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Poinciana Today

JANUARY 2018

Poinciana Community Group

Board of Directors

President - Lou Rodino

Vice-Pres. - Pat Sullivan

Treasurer - Mark Roth

Secretary. - Gail Hoffmann

Directors:

Bernie Bluestein

Ted Cott

Nancy Cummons

Joan DeLuca

Russ Donnelly

Katie Kribbs

Jay Levie

Ken Main

Joe Malka

Jayne Papoosha

Ruth Ruttkay

Bob Sokol

Ted Suss

Allen Taschner

Toby Zimmerman

Newsletter Email: newsletter@poinciana.club

Editor: Mark I. Roth

Associate Editor Ted Suss

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addition to your printed copy send an email

to newsletter@poinciana.clubwith the word

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Clubhouse Email: pcgclub@comcast.net

Clubhouse Telephone: 561-439-4733

Web-Site: Poincianacc.com

A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT

LOU RODINO

To All Our Poinciana Residents,

I hope you all enjoyed the Holiday Season and are ready to settle down for a very hap-py and healthy New Year. Our clubs and committees are working very hard to bring you activities that you wish to participate in. In my newsletter articles I have asked you for your feedback on what we can do to make our life at Poinciana more enjoyable. Your responses have been helpful. Mel’s Way has done a wonderful job in bringing in entertainment to Poinciana for those of us looking for a fun night out. At our last Poinciana Community Board meeting we passed a budget which author-ized additional funds for improvement to our golf course. Our golf course is over 40 years old and we have not replaced tee box-es, greens or sprinkler system. We are now at the time when this must be done, or we could lose our golf course. These are our responsibilities so that we can continue our way of life in Poinciana. The other items in our budget which I think needs explaining is the restaurant and the Poinciana Room. In 2018 the Bistro is required to pay us for utilities and a percentage of liquor sales. They are also responsible for the mainte-nance of the restaurant kitchen equipment. The walls in the Poinciana Room have been repaired and painted and the carpeting has been replaced. Our residents are now en-joying the clean fresh look of the room at community shows and events.

President—Continued on page 21

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CONDO’S 1 & 2 Jamison, Kendall, Lenox, Margate,

Norfolk, Oxford & Princeton

By Janice Standifer—President Happy New Year to everyone and welcome back to Poinciana. Our Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday evening, January 18th at 7:00 PM in the Club House Community Room. Information about our Association is available on our bulletin boards near each elevator, on our website at www.poinciana1and2.com and you can also subscribe to our E-blasts on the site so that you receive regular updates about happenings in our community. Mel's Way Bistro is open 6 days a week with live entertainment many nights each week. You can visit their website at www.melsway.com for weekly schedules, men-us and other information. The golf course is busy, and many are partici-pating in the daily “Hole in One” contest with prizes up to $20,000! More information is available at www.golfpoinciana.com Our social committee, headed by Pat Murray, along with Joy Finer, Paula Gilkey, and Phyllis Tillema are planning events for the season. The next event will be "Have Your Cake & Eat It Too" at our Tuesday, January 23rd weekly barbeque with cake and games for all. Please check your bulletin boards for details. Materials for our elevator modernization pro-ject have been ordered and we will keep you posted as the schedule is sent to us. Our pool is beautiful, heated and the water is crystal clear -enjoy! Our property is looking better than it has in recent years. We have new roofs; our elevators will soon be updated, and we are once again putting money into reserves. We live in a wonderful community with many amenities, property values continue to increase and it's truly affordable.

IMPERIAL BUILDINGS 8 & 9 By Lou Rodino - President

Dear Unit Owners, The new year is here and with it a new and ex-citing season for our residents in Buildings 8 & 9. For those of you who have just arrived and those who are year rounder’s we hope this year 2018 is a happy and healthy one. Our buildings are looking great now that all of awnings have been repaired or replaced. We are again in the process of spraying our trees against the white fly and will be resurfacing the shuffleboard courts in January. All in all, we are moving ahead. Barbeque night is still on Wednesdays at 5:00 PM. It is open to all Imperial residents. Meet your neighbors, cook your favorite meal and enjoy. The Second packet for the Annual Meeting has been mailed or hand delivered to all our unit owners listing who is running for the Boards of Condominium Association IV and the Poincia-na Community Group. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the Poinciana Clubhouse Community Room. We also want to welcome our newest unit own-ers as they are Clare Diaz, Nelly Sierra Garcia, Heriberto Villegas, Ellen Delaney, Deborah Heinlein and June Hirshman.

See you in February.

Friday January 12, 2018 at 7:00 PM

Admission Fee $ 5.00 and a Small Un-

wrapped Gift For Loser Bag

Reservations Required

Please Call

Mindy Dorffman 561-328-8977

Or 954-778-2212

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POINCIANA PLACE

CONDOMINIUM 3

by Ira Beckoff Happy New Year 2018 to All at Poinciana Place Condo 3 The parties are over, and the new year has be-gun. Thru December we shared cookies, ex-changed gifts and sang songs around the pool, both day and night. Thanks to both the Social Committee led by Laura Hoard and the new Morning Coffee Klatch group organized by Lynn Weber “Water, water dripping everywhere from my ceiling” said the voices on the urgent phone calls. Five units had water leaking into or out of their bathrooms. Throughout the last weeks of November, into mid-December, we worked hard to discover the source of the leaks and perform the repairs in both Buildings A and B. Our favorite plumber, Mark Grunow was here so often we thought he was a new owner. The list of affected owners includes the Barto-lones, Webers, Charlotte Levine, Katy Hooks in A and Anne Barber and the Garellicks in C. Thanks, your cooperation with our crews lets the repair work proceed. The association has a major responsibility for certain repairs and we fulfill that as quickly as possible. Good luck with the follow up repairs you must make to your units. We advise everyone to check their home own-er’s insurance policies. Make sure you have ad-equate coverage in case you suffer water, mold and physical damage to your bathrooms and kitchens. It can cost a lot more then you can imagine rebuilding these areas. Don’t save money on a low-ball insurance policy that will come back to bite you with only partial cover-age. In addition, electrical supply and elevator equipment problems were discovered and re-paired in Building C. The Birdie Social Committee is hard at work planning events for this year. Watch for post-ers and flyers with more specific information. There will be a Coney Island Fundraiser at the pool in January. After that the Board Appreci-ation Luncheon on February 17th will be held at the beautiful Atlantis Country Club. Look out for a daytime event on January 24th

at 10:00 AM presented by Morning Coffee Klatch and ServPro of Palm Beach. Topics will cover their services and other valuable condo life tips. There will be more info on posters next to the elevators.

By the time you read this we will have had our

Budget and Annual Owners Meeting. Let’s

hope that the meetings were civil and orderly.

PS. They were.

At Poinciana 3 your board is closely following

the changes made by the Florida legislature to

Condominium law in 2017. We are seeking le-

gal advice regarding adding or modifying our

documents regarding these changes.

It is also expected that discussion and investi-

gation will start and continue regarding the

painting of our buildings. Various painting

contractors and their technical advisers from

the paint manufactures are evaluating the

painting project and preparing bids. The build-

ings were last painted in 2007 after the Hurri-

cane Wilma rebuild. It is time for a fresh coat

of paint.

Finally, have you seen the new LED Parking

Lot Light between B and C on the sidewalk in

front of the Tinkess apartment? They gave it

rave reviews. It’s a test model to evaluate.

Much brighter, costs less to replace the entire

fixture then the old one and uses 70% less elec-

tricity to operate. Look after dark and tell us

what you think.

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MAT YOGA, CHAIR YOGA

AND PILATES CLASSES By Ruth Cassell

All classes are held in the Commu-nity Room: Mat yoga: Monday at 10:00 AM, Wednesday at 10:00 AM (with Shannon) and Saturday at 9:00 AM (with Denise) Chair yoga: Tuesday and Friday at 9:30 AM (with Shannon) Pilates: Monday and Wednesday at 9:00 AM (with Shannon) Mat yoga meets three times each week in the Community Room. Yo-ga increases balance and flexibility. No experience is necessary as the teachers encourage students to

work at their own level and demonstrate pos-tures in several ways to prevent injury and to allow options for differing ability levels. If you are daunted by mat yoga, try chair yoga on Tuesdays or Fridays at 9:30 AM. It’s a new and evolving class that does yoga positions for flexibility and stretching without getting on the floor. Pilates focuses on core muscles, that is, every-thing from the neck to the thighs. The muscles become stronger, yet remain lean and flexible. We have been using light weights (1-3 lbs.), balls and bands. Shannon is always looking to keep the class interesting. Joseph Pilates believed that, “Everyone is the architect of their own happiness.” You’ll see its benefits and changes after a few classes. Each class is $5.00 and all you need is a mat and light weights (for Pilates) if possible.

by Ted Suss and Mark Roth

We hope that all our readers enjoyed their hol-iday season and that everyone is healthy to begin another new year. We encourage our communities and clubs to make more use of our pages by announcing upcoming events in your communities. In that way, we can be of more service to our res-idents. Also, if you would like to write a col-umn, please send your request to the email address below. All copy, articles and updated advertising, are due by the 15th of the month before publica-tion. Thus, the content for the February issue should be submitted on or before the 15th of January. Articles may be submitted via email to newsletter@poinciana.club. Our prefer-ence is that articles are prepared in Word or an equivalent using the CenturySchoolbook font in a 12-point size. Businesses who want to advertise in our newsletter may inquire via the same email address and a representative will contact you with availability and rates or call Pat Sullivan in the Poinciana Community Group office, (561) 439-4733. Suggestions may also be sent to this email address. The newsletter is now available to be deliv-ered to you via email whether you are here or anywhere else in the world so long as you have email access. This is a free service and the emailed copy that you receive will be in addition to the printed copy you currently re-ceive. To enroll simply send an email to newsletter@poinciana.club and include the word “Subscribe” in the subject field. By reg-istering your email address, you will be able to receive your newsletter when you are not re-siding at your home in Poinciana. We are always looking for more advertisers for our newsletter. It is our goal to generate enough advertising revenue to be able to in-crease our publication from the current eight months to a full 12 months. Additionally, we would like to generate enough revenue to .

transition from black and white to a color newsletter. If you frequent nearby businesses that might benefit from advertising in our Newsletter, show the owner or manager your copy of the newsletter and encourage them to email us. We will get back to them to discuss the possibility of advertising in our newsletter

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DUPLICATE BRIDGE

Thursdays 12:30—3:30 PM

Clubhouse Terrace Room

Partners are not required

Call: John Demaria

561-642-3265 or stop by the

Activities Office for more information

ART CLUB by Ruth Cassell

Our art group meets on Mon-day’s from 2:00-4:00 in the Community Room. There are artists of varying abilities and artistic tastes. Each works on

paintings of their choice. Our snowbirds have gone, so we have plenty of room for anyone who’d like to join us. Our core group grows each year as more folks become full time Flori-da residents. We are a helpful group who love to share ideas and materials, so if you’ve ever thought about painting, but have never tried, don’t wait, come by any Monday, and paint with us or just come by and see what we are doing. Everyone is welcome. We will continue to paint all through the sea-son, and are planning on trying some fun new projects. Please come by and see what’s going on. Hope to see you in class.

THE CERAMICS CLASSES

Mondays 1:00 PM

Thursday 1:00 PM

Call Ida Roth

for information 561-968-8917

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AMBASSADOR By Pat Sullivan

This past month I was in New Jersey visiting family and friends. I had a wonderful time but couldn't get warm. I have become a true Flo-ridian--or at least my blood has. It is good to be back. A few of our pool side bar-b-q's were cancelled due to the cold but we still found ways to get together. We have a steady group that enjoys playing Rummy-cube or just hanging together. From our condos it is great to see so many peo-ple playing and enjoying our golf course. We are also taking advantage of the delicious food and great entertainment offered at Mel's Way. Our annual meeting will be held on Wednes-day, January 10th in the Community Room. Refreshments will be served so please come and greet the New Year with your neighbors and friends. My fondest wish for all of you is that your New Year be filled with hope for the future, the laughter of friends, the joy of family, good health and fortune and peace for all.

PING PONG AT POINCIANA

Did you know that our clubhouse has two ping

pong tables? If you are interested in forming a

group or just playing a friend-

ly game stop by the activities

office & leave your name and

phone number.

CURRENT EVENTS

DISCUSSION GROUP by Cecil Holmes

Tuesdays at 10:30 AM in the Hospitality Room We welcome all participants with independent thoughts and opinions whether they be past members or new joiners. We do not endorse any candidate or party, but review and critique the hot issues of the day. Whatever your views are

DORCHESTER CONDO by Jackie Rome

With the holidays around the corner everyone seems to be busy either traveling or making plans to celebrate the New Year. The Dor-chester had a holiday party with good friends and neighbors. The food was excellent and although the man we hired for the music had to cancel, our neighbors Mary and Ron Jones saved the day. They had equipment and a mi-crophone, the whole set up, and great holiday music couldn’t ask for anything better. Mary, besides working, is also a COP; can’t thank them enough. On a sad note, Linda and Jim McKeown (Jim is president of our building) picked up Linda’s mother for Thanksgiving, as they do every year. The next day they had to call an ambu-lance for her and a few days later she passed away. So sad, but Linda’s sister, Nancy, did get to fly in from North Carolina and see her before she died. We have two condos that are no longer empty. We would like to welcome the Louis’Jeune family of three, and Eileen Massaro. We are looking forward to seeing them out and about. I am looking forward to the holiday party on the 19th from the Ladies’ Social Club and all the parties at our wonderful restaurant. Hope everyone has a healthy, happy new year.

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THE GARDENS by Ken Main

A permanent fixture for the last five years here at the Gardens suddenly died on November 17th from an apparent heart attack. Joel Main knew so many and was always there to help anyone including me with the work here at the Gardens. Joel had his problems like we all do but he had so much good that outshine any of these problems. Joel was smart as they come and an excellent worker and without his help, I could have never accomplished what has been done here. This is especially true with the heavy items such as the removal of the six oak trees in the pool area along with many other things that needed to be done. We worked well together and at 47 years of age, he was taken early from us and will be missed by many. Two permanent residents have given me some help with Pat and Angel offering to do whatev-er they can since the passing of Joel and we do thank them. The pool is completed, and the outcome is ex-cellent, and we are very satisfied with the con-tractor Artech Pools, Inc. that is operated by Jairo Rojas. Another great guy to work with. The project was somewhat of a challenge for this guy (me) as I was not extensively knowl-edgeable of all that goes with the pumps, etc. But "as a new kid on the block", I'm still learn-ing. The landscaping within the pool area is basi-cally completed and looks extremely good as compared to how it looked previously. Many positive comments by all as to the outcome which are appreciated. We also can say this about the surroundings of the Gardens' com-plex. This is just a reminder that our residents should not be using the Townhomes pool. Nei-ther should the Townhomes be using our trash rooms. These things do happen when new resi-dents move into a unit not fully understanding the regulations, etc. Both matters have been addressed with Mark Roth. We wish to thank Arnie Main for the purchas-ing of some most beautiful pool furniture at a no interest loan to the Association. The double

strapped chairs, 16 chairs and 12 lounge chairs, consisting of blue and white double strapping matches the pool and the patio. Without this kind of participation, we couldn't have achieved our goal involving the pool and its surrounding area. Arnie has been here for 17 years and has always been a part of trying to have the Gardens attractive and a place we all can be proud of. Without his participation, we wouldn't have been able to have our pool looking beautiful as it is today. One last important thing. We are most im-pressed with MEL'S WAY BISTRO at the club-house. We just had breakfast there and there is nowhere can one get a better breakfast or an atmosphere than at MEL'S. We have lunch there once or twice a week and we can say the same about their lunches when it comes to price or quality. These things can happen when we have hardworking people with man-agement capabilities. When I speak of "management", this involves knowing what it takes to operated successfully and they have proven that. One should see MEL'S beautiful ads that I have seen on several TV stations and they are most impressive. We are most fortu-nate to have capable individuals operating this restaurant.

BARCLAY BITS By Ina Baron

As I write this, it is not quite Hanukkah and Christmas is two plus weeks away. The New Year is fast approaching and most of us are scrambling to get gifts in the mail so that they are delivered for each respective holiday. The lines at the Post Office are out of sight. Our Atrium is very festive with our Palm Tree decked out with colored lights thanks to Eva Mirek. It gives our atrium a pretty Holiday vista. Door sensors on our Elevator have been re-placed, so hopefully they will work properly and not have anyone stuck in there again. Work was also done on the roof.

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ESSEX by Toni Mirobelli

A huge thank you is sent to all the Essex resi-dents who donated items which were given to the veteran’s hospital to distribute to Veterans who need some help during this holiday sea-son. A holiday party was enjoyed by residents on December 17th. Appetizers and desserts were served, and holiday music was also enjoyed. Grill nights will resume in January. Check the bulletin boards for dates. 2017 was filled with happy occasions and very sad losses, good news and bad news, opportuni-ties and challenges. I hope that however you celebrate these holidays which end the year, that you are doing it with people you love. Best wishes to everyone for a new year filled with family, friends, love and kindness.

SIT AND KNIT

It's another exciting season of Sit and Knit. Our knitters are not only doing donations for lo-cal charities, but they are also busy knitting sweaters, hats and other individualized projects. One easy and fast project that Luanne Utter is working on is Teddy Bears for local migrant farm workers' children. The Teddy Bears are also great gifts for new grandchildren or "great grands." Judy Pate has lent her patterns for

watch hats for mariners and a one-piece sweater for a "kid’s" charity. Sit and Knit recognizes those of you with a talent for quilt-ing, crocheting, embroidery,

and other needlework projects. Our motto is "the more the merrier." A special thank you to Evelyn Pratesi for her donation of needles and bobbins; and another thank you to Jan Stolzenfeld for her yarn dona-tion. So, ladies and gentlemen, turn off the soap op-eras, Fox News and CNN and join us in the Hospitality Room in the Clubhouse lobby at 1 P.M. on Wednesdays.

The unit owners had a meeting on the 7th of December for an election of officers. Unfortu-nately, there were not enough attendees to even meet a quorum. I believe it means that the existing officers are still on the Board. Res-idents, we cannot get things done if no one at-tends these meetings and voices their opinions. Next time a meeting is called, please plan on attending. If you need a ride, please ask a neighbor to tag along. Stand by for signing up for Dryer vent clean-ing. Last year the Board paid for it, this year we are to do it. While this is a good thing and helps prevent lint fires in the system, one of the things we should also consider is having the air conditioning system vents cleaned. The buildup of dust, pollen etc. is not good for peo-ple with allergies. I doubt they have been cleaned since the building was built. It sure would cut down on respiratory infections. In closing, I wish all a Happy Hanukkah, Mer-ry Christmas, and Happy and Healthy New Year.

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LIBRARY by Pat Sullivan & Pat Elter

I always need to thank all the residents here at Poinciana for their generous contributions to the Library. The Library would not exist with-out all of you. Our Library is open 24/7 so please feel free to come in and browse whenev-er you can. Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year.

HAMLET by Russ Donnelly

Well everyone seems to have arrived except for a few stragglers, who will return after Christ-mas. Our Wednesday barbecues are starting to return to a full complement. As a reminder to all our newcomers we barbecue every Wednesday, and all are welcome. By now you have noticed that our parking lots were redone, and I have received good vibes from the residents. I think the building looks great. Hopefully by the time you read this we will have planted our flowers for the winter season. Flowers always seem to make people happy. Our annual budget is about the same as last year, there will be no increases in our mainte-nance, please note that our annual meeting will be held again in Mel's Way on Sunday, February 11th at 11:00 AM. A complimentary light brunch will be served; please attend. We will again install Officers for the Hamlet Board and for the Hamlet Ladies Club. It is a good time to meet your neighbors, hope to see you there

POINCIANA TENNIS CLUB by Kathy Graves

Just wanted to show you what a determined group of players we have here at Poinciana (see photo below). This was one of our very few cool days in December and see how bundled up we are to come out to play (except for show off Avi in shorts). I don't think some of guys would miss play if they had to come out in blankets as they do love the game so. We welcome new player Serge Tremblay from Margate Bldg. Serge is not new to Poinciana, but has only this year had his schedule open to allow him to play team tennis with us. Our 2018 kickoff meeting is scheduled for Sun-day, January 14th at noon in the Poinciana Room with Mel's Way Bistro serving a buffet luncheon. This will be a business meeting/luncheon. On Sunday, March 11th we will hold our end-of-the season gala of buffet luncheon followed by special entertainment program featuring some of our own talented players--musical and other-wise. I believe we now have four or more piano players amongst us. More later about the show. We invite any tennis-playing Poinciana resi-dent to join us at the courts at 8:00 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

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LADIES’ GOLF LEAGUE by Suzanne Swartz

HAPPY NEW YEAR! It is nice to see everyone back in Florida. We would like to welcome our newest members, Nancy Cum-mons, Janice Dixon, Doreen Duren, and Barbara Saltman. The Poinciana Ladies Golf League can be found on the

course on Monday and Friday mornings at 8:00 AM, with approximately twenty women golfing on each day. We play 9 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Friday. New members are always welcome. If anyone is interested in joining, please contact Sheila Glazner at 908-377-2416 or Suzanne Swartz at 561-439-2244. This year the ladies league is having its annu-al Welcome Brunch and meeting for both leagues on Friday, January 19 right after golf. It will be held at Mel's Way in the Poinciana Clubhouse. Check the bulletin board in the locker room for details. The Poinciana Ladies Golf League is once again sponsoring a golf rally to be held on Sun-day, March 4, 2018. This year, all proceeds will be donated to St. Jude's in support of the children fighting cancer. A very worthy cause! Nancy Cook and Nancy Cummons are the coor-dinators. Thank you, ladies! Please save the date and watch for further details. Once again, on behalf of the Poinciana Ladies Golf League, HAPPY NEW YEAR! May it be a year of peace, prosperity, and good health for all!

“POINCIANA LADIES’

SOCIAL CLUB” Hello 2018 we welcome you and hope you bring health, happiness and joy to all of us in Poinci-ana Land as well as everyone else in the world (a little extra wealth wouldn’t be too bad ei-ther). The POINCIANA LADIES SOCIAL CLUB held our annual Holiday Party on Tuesday, De-cember 19th. We hope you all had a swell time and enjoyed the hard work, time and effort of chairpersons Jackie Rome and Gail Hoffmann. Thank you to you both! We are sorry to inform you that our SPECIAL FREE MEET & GREET scheduled for Sunday January 7th has been cancelled due to lack of interest. Mmmm, can’t even give it away; oh well. Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Membership Luncheon, 11:30 AM @ Indian Springs CC. Cocktails will be followed by a wonderful lunch; Entrée choices: Broiled Salmon, Chicken Marsala or Pasta Primavera. Tables of 8 or 10 ONLY. Cost: $38.00 members and $42 for guests. As always, we have scheduled fabulous entertainment. Chairpersons: Shirley Braver-man and Gail Hoffman. Call: Shirley with your reservations 967 7577. REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR ENTRÉE CHOICE AND TABLE CHOICE ON YOUR CHECKS! Tuesday, February 20, 2018, PLSC Annual Charity Lunch and Card Party in the Poincia-na Room. We welcome the ladies to begin play at 11:00 AM. and we will serve lunch at 12:00 noon. Menu: Special Potato Soup, Entrée choice Chicken or Tuna Salad Plate, Hot Tea, Coffee and delicious Apple Pastry for dessert. Cost $20.00. We are gathering information about different charities and will make an an-nouncement at the Luncheon as to where we will be donating. Chairpersons: Jackie Rome and Ros Seraita. Call Jackie for reservations 318-8210. Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 12 noon in the Poinciana Room we hope you will enjoy “HELLO GREECE”. country to celebrate this Each year we choose a different year it will be Greece. Details in next month’s newsletter – a great Greek menu and entertainment are being planned for your pleasure. functions and living in Poinciana must be Ac-

cording to our by-laws ladies attending our members. However, we would love to see more of our friends and neighbors share our happy, joyful events, therefore, for the rest of this sea-son we will invite you to participate at the guest rate. We hope this will give you the in-centive to join next season. See you ‘round the clubhouse.

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CURRENT EVENTS

DISCUSSION GROUP By Cecil Holmes

Tuesdays at 10:30 AM in the Hospitality Room We welcome all participants with independent thoughts and opin-ions whether they be past mem-bers or new joiners. We do not endorse any candidate or party, but review and critique the hot issues of the day. Whatever your views are Show up and voice your opinion.

MEN’S CLUB CLUBHOUSE

ACTIVITIES By Dennis Berman

We start the new year off with a club meeting on January 3rd at 7:00 PM for members and 7:30 PM for courtesy card holders. Our enter-tainment will feature Elayne and Jeff, with Jeff and his love for Doo Wop music and the oldies and Elayne performing Broadway stand-ards and ballads. A great new addition to our Wednesday meeting performers and our meet-ing are always free to members and courtesy card holders. Our showtime series continues January 7th at 7:00 PM featuring Michael D’Amore who has opened for “The Stylistics”, “Lou Christie”, “The Duprees” and a host of other famous groups. Tickets are $20.00 for members and $23.00 for non-members. On January 10th at 6:00 PM, we are having our Welcome 2018 dinner dance featuring a gour-met dinner with four dinner choices consisting of slow roasted prime rib, half roasted duck w/raspberry sauce, crab stuffed salmon or a spe-cial vegetarian dish. The menu offers three starters including soup or choice of two differ-ent salads along with a choice of three different desserts. Coffee and Tea along with dinner rolls will be served with all entrée choices. Ta-bles are available up to 10 people maximum and we will have open seating for tables under 10 people. Cost is $37.50 per person and we re-quest the men wear jackets (shorts and jeans are not allowed). Showtime on January 21st at 7:00 PM will fea-ture James Stephens with guest Steve Leeds. James is an all-around entertainer as a come-dian, impressionist, and musician who has ap-peared at the White House, Carnegie Hall, and the Apollo Theatre. Steve is a band leader and songwriter who wrote music for Sinatra, Strei-sand, and has appeared in the Rainbow Room. This is one of our Premier Showtime events and tickets are $22.00 for members and $25.00 for nonmembers. Make sure you check our “On-The-Go” column for more events for your pleasure to make your stay in Florida fun in the sun.

SOCIAL COMMITTEE by Russ Donnelly

The Poinciana Community Group has two items on their agenda this year. We are again having "Night at the Races" which has been getting more popular every year. This year it will be held Friday, February 16th at 6:00 PM. I hope to see many of you there, our prizes have been increased and there will be a good time for all. Also, we are bringing back "Murder Mystery" this year. The theme will be Country Western "Murder in Tombstone”. It will be held Monday March 26th. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Allow time for your compli-mentary photo. Dressing the part and solving the crime has always been a fun experience for all. We are having this event in conjunc-tion with Mel's Way Bistro. It will be held in the restaurant, unless the attendance de-mands a larger venue, in which case, it will be moved to the Poinciana Room. Tickets are on sale now and we are having a great initial re-sponse. Our bulletins are posted in the Club-house and by Mel's Way. The Murder Mys-tery tickets can be purchased in the Poinciana Activities office or at Mel's Way. I don't know if me ads will be in this issue, it seems we have a format issue, any questions call Russ Donnelly 561-963-8252 check your bulletin board for more info, Thanks for your support

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BOOK CLUB by Pat Sullivan

In December we read THE BEAN TREES by Barbara Kingsolver. I en-joyed this story about two friends and how they overcome the obstacles that life presents. On some level we can all relate to their resiliency and the strength they take from each other. In February we will be reading EVENING CLASS by Mauve Binchy. If you are interested in joining us, please come to our next meeting.

Meeting: Tuesday, January 2nd Time: 1:00 PM Place: Terrace Room at the clubhouse

May all of you have good health, discover a new author, reread some stories you have en-joyed and above all find peace and joy in the New Year.

A MESSAGE FROM ”COPS”

UNIT 39 by LT. Barbara Crespy

Happy New Year one and all from the C.O.P.S. Here at Poinciana! We are very happy to see the return of our snow birds! According to the Sheriff’s Office, our patrols have kept Poincia-na a very safe community. We are still in need of more volunteers, and are asking that each building find one, just one, person to join our Unit. Perhaps the President of each condo association can discuss this at your next meeting. We all enjoy the benefits of this organization and a commitment of 3 hours a week is a small responsibility. Hours are very flexible and can be broken up if three straight hours is too long for your comfort. Be safe and enjoy our fabulous winter weather! Lt. Barbara Crespy 215-813-7053 Cpt. Jay Whitman 561-727-5633 Sgt. Rich Rosen 267-242-5231

POINCIANA PLACE

TOWNHOMES by Mark Roth

We held our Annual Member’s Meeting and our December Board Meeting on December 12th at 7:00 PM in the Community Room at the Poinci-ana Clubhouse. In the Member’s Meeting, the election of Board Members was held with Marc Menzie, Sidney Nelson, and Michael Reardon re-elected to serve three-year terms. At the or-ganizational meeting held immediately after-ward, Michael Reardon was elected as Presi-dent, Sidney Nelson was elected as Vice Presi-dent, Jeffrey Drucker was elected as Secretary, and Mark Roth was elected as Treasurer. At the Board Meeting, several topics were dis-cussed. The official minutes of the meeting will be posted to our web site (www.pptha.org) soon. Our January 9th Board Meeting will be held in the Terrace Room on the second floor of the clubhouse. There is much to be done for the community in 2018. Some of the projects that the Board is considering include: repainting all of our buildings, resurfacing the pool, replacing trees lost to Irma, and completing the rewrite of our Association Documents. We will be forming committees to assist the Board with many of these projects. We need your participation at our Board meetings to ensure that your views and ideas are heard and considered by the Board before the Board makes decisions. The time to put your two cents in is before the vote, not after. Our meetings are scheduled for the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Please set aside the time and plan to attend. Our web site at www.pptha.org is proving to be a valuable resource for those who use it and for the Board. Owners who have filed trouble tick-ets or made inquiries using the email to man-agement link have been most pleased with the response time and information received. Oth-ers have found the availability of community forms such as our Architectural Review Appli-cations very convenient. Some of the items of-fered on our website include Property Manage-ment Contacts, identification of the current board of directors, Minutes of our Recent Board Meetings, our Architectural Review Form,

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The new automatic doors for our front entrance should be installed before the new year or very soon after. Our Thursday movies at 2:00 PM are going strong. There are at least 25 to 35 movie goers each week. Popcorn and water for all that do attend. I hope you are enjoying all that the Poinciana Clubhouse has to offer. Check out the posters in the lobby, the bulletin boards in your building and Channel 63 for in-formation about what’s happening. Have a good month enjoy!!

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MEN'S CLUB PRESIDENTS

REPORT by Dennis Berman

We welcome back all our winter residents for the 2018 season and to keep you busy, we offer you a full calendar of events for the winter sea-son. Our reserved seat program for the five premier Showtime events ends on January 5th for a special price of $90.00. Non-reserved seats are also available for single performance shows at members’ and guest prices. In addition to our clubhouse activities, we offer you nine additional off property trips from din-ner theatres, casinos and day trips. Please read our On-The-Go section in this newsletter to see the complete line up of events. In February, our reserved seats for 2018-2019 will go on sale where you can pick your own seats on a first come basis and these reserve tickets are refundable until November 1, 2018. As usual, both a seven ticket and a five ticket (winter resident package) programs are for sale with prices for 2018-2019 of $$119.00 for seven shows and $99.00 for five shows. We are expanding our On-The-Go winter sea-son to include more trips during our prime sea-son and hope you will enjoy your short time in Florida traveling with our permanent residents to see the many attractions we have to offer. We welcome your suggestions to help our Men’s Club grow and we thank you for your support over the past forty years in joining with our year-round residents to make your Men’s Club the most active club in the South Florida area. Welcome Back.

2018 MEN'S GOLF LEAGUE by Glen Hoard

We are fast approaching mid sea-son of the golf year: as of this re-port there are 21 members. We had a kick off lunch at Pete's Place on December 13th. The next lunch will be at Mel's Way Fri-

day, January 19, 2018. Play has started, and we are growing in mem-bers every game. The Snow Birds are late this year. We have a handicap system that ranges from under par players to novice players so come join us and have a great time. There is a place for everyone to play. You can choose the days or times that you wish to participate. JUST IN FUN Several players say they were cheated out of a hole in one at least twice. LOL We have finally quit Teeing it up in the fair-way (when no one is looking.) LOL We are learning how to stay on the correct side of the ropes. LOL You can call: Bob Alpern, 433-5426, Jay Levie, or Glen Hoard

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CHAI HADASSAH

OF POINCIANA by Judy Kirschner

We hope that all our Poinciana residents are enjoying the holidays and this wonderful weather. We have a lot of thank you’ s to send out this month. We'd like to thank Mel’s Way for their tasty lunches and good service. Thank you to Mindy Dorffman for her attention getting table decorations. A big thank you to Judy Kirschner for planning such a great program for our December 14th installation and Chanu-kah party. Joan Baron, who is the immediate past president of the Florida Atlantic region was a large plus. We were lucky to have her as our installer. She did a superb job. It was very enjoyable listening to Linda Spitzer tell her Chanukah tales. We would love to have her back someday. Another thank you to my new board. They try to give you the programs you enjoy, while also educating us in the world of Hadassah. Our next event is our annual fashion show. It will be on January 11th at 11:30 AM. This year we are featuring fashions from Wildberries, modeled by our very own Hadassah members. Get your reservations! We're planning on hav-ing a fabulous day! January 25th is our ever-popular card party. Hope to see you there! Coming up on February 18th is the Follies show. It's a wonderful show that features gals our own age dancing in the most fabulous cos-tumes. WOW! Yes, we are having a women's Seder this year. We have an exciting cantor, who comes with her guitar and will be leading the service. More info to follow... Looking forward, please remember the Roz Se-raita has beautiful cards and tributes that can be sent out for all your different occasions. You can reach her at 966-3192. To all our Hadassah members and Poinciana residents, we wish you a safe, healthy and hap-py new year!

the 2018 Budget, the Purchase or Rental Appli-cation, pertinent insurance documents, a copy of the original site plan from the origi-nal offering brochure, the most recent financial report, a form to nominate someone to serve as a director and a link to easily communicate with management and your board. The site also advertises the date and location of the next scheduled board meeting and as the meet-ing approaches, the meeting agenda is often published. Along with our web page, we also maintain an email list that helps the board communicate inexpensively with our owners. We use the list to alert you to what is going on in the commu-nity and to keep you informed about scheduled maintenance and repairs that may affect your plans. If you have not already provided your email address kindly visit the web site, send an email to management and the board and indi-cate that you would like your email address added to the list in the comment section. The clean-up of the community after Irma is almost completed. There remain several patches of grass that will need some attention from our landscaper now that the damaged trees were removed. The Poinciana Community COPS patrol has been helpful is deterring crime in our commu-nities and recently they were helpful in provid-ing information that led to the apprehension and arrest of offenders that had committed a crime in one of our communities. The Sheriff’s Department provides the equipment that is used by the COPS to provide these patrols if we can produce enough volunteers to patrol at least a certain number of hours each week. Our COPS need more volunteers to insure con-tinuation of the patrols. The minimum com-mitment is three hours per week. Hours are very flexible and can be broken up if three straight hours is too long for your comfort. If you can spare some time, call Lt. Barbara Crespy (215-813-7053), Cpt. Jay Whitman (561-727-5633), or Sgt. Rich Rosen (267-242-5231). If you have a topic that you would like the Board to consider, please send us an email at ppthboard@pptha.org.

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POINCIANA COMMUNITY GROUP

JANUARY 2018

Thursday 2:00 PM - 2nd Floor Clubhouse

Free Popcorn, Water & Movie

January 4 – KIDNAP – Halle Berry, Sage Carrea

January 11 – THE GLASS CASTLE – Drama- Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson

January 18 - EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE – Drama – Tom

Hanks, Sandra Bullock

January 25 – THE LUCKY ONE – Romantic

Drama – Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling

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MENS CLUB BOARD Officers:

President – Dennis Berman

1st Vice President – Sid Nelson

(Finance)

2nd Vice President – Artie Gordon

(Membership/Food)

Frank McElroy (Communications)

George Hoffman (On-The-Go)

Directors:

Robert Alpern, Henry Cappuc-

cio, Frank Cyr, John McCoy,

Joe Silvia, and Frank Vozzo

(561) 969-7866 - Phone

Email – MensClub@PoincianaMensClub.com

(561) 969-2327 – Fax

Website – www.PoincianaMensClub.com

MEN’S CLUB

ON THE GO by George Hoffman

Our casino trip on December 4th was rerouted at the last moment from the Mardi Gras Casi-no to the Calder Casino. The Mardi Gras Casi-no is still damaged from Hurricane Irma. This was our first trip to the Calder Casino. Since this was a substitute all we received was $10.00 in free play and no credit for food. Most people ate at Lucky’s where the food was good and plentiful with reasonable prices. Even un-der these circumstances everyone had an en-joyable day. If we go back to this casino again, we will receive more favorable perks. Our next casino trip is to the Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek Monday, January 8th, 2018. The bus departs behind the Margate Building at 10:00 AM and returns at 4:00 PM. Valid photo ID is required. Cost is $22.00 includes transportation and $20.00 free play. Food voucher and bus driver’s tip are not included. Book early Broadway Palms Dinner Theatre Trip will be from Friday, January 26th to Saturday, Janu-ary 27th. This is a two-day, one-night trip which includes the following:

Lunch at Nervous Nellies Shopping at Fort Myers Square Dinner and show at the Broadway Palms showing Chicago – the Musical Overnight Accommodations at the Holiday Inn, Fort Myers Forum with visit to BGT Candy Bar Viennese Dessert & Nightcaps Hot Breakfast Buffet Tour of Alligator Bay Distillery and Fat Point Brewery Visit to Fisherman’s Village (lunch on your own)

The bus departs at 8:30 AM from behind the Margate Building and returns 6:00 PM Satur-day The cost is $172.00 per person – single supple-ment $40.00 Includes all gratuities (except bus driver tip) Minimum Required – Limited Seating – Reserve Early

CANCELLATION WITH REFUND UP TO 15 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE The Miami Redlands Day Trip is scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, 2018 and in-cludes the following:

Docent Tour of Coral Castle Tour of RF Orchids Lunch at the Capri Tour and Tasting at Schnebly Winery Visit to Knauss Berry Farm

The bus departs at 8:30 AM from behind the Margate Building and returns at 5:30 PM Cost is $82.00 per person Includes all tips except the bus driver’s For more information stop in at the Men’s Club Office which is open from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM five days a week.

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