APRIL 2019

JANUARY 2017 APRIL 2019

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

DEBBIE HORNSTEIN and CHRIS HANDLER’S WEEKEND GETAWAY We took a wonderful trip to the west coast as always this time of year. Opening baseball game for the Tampa Bay Rays! We started in a town called Dunedin with a scenic trolly ride, then went to beautiful Clear- water then to St. Petersburg. Bike rode through the city, went to Sunken Gardens, and off to the game way in time for the first pitch. After the game had drinks at The Canopy overlooking Tampa Bay and dinner and hung out at the funky Hollander hotel where we stayed. The next stop was Sarasota which really took us for a surprise at how cosmopolitan it was and so much to do. We “segwayed” around for 2 hours then went to St. Armond circle and back to rooftop of the Artovation hotel where we did picasso and prosecco! Day 4 was all about the circus! 66 acres of Ringling Brothers sites and information that was overwhelming and 4 hours was not enough! We are great travel companions, last year we went to Savannah, Charleston, Annapolis, and Westhampton- all in 4 days! Below are some pictures of our trip.

Stone behind the girls is the Sunken Growing Stone– a fertilized limestone rock found in the center of the sinkhole lake which formed the gardens. Legend says,”He who sits upon the ancient stone shall be granted tranquility, inner harmony and the talent to make things grow.”

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4-2-19

9 Is Enough

1 st Place-

Mady Friedman, Evelyn Taback, Sondra Kaplan, Rita Miller

T2nd Place- Ruth Levine, Elaine Sussman, Marcy Sanders, Ilene Gerber

T2nd Place- Teri Sackett, Judith Jaffe, Anita Fishbein

T4th Place- Marjorie Yashar, Sherry Norris, Nancy Scher, Clarissa Singer

Ladies Day Results 18 Holes

Flight 1

1 st Place-

Dottie Kovel, Lois Kleinberg, Bonnie Shyer, Judy Epstein

2 nd Place-

Susan Fuirst, Judy Konigsberg, Sharon Strongin, Bette Goldberg

Flight 2

1 st Place-

Myna Homburger, Georgianna Cotton, Debbie Hornstein

2 nd Place-

Elaine Pearlman, Betsy Bernstein, Barbara Reitman, Lauren Jacobson

3 rd Place-

Joan Simmons, Penny Abrams, Marianne Winick, Sue Sternberg

4-9-19

9 Is Enough

1 st Place-

Terri Sackett, Marcia Rubin, Margie Kernan, Robin Goodfriend T2 nd Place- Lois Mills, Carol Schulman, Elaine Sussman, Esther Glasser

T2nd Place- Rhoda Edelman, Harilyn Zimmerman, Eleanor Newman

18 holes Ladies Day Results

Flight 1 1 st Place-

Candy Scherer, Robin Kimball, Lois Kleinberg, Helene Shuter

2 nd Place-

Marlene Grad, Shelley Parker, Wendy Maurer, Jeri Jacobs

3 rd Place-

Jana Spiess, Connie Forman, Andrea Finkel, Carol West

Flight 2 1 st Place-

Ruth Levine, Annette Schilling, Bobbi Sobel

2 nd Place-

Mimi Bergel, Carol Pulver, Marianne Winick

3 rd Place-

Barbara Reitman, Dee Topol, Barbara Gersten

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JOYCE and MEL PARADISE are very proud of their ten granddaughters, ages 33 to 9. Granddaughter, Lindsey Goodman Warman and her husband, Andy, broke the cycle with the arrival of great grandson, Rafael Max Warman born on January 27, 2019 (YEAH) ! Mel and Joyce are now first time GIGI’S. Lindsey is the daughter of Susan and Marshall Goodman. Granddaughters, Marielle, age 12, and Sophia, age 9, continue as students of the School of American Ballet in Lincoln Center, New York City and to dance tith the New York City Ballet at the Koch New York State Theater. Sister, Caroline, age 10, won first place in a solo ice skating contest at the Wollman Rink in Central Park. They are the daughters of of Steven and Joslin Paradise. TONI SMITH and HER HUSBAND, JERRY FEIGENBAUM are proud to share with us our own trainer Federico Balet’s, fund raiser. He is truly “making a difference “through the program he has developed for those afflicted with Parkin- son’s disease. Parkinson’s is a neurological entity with no known cure that affects people of all ages, but mostly the elderly. It affects their balance, coordination, strength, hand-eye coordination, voice , movement skills and mind body coordination, creating loss of confidence and depression. It is progressive and destroys the quality of life. Frederico is ACSM certified and also certified in sports nutrition. He has done this for 20 years incorporating boxing with his physi- cal training program. As a teenager, he enrolled in the School of Music in San Juan, Puerto Rico– born in Spain, raised in Cuba and Puerto Rico, he later in life, received a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he was trained as a classical percussionist. He has also incorporated this personal sense of rhythm into his training workouts. During the years , he has noted an improvement in the physical skills of some of his clients with Parkinson’s and their emotional and psychological problems improved. They now had “hope.” Frederico became associated with a national program called Rock Steady Boxing which promotes training programs for pupils affiliated with neurological problems. Recently, he opened a studio primarily to teach his rhythm training session to Parkinson clients. Since Medi- care does not cover this expense and many cannot afford the costs, his wife, Donna Arky Balet established “The Win- ning Round Foundation , Inc. as a non profit organization, to provide scholarships for those who cannot afford this pro- gram, to enhance their lives and diminish the symptoms of Parkinson’s and movement disorders. On March 30th, they had their first fundraiser. Below are pictured some of our residents attending this fundraiser. Just ask Frederico’s cli- ents and they resounding proclaim, he has made a difference and created, “ HOPE.’ FIGHTING FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE

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The Frenchman’s Creek Charities Foundation Committee thanks all our residents for supporting the charity that encompasses all of Frenchman’s Creek and its members. Your generous contributions have helped make the lives of many easier and better. We had a most successful weekend and thank the following five members who put us

over the top and ability to raise $ 300,000. Burton and Rita Tansky, Eric Wolf and Mary Lou Cocci, Larry and Barbara Field, Avrum Gray, Jack and Goldie Miller. Your magnanimity is greatly appreciated and helped to enrich many lives. If all our contributors could have attended the Annual Charity High Tea when the recipient received their allocation., you will fully know to what extent your donation is appreciated as well as needed.. It is heartwarming and makes you feel so proud and thankful you were able to do for someone less fortunate. Words are indescribable.

Matthew with

Charlie Brown

Recipients for this year are:

CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS Recreation department, Police department, Fire department, Alzheimer’s Community Care, Pathways to Independence, Educational Support Group for Alamanda, Palm Beach Gardens High School and Grove Park Elementary School, Wounded Veterans and Loggerhead Marine Life. JUPITER Jupiter Medical Center, Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, Connor Moran Children’s Cancer Foundation, West Jupi- ter Community Center, El Sol, Furry Friends, School of Learning Center (Ernie Els) for Autism, A.R.C., Jerome Golden Center, Epilepsy Foundation.

New mascot, Fletcher, for Loggerhead Marine Life Center

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The Couples Member-Guest Invitational golf tournament for this season was held on Friday, March 1, and beautiful weather provided a wonderful day for all. With the theme of “French Connection” everyone dressed in red, white and blue. Golfers checked in starting with a 10:30 registration where they received a dozen golf balls and a welcome booklet with explanations of the day’s times and events. After a lovely buffet brunch, there was a 12:45 shotgun start for the best-ball shamble format, played in four flights. Special events were straightest drive for members and guests in each flight and closest to the pin for both gentlemen and ladies, members and guests, in each flight, with designated holes for each category. As usual, following golf, there was a delicious dinner reception in the dining room, with the staff contributing to the theme by “dressing up as very

chic French men and women”. The French bistro atmosphere was beautiful, with Eiffel Tower sculptured centerpieces adding to the lovely décor. The French cuisine buffet was fabulous, including such choices as coq au vin, boeuf bour- guignonne, bouillabaisse and a Grand Marnier strawberry dome dessert. Enjoyable entertainment was provided by a trio of a father and two sons, singing and playing the drums and piano. Everyone received a gift of a Kodak printer attachment to print out photos from an I-phone. Co-chairs Marjorie Feinstein and Joanne Weinbach and their committee did a wonderful job and they thanked the wonderful Frenchman’s Creek staff that helped them so much to make the event so memorable – specifically mentioning Martina and her “counterparts” in Food and Beverage, Chef Bernd and his team, JR, Stacy and all of the pro shop staff, and Rocco, Will, Kim, Chris, Todd and Luis for overseeing the massive details of organizing the event. Thanks also went to IT guru Ashish and to Rocco for their technical help in enabling everyone to operate their cell phone camera gifts. The whole event was another addition to a great season.

The final Nine, Wine and Dine golf tournament of the 2018-2019 season was played on Sunday, April 7. Although a bit windy, it was a lovely day. There was another huge turnout, again more than covering both courses, with one flight playing on each nine. With a shotgun start at 4:30, the step-aside scramble format and one drive required from each player, provided for a wonderful pace of play. There was a very extensive cocktails and hors d’oeuvres reception preceding an even more extensive buffet dinner. Again, many thanks go out to our wonderful office, golf and dining staffs and chef for helping co- chairs Robyn Rosenblatt and Sue Shaw who put so much effort into another fun and memorable occasion, and are continuing the wonderful reputation of these events. Can’t wait ‘til next year.

We thank Mimi Bergel for these articles

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VOLUNTEER MATCH PROGRAM is always looking for new opportunities for our Frenchman’s Creek members. ANDREA FINKEL and NANCY BERKLEY visited the Job-Ready-Center at The Lord’s Place in West Palm Beach on Wednesday, March 27. Andrea and Nancy were not looking for jobs! Instead they were scouting out how our members could assist the Job Ready Center. The major goal of The Lord’s

Place is to help previously home- less men and women qualify for

job opportunities. They met with the Director of the Job Ready Center, Gary Hawkins (on the right) and the Volunteer Coordinator, David Rogers, on the left. We reviewed all the materials and were very impressed with the curriculum materials and guidance they al- ready offer. But more help is needed to review the resumes that have been prepared – all done on the computer -- and to coach for job interviews. If you

are interested in working with the Lord’s Center on this new project over the summer or next season, contact the POA who will forward your message to our Volunteer Match Program Committee. Volunteer hours at the Lord’s Place Job Center are flexible.

" Adult Essay Read" for the third year, our members have read essays submitted to the Literacy Coalition of the Palm Beaches by adults in their English language programs. The essay topic is usually broad and big allowing adults to easily compose their essay. The topic this year was "Describe Your Favorite Day." As readers, our job is to read the essays and then reply with supporting and encouraging comments. The essays are always touching and frequently a member will say: "Listen to this." Our readers flag the essays they think are special. The best es-says will be read at a Literacy Coalition event this spring. Our Volunteer Match Program relationship with the Literacy Coalition is strong and growing. Next season, we will introduce a program where a group of our residents visit a single school for a few hours in a special program sponsored by the Literacy Coalition. And we are so excited with the help of our Frenchman's Creek member Donna Smolens who is volunteering with the Finance Academy students at the Duncan Middle School sharing her knowledge of entrepreneurship and investments.

Pictured above ,The Chairperson of Literacy Coalition Volunteer Program Jeanne Heavilin, with Judy Jaffe and Judy Chesler. Other picture is Barbara Wiener with Barbara Mitchell.

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Our members watching the ninth hole finish of the 2019 PGA Professional Shootout.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NEWSLETTER AND FRENCHMAN’S CREEK LIFE PUBLICATIONS.

The newsletter is from the administration and written by the managers for the members upcoming events and important information and so it is always the coming month. FC LIFE is written by the members and focus is on reviewing events of the month that has past and hence it is dated the month that we have just finished. It also keeps us abreast of lives of our members and shared experiences and honors.

ALSO WE HAVE AN IN HOUSE TV STATION CHANNEL 999 AND 998. Channel 999 has coming events, golf , tennis and fitness tips, plus important late breaking

news . Channel 998 has our real estate information.

Please do read and watch so you know what is happening in your community and are in the know!

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Our Director of Golf, JR Congdon, golf professionals, Rocco Panzitta, Luis Leon, Kim Augusta, Chris Horn, Will Jones and Stacy Collins with ten caddies, Josh Hayes, Ben Pollit, Sam Allen, Brian Wessels, Nathan Lingard, Dominic Cavell, Shaun Carter, Harry Connolly, Aaron Johnson, and Ash Alderman participated in one of our best ever PGA Professional Shootout’s. It was held Monday, April 4 at 1 pm on the front nine of the South Course. It was exciting down to the end. 17 players teed off in 3 groups of 4 and 1 group of 5. Holes 1,2,4,5 were played as aggregate stroke play and the five players with the lowest scores qualified to continue to hole number 6. The players then played in a shootout format for the remaining 4 holes. The player with the worst score was eliminated until number 9 where only 2 players remained. In case of a tie, Rules Official, Mel Boren, diabolically chooses a spot from where the players will chip to the flag. The player nearest the pin wins. Qualifying to continue to the 6th hole was Luis (who won by a chip off), Dominic, Ben, Sam and Shaun. On # 7, Shaun lost to Luis in a chip off; # 8 saw Sam Allen out (who by the way won 3rd Place; and then there were two– Luis and Dominic! JR became our Jim Nance, sports announcer– and he was great with announc- ing shot placements and comments after putting and was a terrific cheerleader for both men. Dominic teed off first and his ball landed on the first cut above the green, Luis’ tee shot landed on the green. Luis sunk his 2nd putt for a par and Dominic answered the call with a par! Back to the tee again. This time, Dominic’s tee shot found the right bunker and Luis’ tee shot was short of the green. Luis putted fairly close to the hole and Dominic’s shot was further away. Dominic missed his par putt and Luis made his. The crowd went wild!! It was a happy win for all, Luis was congratulated as Winner of the 2019 PGA Professional Shootout and Domi- nic for being Runner-Up and playing a beautiful steady game– calm under pressure. Maybe JR’s prediction of experience over youth came to fruition. The excitement, cheers and applause followed to the Sports Bar where cocktails and lavish hors’ d oeuvres were served– and the three winners were celebrated.

Luis Leon

Dominic Cavell

Thank you to Harold Schein and Ellen Lattman for these wonderful pictures.

Article by bobbe wiener

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It’s Love, Love, Love on Wednesday May 1, when the famous Palm Beach Gardens Concert Band takes the stage at the Eissey Campus Theater for their final concert of the season. “Love Is In The Air” is the theme and Conductor Randy Sonntag has assembled a dazzling selection of roman- tic music, light classics, and stirring marches. The program will feature 2 vocalists, tenor Brandon Mills and soprano Lorianna Colozzo. They will be singing a variety of solos as well as the duet “Time To Say Goodbye”. There will also be solo performances by some of the band members. All of this year’s concerts have been sell-outs or nearly so. Don’t miss out on this wonderful show. Call the Eissey Campus Theater and get your tickets now. For new-comers to Frenchman’s Creek, some facts about the Palm Beach Gardens Concert Band. The Band is a non-profit organization that has been performing in this area for over 30 years. Each year through the Friends Of The Band fund-raising efforts scholarships are awarded to several talented and needy band members. We can always use more help. The 80 or so band members are all volunteers and range in age from 17 to 94. The Band is comprised of a wide variety of vocations including many retired professional musicians, and retired music educators. The membership also includes a geneticist, several doctors and lawyers, college students, an aerospace engineer, several teachers, two bartenders and an electrician just to name a few. The Band also has a number of high school students, many of whom will go on to well known music colleges such as Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Berklee, etc.

Call the Eissey Box Office 561-207-5900 for tickets for the May 1, concert at 7:30. Sign up for all five of next year’s concerts. Only a small fee per person.

HAROLD SCHEIN , Band member and Band Board member.

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Minutes before their home opener against the Washington Nationals, the Mets remembered Gil Hodges. His son, Gil Hodges Jr., threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Mets icon Ed Kranepool. It’s fitting that the younger Hodges threw out the first pitch, because it was 50 years ago this year that the Mets upset the Orioles in the World Series -- led by his father, who was the manager. Our own golf ranger, GIL HODGES, JR. was honored April 4, 2019 as his Father, Gil Hodges, Sr. was honored & remembered 50 years after bringing the Mets to win the World Series against the Orioles in 1969, by throwing out the ceremonial pitch. Gil was interviewed in the press box and talked how great a man his father was and as manager of the Mets, the last place team, had them pull off one of the most shocking stories in baseball history by winning 4 straight games after losing the opener. What was amazing is that they were a last place team but Gil Hodges Sr. their manag- er felt that 25 men who thought they could win, brought them to the pennant. Gil Jr. also related being at the game and many before and after, but also how his father managed and played base- ball. Attending the game was Gil’s wife, Tatyana, his sister, Cynthia Hodges and his 91 year old mother, Joan, who still lives in the home she and Gil Sr. purchased 55 years ago, however, today the street is named GIL HODGES WAY . Gil Hodges, Sr. is a baseball legend and what makes his son Gil Jr. so proud – not only a great father, husband, baseball player, but this man from Princeton, Indiana has schools, bridges, streets and ballparks in Brooklyn and Indiana named after him. The fact that he is celebrated and remem- bered so vividly after all these years, is heartwarming and mind boggling. By the way, April 4, 2019, would have been Gil Sr.’s 95 th birthday!

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The Community mourns the loss of our following members

HERBERT KATZ who lived at 13081 Monet Lane and was a member since 1993. Our heartfelt sympathies to his beloved wife, Helene, and their entire family.

MICHAEL SCLAR who lived at 13919 Parc Drive and was a member since 2018. Our heartfelt sympathies to his beloved wife, Joan, and their family.

LINDA GOLDSTEIN who lived at 3139 Miro Drive South and was a member since 2005. Our heartfelt sympathies too her beloved husband, Richard and their family.

ALLEN MENUCK who lived at 2451 Marseilles Drive and was a member since 1993. Our heartfelt sympathies to his beloved wife, Dorothy Diskin-Menuck and their families.

LIBRARY NEWS

You may have noticed that your Frenchman’s Creek library looks different. After 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 attention. 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 addition to the many conveniences we enjoy here at Frenchman’s Creek. Please keep reading and donating books. Thank you.

Irene Dixon and Carol Finkelman, Librarians whom our members thank profusely.

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

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