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November 2018
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INSIDE THIS ISSUEParke Happenings .....................................p. 2Recipe Corner ...........................................p. 4 GM Report ................................................p. 5Committee Reports ....................................p. 6 Your PC ....................................................p. 8Red Hats .................................................. p. 11Outside The Parke ..................................... p. 13Tax Tips .................................................... p. 15On The Lighter Side .................................. p. 17Science Corner .......................................... p. 18
Kristi Clarke, General Manager ([email protected])Barbara Cordrey, Asst GM ([email protected]) Bonnie Shoemaker, Clubhouse and Communications Coordinator ([email protected])Website: www.theparkeatoceanpineshoa.com
Programs November 5 Wed 9:00amCovenants November 7 Wed 9:30amCommunications November 7 Wed 1:00pmOperations November 13 Tues 9:30amDesign Review November 20 Tues 9:30amBudget & Finance November 21 Wed 9:30amBoard of Directors November 28 Wed 9:30am
President’s Corner
Bill Glock, HOA President
In addition to cooler temperatures and pleasant weather, October also brings the 2019 Parke budget process into fo-cus. During the month of September, our general manager and Budget & Finance Committee developed the proposed 2019 Budget draft. For me and several mem-bers who attended their recent meetings, it was just amazing to take note of the
professional manner in how this process took place. The de-gree of financial expertise that is projected and implemented during this process is second to none! All members should feel great confidence in the budget development process. Ad-ditionally, any member having an interest in this process is encouraged to attend the Committee and upcoming meetings. By the time you receive this November Parke Bench, the Board will have held its 2019 Budget Draft Review on October 23. This workshop, which was open for member comment, is the time that the Board reviews and dissects all elements of the Budget and Finance-proposed 2019 Budget, including the projected 2019 monthly assessment. The Board members rec-ognize that they are your stewards of your investment in The Parke and take the accompanying responsibilities with the ut-most seriousness. Important upcoming dates pertaining to the 2019 Budget process include: October 31 - Board meeting to accept and approve Budget draft November 2 - Town meeting to present Budget draft to community November 28 - Board meeting to vote on approval of 2019 Budget Hope to see you at the meeting!!
Residents enjoying our 3rd annual crab feast on abeautiful September evening.
HappyThanksgiving!
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Parke Happenings
News for The Parke Bench should be sent to the Editor: [email protected] by the 15th of the month.
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The Parke at Ocean PinesPresident, Bill GlockVice President, Leo MoranSecretary, Peg RobinsonTreasurer, Jim DriggersMember-at-Large, Dawn JohnsonMember-at-Large, David DeutschMember-at-Large, Linda OlsenChair-Communications Advisory Committee, Steve Habeger
STAFFRick Rodgers, Editor ([email protected])Joyce Piatti, Recipe Corner ([email protected])Nate Boring, Outside The Parke ([email protected])Gene Edge, Your PC ([email protected])Joan Kessler, Advertising Rep ([email protected])
FYI Event about Home Heating and Cooling Several dozen Parke residents gathered on Friday, Octo-ber 5, to discuss experiences with heating and cooling systems in our homes. Four residents formed a panel and presented their experiences and Lessons Learned. Choices between gas furnaces and electric heat pumps were explored; efficiency and costs were examined. Following the discussions of heating and cooling systems, a discussion ensued about the choices we have for water heat-ers in our homes. The handout from the meeting and other conversations can be found in the Forum on the Parke website. The handout can also be requested from the Clubhouse staff.
The Parke Annual Harvest Dinner Nov 18 – Hostess: Diane McGraw. Theme: Bring a bottle of wine—any color—for a CAT (color, aroma, taste) tour of your wine.
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Participants are asked to bring their own glass, a light snack, and a themed bottle of wine to share. If you would like to join them, contact Harold Fingerhut on 410-973-1616 or Diane McGraw on 410-208-2569.
The Parke Harvest Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, November 7, at the Clarion Hotel in Ocean City from 5 to 8 pm. Din-ner will include an Ocean Club salad andbaskets of rolls and butter on the tables. Dinner choices are: turkey/honey glazed ham, salmon, sliced top sirloin of beef w/sherry mushroom sauce, and a vegetarian option. All entrees will include mashed potatoes, vegetable, and sage dressing. Cranberry sauce and turkey gravy will be set on the tables. Dessert will be apple pie w/whipped cream. Beverages are coffee, tea, decaffeinated coffee and iced tea. The cost is $30 per person and includes tax and gratuity. A happy hour cash bar will be available from 5 to 8pm. There will be compli-mentary cheese and cracker trays put out during happy hour. Please make your dinner reservations by Friday, Novem-ber 2. The reservation notebook will be in the Clubhouse during this time. There will be tables of 8 and 10, so get your friends and neighbors together to complete a table. When you sign up, you will need to select your entrée and your table, and make a check payable to “PPC.” There will also be a 50/50 raffle. If you have any questions, please contact Peg Robinson at 410-208-6893 or [email protected]. What a great way to start the holiday season, with friends and neighbors; we are hoping to see you there
Gift tags will be prepared, listing the name(s) and a gift item to obtain. The tags will be placed on the Mail Pavilion Christmas tree after it is decorated on Monday, November 12. To participate in the G.O.L.D. program, take a nametag from the tree, purchase and wrap the gift, attach the tag, and place it under the tree before Friday, December 14. Parke Santas will be needed to help deliver the gifts. Please contact Peg Robinson at 410-208-6893 or [email protected] if you can help.
Play Bunco The Programs Committee will present Bunco on Tuesday, November 13, at 2pm in the Grand Hall. Signup is now avail-able in the Clubhouse. Please go to our website to see the flyer for more information.
Wine Appreciation Group The Wine Appreciation Group was formed in 2006 and enjoys wine tastings on the 3rd Sunday of every month (with exceptions*) from 2:30-4:30pm at the Clubhouse. These hosts invite you to join them:
Adopt a Family for the Holidays The Parke Community once again will be assisting the Worcester County G.O.L.D. (Giving Other Lives Dignity) with the Adopt A Family program for the holidays. The names of needy families will be provided by Worcester County Department of Social Services.
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Welcome Committee By Peg Robinson, Chair
Parke Book Club The Parke Book Club will meet the 4th Thursday of the month from 2-4pm in the Clubhouse. Due to the Thanksgiv-ing holiday, this month’s meeting will be on Thursday, No-vember 29, at 2pm. The Club will discuss My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell you She is Sorry by Frederick Backman. There will be no meeting in December, but our schedule for the rest of the year is as follows: January 24 – Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery, February 28 – Play-ing for Pizza by John Grisham, March 28 – The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, April 25 – Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, May 23 – The Address by Fiona Davis, June 27 – The Outlander by Gil Adamson, and July 25 – Beach Music by Pat Conroy. New members are always welcome.
Holiday Cards! Holiday Cards! The December in the Parke Committee is asking anyone who would like to have a holiday card put on the tree or bulletin board to bring their signed card to the Mail Pavilion starting Monday, December 3, and put it in the Hol-iday basket. The Committee will then take care of hanging your card on the tree or bulletin board. Pre-holiday Breakfast A pre-holiday continental breakfast will be held at the Clubhouse on Saturday, December 8, from 10:30am-1pm. Socialize with friends and neighbors and catch the holiday spirit. There will be coffee, tea, juice, fruit, bagels, and muf-fins. Signup will begin on Monday, November 12, and end on Monday, December 3. There is NO CHARGE. If you have any questions, please contact Peg Robinson at 410-208-6893 or [email protected].
We are here to experience the best of our community and the lifestyle we deserve. Let’s welcome these members and residents to their new homes in The Parke:Gerald & Jennifer Albright, 5 Freeport LaneCarol Tippin, 52 Chatham Court As of October 5, there were 26 new members/owners and four new renters. If you are interested in joining the Welcome Commit-tee, please contact Peg Robinson at 410-208-6893 or [email protected].
Some Parke residents went to Woodloch Resort in Haw-ley, PA, and a great time was had by all. The resort included all meals, indoor and outdoor activities and evening enter-tainment. The weather was nice, except for a couple days of rain, but that did not stop the group from having fun. The resort is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Pictured here are: Sue & George Coschi (friends of John & Peg from Philly), Barbara McCullum, Marv & Mary Chaney, Vicki McCormick, Peggy Webster, Carol & Dick Hafer (friends of John & Peg from Ocean City,MD), Dave Stevens, Peg Robinson, Penny Miller, and John Robinson.
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Recipe CornerBy Joyce Piatti [email protected]
Easy Crock Pot Potato SoupIngredients: 1 30oz bag of frozen diced hash browns1 32 oz box of chicken broth1 can of cream of chicken soup (10 oz)1 pkg. cream cheese (8 oz, not fat-free)3 oz bacon bits 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese salt and pepper to taste
Directions:Put the hash browns in the crock pot. Add in the chicken broth, cream of chicken soup and half of the bacon bits. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook on low for 7-8 hours or until potatoes are tender. An hour before serving cut the cream cheese into small cubes. Place the cubes in the crock pot. Mix a few times throughout the hour before serving. Once the cream cheese is completely mixed in, it’s ready to serve. Top with cheddar cheese and some additional bacon bits.
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Calling all women of Ocean Pines! Join us on the first Thursday of the month for speakers, luncheons, auctions, raffles and fundraisers to benefit Ocean Pines citizens. Our membership
year began on September 1st. Membership dues are $10.00 per year. Contact Joyce Piatti (410-302-0559, [email protected]) to join. Our holiday luncheon will be held on Thursday, December 6, from 11:30am-2:30pm at the Captain’s Table Restaurant located in the Courtyard by Marriott Ocean City on 15th Street. This event costs $25 per person and includes dessert, beverages, taxes and groupgratuity, and a lunch of one of these three entrees: (1) crab cake sandwich, (2) Reuben open-faced sandwich, or (3) salad with grilled chicken. A cash bar will be available. Raffles will complete the day. For reservations, contact Kay Hickman at 410-600-0552 or [email protected] NLT November 28.
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Meet & Greet for New Residents The Parke Community had the opportunity to meet 26 new residents in a social setting at the Meet & Greet Social held on October 13 at the Clubhouse. A good time was had by all. New residents Ingrid Peterson and Alfred Stabile sent this note to the Welcome Committee: “Thank you for hosting such a lovely ‘bash’ for new res-idents. We appreciate all the hard work that went into mak-ing the event such a success. We enjoyed the opportunity to speak with other residents from all parts of the country who have settled in The Parke. The Parke is a truly wonderful place to live with such a lovely group of residents. Thanks again!”
Twenty-six new residents attended the recent Meet & Greet in the Clubhouse.
New residents David & Linda Klingler came upon some new money by winning the 50/50 drawing at the Meet & Greet.
Governing Documents, History of The Parke - Part 2 The Parke was first created by the Articles of Incorporation on February 16, 2000. The Articles named the corporation “The Parke at Ocean Pines Community Association, Inc,” and described its powers and purpose in short, general terms. It is this document that created The Parke’s existence. After this, the Developer be-gan working with the County and Ocean Pines Association on the physical layout of the Association creating the Association’s Plat Map. The first Plat Map approved by the County is dated April 20, 2000. It only contains lot descriptions for the very central area of The Parke. It may be surprising, but the plat maps are also part of the Association’s Governing Documents. They provide the ex-act location of the “Living Units” with minimum setbacks, forest conservations regulations, easements and other helpful informa-tion that remain in full effect even today. These maps assist the Design Review Committee in its Architectural Application review process, especially with deck requests. These plat maps can be found on the Maryland Land Records website by visiting www.mdlandrec.com as well as The Parke’s website under “Explore the Parke.” They are available to anyone who visits the website. Specific information regarding the maintenance of the area are included in the plat maps, mainly regarding the roads and com-mon areas. During development, the Developer was responsible for all areas within the plat maps of Parke property until a signif-icant portion of the property was developed. On December 15, 2004, a turnover agreement was written and accepted by Ocean Pines Manklin (Slenker – Developer), The Parke, and Ocean Pines Association. This describes the obligations of each entity. These remain in place today. OPA is responsible for re-striping the “pedestrian lanes,” functional condition of the Storm Water Management System and other items. The Parke is responsible for decorative asphalt in the streets, aesthetic features of all storm water management ponds, street lights, sidewalks along streets, and other items. This document phased out the Developer as the property was completed, leaving The Parke and OPA to maintain all common areas. Soon after the Articles of Incorporation were filed, The Parke’s Community Constitution was created and filed at the County on April 10, 2000. This is the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Easements and Restrictions. It is similar to the Unit-ed States Constitution, providing the framework for all other laws that govern The Parke. It includes a Preamble describing who founded the community, what they are developing, and why. The following statement is included: “It is the intention of the Com-munity Founder to provide opportunities to the Owners within the Community to enjoy a community environment that enriches the lives of active adults, that fosters neighborhood congeniality and that engenders an overall spirit that establishes the Community as a rewarding place to live and grow.” It goes on to state that the Owners must “necessarily make special efforts to contribute to the well-being of the Community.” This document phases out the Founder and replaces it with The Board of Directors, which pro-vides the fulfillment of the last statement regarding the Owners contributions, not to mention the Committee’s works as well. Please stay tuned to my article in December that will give more detail regarding the Community Constitution and the Com-munity Codes. Note: All documents are found on the website at www.theparkeatoceanpineshoa.com under “Search the Park/Gov-erning Documents/Book of Resolutions.”
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Covenants Committee By Donna McCracken, Chair
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The Communications Advisory Com-mittee continues to be busy working to improve communications in The Parke. In continuing our strategic planning work, we have completed three of the four steps in the process over the past few months. The first step was to identi-
and come up with a plan to standardize and improve that vehi-cle. For 2018, we already have a team looking at the website (Bud Benton, Gene Edge and Michael Leventhal), the Direc-tory (Mary Ellen Clark, Peg Robinson, Karin Benton, Dee Asendorf and Penny Miller), and Email (Steve Habeger and Mary Ellen Clark). In 2019, Karin Benton and Rick Rodgers will tackle The Parke Bench and two TBD teams will look at social media and our bulletin boards. If you are interested in participating on any of these small teams, please contact Steve Habeger or Mary Ellen Clark.
Have you ever wondered why you re-ceive all the emails each month announc-ing the various committee meetings as well as the Board meeting? The notices are not sent out to annoy you --- they are required by our Governing Documents. The Maryland Homeowners Act, Sec-tion 11-B-111(2), requires “all members of the homeowners association shall be given reasonable notice of all regularly scheduled open meetings of the homeowners association.” Our Community By-Laws place additional requirements for meeting announcements. Section 7.1 states: “All meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee created by the Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall have been made known to Members communicated through Association media such as the Association website, email no-tices, newsletter, or posting notices in the Clubhouse or Mail Pavilion not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. When you receive the next meeting announcement, in-stead of getting upset about the number of “Parke” emails you receive, why don’t you consider taking the time to attend one of the committee meetings. Take the opportunity to see the many volunteers working to support our community in action. Better yet, give some thought to joining one of our commit-tees. This is the time of the year that the committees are re-cruiting to fill committee vacancies for 2019. Covenants has two vacancies to fill; if interested, give me a call or better yet attend our next meeting. Remember: Covenants meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month.
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Your financial stewards are Gary Boggs, Susan Bosworth (Vice Chair), Don Clagett (Alternate), Jim Driggers (Alternate), Jim Maratea (Alternate), Diane McGraw (Chair), Carol Mongelli, and Joan Twigg. . At the October 24 meeting, Committee members reviewed the September financials with the general manager. There were no requests for funds. We are happy to report that L&N/Associa has fixed the incorrect entries discovered during the review of August financials. The 2019 budget was reviewed by the B&F Committee on September 19 and by the Board of Directors at its working session on October 23. On November 2, the proposed budget will be presented to the HOA members. HOA members are encouraged to attend. The Committee is recommending to the Board to rescind the Administration Resolution Policy A-08 (Appointment of Assistant Treasurer), dated 7/21/2010. The Committee is cur-rently working on merging the responsibilities of the treasurer and assistant treasurer into the Bylaws. The current Bylaws state the treasurer’s duties. The Board may delegate tasks to either the treasurer or assistant treasurer at their discretion. Administration Resolution A-25 (Administrative Proce-dures for Use of the Credit Card), dated 11/19/2014, is under-going a rewrite. The draft will be reviewed by the Committee at our November meeting. Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 21, at 9:30am and is open to all residents
fy the major communications directions– Parke to members, members to Parke, members to members, outside organiza-tions and businesses to members, and the Parke to prospective buyers. Then we brainstormed WHAT information should be flowing in each of these categories. The third step, which we have completed and documented into an Excel spreadsheet matrix, indicates HOW (which of our communications vehi-cles such as The Parke Bench, the website, bulletin boards) are currently being used, and which ones are the most effective to be used. We have just formed smaller teams to look at each vehicle
Operations Advisory Committee By Bob Grimm, Chair “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” Helen Keller Our wonderful Parke Community is com-posed of many varied and diverse individu-als who together do so much for the common good. Our board, committees and numerous others volunteer their time and effort to en-hance the quality of life for all. The Oper-ations Committee is one of those volunteer groups where indi-viduals together serve the needs of the community. You have probably seen the improvements to the Mail Pa-vilion parking lot. It looks great, and the handicap parking seems to be just what was needed. There are, however, addi-tional improvements needed. The curb painting seems to be less than adequate and needs additional attention. The traffic safety issue has had many excellent suggestions and the final committee decision on traffic calming is scheduled for the No-vember meeting. The Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee, chaired by Gregg Beatty, has done its research and has prepared an ex-tensive and detailed preliminary report. There needs to be some additional discussion before the report is submitted to our Committee for study. Hopefully, the Committee will begin its review in November or December. The Landscape Subcommittee continues to address the needs and concerns for the trees, flowers and shrubs that beau-tify our community. A planting of new swamp magnolias at the Clubhouse pond is one of the projects scheduled for late October. The contract for gutter and downspout cleaning for the community will be on the agenda for November, as will a pos-sible contract for exterior and column maintenance and repair at the Clubhouse. A request was made to the OPS committee to check the swinging doors in the ladies’ locker room. For the sake of privacy, the doors are necessary and we ask that you be careful and alert as you enter or exit the area. The next meeting of the Operations Committee will be Tuesday, November 13, at 9:30am. Please note the time change. As always, the meetings are open to everyone and members’ and residents’ comments are welcome.
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Design Review Committee By Margaret Giacoponello, Chair
The DRC processed 12 Applications at its October meeting of which 11 were approved. These included a roof replace-ment, installation of a French drain, and the replacement and planting of a number of trees. Nine residents attended the meeting as guests. The Committee is very grateful to all of the residents who submitted their Applications in a timely manner and to all who attended the meeting. It is very helpful to us to hear directly from residents and we hope it is helpful to residents when we are able to answer any questions they may have. On the October drive-around there were four homes that still have mold and mildew from the original 91 that were cited in July. These residents will be recommended to Covenants to be fined. It is to all members’ benefit that our homes are clean. It is time-consuming for the Committee to continue to monitor homes that are in violation. Please keep this in mind when we announce the drive-around next spring and take care of your home before it is in violation. Also on the drive-around we found a number of homes that had Halloween decorations or political signs in the grass in front of homes. The Committee is happy to see all of these decorations displayed in The Parke. However, please remem-ber that all of these are only allowed in the mulch beds for ease of lawn maintenance. Monthly Bench DRC Tip: The DRC does have an Emer-gency Procedure in place when health or safety issues make it important for an Application to be processed before the next DRC meeting. However, this Emergency Procedure should not be used unless it is really necessary, because it makes more work for the Committee which makes it more difficult for us to do our jobs. We are happy to help residents who need that extra help, but please do not ask the Committee to speed up your Application just as a matter of convenience. If you feel there is a case involving health or safety issues, please contact AGM Barbara Cordrey. She will be happy to assist you. Please enjoy all the lovely decorations this season brings to The Parke – both those displayed by residents and those that nature provides us.
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Programs Advisory Committee By Susann Palamara, Chair
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Another month has passed. We had a great October with a great trip to the Hill-wood Estate in DC, a fun-filled Tailgate Par-ty, Bonfire, Welcome Happy Hour, monthly Bunco, Trivia, Chick Flick, and Parke-wide Garage Sale. In November, 16 residents will leave for a Hawaiian cruise. We will also have our annual Harvest Dinner held at the Clarion this year. During this month you will start to see signs of The Parke being decorated for the holidays. You will have an opportunity to choose a card from the tree in the Mail Pavilion to buy a gift for someone in need. Then, hang a card on the tree to wish Happy Holidays to your friends and neighbors. Until next month, thank our vets on Veteran’s day, vote, and enjoy the coming Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. Stay safe as you travel.
search box, click “Change User Account Control Settings” and move the slider down to “Never notify.”
Switch Default Browsers: Microsoft Edge is not a bad browser, but most people prefer Chrome or Firefox instead. If Microsoft Edge opens the site every time you click a link in your email software or instant messaging, you can change the default browser. (Make sure you have the new browser installed.) Search for “default apps” in the Cortana box and click the top result. Scroll down to “web browser,” click the Edge icon and choose the browser you want to use.
Protect Your Privacy: By default, Windows 10 shares a lot of data with Microsoft about your usage habits. Fortunately, by changing a few settings, you can keep at least some of your information out of their hands. Navigate to Settings->Privacy and toggle all the settings to off.
Adjust Your Display Scaling: Out of the box, Windows decides how large to make the text, icons and other widgets. A lot of the time, particularly on laptops, the operating sys-tem decides to operate at 150 percent or larger scaling, which makes it easier to read, but less fits on the screen. To adjust the scaling to meet your preferences, navigate to Settings->System->Display and scroll down to the “Scale and layout” header. Then try different percentages until you find the one that works best for you. If you can see comfortably at 100%, that’s ideal, because it provides the most screen real estate.
Prevent Windows From Re-opening Apps On Restart: You have a ton of programs open -- so many that it’s slowing down your system. You decide to restart your computer to clear out the memory, but when you log in again, the OS opens all the same programs you had active before. To stop Win-dows 10 from automatically re-opening programs on reboot, navigate to Settings->Accounts->Sign-in Options and scroll down to the Privacy subhead. Then turn the toggle to off for “Use my sign-in to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update or restart.”
If you want to receive my occasional security bulletins and tips, send an email to me and I will add you to my distribution list. As a reminder, this column is also posted to the Forum on theparkeatoceanpineshoa.com website, as well as some addi-tional articles and security bulletins.
Windows 10 works pretty well; however, there are a few defaults which slow you down and important features that ar-en’t enabled. Here are some changes you should make. I’ll have more tips next month.
(Contact me if you would like help making these changes.)
Disable User Account Control: Windows’ User Account Control (UAC) gives you an aggressive warning every time you want to install software or change a key system setting. To disable UAC, type “user account control” into the Cortana
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tennial of the end of the First World War. This war was unlike any other conflict in human history ushering in the 20th centu-ry with the use of new technologies such as chemical gasses, airplanes, submarines, machine guns and telephony while the war was being fought on the ground, in trenches using 19th century tactics. It has been called “The Great War” and the “War to End All Wars.” July 28, 1914 marked the beginning of the war, which concluded with an armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Nov. 11, 1918. Unprece-dented military forces were mobilized from 32 countries and unprecedented deaths and casualties resulted from these four years of conflict. An estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a direct result of the war. In addition, the war is also considered a factor in a number of genocides and the 1918 influenza epidemic, which caused between an additional 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide. More than four million American families sent their sons and daughters to serve in uniform during this war. One hundred sixteen thousand, five hundred sixteen American soldiers died from combat and disease, another 200,000 wounded. This is the story of my family’s experience in World War I and of our family’s pilgrimage to France this year for the commemoration of the centennial. In 1904, my great grandparents, Salter and Caroline Clark decided that a year of school abroad for their four sons would be an excellent experience and way for them to learn a foreign language. They chose Lycée Condorcet in Paris which is still in existence today. My grandfather, Carolus Clark, the eldest, had just graduated high school and passed his entrance exams to Yale while the other three were younger and school age. The experience the four boys had in Paris at Lycée Condorcet seared the love of the people, the language and the country of France on their hearts. In 1916, the youngest brother, Coleman, was a sophomore at Yale. He begged his parents to sign a letter to permit him to drop out of school and go over to France to volunteer as an ambulance driver for the American Field Service. He writes to his parents “There is nothing I’d rather do than do that work. It is certainly the opportunity of a lifetime, for not only would it be a wonderful experience for me, but it is doing somethingwhich is absolutely worthwhile.” He worked as an ambulance driver at the front in Verdun, out to the Macedonian front for 15 months, until the United States entered the war in April 1917. He received the French Croix de Guerre for his actions. At that time, he spent two months in Paris trying to get into any branch of the United States military but was turned down on account of poor eyesight. He ended up getting into a spe-
cial program at the French Artillery School at Fontainebleau, graduating 7th in his class as a French Artillery Officer. In July of 1917, my grandfather, Carolus, who was 31 years old at the time and a graduate of Yale and New York Law School, also joined the American Field Service driving an ammunitions truck at the front near Soissons, France. When the US entered the war, he immediately enlisted in the US Army at Soissons. The other two brothers who were at home in Westfield, NJ, Salter and Edward, were meanwhile busy trying to get into any branch of the US military. They were also turned down numerous times on account of their eyesight. Finally, Salter, who was 27-years-old and a Yale graduate, was accepted into the US Army in February of 1918 and went to Camp Dix in NJ for training. He sailed for France in May 1918 and proceeded to spend three months in signal corps training with the British before being sent to the front. May 1918 begins the tragic portion of the story. On May 28th, young Coleman was mortally wounded near Juvigny, sent to a field hospital in Fontenoy and died the next day. My grandfather, Carolus, spent several months of his US Army service ill and in four different French hospitals, finally sent home to the US that May. At the same time he was sailing back to the United States, his brother Salter was sailing over to France with his Army unit. Neither Carolus nor Salter would find out about their brother Coleman’s death until later. Salter went to the front in October of 1918 and was killed in action on October 19th at Grand Pre. Both Salter and Coleman were buried near where they fell and later reburied at the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in Romagne-sous-Montfacon in France, the largest US Mili-tary Cemetery in Europe. Salter and Coleman are among the 14,246 Americans buried there. The next of kin were given the choice to have their loved ones buried in France, or have the bodies brought back to the US to be buried at Arlington or a local cemetery. My grandfather Carolus and his parents made a pilgrimage to France in 1920 to retrace Coleman and Salter’s steps and visit their graves. Until last year, no one from our family had visited their graves since that 1920 trip. I had made many trips to France for business and pleasure and always intended to go out to the cemetery, but somehow never did. It is in a remote location with no public transportation and limited local lodging. My cousin Doug Clark and his wife Nancy celebrat-ing their 50th anniversary last year on a river cruise in France decided to make the pilgrimage to the Meuse-Argonne Ceme-tery, hiring a taxi to drive them the three hours to the cemetery from Paris. When they arrived at the cemetery visitor center, the interpretive guide there said “We’ve been waiting for your family to come.” This was a great surprise to my cousins but, as it turns out, although our country and our family may haveforgotten this war and these two men, their memory is quite alive in Europe. It turns out that the Meuse-Argonne Ceme-tery has selected these brothers along with a handful of others for a permanent exhibition of their photos and stories in the visitor center. They are among 22 pairs of brothers buried there, seven of which are buried side by side. We also discov-ered that there is a school, College LaSalle in Annecy, France (about five hours away), who has adopted the brothers, and
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World War I – 100 Years Later By Mary Ellen Clark
Meuse Argonne Cemetery ceremo-ny featuring my two great-uncles, Salter and Coleman Clark. Photo from American Battle Monuments Commission.
2018 commemorates the cen-
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each year comes to visit their graves and place flowers on them. In addition, a French organization, Souvenir Français, whose president M. Jean Marie has done extensive research on my great-uncles, has documented their story on a website and a museum exhibition. And if that were not enough, there is a German cemetery in Romagne-sous-Montfacon which has a permanent exhibit about two sets of brothers, Salter and Cole-man Clark side by side with the Winkelmann brothers, two German brothers killed during the same timeframe and place. Upon connecting with our family, we were invited to take part in several special ceremonies at the cemetery on Septem-ber 23, 2018. Four cousins, grandchildren of Carolus Clark, and our spouses decided to make the trip. My grandfather and great-grandfather were both excel-lent documenters and writers. My grandfather wrote two unpublished manuscripts about their year at school in Paris and one on his war experiences. They organized all of Cole-man’s and Salter’s letters into notebooks and then published a volume of excerpts called Soldier Letters. It is available online at archives.org or in reprint from Amazon.com. They also documented their trip of 1920 into a volume of letters and photographs. This past summer I sat at my computer here in The Parke and transcribed all these letters into digital form. We decided, as a family, to take the original three vol-umes to France with us and donate them to the museum at the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery. Before we left, I reconnected with the American Legion post in our hometown of Westfield, NJ, and they created and donated 100 poppies for us to distribute in France. The trip was a wonderful but emotional journey. We re-traced our grandfather’s and his two brothers’ steps. We had the opportunity to meet many interesting people, General Pershing’s granddaughter-in-law as well as the grandsons of General Patton and Sergeant York. We were invited to a won-derful French ceremony, reception and dinner to rededicate the Pershing Bridge in Dun-sur-Meuse and receive a posthumous medal for Coleman with Mrs. Pershing and Souvenir Français. The brothers’ story was front and center in the 100th anniver-sary ceremony at the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery and featured in the remarks by four-star General Curtis Scaparrotti, the cur-rent Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Allied Command Operations. He asked to speak with our family following the ceremony and presented each of us with his Challenge Coin. We had dinner with the students and teachers from College
LaSalle. Over 1,000 boy scouts were present and placed can-dles on the graves for a beautiful luminary. In telling others in The Parke about my family story, it turns out that many others have similar and intertwined family stories as well. Ray Olsen’s grandfather served in the Army and was a messenger for General Pershing and traversed the same battlefields as Salter Clark. If your family has a personal family story of World War I, please contact Mary Ellen Clark at [email protected]. If you want to learn more, please come to our next Parke FYI event in December in the Clubhouse. I will be sharing lots more photos and artifacts from our family and this chapter in our nation’s history.
At Meuse Argonne Cemetery with my family and the stu-dents of College La-Salle. Photo from USA Today article.
At Dun-sur-Meuse rededication of the Pershing Bridge, lay-ing a wreath honor-ing our great uncles with my cousin Doug Clark and Jean Ma-rie, President of Souvenir Français. Photo from Souvenir Français website.
The graves of Salter and Coleman Clark, along with over 14,000 other Ameri-cans killed in World War I who are bur-ied at the Meuse Argonne Cemetery in France.Personal photo.
Red Hats ActivitiesCrimson Parkettes Judy Thost and Janice Spieler organized a perfect Hal-loween luncheon for the Crimson Parkettes at the Yacht Club on Thursday, October 11. Everyone received a Hal-loween lighted pumpkin as a favor. They had delicious candy and cookies for everyone to share. What a perfect day with wonderful sisters. Thank you Judy and Janice.
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Red cHatters The Red cHatters toured the Seacrets Distillery Company followed by a perfect waterfront lunch at the restaurant. Our timecards were ready and waiting for us to clock in and travel back in time. Seacrets owner Leighton Moore designed the Distillery to depict the Prohibition years including a Speak-easy tasting room. He bought the antique time clock on Ebay from someone living out of state before realizing it was actu-ally the same time clock used way back when right here by the Ocean City Public Works Department. Everyone enjoyed the tour, the stories, the antiques, unique memorabilia and, oh yes, the Spirits. Over lunch we ushered in the Fall and wrapped up the Summer with our end of season stories. We also all partic-ipated in a purse scavenger hunt and Hanna Myers won a prize for having the most items on the list in her purse. Cheers!
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Tuesday, November 6 – Dueling Pianos. The Red Doors, a St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Community Center, presents a musical fundraiser, Dueling Pianos, featuring local celebrities Shirley Toms Hailey and Elsworth Wheatley. Shirley and Elsworth will take audience requests for all of your favorite songs. Singing along is strongly suggested! Concert from 6-8:30 pm on Election Day, November 6. A half- hour intermission with hors d’oeuvres is included. Cash bar available. Ticket prices: $25 for adults and $15 for students (17 & under). Tickets are available in person at the Convention Center Box Office or at Ticketmaster.Friday to Sunday, November 9-11 – Waterfowl Festival in Easton. The Waterfowl Festival is an annual, three-day event that promotes wildlife conservation and celebrates life on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. This event is definitely worth a day or two visit if you’ve never been. Info at www.water-fowlfestival.org.Wednesday, November 14 - Sesame Street Live! Let’s Par-ty! at the Salisbury Civic Center. Take the grandkids to see Oscar, the Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Big Bird. Shows are 10:30am and 6pm. Tickets start at $15. Go to www.wicomi-cociviccenter.org for info. Thursday, November 15 – Winterfest of Lights kicks off at Northside Park.
Sunday, December 16 - The Nutcracker at the Performing Arts Center at 2. The Sussex Ballet Company from Rehoboth Beach per-forms this classic ballet. Tickets are $14 to $20 at the convention center. Show times are 1 and 5.
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The postcard tax return: A ‘simple’ solution? In June, the IRS unveiled the new postcard tax return as part of the GOP’s tax overhaul intended to simplify the federal tax system. The postcard return, which is intended to replace Forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ, has a mere 23 lines as opposed to the current Form 1040, which has 79 lines. But, as we all know, looks can be deceiving. In addition to the 23 lines on the postcard return, there are six supplemental schedules. Combined, those six supplemental schedules include more than 50 additional line items. The six supplemental schedules are: Schedule 1 – Additional Income and Adjustments to Income, Schedule 2 – Tax, Schedule 3 – Nonrefundable Credits, Schedule 4 – Other Taxes, Schedule 5 – Other Payments and Refundable Credits, and Schedule 6 – Foreign Address and Third Party Designee. These new supplemental schedules do not eliminate most of the current supporting schedules such as Schedule C, Schedule D, and Schedule E. Those forms are still required in addition to the new supplemental schedules. Interestingly, Schedule B for Interest and Dividend Income has been eliminated. For those taxpayers with only wages, Social Security or de-ferred income (i.e., IRA, pension or annuity distributions) and maybe a small amount of interest and dividends, the new postcard return will be simpler. For example, a W-2 employee with $1,500 of interest and dividends would now only need to file the postcard return in comparison to the current filing requirement of the Form 1040 and Schedule B. However, for most Americans, the 23 lines will not be suffi-cient and they will need to include a supplemental schedule. That means instead of just completing the current Form 1040, they will need to complete the new postcard 1040 and an additional schedule. For instance, if you are entitled to a student loan interest deduction, an IRA deduction or HSA deduction, going forwardyou will have to complete Schedule 1 in addition to the postcard
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The Science CornerToday’s Topic: Cancer Immunotherapy IIIBy Bruce Jarvis Note: Past columns are posted in the Forum that can be accessed at www.theparkeatoceanpineshoa.com.
Cancer therapies have made slow but steady progress since the Nixon Administration declared the war on cancer in the 1970s. When we were growing up, the survival rate for childhood leukemia was below 10%; today that rate is above 90%. Yet most of the solid tumors remain intractable, but that is changing with the advent of cancer immunotherapy; the de-velopers of these techniques were awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Cancer immunotherapy is a 2-prong attack. 1) The cancer cells are made more sensitive to attack by our immune killer cells either through the suppression of the protective mecha-nisms of the cancer cells or by bioengineering changes that makes them more “visible” to immune attack, and 2) by selec-tively activating the most potent immune cells so that they will be more effective at destroying tumor cells. The first such procedure approved by the FDA was noted at the end of last month’s column: Checkpoint therapy. The two-stage treatment process is quite complicated, but here is a general outline. The tumor cells are evaluated for their pro-duction of mutated proteins on their surface that will respond strongly to the killer T-cells. These proteins hide the fact that the cells are cancerous: a checkpoint (see end of last month’s column). It needs to be determined in the laboratory wheth-er blocking this checkpoint protein can result in a successful attack by the killer T-cells. As this varies unpredictably from patient-to-patient, each case must be evaluated to establish the potential effectiveness of the treatment. Once it has been es-tablished that the patient is a potential candidate for this type of immunotherapy, the patient’s killer T-cells are withdrawn from the patient. Then the most effective cancer-killing sub-type is grown in the laboratory in the billions and reintroduced into the patient. At the same time, a checkpoint inhibitor (or sometimes two different inhibitors) is administered. At the moment, some results can be spectacular, but this procedure is confined to only certain cancers such as melanoma. Jim-my Carter, whose melanoma in the brain was treated with this therapy over two years ago, is today alive and doing quite well.
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The second cancer immunotherapy that has just been ap-proved by the FDA is called CAR-T, a procedure approved only for a narrow range of blood cancers. But when it works, results are extraordinary. In a recent trial, 75% of 101 patients suffering from a lymphoma that had proved resistant to other treatments were cancer-free six months after treatment. In CAR-T, killer T-cells are removed from the patient and genetically engineered to generate a protein on their surface that binds to a specific protein on the surface of cancer cells derived from immune B-cells (see first article in this series). Unfortunately, CAR-T kills not only cancerous B-cells but normal ones as well. Thus, patients undergoing this treatment must be monitored carefully since the B-cells protect us from outside infections. These immunotherapies have been tested against the most aggressive and intractable cancers and have shown truly im-pressive results, as high as 90% remission in the case of Hod-gkin’s disease. However, the overall rate of response across the spectrum of cancers is about 15%, a relatively low num-ber. But, keep in mind that that response is against cancers for which previous standard treatments have failed. Because these therapies invariably activate the immune system, severe and sometimes deadly side effects can occur (e.g., cytokine storms –see last month’s column). However, a recent comparison with chemotherapies showed that the im-munotherapies exhibit no more serious side effects than those of chemotherapies. The main tasks at hand are to develop assays that will identify patients most likely to respond positively to these treatments and to expand the list of cancers amenable to im-munotherapies. And, finally, the costs of these treatments that can exceed $1,000,000 per case need to be lowered.
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9:
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-$
11:0
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Bgn
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1:
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GH
1:
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6:
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6:
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, G
H
6:00
Can
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7:30
Par
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10:0
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$ 11
:00
ABS
Exe
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1:
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1:
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1:
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2:
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6:
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6:30
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9:30
Wat
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, 11
:00
Bet
ter B
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4 Bg
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$ 11
:00
Rom
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1:30
Billi
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/8 B
all,
Billia
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6:00
Pok
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7:
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Billi
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Gro
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7:30
Par
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9:00
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10
:00
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1:
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5:
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6:30
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9:30
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1:00
Bet
ter B
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GH
12
:30
Pin
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1:00
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Bal
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3rd S
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Mon
day
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3rd
Thu
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Frid
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atur
day
2:30
Win
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9:30
Wat
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:00
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1:00
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1:30
Billi
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all,
Billia
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6:00
Pok
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CR
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6:00
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GH
6:
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CR
7:30
Par
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10:0
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$ 11
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1:
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1:
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1:
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6:
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9:30
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6:
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7:30
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5:
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6:30
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9:30
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1:
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Mon
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Thu
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Frid
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4th S
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day
9:
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11:0
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1:00
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1:
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6:
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6:
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, G
H
6:00
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7:30
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10:0
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$ 10
:00
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(No
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:00
ABS
Exe
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1:
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1:
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9:30
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5th S
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day
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5th
Thu
rsda
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Frid
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5th S
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day
9:
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11
:00
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1:00
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Jon
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1:00
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6:00
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6:
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7:30
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10:0
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Exe
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RD
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