April 2016 CLUBHOUSE HOURS Mon. - Thurs. 7:30 am - 7:30 pm Friday 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday Noon - 5:00 pm Phone: 410-208-4994 Fax: 410-208-4996 It’s More Than a Community. It’s a Lifestyle. Mark Your Calendar Committee/Board Meetings INSIDE THIS ISSUE Parke Happenings ..................................... p. 2 GM Report ................................................ p. 5 Committee Reports.................................... p. 6 Red Hats .................................................. p. 9 Recipe Corner .......................................... p. 10 Your PC ................................................... p. 11 Outside The Parke .................................... p. 13 On The Lighter Side ................................. p. 14 Household Hints ....................................... p. 16 Health Matters ......................................... p. 16 Science Corner ......................................... p. 18 GM Email: [email protected]Webmaster Email: [email protected]Clubhouse Email: [email protected]Website: www.parkehappenings.com President’s Corner Covenants April 6 9:00am Communications April 6 1:00pm Operations April 12 1:00pm Programs April 13 9:00am Design Review April 19 9:00am Budget & Finance April 21 9:30am Board of Directors April 27 9:30am Donna McCracken As this article is being written prior to the March Board Meeting, I don’t know what the end result will be concerning the installation of propane tanks, but I do know that the Board has read all the comments submitted by the homeowners. We appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns with us. Shortly you will receive in the mail the Annual Meeting Packet. The general manager and the Nominating/Election Committee, chaired by Jim Angstadt, have spent a lot of time developing this packet and I hope you will take the time to read it. In addition to receiving the agenda for the May 5 An- nual Meeting of Members of The Parke at Ocean Pines Com- munity Association, you will receive the voting instructions for the Board of Directors election. Please do not feel your vote is not needed because we have three candidates running for three seats. All votes are needed! Thanks to Dale Buley, Bob Ostrowski and Tom Piatti for volunteering to serve on the Board. Please post the May 5 meeting at 2:30 on your calendar. Immediately following the Annual Meeting the newly elected Board of Directors will reconvene to elect the officers of the Association. After the meetings, there will be a social gath- ering at Applebee’s in West Ocean City. I hope to see you there. Ever see the Parke Bench in color at www.parkehappenings.com? WOW! Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. -- John Muir
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April 2016
CLUBHOUSE HOURSMon. - Thurs. 7:30 am - 7:30 pmFriday 7:30 am - 5:00 pmSaturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pmSunday Noon - 5:00 pmPhone: 410-208-4994Fax: 410-208-4996
It’s More Than a Community. It’s a Lifestyle.
Mark Your CalendarCommittee/Board Meetings
INSIDE THIS ISSUEParke Happenings .....................................p. 2GM Report ................................................p. 5 Committee Reports ....................................p. 6 Red Hats ..................................................p. 9Recipe Corner .......................................... p. 10Your PC ................................................... p. 11 Outside The Parke .................................... p. 13On The Lighter Side ................................. p. 14Household Hints ....................................... p. 16Health Matters ......................................... p. 16Science Corner ......................................... p. 18
Covenants April 6 9:00am Communications April 6 1:00pmOperations April 12 1:00pmPrograms April 13 9:00amDesign Review April 19 9:00amBudget & Finance April 21 9:30amBoard of Directors April 27 9:30am
Donna McCracken
As this article is being written prior to the March Board Meeting, I don’t know what the end result will be concerning the installation of propane tanks, but I do know that the Board has read all the comments submitted by the homeowners. We appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns with us. Shortly you will receive in the mail the Annual Meeting Packet. The general manager and the Nominating/Election Committee, chaired by Jim Angstadt, have spent a lot of time developing this packet and I hope you will take the time to read it. In addition to receiving the agenda for the May 5 An-nual Meeting of Members of The Parke at Ocean Pines Com-munity Association, you will receive the voting instructions for the Board of Directors election. Please do not feel your vote is not needed because we have three candidates running for three seats. All votes are needed! Thanks to Dale Buley, Bob Ostrowski and Tom Piatti for volunteering to serve on the Board. Please post the May 5 meeting at 2:30 on your calendar. Immediately following the Annual Meeting the newly elected Board of Directors will reconvene to elect the officers of the Association. After the meetings, there will be a social gath-ering at Applebee’s in West Ocean City. I hope to see you there.
Ever see the Parke Bench in color at
www.parkehappenings.com?WOW!
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. -- John Muir
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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.
The Parke Bench is published monthly byThe Homeowners Association of
The Parke at Ocean PinesPresident, Donna McCrackenVice President, Chris WanzerSecretary, Peggy RobinsonMember-at-Large, Jim AngstadtMember-at-Large, Bob BradfordTreasurer, Carol WanzerChair-Communications Advisory Committee, Pat Addy
Java Hour Our next Java speaker will be in the Clubhouse on April 1. Mr. Bob Thompson, our Ocean Pines general manager, will be here for a brief discussion, followed by a resident question and answer period. Then, on May 5 in place of a Java Hour, we will hold our Parke’s Annual Meeting.
Annual Brunch bythe Sea The Parke’s Annual Brunch by the Sea will take place from 10:30am to 12 noon on Saturday, April 16, at the
Suddenly Single Workshop A spring “Spruce-Up” workshop on Saturday,
The Wine Appreciation Group was formed in 2006 and enjoys wine tastings on the 3rd Sunday of every month from 2:30-4:30pm at the Club-house. The following host invites you to join her:
The garage sale is scheduled Satur-day, April 30, from 7:30am-12:30pm with a rain date of May 7. To be includ-ed in the community-wide garage sale, register by April 26 in the signup note-book at the Clubhouse. There is a $1.00 registration fee to cover the expenses of the maps and signs. If you have any
The Parke Book Club meets in the Clubhouse the 4th Thursday of the month from 2-4pm. The group’s schedule is as follows: April - In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta
Clarion Hotel in Ocean City. The cost will be $15.50 per person, including tax and gratuity. In addition to a fabu-lous brunch buffet, join us for the camaraderie of your Parke friends and neighbors. This affair was started several years ago to embrace the beginning of spring as well as to welcome new residents to our community. We will also have door prizes, so you won’t want to miss this popular annual event. You may sign up in the notebook at the Clubhouse. If you have any questions, please contact Peg Robinson at 410-208-6893 or [email protected].
April 16, from 10am to 12noon is being sponsored by the Home Depot and the Suddenly Single Project of the Worcester County Commission for Women. Berlin’s Home Depot rep-resentative Neil O’Callaghan will present household to-do’s using tools and also gardening tips. Light refreshments will be served. To register, call 410-208-2569 or send an email to [email protected] no later than April 10. This workshop is free.
Wine Appreciation Group
• April 17 – Diane McGraw. Theme: Wines from Austria and Alsace, France.• May 10-11 –The group is taking an overnight bus trip to vineyards in Cape May, NJ.
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 the group, contact Harold Fingerhut on 410-973-1616 or Diane McGraw on 410-208-2569.
The Parke Community Garage Sale
questions, please contact Diane McGraw at 410-208-2569 or [email protected].
The Parke Book Club
Ahmed; May - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins; June - The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman; and July - The Secret River by Kate Greenville. Newcomers are most welcome. If you have any questions, please call Mary Stevens at 410-641-7946.
Please Note: Residents are requested to take only one
Parke Bench per household.
Welcome Committee By Pat Addy, Acting Chair
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The Women’s Club ofOcean Pines
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Nominating/Election Committee By Jim Angstadt, Chair Three homeowners have answered the call for nomina-tions to seek election to the Board of Directors. We thank Dale Buley, Bob Ostrowski and Tom Piatti for their willingness to serve on the Board. The election will be held at the Annual Meeting of Members on Thursday, May 5, at 2:30pm in the Clubhouse. Candidate biographies and answers to questions can be found on pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter. A Meet and Greet the Candidates Ice Cream Social was hosted by the Nominating/Election Committee on March 15. Because this is an uncontested election, the Candidate Forum scheduled for April 2 has been cancelled.
For the calendar year 2016 we would like to welcome these new folks to the community:
From 1-3pm on April 9, the Welcome Subcommittee will meet with 2015/2016 new residents for a “Meet & Greet Event” at the Clubhouse. Currently, we have identified and invited 22 residents. Look for your invite and if anyone does not receive one by April 1, please call me at 410-208-0171. This event is for the exchange of information between new residents and The Parke’s Communications Advisory Com-mittee’s Welcome Subcommittee. We are here to support you in any way possible. Welcome to The Parke.
When: Every Monday at 7:00pmWhere: Ocean Pines Community CenterContact: Carol Ludwig 410-641-6876
Guest Night - May 23
• April 30 – This is the deadline to recruit a new slate of of-ficers for 2016-2018. Currently, the positions of president, 2nd
vice president (Programs) and secretary are unfilled. The po-sitions may be shared by more than one person.
The Women’s Club of Ocean Pines invites you to a card and game party on April 7 and asks you to consider becoming an officer to lead the Women’s Club into the future. For in-formation, contact Pat Addy at 410-208-0171 or [email protected].
Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO) Announces “Season ofCelebration” Violinist Arnaud Sussmann, a favorite from two years ago, returns in the season finale concert to be held on Sun-day, May 1. Repertoire includes Borodin’s “In the Steppes of Central Asia”, Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto in D Minor” and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, “Reformation.” The MSO has been adopted by many Parke residents who discovered that they do not have to drive across the Bay Bridge to satisfy their need to hear high quality classical orchestral music and world renowned soloists. New residents will be amazed to find what is available a few minutes away. To guarantee reserved seating, season subscriptions are on sale now at $140 for all four concerts. Single tickets are also on sale at $38 ($45 for the holiday concert) for adults. For additional information, to place a ticket order, or to obtain the season brochure, call 1-888-846-8600 or visit www.midatlan-ticsymphony.org. You may also speak to Gale Alford at 410-208-1590 or Dave Stevens at 410-641-7946.
Delmarva Women’s Barbershop ChorusInvites you to Join us!
Music, Laughter, Fellowship and lots of Singing!
• April 7 – Card & Game Party Fundraiser at Lighthouse Sound Restaurant from 10am to 2pm. You have a choice of three entrees, an ice cream sundae for dessert, coffee, tea and soda, cash bar, gratuity included and raffles. There is a registra-tion limit of 92 attendees at $25 per person.
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Dale Buley
BiographyMarie and I moved here in 2006. We have five children, 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. I gradu-ated from the University of Roches-ter with an Economics Degree and a Commission in the United States
Navy. I have held management positions in New York Tel-ephone and AT&T in their comptroller operations, retiring as Director of Internal Auditing at New York Telephone. I am active in Lions Clubs International, the Boy Scouts, chair of the Board of Trustees in my local church, and chair of the Long Island Eye Bank. I am an Eagle Scout. I am a former member and two year chairman of the Operation Committee, a former and current member of both the Budget and Finance and Operations Committees and a two-term member, one year as president, of The Parke Board of Directors.
1. Why do I want to be on The Parke Board of Directors? I have been heavily involved in the organized activities of The Parke, having completed two terms on the Board of Direc-tors, one year as president. I have also served as the chairman of the Operations Committee and served several terms on the Budget and Finance Committee. I am most familiar with the workings of The Parke and am keenly aware of opportunities for new approaches and initiatives for the management of The Parke. I believe that with my Parke and business and financial backgrounds, I am well qualified to continue in a leadership role on the Board while making cost effective decisions.
2. What are the main issues I see the Board facing in the next two years? Protecting an aging infrastructure and insuring that Parke buildings and landscaping are kept at those levels that our members have come to expect without onerous cost. This will require careful planning to insure that both reserve and operational funds are available. Therefore, greater empha-sis must be placed on insuring that we are well prepared to take both timely and necessary action while keeping costs to members at an absolute minimum. Our capital decisions must be thoroughly researched and prudent action must be taken to insure “in place” facilities have a maximum service life.
Bob OstrowskiBiographyI was raised in St. Louis, Mo. Cindy and I married in July 1972 and raised six children. I earned graduate de-grees in Chemistry and Public Health, and I had a 40-year Federal career. During my career I served in the
Indian Health Service, at the National Cancer Institute, and at the National Institutes of Health. Since becoming a full time resident at The Parke (2013), I have tried to be an active and contributing resident. I joined the Operations Committee (2014) and volunteered to coordinate The Parke’s landscaping activities. In this role, I stayed within budget and concentrated on The Parke’s public face. In addition to my OPS responsibil-ities, I have been a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Parke Storm Water Management Ponds, the Replacement Reserve Task Force, and the Residential Propane Task Force. I have also been a contributing resident to the Roofing Replace-ment Task Force.
1. Why do I want to be on The Parke Board of Directors? Successful lives, marriages, families, careers and organi-zations don’t “just happen.” The Parke is a special place to live and that didn’t automatically happen when the last house was built. It took many individuals volunteering and working together to make it all come together. During my relatively short time here, I have had the privilege of working with and learning from many individuals who are helping to keep The Parke a unique place. The Board of Directors is an integral part of The Parke’s success and I want to be able to contribute to that success.
2. What are the main issues I see the Board facing in the next two years? As a member of the Replacement Reserve Task Force, it was apparent to me that there were two principal issues that would be facing future Boards. These issues were intimately connected and are (1) addressing our aging infrastructure, its attendant cost and effect on the HOA dues; and (2) working diligently to ensure that the residents understand the issues and are kept up-to-date. The input from the 2015 Replacement Reserve Task Force was a major step forward, but there still remains the proper use and follow-through of that data and keeping the residents informed.
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Board Candidates for the 2016 Parke Election:
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. -- Native American Proverb
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Tom PiattiBiographyI have owned in The Parke sinceSeptember 2004, and after retire-ment in 2013, became a full-time resident. In 2002, 1 retired as an Army Chief Warrant Officer Five. I have management experience in in-
telligence, administration and forthe last 11 years was a Facil-ity Operations Director for a Defense contractor in MD/VA. I have hands-on experience in budgeting, contracting, leasing and facilities infrastructure maintenance/replacement. I have supervised people for over 40 years in government and indus-try. I served as The Parke Ops Committee chair (2014-2015), Residential Propane Tank Task Force chair (2015) and mem-ber of the Replacement Reserve Task Force (2015). In these positions, I developed a working knowledge of The Parke by-laws, covenants and budget. Joyce and I attend Parke social functions. As hobbies, I play bass guitar and restore classic Volvo 1800 coupes.
1. Why do I want to be on The Parke Board of Directors? To continue to use my knowledge, skills and abilities to sustain our beautiful community with a view towards staying within budget.
2. What are the main issues I see the Board facing in the next two years? There are two: 1) getting The Ocean Pines Homeowners Association to give The Parke higher priority in correcting storm water management issues that are their responsibility; 2) determining ownership of the deteriorating (and expensive) fence at the south end of Chatham, which soon will require replacement or removal.
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From the General Manager’s Desk:Happy Spring!!!!
I am sure that you are looking forward to warmer days, too! While the daffodils are such a pleasant sight, I cannot wait to see more color in the landscape and enjoy the warm sun on the beach again. The Moore Companies has already mulched all common areas and residential lots, applied the first turf treatments and weed control. By the time this article is published, we will probably have the first mow or two, and so we start the land-scaping season. Please remember to keep an eye on your watering hab-its. If you have an irrigation system, you may want to moni-tor the ground in the areas that do not receive much daylight or are lower than other areas to insure that the ground is not saturated. If the ground is soft, the mowers will cause ruts in these areas. Simply adjust your watering schedule or have the sprinkler heads replaced with ones that disburse less water in those areas. On the flip side of that, if you do not have an irrigation system, be sure to water your lawns when the temperatures rise and rain is less frequent. This will help keep your lawn healthy and the community looking great! If you decide to spruce up your lawns and landscaping, please do not forget to review the Design Guidelines and file the proper paperwork if your plans require such action. Please also note that almost every lot contains protected forest areas that have use restrictions including tree removal and pruning. If you are not familiar with your lot’s restrictions, please con-tact The Parke Office for a copy of your plat map that will show all restricted areas. We are always happy to help in any way possible. In closing, I just wanted to mention that The Parke had a low snow removal season this past winter. Thankfully, we have continued the decline of snow removal costs over the past three seasons, with a high in 2014 of just over $45,000 to a low of just under $12,000 this past winter! Let’s hope the trend continues in 2016 as well. I hope that each of you have a wonderful Spring! Kristi Clarke
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The Communications Advisory Com-mittee (CAC) cancelled the March 4 Java Hour because of bad weather. Our speaker, Mr. Chip Bertino, our County Commis-sioner, will be rescheduled at a later date. This was the second time he had to cancel speaking in The Parke due to snow, so we
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It has been a quiet month. In March there was no Covenants Commit-tee meeting due to a lack of a quorum. There were also no major business agen-da items. Our next Covenants meeting is on Wednesday, April 6, at 9am. All residents are welcome.
Communications Advisory Committee By Pat Addy, Chair
Covenants Committee By Cindy Ostrowski, Chair
Committee ReportsBudget and Finance Committee By Diane McGraw, Chair
Our meetings are held the 3rd Thurs-day of the month at 9:30am. You are in-vited to attend as a time is allotted for comments from residents. The B&F Committee met on March 17 and March 23. To make the monthly review of all General Ledger accounts by its members more uniformed, the Chair standardizedthe review and reporting process. Using the new format, the Committee reviewed the 2015 year-end, pre-audit financials as well as January 2016.
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Committee Reports Continued on Next Pageare looking to reschedule him later in the year when there is little or no chance for snow, like in June!! Our next Java speaker will be in the Clubhouse on April 1. Mr. Bob Thomp-son, our Ocean Pines general manager, will be here for a brief discussion, followed by a resident question and answer period. Then, on May 5 in place of a Java Hour, we will hold our Parke’s Annual Meeting and the election and introduction of the 2016 new Board of Directors. A happy hour will follow at Applebee’s restaurant down on Route 50 in West Ocean City. CAC is continuing to work with the Website Subcommittee in two areas. The first is to design a new site that will be user-friendly and resident-friendly. The second area is to work on the current website where some recent challenges have been identified. The CAC subcommittee chair, our general man-
ager, and the Board have been working with our outside con-tractor to resolve these challenges as they are identified. We appreciate residents’ patience as there may be some brief inter-ruptions in the use of the website. The CAC Welcome Subcommittee continues to meet with new residents as they move into the community. So far in 2016 we have two new residents. Members of our committee and the new residents have planned a meet-and-greet on April 9, from 1 to 3pm in the Clubhouse. This is a good time for an exchange of information and for answering any questions. We want to make sure the committee is responding to the needs of the community. At a later date, we will announce a commu-nity party and some type of an orientation program.
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Programs Advisory Committee By Susann Palamara, Chair
Well, it appears Spring is in the air. Snow-birds will be arriving back soon if they aren’t back already. We had another successful Pizza and a Movie Night with about 45 participants.
Operations Committee By Bill Glock, Chair
This month your Operations Committee’s major task is tracking and implementing the various components of the Pool Dehumidifier Project. The Bid Contractor letter was is-sued a few weeks ago and a site review meeting was held with the prospective bidders. The meeting was conducted by our engineering firm representative, Larney Claggett of Claggett Engineering. All questions were answered to the satisfaction of the bidders and a bid opening date of March 18, was set. It is the intent of the Operations Committee to have the Dehu-midifier Subcommittee review and make a recommendation to the Board for its March 2016 meeting. An additional major project that the Board assigned to the Operations Committee is the modernization and updating of the Card Room. Joyce Piatti is the chair of our Décor Subcom-mittee and, along with her committee members, is working to bring this project to a successful conclusion. One additional project that I wanted to bring to your attention is the ongoing clearing back of the brush and tree limbs that have grown past the Forest Retention signs. This work has begun on common area property. It does not include individual lot owners’ prop-erties. As you may know, the Operations Committee is losing two valued members, member Bob Ostrowski and alternate Dale Buley. Both individuals will be representing your interests as Board members for the upcoming year. We are currently set-ting up the interview process for any interested residents who may have skill-sets that would be beneficial to the Operations Committee. Please, if you are interested, give me a call. Finally, with the warm weather, visitors and their pets will soon be here. It is the responsibility of the individual lot own-ers to inform their guests of The Parke rules and regulations pertaining to pets, including picking up their pets’ poop!!
There is still time to sign up for the Joey Vincent Show, Brunch by the Sea, and the garage sale. We’ll be continuing monthly movies and activities. Look for info on upcoming events in the Clubhouse and at the Mail Pavilion.
Design Review Committee By Linda Olsen, Chair
many times, most everything new you do outside requires a form submitted to the DRC. The process is easy and keeps us all in line with the guidelines that are in place to keep us looking good. Our forms are available online at parkehappen-ings.com, or you can stop in the office and ask the ladies to provide you with a form. The form must be completed in full with necessary backup attached and with signatures included. The DRC meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 9am in the Card Room. You are welcome to attend any time. At that meeting we review your application and discuss all the fine points and sign our approval or possible denial if guidelines are not met. After our meeting Barbara, our assistant general manager, will give you a call to inform you of the decision we made, and then follow up with a letter so you have everything in writing. If your project has been approved, you are good to go at that point. If you review your guidelines as you plan your project, approval will be easy. As a matter of fact, very few applications are denied and, if they are, we will work with you to bring it into compliance so it can be approved. It may sound like a project just to get this all done but it really is very simple and I can’t say enough times that it is this very process that keeps The Parke looking the way it does. So, spruce up, celebrate spring, make your improvements, but follow the guidelines, turn in your applications, get the proper approvals, and enjoy your neighborhood. Our mold inspection this year will be during the week of July 3rd. As you see us driving around keep in mind that this is another step we take in The Parke that keeps us looking beautiful.
It is spring in The Parke and the com-munity is coming to life and looking beautiful. Applications are starting to roll in to the DRC as spring is the time when everyone seems to plan their outsideimprovements. As I have said before so
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Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values…God made life simple.It is man who complicates it.
-- Charles A. Lindbergh
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Notes on Turning 75Turning 75 is not what I expected it to be.
I thought I would be older, but I don’t feel oldermost of the time.
When I look in the mirror, I know I am older.When I get up out of a chair especially a low one,
I know I am older.When I take a walk, I know I am older.
But in my mind, I am often a young woman with lots of time to make plans.
Plans that include taking trips, trying new things and learning new skills.
But in the real world, plans may not materalizeand dreams may not
be fulfilled because we can’t predict the future.What we can do is greet each day as a new opportunity
and this will give our life meaning and purpose.
Gail Reese March 2016
Seen here is Dorothy Amento, a former Parke resident, having lunch with Joan Kessler. Dorothy lives in the Cot-tages of Berlin (an independent living facility) and is a hearty 101.
Where in the World is The Parke Bench!
On February 26, the Potenzas, Millers and Simcocks vis-ited the Ruskos for sunset on Siesta Key.
On February 19, 2016, 22 residents and former residents of The Parke came together at Cafe Baci in Sarasota, FL, for The Parke annual Florida dinner. The evening was hosted by Joe and Marge Matturo. A good time was had by all!
Paradise Island in the Bahamas welcomed Susan & Harold Fingerhut on March 6, celebrating Harold’s “77” birthday.
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Red HatsActivities
Red cHatters The sun shown upon the faces of the Red cHatters this St. Patrick’s Day. All dressed in green, the Red cHat-ters celebrated a very nice St. Patrick’s Day together at a lunchtime party. The luncheon was hosted by Diane Straka and Sue Nadolny at the home of Diane Straka. The main menu included an assortment of homemade Irish dishes including corned beef & cabbage, Irish carrot & po-tato soup, shepherd’s pie, Irish soda bread, and more. The food was delicious and thanks to everyone who shared their wonderful Irish recipes, spectacular appetizers and goodies. After lunch the Red cHatters were challenged by a few St. Patrick’s Day trivia quizzes while the fun, good company and good conversation flowed easily all day long. Go Green!!
Red Hattitudes The Red Hattitudes celebrated their 11th anniversary with a luncheon in the Clubhouse. Since it was St. Patrick’s Day, there was no red and purple, but instead we all wore our shades of green and a good time was had by all. On April 21, we will be going to the Discovery Center in Pocomoke City and having lunch at the Riverside Grille on the Pocomoke River. Cathy Habeger and Cathy Russo will be our hosts. Look for the flier with details.
Crimson Parkettes The Crimson Parkettes celebrated their monthly get-together at Applebee’s on Tuesday, March 8. Irish lass Pat Addy was our hostess and we all cheered an early St. Patrick’s Day with green beads and lots of “pot of gold” candy! Pictured below (from the left) are Kathy Hall, Jean Beery, Donna Seigel, Chris Dailey, Pat Addy, Jan Nissen-Hawkins, Peg Robinson, Marie Lundberg, Janice Spieler, Judy Thost, Bonnie Roth, and Marie Pinder. We’re off to SiCuli’s in Berlin in April!
Scarlett O’Hatters The Scarlett O’Hatters had a lovely luncheon on Feb-ruary 25 at the historic Atlantic Hotel in Berlin. Seen here, left to right, are: Joan Scrudato, Mary DeCarlo, Joan Strauss, guest Martha Maletz, Carol Weber, Janis George, Betty Green, Elissa Mulligan, and Marie Lundberg.
RECIPES WANTED! Dear Friends and Neighbors, I believe that there is a fountain of cook-ing experience in our community and I would love to include some of your recipes in this col-umn. Please send them to me by mail, email, or text, or drop them off at my house or the Clubhouse.
Ranch Chicken TendersHeat oven to 400 and spray pan with cooking spray ½ cup ranch dressing1 tbs fresh chopped basil leaves (optional) 1 ½ cups of panko crispy bread crumbs6 chicken tenderswax paper or bowl for holding crumbs
Mix dressing (with basil leaves or not) and place in a bowl. Dip chicken fingers into mixture to coat. Lay each covered finger on bread crumbs in a bowl or on wax paper. Press down lightly to coat and transfer to the baking sheet.Bake 15 minutes, turning once until chicken is no longer pink and crumb topping is golden brown.Serve with additional ranch dressing.
Recipe was also provided by Gloria Richards.
Dream Whip Frosting1 pkg. dream whip1 small box of vanilla instant pudding1 ½ cups of milk
Combine at a low speed and then HIGH. Whip until soft peaks form. Frosts a 9x13 cake. Great on chocolate cake.
***This recipe has been around for over 50 years and is still a hit as a substitute for a whipped frosting.
Sausage with Peppers over Pasta 1 ½ cups Barilla mezzi rigatoni pasta (uncooked) or regular size rigatoni½ lb ground Italian sausage1/3 pkg. of Birdseye frozen pepper stir-fry1 can Italian-style stewed or diced tomatoes (undrained)1 cup shredded Italian cheese blend¼ cup parmesan cheese
Cook pasta as directed on package and drain. Cook sausage in a large skillet on medium heat about 5 minutes. (As an option, uncooked sausage slices could be used instead of ground, but allow additional cooking time for meat to be done.) Add the pepper stir-fry vegetables and cook another few minutes. Stir in tomatoes and cook until heated through, stirring occasionally....about 2 minutes.Add the pasta to the sausage mixture and stir in the cheese blend. Top with Parmesan and serve. *** Any tubular pasta could really be used for this recipe. I happen to like the small bite-size rigatoni. Frozen pep-per stir-fry works well for speed and economy (yellow, red & green peepers with onion). I always keep a bag on hand.
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These days, everyone is using the Internet to search for ev-erything. Here are a few tricks that may help your searching. Did you hate memorizing facts for tests at school? Good news! Life is now an open-book exam if you have a device, a browser, and Internet access. If you know how to use a search engine, you don’t have to stuff your mind with facts that are useful only when playing Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit. Chances are very good that the answer to your question is awaiting your discovery on the Internet; you just have to know how to find that needle in the haystack. Google has been fanatical about speed. They have built an incredibly fast and thorough search engine. The tips below are designed to improve your Internet search skills on the Google search engine.
1: Use unique, specific terms It is amazing how many Web pages are returned when per-forming a search. You might guess that the term “blue dolphin” is relatively specialized. A Google search returned 2,440,000 results! To reduce the number of pages returned, use unique terms that are specific to the subject you are researching.
2: Use the minus operator (-) to narrow the search How many times have you searched for a term and had
the search engine return something totally unexpected? Terms with multiple meanings can return a lot of unwanted results. The rarely used but powerful minus operator, equivalent to a “Search NOT,” can remove many unwanted results. For ex-ample, when searching for the insect caterpillar, references to the company Caterpillar, Inc., will also be returned. Use Cat-erpillar -Inc to exclude references to the company or Caterpil-lar -Inc -Cat to further refine the search.
3: Use quotation marks for exact phrases I often remember parts of phrases I have seen or part of a quotation I want to track down. Using quotation marks around a phrase will return only those exact words in that order. It’s one of the best ways to limit the pages returned. Example: “Be nice to nerds.” (Of course, you must have the phrase exactly right, and if your memory is as good as mine, that can be prob-lematic.)
4: Don’t use common words and punctuation Common terms like “a” and “the” are called “stop words” and are usually ignored. Punctuation is also typically ignored. But there are exceptions. Common words and punctuation marks should be used when searching for a specific phrase inside quotes. There are cases when common words like “the” are significant. For instance, “Raven” and “The Raven” return entirely different results.
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Springfest is May 5 to 8...summer must nearly be here! Memorial Day and the Fourth will be upon us before we blink. While you’re waiting for these events, here are a few things to keep you busy. Every Saturday and Sunday through May 29 – If you’re making pancakes for breakfast on weekends, stop! You can get pancakes, sausage, and coffee for $5 at the OC Municipal Airport. Proceeds benefit the OC Aviation Association Me-morial Fund. Who would have known about this, if not for Steve Habeger?
Thursday to Sunday, April 7-16 – You did not have to go to the Philadelphia Flower Show to see tulips. Lewes has over 15,000 of them. Lewes Tulip Festival. City-wide series of activities cel-ebrating Lewes’ Dutch heritage, including Dutch
games, crafts and a display of Delftware ceramics at the Zwaanendael Museum. Info at the Lewes Chamber of Com-merce website. Friday to Sunday, April 8-10 – Home, Condo and Outdoor Show | Ideas on Decorating, Remodeling or Building Your Own Home at the Convention Center. Many ideas on deco-rating, remodeling, renovating, or building your own home; all under one roof! This is an opportunity to see what’s new, compare products, and find bargains. Admission. Friday 12–6, Saturday 10–6, Sunday 10:30–3:30. For more information, visit www.oceanpromotions.info.
Saturday and Sunday, April 9-10 – Civil War on the Shore. Go to Fort Whaley Campground for a weekend full of living history displays, infantry and artillery demonstrations, U.S. Sanitary Commission cooking, Civil War-era musical enter-tainment, and 19th century church services. Admission. See fortwhaley.com for information.
Sunday, April 16 – Ocean City Race for the Cure | 5th Annual Susan G. Komen Ocean City Race for The Cure. Inlet Parking Lot, the Boardwalk, and Baltimore Avenue. The 5K race
Friday to Sunday, April 22-24 – 46th An-nual Ward World Championship – Wild-fowl Carving Competition and Art Festival at the Convention Center. World Champion-ship is an international event where carvers, collectors, and visitors convene at the end of
each April in Ocean City, MD. From highly decorative works of art to functional hunting decoys, about 1200 different wild-fowl carvings representing more than 150 species from around the world can be viewed at the premiere, most prestigious competition in the world. Admission. See wardmuseum.org for information.
Tuesday, May 3 – The 30th Annual Community Health Fair at the Convention Center. The Health Fair will offer free health screenings and free health education. Hours: 8-12:30. For more information, visit aarp1917.org. With as busy as you were last month, you might want to get checked out.
Thursday to Sunday, May 19–22 – The 26th Annual Crui-sin’ Ocean City Car Show. This popular car show features over 3,400 hot rods, customs, classics, street machines, muscle cars and more. Live entertainment, celebrity guests, special at-tractions, boardwalk parades, manufacturers, vendor midway and more. Show hours: Thurs.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., 9-4 at the Inlet and 10-1at the Convention Center. For more information, visit www.cruisinoceancity.com.
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On The Lighter Side:Why we love childrenAn exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him, “How do you expect to get into Heaven?” The boy thought it over and said, “Well, I’ll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St Peter says, “For Heaven’s sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!”
One summer evening, during a violent thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?” The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. “I can’t dear,” she said. “I have to sleep in Daddy’s room.” A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: “The big sissy.”
It was that time, during the Sunday morning service, for the children’s sermon. All the children were invited to come for-ward. One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress and, as she sat down, the pastor leaned over and said, “That is a very pretty dress. Is it your Easter Dress?” The little girl re-plied, directly into the pastor’s clip-on microphone, “Yes, and my Mom says it’s a bitch to iron.”
A little boy was doing his math homework. He said to him-self, “Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven. Three plus six, that son of a bitch is nine….” His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, “What are you doing?” The little boy answered, “I’m doing my math homework, Mom.” “And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?” the mother asked. “Yes,” he answered. Infuriated, the mother asked the teacher the next day, “What are you teaching my son in math? The teacher replied, “Right now, we are learning addition.” The mother asked, “And are you teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?” After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, “What I taught them was, two plus two, THE SUM OF WHICH, is four.”
A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he’d found a cat, but it was dead. “How do you know that the cat was dead?” she asked her pupil. “Because I pissed in its ear and it didn’t move,” an-swered the child innocently. “You did what!” the teacher ex-claimed in surprise. “You know,” explained the boy, “I leaned over and went ‘Pssst!’ and it didn’t move.”
There is enough for all. The earth is a gener-ous mother; she will provide in plentiful abun-dance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace. -- Bourke Coekran
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Household HintsFixing Outside Faucets From Sam Schwartz
‘Tis Spring (almost) and in my house, where green thumbs prevail, hooking up hoses for all the chores that hoses do dur-ing the spring/summer months moves to the forefront. My Centex house was equipped with Mansfield frost-free sill-cocks (that’s faucets where you can hook up a hose to). When I attempted to attach my hoses, I discovered significant leak-age. The now twelve-year old faucet and packing washers were worn out and required triage and renewal. A little internet research pointed to a repair kit manu-factured by Danco (part number 86806) that contains all the washers and associated parts required to restore the sillcocks to an as-new condition. I purchased one at Elliott’s Hardware on Rte 611, cost $8.29. I also asked the store manager if there were “unwritten procedures/suggestions” that I should follow. He told me that I should use liberal quantities of plumbers’ and faucet grease (less than $2.00) for the renewal process and use a 7/8-inch socket or box wrench to lightly tighten (when I reinstall) the plastic packing nut. Bottom line: 9 Long Point Court now boasts two rebuilt outside frost-free faucets that shut off when they are shut off and do NOT leak because of packing failure at less than $10.00 per faucet and no expense (or the embarrassment) of a plumber.
(From the editor: Thanks, Sam, for sharing that bit of informa-tion. I always welcome tips, hints, suggestions, anything that helps our fellow neighbors. If you have something that could benefit others, please send it to me for inclusion in The Parke Bench.)
Health MattersSeven Simple StepsTowards a Longer Life A study by the UCLA School of Public Health tracked 7000 men and women for more than 30 years. Those who had poor health habits doubled their risk of dying early, and increased their chances of suffering from disabilities later in life. So what is the key to adding years to your life? They are surprisingly simple. Practice these seven good health habits to increase your chances for a long and healthy life.
1. Eat a nourishing breakfast every day.2. Don’t snack between meals.3. Exercise regularly.4. Sleep seven to eight hours every night.5. Maintain a proper weight and eat a healthy diet.6. Don’t smoke.7. Avoid excessive alcohol consumption.
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The Science CornerToday’s Topic:Antibiotics: The Beginning By Bruce Jarvis
The effectiveness of drugs (and toxins) is dependent upon the target. Like rats, we are mammals, and thus we need to be careful around rat poison. However, insecticides are lessdangerous and herbicides, even less so. The reason for this is that as one proceeds in an evolutionary sense from us to rats to insects to plants, our biochemical systems increasingly di-verge, and thus chemicals that may adversely (or beneficially) affect more distantly related organisms do so less with us. Of course, this is a generalization for which there are certainly exceptions, but it is generally the case. DDT serves as an ex-ample. This chemical is acutely toxic to insects but has vir-tually no short-term effect on humans (though DDT may be a weak carcinogen). This chemical is responsible for saving more lives, by eradicating pathogen-borne insects, than all the antibiotics ever used. This is not to say that DDT is harmless. It sticks around in the environment for a very long time and tends to accumulate as one goes up the food chain. DDT has a serious effect on the population of birds that reside at the top of the food chain. Exposure to DDT causes the eggshells of birds to become thin and subject to breakage and thus can have a disastrous effect on the population of some birds, e.g., eagles. The next few columns will take up the development of antibiotics, their power and their limitations.
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Until the advent of modern medicine, most people (and many still) died of infectious diseases caused by microorgan-isms: bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. Remarkably, the remain-ing kingdom of the microorganisms, the archaea, seem not to cause us any problems for reasons unknown. But the rest can result in conditions that range from irritating (athlete’s foot caused by fungi) to debilitating (tonsillitis caused by bacteria) to lethal (malaria caused by protozoa). And then there are, of course, viral diseases such as small pox and influenza that can wreak havoc, but as mentioned earlier, viruses are not classi-fied as living organisms and will be dealt with separately. Up until the advent of antibiotics, infected people had to rely solely on their own faculties to ward off infection, prima-rily their immune system. Our immune system in general is quite effective in fighting internal fungal infections and pro-tozoan parasites. Systemic (internal) fungal infections are un-common except in those whose immune system has become depressed. Good hygiene and avoiding exposure (and living in a cooler climate) is a big help in avoiding protozoan para-sites, so in general, the bacteria cause us the most problems (ignoring for the moment viral infections). The origins of modern antibiotics can be traced back to the latter part of the 19th century and the work of two men: Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich. Among the many aspects of bacteriology studied by these two was the staining of bacteria by pigments and dyes. Certain of these chemicals exhibited an ability to bind specifically to bacteria and not our cells. From these studies was developed the concept of the “magic bullet,” a drug that could be given to an infected person that would hone in on bacteria (as some dyes do), killing them and leaving our cells alone. In principle, the most effective treatment with a “magic bullet” will depend upon how different the pathogen cells are from our own. Thus the strategy should work best against the evolutionarily distant bacteria, but prove much less effective against cancer cells since the latter are only a slight (but highly significant) alteration of our own “good” cells.
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Hate the wait? Get the real time anytime.No one likes having to wait for medical services. That’s why we’re the first hospital in our region to offer up-to-the-minute wait time information for our emergency room as well as for outpatient services such as X-rays, blood testing and other lab services.
You’ll find current wait times for the ER and select outpatient medical procedures displayed right on our web page. Not only that, you can now download a special AGH wait time app right to your mobile phone, so you’ll always have accurate, real-time information – right at your fingertips!
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