago, while playing the twelfth hole on the North course, my tee shot landed in the middle of the fairway. Barbara Ilsen, my playing partner, also hit her tee shot in the fairway.

As we drove toward our respective balls, a crow swooped down, picked my ball up in its beak, flew away with it - and dropped it in an adjacent lake.

While four of us stood laughing at what just happened, the same crow flew back, landed next to Bar- bara's ball, and picked it up, intending to fly away with that one too, Barbara drove her golf cart to- ward the bird, and using a limited number of words, strongly suggested that the bird drop the ball. It did - and left with an empty beak.

On reflection, I began to wonder what rules of golf might apply - In Barbara's case the ball moved, but as she was clearly addressing the bird, not the ball, was there a penalty?

In my case, am I penalized for my ball being in a hazard? Do I drop no nearer the hole, which is maybe a half mile away?

Do we score a birdie? “

I'm sure there are more fun golf rules that might work. Any ideas?

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WOMEN FOR SCRIPP ’ S RESEARCH LUNCHEON

“ REACH FOR THE STARS ” , the first event of the season ’ s Women for Scripp ’ s Research events, was a fabulous luncheon and fashion show. The super event was held on Monday, December 13th at the Palm Beach Saks Fifth Avenue, and every seat available was taken. The area provided for the

afternoon was lovely. After a delightful lunch and a cosmetics demonstration, there was a gorgeous fashion show with models wearing the most beautiful outfits. All attendees received a $50.00 gift certificate and discounts on all items purchased a the store after the luncheon. Saks also contributed 10% of the proceeds of our purchases to the fund raiser. Co - chairs, IRIS AREST, ROBERTA SELZER and ARLENE FELDMAN (pictured above), did a super job kicking off this season ’ s fundraiser. We thank Mimi Bergel for this article

In next month ’ s edition, we would like to feature Children of members or former members who have bought at French- man ’ s. Please e - mail one of our editors or correspondents with a brief message of why you chose to live here. We think all the members would enjoy hearing from you. bobbe wiener

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FLIGHT FOUR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 18 HOLES

1st Bobbi Sobel, Anne Neustadter, Susan Ludwig

FLIGHT ONE

2nd Marcia Bloch, Beth Fentin, Joan Sclar, Dee Topol

1 st Wendi Adler, Judy Holsten, Jana Spiess, Linda Pack

9 IS ENOUGH

2nd Jenifer Weintraub, Connie Forman, Cynthia Kaplan

Andrea Finkel

BETTER BALL

FLIGHT TWO

1st Goldie Miller, Nina Botel, Nancy Scher

1st Penny Fierstein, Bonnie Shyer, Ellen Goldstein

2nd TIE

Ronni Grebow

Rhoda Edelman, Barbara Ilsen, Annette Schilling

2nd Linda Rosenson, Robin Kimball, Susan Davis

Sarajane Goldstein, Linda Jacobs, Ronnie Gallina

Georgianna Cotton

Susan Jackowitz

3rd Leslie Skolnick, Debbie Hornstein, Sharon Rochlin

SHAMBLE 1st Norma Glazer, Norma Lippman, Carrol Zazik 2nd Mady Friedman, Ruth Stavisky, Sima Pomerantz Sherry Norris

Ellen Lattman

FLIGHT THREE

1st Wendy Grabler, Betsy Bernstein, Joan Parks

DECEMBER 9, WINE and DINE

By MIMI BERGEL

The December 9, wine and dine was held on Friday, December 3. With a wonderful huge turnout of 180 participants, all four of the 9 holes courses were more than filled. Following golf, there was a fabulous Italian buffet at the Golf Café with a wonderful display which included the ability to pick one ’ s own pizza. Once again, thank you so much to our great golf and food and beverage staffs for providing a great day and evening and to co - chairs SUSAN FUIRST and SANDI LAMM for their planning another great event. WINNERS WERE: FRONT NORTH PATTY and ROBERT ANNUNZIATA AND MELONY and MICHAEL LIPSON BACK NORTH DEBORAH and TODD KRASNOW and WENDY and TONY REISMAN FRONT SOUTH DAWN and RANDY BURCHAM and RANDY and PAUL SILER BACK SOUTH CAROL and NEIL ABRAMS and ROBYN and DAVID ROSENBLATT

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By MIMI BERGEL

2021 LADIES ’ ECLECTIC GOLF TOUNAMENT The 2021 Frenchman ’ s Creek Ladies ’ Eclectic Golf Tournament was a two round event, with golf- ers competing as twosomes. The first day was Tuesday, December 7 and the second day was Thursday, December 9. Forty - nine teams were divided into five flights– four of eighteen holers and one of nine holers. The format was best ball of partners on each hole the first day and Chapman the second day. The total of the two days determined the final score. Winners are listed below:

FLIGHT 1

WINNERS:

DAWN BURCHAM and CINDY KAPLAN

RUNNERS UP: JANE FEINSTEIN and SHELLEY PARKER

FLIGHT 2

WINNERS:

LISETTE SIEGEL and DOTTIE KOVEL

RUNNERS UP: DEBRA GREENBERG and CANDY SCHERER

FLIGHT 3

WINNERS:

LINDA EPSTEIN and SHEILA BABICH

RUNNERS UP:

GEORGIANNA COTTON and MARCIA BLOCH

FLIGTHT 4

WINNERS:

BARBARA WIENER and ANNE NEUSTADTER

RUNNERS UP: BARBARA GERSTEN and GAIL KALTMAN

NINE IS ENOUGH

WINNERS:

CARROL ZAZIK and LYNN FEINSTEIN

RUNNERS UP : GOLDIE MILLER and NINA BOTEL

FRENCHMAN ’ S CREEK LIFE WISHES ALL OUR MEMBERS AND STAFF

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Column by Lois Stern

Photography by Carol Smith

Please don ’ t hate me ‘ cuz I ’ m beautiful. It ’ s not my fault. My parents were beautiful too. I ’ m a cocka - per which means I ’ m part cocker spaniel, part perfect. But mostly perfect. My name is Delilah. I ’ m 5 months old and I live in Oxford, Mississippi with my owners, Harrison and Madeleine. I ’ m looking forward to my first visit to Florida and I can ’ t wait to see my great grandparents Helene and Mel Shutter at Frenchman ’ s Creek. I overheard two French poodles say that Frenchman ’ s Creek is the Land of Milk Bones and Honey and I look forward to seeing it for myself. If you see me cruisin ’ in the cart, flirting at the dog park or under par on the course, please say “ Hi ”.

I ’ m a smile maker extraordinaire. ”

The Honorable Ann Brown and Dr. Ted Poritz have a new dog named Magdalena, called Maggie. She is a mini - Bernedoodle who will grow to about a medium size of under 40lbs. She is peppy and enthusiastic and very much a puppy right now. She has been in rigid training for some time. In the picture, she is beating up a Donald trump doll. In this household, even the dog is political.

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We're delighted to welcome so many new members to Frenchman's Creek and wanted to take this opportunity to acquaint you with the good we provide our neighbors through the Frenchman's Creek Charities Foundation.

Founded in 1993 by a few members with its own board, the foundation morphed from a one - day golf tournament into a charity weekend with oversight by Frenchman's board of governors. It supports the work of 20 local nonprofit organizations that provide health, education, cultural and financial assistance to our nearby populations in Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter and Juno Beach. While we support the police, fire and recreation departments in the towns where Frenchman's is located, we also have: Enabled low - income children to learn about the environment through programs at Loggerhead Marinelife Center and Busch Wildlife Sanctuary; Helped autistic children at the Ernie Els Learning Center communicate more easily thanks to touch screen tablets we provided; and Gave emergency financial assistance to disabled veterans and parents of children undergoing cancer treatment. The Charities Foundation is your foundation. Think of it as a giving circle. While any individual contribution is significant, it's the combined funds that help us make a real difference. The more we make, the more we give, and last season, thanks to your generosity, we were able to not only fully fund all our grantees, but increase the requested funds sought by two organizations whose recipients were financially strapped. Each year, we make this happen by having a fun - filled Charity Weekend, scheduled this year for March 24 - 27. Traditionally, this includes tennis, pickleball, bocce, an auction of the pros and caddies who play two days later in a golf tournament, and a concluding festive dinner. This year, barring any Covid restrictions, we plan to add a wonderful kickoff concert by gifted British pianist Simon Mulligan whose repertoire ranges from Stravinsky to Sting. We also hope to offer golf related items you can bid on at the caddy auction, and our first exciting Casino Night. And finally, at our closing dinner, we hope to auction off big ticket items as well. Our goal is to make philanthropy fun. We welcome your participation on the Charities Foundation committee where we thoroughly vet our grantees and vote on their grant requests. During the weekend itself, there will be plenty of volunteer opportunities to help make it a success. Bottom line: greater participation with your time and money equals greater assistance for our neighbors. In upcoming issues of FC Life, we will highlight some of the charities we support and the grants they are seeking since it's important for you to know where your money goes.

Marie Adler Kravecas, co - chair

Patti Raber Max, co - chair Donna Smolens, vice - chair

Shelley Parker, vice - chair

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Frenchman ’ s Creek Volunteer Match Program and Palm Beach County Food Bank Thanks our Members for their generous contributions of food.

On Monday morning, December 13th, 75 members brought food to the Palm Beach County food truck which delivers food to different locations in the county. They just moved to a larger warehouse to improve storage and delivery. Frenchman ’ s Creek Volunteer Match Program is proud to be among 1 of 200 non profit agencies that support Food Bank Programs with food donations . Thank you to our members. Last month we had a clothing drive for the Lord's Place -- very successful. There was an article in the Palm Beach Post about the works the Lord's place does for the homeless. The Frenchman ’ s Creek Volunteer Match Program (now in its sixth year) is “ virtual ” during Covid - 19. We produce videos for schools instead of visiting schools. We help students on - line instead of in their classrooms. We donate clothing to the Lord ’ s Place thrift shops that use proceeds to help the homeless. Covid - 19 has challenged the Volunteer Match Program to think creatively, and we could not do it without the support of our club management and staff. If you are interested in volunteering with the Volunteer Match Program, leave your name with the POA and a member will contact you. Most important: Stay healthy! And Happy and Healthy New Year. HERE IS THE NOTE WE NOW GIVE TO THE DONATION EVENTS DONORS

Nancy Berkley and Andrea Finkel

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The Volunteer Match Program members helped load two cars and then drove them down to the Palm Beach County Food Bank warehouse.

With schools open again (hopefully), we can go back to working with the schools (in person or virtual or videos.) Barbara Stern has maintained our club's relationship with the Grove Park School and Edna Runner. This year, the Palm Beach School Department has made teaching about the holocaust mandatory. When Barbara mentioned the topic to me, I, Nancy Berkley offered to do a short video about the first concentration camp I saw -- in 1960 -- before it had been cleaned up and prepared as a tourist destination. And about how I remembered it all these years later. -- I wanted to emphasize the importance of memory. NEW: We received a call from the Palm Beach Junior Achievement to do videos about different careers - 3 - 5 minutes long. One video each on a variety of careers from chefs to ground keepers to careers in medicine. Pamela Rudd ’ s video assistance has been terrific. Their target age is ten years old. We would welcome volunteers from members who want to participate.

Club News Staff

Editor Bobbe Wiener

Co - Editor

Mimi Bergel

Correspondents

Dr. Avroy Fanaroff, Andrea Finkel, Shirley Goldberg, Norma Lippman,

Robyn Rothenberg, Carol Sherman, Lois Stern, Judy Tobin

PHOTOGRAPHER

Carol Smith

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What a way to end 2021

GERRY BARTFIELD had his hole - in - one on number 2 of the North course on Friday, December 31, 2021. It played at 145 yards. Pictured left to right are: Stanley Lattman, Jeffrey Maurer, Gerry, and Bob Silton

GEOFF DUFFINE had his hole - in –one on number 11 of the South course on Friday, December 31, 2021. It played at 123 yards. Pictured with Geoff are left to right: Bruce Feinberg, Geoff and Norman Barham.

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