NEW This Issue Social Club Events pg. 5 Hurricane Tips pg. 10 June Calendar pg. 13 Master Calendar pg. 14 Forum Editor Kelli Pilsbury 727-644-0023 [email protected]Deadline for each issue is the 15th of each month Board of Directors of Unit Five President Stuart Hoff 727-579-4060 [email protected]1st V. Pres / Streets, Roads Tim Bara 727-244-2092 [email protected]2nd V. Pres / Clubhouse, Pool Kevin Pilsbury 727-644-0021 [email protected]Treasurer Patrick Breen 319-759-1090 [email protected]Secretary Joanne Hannon 727-576-6941 [email protected]At-Large / Lawns Esther Lehmkuhl 727-504-0093 [email protected]At-Large / Paint Ralph Bornstad 727-686-4224 [email protected]"The years teach much more which the days never know” From the Board of Directors Stuart Hoff While the Board will probably not be meeting over the summer, there are a number of things that will be occur- ring: 1. Lawn sodding will begin on a priority basis. You will be advised where you fall in that process, with some idea of time interval. If you have questions about the priority assigned to your property, we will be more than happy to provide a guided tour to those properties which are “ahead” of you. 2. We will continue to review our existing Rules and Regulations, and look forward to resident input on changes that should be considered. Please keep in mind that these are your governing documents. 3. We should see the implementation and “fallout” from the installation and activation of the gates on 40 th Street. Our seasonal residents will miss all of the accompanying rancor, and we expect most/all of the bullet holes to be patched by the time they return. 4. Our new Clubhouse roof tiles should make it to the top of our Clubhouse, and be put in place. 5. We will begin the process of examining all of the sidewalks in Unit Five to determine what action may be required, and put together a schedule for necessary corrective action. If you feel that you have an existing or future trouble spot, please contact Director/Vice President Tim Bara, and give him the particulars. 6. We will continue discussions on the Burma Ditch. For those of you who may already be gone, or those contemplating an extended summer trip, please make sure that you have retained someone to care for your plantings (shrubs, trees, etc.). (continued on page 2)
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NEW This Issue
Social Club Events pg. 5 Hurricane Tips pg. 10 June Calendar pg. 13 Master Calendar pg. 14
"The years teach much more which the days never know”
From the Board of Directors
Stuart Hoff While the Board will probably not be meeting over the summer, there are a number of things that will be occur-ring:
1. Lawn sodding will begin on a priority basis. You will be advised where you fall in that process, with some idea of time interval. If you have questions about the priority assigned to your property, we will be more than happy to provide a guided tour to those properties which are “ahead” of you.
2. We will continue to review our existing Rules and Regulations, and look forward to resident input on changes that should be considered. Please keep in mind that these are your governing documents.
3. We should see the implementation and “fallout” from the installation and activation of the gates on 40th Street. Our seasonal residents will miss all of the accompanying rancor, and we expect most/all of the bullet holes to be patched by the time they return.
4. Our new Clubhouse roof tiles should make it to the top of our Clubhouse, and be put in place.
5. We will begin the process of examining all of the sidewalks in Unit Five to determine what action may be required, and put together a schedule for necessary corrective action. If you feel that you have an existing or future trouble spot, please contact Director/Vice President Tim Bara, and give him the particulars.
6. We will continue discussions on the Burma Ditch.
For those of you who may already be gone, or those contemplating an extended summer trip, please make sure that you have retained someone to care for your plantings (shrubs, trees, etc.). (continued on page 2)
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From the Board of Directors
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Those of us remaining for the summer appreciate the aesthetics of a well-tended Unit. If you have not yet made arrangements, please do so immediately. Left unattended, we will take the initiative to clean up your mess and bill you appro-priately.
Please remember that we will be electing four directors in November 2019. You have the opportunity to be one of them. Our First Mailing, which should go out in September will provide information on how you can “throw your hat into the ring.”
It is hard to believe that our Board is half-way through the year. Most of our inju-ries have only been flesh wounds, and we hope to not just survive but thrive over the last six months of our term. I am proud of the tangible accomplishments made on our Painting, Lawns, Club-house, Golf Cart Parking and Money Management. There has been a lot of hard work put into bringing our docu-ments into the 20th (oops), 21st century. A very big thank you to Pauline Carr, Barbara Parker, and the Committee leader, Joanne Hannon. We expect that the finished product will be something we all may appreciate and be proud of – especially if you remember to be a part of that process over the next four months.
Finally, I would like to thank our residents who have come out in numbers, to be a part of our meetings. While you may not always get your way, you will always get your say.
COMMUNITY POLICE Below is the card for our Community Police officer, James Gatti. Please note his cell phone number 727-244-1715 and add it to your contacts. His reminder this month: ALWAYS lock your car doors!
CLUBHOUSE & GROUNDS Kevin Pilsbury
We have several projects underway and more upcoming. The new roof is halfway to it’s completion. The new tiles are on order and should be in place by about June 15th. PLEASE NOTE: the exact date of tile delivery is not known at this time. Please do NOT attempt to enter the Clubhouse during the tile delivery. Sorry if this causes a disruption but your safety is most important!
The pool has been changed to “cooling” and clean-up to the vinyl fencing and pavers will be soon underway. Next is the landscaping and shuffleboard repairs. Then after that, the Clubhouse inte-rior…..the fun never stops.
Take note of the new chairs in the Club-house! These were ordered by the Social Club and paid for from proceeds from events and advertising revenue.
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DIAL DIRECTORIES Peggy Bartolotta
Welcome to new residents:
Patricia Mossburg (new loca-tion) 9120 39th Way Phone: 260-273-0030
Pat Simons & George Yozukevick 9309 42nd St Pat: 727-365-0838 George: 727-798-2556 Phone Updates:
Shirley & Frank Mroz 321-217-9427
Anita Wilson 727-902-2660
Any changes please contact Peggy Bartolotta @ 498-7951. She is now han-dling the corrections and additions for the new Dial Directory.
COMMUNITY CONCERNS Betty Harper
Get well cards were sent to: Tom Brown, Ruth Brown, Dottie Liskow, Elisabeth Coady and Mike Finkelstein. Sympathy cards were sent to: Helen Donelson on the death of her grand-daughter, Jean Troiano on the death of her niece, Gloria Adddo on the death of her husband Sal, and Peggy Smith on the death of her sister.
Please contact Betty Harper with up-dates and concerns at 289-8165.
BEAR CREATIONS Kathy Bortscheller
Bear Creations has been a very successful venture taken on by Unit 5, and will continue again in the fall.
BEAR CREATIONS will NOT be meeting at the clubhouse during June, July or August. We will start up again the 4th Monday in September.
We also will give cancer bears to anyone in Mainlands, friends, or relatives that need a bear. Just give me a call.
I wish to thank all the volunteers who make this project a success!
Any questions call me at 217-9217.
NEW SUPPORT GROUP Diane Johnson The Hope Team had their first meeting in April and it was decided the group would have two goals:
1. Assist current caregivers (we are still working to finalize ways we can do so).
2. Provide support & friendship to those who have lost their spouse or partner.
We need additional team members and would appreciate your help!
Please contact Diane Martin-Johnson at 813-760-6125 for further information and to learn about the next meeting (we cur-rently plan to get together once a month).
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LAWN UPDATE Esther Lehmkuhl
This is the current sprin-kler schedule for all of Unit Five sprinklers. Please know as our weather changes so will the sched-
ule. Lately the rains have allowed us to turn off the sprinklers if we get over .5 inch of rain. Depending on the day it rains will depend on which cycle is turned off.
Remember different zones come on different times.
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning Friday night into Saturday morning Sunday night into Monday morning
We now have a lawn maintenance com-pany that has been very quick to address any lawn complaints. In the past the procedure was to call the Property Management Office to ensure a Complaint Form was completed and documented because we had a lot of complaints that were not being ad-dressed. The new lawn maintenance company prefers to address any lawn problems immediately when they are on site, Fridays.
If you have a lawn issue on Fridays you can call or text me directly (727-504-0093). I can come look at the issue and handle it with Matthew’s almost immedi-ately.
If you prefer you can call a complaint into the Property Management Office but it’s not addressed as quickly.
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In the event of an emergency situa-tion on the weekend, call the Property Management Office, 573-5670, let the recorded message go ALL THE WAY TO THE END, ignore press 1, press 2… when you get to the very end of the message it gives you the ability to speak with the “weekend on call” mainte-nance employee. Remember, let the entire message play to the end.
Hope this is helpful if you ever need emergency assistance on the weekend; sprinklers continually running, broken sprinkler pipes, water main issues, etc.
YOGA Kathy Bortscheller
There will be NO yoga during the sum-mer months of June, July, or August.
It will start up again on Wed., Sept 4th. All those interested are welcome. We meet at the clubhouse from 2pm-3pm on Wed. A mat and a blanket to roll up will be helpful for the exercising.
Now that I am older and I don’t have any predetermined vacation time, I look back fondly on the days where I knew what I would be doing between June and August…... nothing. Be careful...It is summer and hot already….Reading while you sunbathe makes you “well red”.
What did one beach say to the other beach? Nothing, they just waved. I am shore you understand.
Each RESIDENT is encouraged to attend Social Club meetings and events.
on Friday, June7, 7:00pm
BYOB and a snack to share Build your own team or just come join one
Open to ALL Units and Friends
#MainlandsRocks Rock Painting on hiatus for June & July
Clubhouse Private Rental June 10th, 3-9:00pm June 13th: Social Club Board meeting 6:30pm
The Great Show & Broadway Music Hits
Saturday, June 8th $10.00 pp - BYOB
Dinner at 5:30pm (doors 5:00)
2nd Stage Children’s Group Musical Performance at 7:00pm
CARIBBEAN NIGHT
Saturday, June 15th Tropical Chicken Dinner
at 5:00pm (doors 4:30)
Music 6:00-8:30pm
featuring “The Island Boys” Duo Reserved/assigned seating for parties of 10 only
All residents in Unit Five are automatically members of the Unit Five Social Club. There are no annual dues or paperwork. All residents are invited to the monthly potluck dinner and meeting which is usually held the 3rd Tuesday of each month. All residents are also invited to participate in activities hosted by the Social Club. We try to make our events affordable and FUN!
Please join our FaceBook Page “Mainlands Unit 5 Social Club” to keep up-to-date
President Kelli Pilsbury 727-644-0023 Vice Pres. Kathy Kolb 727-424-4672 Treasurer Marie Bornstad 727-686-6664 Secretary Becky Hoff 847-778-7794 Board/Large Lori Chapman 813-843-7974
Social Club Potluck & Meeting TUESDAY, June 18th
Honoring Janet Aston Dinner at 6:00pm, Meeting at 7:00pm
Monday, June 24th 5:30 to 7:00pm
BYOB & Appetizer to share
Coming in July
Trivia Night: Friday, July 5th, 7:00pm
Happy
Birthday USA
Saturday, July 6th 5:00pm Hot Dogs & Hamburgers w/fixings, Karaoke and more! $5.00pp BYOB
July 11th: Social Club Board meeting 6:30pm
Tuesday, July 16th Social Club Potluck & Meeting
Dinner at 6:00pm, Meeting at 7:00pm
Sunday, July 21st 2nd Stage Children’s Theatre Performance
Please Note: Our events usually sell out! Get your tickets early.
Refunds can be issued up to the week prior to the event only.
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MEN’S CLUB Stew Medjuck
The Men’s Club held their elections for the
2019-2020 season at the May 7 meeting.
Stew Medjuck, Joe Edelmann and
Mitchell Frommer will remain in their posi-
tions as Vice President, Secretary, and
Treasurer. VP Stew will fill in as President
until one is found. If anyone is interested
please contact Stew, Mitchell or Joe.
The Men’s Club voted to meet during the
summer. Meetings are scheduled for June
4, July 2 and August 6. Please sign up if
you are interested so we know how much
food to get.
Speedy recoveries to Jack Hersh on his
hip surgery and Ray Jackson on his medi-
cal issues.
QUIZ & March Quiz Answers
1. What was the pattern? One has three letters in the word three has five letters in it five has four letters and four has four letters in it (if you try more numbers they will always come back to the number four: so four is the magic number)
2. How the tractor got there? It was driven over in winter, when the lake was frozen.
3. What am I? The letter T
New Quiz:
There are three playing cards in a row. There is a two to the right of a king. There is a diamond to the left of a spade. There is an ace to the left of a heart. There is a heart to the left of a spade.
What are the three cards?
WOMEN’S CLUB Mary Brown
The 2018-2019 year is now behind us. What a great year it has been. I wish to thank all my Board of Directors for an outstanding job they’ve done this past year, going above and beyond their du-ties. And a big thanks to all the chairmen of our committees. Awesome job ladies. It is with great pleasure to announce that our Woman of Year was Priscilla Skalka for her loyalty and exemplary performance in any duty assigned to her, or silly her, that she volunteered for. She is the epit-ome of awesome. Our May meeting lived up to it’s name: Fun and games. Thanks to every-one for the fantastic President’s Luncheon held on May 1 at Big Storm. You are an amazing group of ladies and it’s been my honor to serve as your President this past year. Not many people can say they have so many great friends that seem more like family and you all fit that description. I am very fortunate to have met you all. Every-one have a safe and happy summer. Next year is already being discussed by your new board and it looks like you’ll be in for some great times and great food. I will miss you all!
PLATINUM BABES The June lunch will be at Acropol’s Family Restaurant (Starkey Rd, Largo) on June 12 at 11:30. On July 17, PB will be going to Longhorn Steakhouse (East Bay & US 19). Sign up sheets are on the bulletin board. PB will be changing chairpersons in August.. Nadine Finkelstein, Priscilla Skalka and Judy Pustizzi will be heading up this luncheon club. Please check the bulletin board for the rest of the summer months. Looking forward to some great lunches!
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END OF THE FORUM SEASON
Forum ADVERTISER’s To all our Advertisers: THANK YOU for a great year. Our monthly Forum 2018-2019 season comes to an end with this JUNE issue. I have heard nothing but GREAT com-ments from our residents about service from our current advertisers. They really appre-ciate all of you. From Luisa at Mainland’s Real Estate: To the residents of Unit 5, the Realtors of Mainlands Real Estate thank you for your continued support and look forward to future opportunities to assist you in the sale of your home. Please keep in mind that we offer a complimentary Comparative Market Analysis of your home. Have a GREAT summer! Paradise Bay Home Team: We really appreciate your mentioning us and how we do business to the residents in Mainlands. Thank You to all our Unit 5 clients. Remember to call or text 727-800-3348 for a FREE Home Evaluation From Frank at Service First Installers: Special thanks to all the residents who chose to use us this year. It was our pleasure serving them. Summer Special: In addition to our 10% OFF to Mainland's owners, any orders over $1000.00 will get a free Regal Movie gift card for $50.00. From Daniel at Your Automotive Team: Thank you! We would like to offer a FREE Complete Vehicle Inspection, Battery Test, A/C Check Up and 20% OFF ANY SERVICE this summer.
RECIPE of the Month: FORGOTTEN COOKIES
Preheat Oven to 350º and line an ungreased cookie sheet with foil *Please note: egg whites need to be at room temperature.
Needed: 2 egg whites, room temperature 2/3 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and at least TWO of the following "goodies": 1 cup of chopped pecans, walnuts, macadamia, or almonds, flaked coconut 1 cup of chocolate chips, or mini M&M's, etc. 1 cup of rice crispies (use gluten free if desired) or anything that sounds good to you!
Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until stiff Add vanilla and mix well. Fold in your choice of the "goodies" Drop by teaspoonfuls onto foil. Place cookie sheet into the oven and turn OFF Immediately!
Leave cookies in closed oven overnight
Makes about 2 dozen
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Hurricane season is almost upon us. For those of you new to the area hurricane season is June 1st thru Nov. 30th. Living in Florida it’s not “if” we get a hurricane, it’s “when”. Being prepared is the best way to survive the power outages and any other inconveniences mother nature throws our way. Please see the list I’ve provided to help you plan ahead. Start now, add to it slowly. Over a period of time you will put together a nice assortment of items to help keep you safe. If you are from the North you will see many items are similar to your blizzard supplies (except for that dang snow shovel and mittens!). Common sense is the most important when preparing for hurricane season. Start preparing early and you will be ready for anything that should try to come our way.
Our Clubhouse is NOT a Hurricane Shelter
Items to store in a water tight Hurricane Supplies container:
Cash Flashlight / Lanterns / Extra batteries First aid supplies / Medications / Alcohol / Aspirin / Benadryl / Antibiotic creams / Sunscreen Travel size personal hygiene items: Toothbrush/toothpaste, Soap, Handi-wipes, Hand sanitizer Toilet paper At least 3-7 days of non-perishable foods & water (Tuna, Veggies/Fruit, Peanut butter, Cereal, Soup)
Manual can opener / Disposable eating utensils & plates / Aluminum foil / Paper towels Change of clothing / Dry socks and extra pair of sturdy shoes / Hat Weather alert radio with extra batteries in event power goes out Whistle (to catch attention of first responders) Cyalume sticks – will help catch attention of first responders Reading material / Cards / Pens / Pencils / Writing paper Cell phone charger / Extra cell phone battery Waterproof matches or Bic lighters Glasses / Sunscreen
Other items to have on hand: Emergency contact list Generator / Gas Pet food / Litter / Pet toys / Leash / Cage / Pet medications / License / Rabies documentation Empty 5 gallon bucket / Plastic Trash bags to fit (portable toilet in the event sewer problems) Bug spray Fire Extinguisher Bleach / Mop Shovel / Tools / Leather gloves Rope / Duct tape / Plastic tarps Grill / Propane (DO NOT STORE IN GARAGE!!) Water Bob (Plastic storage container that fits inside tub and holds water). Tub drains leak!
Tips for Hurricane Preparedness:
Put all important documents (insurance paperwork including Flood, Medical, House, Registra-tions, Leases / Rental agreements, Auto, Deeds, Titles, USB drives, CDs or DVDs) in safe de-posit box or large zip lock plastic storage bags. Secure outdoor furniture / Bring in umbrellas / Take down wind chimes /Put plants / planters / Lawn ornaments in garage or house. Turn off propane tanks and other utilities. Put hoses / solar lights in garage. Know how to release garage door opener to open garage door manually if power goes out.
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