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Ramblings NUMBER 314 www.delrayvillas45.com NOVEMBER 2015

Board of Directors Meeting Special Meeting

Date: Date:

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Time: Time:

7:30 pm 7:30 pm

Delray Villas Plat 4/5 homeowners association

From the President Sy Weiss

From the Editor

Well, I’m back! Back in the very hot, very steamy

south of Florida! Making the transition a little more diffi-cult this year were the 70 o balmy days of glorious color that we experienced the entire week before we left upstate New York. Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t men-

tion that the day after we left, there was a dusting of snow on the ground and the temperature had plummeted by 35-40 degrees! So, I’m back, having hit the ground running. With the

Ramblings deadline quickly approaching, I had to make sure that I got all the pieces of the puzzle together. Also, I needed to continue writing the show I will put on with the After 6 Club Thespians. And I had to complete the work on the newsletter I write for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Volunteers. Phew! No wonder I am tired! But why am I telling all of you this? Because some of you have been retired too long. You have gone from be-ing the “movers and shakers” to the “sit in our house

and do nothing” crowd. Or even worse, you have joined

that small but noisy group of “complainers without solu-

tions to suggest” group. Of course, it is your prerogative. But what makes a community viable and desirable is the amount of work put in to make it continually appealing. This cannot be done successfully by just a few people. It requires more of us to get off our duffs and do something to make it so. One way is to have your voice heard when decisions are being made. And where can that happen? At monthly board meetings and general association meetings. I have said this time and again, if you cannot get there on your own, there are people in this community who will drive you to and from meetings. Call Iris Pavey or me to ar-range a pickup. Let us hear from you. Well, I’m back. And if the truth be told, I’m glad to be

here. Hello to all my Delray Villas neighbors and friends. I look forward to seeing you at meetings, club meetings and activities or just around the community. I look for-ward to a wonderful and fulfilling winter season and I wish the same for you. Linda

Our community is always busy. Now people are getting ready for Thanksgiving right around the corner. We may not change colors down here, but we have just as much patriotism and enthusiasm for that and all holidays as the rest of the country. Here are some reminders to all our residents: Please walk your dog on a leash, and pick up after

them. The maintenance men do not have the time to look around before they do their jobs, so please pick up. All homeowners and renters are required to obey the rules and regulations of the HOA, if not the board does have the right to have you remove the animal.

Another reminder: garbage must be placed in a can with a cover the evening before pick-up. All bags will be placed at the side of your home if not properly placed. This is not a first warning, but it is the last.

If you are not working in your garage, please keep the door closed. There have been cars riding around our neighborhood that appear to be suspicious. Keep your car and your home safe.

Our Inspection committee will be going out this month as they do every year checking on our community.

Don’t forget our meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. On Nov. 24, we are having a SPECIAL MEETING WITH AT@T AT 7:30 PM IN THE “A”

BUILDING TO CONTINUE WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR NEW CABLE AGREEMENT. **This forum is not to discuss personal stations but to get set up with the program. IT IS ALSO MEET THE CAN-DIDATES EVENING FOR BOARD ELECTIONS.

The NEW BUDGET will also be in this issue (on page 8), there will not be an increase for the year 2016. Again my thanks to all board and committee members for a job WELL DONE THIS YEAR. Sy **SEE PAGE 9 FOR VERY IMPORTANT INFO!

PLAT IV/V Ramblings. . . PAGE 2

PLAT 4/5 RAMBLINGS

Editor Linda Solomon 498-9338 6675 Overland Drive Delray Beach, FL 33484 498-9338 917-747-8660 (c) [email protected]

Associate Editor Bonnie Siegel 498-9338 Advertising Manager Judy LaCorte 495-6899 Distribution Joe LaCorte 495-6899 Harvey Lazaroff 498-8691 Contributors to the Newsletter: Judy La Corte ~ Lloyd Lukens ~ Iris Pavey ~ Carol Slotkin ~ Bob Townsend

PLAT 4/5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS President Sy Weiss 381-4456 Vice Pres. Lew Leon 495-9010 Secretary Bernie Rosenberg 499-1673 Treasurer Sheila Lane 381-7725 COMMITTEES Alliance Judy & Joe LaCorte 495-6899 Architectural Iris Pavey 498-1375 Inspection Bob Green 496-5533 Interview Lew Leon 495-9010 Lakes & Ponds Butch Herbst 445-2079 Maintenance Butch Herbst 445-2079 Herb Basson 637-8168 Parliamentarian Lew Leon Pest Control Bernie Rosenberg 499-1673 Pool Assistants Tony Costa *508-801-3300 Milt Schreiber *381-3894 Ramblings Linda Solomon *498-9338 Roads & Lights Joe La Corte 495-6899 Dennis Michalic 270-7211 Website Alan Shwartz *376-4040

www.delrayvillas45.com 55+ Bob Green 496-5533 Welcoming Diane Weiss 381-4456 Pat Lazaroff 498-8691 RECREATION ASSOCIATION MEMBERS Pat Lazaroff 498-8691 Joan Rosenberg 499-1673 Diane Weiss 381-4456 * Non-Board Members

DELRAY VILLAS WE CARE President Bill Kaplan

499-7893 V/Pres./Coord. Anita Silverman 498-9208

FOR TRANSPORTATION CALL:

PLAT 4/5 Fran Jacobson 495-1312

Please give our dispatcher 48 hours notice when requesting transportation. Call between 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, M-F ONLY. A Waiver of Liability Release Form must be signed for each trip, otherwise we will not transport you.

Hospitals we serve: Delray Medical Center, Boca Medical Center, Bethesda Com-munity Hospital, Bethesda Health City

FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CALL:

PLAT 4/5 Marty Dreiblatt 865-0991 David Goldstein 499-5098

Board and General Meeting ORDER OF BUSINESS*

Pledge of Allegiance and moment of silence Roll call of the Board of Directors Reading of last Board of Directors/General Meeting minutes Correspondence Reports: Treasurer Sheila Lane Committees: Alliance Joe and Judy La Corte Architectural Iris Pavey Inspection Bob Green Interviews Lew Leon Maintenance Butch Herbst Lakes and Ponds Butch Herbst Pest Control Bernie Rosenberg Roads and Lights Joe La Corte, Dennis Michalic Rec Board Pat Lazaroff, Joan Rosenberg, Diane Weiss 55 Plus Bob Green Web Site Alan Shwartz Ramblings Linda Solomon Welcome Committee Diane Weiss, Pat Lazaroff N.A. P. Dennis Michalic Yellow Dot Carol Michalic

Old Business New Business Good and Welfare

NEIGHBOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Do you need N.A.P.?

Pease contact Dennis Michalic (chair)

561-270-7211.

YELLOW DOT PROGRAM Got the Dot?

It could save your life! Contact Carol Michalic 561-270-7211

Yellow Dot


NOVEMBER

Happy Birthday

1. Clocks and Watches 2. China 3. Crystal and Glass 4. Electrical Appliances 5. Silverware 6. Wood 7. Desk Sets-Pen & Pencil

Sets 8. Linens and Laces 9. Leather 10. Diamond Watches And Jewelry

11. Fashion Jewelry and Accessories 12. Pearls or Colored Gems 13. Textiles or Furs 14. Gold Watches and Jewelry 15. Watches 16. Silver Holloware 17. Furniture 18. Porcelain 19. Bronze 20. Platinum Watches and Jewelry

Happy Anniversary

BIRTHDAY-ANNIVERSARY UPDATE For those new residents or those who find errors, please com-plete by printing the following form and return to the Editor, Linda Solomon.

Name (first and last)

Birthday

Significant Other’s Name (include last name if different) Birthday

Anniversary

Happy Birthday

Get Well Wishes

Betsy Dellisanti Lenore Rosenblum Judith Yesowitch

Blanche Green (mother of Bonnie Wentz)

Birthstone-Topaz

3 - Election Day

26 - Thanksgiving

Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

11 - Veteran’s Day

1 - Daylight Savings Time Ends Flower of the Month

Chrysanthenum

01 Rose Minoff Judy Haller Alvin Wilburn 05 Judy Piccolomini Evelyn Silver 06 Norman Gold Shirley Goldfarb 07 Bob Green Rita Kullback 08 Marlena Pavloff 11 Miriam Rosenfeld Larry Goldstein 15 Pennie Goldstein 16 Joan Fischer 17 Sheila Minde 18 Victoria Sangurima 19 Bob Williams

20 Sheila Lane 21 Marilyn Scheck 22 Bruce Block 23 Ray D’Allessandro 24 Ann Schwartz Keith Young 26 Eleanor Melnick Rose Panzarella Hazel Winogradsky 27 Marci Banis Anita Silverman Sidney Goldwyn 28 Jack Minde

01 David & Susan Sims Donald & Linda Mostov 09 Wendy Balko & Alvin Wilburn 18 Edwin & Jane McNulty 22 Milton & Linda Sonenblum 23 Howard & Claire Pike


WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORS

Tyler Haack & Donald Eichorn 6520 Overland Drive (former owner: Karp) Camille La Providenza 6554 Overland Drive (former owner: Mark Goldstein) Mark & Stephanie Cohen 6260 Dusenburg Road (former owner: Salvin) William H. Frazier 6279 Stanley Lane (former owner: Morganlander)

At the suggestion of one of our fellow Plat 4/5ers, and so that you may keep track and update your tele-phone/address book, we are adding the names of for-mer homeowners to the addresses of new neighbors. Hope this helps!

ARCHITECTURAL

FOLLOW THE RULES

If you plan to do ANY outside work on your house or property, be sure to get architectural approval first !!! Pick up an application from my patio (13675 Whippet Way West) fill it out - sign it - return it to my patio. Once the request has been approved, I will call you to pick up the approval which then needs to be placed in the front window of your house.

ANY QUESTIONS Call Iris Pavey 498-1375 Architectural Chairman

Committees reports….

CAROL’S CORNER Photos by Carol Slotkin

FROM THE MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome back all our Winter Birds and remind them that if you have a problem with Maintenance, please fill out a form and put it in the Mail Box that is in the Rec parking lot. We will not be responsible for any decorations including lights that are at the edge of the grass. They should be at least one foot back in your garden so our grass cutters don’t hit them.

Calling PMA will not answer any complaints; go through our department and it will be handled. If there is an emergency you can call first; if not, fill out the form so we can handle the problem. Main-tenance members are also homeowners and wish not to be disturbed over a weekend. Thanks. BUTCH HERBST


DELRAY VILLAS CLUB NEWS

Club Name AFTER 6 SOCIAL CLUB Date/Time Wednesday, November 4 7:00 PM Where A Building Topic Business meeting, nominations for officers Collation Coffee & cake will be served

Club Name AMERICAN-ITALIAN CLUB Date/Time Friday, November 6 7:00 PM Where B Building Topic Annual Dues - $15 Christmas Luncheon - $35 please bring 2 separate checks Collation Coffee and cake will be served Club Name C.E.R.T.

Club Name C.O.P Date Time Wednesday November 4 9:30AM Where “B” Building - Viking Room Topic Training Collation Breakfast

Club Name DEBORAH Date/Time Thursday, November 19 11:30 AM

Where A Building Topic We will have entertainment Collation Bagels & coffee will be served

Club Name MEN & WOMEN SOCIAL CLUB Date/Time Tuesday, November 17 7:00 PM Where A Building Topic Short business mtg., & great entertainment Collation Coffee, cake & nibbles will be served after Come and enjoy your neighbors

Club Name NA’AMAT USA Date/Time Monday, November 2 9:30 AM Where A Building Topic Interesting meeting Collation Bagels & coffee will be served

Delray Book Club

The Book Club meets on the first Monday of every month at 1-2 PM in the Ceramics Room of the “B”

Building. Books will be available at the Hagan Ranch Library. You must ask for the book by its title. Below is the 2015 list by month for discussion:

Nov.- The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Ed-wards December - People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

If you have any questions, contact Leslie Boardman at [email protected] or by telephone: 561-808-7600 or 215-208-3652.

Club Name GUYS AND DOLLS CHORUS Date/Time Tuesdays (weekly) * 10:00 AM Where “B” Building - Viking Room Topic Fun Songs for everyone Call Mel Goldstein at 381-0131

For a good time...

HOLD THESE DATES! November 15 Welcome Back Luncheon December 2 Elections & Choice of Charity Plus Holiday Shopping Spree December 5 Annual Toys for Tots Event January 17 An Evening at LIPS February 6 Chinese New Year Dinner

and Chinese Auction March 26 Show for Charity April 17 Annual Picnic ...details on all activities to follow…. Monthly meetings are first Wednesdays of each month

The American Italian Club

Christmas Luncheon

Dec. 8, 2015 $35 members & guests 1:30 PM Brio Restaurant 5050 Town Center Circle

Boca Raton, FL


Alliance Happenings Judy La Corte

DELRAY VILLAS CITIZEN OBSERVER

PATROL Submitted by Vol. Captain Lloyd Lukens

STAY SAFE IN FLORIDA WEATHER

Florida is known for its superb weather. People from around the world flock to our beautiful state to enjoy outdoor actives year-around. It is now Novem-ber and the temperature is still in the upper 80's. Ac-cording to the Red Cross, excessive heat has caused more deaths than all other weather events in this coun-try. Heat can be dangerous! Excessive heat can lead to sunburn, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Just because we will be entering the so called “winter months,” the sun still shines bright in Florida.

To avoid problems, stay hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids, especially water, and limit drinks with caf-feine or alcohol. Here are some suggestions for staying safe in the heat:

Heat Cramps: Such as, cramps in the legs or abdo-men - get the person to a cooler place, have him or her rest, lightly stretch the affected muscle and replenish his or her fluids with a half a glass (4 ounces) of cool water every 15 minutes.

Heat Exhaustion: If you or someone else experi-ences cool, moist, pale or flushed skin, heavy sweat-ing, headache, nausea, dizziness and exhaustion - re-move or loosen tight clothing and spray with water or apply cool, wet cloths or towels to skin. If conscious, give small amounts of cool water to drink. Make sure he or she drinks slowly. If the person refuses water, vomits, or begins to lose consciousness, CALL 911.

Heat Stroke is Life Threatening: If the person ex-periences hot, red skin which may be dry or moist, changes in consciousness, vomiting, and high body temperature, CALL 911. Move person to a cooler place. If possible, quickly cool the person's body by immersing him or her up to the neck in cool water. Otherwise, douse or spray the person with cold water, or cover with cold wet towels or bags of ice. THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DELRAY VILLAS VOLUNTEER CITIZEN OBSERVER PATROL, (C.O.P.) Unit # 16

Captain DiBernardino, from the Sheriff’s of-

fice, stated that members of a burglary ring came south to Delray Beach and were arrested. Panhandling is no longer allowed on medians but is allowed on the side of roads. Lieutenant Jimenez made us aware of the Lost on Foot Project. While Silver Alert is geared to missing persons with Alzheimer's disease driving a car, Lost On Foot is concerned with these people who wander away on foot. Approximately 65 to 70 percent of persons suffering from this illness will wander away at least once. Of those missing more than 72 hours only 20% survive. They seem to be lured to bodies of water such as lakes or ca-nals. This project consists of a family member fill-ing out a profile listing the name, physical descrip-tion, medications, familiar destinations and other information that will help in locating the missing person. Palm Beach County Fire/Rescue will offer Hands Only CPR instruction to any community requesting it. The featured speaker was Verdenia Baker, the new Palm Beach County Administrator. Her de-partment's budget is $4 billion, 25% of which is derived from property taxes. The County Adminis-trator has executive powers to implement the poli-cies and procedures set forth by the Board of County Commissioners. She oversees 6100 county employees in more than 30 departments, divisions and offices. The bond rating is AAA which is achieved by only 66 counties in the United States. Among her challenges is to grow the number of small businesses in our county. Another is to have more affordable homes in Palm Beach County. Currently the average salary in the county is $40,000 to $50,000 annually and the average cost of homes is $300,000. Since the desirable ratio of home to salary, is three times annual salary, the fear is that families will leave our area to find more affordable homes elsewhere. Other areas of concern are that our prison is 30 years old and needs renovation and there is a need for a regional park.


Talk of the Town by BOB TOWNSEND

IRISH PAT STAPLETON

n a legendary night in November of 1982, a couple thousand specta-

tors braved wind-chilled temperatures to sit outdoors at Battis Field in Middleboro, Massachusetts, to see me. Actually, that’s kind of misleading. They not only came to see me, but they also came to see Irish Pat Stapleton, former heavy-weight prize fighting champion of Ireland and the British Isles. What the throngs of people yearned to witness was Irish Pat beating the devil out of me. This was back in the days when I was writing a general-interest column on the editorial page of The Brockton Enterprise. I wrote a column trash-ing the lovely farming community of Middleboro, a little town in The Enterprise’s circulation area. “In Middleboro,” I wrote, “the men are uglier, the women are meaner and the children are slower than in any other community this side of the Cape Cod Canal.” The column received a tremendous response, it really did; all negative. Middleboro townspeople cancelled their subscriptions to the newspaper, businesses pulled their advertising and I became Public Enemy Number One in the farmland. I hate to brag, but they had some sort of holiday parade in Middleboro around that time and they dedicated an entire float to me. Members of the Board of Selectmen all dressed like farmers and stood next to an outhouse on the float. The out-house had a sign that read: “Townsend’s Editorial

Room.” The selectmen weren’t alone on the float. They

had a goat on a leash with them. There was an-other sign around the goat’s neck: “Winner of the

Townsend Look-A-like Contest.” It’s a tough thing to admit, but the more I

looked at a picture of that goat, the more I saw a resemblance. And that was even before I had grown a goatee.

It just so happened that I was moving into a differ-ent apartment complex in Brockton at the time. When I arrived to sign the lease, the complex man-ager told me the owner wanted to speak to me and made the manager prom-ise to keep me there until he arrived. “Where’s he coming from?” I asked. “Middleboro,” was the reply. The owner, Hank Barry, informed me that he was president of the Middleboro Little League and he was going to be holding boxing exhibitions as a fundraiser. He said he had a wonderful idea for the main event; Irish Pat Stapleton vs. Bob Townsend. It would be the former champ of Ireland, who now lived in the neighboring town of Lakeville, defend-ing the honor of Middleboro against the poisoned pen of Bob Townsend. This was back when I was young and impulsive, so I, of course, agreed to the fight. To a certain extent, the Middleboro crowd got what they had come to see. In the second round, Stapleton broke three ribs on my left side. Later in the same round, he fractured two on the right. But, I’m totally honored to say, he never knocked me

down. In the fourth round, the referee, who was Hank Barry by the way, stopped the fight and awarded Stapleton a TKO victory. Maybe you’re wondering why I’m telling you

about all of this now. Well, for all of you regular readers of The Ramblings, you may recall that last month I wrote a column that was somewhat less than flattering about the state of Idaho. I want to announce far and wide that under no circumstances will I agree to travel to Idaho to trade punches with anyone who wants to defend the honor of that fine state. I’ve grown older and wiser. Those days are

definitely a thing in my past.

o

FAMOUS QUOTES


HAVE SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS BY DENNIS & CAROL MICHALIC FPL, WATER COMPANY AND TAX DEPARTMENTS WILL NOT make phone calls to you stating they did not get payments and request that you give them your bank account number, credit card number to make that payment so you will not have services suspended, tax liens or arrest. They (usually in pairs to distract you) may appear at your door unannounced to check electric outlets, test water. The Wa-ter Department tests water and waste at their facility. They do not test the water in your house. Once the water flows through the meter, their basic responsibility stops. Verify FPL accounts at FPL.COM or 697-8000 Tax scammers should be reported to Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad-ministration at 1 800 366-4484. Water Department phone is on your bill. Employees have ID card. Phone calls not initiated by you are at-tempts to harvest your personal information by identify thieves. DO NOT BE A VICTIM. PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION!!!

“In November, some birds move away and some birds stay. The air is full of good-byes and well-wishes. The birds who are leaving look very serious. No silly spring chirping now. They have long journeys and must watch where they are going. The staying birds are serious, too, for cold times lie ahead. Hard times. All berries will be treasures.” ― Cynthia Rylant, In November

“In November, the smell of food is differ-

ent. It is an orange smell. A squash and pumpkin smell. It tastes like cinnamon and can fill up a house in the morning, can pull everyone from bed in a fog. Food is better in November than any other time of the year.” ― Cynthia Rylant, In November

“In November, people are good to each

other. They carry pies to each other's homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings - for the food on their tables and the babies in their arms.” ― Cynthia Rylant, In November

Cynthia Rylant is an award-winning author or over 100 children’s

books and librar-ian. (1954 - )

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD!!!

AT&T PACKETS WILL BE GIVEN OUT AT 6:30 PM, 1 HOUR BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 10TH AND THE NOVEMBER 24TH MEETINGS.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5411.Cynthia_Rylant

http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/859748





Sharon’s Read submitted by SHARON O’HALLORAN


The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Everyone is familiar with Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. But how many people know that the major influences on Stowe’s writing

were Sarah Grimke and her younger sister, Ange-lina? Fifteen years before the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the Grimke sisters were publishing abolitionist pamphlets and making speeches that led to them being hated, reviled and exiled from Charleston as the most infamous women in Amer-ica. If they returned to Charleston they would face death. The Grimke sisters grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, children of privilege. Their father was a judge and presided over a large house of children and slaves. The family had a position in society that Sarah’s mother strove to preserve through so-

cial arrangements and marriages of her children to other notable families. Everything was about ap-pearance and, of course, preservation of their social standing. But the names of Sarah and Angelina are not that well known and their lectures and fight for equality for both slaves and women have gone largely unnoticed. That is until Sue Monk Kidd discovered that in 1803, when Sarah turned 11, her parents gave her as a present a 10 year old hand-maid, Hetty. Sarah taught Hetty to read, resulting in a beating so severe that Hetty died of an ‘unspecified disease’ shortly after. So, Kidd

brought Hetty back to life as “Handful” in her book

and began interweaving the story of Sarah and An-gelina with the story of Handful and her mother and the tale from Africa that at some time in the future the slaves would sprout wings and these wings would carry them away from their bondage. The stage is set in Charleston, where, of course, the Civil War began with the firing on Ft. Sumter. But years before that, Sarah Grimke was struggling with her feelings about slavery, and her attempts to set her handmaid free were met with anger and scorn by her family. This act also lost her favor with her father, who had been encouraging her in-tellectual growth while making clear to her that as a woman, she would not be allowed to become a law-yer. That was the future for her brother. Her con-

tinued friendship with Handful was marked by both respect and resentment. Yet Sarah continued to struggle to find an outlet for her convictions about slavery and women’s rights. She was allowed to

undertake the education of her youngest sister. Both began attending and learning about the Quaker religion, seeing in the Quakers others who abhor slavery. Only later did the Grimke parents realize that Angelina shared her sister’s views.

Their outspoken opinion in the bigoted South re-sulted in them taking the full force of the fury of those who could not abide hearing that equality should be had by all. The author alternates the chapters in the book, speaking first in Sarah’s voice and then in Hand-

ful’s voice. We experience the pain of Handful

when her mother is sold away for her rebellious acts. Sarah sadly leaves Handful behind as she leaves for Philadelphia to join her sister and be-come a Quaker. But she sees the inequality of the treatment of women in the Quaker sect and she spurns the offer of marriage by a widower when she realizes that in the role of wife she will be sub-jected to the will of her husband. Meanwhile, Handful toils on, in the bonds of slavery. The book takes Sarah and Handful from girlhood through middle age. Although both are imprisoned by soci-ety’s rules, their pain and suffering cannot be

equated. Both long to be set free - Sarah from the bonds of patriarchy and Handful from the inhuman bonds of slavery. Kidd is a masterful story teller and writes with smooth and graceful prose, immersing the reader in the lives of these women as they struggle to navi-gate religion, family drama, slave revolts and the Abolitionist movement. By trading off chapters, the reader follows the sisters and Handful over the dec-ades and ultimately, Sarah returns surreptitiously to Charleston to try and free her former handmaid. In one courageous moment Sarah’s mother, who has

been the quintessential Southern woman, takes a stand against a deputy who comes to her door to arrest her daughter, a wanted woman in Charleston due to her incendiary views. It should be noted that The Grimke family home still stands in Charleston and with the publication of this book, more people will now know the for-gotten history of the Grimke sisters and their fight for equality in the South of the 1830s.

Delray Villas Plat 4/5 Ramblings

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NUMBER 314 MONTH NOVEMBER PAGE AD-1

From the staff of the Delray Villas 4/5 Ramblings….



Please - PATRONIZE OUR

ADVERTISERS!

Thank them for supporting the Delray Villas Plat 4/5 Ramblings - they will

appreciate your business.



“Kenny” The Handyman

Budget Rates

Professional Home Maintenance & Repair

Free Estimates 561-558-0992

Are you in need of Notary Public services?

If you live in Plat 4/5 those

services are available to you for free. Call: Carol Michalic: 561-270-7211



Law Offices of Gary Gonzalez Specializing in Wills, Trusts, Family Law & Traffic Citations in Broward/

Palm Beach SPECIAL: $249 WILL/TRUST

PO Box 21841, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335

Phone: 305-724-3895 [email protected]

I WILL BUY: COINS STAMPS GOLD JEWELRY, ETC.

WANTED Would you believe there are coins out there worth: Dollars - $1 million Cents - $ 75,000 Nickels - $185,000 Dimes - $1.7 million Quarters - $ 60,000 Halves - $ 32,000 There are thousands of silver dollars worth $20 to $120,000 in common grades.

Call LES at 561-638-1557 (USAF-retired)



BUYING? SELLING? RENTING?

DENISE FLASTER, Realtor, CDPE Your home will be seen on multiple websites including Realtor.com, RA.com, Homes.com, Zillow.com, Craigslist and MLS.

561 405-0602 Cell 561-613-0393 Office [email protected]

A pet loving Realtor for our pet friendly neighborhood

SERVICE FROM START TO FINISH

New Listing: 13537 Whippet Way East

2 bedroom, 2 bath, Bermuda

Call Denise for details!

561-908-2449 Big Guy Michael Scott

6085 Stanley Lane Under Contract

mailto:[email protected]

CELEBRATORY GREETINGS:

NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE NO. MONTH/YEAR for Publication PRINT your celebratory note on the lines below. Enclose check for $2.00 per celebratory note. Send to Linda Solomon 6675 Overland Drive, Delray Beach, FL 33484. Larger spaces than lines on page 3 are available for and increased fee (see below for schedule).

Schedule of fees for more than 2 lines: We will design the graphic for the background of the card . Business card (1/8 page) $ 5.00 1/2 page $15.00 Examples: Balloons for Birthday, Couples for Anniversary, 1/4 page $10.00 Full page $20.00 baby for birth announcement for a grandchild or great- grandchild, etc.,

These fees are exclusive to Celebratory Greetings for Plat 4/5 residents only. Fees for any advertisements of goods or services are determined by another schedule. (See Linda Solomon)

ANNUAL HOLIDAY GREETINGS: Name Please enclose a check for $3.00 payable to Delray Villas Plat 4/5 to cover the cost of the three month Holiday Greeting and send to Linda Solomon.

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